Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Lawton, James 1825 - 
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JAMES LAWTON, one of the pioneers of Forest Prairie township, came to Meeker county
in 1867, and took up a homestead on section 32, where he now resides, carrying on
general farming. He was born in Hadley, Saratoga county, N. Y., March 19, 1825, and
is the son of David and Thankful (Parmeter) Lawton, the latter a native of White
Hall, N. Y., and the former of Dennison, Vt. During the childhood of our subject his
father’s house was destroyed by fire, .and with it the records of the family, so
they are lost. In January, 1856, the mother of our subject died in Lafayette, McKean
county, Penn., and the father’s decease occurred in 1858.

   James Lawton passed his school days in Wayne and Morgan counties, N. Y., with his
brothers and sisters, whose names were— Amos, Ruth, Pollie, Lucy, David, Huldah,
Hester, Daniel and Jonathan. In 1846 he removed with his parents to Warren county
Penn., where they lived some six or seven years, he being engaged in farming and in
lumbering. In 1856 he came west and settled in Shelby county, Ill., where he
remained until August 11, 1862, when, leaving wife and family, he enlisted at the
call of patriotism, in the One Hundred and Fifteenth Illinois Infantry, and
participated in all the skirmishes and battles in which his regiment was engaged,
the principal one being that of Chickamauga. He was discharged August 14, 1864, on
account of disability, and returned home. He then came to Meeker county to look over
the country, and went back to Illinois, where he remained two years longer, and then
came here and settled.

   Mr. Lawton was married March 25, 1859, to Miss Mary M. Vermillion, a native of
Shelby county, Ill., where she was married, and daughter of James and Jane
(Fletcher) Vermillion. Her birth took place December 26, 1842. By this union there
has been born one son— David E., whose birth took place July 26, 1882. Mr. Lawton is
a staunch republican in political faith, and has held various local offices. He is a
prominent and zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and class leader of
the congregation at Forest City.


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Extracted from:
Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888

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