LAURENCE Family, Pope County Illinois From: The Portrait and Biographical Review of Johnson, Massac, Pope and Hardin Counties, Illinois. Chicago Biographical Publishing Company 1893 Transcribed by Cindy Pegg Thomas Newton Laurence was born in Butler County, KY 24 October, 1826. He was the son of Henry G. Laurence and the grandson of Thomas Laurence who was a revolutionary war soldier. Thomas Newton was married in Marshall County, Ky. to Mary T. Feezor on 29 November 1849. Mary was the daughter of George and Mary (Ivy) Feezor.