John LAWRENCE Family of Tennessee and Missouri

Subject: John LAWRENCE *Ancestor of Y-DNA Project participants #15228 and #131737
Birth: 03 Oct 1814 Tennessee
Marriage: 13 Sep 1833 Rhea now Meigs Co., Tennessee
Death: 10 Sep 1853 Johnson Co., Missouri
Parents probably:
Father: Needham Lawrence (b. 1778, d. ?)
Mother: Polly Latham
Note: Definitely a descendant of Edward LARRANCE
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Spouse: Martha DAVIS
Birth: 03 Oct 1817 Tennessee.
Marriage: 30 Jun 1856 Asa HINDS; Johnson Co., Missouri
Death: 09 Oct 1904 Lamar, Barton Co., Missouri
Father: Abram DAVIS
Mother: Rebekah CURTIS
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Seven Children
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1/M James N. LAWRENCE ** #131737
Birth: cir __ ___ 1834 Rhea now Meigs Co., Tennessee
Marriage: 04 Nov 1856 Mary RIGGLE (circa 1838- ); Johnson Co., Missouri
Daughter: cir __ ___ 1858 Letha J. LAWRENCE; Johnson Co., Missouri
Son: cir __ ___ 1859 John G. LAWRENCE; Johnson Co., Missouri **
Death: __ Dec 1862 (CSA soldier killed in Civil War).
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2/F Artemesia W. LAWRENCE
Birth: __ Jan 1838 Meigs Co., Tennessee
Marriage: 01 Jan 1856 Samuel H. FERGUSON
Daughter: cir __ ___ 1858 Mary W. FERGUSON; Missouri.
Son: cir __ ___ 1859 Thomas W. FERGUSON; Missouri.
Marriage: 19 Mar 1862 Joseph TAYLOR; Vernon Co., Missouri
Daughter: cir __ ___ 1869 Martha TAYLOR; Arkansas.
Son: cir __ ___ 1871 H. F. TAYLOR; Benton Co., Arkansas
Daughter: 08 Jun 1873 Ida Christina TAYLOR; Missouri (married John Humble 21 Aug 1894 Weir, Cherokee Co., KS).
Daughter: 25 Mar 1878 Laura Catherine TAYLOR; Joplin, Jasper Co., Missouri (married Ewell MYERS 4 Mar 1894 Barton Co., Missouri).
Death: after ___ 1904
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3/M Jackson V. LAWRENCE
Birth: cir __ ___ 1840 Meigs Co., Tennessee
Marriage: 23 Nov 1859 Martha GRIFFEN (circa 1844- ); Johnson Co., Missouri
Death: __ Oct 1862 (CSA soldier killed in the Civil War).
Daughter: __ Dec 1862 Mary Bell LAWRENCE; Johnson Co., Missouri
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4/M Abram David LAWRENCE
Birth: cir __ ___ 1846 Johnson Co., Missouri
Death: aft __ ___ 1880
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5/M Thomas B. LAWRENCE ** #15228
Birth: 15 Feb 1848 Holden, Johnson Co., Missouri
Marriage: 28 Feb 1867 Nancy Ann PITMAN (05 Mar 1846-circa 1881), d/o John Lester PITMAN and Sophia YOWELL; Bourbon Co., Kansas
Daughter: cir __ ___ 1868 Laura B. LAWRENCE; Missouri.
Son: 19 Apr 1869 John J. LAWRENCE; Benton Co., Arkansas **
Daughter: 22 Sep 1872 Rebecca J. LAWRENCE; Missouri.
Son: 05 Oct 1874 William Albert LAWRENCE; Filley, Cedar Co., Missouri
Daughter: 22 Feb 1877 Mary Catherine LAWRENCE; Jericho Springs, Cedar Co., Missouri
Death: 14 Jun 1903 Barton Co., Missouri
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6/F Rebecca Jane LAWRENCE
Birth: 19 Sep 1850 Johnson Co., Missouri
Marriage: 17 Aug 1870 Hugh Douglas COX
Son: 26 Nov 1871 John William COX; Vernon Co., Missouri
Son: __ ___ 1873 Asa Edward COX; Vernon Co., Missouri
Death: 28 Nov 1914 Barton Co., Missouri
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7/F Martha Elizabeth LAWRENCE
Birth: 27 Apr 1853 Johnson Co., Missouri
Marriage: 27 Nov 1873 Marvin WILSON
Son: __ ___ 1875 Clarence Edward WILSON; Deerfield, Vernon Co., Missouri
Daughter: 16 Aug 1885 Grace Bell WILSON; Barton Co., Missouri
Daughter: 03 Jul 1889 Nellie Mae WILSON; Barton Co., Missouri
Death: 13 Jan 1946 Barton Co., Missouri