Another update:
I confirmed that John Lanam (Lanum) born abt 1822 in Ohio is my ggg grandfather married to Catherine Wheeler in Montgomery Co. Indiana on 11/11/1849. They were on the 1950 census in Montgomery Co. Indiana. By 1860 they moved to Pulaski Co. where they are found (name mispelled) with their childern.
If anyone reading this (if anyone is reading this board at all) has any connection to Lanam/Lanum please email me.