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Rev Luther Watterman Lawrence

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Rev Luther Watterman Lawrence

Birth
Chenango County, New York, USA
Death
25 Jul 1886 (aged 78)
Boone County, Illinois, USA
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Boone County, Illinois, USA
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History of Boone County, IL...Luther W. was a Judge of County Court; born in Chenango County, New York, April 19, 1808; lived in that state 28 years and came into Boone County in 1836, walking all the way from Detroit. He erected a log house and then returned to New York. In the Fall of 1837, he brought his family, parents and siblings from Cuba, NY, in a wagon, a trip that took 6 weeks. 17 persons spent the following winter in his log house that measured 18 by 24 feet.
In his early life he was a tanner and currier, and then a shoemaker. He paid for his land by making shoes.
He has lived here for 41 years; for 25 years he was an itinerant preacher with the Baptist church, being ordained in 1839. He was a strong abolitionist.
He knew every man within 20 miles of Belvidere; he was elected Judge of Boone County in 1865, and held the office for 12 years. He has represented the Bonus District in the State Legislature 3 terms, and was a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1862. He was a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln. He held the Office of the Superintendent of Schools in Boone County.
He was married to Miss Elvira Chamberlain, January 22, 1829; she was from Cazenovia, Madison County, New York. They had six children: Alonzo Darwin; Edwin Litchfield; Harriet E. "Hattie" (Sturtevant); Sarah A. "Sally" (Wyckoff); Lucia E. "Lucy"; Esther M. and Luther C.
History of Boone County, IL...Luther W. was a Judge of County Court; born in Chenango County, New York, April 19, 1808; lived in that state 28 years and came into Boone County in 1836, walking all the way from Detroit. He erected a log house and then returned to New York. In the Fall of 1837, he brought his family, parents and siblings from Cuba, NY, in a wagon, a trip that took 6 weeks. 17 persons spent the following winter in his log house that measured 18 by 24 feet.
In his early life he was a tanner and currier, and then a shoemaker. He paid for his land by making shoes.
He has lived here for 41 years; for 25 years he was an itinerant preacher with the Baptist church, being ordained in 1839. He was a strong abolitionist.
He knew every man within 20 miles of Belvidere; he was elected Judge of Boone County in 1865, and held the office for 12 years. He has represented the Bonus District in the State Legislature 3 terms, and was a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1862. He was a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln. He held the Office of the Superintendent of Schools in Boone County.
He was married to Miss Elvira Chamberlain, January 22, 1829; she was from Cazenovia, Madison County, New York. They had six children: Alonzo Darwin; Edwin Litchfield; Harriet E. "Hattie" (Sturtevant); Sarah A. "Sally" (Wyckoff); Lucia E. "Lucy"; Esther M. and Luther C.

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