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John Fawcett

Birth	:	24 Sep 1818 Belmont County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	25 Feb 1876 Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Lyon County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.4202995, -96.2055969
Plot	:	Section 4 - Lot 78 - Space 4
Inscription	:	Aged 57Y 5M 1D
Description	:	Married to Lucy F. Hyde on 19 Aug 1842 in OH. **************************************** John Fancett in the 1850 United States Federal Census Name: John Fancett [John Fawcett] Age: 32 Birth Year: abt 1818 Birthplace: O Home in 1850: Caesars Creek, Greene, Ohio Gender: Male Family Number: 1094 Household Members: Name, Age John Fancett 32 Lucy Fancett 26 Maximillian Fancett 6 Maraim Fancett 5 Levina Fancett 4 Carvissa Fancett 2 ************************************** Military Enlistment: 1863 Age: 45 Kansas Civil War enlistment **************************************** John Faucett in the 1870 United States Federal Census Name: John Faucett Age in 1870: 50 Birth Year: abt 1820 Birthplace: Ohio Home in 1870: Emporia, Lyon, Kansas Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Emporia Value of real estate: View image Household Members: Name, Age John Faucett ... Read More	Married to Lucy F. Hyde on 19 Aug 1842 in OH. **************************************** John Fancett in the 1850 United States Federal Census Name: John Fancett [John Fawcett] Age: 32 Birth Year: abt 1818 Birthplace: O Home in 1850: Caesars Creek, Greene, Ohio Gender: Male Family Number: 1094 Household Members: Name, Age John Fancett 32 Lucy Fancett 26 Maximillian Fancett 6 Maraim Fancett 5 Levina Fancett 4 Carvissa Fancett 2 ************************************** Military Enlistment: 1863 Age: 45 Kansas Civil War enlistment ************************************** John Faucett in the 1870 United States Federal Census Name: John Faucett Age in 1870: 50 Birth Year: abt 1820 Birthplace: Ohio Home in 1870: Emporia, Lyon, Kansas Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Emporia Value of real estate: View image Household Members: Name, Age John Faucett 50 Lucy Faucett 36 Charles Faucett 4 L R Voile 26 ************************************** The Emporia Gazette, 14 Jun 1905, Wed, Page 3 ABOUT THE FAWCETT FAMILY John Fawcett was born September 24, 1818, in Balmont county, Ohio, and was married to Lucy Hyde, August 19, 1842. They came to Kansas in territorial days, locating on a claim just southeast of Emporia in 1857, on what was afterward known as the Jesse Stratton farm. Mr. Fawcett afterward formed a partnership with Gilbert Britton and bought the old mill which used to stand back of the old Normal building. They moved the mill northeast of town on the land now owned by O. L. Davis. The firm of Fawcett & Britton continued in the milling business until after the close of the civil war, always doing a good business. Mr. Fawcett died February 15, 1876. Lucy Hyde Fawcett was born August 24, 1842, in Ohio. Her father, the late John Hyde, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was a direct descendent of the English family that once owned Hyde Park in London, and for whom the park was named. The Kansas home of the Fawcetts, being located on the old Burlingame road, was always a stopping place for travelers, and no one was ever turned away from the door of Aunt Lucy Fawcett. Her days here were many, and her life was the life of a true Christian. She believed in living, every day, as nearly as possible to the Golden Rule. She often related the trials and hardships of the early settlers, but never in a complaining way. One story she told was of how the women did guard duty, following the Quantrill raid in Lawrence in 1863. It was thought the Quantrill band would continue to the southwest and destroy Emporia, at that time the farthest trading post to the southwest. The women armed themselves with axes, pistols and old guns. Mrs. Fawcett marched up and down the road all one night in front of her house, with an old flint-lock on her shoulder--the able bodied men were at that time on the frontier guarding an attack from hostile Indians. Mrs. Fawcett died in the early morning of June 10, 1905, in her 81st year. The funeral was held June 12 at the old home, one and one-half miles northeast of Emporia, on the lawn under the shade of the maple trees planted by her son, Maximilian, thirty-nine years before. The sermon was preached by Rev. W. A. Parker, of the First Christian church, with music by the Christian church choir. The casket was covered with flowers, tokens of love and respect from neighbors and friends. The interment was made in Maplewood. The pall-bearers were O. L. Davis, Perry Edwards, Captain L. T. Heritage, J. S. Watson, C. F. Ireland and W. E. Bray. The children of John and Lucy were Maximilian, who died in 1892 at Hiands, N. C., leaving a wife and three children, who now live in Emporia; Miriam Jane, Lavina, Clarissa, and Mary Rebecca, the daughters, are dead, Miriam having been the wife of Captain Henry Pearce, and Clarissa of William D. Hunt; John Charles Fawcett, the only remaining child, lives on the old homestead. Maximilian Fawcett enlisted in the Union army, first in the Second Kansas, and later in the Eleventh in Company C, under Captain Heritage. He was wounded at the Battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., while bearing Captain Heritage from the field. **************************************** I don't know if this article is about Mr. Fawcett's mother or wife: The Emporia Gazette, 18 Apr 1914, Sat, Page 3 (Mrs. Anna Randolph was discussing Civil War lore...) "I must not close this story without reference to a supper given some of the boys of Company E, by a poor widow, Mrs. Fawcett, the evening before their departure. She said, "Now girls, make everything good and have plenty of it, for it may be a long time before the boys will have anything but army rations to eat." With this company were going Mrs. Fawcett's only son, her son-in-law, and her daughter's fiancé, who was killed in Missouri. The people at that little settlement of Emporia laid the dead body of Mrs. Fawcett's daughter in Maplewood cemetery on the day which would have been her wedding day."

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Where is John Fawcett's memorial?
John Fawcett's memorial is located at: Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Lyon County, USA.
When did John Fawcett death?
John Fawcett death on 25 Feb 1876 in Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas, USA
Where are the coordinates of the John Fawcett's memorial?
Latitude: 38.4202995
Longitude: -96.2055969

Family Members:

Spouse

Lucy Hyde Fawcett

(1824 - 1904)

Children

Lavina Fawcett

(1847 - 1865)

Mary Rebecca Fawcett

(1851 - 1867)

John Charles Fawcett

(1866 - 1917)

Flowers:

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