{"id":277,"date":"2012-06-23T01:22:44","date_gmt":"2012-06-23T06:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/?p=277"},"modified":"2012-06-23T01:22:44","modified_gmt":"2012-06-23T06:22:44","slug":"lawhorn-leonard-biography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/lawhorn-leonard-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"LAWHORN, Leonard (Biography)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leonard Lawhorn<\/strong>\u00a0(1842 – 22 Jul 1929 Memphis)<\/em>\u00a0married\u00a0Margaret L.\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cMaggie\u201d\u00a0Brooks<\/strong>\u00a0(Jan 1849 Memphis – August 2, 1895 Memphis)<\/em>\u00a0on 12 Sep 1867 in Shelby County, TN. Margaret was the second daughter of James Monroe Brooks and Mary Ann Kingston. According to Leonard\u2019s obituary in \u201cThe Appeal,\u201d he \u201cwas orphaned at an early age and rose from newsboy to head of what was the largest wholesale grocery company south of the Ohio, L. Lawhorn and Co. (Estab. 1864<\/em>). He enlisted in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, served 3 years, was captured at Corinth, and was taken to the Union prison at Cairo, IL.\u00a0 He escaped and returned to Memphis as a stowaway on a Union Troop ship. Unable to break through the Union lines, Leonard was forced to remain in Memphis during the remainder of the war. He was a Memphis Alderman and member of several sportsman’s clubs, Angerona Lodge, F and AM, St. Elmo Commandery, Knights Templar, and Loyal Order of Moose. During Memphis’ Yellow Fever epidemic Leonard was involved in rehabilitation work.\u201d\u00a0 He is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Memphis. Margaret is buried in an marked grave at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis.\u00a0(See Brooks)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Issue of Margaret Brooks and Leonard Lawhorn<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Julia Valerie Lawhorn<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(26 Jun 1868 Memphis, Shelby, TN – 7 Feb 1962 Memphis, Shelby, TN)<\/em>\u00a0married\u00a0John Gray Blount<\/strong>\u00a0(6 Aug 1866 Washington, DC – 8 Dec 1940 Memphis, Shelby, TN)<\/em>\u00a0on Aug 1892 in Memphis. He was the son of<\/span><\/p>\n

John Gray Blount<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Elizabeth<\/strong>\u00a0Watkins Perry<\/strong>. Julia and John were buried in Forrest Hill Cemetery, Memphis. \u00a0Issue<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Julia Valerie Blount<\/strong>\u00a0(1893-1994)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Margaret<\/strong>\u00a0Louise<\/strong>\u00a0Blount<\/strong>\u00a0(1895-1989)<\/em>\u00a0 School teacher.<\/span><\/p>\n

John<\/strong>\u00a0Gray<\/strong>\u00a0Blount<\/strong>\u00a0(b. 1897)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Elizabeth<\/strong>\u00a0Perry<\/strong>\u00a0Blount<\/strong>\u00a0(1900-1990)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

William<\/strong>\u00a0Augustus<\/strong>\u00a0Blount<\/strong>\u00a0(1909-1981<\/em>) married (1)\u00a0Margaret<\/strong>\u00a0Elivira<\/strong>\u00a0Simkins<\/strong>\u00a0(1906 Salem, OR – 1951)<\/em>\u00a0in 1939 in Memphis.\u00a0 He married (2)\u00a0Lucy<\/strong>\u00a0Ann<\/strong>\u00a0Tate<\/strong>\u00a0(b. 1922 Bartlett, Shelby, TN)<\/em>, daughter of\u00a0Lemuel Hall Tate<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Lida<\/strong>\u00a0Chester Hammontree<\/strong>, on 27 Feb 1954 in Memphis. Tate County, Mississippi is named after\u00a0Thomas<\/strong>\u00a0Simpson<\/strong>\u00a0Tate<\/strong>, father of Lemuel. Lucy Ann Tate married (1)\u00a0William<\/strong>\u00a0Frederick<\/strong>\u00a0Niedringhaus<\/strong>\u00a0Randolph<\/strong>\u00a0of St. Louis, Missouri.<\/span><\/p>\n

May Pearl Lawhorn<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0(1870-1953 Raleigh, Shelby, TN)<\/em>\u00a0married\u00a0Henry Wyatt Bayliss<\/strong>\u00a0(1863 Clarksville, TN – 1930 Memphis)\u00a0<\/em>in 1892, son of William G. Bayliss. \u00a0Issue<\/em>:\u00a0Basyl Bayliss<\/strong>\u00a0(1892- 1909)\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Henry W. Bayliss<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leonard A. Lawhorn<\/strong>\u00a0(b. 1873)\u00a0<\/em>married Mr. Pigeon from Memphis.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leon Lawhorn<\/strong>\u00a0(1875 Memphis – 1934 Memphis)<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>married\u00a0Minerva Rogers<\/strong>. \u00a0Issue<\/em>: Margaret Louise, Lillian M., Roger, Leon, Clarence, Julian R., and Paul Geriach.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Cecil Claine Lawhorn<\/strong>\u00a0(1878-1971 Milwaukee, WI)<\/em>\u00a0married Julia Elle\u00a0(b. 1876)\u00a0<\/em>in 1898.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brookes Lawhorn<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0(b. 1879)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

John F. Lawhorn<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0(b. 1881)<\/em>\u00a0married Agnes Towers in 1900.<\/span><\/p>\n

Julian Lawhorn<\/strong>\u00a0married Rachel.<\/span><\/p>\n

Submitted by\u00a0Brenda B. Watson<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leonard Lawhorn\u00a0(1842 – 22 Jul 1929 Memphis)\u00a0married\u00a0Margaret L.\u00a0\u201cMaggie\u201d\u00a0Brooks\u00a0(Jan 1849 Memphis – August 2, 1895 Memphis)\u00a0on 12 Sep 1867 in Shelby County, TN. Margaret was the second daughter of James Monroe Brooks and Mary Ann Kingston. According to Leonard\u2019s obituary in \u201cThe Appeal,\u201d he \u201cwas orphaned at an early age and rose from newsboy to head … Continue reading “LAWHORN, Leonard (Biography)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[90,85,83,89,84,86,77,87,88],"class_list":["post-277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biography","tag-bayliss","tag-blount","tag-brooks","tag-hammontree","tag-lawhorn","tag-perry","tag-randolph","tag-simkins","tag-tate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}