General Notes

Richard S. Lang was a farmer, born in England in 1840.  He lived there for 11 years.  He then moved to Canada with his parents, living there until 1863 when he moved to New York.  He lived there for three years, during which time he met and married Hannah "Fannie" Wigston, also from England.  They then moved to Kentucky in 1866, lived there for 4 years, then moved to Kansas, making a home near Burlington.  He engaged in masonry for eight years while living and working his farm.  He was a member of the International Order of Oddfellows and of the Congregational Church.  His last days were spent in very ill health,and in the end he hung himself to end the suffering.