John LAWTON

(b. 9 February 1815 , Westport, Massachusetts, USA d. 25 May 1887 , Westport, Massachusetts, USA )

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John LAWTON was born 9 February 1815 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA

John LAWTON was the child of Richard LAWTON and Susannah HARRISON and the grandchild of: (paternal) George LAWTON and Peace MOSHER (maternal) John HARRISON and Sias? UNKNOWN

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

John married Julia Ann TRIPP 11 October 1841 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Julia Ann TRIPP was born 26 July 1814 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point). Julia Ann died 18 March 1853 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point). Julia Ann was the child of Nathaniel TRIPP and Sophia DAVENPORT.

John LAWTON died 25 May 1887 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA .

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John LAWTON married

Julia Ann TRIPP-- Date: 11 October 1841 Place: New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
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Julia Ann TRIPP was the child of Nathaniel TRIPP and Sophia DAVENPORT

John Lawton married Julia Ann Tripp, daughter of Nathaniel Tripp and Sophia Davenport, Oct 1841

Name: John Lawton
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 11 Oct 1841
Marriage Place: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Spouse: Julia A Tripp

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Children of John LAWTON and Julia Ann TRIPP:

Augustus Channing LAWTON (b.1 December 1842, Westport, Massachusetts, USA d. 23 January 1898, Westport, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Mary A SIMMONS 31 March 1868 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
m. Rosina J SHERMAN 20 April 1871 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

Sophia Richmond LAWTON (b.5 April 1846, Westport, Massachusetts, USA d. 19 July 1900, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Nelson Root REED 7 January 1869 in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton)

Richard Nelson LAWTON (b.7 November 1847, Westport, Massachusetts, USA d. 22 December 1885, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA)

Melintha Brown LAWTON (b.4 December 1848, Westport, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1927, Westport, Massachusetts, USA )
m. John Henry ADAMS 3 February 1875 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

Julia Ann LAWTON (b.20 November 1851, Westport, Massachusetts, USA d. 19 November 1919, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Peleg Andrew TRIPP 10 June 1869 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

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1815 Birth
9 February 1815
Westport, Massachusetts, USA

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 Marriage / Partner
John LAWTON and Julia Ann TRIPP 11 October 1841, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

He was 26 years old.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1842 Birth of Child
Augustus Channing LAWTON was born 1 December 1842, Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

John was 27 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1846 Birth of Child
Sophia Richmond LAWTON was born 5 April 1846, Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

John was 31 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Richard Nelson LAWTON was born 7 November 1847, Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

John was 32 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Melintha Brown LAWTON was born 4 December 1848, Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

John was 33 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts
name: John Lawton
residence: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts
age: 35 years
calculated birth year: 1815
birthplace: Massachusetts
gender: Male
race (original):
race (expanded):
death month:
death year:
film number: 14703
digital gs number: 4194639
image number: 00498
line number: 12
dwelling house number: 82
family number: 96
marital status:
free or slave:
Household Gender Age
John Lawton M 35y
Julia A Lawton F 35y
Augustus C Lawton M 7y
Sophia K Lawton F 4y
Richard N Lawton M 2y
Melintha B Lawton F 5m
George B Lawton M 42y

1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1851 Birth of Child
Julia Ann LAWTON was born 20 November 1851, Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

John was 36 years old.

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1853 Death of Spouse/Partner
Julia Ann TRIPP died 18 March 1853, Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

1855 Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts
name: John Lawton
age: 40
estimated birth year: 1815
gender: Male
race:
birthplace: Massachusetts
residence: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts
family number: 396
line number: 6
film number: 000953977
digital folder number: 004279391
image number: 00331
Household Gender Age
John Lawton M 40
Augustus C Lawton M 12
Sophia R Lawton F 9
Nelson R Lawton M 8
Melintha B Lawton F 7
Julia A Lawton F 4

1855 Massachusetts Census
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1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Marriage of Child
Augustus Channing LAWTON married 31 March 1868, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA to Mary A SIMMONS

1869 Marriage of Child
Sophia Richmond LAWTON married 7 January 1869, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton) to Nelson Root REED

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1869 Marriage of Child
Julia Ann LAWTON married 10 June 1869, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram) to Peleg Andrew TRIPP

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1871 Marriage of Child
Augustus Channing LAWTON married 20 April 1871, Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point) to Rosina J SHERMAN

1875 Marriage of Child
Melintha Brown LAWTON married 3 February 1875, Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point) to John Henry ADAMS

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts
name: John Lawton
residence: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts
birthdate: 1814
birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
relationship to head: Self
spouse's name:
spouse's birthplace:
father's name:
father's birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
mother's name:
mother's birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Male
martial status: Widowed
age (expanded): 66 years
occupation: Farmer
nara film number: T9-0523
page: 248
page character: C
entry number: 1147
film number: 1254523
Household Gender Age
John Lawton M 66
Richard W. Lawton M 32
child Melinthia B. Adams F 31

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1885 Death of Child
Richard Nelson LAWTON died 22 December 1885, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

John was 70 years old.

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1887 Death
Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
name: John Lawton
titles & terms:
event: Death
event date: 25 May 1887
event place: Westport, Massachusetts
residence:
street address:
gender: Male
age: 72
marital status: Widowed
occupation: farmer
birth date:
birthplace: Westport
estimated birth year: 1815
burial date:
burial place: Westport
cemetery:
father: Richard
father's titles & terms:
father's birthplace: Westport
mother: Polly
mother's titles & terms:
mother's birthplace: Westport
additional relatives:
spouse:
volume/ page/ certificate number: v 382 p 174
film number: 960234
frame number:
digital folder number: 4223258
image number: 185

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John LAWTON - Grave - Maple Grove Cemetery, Westport, Massachusetts

Grave - Maple Grove Cemetery, Westport, Massachusetts

Maple Grove Cemetery
Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

Thanks to Gail

John is buried at: Maple Grove Cemetery
Reed Rd

Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

http://westport.loreprojects.com/cemetery_view.cfm?id=19

Added: 9/3/2010 7:55:52 PM - Updated: 8/27/2020 3:37:49 PM