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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- 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"
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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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