Cornwall-on-Hudson, where Amelia was reported in the newspaper to have died suddenly on May 18, 1887, is a riverfront village in the town of Cornwall, Orange County, New York. It lies on the west bank of the Hudson River about 50 miles (80 km) north of New York City.

Amelia F. Bloxton was born in Virginia on Feb 28, 1851, to:
Robert Nelson Bloxton (1809-1874)
Married: Mary A. "Louisa" Brown
on 12 Oct 1836, Fredericksburg County, VA

CHILDREN (Amelia & her siblings listed in birth order):
1. Robert Vinton Bloxton (1839-1920) #175475813
2. John Benjamin "Bennie" Bloxton (1842-1909)
3. Charles Benjamin Bloxton (1845-1908)
4. William "Emmet" Bloxton (1847-1924)
5. Louisa Jane Bloxton (Don A.) Sanford (1848-1920)
6. AMELIA F. BLOXTON (Frank A.) Lawrence (1851-1887) (5 mos old on census)
7. Ida A. Bloxton (William David) Ganzhorn (1862-1882) had John Wm "Jack" Ganzhorn, film star
8. Howard Nelson Bloxton (1866-1907)

#6, #7 & #1
1870 Census, Farm, 273 Clover Hill, Appomattox Co., VA [Ancestry & HQ Online original images] -
Value of Real Estate: $3,500 Value of Personal Estate: $175
"BLACKSTON" FAMILY - with Black family of 6 mistakenly also listed as "Blackston"
(Probably the "Lewis" family--ex-slaves, maybe)
AMELIA F. BLOXTON "Blackston", 18 (1851-1887) living with brother, Robert Vinton (30)
& sister, Ida A. (8) (1862-1882)
Robert Blackston BLOXTON 30 "Farmer"
Amelia F Blackston BLOXTON 18 "At Home"
Ida A Blackston BLOXTON 8 "At Home"
BLACK FAMILY:
Marshall Lewis 40
Parthenia " 38
Robert " 17
Martha " 11
Priscilla " 2
Elijah " 5/12

MARRIAGE RECORD:
d/o ROBERT NELSON BLOXTON - Miss Amelia F. BLOXTON (26) S POB Spotsylvania Co., VA, 1851
POR POM Stafford Co. on 8 NOV 1880, minister: E. H. Henry STMR, when she married FRANK A. LAWRENCE (27) S Farmer, s/o Wm. A. & Mary A. LAWRENCE, POB New York, POR Stafford Co., VA.
(became Mrs. FRANK A. LAWRENCE on 8 NOV 1880)
[Mistakenly listed as "LAWSON" on some records]

[NOTE: POR=Place of Residence/POM=Place of Marriage/POB=Place of Birth/S=Single]

1880 CENSUS (June 3-4, 1880), Falmouth District, Stafford County, VA
Frank A. Lawrence 28 (age 27 on Nov 1880 Marriage Record) NY/NY/NY - MANAGER
Amelia F. Lawrence 28 (age 26 on Nov 1880 Marriage Record VA/VA/VA - WIFE, Keeping House

Frank remarried after Amelia died on 1 May 1895, Jamesville, NY to: Frances E Ayres.
He died in 1917 (1853-1917) #158115254.
FRANK A LAWRENCE -
The funeral of Mr. Lawrence, who died Tuesday evening, May 22, 1917,
will be held at the home in Jamesville at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
(Syracuse Herald, Syracuse, NY - Thursday evening, May 24, 1917)

1860 CENSUS: Here's Frank's whole family in Spafford, Onondaga County, NY:
Wm A Lawrence 46 (1813-1884) #176630253
Mary A (Jeffery) Lawrence 43 (1816-1905) #182773744
John Lawrence 18
Elisha Lawrence 16
Henry Lawrence 14
David Lawrence 12
Abraim Lawrence 10
FRANK LAWRENCE 8
Charles Lawrence 6
Anna Lawrence 4
Mary K. Lawrence 2 (1858-1917) #182773751
Esther Palmer 49 (Domestic/Servant)

After Amelia's death, Frank was listed with his widowed mother and siblings on the
Feb 16, 1892 NY CENSUS for Spafford, Onondaga County, NY
LAWRENCE, MARY A. (F) 76
" E.S. (M) 48, ENGINEER
" FRANK A. (M) 41, FARMER
" CHARLES H (M) 39, FARMER
" ANNIE O (F) 37, SEAMSTRESS
" MARY K (F) 34