John H. Key
John H. Key was born in Perry Township in 1843. He is the second son of John Key by his first wife. In 1866 he married Miss Hannah C. Lane. Wm. Lane, the father of Mrs. Key, was born in Oxfordshire, England, came to America in 1838, first stopped in Canada, where he was immediately drafted into the British army, in which he served nine months. At the expiration of his time he came to Dayton, Ohio, where he remained a short time, then came to Shelby County, where, in the year 1843, he married Miss Eliza Jackson, a daughter of Jacob Jackson, who settled in the county in 1822. They raised a family of five children. Mr. Lane died January, 1868.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883