Lawson McCleland: Our Family History

Generation: 1

Lawson McCleland was born in 1825 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died before 1880 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 12 Jul 1870, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

Notes:

Census:
McCleland Arch 28 1842 Louisiana
Melisaie 24 1846 LA
Ida 3 1867 LA
John 2 1868 LA
Lila 2/12 Apr 1870 LA
McCleland Lawson 45 1825 LA (prob Archer's half bro)
McCleland Martha 14 1856 LA (prob Lawson's dau)

next door to John Welsh (1835)
and then Egbert Lyons (1840)

Lawson married Elizabeth Hayes on 5 Dec 1848 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Elizabeth was born about 1825 in Louisiana; died before 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Martha McCleland was born in 1856 in Louisiana; died after 1870.

Lawson married Sophie Hayes on 17 Jan 1872 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Sophie (daughter of Bosman Hayes, Jr and Mary Elizabeth Simmons) was born in 1825 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died after 1880 in of, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

2. Martha McCleland (1.Lawson¹) was born in 1856 in Louisiana; died after 1870.