Bio: Rawson, Fred Beecher & Lucy Anna Walker

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Surnames: Barber, Conover, Griebenow, Ranson, Rauson, Rawson, Schaffer, Walker

----Sources: USA Census Records

Fred Beecher Rawson (1868-1948) was born in Wisconsin to thirty-five year old Maggie Helen Schaffer (1833-1914) and thirty-seven year old Jerome Beecher Rawson (1831-1914), the son of Eve Ham and John Rawson (1799-1866) of Denmark.

*This Biography is incomplete, but our family findings are listed below and not all are necessarily connected.  If you can connect the dots and complete this biography, do let us know!

[Postcard for the Rawson & Griebenow Hardware]

1870 Federal Census, Hancock, Waushara, Wisconsin, Dwelling Number: 17

Jerome Rawson, Age in 1870: 3, b. abt 1832, NY, white male citizen over 21
Post Office: Hancock
Occupation: Farmer
Personal Estate Value: 1000; Real Estate Value: 3000
Wife: Maggie Rawson
Children: Emma Rawson, Fred Rawson
Household
Jerome Rawson 38, b. NY
Maggie Rawson 37, b. PA
Emma Rawson 6, b. WI
Fred Rawson 1, b. WI

In Wood Co., WI Fred Beecher Rawson was on the ticket as a Legislator for the 9th district in 1906.  In 1914, Fred B.Rawson ran in Wis. for Sec. of State as a Democrat. His address was listed as Plainfield, Waushara Co. 507 Park Ave., Berlin, Green Lake Co.

Rawsonville is in Jamaica, Windham Co., VT, located at the junction of Route 100 and Route 30. Near the junction is a tiny fenced area, a monument for the founder of Rawsonville, Bailey Rawson. A few hundred yards from the monument is his actual grave, where it says that he was a pensioner of the Revolutionary War.

1910 Federal Census, Jamaica, Windham, Vermont

Bradford Bailey Rawson Male 60 1850 Vermont Married White Head Vermont Vermont B 4
Luthna E Rawson Female 59 1851 Vermont Married White Wife Vermont Vermont B 4
Edward B Rawson Male 37 1873 Vermont Married White Son Vermont Vermont B 4
Walter P Rawson Male 2 1908 Massachusetts Single White Grandson Vermont Vermont B 4

In Plainfield, Wisconsin, 1 Mar 1892, Fred married Lucy Ann Walker (1869–1954).  Her parents were Llewellyn Seth Walker, (17 Sep 1840, Poland Springs, Androscoggin, ME–8 Jul 1912, Plainfield, WI) and Clara Narcissa Barber, (5 Nov 1840, Green, Chenango, NY–3 Jun 1908, Plainfield, Waushara, WI).  They Married 22 Nov 1864 in Waushara County, WI

When John Rawson was born on 16 September 1822, in Denmark, Denmark, Lewis, New York, United States, his father, John Rawson, was 23 and his mother, Eve Ham, was 21. He married Rosetta J. Shumway on 8 January 1850, in Antwerp, Antwerp, Jefferson, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Hancock, Waushara, Wisconsin, United States in 1880. He died on 21 April 1886, in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, United States, at the age of 63.

Fred B. Rawson 1868- 26 Nov 1948 (aged 79–80)
Cemetery: Hancock, Waushara County, WI; Plot & Block C Lot 113 Space 2

Wife: Lucy Ann Walker Rawson 1869–1954

Lucy Ann Walker (18 Nov 1869, Wautoma, Waushara, WI-16 Jun 1954, Hancock, Waushara, WI) was the daughter of  Llewellyn Seth Walker and Clara Narcissa Barber

BioM: Walker, Lucy Anna (1892)

Fred Beecher Rawson
Sex Male
Father's Name Jerome Beecher Rawson
Father's Sex Male
Mother's Name Maggie Helen Shaffer
Mother's Sex Female
Spouse's Name Lucy Anna Walker
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Father's Name Llewellyn Seth Walker
Spouse's Father's Sex Male
Spouse's Mother's Name Narcissa Barber
Marriage Date 1 Mar 1892
Marriage Place Waushara, Wisconsin, United States

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Children: Harry Walker Rawson 1893–1962; Willie Rawson 1895–1895

Name Harry Walker Rawson
Sex Male
Birth Date 25 Sep 1893
Birthplace Plainfield, Waushara, Wisconsin, United States
Race White
Ethnicity American
Father's Name Fred Beecher Rawson
Father's Sex Male
Father's Birthplace Hancock, Waushara, Wis.
Mother's Name Lucy Ann Walker
Mother's Sex Female
Mother's Birthplace Wautoma, Waushara, Wis

WWI Military Draft - 6/5/17
Harry Walker Rawson, 24 yrs. old, born: 25 Sep 1893 in Plainfield, Waushara, Wisconsin, United States
Single, Natural Born Caucasian, University Student in Madison, WI
Father's Name: Fred Beecher Rawson
Military Experience: Non-commissioned--Medical
Med height; slender build, brown eyes, black hair with no balding.

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Fremont S Rawson
[Fremont S Ranson]
Age: 63
Birth Year: abt 1857
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Home in 1920: Byron, Monroe, Wisconsin
House Number: X
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Annah E Rawson
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Retail Merchant
Industry: Hardware
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
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Name: Annah E Rawson
Age: 58
Birth Year: abt 1862
Birthplace: Minnesota
Home in 1920: Byron, Monroe, Wisconsin
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Fremont S Rawson
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Able to Speak English: Yes
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes