Ivy Lawrence Family of Kentucky



Subject: Ivy W. LAWRENCE *Ancestor of Y-DNA Project participant # 87879
Birth: 08 Jun 1819 Tennessee.
Occupation: Circuit Methodist Minister
Death: 19 Dec 1884 Hickman Co., Kentucky
Father: William LAWRENCE (between 1794 and 1804 - ?)
Mother: Juliana Hutson (13 Sep 1800 - 07 Jan 1879)
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Marriage: 10 Dec 1840 White Co., Tennessee
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Spouse: Caroline Cynthia COPELAND
Birth: 28 Oct 1821 TN.
Death: 09 Mar 1876 Hickman Co., Kentucky
Parents: unknown
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Thirteen Children
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1/M James C. LAWRENCE
Birth: 11 Jan 1842
Death: bef __ ___ 1850
Note: (Not in 1850 census).
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2/F Juliana E. LAWRENCE
Birth: 07 Feb 1843
Death: bef __ ___ 1850
Note:(Not in 1850 census).
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3/M William L. LAWRENCE
Birth: 10 Jan 1844 Ballard Co., Kentucky

Note: William L. Lawrence served in the Confederate army from 1861 til 1865. He served in Company E, Twelfth Tennessee Infantry until the middle of the Battle of Corinth. When Gen. Sydney Johnston was killed the Army of Tennessee regiments were re-roganized. He was then transferred to 'Company L, Third Kentucky Infantry. He was captured Sept. 25, 1864 near Athens, AL. and was transferred to Louisville Military Prison, in KY. He was to be transferred to the prison in Camp Chase, Ohio, but escaped enroute. After he escaped he rejoined his unit. He fought until the end of the War, going on the last raid made by Gen. Bedford Forrest on Selma. Obituary (copy of which is in the family Bible which is in the possession of Henry Lawrence) W.L. Lawrence Dead Passes away at his home on North Pruett Street - Death due to bowel trouble. W.L. Lawrence, a well known resident of North Pruett Street, aged fifty- five years, died at the family home just before noon today, after an illness since last Sunday. Death was due to obstruction of the bowels. The deceased was a very clever old gentleman and respected by all who knew him. He was an active member of the Fraternal Home and was engaged at times instituting lodges of that order at various places, and carried a policy of $1,000 in that organization. He was also a member of the local Ancient Order of United Workmen, carrying with that order a policy of $2,000, making a total of $3,000 insurance he had on his life. A family of a wife, four sons and one daughter survive him, with whom their large number of friends deeply sympathize. The funeral and burial arrangements have not been definitely decided upon but will probably be conducted from the famiy home Sunday afternoon, under the auspices of the two orders with which the deceased was identified

Census: 1 Jun 1870 Spring Hill, Hickman Co., Kentucky (farm hand)
Census: 1 Jun 1880 Clinton, Hickman Co., Kentucky (farmer)
Death: 17 Nov 1904 Paragould, Greene Co., Arkansas
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4/M John D. LAWRENCE
Birth: 28 Oct 1845 Kentucky
Death: bef __ ___ 1850
Note: (Not in 1850 census).
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5/M Jonathan T. LAWRENCE
Birth: 10 May 1847 Kentucky
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6/F Barzella Adeline LAWRENCE
Birth: 15 Nov 1849 Hickman Co., Kentucky
Marriage: __ Dec 1869 William Terry DAVIS (31 Jan 1845-14 Jul 1917); Moscow, Hickman Co., Kentucky
Daughter: aft __ ___ 1869 Ada B. DAVIS; Moscow, Hickman Co., Kentucky
Daughter: cir __ ___ 1871 Frances DAVIS; Hickman Co., Kentucky
Son: 19 Dec 1873 David Robertson DAVIS; Clinton, Hickman Co., Kentucky
Son: 20 Nov 1875 George Walker DAVIS; Clinton, Hickman Co., Kentucky
Daughter: 22 Dec 1878 Mary Caroline DAVIS
Son: __ ___ 1879 Ted DAVIS; Columbus, Hickman Co., Kentucky
Son: 26 Aug 1884 Glenn DAVIS; Memphis, Shelby Co., TN.
Son: 18 Feb 1894 Robert B. DAVIS
Death: 30 Aug 1927 Wellston, St. Louis Co., MO.
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7/M Anderson G. LAWRENCE
Birth: 29 Apr 1851 Kentucky
Death: bef __ ___ 1860
Note: (Not in 1860 census).
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8/M Adam Craig LAWRENCE
Birth: 31 Oct 1853 Kentucky
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9/M Charles C. LAWRENCE
Birth: 2 Jan 1856 Hickman Co., Kentucky
Census: 1 Jun 1900 Columbus, Hickman Co., Kentucky (farmer)
Census: 15 Apr 1910 District 1, Hickman Co., Kentucky
Census: 1 Jan 1920 Columbus, Hickman Co., Kentucky (divorced fisherman)
Death: 7 Jul 1924 Columbus, Hickman Co., Kentucky
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10/M Thomas DAVIS LAWRENCE
Birth: 19 Dec 1859 Kentucky
Occupation: Sawmill sawyer
Marriage: __ ___ ____
Son: __ Mar 1884 Edward S. LAWRENCE
Death: 11 May 1916 Hickman Co., Kentucky
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11/M Ivy Howell LAWRENCE **
Birth: 6 Apr 1862 Hickman Co., Kentucky
Census: 1 Jun 1900 Columbus, Hickman Co., Kentucky (farmer with 4 children 3 living)
Census: 15 Apr 1910 District 1, Hickman Co., Kentucky (car inspector with 6 children 4 living)
Death: __ ___ 1935 Fulton, Hickman Co., Kentucky
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Marriage: 22 Oct 1884 Probably Kentucky
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Spouse: Mary Viola MCDONAL
Birth: 21 May 1870 Coldwater, Calloway Co., Kentucky
Death: __ ___ ____ Fulton, Hickman Co., Kentucky
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Four Known Children
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  • 1/M Vernon Witt LAWRENCE
    Birth: 27 Dec 1886 Columbus, Hickman Co., Kentucky
    Census: 15 Apr 1910 Ward 3, Jackson, Madison Co., Tennessee (brakeman)
    Marriage: 26 Dec 1912 Thilma S. MAYS (b. 1896, ?); Union City, Obion Co., Tennessee
    Daughter: __ ___ 1913 Marguerite LAWRENCE; Madison Co., Tennessee
    Census: 1 Jan 1920 Ward 4, Jackson, Madison Co., Tennessee (railroad flagman)
    Divorce: __ ___ ____ Thilma S. MAYS Madison Co., Tennessee
    Marriage: __ Dec 1928 Ellen May COFER (b. 1901, d. 8 May 1948); Madison Co., Tennessee
    Census: 1 Apr 1930 Jackson, Madison Co., Tennessee (railroad brakeman)
    Daughter: __ ___ ____ Maxine Ellen LAWRENCE; Madison Co., Tennessee
    Marriage: __ Jan 1949 Lucile VANTRESS
    Divorce: __ ___ ____ Lucile VANTRESS
    Marriage: 12 Oct 1955 May Bell DOZER
    Note: Vernon worked 51 years for the GM & O railroad and retired in 1959
    Death: 17 Dec 1966

  • 2/M Virgil M. LAWRENCE **
    Birth: __ Feb 1889 Columbus, Hickman Co., Kentucky
    Marriage: __ ___ 1909 Jesse A. (--?--) (b. 1891, ?); Kentucky
    Census: 15 Apr 1910 District 1, Hickman Co., Kentucky (farm laborer)
    Son: __ ___ 1910 Ivy Snell LAWRENCE; Hickman Co., Kentucky
    Son: __ ___ 1913 Virgil E. LAWRENCE; Kentucky **
    Son: __ Sep 1915 Herbert B. LAWRENCE; Missouri
    Son: __ Jun 1918 Paul W. LAWRENCE; Missouri
    Census: 1 Jan 1920 Hubble, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri (operator depot)
    Daughter: __ ___ 1921 Virginia J. LAWRENCE; Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
    Daughter: __ ___ 1923 Mildred L. LAWRENCE; Missouri
    Census: 1 Apr 1930 Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee (foreman automobiles)

  • 3/F Vera LAWRENCE
    Birth: __ Dec 1890 Columbus, Hickman Co., Kentucky

  • 4/M W. Bryan LAWRENCE
    Birth: __ ___ 1897 Mississippi
    Note: Not in 1900 census. Was he adopted or a nephew? __________________________________________________________________________

    12/F Hennrietta Catherine LAWRENCE
    Birth: 27 Jul 1864 Arlington, Ballard Co., Kentucky
    Marriage: 03 Sep 1885 John Henry PICKETT (12 Jul 1858-16 Apr 1931)
    Son: 18 Sep 1888 Clarence Thurman PICKETT
    Daughter: 09 Sep 1892 Ethel Mai PICKETT
    Daughter: 13 Dec 1893 Elizabeth PICKETT; Missouri.
    Daughter: 15 Oct 1895 Mamie Henrietta PICKETT; Dorena, Missouri
    Son: 05 Dec 1898 James David PICKETT
    Son: 27 Nov 1901 John Howell PICKETT
    Son: 12 Oct 1904 Henry Swayne PICKETT
    Daughter: 25 Sep 1906 Lyda PICKETT
    Death: 15 Mar 1931 Hickman Co., Kentucky
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    13/F Fanny J. LAWRENCE
    Birth: cir __ ___ 1867 KentucKentucky
    Note: __ ___ ____ (In 1870 census, but not in W.L. LAWRENCE Bible?).
    Marriage: __ ___ ____ Jim KING
    Daughter: __ ___ ____ Myrtle KING (Lived in Sikeston).
    Daughter: __ ___ ____ Druetta KING (Lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma).
    Daughter: __ ___ ____ Thelma KING



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