I am very new at all this but am determined to find my family history. I grew up in St. Louis.I was always told my Mom's maiden name was Law and her Mother Maymie Law was born 12/12/1894 or96.Her mother was Lucinda but II'm not sure of her maiden name. I was always told it was Clemmons and her first husband and father of her kids( Maymie,John,Ed & Will) was Thomas Law. When he died she married A man named ? Curtain.Now my confusion....In the 1910 census in Butler co.,Mo where I always believed they came from, I find a Lucinda Catain,Edgar Catain,& Maymie,Johnnie& Eddie Laws. It says the kids are step kids & that she has 4 living children. Does any of this fit,if so now what do I do? Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks,Karen

Hello Laws researchers: I just received a list of the LAWS patriots who served in the Revolutionary War -- from a look-up person at the DAR. I am hoping someone will have information on one of these men -- to link him to my GG Grandfather. The one clue we have is from an obituary of one of his great grandsons. The obituary stated this great grandson had "come from Revolutionary stock." I am trying to find the parents or grandparents of my GG Grandfather - Selim (William Selim) LAWS who was born 1815-1820 in North Carolina. He was living in Iredell County, NC in 1850, but moved to Tennessee after the Civil War. His name has been spelled Selim, Celim, Salem, and one cousin has him as Bill (short for William) LAWS. Please -- can anyone place my William to any of these men? Thanks. Nancy :-) ======================================================================= LAWS, Bolitha Birth: MD Circa 1720 Service: DE Rank: PS Death: DE Circa 1720 Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No Spouse: Leah Sturgis LAWS, Elijah Birth: MD Circa 1725 Service: MD Rank: CS Death: MD Circa 1725 Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No Spouse: Comfort X LAWS Jr, Elijah Birth: MD 1744 Service: MD Rank: Pvt Death: MD 1744 Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No Spouse: Patty Bird LAWS Sr, George Birth: NC Circa 1710 Service: NC Rank: PS Death: NC Circa 1710 Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No Spouse: Mary Mulkey LAWS Jr, George Birth: Circa 1750-55 Service: NC Rank: PS Death: NC Circa 1750-55 Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No Spouse: Susannah Stagg Spouse: Sarah Carpenter LAWS, Jeremiah Birth: EN Circa 1757 Service: VA Rank: Pvt Death: KY Circa 1757 Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No Spouse: (1) Frances Durham Spouse: (2) Susanna Bailey LAWS, John Birth: MA 13 Jul 1748 Service: MA Rank: Pvt Death: NH 1 Oct 1800 Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No Spouse: Sarah Spaulding LAWS, John Birth: VA 1757 Service: VA Rank: Pvt Death: OH 27 Feb 1840 Patriot Pensioned: Yes Widow Pensioned: No Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No Spouse: --- Spouse: Margaret Ransdale LAWS, Thomas Birth: MA 20 Nov 1737 Service: MA Rank: Pvt Death: MA 14 Sep 1803 Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No Spouse: Hannah X LAWS, William Birth: MD Circa 1753 Service: MD Rank: Pvt Death: MD Circa 1753 Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No Spouse: Ann Fooks LAWS, William Birth: --- Circa 1735 Service: NC Rank: PS Death: NC Circa 1735 Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No Spouse: X ?Directions for ordering a record copy of the application submitted for this patriot can be found at http://www.dar.org/natsociety/membership.html Sincerely, Marsha Patriot Lookup Volunteer

Hamilton Journal News Hamilton, OH May 21, 2001 Lillie Esther Laws Lillie Esther Laws, age 91, of Hamilton, passed away in her residence Saturday May 19, 2001, at 1:04 p.m. She was born in Berea, Kentucky on april 16, 1910, the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Sizemore) Hensley. Lillie was a member of the Happy Corners Pentecostal Church, the Eagles Lodge #407, and was a Kentucky Colonel. She was employed as a press operator for Estate Stove Company for 10 years and then was a clerk in various grocery stores in Hamilton for 15 years, retiring in 1965. On August 23, 1925, in Covington, Kentucky, she was married to Obal Combs and he preceded her I death; on June 16, 1953, in Liberty, Indiana. She was also married to Owen Laws and he preceded her in death. A beloved Mother, she is survived by three sons, Kenneth and his wife Evelyn Combs of Newport News, Virginia, Raymond and his wife Anita Combs of Hamilton, Frank and his wife Kim Combs of Ft. Walton Beach, Florida; three daughters, Georgia Whitis of Cape Coral, Florida, Alice and her husband Vern, a devoted son-in-law, Hartmann of West Chester, and Shirley Simpson of Hamilton; three devoted granddaughters, Kathy (Phil) Oglesby, of Hamilton, Debbie (Gary) Benson of Fairfield, and Esther (David) Lehman of Las Vegas, Nevada; and nineteen other grandchildren; a devoted great granddaughter, Hope (Scott) Seimer of Zainsville, Ohio; sixty other great grandchildren and many many great great grandchildren; and also a very devoted friend, Dorothy Moon of Hamilton. She was preceded in death by her parents; by one son, Marvin Combs; by one daughter, Peggy Combs; three brothers, Bernal, Oliver, Okla Hensley; by four sisters, Hallie Hensley, Ola Withers, Mae Gibson, and Ethel Hensley; by ! five grandchildren, Gail Groomes, Ricky Brewer, Clayton Adams, Tammy McClellan, Raymond Combs, Jr. and one great-grandson, Ryan Woolum. Funeral service will be held at the Brown Dawson Funeral Home, 330 Pershing Avenue, Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Paul Hensley, Pastor of the First Church of God, of Norwood, officiating. Entombment will be in Greenwood Cemetery Mausoleum. Visitation will be held at the funeral home Tuesday from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The Eagles Lodge #407 will hold services at the funeral home Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. The family wishes to extend their heartfelt thank you to the staff of Hospice of Cincinnati, Dr. Arthur Richards and Dr. Craig Losekamp for their loving care and compassion.

News Journal Wilmington, DE March 27, 2001 Florence Leipold Florence L. Leipold (nee Laws) Age 100 of Roxborough died on Sunday, March 25, 2001. Wife of the late Thomas E; mother of Thomas N. (Nick) and mother-in-law of Jane L. (nee Richards); grandmother of Janet A., Thomas W. and David J. Relatives and friends, member of First U. Methodist Church of Rox. are invited to call at the TURNER FUNERAL HOME, 6028 Ridge Ave., Rox., Weds., 9:30 am for her viewing, followed by her funeral service at 10:30 am. Int. Silverbrook Cem., Wilm., DE. The family requests memorial contributions to Simpson House, 2101 Belmont Ave., Phila., PA 19131.

Hi LAWS Family The Laws Railroad museum, on Highway 8 just north of Bishop on Highway 395 in California. Having just made a search online I find that in fact the site was named after R J LAWS who was Assistant Superintendent from 1883 to 1913 it being the Carson & Colorado Railway Co., from Mound Hill Nevada to Laws and Keeler California some 300 miles. Then from 1900 it was part of the Southern Pacific Co. The last train ran April 30, 1960. > >Who was R J LAWS? > John P LAWS Registrar@lawsfamilyregister.org.uk http://www.lawsfamilyregister.org.uk laws@one-name.org Listowner:- laws-uk-l@rootsweb.com Listowner:- wolstencroft-l@rootsweb.com Listowner:- tree-warden-links-l@nature.rootsweb.com Member of GOONS Putting Flesh on the Bones of History Join our newsgroup send a mail to LAWS-UK-L-Request@Rootsweb.com put nothing in the message other than the word SUBSCRIBE The LAWS FAMILY REGISTER welcomes your support, for details go to our website http://www.lawsfamilyregister.org.uk THIS Email is made out of environmentally friendly ASCII Text. Feel free to forward our newsletters to anyone who might be interested. This e-mail does NOT have any attachments from us. Any attachment should be regarded as a virus and be deleted. In this case, please notify us immediately!

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NORWALK REFLECTOR Norwalk, OH Monday, April 9, 2001 LEROY O. LAWS Oct. 20, 1912-April 6, 2001 MONROEVILLE-LeRoy O. Laws, 88, of 5295 Ohio 99 N., Monroeville, died Friday at Providence Hospital in Sandusky, after a long illness. He was born Oct. 20, 1912 in Norwalk, and had lived in North Monroeville most of his life. He was a self-employed welder in his own shop in North Monroeville from 1950 until his retirement in 1985 doing Agriculture and Commercial welding. Prior to his welding business he drove school bus for Monroeville schools. He was a member of Churchville Moose Club 2244 in Rochester, N.Y. He enjoyed deer hunting, traveling and fishing. He is survived by his wife of 10 years, Madeline (Trim) Laws; sons and a daughter-in-law, Randy and Cathy Laws, of Sandusky and Roger Laws, of Norwalk; a sister, Mae D. Comparette, of Sandusky; stepchildren, Roger and Shirley Trim, of Rochester, N.Y., Kevin and Shelly Trim, of Nunday, N.Y., Pamela Trim, Beverly Brockman, Debra Trim, Sandra Trim, Lynda Zampatori, and Brenda Trim, all of Rochester, N.Y.; six grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews, and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Marion (Hassinger) Laws in 1981; an infant son; his parents, Frank and Dolly (Nims) Laws; brothers, George Laws, James Laws, and twin brothers at birth. Visitation was held Sunday in Jump Funeral Home, 109 Monroe St., Monroeville. Funeral services were held this morning at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Monroeville, with the Rev. Lawrence Scharf officiating. Burial was in North Monroeville Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the family in care of Jump Funeral Home.

The Washington Post Washington, DC April 29, 2001 LAWS, BERNETHA On Wednesday, April 25, 2001. Beloved mother of Ruby Sample, Christian English, Cynthia Valerie, Johnny, Norris, Tony and Steve Robinson Laws. She is also survived by 12 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, a brother John P. Robinson, other relatives and friends. The late Mrs. Laws will lie in state at Free Gospel Deliverance Church, 4703 Marlboro Pike, Coral Hills, on Wednesday, May 2, from 11 a.m. until services at 12 Noon. Interment Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Services by STEWART.

Looking for my ggg grandmother Sarah Hall Laws married to Stephen Laws in 1840 Morgan Co. Illinois, have nothing on her since my gg grandmother Emily was born in 1842. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I have been looking for this woman forever. Thanks Karon

I want to thank all of you who took the time to express your opinions regarding the obituary postings. I didn't receive a single negative note so it appears everyone wants us to continue having those postings filter through to the list. I will continue searching for Laws obits and will post any that I find. Thanks again for your input and support! Wanda __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

I concur with the comments of Linda Schwartz. Ralph Banks (RafB@aol.com), Austin, TX

Wanda, Please keep the OBITS.....they are a HUGE help!! Roy

Hello Wanda and LAWS list folks: YES! Please keep posting the obituary notices on our list - and the links. I never know when I will come across someone in my line -- like last year when I found a cousin. Reading the notices in my e-mail LAWS list is perfect. Thank you for your work and time, Wanda. Nancy :-) Great-Great Granddaughter of William Selim Laws (Iredell NC) Great Granddaughter of Martha Elizabeth Laws (Claiborne County TN)

I like the obit postings - it gives me a source of possible family info that I don't have to search for. I was thrilled to find the obit of a great uncle here - I never would have seen it otherwise since death was in Calif and I live in Illinois. Linda PM 7/10/2001 -0400, you wrote: >As many of you know, I search for Laws obits and post any that I find >to the Rootsweb boards. We have a gateway in place for these posts to >filter through to the Laws-L.

Hi Wanda, Thank you for posting the obituaries. I was home for the small obituary of my Dad, but was already home when the local paper came out. That is the one you published. Thanks. J L (Laws) Reynolds __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

I, for one, appreciate these postings. Please keep them up. Jp on the Gulf Coast ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wanda Rabb" <wrabb@bigfoot.com> To: <LAWS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 12:31 PM Subject: [LAWS-L] Obituary Postings > As many of you know, I search for Laws obits and post any that I find > to the Rootsweb boards. We have a gateway in place for these posts to > filter through to the Laws-L. > > I would like to get your feedback on whether you like seeing the notes > posted to the boards filter through to the list. We do have the option > of removing the gateway that links the boards and the list. > > If you would like to share your opinions with me, your input will be > appreciated. > > Thanks! > Wanda > > > > ==== LAWS Mailing List ==== > Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >

As many of you know, I search for Laws obits and post any that I find to the Rootsweb boards. We have a gateway in place for these posts to filter through to the Laws-L. I would like to get your feedback on whether you like seeing the notes posted to the boards filter through to the list. We do have the option of removing the gateway that links the boards and the list. If you would like to share your opinions with me, your input will be appreciated. Thanks! Wanda

Hi Wanda: Haven't been active as am working mostly with my people in England and, in US, don't seem to have any connections!!! But - do like the obits showing - give a lot of info to those who have found connections in the US and they don't have to go to a lot of lists to search for the initial stuff. IMHO it is a very great help. Best regards, Virginia vlaws@sginet.com [I look at the list every day = hoping. One of these days....vml

OBITUARY: JAMES MILTON LAWS (1937) The funeral of James Milton Laws was held at the Methodist church Sunday afternoon, September 5, 1927 at 2 o'clock. Rev. F. E. Buck was in charge of the services and his sermon was on "The Law of Life". A quartet composed of Mrs. Clyde Bowen, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Jones and Chas. Fry and accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Wm. Spice sang "We'll never say Good-bye", "Going Down the Valley" and "Nearer My God to Thee". The pall bearers were nephews of the deceased and were Earl Laws, James Laws, Walter Laws, Bill Selig, Frank Rosene, Charles Laws and Homer Laws. Interment was in Lincoln Cemetery. James Milton Laws, son of James and Mary Laws, was born February 20, 1861, near Jewett, Illinois, and passed away at his home southeast of Lebo, September 2, 1937, aged 76 years, 6 months, and 12 days. He came with his parents to Franklin County, Kansas in 1876. Mr. Laws was married to Mary Lyons in 1887 at Labette, Kansas, and came to Lebo the same year. They moved to the present home the next year. To this union were born three children, Myrtle, who died September 16, 1916, Dan Laws, and Mrs. A. Blacksten. Mrs. Laws died April 18, 1897. Mr. Laws was a successful farmer all of his life until failing health made it impossible for him to work any longer. His great hobby was hunting and fishing. On August 4, 1897 he was marriedied to Mary Quinn, who survives him. He also leaves to mourn his loss, his two children, Dan of Lebo, Mrs. A. Blacksten of Burlington, his grandchildren, son stepson, Oscar Lyons of Oregon, two sisters, Mrs. Mary "Molly" Dickson of Rosemont, Mrs. Nancy Parse of Ottawa, three brothers, J. R. Laws, Vincent Laws of Hartford, and Oscar Laws of Lebo, other relatives and many friends. Mr. and Mrs. John Laws of Princeton, and Mrs. Nancy Parse and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Blacksten of Ottawa attended the funeral.

Herald Standard Uniontown, PA May 30, 2001 Merrietta Laws, 91, of Mount Pleasant, died Sunday. She is survived by two daughters, Clarissa R. McElhaney of Niles, Ohio and Shirley Jane Leasure of Normalville; several grandchildren; great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren and several stepchildren. Friends will be received at Vito C. Martucci Funeral Home, 123 S. First St., West Side, Connellsville, today from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.