James Edward Lawrence Family of Fayette County, Illinois

Subject: James Edward LAWRENCE *Ancestor of Y-DNA Project participant #172443
Birth: __ ___ 1827 Virginia
Census: 5 Sep 1850 District 2, Macon Co., Tennessee (farmer)
Census: 1 Jun 1860 Kaskaskia Twp, Fayette Co., Illinois (farmer $400 $80)
Death: __ ___ 1868 Fayette Co., Illinois
Parents: unknown
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Marriage: circa __ ___ 1848 Tennessee
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Spouse: Judith Agnes LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1830 Caroline Co., Virginia
Census: 16 Jul 1870 Kaskaskia, Fayette Co., Illinois (widowed farmer $1100 $600)
Death: __ ___ 1872 Fayette Co., Illinois
Father: Samuel LAWRENCE (b. 29 Nov 1779, ) *Ancestor of Y-DNA Project participant #266747
Mother: Leanna SAUNDERS (b. 1797, )
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Eight Known Children
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1/F Mary LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1849 Macon Co., Tennessee
Census: 5 Sep 1850 with parents; District 2, Macon Co., Tennessee
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2/F Sarah Ellen LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1850 Macon Co., Tennessee
Census: 16 Jul 1870 with mother; Kaskaskia, Fayette Co., Illinois
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3/F Susan Matilda LAWRENCE
Birth: __ Feb 1853 Illinois
Marriage: __ ___ ____ W. W. WILSON (b. 1847, ); Illinois
Census: 1 Jun 1880 ; Kaskaskia Twp, Fayette Co., Illinois (W.W. a farmer)
Marriage: circa __ ___ 1885 William KLINGE (b. Jan 1851, ); Fayette Co., Illinois
Census: 1 Jun 1900 Kaskaskia Twp, Fayette Co., Illinois (William a merchant)
Census: 1 Jan 1920 Patoka Twp, Marion Co., Illinois (widow)
Death: 22 Sep 1935 Riverside, Adams Co., Illinois
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4/M 3/M John Samuel LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1854 Illinois
Census: 1 Jun 1880 St Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri (traveling salesman)
Census: 1 Jan 1920 Anderson, McDonald Co., Missouri (laborer)
Census: 1 Apr 1930 Anderson, McDonald Co., Missouri)
Death: __ ___ 1932 Anderson, McDonald Co., Missouri (buried Anderson Cemetery)

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Marriage: __ ___ 1880
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Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth LAYMAN
Birth: __ ___ 1862 Illinois (father born VA, mother GA)
Death: 5 Jun 1935 Anderson, McDonald Co., Missouri (buried Anderson Cemetery B-25)
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One Known Child
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• 1/M Elmer Georgium LAWRENCE
  Birth: 29 Mar 1886 Carson, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa
  Census: 1 Jun 1900 Thomas Michener farm, Boomer Twp, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa (farm laborer)
  Marriage: circa 1908 Grace Mary Edmonston (b. 4 Jun 1891, 3 Nov 1972)
  Son: 14 Nov 1909 Kenneth Murray LAWRENCE; Comanche Co., Kansas
  Census: 15 Apr 1910 Irwin Twp, Comanche Co., Kansas (farmer)
  Daughter: 6 Feb 1912 Florence S. LAWRENCE; Comanche Co., Kansas
  Son: 21 Feb 1915 Virgil Elmer LAWRENCE; Comanche Co., Kansas
  Daughter: 28 Jun 1916 Irene Orpha LAWRENCE; Comanche Co., Kansas
  Daughter: 27 Jun 1918 Alzene Hester LAWRENCE; Comanche Co., Kansas
  Census: 1 Jan 1920 Protection Twp, Comanche Co., Kansas (hardware salesman)
  Daughter: 29 Jan 1920 Ethel Grace LAWRENCE; Comanche Co., Kansas
  Census: 1 Apr 1930 Protection Twp, Comanche Co., Kansas (farmer)
  Death: 30 Apr 1955 Iola, Allen Co., Kansas

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5/M William Napoleon LAWRENCE
Birth: __ Jan 1855 Illinois
Marriage: circa ___ 1883 Sarah Lee (--?--) (b. Jul 1854,d. ?); Illinois
Son: __ Dec 1884 Willie LAWRENCE; Illinois
Daughter: __ May 1886 Hester LAWRENCE; Illinois
Son: __ Mar 1889 Dick LAWRENCE; Illinois
Daughter: __ Dec 1890 Lizzie LAWRENCE; Illinois
Son: __ Jan 1894 John LAWRENCE; Illinois
Son: __ May 1897 Peter LAWRENCE; Illinois
Daughter: __ Jan 1900 Susie LAWRENCE; Patoka, Marion Co., Illinois
Census: 1 Jun 1900 Patoka, Marion Co., Illinois (junk dealer)
Death: 24 Sep 1919 Fayette Co., Illinois
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6/F Amanda Lucy LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1859 Fayette Co., Illinois
Census: 16 Jul 1870 with mother; Kaskaskia, Fayette Co., Illinois
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7/M Simeon Grant LAWRENCE
Birth: 26 Oct 1864 Fayette Co., Illinois
Census: 1 Jun 1880 Jay farm, Kaskaskia Twp, Fayette Co., Illinois (farm laborer)
Census: 1 Jun 1900 with William & Susan KLINGE; Kaskaskia Twp, Fayette Co., Illinois (merchant)
Census: 1 Jan 1920 with sister Susan KLINGE; Patoka Twp, Marion Co., Illinois (salesman in hardware store)
Death: 25 Jun 1929 Patoka , Marion Co., Illinois
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8/F Hester A. LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1868 Fayette Co., Illinois
Census: 1 Jun 1880 with W. W. & Susan Matilda WILSON; Kaskaskia Twp, Fayette Co., Illinois