William Lycurgus Lester LaFONSon of Richard LAFON
& Elizabeth Atwell HATCHER. He was born JUL 1846 in Lewis Co., MO, & died 1910
in Headrick, Jackson Co. OK. Both of his parents were dead by the time he was
about 4 years old. He had a trust that had been set up by his father, the
administrator of his trust sold everything he had and I guess pocketed the money
for 'his raising.' He drifted to Illinois and then to Bosque Co. TX at the age
of fourteen. It was during the Civil War and he was jailed for two months for
being a northern spy. They found out he was only a young boy with no home or
parents so they let him go. William married in 1875, in Bosque Co. to:
Emma NEW,Daughter of Edward Spencer NEW & Mary
Catherine PETERSON, was born 7 AUG 1856 in Gallatin Co. KY, and died 6 AUG1928
in Jackson Co., OK. Burial: Altus City Cem. Altus, Jackson Co., OK
Children:
i. EDWARD L. LAFON, b. 1876.
ii. LORA M. LAFON, b. 1880.
iii. LILLIE BALTHROPE LAFON, b. 19 April 1883, Bosque Co. TX; d. 21
April
1969, Mesquite, TX; m. (1) MANUEL A. WALLACE; b. 25 July 1880, Fannin Co.
GA; d. 26 June 1956, Austin, TX; m. (2) FRANKLIN Z. WHEELER, 15 August
1901, Hill Co. TX; b. 9 August 1878, Tarrant Co. TX; d. 23 July 1909, Duster,
Comanche Co. Tx.
iv. WILLIAM ERNEST LAFON, b. 1 January 1885, Bosque Co. TX; d. 10
February
1958, Wichita Falls, TX; m. MARY CAROLYN HARRIS, 1902, Bosque Co. TX; b. 28
April 1883, Georgia; d. 10 March 1970, Wichita Falls, TX.
Emma and William were my greatgrandparents; their daughter Lillie Balthrope
was my grandmother.
Donated by:
Linda Cowan BAKER
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