John Butler Lawrence Family of Hardin County, Illinois

Subject: John Butler LAWRENCE *Ancestor of Y-DNA Project participant #253477
Birth: 6 Jan 1821 Campbell Co., Kentucky
Census: 5 Aug 1850 Gallatin Co., Kentucky (farmer)
Census: 29 Jun 1860 George Lucas household, Gallatin Co., Kentucky (carpenter $1800 $100)
Census: 4 Jul 1870 Monroe Precinct, Hardin Co., Illinois (farmer $1000 $700)
Census: 12 Jul 1880 Monroe Precinct, Hardin Co., Illinois (farmer)
Census: 6 Jun 1900 Monroe Precinct, Hardin Co., Illinois (farmer)
Death: 5 Sep 1905 Hardin Co., Illinois
Father: probably John LAWRENCE (b. between 1776 and 1780, d. before 1850)
Mother: Agnes (--?--) (b. 29 Jan 1779, d. 4 Aug 1869)
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Marriage: circa __ ___ 1842 Kentucky
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Spouse: Zerilda WASSON
Birth: __ ___ 1824 Kentucky
Death: circa __ ___ 1851 Kentucky
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Five Known Children
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1/M Marion LAWRENCE
Birth: __ Apr 1843 Kenton Co., Kentucky
Civil War Service: 5 Sep 1865 - 8 Nov 1865 enlisted Cincinnati, Ohio; 2nd Calvary
Marriage: circa __ ___ 1879 Mary J. SILVERS (b. 1853, d. before 1900), daughter of Henry G. SILVERS; Missouri
Census: 25 Jun 1880 (w); Henry G. SILVERS; Danville Twp, Montgomery Co., Missouri (farmer)
Daughter: __ Mar 1883 Mary "Mammie" LAWRENCE; Montgomery Co., Missouri
Son: __ Dec 1886 John B. LAWRENCE; Montgomery Co., Missouri
Census: 20 Jun 1900 Danville Twp, Montgomery Co., Missouri (widowed post master)
Census: 26 Apr 1910 with daughter,James & Mammie JETT; Union Twp, Randolph Co., Missouri (farmer)

2/F Mary LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1845 Kentucky
Census: 5 Aug 1850 with parents; Gallatin Co., Kentucky

3/M John LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1847 Kentucky
Census: 12 Jun 1880 boarder, Elizabethtown Village, Hardin Co., Illinois (house carpenter)
Census: 2 May 1910 boarder, McFarlan Precinct, Hardin Co., Illinois (house carpenter)
Census: 26 Apr 1930 with stepbrother Abraham LAWRENCE; Elizabethtown Village, Hardin Co., Illinois (carpenter)

4/M Daniel LAWRENCE
Birth: 5 Feb 1849 Gallatin Co., Kentucky
Marriage: circa __ ___ 1871 Charlotte GINGER (b. 15 Dec 1856, d. 21 Jul 1892); Illinois
Son: __ ___ 1874 Walter LAWRENCE; Illinois
Daughter: __ Jan 1878 Nellie LAWRENCE; Illinois
Census: 9 Jun 1880 Golconda, Pope Co., Illinois (physician)
Daughter: __ Sep 1883 Bertha LAWRENCE; Illinois
Marriage: __ ___ 1893 Emma Loula MARTIN; Illinois
Census: 13 Jun 1900 Golonda Precinct, Pope Co., Illinois (physician)
Daughter: __ ___ 1904 Marion LAWRENCE; Golconda, Pope Co., Illinois
Census: 23 Apr 1910 Golconda, Pope Co., Illinois (physician)
Census: 10 Jan 1920 Golconda Ward 2, Pope Co., Illinois (medical doctor)
Death:13 Jan 1927 Golenda, Pope Co., Illinois

5/F Martha LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1851 Gallatin Co., Kentucky
Census: 29 Jun 1860 with father in George Lucas household, Gallatin Co., Kentucky
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Marriage #2: circa __ ___ 1864 Kentucky
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Spouse: Matilda GALBRAITH
Birth: __ ___ 1831 Kentucky
Death: __ ___ 1871 Hardin Co., Illinois (age 40)
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Three Known Children
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1/F Ada LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1865 Kentucky
Census: 4 Jul 1870 with parents; Monroe Precinct, Hardin Co., Illinois
Census: 12 Jul 1880 with father & stepmother; Monroe Precinct, Hardin Co., Illinois

2/M Jay LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1867 Kentucky
Census: 4 Jul 1870 with parents; Monroe Precinct, Hardin Co., Illinois
Census: 12 Jul 1880 with father & stepmother; Monroe Precinct, Hardin Co., Illinois

3/F Jesse LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1869 Hardin Co., Illinois
Census: 4 Jul 1870 with parents; Monroe Precinct, Hardin Co., Illinois
Census: 12 Jul 1880 with father & stepmother; Monroe Precinct, Hardin Co., Illinois
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Marriage #3: 31 Mar 1872 Hardin Co., Illinois
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Spouse: Sarah Jane DAVIS
Birth: 18 Aug 1843 Hardin Co., Illinois
Census: 27 Apr 1910 with son Alexander LAWRENCE; Monroe Precinct, Hardin Co., Illinois (widow with 9 of 11 children living)
Death: 29 Mar 1929 Hardin Co., Illinois
Father: Abraham DAVIS (b. 1809, d. 1881)
Mother: Elizabeth NICHOLS (b. 1809, d. 1841)
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Eight of Eleven Known Children
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1/M Abraham LAWRENCE
Birth: 15 Mar 1873 Hardin Co., Illinois
Marriage: __ ___ 1902 Willie E. (--?--) (b. 22 Jun 1886, d. 17 Dec 1966); Illinois
Census: 29 Apr 1910 McFarlan Precinct, Hardin Co., Illinois (shoe cobbler)
Census: 15 Jan 1920 Golconda Precinct, Pope Co., Illinois (shoe repairing)
Census: 26 Apr 1930 Elizabethtown Village, Hardin Co., Illinois (shoe cobbler)
Death: __ ___ 1936 Illinois

2/M Thomas LAWRENCE
Birth: 10 Feb 1875 Hardin Co., Illinois
Census: 12 Jul 1880 with parents; Monroe Precinct, Hardin Co., Illinois

3/F Agnes LAWRENCE (twin)
Birth: 16 Apr 1876 Hardin Co., Illinois
Census: 12 Jul 1880 with parents; Monroe Precinct, Hardin Co., Illinois

4/F Anna LAWRENCE (twin)
Birth: 16 Apr 1876 Hardin Co., Illinois
Marriage: __ ___ 1893 Clement Lee MILLER (b. 27 Dec 1867, d. 10 May 1903); Hardin Co., Illinois
Daughter: 17 Jan 1894 Ina Lee MILLER; Illinois
Son: 12 Sep 1896 Ulan Roy MILLER; Illinois
Daughter: 3 Nov 1899 Audle MILLER; Illinois
Son: 5 Jul 1902 Lucian Murel MILLER; Karbers Ridge, Hardin Co., Illinois
Marriage: __ ___ 1909 James Daniel JOHNSON; Hardin Co., Illinois
Daughter: __ ___ 1910 Edith Boline JOHNSON; Illinois
Son: __ Sep 1916 Nolan W. JOHNSON; Illinois
Census: 14 Jan 1920 Monroe, Hardin Co., Illinois (James a farmer)
Death: 25 Oct 1934 Hardin Co., Illinois

5/M Alexander LAWRENCE
Birth: 4 Dec 1877 Hardin Co., Illinois
6 Jun 1900 with parents; Monroe Precinct, Hardin Co., Illinois (wood chopper)
Marriage: 20 Dec 1909 Izora SNEED; Hardin Co., Illinois
Census: 27 Apr 1910 Monroe Precinct, Hardin Co., Illinois
Census: 14 Apr 1930 Commerce Twp, Scott Co., Missouri (farmer)

6/M Addison LAWRENCE
Birth: 21 Apr 1880 Hardin Co., Illinois
Census: 6 Jun 1900 with parents; Monroe Precinct, Hardin Co., Illinois (farm laborer)
Marriage: 11 Oct 1902 Ethel PATTON (b. 8 Nov 1888, d. 1932); Hardin Co., Illinois
Son: 13 Apr 1907 Nigel LAWRENCE; Sikeston, Scott Co., Missouri
Daughter: 18 Dec 1910 Faye Loretta LAWRENCE; Sikeston, Scott Co., Missouri
Son: 18 Aug 1911 John Thanet LAWRENCE; Sikeston, Scott Co., Missouri
Son: __ ___ 1914 Emil Coil LAWRENCE; Arkansas
Son: __ ___ 1918 Guy Vernon LAWRENCE; Arkansas
Census: 22 Mar 1920 Chickasawba Twp, Mississippi Co., Arkansas (farmer)
Census: 9 Apr 1930 Commerce Twp, Scott Co., Missouri (farmer)
Death: 11 Mar 1974 Commerce, Scott Co., Missouri

7/M Sylvester LAWRENCE
Birth: __ Mar 1881 Hardin Co., Illinois
6 Jun 1900 with parents; Monroe Precinct, Hardin Co., Illinois (wood chopper)

8/F Bertha LAWRENCE
Birth: __ Aug 1884 Hardin Co., Illinois
Census: 6 Jun 1900 with parents; Monroe Precinct, Hardin Co., Illinois