Selected Families and Individuals

They had the following children.

		M	i	Theodore Thatcher Lawshe was born on 16 Jan 1864. He died on 27 Aug 1927.
		F	ii	Mary Lawshe was born in Sep 1869.

They had the following children.

		M	i	John E. Stevenson Jr. was born 1 about 1905 in New Jersey.
		F	ii	Gertrude N. Stevenson was born on 23 Mar 1908. She died in Dec 1950.
		M	iii	Benjamin Stevenson.

They had the following children.

		M	i	Duard H. Van Ness was born 1 in Aug 1863 in New Jersey, USA.
		F	ii	Mary Aurela Van Ness was born on 24 Dec 1866. She died in Apr 1917.

They had the following children.

		M	i	William Lawshe.
		M	ii	George Lawshe 1.
		M	iii	Spencer Lawshe was born 1 on 24 Dec 1826 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA. "SPENCER LAWSHE, who is retired from active business, is now a leading and highly respected citizen of Byron. Since coming to this state in 1856 he has been principally engaged in agricultural pursuits, and has by shrewd judgment, e.xcellent management, and fair business transactions, acquired sufficient property to enable him to give up active labor and enjoy the results of his former toil. "Mr. Lawshe is a native of New Jersey, his birth occurring in Hunterdon county, December 24, 1826. His grandfather, Jacob Lawshe, who was of German descent, lived to the remarkable age of ninety-nine years. The father, Henry Lawshe, who was also a native of New Jersey, grew to manhood in Hunterdon county, and there married Sarah Carter, who was born in the same county and was a daughter of Henry Carter. Mr. Lawshe was a weaver by trade but also engaged in farming, and met with good success in his undertaking, accumulating a competence. He died in his native state in 1870, and his wife passed away a few years previously. Six children, five sons and one daughter, constituted their family, namely: William, who married and settled in New Jersey, but later removed to Austin, Illinois, where his death occurred; George married and spent his entire life in New Jersey; Spencer is the next of the family; Hannah is the wife of John Dilts, a farmer of New Jersey; Lewis H. married and spent his entire life in New Jersey; and Jacob R. is a business man of Newark, that state. "Until eighteen years of age Spencer Lawshe remained with his father, assisting in the labors of the home farm and attending the local schools to a limited extent, his education being mostly self-acquired since reaching manhood. He served a three years' apprenticeship to the tanner's and currier's trade, and then followed that occupation for five years in his native state. There he married Rachel Tomlinson, who died after a short married life of a year and a half. After her death he came west to Rockford, Illinois, in 1856, and for one year operated a rented farm in Winnebago county. He then located near Freeport and followed the same occupation there for three years. In 1860 he became a resident of Carroll county, where, after renting for one year, he purchased a farm of two hundred and forty- five acres. While there he was again married, March 20, 1864, his second union being with Miss Ruby A. Rogers, who was also born, reared and educated in Hunterdon county, New Jersey. Her father, Major Rogers, was a native of Connecticut, from whence he removed to New Jersey when a young man, and was married there to Elizabeth Bodine, a native of that state, and in 1856 they came to Carroll county, Illinois, locating on a farm. In the east Mr. Rogers worked at his trade of shoemaking and also taught vocal music. "After carrying on his farm in Carroll county for about five years, Mr. Lawshe sold and moved to Rockford, where he purchased residence property and engaged in the express business for sixteen years. In 1884 he became a resident of Ogle county, and first bought one hundred and seventy- two acres of good farming land in Rock- vale township, two miles from Byron, which was well improved, and to which he later added an adjoining tract of one hundred and twenty acres, making a valuable place of two hundred and ninety-two acres. His time and attention were devoted to its further improvement and cultivation until the spring of 1897, when he rented the farm and removed to Byron, where he has since lived retired. "Of the eight children born to Mr. and Mrs. Lawshe, six are now living. Major R. died in childhood; Emma is the wife of Sherman Taylor, a farmer of Marion township; Alice died at the age of twelve years; George H. is a farmer of Shelby county, Iowa. Carrie is the wife of Amos Blanchard, a farmer of Ogle county; Charles S. is a business man of Chicago; J. Franklin is in California, and Fred H. is at home. Politically Mr. Lawshe was first identified with the Whig party, casting his first vote for Zachary Taylor, but joined the Republican party on its organization and has since fought under its banner. He has never cared for the honors or emoluments of public office, but has always faithfully discharged his duties of citizenship and has supported those interests which he believed calculated to prove of public benefit." [The Biographical record of Ogle County, Illinois By S.J. Clarke Publishing Company]
		F	iv	Hannah Lawshe.
		M	v	Lewis H. Lawshe 1.
		M	vi	Jacob Rynier Lawshe was born on 20 Oct 1837. He died on 22 Mar 1914.

They had the following children.

		F	i	Harriet F. Thatcher was born in Nov 1837. She died in 1912.
		F	ii	Catherine B. Thatcher was born 1 about 1839 in New Jersey, USA. Found living with brother, Asher, in 1900 census.
		M	iii	George T. Thatcher was born 1 about 1841 in New Jersey, USA.
		F	iv	Melissa Thatcher was born 1 about 1844 in New Jersey, USA. Found living with brother, Asher, in 1900 census.
		F	v	Mary Thatcher was born 1 about 1845 in New Jersey, USA.
		F	vi	Laraine Thatcher was born 1 about 1847 in New Jersey, USA.
		F	vii	Elizabeth Thatcher was born 1 about 1852 in New Jersey, USA. Found living with brother, Asher, in 1900 census.
		M	viii	Asher L. Thatcher was born 1 about 1857 in New Jersey, USA. Asher is widowed in the 1900 census and single in 1880.

She had the following children.

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Errol R. Nuddell was born 1 in Feb 1894 in New Jersey, USA.

They had the following children.

		F	i	Sarah Lawshe was born 1, 2 on 10 Jan 1793 in New Jersey, USA.
		M	ii	John Lawshe was born 1 on 27 Feb 1791. He died 1 on 8 Dec 1819.
		M	iii	Abraham Lawshe was born 1 on 5 Oct 1794.
		M	iv	Henry Lawshe was born on 9 Feb 1798. He died in 1870.
		F	v	Rebecca Lawshe was born 1 on 23 Apr 1800. She died 1 on 2 Jun 1802.

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