Son of John Stephen Lawrence and Sarah Maria Shriner. Husband of Fannie Coats, father of 5.
Dallas Morning News 18 Dec 1891
An Old Landmark
MESQUITE, Tex., Dec. 17- John P. Lawrence, aged 80 years, died at the old homestead Wednesday evening, surrounded by relatives. J. P. Lawrence is an old landmark, having located in this part of Texas sometime in the '40s. He accumulated a large amount of real estate and has left a handsome legacy to his heirs. A wife, two sons and one daughter, a brother and a number of grandchildren mourn his loss. He will be interred to-day in Long Creek cemetery.
The Families of Long Creek Cemetery
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***From Proud Heritage, Volume I by DCPA, not currently in print.
John Peter came to Dallas County in 1845 from Unionville, Maryland, having spent the prior three years teaching school in Nacogdoches, then the Republic of Texas. It has been said he arrived with a horse, bridle, and one dollar and a half as his entire wealth. He soon secured a headright of 640 acres. John Peter married Fannie, the daughter of Samuel Coats – another Dallas County Pioneer, on June 23, 1848. They lived in a house partly built of logs on what is now Highway 80 and 352 in Sunnyvale. It was in this house that all four children were born: Samuel Augustus (1851-1908); Stephen Decatur (1853-1934); Emma (1856-1945); and Lavenia (1861-1890).
Dallas Morning News 18 Dec 1891
An Old Landmark
MESQUITE, Tex., Dec. 17- John P. Lawrence, aged 80 years, died at the old homestead Wednesday evening, surrounded by relatives. J. P. Lawrence is an old landmark, having located in this part of Texas sometime in the '40s. He accumulated a large amount of real estate and has left a handsome legacy to his heirs. A wife, two sons and one daughter, a brother and a number of grandchildren mourn his loss. He will be interred to-day in Long Creek cemetery.
The Families of Long Creek Cemetery
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
***From Proud Heritage, Volume I by DCPA, not currently in print.
John Peter came to Dallas County in 1845 from Unionville, Maryland, having spent the prior three years teaching school in Nacogdoches, then the Republic of Texas. It has been said he arrived with a horse, bridle, and one dollar and a half as his entire wealth. He soon secured a headright of 640 acres. John Peter married Fannie, the daughter of Samuel Coats – another Dallas County Pioneer, on June 23, 1848. They lived in a house partly built of logs on what is now Highway 80 and 352 in Sunnyvale. It was in this house that all four children were born: Samuel Augustus (1851-1908); Stephen Decatur (1853-1934); Emma (1856-1945); and Lavenia (1861-1890).
Son of John Stephen Lawrence and Sarah Maria Shriner. Husband of Fannie Coats, father of 5.
Dallas Morning News 18 Dec 1891
An Old Landmark
MESQUITE, Tex., Dec. 17- John P. Lawrence, aged 80 years, died at the old homestead Wednesday evening, surrounded by relatives. J. P. Lawrence is an old landmark, having located in this part of Texas sometime in the '40s. He accumulated a large amount of real estate and has left a handsome legacy to his heirs. A wife, two sons and one daughter, a brother and a number of grandchildren mourn his loss. He will be interred to-day in Long Creek cemetery.
The Families of Long Creek Cemetery
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
***From Proud Heritage, Volume I by DCPA, not currently in print.
John Peter came to Dallas County in 1845 from Unionville, Maryland, having spent the prior three years teaching school in Nacogdoches, then the Republic of Texas. It has been said he arrived with a horse, bridle, and one dollar and a half as his entire wealth. He soon secured a headright of 640 acres. John Peter married Fannie, the daughter of Samuel Coats – another Dallas County Pioneer, on June 23, 1848. They lived in a house partly built of logs on what is now Highway 80 and 352 in Sunnyvale. It was in this house that all four children were born: Samuel Augustus (1851-1908); Stephen Decatur (1853-1934); Emma (1856-1945); and Lavenia (1861-1890).
Dallas Morning News 18 Dec 1891
An Old Landmark
MESQUITE, Tex., Dec. 17- John P. Lawrence, aged 80 years, died at the old homestead Wednesday evening, surrounded by relatives. J. P. Lawrence is an old landmark, having located in this part of Texas sometime in the '40s. He accumulated a large amount of real estate and has left a handsome legacy to his heirs. A wife, two sons and one daughter, a brother and a number of grandchildren mourn his loss. He will be interred to-day in Long Creek cemetery.
The Families of Long Creek Cemetery
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
***From Proud Heritage, Volume I by DCPA, not currently in print.
John Peter came to Dallas County in 1845 from Unionville, Maryland, having spent the prior three years teaching school in Nacogdoches, then the Republic of Texas. It has been said he arrived with a horse, bridle, and one dollar and a half as his entire wealth. He soon secured a headright of 640 acres. John Peter married Fannie, the daughter of Samuel Coats – another Dallas County Pioneer, on June 23, 1848. They lived in a house partly built of logs on what is now Highway 80 and 352 in Sunnyvale. It was in this house that all four children were born: Samuel Augustus (1851-1908); Stephen Decatur (1853-1934); Emma (1856-1945); and Lavenia (1861-1890).
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