The Lawson Family

Fourth Generation


13. Flora Belle Lawson (William Jasper , Hudson , Moorman ) was born on 3 Apr 1862 in Bloomfield, Boone, Ia. She died on 7 Oct 1951 in Las Angeles, Ca.

NOTE:Info from Dorothy Rhoades Driver 6 Nov 1993.

NOTE:Info from LAWSON-L Mail List Archives sub. by CRL2@aol.com 1 Sep 1997
Had 8 children, Bates Co, MO.

Information received from Linda Wilcox Lingana. 4-2-98

Flora married Everett Evan Wilcox son of James Harvey Wilcox and Sarah Bell Cecil on 6 Mar 1881 in Bates Co, Mo. Everett was born on 21 Nov 1854 in Stilesville, Hendricks, In. He died on 3 Dec 1907.

NOTE:Info from LAWSON-L Mail List Archives sub. by CRL2@aol.com 1 Sep 1997
Had 8 children, Bates Co, MO.

Information received from Linda Wilcox Lingana. 4-2-98

Everett and Flora had the following children:

  24 M i Clarence Wilcox was born on 4 Oct 1881. He died on 13 Sep 1885 in Everett, Cass County, Mo.

NOTE:Information received from Linda Wilcox Lingana. 4-2-98
  25 F ii Ethyl E. Wilcox was born in Jan 1883 in Bates County, Mo. She died in 1956 in El Dorado, Ks.

NOTE:Information received from Linda Wilcox Lingana. 4-2-98
        Ethyl married Robert L. McKown in 1902.

NOTE:Information received from Linda Wilcox Lingana. 4-2-98
  26 M iii Clyde Wilcox was born in Jun 1888 in Bates County, Mo. He died in Sep 1967 in Johnston, Weld County, Co.

NOTE:Information received from Linda Wilcox Lingana. 4-2-98
        Clyde married Leona.
  27 M iv Earl Wilcox was born in Sep 1890.

NOTE:Information received from Linda Wilcox Lingana. 4-2-98
        Earl married Josephine Simpson.
  28 F v Gladys Wilcox
        Gladys married Karl Ingram.
  29 M vi Chester C. Wilcox was born on 28 Sep 1896 in Bates County, Mo. He died in Aug 1973 in Oregon City, Oregon.

NOTE:Information received from Linda Wilcox Lingana. 4-2-98
        Chester married Gladys.
  30 M vii Lester Lawson Wilcox was born on 28 Sep 1896 in Butler, Mo. He died on 29 Aug 1980 in Delda, Co.

NOTE:Information received from Linda Wilcox Lingana. 4-2-98
        Lester married (1) Marguerite Wolff on 13 May 1914 in Greeley, Weld County, Co.
        Lester married (2) Kaktherine Agnus Sauter.
  31 M viii Buel "Dutch" Wilcox was born on 1 Jan 1900 in Bates County, Mo. He died in Feb 1982 in Clackamas County, Or.

NOTE:Information received from Linda Wilcox Lingana. 4-2-98
        Buel married Eliza Mary "Betty" Rudd on 2 Jul 1947 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

14. Nora A. Lawson (William Jasper , Hudson , Moorman ) was born on 21 Sep 1867 in West Grove, Davis Co, Ia. She died on 25 Apr 1925 in Ponca City, Kay Co, Ok.

NOTE:Info from Dorothy Rhoades Driver 6 Nov 1993. Other info says her name is Nora A. Lawson

NOTE:Info from LAWSON-L Mail List Archives sub. by CRL2@aol.com 1 Sep 1997
Shows her name as Nora.

NOTE:Info from Linda, 12 Feb 1998. Her email address: CRL2@aol.com She has a photo with a total of 8 children, not identified.

Info from World Family Tree #5, Pedigree 0241, submitted by Robert Beck.

Nora married Stephen Arthur Beck son of Lycurgus Winchester Beck and Delila Workman on 4 Dec 1887 in Rich Hill, Bates Co, Ok. Stephen was born on 25 Dec 1865 in Boone Co, In. He died on 6 Aug 1919 in Hunter, Garfield Co, Ok.

NOTE:Info from Linda, 12 Feb 1998. Her email address: CRL2@aol.com
Linda has a photo of Nora and Stephen and two oldest children idendified and another photo with 5 more children that just identifies as Stephen and Nora Beck family.

Info from World Family Tree #5, Pedigree 0241, submitted by Robert Beck.

Stephen and Nora had the following children:

+ 32 M i Percy Winchester Beck
+ 33 M ii Paul Voorhees Beck
  34 F iii Floy Beck was born on 8 Jan 1894 in Rich Hill, Bates Co, Mo. She died on 7 Apr 1978 in Tulsa, Tulsa Co, Ok.
+ 35 M iv William Jennings Beck
+ 36 F v Mary Lillian Beck
+ 37 F vi Queen Esther Beck
+ 38 M vii Stephen Arthur Beck Jr.
+ 39 F viii Nora Mildred Beck

15. Melissa Ellen "Ella" Lawson (William Jasper , Hudson , Moorman ) was born on 28 Jun 1869 in Ia. She died on 8 Jan 1946. She was buried in Covington Cem, Garfield, Ok.

NAME & BIRTH LOCATION:The death records of her dau, Effie Scott Avery, lists her name as Ramson and birth place as Iowa.

RITES PENDING FOR MRS. MELISSA SCOTT
Enid Morning News, 9 Jun 1946
Melissa Ellen Scott, 76, died at her home in Covington early Saturday morning following an illness of five weeks.

She was born in Iowa but moved to Missouri with her parents at an early age. In 1887 she married A. Owen Scott at Butler, MO.

Mrs. Scott was a member of the Methodist church until coming to Oklahoma in 1906. Later she joined the Christian Union Church at Pleasant Valley near Douglas.

She had lived on a farm near Douglas since 1906 until her husband's retirement when they moved to Covington about 13 years alo. In covington, whe joined the First Christian Church.

Survivors include her husband, A. Owen Scott, of the home; four daughters, Mrs. Bertha Coleman of Hutchinson, Kans, Mrs. Alma Stout of Douglas, Mrs. Fannie Gowin of Bartlesville, and Mrs. Rachel Rhodes of Roswell, NM; four sons, Ernest of Covington, Delmar of Douglas, Ivan of Salt Lake City, Urah, and Owen of Washington, D.C.; two sisters Mrs. Effie Lewis of Sedalia, MO and Mrs. Belle Wilcox of Los Angeles, Calif; twenty grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements are pending at the Fossett Funeral Home.

Melissa married Alerich Owen Scott son of Scott and Scott in 1887. Alerich was born on 23 Mar 1865 in Brown Co, Il. He died on 20 Jul 1948 in Hospital, Enid, Garfield Co, Ok. He was buried in Covington Cem, Garfield, Ok.

DEATH:On his dau death record it shows his place of birth as Indiana?

OBITUARY
Enid Morning News, 22 Jul 1948
Definite arrangements have not as yet been made for Alerich O. Scott, 83, of Covington, who died Tuesday night in an Enid hospital.

He was born in Brown County, IL in 1865 and moved with his parents to Missouri at the age of six. In 1906 he came to Oklahoma, settling on a farm near Covington and had made his home there since.

He was a member of the Christian church in Covington. He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Bertha Coleman of Hutchinson, KS, Mrs. Alma Stout of Douglas, Mrs. Fannie Gowin of Bartlesville and Mrs. Rachel Rhoades of Roswell, N.M; four sons, Ernest of Covington, Delmar of Douglas, Ivan of Salt Lake City and Owen of Washington, D.C. He also leaves 19 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.

Interment will be made in the Covington cemetery beside his wife who passed away in 1946. Arrangements will be announced by the Fossett funeral home.


The Enid Morning News, July 23, 1948
ALERICH O. SCOTT
Services will be held in the Covington Christian church at 2 p.m. Friday for Alerich O. Scott, 83, of Covington. Rev. Percy Beck will officiate and burial will follow in the Covington cemetery.

The Fossett funeral home cared for the body.

Alerich and Melissa had the following children:

+ 40 F i Bertha Scott
  41 M ii Ernest Scott was born on 12 Sep 1892 in Rich Hill, Bates, Mo. He died on 18 Apr 1973 in Enid, Garfield, Ok. He was buried in Covington Cem, Garfield, Ok.

OBITUARY
Enid Morning News

Ernest E. Scott, 80, Covington, died late Wednesday night in a local rest home. He was bron Sept. 12, 1893 in Rich Hill, MO and came to Oklahoma in 1906, settling in the Douglas-Covington area where he was a farmer.

His wife died in 1965 and his parents, three sisters and a brother also preceded him in death.

Scott was a member of the Methodist Church. He is survived by two brothers, Delmar E. Scott of Covington and Ivan Scott, Truth or Consequences, NM; two sisters, Mrs. Rachel Rhodes, Roswell, NM, and Mrs. Alma Stout of Douglas; several nieces and nephews.

Funeral rites for Scott will be at 10 am Saturday in the Covington Cemetery with Paston Carloton F. Kjergaard officiating. Interment will be in the Covington Cemetery, under the direction of the Fossett Funeral Home
+ 42 F iii Effie Scott
+ 43 F iv Alma Scott
+ 44 F v Fannie F. Scott
+ 45 M vi Delmer Earl Scott
+ 46 F vii Hallie Rachel Scott
  47 M viii Ivan Scott
        Ivan married Anna, Wife of Ivan Scott.
  48 M ix Owen Scott was born in Jul 1909. He died about 1951 in Washington, D.C..

OBITUARY:From newpaper clipping in possession of Betty Jo Scott.
FORMER DOUGLAS MAN DIES OF FALL IN WASHINGTON
Owen Scott, 42, died Saturday evening as a result of a fall from a building in Washington, D.C. while he was working for a construction company.

He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Scott of Covington and Douglas and a graduate of the Douglas High School with the class of 1929. He served in the U.S. Marines and lived in Washington, D.C. for several years.

Survivors include his wife of the home, one daughter and two grandchildren;
three brothers, Ernest Scott, Covington, Delmer Scott, Douglas and Ivan Scott, Salt Lake City, Utah; four sisters, Mrs. Harvey Stout, Douglas, Mrs. Bertha Coleman, Hutchinson, Kansas, Mrs. Fannie Gowin, Bartlesville, Okla. and Mrs Rachel Rhodes of California.

16. Ollie Lawson (William Jasper , Hudson , Moorman ).

NOTE:Info from Dorothy Rhoades Driver 6 Nov 1993.

NOTE:Info from LAWSON-L Mail List Archives sub. by CRL2@aol.com 1 Sep 1997
Was born after 1870, not on 1870 census.

NOTE:Info from Linda, 12 Feb 1998. Her email address: CRL2@aol.com
A photo in Linda's possession shows Ollie and Myrtle (her dau?) in front of a rooming house with nurses uniforms on (dark dresses with white hats and pinafores.

Ollie married George Wilson.

They had the following children:

  49 F i Myrtle Wilson
  50 M ii Bill Wilson
  51 M iii Ott Wilson
  52 F iv Pearl Wilson
  53 M v Dewey Wilson
  54 F vi Grace Wilson

21. Samuel Edward Lawson (James Stokley , Hudson , Moorman ) was born on 25 Dec 1880 in Monterey, Davis, Ia. He died on 9 Mar 1955 in Great Bend, Barton, Ks.

NOTE:Info from Lawson-L Mail List sub by: Yvonne James Henderson at hen1@idt.net

Samuel married Maggie Elmina Horn daughter of Elijah Jasper Horn and Alice Jane Morrow on 27 May 1901 in Lacross, Ks. Maggie was born on 7 May 1880.

NOTE:Info from Lawson-L Mail List sub by: Yvonne James Henderson at hen1@idt.net

Samuel and Maggie had the following children:

  55 M i Virgil Forrest Lawson was born on 10 Dec 1903 in Moulton, Appanoose, Ia. He died on 16 Oct 1979 in Wichita, Sedgewick, Ks.
  56 M ii Vinton Harold Lawson was born on 27 Jul 1906 in Moulton, Appanoose, Ia. He died on 18 May 1962 in Wichita, Sedgewick, Ks.

NOTE:Info from Lawson-L Mail List sub by: Yvonne James Henderson at hen1@idt.net
  57 M iii Albin Rex Lawson
  58 M iv Willis Eugene Lawson
  59 F v Olive Irene Lawson

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