Biography of James G. Lawhead, page 658.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

James G. Lawhead, son of Benjamin and Mary Jane (Essig) Lawhead, is a native 
of Jackson Township.  His grandparents James and Martha Lawhead, came to De 
Kalb County from Wayne County, Ohio, in 1839.  Of their nine children all 
save Elizabeth, who married George Moore, are living---Johnson, Isaac, 
Benjamin, Samuel, Nancy, widow of Isaac Culbertson; Eleanor, wife of John 
Boyles; John, and Eliza, wife of Henry Nott.  James Lawhead died in 1854, 
and his widow in March, 1880.  Benjamin Lawhead was born in Fayette County. 
Pa., April 1, 1820, and moved with his parents to Wayne County, Ohio in 1834, 
and to De Kalb County in 1839.  He was married in 1843 to Mary Jane Essig, a 
native of Stark County, Ohio, born in 1821.  He bought the farm where they 
now reside on section 17 in 1851.  Two children have been born to them---
James G. and Caroline, wife of Charles L. Cool, of Auburn.  James G. Lawhead 
was married April 17, 1870, to Wealthy B. Nelson, who died April 27, 1877, 
leaving two children---William B. and Queen Victoria. Sept. 1, 1879, Mr. 
Lawhead married Eliza Walter, a native of Jackson Township, born Nov. 27, 
1851, a daughter of Joseph and Sarah Walter.  They have three children---
Gertrude, Walter and Frank.  Mr. Lawhead has always made his home on the 
old homestead with his parents.  He is one of the most active and energetic 
men of the township, always ready to assist any cause of public benefit.

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