Lawrence was a son of Newberry and Bathsheba (nee Brannon) Stockton Sr., and a grandson of Daniel and Catherine (nee Ferrell) Stockton.
Lawrence married:
Maria Emerson on 17 Nov 1831.
Rachel Steely in 1835.
Lawrence died from a fall.
Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, pp. 818-819
Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1888
LAWRENCE B. STOCKTON, deceased, who might be considered one of the fathers of the city of La Fayette, was born on his father farm amid the picturesque scenery of Bedford County, Virginia, June 3, 1803. In the days of his boyhood he made rails at 50 cents a hundred in order to earn the means whereby to defray the expenses of obtaining an education. During six long years at this heavy labor and working on the farm he earned enough to enable him to go to school seventeen months of the time. In 1819 his father emigrated to Wayne County, Indiana, where his school days were ended with a course of study in civil engineering. In March, 1824, his father located about a mile south of Main street, and at the sales of land by the United States the same year bought for him eighty acres of land now lying within the eastern limits of the city, on which he lived from 1831 to the time of his death. A few years later he bought eighty acres of land adjoining it on the east at less than $5 per acre, which has since been many times doubled and redoubled in value. Mr. Stockton was appointed the first surveyor of Tippecanoe County, by Governor Ray, in 1826, which office he held ten years. He married Miss Maria Emerson in 1831, who died the following year. In 1835 he married Miss Rachel Steely, and the same year built the residence on Main street at the foot of the bluff, which he occupied the remainder of his life, which was a palatial country seat in those days, and continued some years one of the largest and finest residences in the county. By his second wife he had four children - George N., Andrew J., Francis M. and Lawrence B., Jr., but two of whom are now living, the eldest and the youngest, who are now prosecuting a large and flourishing queensware business in the city of La Fayette. After his long years of arduous labor, Mr. Stockton ceased his active labors and devoted himself to the improvement and preservation of his ample estate and to laying out and selling city lots. He also traveled extensively. In 1860 Mr. Stockton was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention, held at Charleston, South Carolina, which, it will be remembered, adjourned without making a nomination, to meet a few weeks later at Baltimore, where Stephen A. Douglas was nominated for the presidency. At the Charleston Convention were heard the ominous mutterings of the impending storm which shortly burst upon the country in the fury of civil war. Open threats of secession were made by some of the Southern delegates. Returning home through the Southern States he found himself in company with certain delegates from the South and took occasion to utter a few portentous words of warning, in response to the threats of not getting out of the Union what they could not get in it. He said to them that if they should attempt to accomplish their purpose by going out of the Union, instead of standing manfully by it, they would certainly get the worst of it. His words were prophetic, and he lived to see their fullest realization. June 5, 1868, his second wife and the mother his children died. Mr. Stockton died October 31, 1878, of injury to his lungs caused by falling from a fruit tree. His children were - George N., born in 1836, and now a crockery and glassware merchant of La Fayette; Andrew J., who died in La Fayette in 1868; Francis M., who died here also, in 1855; and Lawrence B., Jr., a resident of this city.
Children:
George Newberry Stockton (1835-1891)
~ m. Harriet Groat
~ m. Alice Yeakel
Andrew J. Stockton (1839-1868)
~ m. Mary unknown (c1839-1882)
Francis M. Stockton (1841-1856)
~ died age 15
See memorials:
Davis Stockton (c1685-1761)
Thomas Stockton Sr. (c1714-1783)
Daniel "Dan" Stockton (c1750-c1815)
Newberry Stockton Sr. (1778-1842)
Lawrence Stockton (1803-1878)
Lawrence married:
Maria Emerson on 17 Nov 1831.
Rachel Steely in 1835.
Lawrence died from a fall.
Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, pp. 818-819
Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1888
LAWRENCE B. STOCKTON, deceased, who might be considered one of the fathers of the city of La Fayette, was born on his father farm amid the picturesque scenery of Bedford County, Virginia, June 3, 1803. In the days of his boyhood he made rails at 50 cents a hundred in order to earn the means whereby to defray the expenses of obtaining an education. During six long years at this heavy labor and working on the farm he earned enough to enable him to go to school seventeen months of the time. In 1819 his father emigrated to Wayne County, Indiana, where his school days were ended with a course of study in civil engineering. In March, 1824, his father located about a mile south of Main street, and at the sales of land by the United States the same year bought for him eighty acres of land now lying within the eastern limits of the city, on which he lived from 1831 to the time of his death. A few years later he bought eighty acres of land adjoining it on the east at less than $5 per acre, which has since been many times doubled and redoubled in value. Mr. Stockton was appointed the first surveyor of Tippecanoe County, by Governor Ray, in 1826, which office he held ten years. He married Miss Maria Emerson in 1831, who died the following year. In 1835 he married Miss Rachel Steely, and the same year built the residence on Main street at the foot of the bluff, which he occupied the remainder of his life, which was a palatial country seat in those days, and continued some years one of the largest and finest residences in the county. By his second wife he had four children - George N., Andrew J., Francis M. and Lawrence B., Jr., but two of whom are now living, the eldest and the youngest, who are now prosecuting a large and flourishing queensware business in the city of La Fayette. After his long years of arduous labor, Mr. Stockton ceased his active labors and devoted himself to the improvement and preservation of his ample estate and to laying out and selling city lots. He also traveled extensively. In 1860 Mr. Stockton was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention, held at Charleston, South Carolina, which, it will be remembered, adjourned without making a nomination, to meet a few weeks later at Baltimore, where Stephen A. Douglas was nominated for the presidency. At the Charleston Convention were heard the ominous mutterings of the impending storm which shortly burst upon the country in the fury of civil war. Open threats of secession were made by some of the Southern delegates. Returning home through the Southern States he found himself in company with certain delegates from the South and took occasion to utter a few portentous words of warning, in response to the threats of not getting out of the Union what they could not get in it. He said to them that if they should attempt to accomplish their purpose by going out of the Union, instead of standing manfully by it, they would certainly get the worst of it. His words were prophetic, and he lived to see their fullest realization. June 5, 1868, his second wife and the mother his children died. Mr. Stockton died October 31, 1878, of injury to his lungs caused by falling from a fruit tree. His children were - George N., born in 1836, and now a crockery and glassware merchant of La Fayette; Andrew J., who died in La Fayette in 1868; Francis M., who died here also, in 1855; and Lawrence B., Jr., a resident of this city.
Children:
George Newberry Stockton (1835-1891)
~ m. Harriet Groat
~ m. Alice Yeakel
Andrew J. Stockton (1839-1868)
~ m. Mary unknown (c1839-1882)
Francis M. Stockton (1841-1856)
~ died age 15
See memorials:
Davis Stockton (c1685-1761)
Thomas Stockton Sr. (c1714-1783)
Daniel "Dan" Stockton (c1750-c1815)
Newberry Stockton Sr. (1778-1842)
Lawrence Stockton (1803-1878)
Lawrence was a son of Newberry and Bathsheba (nee Brannon) Stockton Sr., and a grandson of Daniel and Catherine (nee Ferrell) Stockton.
Lawrence married:
Maria Emerson on 17 Nov 1831.
Rachel Steely in 1835.
Lawrence died from a fall.
Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, pp. 818-819
Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1888
LAWRENCE B. STOCKTON, deceased, who might be considered one of the fathers of the city of La Fayette, was born on his father farm amid the picturesque scenery of Bedford County, Virginia, June 3, 1803. In the days of his boyhood he made rails at 50 cents a hundred in order to earn the means whereby to defray the expenses of obtaining an education. During six long years at this heavy labor and working on the farm he earned enough to enable him to go to school seventeen months of the time. In 1819 his father emigrated to Wayne County, Indiana, where his school days were ended with a course of study in civil engineering. In March, 1824, his father located about a mile south of Main street, and at the sales of land by the United States the same year bought for him eighty acres of land now lying within the eastern limits of the city, on which he lived from 1831 to the time of his death. A few years later he bought eighty acres of land adjoining it on the east at less than $5 per acre, which has since been many times doubled and redoubled in value. Mr. Stockton was appointed the first surveyor of Tippecanoe County, by Governor Ray, in 1826, which office he held ten years. He married Miss Maria Emerson in 1831, who died the following year. In 1835 he married Miss Rachel Steely, and the same year built the residence on Main street at the foot of the bluff, which he occupied the remainder of his life, which was a palatial country seat in those days, and continued some years one of the largest and finest residences in the county. By his second wife he had four children - George N., Andrew J., Francis M. and Lawrence B., Jr., but two of whom are now living, the eldest and the youngest, who are now prosecuting a large and flourishing queensware business in the city of La Fayette. After his long years of arduous labor, Mr. Stockton ceased his active labors and devoted himself to the improvement and preservation of his ample estate and to laying out and selling city lots. He also traveled extensively. In 1860 Mr. Stockton was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention, held at Charleston, South Carolina, which, it will be remembered, adjourned without making a nomination, to meet a few weeks later at Baltimore, where Stephen A. Douglas was nominated for the presidency. At the Charleston Convention were heard the ominous mutterings of the impending storm which shortly burst upon the country in the fury of civil war. Open threats of secession were made by some of the Southern delegates. Returning home through the Southern States he found himself in company with certain delegates from the South and took occasion to utter a few portentous words of warning, in response to the threats of not getting out of the Union what they could not get in it. He said to them that if they should attempt to accomplish their purpose by going out of the Union, instead of standing manfully by it, they would certainly get the worst of it. His words were prophetic, and he lived to see their fullest realization. June 5, 1868, his second wife and the mother his children died. Mr. Stockton died October 31, 1878, of injury to his lungs caused by falling from a fruit tree. His children were - George N., born in 1836, and now a crockery and glassware merchant of La Fayette; Andrew J., who died in La Fayette in 1868; Francis M., who died here also, in 1855; and Lawrence B., Jr., a resident of this city.
Children:
George Newberry Stockton (1835-1891)
~ m. Harriet Groat
~ m. Alice Yeakel
Andrew J. Stockton (1839-1868)
~ m. Mary unknown (c1839-1882)
Francis M. Stockton (1841-1856)
~ died age 15
See memorials:
Davis Stockton (c1685-1761)
Thomas Stockton Sr. (c1714-1783)
Daniel "Dan" Stockton (c1750-c1815)
Newberry Stockton Sr. (1778-1842)
Lawrence Stockton (1803-1878)
Lawrence married:
Maria Emerson on 17 Nov 1831.
Rachel Steely in 1835.
Lawrence died from a fall.
Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, pp. 818-819
Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1888
LAWRENCE B. STOCKTON, deceased, who might be considered one of the fathers of the city of La Fayette, was born on his father farm amid the picturesque scenery of Bedford County, Virginia, June 3, 1803. In the days of his boyhood he made rails at 50 cents a hundred in order to earn the means whereby to defray the expenses of obtaining an education. During six long years at this heavy labor and working on the farm he earned enough to enable him to go to school seventeen months of the time. In 1819 his father emigrated to Wayne County, Indiana, where his school days were ended with a course of study in civil engineering. In March, 1824, his father located about a mile south of Main street, and at the sales of land by the United States the same year bought for him eighty acres of land now lying within the eastern limits of the city, on which he lived from 1831 to the time of his death. A few years later he bought eighty acres of land adjoining it on the east at less than $5 per acre, which has since been many times doubled and redoubled in value. Mr. Stockton was appointed the first surveyor of Tippecanoe County, by Governor Ray, in 1826, which office he held ten years. He married Miss Maria Emerson in 1831, who died the following year. In 1835 he married Miss Rachel Steely, and the same year built the residence on Main street at the foot of the bluff, which he occupied the remainder of his life, which was a palatial country seat in those days, and continued some years one of the largest and finest residences in the county. By his second wife he had four children - George N., Andrew J., Francis M. and Lawrence B., Jr., but two of whom are now living, the eldest and the youngest, who are now prosecuting a large and flourishing queensware business in the city of La Fayette. After his long years of arduous labor, Mr. Stockton ceased his active labors and devoted himself to the improvement and preservation of his ample estate and to laying out and selling city lots. He also traveled extensively. In 1860 Mr. Stockton was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention, held at Charleston, South Carolina, which, it will be remembered, adjourned without making a nomination, to meet a few weeks later at Baltimore, where Stephen A. Douglas was nominated for the presidency. At the Charleston Convention were heard the ominous mutterings of the impending storm which shortly burst upon the country in the fury of civil war. Open threats of secession were made by some of the Southern delegates. Returning home through the Southern States he found himself in company with certain delegates from the South and took occasion to utter a few portentous words of warning, in response to the threats of not getting out of the Union what they could not get in it. He said to them that if they should attempt to accomplish their purpose by going out of the Union, instead of standing manfully by it, they would certainly get the worst of it. His words were prophetic, and he lived to see their fullest realization. June 5, 1868, his second wife and the mother his children died. Mr. Stockton died October 31, 1878, of injury to his lungs caused by falling from a fruit tree. His children were - George N., born in 1836, and now a crockery and glassware merchant of La Fayette; Andrew J., who died in La Fayette in 1868; Francis M., who died here also, in 1855; and Lawrence B., Jr., a resident of this city.
Children:
George Newberry Stockton (1835-1891)
~ m. Harriet Groat
~ m. Alice Yeakel
Andrew J. Stockton (1839-1868)
~ m. Mary unknown (c1839-1882)
Francis M. Stockton (1841-1856)
~ died age 15
See memorials:
Davis Stockton (c1685-1761)
Thomas Stockton Sr. (c1714-1783)
Daniel "Dan" Stockton (c1750-c1815)
Newberry Stockton Sr. (1778-1842)
Lawrence Stockton (1803-1878)
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