Category Archives: NY Lawtons

By: Leo Lawton June 22, 2010 Philo Lawton was born in 1818. The first documentation of his life that I have located is the 1850 United States Census report. At that time he was listed as 30 years old, but … Continue reading →

Time inexorably goes on, and early in 1894 the aging Moses Fisk, who turned 81 April 27 that year, decided to sell the old home he and Hannah had known for more than thirty four years. In May he gave … Continue reading →

Written By: Lori Lawton Rienhardt March 17, 2023 My Mom’s name was Alice Pearl Halladay Lawton. She was born May 1 1906 on Arsenal Street in Watertown Ny. She was one of seven kids, although an older brother, Roy, died … Continue reading →

Written by: Lori Lawton Rienhardt March 13, 2023 My Dad’s name was Lloyd Benjamin Lawton. He was born in Pamelia, New York on August 27 1905. His family lived on the family dairy farm. When he was six, his family … Continue reading →

Written By: Lori Lawton Rienhardt February, 2023 after the death of her brother, Leo Eight older brothers I held so dear, One by one they began to disappear, First went Dell and then went Ron, So close together Bert, Bob … Continue reading →

Written By: Leo Lawton My grandfather had a twin named Wealtha. This is random information about her. The owner of the diary of Marcus Reed of East Watertown New York states: “It is completely full of handwritten entries for the … Continue reading →

Written by: Leo Lawton You may recall that when Benjamin Lawton, son of Oliver, moved north into the New York wilderness in the latter half of the first decade of the 1800s he was nearly 40 years of age, having … Continue reading →

Written by: Leo Lawton Oliver Lawton, born in 1739 was the great, great, grandson of Thomas Lawton the original immigrant to Rhode Island. Oliver took the big step and moved to the hinterlands of central New York in 1789. Oliver … Continue reading →

Written by: Leo Lawton, as told to him by his Aunt Clara Lawton December 22, 2019 Glasgow, Montana At approximately 7 years of age, in 1918, Clara Lawton and her family moved by covered wagon to Glasgow, Montana. One covered … Continue reading →

Written by: Leo Lawton April 14, 2016 Lloyd Lawton His: William Benjamin Lawton married Mary Elizabeth Houghton December 4, 1889. Born unto them July 11, 1891 was a son Clarence Elijah Lawton, followed November 10, 1894 by a second son Clinton … Continue reading →