Ezekiel Dewit Lawson

Brief Life History of Ezekiel Dewit

When Ezekiel Dewit Lawson was born on 7 October 1882, in Brinkley, Monroe, Arkansas, United States, his father, Wainright B. Lawson, was 46 and his mother, Elnora Hodges, was 30. He married Susan Kizar Cavel on 3 July 1914, in Duncan, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Jefferson, Oklahoma, United States in 1935 and Earl Township, Jefferson, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. He died on 11 October 1955, in Comanche, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Comanche, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ezekiel Dewit Lawson
1882–1955
Susan Kizar Cavel
1893–1983
Marriage: 3 July 1914
Daisy Ferne Lawson
1915–2004
Merle Ezekiel Lawson
1918–2000
Fred Franklin Lawson
1920–1954
Ernest Philip Lawson
1922–1941
Jesse James Lawson
1928–2012
Nora Jo Lawson
1932–
Howard Randall Lawson
1934–2012

Sources (37)

  • Reke E Lawson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Ezekiel Dewit Lawson - Memory of Someone: Memory of a relative: birth: 7 October 1882; Brinkley, Monroe, Arkansas, United States
  • Zeke Lawson, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1883 · The Mosaic Templar is Founded

The Mosaic Templar is an African American fraternal organization founded in Little Rock. it was founded by former slaves, John Edward Bush and Chester W. Keatts. It was part of a movement that was going on at the time, where everyone was forming fraternities and sororities. The main departments for this one where endowment, monument, analysis, uniform, rank, recapitulation, records, and a juvenile division.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

Name Meaning

Scottish and northern English: patronymic ‘son of Lawrence’; see Law 1. It is also found in Ireland since the 17th century.

Americanized form of Swedish Larsson and Danish, Norwegian or North German Larsen .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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