Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. He led a colorful career, graduating from West Point and Harvard Law School; serving in the Georgia legislature and on railroad boards. He performed distinguished duty in the Confederate quartermaster general's department. After the war he resumed politics, and was appointed US minister to Austria in 1887.
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. He led a colorful career, graduating from West Point and Harvard Law School; serving in the Georgia legislature and on railroad boards. He performed distinguished duty in the Confederate quartermaster general's department. After the war he resumed politics, and was appointed US minister to Austria in 1887.
Family Members
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Alexander James Lawton
1790–1876
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Martha Mosse Lawton
1788–1836
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Sarah Gilbert Alexander Lawton
1826–1897
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Joseph Benjamin Lawton
unknown–1841
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Adeline Elizabeth Lawton Robert
1810–1866
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Thirza Lawton
1812–1817
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Amanda M. Lawton Miller
1816–1838
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George Mosse Lawton
1820–1878
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Emma Jane Lawton
1823–1829
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William Seabrook Lawton
1824–1893
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Catherine Maner Lawton
1828–1828
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Thomas Lawton
1828–1828
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Edward Payson Lawton
1832–1862
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Corinne Elliott Lawton
1846–1877
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Louisa Frederika Lawton Mackall
1849–1925
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Nora Lawton Cunningham
1855–1943
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Alexander Rudolph Lawton
1858–1936
Flowers
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Records on Ancestry
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Alexander Robert Lawton
Geneanet Community Trees Index
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Alexander Robert Lawton
1860 United States Federal Census
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Alexander Robert Lawton
1870 United States Federal Census
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Alexander Robert Lawton
1880 United States Federal Census
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Alexander Robert Lawton
1850 United States Federal Census
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