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The following list is part of the Tioga County Records collected by Rhoda ENGLISH Ladd .

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Noyes and Cynthia Rathbone Lawton Family Bible

This family record has been compiled using the Tioga County History ( 1897 ) Cemetery records and Bible Records. Presented by Perley Lawton, Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pa.
Noyes Lawton was born in Rhode island 14 Feb 1762. He fell in a log barn and broke his back 18th Feb 1834 and lived just four days; died 18th Feb 1834 being 72 years and 4 days old. He is buried at Germantown, New York. He married Cynthia Rathbone of Rhode Island. Their son, Gideon Lawton was born 11th Nov 1786 in Rhode Island, married in 1808 Polly Dodge of Oxford, New York. Gideon died in McDonouth, Chenango County, new York 13th Feb 1841 being then just 55 years old.

Children of Noyes and Cynthia Rathbone Lawton:

  1. Elizabeth
  2. Thomas
  3. Almira
  4. Lucinda
  5. Russell
  6. William
  7. Thomas
  8. Emery
  9. Charles
  10. Ira
Russell Lawton born 21 Nov 1816 died 29 Oct 1888; married 18 Oct 1840 Susanna B. Hardy born 19 Jan 1823, daughter of Levi and Sally ( Borden ) Hardy. Susanna died 2 ND June 1897 buried in Wellsboro Cemetery.

Their children:

  1. Levie born 4 Apr 1841; died 2 July 1852
  2. Gilderoy born 20 Feb 1843; died 4 Feb 1911
  3. Warren born 31 Oct 1844; died 7 Jan 1918
  4. Francis born 20 Jun 1846; died 4 Jun 1930
  5. Edgar born 21 Jan 1849; died 13 Jan 1929
Warren Lawton was born 31 October 1844, Delmar Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania; married 13th February 1867 to Clarissa Townsend, daughter of Jacob Townsend. Clarissa died 22 April 1892. Warren Lawton was a member of Company I, 45th Pennsylvania Volunteers.

Their children:

  1. Noyes born 11 Feb. 1870 m. Clara Lyon
  2. Louisa born 26 Aug 1873 m. Wm. A. Luddington
Noyes Lawton married 15th March 1893 Clara Lyon

Their children:

  1. Perley b. 3 Mar 1894 m. Belle Knowlton
  2. Russell b. 2 Sep 1895 m. Louise English
  3. Dewey b. 13 May 1898 m. Clara Jones
  4. Lorena b. 22 Jun 1899 m. Allen Putman
  5. Francis b. 24 Jul 1902 m. Blanche Kennedy
  6.                                             Fay Callahan
Clara Lyon Lawton died 7th August 1930 and Noyes Lawton married 2ND, 1st Jan1936, Estella Lyon who died 17th November 1949.

Edgar Lawton born 21 Jan 1849, Delmar Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania the youngest son of Russell and Susannah B. (Hardy) Lawton married 20 February 1872, Agnes Orr, daughter of Thomas and Charlotte (McLees) Orr. Edgar died in 1929 and Agnes in 1939 buried in Westbranch Cemetery, located in Delmar Township, Tioga County, Pa.

Their children:

  1. Thomas R. born 1773
  2. Frank R.

Prentice George Lyon, born 7 Jun 1831, Steuben co., N.Y. m.1st Mary Brown who died before 1870, Addison, N.Y. , m.2ND Henrietta Bartle born 1849 and died 1922; Prentice Lyon died 4th Apr 1901 buried West Branch Cem. One son, Frank F. Lyon b. 5 Sep 1860 by 1st marriage who m. Amelia Gethler. Children by 2ND wife Henrietta Bartle were:

  1. Ralph b. 1871 m. Estella McConnell
  2. Orra E. b. 9 Jun 1877 m. Abbie Knowlton
  3. Mable b. 1879 m. Orra Townsend
  4. Clara b. 2 Jul 1873 m. Noyes Lawton
Note: Henrietta Bartle daughter of Jacob C. & Eunice ( Bacon) Bartle lived Delmar Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

Subj:  Lawton Bible error
Date: 11/8/98 11:53:51 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: sbelden@accn.org (Sherlene Belden)

Joyce,
I thought there was a special place to click to report errors/corrections but was unable to find it.

In the Lawton Family Bible, it lists Edgar Lawton b. 1849 and his son Thomas R. b. 1773.

Thanks,
Sherlene Schmitt-Belden