Fenton William Lawler

Fenton and Katherine (Farrell) Lawler
Fenton and Katherine (Farrell) Lawler
born: 24 Dec 1845, Co. Queens,Ireland
died: 19 Apr 1919, Denison,Crawford Co.,Iowa
bur.: 21 Apr 1919, south of Vail,Crawford Co.,Iowa, at St. Ann's Cemetery
occu: farmer
Will: 18 Apr 1919, Vail,Crawford Co.,Iowa
spouse: Katherine ``Kate'' FARRELL
marr: 12 Apr 1875, De Witt,Clinton Co.,Iowa
born: 15 May 1856, De Witt,Clinton Co.,Iowa
died: 30 Aug 1925, Vail, Crawford Co.,Iowa at her home
bur.: south of Vail,Crawford Co.,Iowa, at St. Ann's Cemetery
Children:
George LAWLER
John Francis ``Frank'' LAWLER
infant daughter LAWLER
William Finton LAWLER
Gertrude M. LAWLER
Joseph P. LAWLER
Lillian Mary LAWLER
Catherine Lawler -- died: Bef 1900.

Pedigree Chart

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           |---------Phenton LAWLOR (Ireland - Ireland)
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  |------John LAWLOR (1803, Ireland - 1883, Iowa)
  |        |
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  |        |          |
  |        |---------
  |                   |
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  |
Fenton William LAWLER (1845, Ireland - 1919, Iowa)
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  |                   |
  |        |---------
  |        |          |
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  |        |
  |------Mary LALOR (1816, Ireland - 1860)
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           |          |
           |---------
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According to his obituary, Fenton was a devout Catholic, with a kind and generous manner. He came to the US at age 3, and mostly grew up in Clinton county, Iowa. Fenton and Katherine came to Crawford county in 1875, shortly after they married. They farmed in Jackson Township of Crawford County. The farm Fenton founded there in 1875 was designated a ``Century Farm'' (for being in the same family for 100 years) and was owned by William C. Lawler in 1976.

According to a biography in the 1978 St. Ann's parish centennial book, Fenton came to Jackson Township in 1876 and settled on a farm and ``Later that fall he returned to eastern Iowa where he and Katherine (Kate) were married at Villa Nova. They came out to there new home in a spring-seat wagon. (The running gears of this wagon are now in the possession of Francis Lawler).'' However, that 1876 year and the season of fall for their marriage don't match up with other records, so I believe 1875 is correct.

Fenton had a fair amount of land in Jackson Township, according to an old plat map. He owns 160 acres, the NE quarter of Section 26 (which was his home according to the 1885 census), 87 acres east of that in Section 25, and another 160 in Section 36, as well as part of Section 2 of Westside Twp.

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