Elizabeth Mary Ann Lawes
Born:
About 1800
Maryland
Daughter of
Judge L. Lawes and Nancy (Maiden name unknown) Lawes
United to
Upton Beckwith
September 9, 1816
Jefferson County, Kentucky
William W. Lawes
January 10, 1826
Bullitt County, Kentucky
Died:
Before 1885
Note:
Maryland
Daughter of
Judge L. Lawes and Nancy (Maiden name unknown) Lawes
United to
Upton Beckwith
September 9, 1816
Jefferson County, Kentucky
William W. Lawes
January 10, 1826
Bullitt County, Kentucky
Died:
Before 1885
Note:
Elizabeth Mary Ann Lawes was exhumed from her original burial location then reburied at the Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky on May 9, 1885
Name Elizabeth M. A. Lawes
Gender Unknown
Burial Date 09 May 1885
Burial Place Louisville, Kentucky
Death Place Louisville, Jefferson,
Kentucky
Burial: Cave Hill Cemetery
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
Plot: SECTION P
Elizabeth Lawes listed on the
1850 census record with William Lawes was then a widow of Upton Beckwith (1790-1818). Elizabeth Mary Ann and
Upton Beckwith were the parents of one child Anne Uptonia who also appears in
the household in 1850. Elizabeth Lawes was the daughter of Judge L. and Nancy Lawes. Judge L. Lawes had passed by the time of her marriage to Upton Beckwith. Elizabeth's mother Nancy gave consent and the marriage was witnessed by Thomas Lawes.
The Cave Hill Cemetery plot mentioned above was acquired by Mary E. Lawes on the 16th of March in 1885. Mary E. Lawes was the daughter of William Lawes and Elizabeth Mary Ann Lawes. She purchased a section of 8 graves within Cave
Hill Cemetery in that year. The first person to be buried there was
Anne Uptonia [Beckwith] Reaugh on 3/16/1885. Mary then moves 7 family members from
their original burial places in May of 1885. The remaining graves were used as needed until the
death of Mary E. Lawes herself passes away in 1920. As is shown below, there are many of
the single graves with multiple persons buried within. No grave listed below was ever marked with a headstone however the location is very well established by the
cemetery.
Grave 1: William Waller Lawes (1791-1876)
Grave 2: Elizabeth M. A. Lawes (1798-?)
and William Edwin Lawes and Waller Lawes
Grave 3:Thomas N. Reaugh (1810- 1869)
and William L Reaugh and Elizabeth L Reaugh
Grave 4: Mrs. Anne U. Reaugh
(1819-1885)
Grave 5: Z. H. Tennehill, ( 1825 -
1888) and Wilkins W Tennehill, child (1886 - 1886)
Grave 6: Upton B. Reaugh (1842-1895)
Grave 7: Miss Mary E Lawes (1840-1920)
Grave 8:
William Waller Lawes was born in
Maryland about 1791. His age was 85 taken from his 1876 Jefferson County,
Kentucky Death Record. The record shows that he worked as a yardman
and resided at 824 Third Street at the time of his death which was
due to "old age". He was originally buried in the Western
Cemetery Louisville, Kentucky. Also the
record shows that he was a widow at the time of his death.
Mary E Lawes Birth: Nov. 25,
1839 Death: Apr. 28, 1920 Time 1:29 PM
Condition: Single
Mother: Elizabeth Bosmer
Father: William Waller Lawes
Mother: Elizabeth Bosmer
Father: William Waller Lawes
Suffered for 2 years until her death
from senility at the Louisville Home for Incurables
Burial: Cave Hill Cemetery
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
Plot: SECTION P Lot: 621-S1/2 Grave: 7
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