Hey Kathryn, How have you been? The Tom Laney you mention was no doubt Thomas Redwine Laney, son of John S Laney, Jr & the stepson of Linda's( my wife) ggrandnmother, Diannah Clark Wolfe Laney ( Linda'ggranfather was killed during the Battle of Petersburg,Va --- the mine explosion-Battle of the Crater) & Diannah remarried & moved to Texas with hers ( including Mary Parlee Wolfe), his( including Thomas Redwine Laney) & theirs( John Calvin Laney...Very interesting how the families became intertwined,huh? Looking fwd tio hearing from you...Joe Lee in Evant, Texas