CHAPTER V - Mary Ann Lawton

CHAPTER V

MARY ANN LAWTON

First Generation

1. Mary Ann 1 LAWTON, daughter of JOSIAH T. LAWTON and BETSY BRADLEY, was born in St. Lawrence Co, New York 26 APR 1825. Mary died 17 MAR 1883 in Wright Twp, Ottawa, Michigan, at 57 years of age. Her body was interred 20 MAR 1883 in Wright Twp, Ottawa, Michigan, Advent Cemetery. She married twice. She married Daniel W. GORDON in New York, before 1845. Daniel was born in New York CA 1824. He and Mary Ann settled in the Coopersville area near her brothers. Daniel was a farmer in Wright, which is just northeast of Coopersville. He died 6 JUN 1866 at 41 years of age. His body was interred JUN 1866 in Wright Twp, Ottawa, Michigan, Advent Cemetery. Mary Ann then married Horace Thayer WASHBURN Ottawa Co, Michigan, NOV 1866. Horace was born in St. Lawrence Co, New York 1827. He was a teamster and farmer in Coopersville, and helped Mary Ann raise her children. Horace had been married to Hannah WALKER previous to his marriage with Mary Ann. He married Lizzie CLARK in Ottawa Co, Michigan in 1883. Horace died in DEC 1915 in Coopersville, Ottawa Co, Michigan, at 88 years of age. His body was interred in Polkton Twp, Ottawa Co, Michigan, Coopersville Cemetery. In 1845, Mary Ann and her first husband settled in Coopersville with her father and brother, Albert. She and Daniel Gordon had 5 children, 2 sons, 3 daughters, and had 3 grandchildren, all of whom had passed away before Mary Ann died, leaving no heirs.

The Coopersville Observer March 22, 1883: OBITUARY - Died, in Wright township, March 17, 1883, Mary Ann Washburn, after an illness of only six days, aged fifty eight years. The deceased was born in St. Lawrence county, N.Y., April 26, 1825. Her maiden name was Lawton. In 1845 she with her first husband, D.W. Gordon, her father and brother, Albert Lawton, settled in what is now Coopersville, on the farm on which Albert Lawton now resides. At that time there was no settlement on the south nearer than Eastmanville and west than Crockery creek and on the east three miles away. In 1866 her husband died, leaving two sons and three daughters; all of whom, with their three children, have departed this life. One by one they have gone to that "other shore" until the family has become extinct. In November, 1866, she married Horace Washburn, with whom she lived, on their farm two miles east of this village, up to the time of her death. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Kitzmiller at the Advent church in Wright, on Tuesday, and attended by a large concourse of people.

Mary Ann LAWTON and Daniel W. GORDON had the following children:

2 i. Alonzo A.2 GORDON was born in New York CA 1845. Alonzo died 1 MAY 1874 at 28 years of age. His body was interred MAY 1874 in Wright Twp, Ottawa, Michigan, Advent Cemetery.

3 ii. Amelia GORDON was born in Michigan CA 1847. She died before 1860.

4 iii. Parmelia J.GORDON was born in Michigan CA 1849. Parmelia died 3 SEP 1864 at 15 years of age. Her body was interred SEP 1864 in Wright Twp, Ottawa, Michigan, Advent Cemetery.

+ 5 iv. Howard L. GORDON was born CA 1852.

6 v. Louisa P. GORDON was born Ottawa Co, Michigan CA 1859.

Second Generation

5. Howard L. 2 GORDON (Mary Ann1 LAWTON) was born in Michigan CA 1852. Howard died BEF 1883. He married Sarah J., who was born in Canada CA 1857.

Howard L. GORDON and Sarah J. had the following child:

i. Rose M. 3 GORDON was born in Wright Twp, Ottawa, Michigan 8 OCT 1879. Rose died at a young age before 1883.

There is a George E. GORDON buried in Advent Cemetery in Wright Twp. who was born CA 1871. He died 13 AUG 1874 at 3 years of age. It is thought that he is possibly a son of Howard and Sarah.

This concludes the chapter on Mary Ann, as her line has totally died out, leaving no descendants.