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Lawton, Francis |
Date |
b. ca. 1835 |
Description |
Francis Lawton, born ca. 1835 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia from the late 1850s to early 1870s,
including under the employ of P. S. Duval 1857-1859 (during his insolvency).
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According to censuses, in 1860 Lawton resided with his wife Margaret (b. ca. 1826) and two children as a lithographer in
Ward 11 with personal estate valued at $500. Lawton departed the trade by the 1880 census when he was listed as a salesmen.
In 1900 his listed occupation was "calksman's files."
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Lawton resided in North Philadelphia during his lithographic career, including 203 Jefferson Street (1857), 1528 North Fourth
Street (1859), 1126/1128 Ogden Street (1863-1870), and Vernon Street near North Tenth Street (1871).
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Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
References |
See Duval, P. S. |
Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
Bibliographic citation |
Census 1860, 1880, 1900 |
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Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Petition of Peter S. Duval, November 10, 1859 |
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Groce & Wallace, 389 |
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Philadelphia Business and City Directories, 1857-1871 (intermittently) |
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WWWAA, 1969 |