Harry Wilson Lawton
1897 - 1960 (62 years)-
Name Harry Wilson Lawton Birth 11 Dec 1897 Ida Grove, Iowa 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Gender Male Occupation salesman [2] _MILT World War I. World War II. - US Army. Ordnance Sergeant.
Census 1930 Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California Death 11 Mar 1960 Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California [1, 4, 5, 6, 7] Burial Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California [1, 4, 6, 7] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72012834/harry-wilson-lawton
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Person ID I1057 Hedges Last Modified 15 Mar 2025
Family Ruhamah Belle Hedges, b. 28 Oct 1901, Denison, Jackson County, Kansas d. 24 Jan 1995, Riverside, Riverside County, California (Age 93 years) Marriage 10 Jun 1923 Santa Ana, Orange County, California [2, 3] Divorce Y [3] Children 1. Harry Wilson Lawton, b. 1927, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California d. 20 Nov 2005 (Age 78 years)Family ID F614 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Mar 2025
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Birth - 11 Dec 1897 - Ida Grove, Iowa 
Marriage - 10 Jun 1923 - Santa Ana, Orange County, California 
Census - 1930 - Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California 
Death - 11 Mar 1960 - Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California 
Burial - - Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Marin Man Dies After Car Accident
A San Rafale man died at Sonoma County Hospital this morning 1 1/2 hours after his car left the road and struck a tree on Highway 12 at Annadel Farms near Kenwood.
Harry Wilson Lawton, 62, 14 Sentinel Court, was taken to the hospital at 3 a.m. Officers said his car crossed the road before plunging off. They could give no immediate reason for the early morning accident; Lawton was alone in the car.
It was Sonoma County’s 10th automobile fatality of the year.
Petaluma Argus-Courier, Petaluma, California. Friday, 11 March 1960, page 1.
[8] - Harry Lawton
Graveside services will be held Tuesday for Harry W. Lawton, 62, former operator of a San Rafael newspaper subscription service, who was killed Friday when his car crashed into a tree on Highway 12 east of Santa Rosa.
The services will be at 11:30 a.m. at Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, with the Rev. Edwin Taylor, Santa Rosa, retired member of the Salvation Army, officiating.
Mr. Lawton moved to Santa Rosa from San Rafael just recently. He lived at 517 Santa Rosa ave.
He is survived by his son, Harry W. Lawton Jr., Arlington, and his sister, Mrs. Robert Huff, Westwood.
The Eggen & Lance Mortuary is in charge of funeral arrangements.
The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California. Sunday, 13 March 1960.
[7, 8] - children of Ruhamah Hedges and Harry Wilson:
Harry Wilson Lawton Jr.
Jean Belle Lawton
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- Marin Man Dies After Car Accident
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Sources - [S6] Find a Grave.
- [S77] Norman Bloss Mavity, The Mavity Family, (Edwards Brother, Inc.), page 126, Library of Linda Hedges.
- [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner, The Hedges Family by Mary Hedges Reiner.
- [S22] US Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963.
- [S18] California Death Records.
- [S37] US Veterans Gravesites, 1775-2006.
- [S9] Obituary.
- [S87] Newspaper article.
- [S6] Find a Grave.