The Isaac T. Lawler Family

Isaac Teague Lawler

    Isaac Teague Lawler was born about 1821 in Alabama. He was married on 21 July 1846 in Talladega County, Alabama, to Mary Caroline Fuller, daughter of Tryon Fuller.
    Isaac sold his land in Talladega about the start of the Civil War and moved to Louisiana. His son, James Henry Lawler, was said to have been born in Arcadia Parish, Louisiana, in 1866. The Louisiana property was sold in 1867.
    Isaac Lawler served in the Confederate army. Mary was granted a pension based on his service. The pension application states that Isaac Lawler died 10 December 1873. He has not been found in the 1870 census. Mary was living in Caldwell County, Texas, in 1880, near members of her family. They moved from Caldwell County to Hill County, then on to Clay County, Texas. Mary died in Clay County 28 April 1903.
    The eldest Lawler daughter married in Smith County, Texas, in 1869.

Children

The children of Isaac T. Lawler and Mary Caroline Fuller were:

Martha E	b Jan 1852	d 1900-1910	m 18 Aug 1869	William E. Lowrey
John	b 10 April 1854	d 18 Dec 1925	m Buffalo Springs	Mattie B
Margaret Ida	b 30 July 1861	d 15 Jan 1923	m 20 March 1881	Cap Foreman
Mary F	b 1864	d 1944	m	Joe Benjamin Fuller
James Henry	b 12 Feb 1866	d 17 May 1937	m 14 Oct 1888	Etta Drew Long

James Henry Lawler and Etta Drew Long

James Henry Lawler met Etta Drew Long at the home of his sister, Margaret Ida and her husband, Cap Foreman. Etta Drew Long was the daughter of James Black Long and Mary Foreman, Cap Foreman's sister. Mary Foreman Long died in 1882, when Etta was ten years old. Etta and Jim Lawler had fourteen children. Two of them died as small children.

Lawler family about 1908

This picture shows Jim and Etta with nine children and a picture of one who had died, probably William Arthur who died in October 1905.

Lawler family in 1917

    This picture of the family about 1917 includes two sons-in-law, Floyd Wagner and Fred Campbell.
    Back: Floyd Wagner, Carrie, Fred Campbell, Alva with Cleo, Hugh, Ardis, Eva, Floyd
    Front: Worsham, Margie, Jim, Etta with Woodrow, Della, Lena and Walter on the watermelon

Lawler family in 1932

    This picture was made about 1932, the last time the 12 siblings and parents were together.
        Front row: Etta & Jim
        Middle row: Eva, Lena, Woodrow, Carrie, Della, Alva, Margie
        Back row: Hugh, Walter, Floyd, Worsham, Ardis

Jim and Etta Lawler

Jim Lawler died 17 May 1937. Etta died 28 May 1941.
Jim and Etta Lawler and Jim's mother, Mary Caroline Fuller Lawler are all buried in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery at Buffalo Springs, Clay County, Texas.

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