Lawton Family History and Information
Written By: Leo Lawton My Grandfather William had 10 siblings, one of which was a twin sister Wealthy, and another was a younger sister Annis. Annis married a man named Fred Healy. Fred and Annis are buried in Cavalry Cemetery in Watertown, New York. Their graves are well marked, and easy to locate. However, Grandfather and his twin Wealthy, didn’t […]
Read moreWritten By: Leo Lawton Meandering through the tombstones trying to connect with those I knew. There rests my mother, There lies my father too. Ever side by side as they were in life. Lingering memories here among the bones. Seven brothers, like peas there in a pod, and three sisters lie beneath the sod. No brothers, two sisters yet remain. […]
Read moreOn the left is Ronald William Lawton and Thea Joan Carolyn Martin Lawton. On the right is Lloyd Burton Lawton and Regina Mae Aldrich Lawton and their son Steve. The date was August 28, 1952 the wedding day of Ron and Thea taken on the side lawn of both men’s parents Lloyd and Alice Lawton.
Read moreWritten By: Leo Lawton March 26, 2011 The sounds of rolling thunder fills the air of the nation,A cry of dispair comes from the founders of this creationA family against family, brother against brother;For a war has begun, a war like no other. Wayne Bengston George W (Ware?) Lawton was born October 12, 1806 somewhere?, but I don’t know the […]
Read moreJohn and Mary Lawton Babcock George and his brother Thomas Lawton were among the earliest colonists on Aquidneck Island, later to become Portsmouth, Rhode Island in 1639. In 1645 George and his wife, the former Elizabeth Hazard, had their third child a girl named Mary, their first two being sons. By 1662, when Mary was 17, John Babcock was working […]
Read moreLeft to right: Grace Halladay (Ralph Lawton, Hiram Trickey) age 17; Alice Halladay (Lloyd Lawton) age 19; Irene Ritter daughter of Bernard Halladay’s sister Edith Halladay Ritter, first cousin to other three, age 21; in front Rosedale Halladay (John Suhockey) age 8. Photo taken at Perch Lake farm where Halladay family lived until the house burned.
Read moreWritten by: Leo Lawton Uncle Fred, who wasn’t really my uncle, was born July 10, 1868. His full name was Fred Eugene Lawton, and he was the next youngest child born into the family after my grandfather Will Benjamin and Will’s twin sister Wealtha Betsy Lawton. This, of course, makes him my father’s uncle, not exactly mine, but he was […]
Read moreWatertown Daily Times, Tuesday Afternoon, July 9, 1928 Lawton Annual Reunion Held At Thompson Park The annual Lawton reunion was held at Thompson Park Wednesday. Clark Lawton offered prayer. Mr. And Mrs. V. McGovern read a memorial for those that had passed away. After lunch a business meeting was held and new officers were elected for the coming year. Among […]
Read moreWritten By: Leo Lawton March 2, 2022 Mary was born November 21, 1931 in Ogdensburg, New York, the third child and eldest girl of the marriage of Lloyd Benjamin and Alice Pearl (Halladay) Lawton. She was raised as the daughter all parents love; pretty, witty, healthy, and loved by all. She attended and graduated from Ogdensburg Free Academy in June […]
Read moreWritten By: Leo Lawton July 24, 2011 Lloyd Benjamin Lawton was born August 27, 1905. Alice Pearl Halladay was born May 1, 1906. They became a twosome when they married June 20, 1925. July 13, 1927 their first child, a son, Lloyd Burton Lawton was born, and now there were three. Two years later, Lawrence Bernard Lawton was born on […]
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