Descendants of Lawson T. Messer
1 Lawson T. MESSER b: February 02, 1837 in Haywood Co., NC (appears
in 1900 White Oak Twp., Haywood Co., NC census) d: June 04, 1930
in Haywood Co., NC Burial: Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery (Old
Yarborough Cemetery), Haywood Co., NC
. +Nancy Avonline SMITH b: January 16, 1839 in Haywood Co., NC
m: October 18, 1856 d: February 03, 1917 in Haywood Co., NC Burial:
Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery (Old Yarborough Cemetery), Haywood
Co., NC
. 2 George M. MESSER b: February 06, 1869 in Haywood Co., NC
d: 1935 Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Claremore, Rogers Co., OK
..... +Laura Veloni LAFFERTY b: June 06, 1869 in MO d: 1950 Burial:
Woodlawn Cemetery, Claremore, Rogers Co., OK
..... 3 Oma Mae MESSER b: July 17, 1894 in OK d: December 02,
1974 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL Burial: Plainview Cemetery,
Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL
......... +William Bryan STIGER b: August 23, 1897 in CO (appears
in 1930 and 1940 Mt. Morris, Mt. Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL census)
m: December 25, 1919 in Rogers Co., OK d: November 1979 Burial:
Plainview Cemetery, Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL
........ 4 Louise I. STIGER b: October 14, 1920 in OK d: April
10, 1994 Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Vassar, Tuscola Co., MI
............ +Guy A. BONADURER b: February 27, 1907 d: October
29, 1992 Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Vassar, Tuscola Co., MI
........ 4 Mary Lorraine STIGER b: February 18, 1923 in OK d:
July 10, 2008 in Rockford, Winnebago Co., IL Burial: Plainview
Cemetery, Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL
............ +Jack Kenyon DAILEY b: December 11, 1920 in Pine
Rock Twp., Ogle Co., IL m: October 27, 1946 in Ogle Co., IL d:
September 04, 1984 in Ogle Co., IL Burial: Plainview Cemetery,
Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL Father: Merritt Charles Dailey Mother:
Mabelle L. Grant
........ 4 William Larry STIGER b: June 13, 1938 in Mt. Morris,
Ogle Co., IL d: October 20, 1983 in Rockford, Winnebago Co.,
IL Burial: Plainview Cemetery, Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL
..... 3 Jess Franklin MESSER b: July 09, 1901 in OK (appears
in 1940 Oregon, Oregon Twp., Ogle Co., IL census) d: February
11, 1981 in Oregon, Ogle Co., IL Burial: Ebenezer Reformed Cemetery,
Rockvale Twp., Ogle Co., IL
......... +Katherine E. WILTFANG b: September 15, 1909 in Ogle
Co., IL d: March 27, 2003 in Oregon, Ogle Co., IL Burial: Ebenezer
Reformed Cemetery, Rockvale Twp., Ogle Co., IL Father: Peter
Janssen Wiltfang Mother: Seaky Bush
........ 4 Mary MESSER b: Abt. 1936 in IL
............ +? DAVIS
........ 4 Margaret MESSER b: Abt. 1936 in IL
............ +? LLOYD
..... 3 Ethel Josephine MESSER b: July 23, 1910 in OK d: August
31, 1947 in Byron, Ogle Co., IL Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Claremore,
Rogers Co., OK
......... +Benjamin Franklin BLANKENSHIP b: September 07, 1910
in MO (appears in 1940 Mt. Morris, Mt. Morris Twp., Ogle Co.,
IL census) m: June 23, 1929 in Rogers Co., OK
. 2 Robert Vance MESSER b: August 02, 1876 in Haywood Co., NC
(appears in 1920, 1930 Pine Creek Twp. and 1940 Mt. Morris, Mt.
Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL census) d: July 24, 1962 in Murphy,
Cherokee Co., NC Burial: Many Forks Baptist Church Cemetery,
Hiawassee, Towns Co., GA
..... +Tina J. WACSTER b: November 14, 1871 in NC m: August 06,
1894 d: July 14, 1936 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL Burial: Oakwood
Cemetery, Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL
..... 3 Iva Viola MESSER b: September 25, 1895 in Haywood Co.,
NC d: May 05, 1987 Burial: Pine Creek Brethren Cemetery, Pine
Creek Twp., Ogle Co., IL
......... +Alpheus Henry PUTMAN b: August 19, 1891 in Ogle Co.,
IL (appears in 1930 Mt. Morris, Mt. Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL
census) m: January 11, 1914 in Dixon, Lee Co., IL d: January
06, 1958 Burial: Pine Creek Brethren Cemetery, Pine Creek Twp.,
Ogle Co., IL Father: Jacob A. Putman Mother: Nancy Elizabeth
Ford
........ 4 Wauneta Elizabeth PUTMAN b: June 30, 1916 in IL d:
July 07, 2007 Burial: Garrett-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Waynesville,
Haywood Co., NC
............ +Jerry Maurice CRAWFORD b: August 24, 1901 in NC
m: July 27, 1938 d: March 10, 1991 Burial: Garrett-Hillcrest
Memorial Park, Waynesville, Haywood Co., NC
........ 4 Robert A. PUTMAN b: June 17, 1920 in IL d: June 01,
2007 in Rock Falls, Whiteside Co., IL
........ 4 Patricia D. PUTMAN b: Abt. 1929 in IL
..... 3 Lawson Bryan MESSER b: February 12, 1899 in Haywood Co.,
NC (appears in 1930 and 1940 Mt. Morris, Mt. Morris Twp., Ogle
Co., IL census) d: March 31, 1995 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL
Burial: Plainview Cemetery, Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL
......... +Ida V. CHAMBERS b: December 27, 1901 in TN d: February
10, 1973 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL Burial: Plainview Cemetery,
Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL Father: James Chambers Mother: Sarah
H. ?
........ 4 Leland E. MESSER b: April 09, 1919 in IL d: December
01, 2000 Burial: Plainview Cemetery, Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL
............ +Wanda August MILLER b: February 10, 1912 in Vancouver,
WA m: April 29, 1944 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL d: September
27, 2003 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL Burial: Plainview Cemetery,
Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL
........ 4 Alvin MESSER b: June 29, 1920 in Pine Creek Twp.,
Ogle Co., IL d: September 17, 2012 in Oregon, Ogle Co., IL Burial:
Plainview Cemetery, Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL
............ +Jean M. PONTIUS b: December 19, 1923 in Freeport,
Stephenson Co., IL m: March 09, 1946 in Freeport, Stephenson
Co., IL d: October 02, 2014 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL Burial:
Plainview Cemetery, Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL
........ 4 Russell D. MESSER b: November 15, 1921 in IL d: August
23, 1984 in Curry Co., OR
........ 4 Donald E. MESSER b: March 26, 1930 in Ogle Co., IL
d: August 08, 1996 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL Burial: Plainview
Cemetery, Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL
..... 3 Jarvis Hannibal MESSER b: May 25, 1902 in Waynesville,
Haywood Co., NC (appears in 1940 Mt. Morris, Mt. Morris Twp.,
Ogle Co., IL census) d: September 18, 1992 in Polo, Buffalo Twp.,
Ogle Co., IL Burial: Fairmount Cemetery, Polo, Buffalo Twp.,
Ogle Co., IL
......... +Naomi Emma ESTERLY b: January 06, 1907 in OK m: November
17, 1923 in Ogle Co., IL d: May 23, 1998 in Polo, Buffalo Twp.,
Ogle Co., IL Burial: Fairmount Cemetery, Polo, Buffalo Twp.,
Ogle Co., IL Father: Albert Esterly Mother: Susan Daniel
........ 4 Jarvis Norman MESSER b: February 08, 1929 in IL d:
June 25, 2012 in Key West, Monroe Co., FL Burial: Fairmount Cemetery,
Polo, Buffalo Twp., Ogle Co., IL
........ 4 Bernadyne MESSER b: Abt. 1931 in IL
............ +William Henry SNOOK b: July 30, 1927 in IL m: 1955
d: May 06, 2015 Burial: Oakwood Cemetery, Beaver Dam, Dodge Co.,
WI
........ 4 Ronald James MESSER b: October 24, 1932 in IL d: April
27, 2017 in North Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA
..... 3 Kenneth MESSER b: March 06, 1905 in OK (appears in 1930
and 1940 Mt. Morris, Mt. Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL census) d:
January 06, 1964 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL Burial: Oakwood
Cemetery, Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL
......... +Mildred Blanche PETTENGER b: February 19, 1908 in
IL m: April 06, 1924 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL d: November
05, 1996 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL Burial: Oakwood Cemetery,
Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL Father: Frank Lester Pettenger Mother:
Mary Alice Canfield
........ 4 Kenneth Eugene MESSER b: January 07, 1925 in IL d:
June 20, 1986 in Polo, Buffalo Twp., Ogle Co., IL Burial: Chapel
Hill Memorial Gardens, Dixon, Lee Co., IL
............ +Helen Lulu RAUCH b: 1926 in Ogle Co., IL m: June
25, 1946 in Adeline, Maryland Twp., Ogle Co., IL d: August 15,
1971 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL Burial: Chapel Hill Memorial
Gardens, Dixon, Lee Co., IL Father: Peter William Rauch Mother:
Louisa "Lula" Sophia Wessel
........ *2nd Wife of Kenneth Eugene MESSER:
............ +Carol J. STONEKING m: June 19, 1979
........ 4 Glenn Wayne MESSER b: August 29, 1926 in IL d: April
16, 1997 Burial: Oakwood Cemetery, Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL
........ 4 William D. MESSER b: September 16, 1928 in IL d: April
12, 2015 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL
............ +Thelma M. RAY m: June 10, 1948 in Adeline, Maryland
Twp., Ogle Co., IL
........ 4 Darrell MESSER b: November 12, 1930 in Ogle Co., IL
d: November 04, 1970 in Rockford, Winnebago Co., IL Burial: Chapel
Hill Memorial Gardens, Freeport, Stephenson Co., IL
............ +Audrey Jean BOCKER b: September 22, 1936 in Ogle
Co., IL m: June 22, 1957 in Forreston, Ogle Co., IL Father: Klaas
Bocker Mother: Mabel Martha Welp
........ 4 Richard Arnold MESSER b: Abt. 1934 in Ogle Co., IL
........ 4 James Lee MESSER b: January 09, 1936 in Ogle Co.,
IL d: January 15, 1991 Burial: Houston National Cemetery, Houston,
Harris Co., TX
........ 4 Larry Douglas MESSER b: November 16, 1942 in Ogle
Co., IL d: January 27, 2019 in Rockford, Winnebago Co., IL Burial:
Sunset Memorial Gardens, Machesney Park, Winnebago Co., IL
............ +SanDee JORGENSEN m: June 21, 1964 in Polo, Buffalo
Twp., Ogle Co., IL
..... 3 Elizabeth Ruby MESSER b: March 05, 1907 in OK d: April
20, 1988 in Oregon, Ogle Co., IL Burial: Oakwood Cemetery, Mt.
Morris, Ogle Co., IL
......... +Clinton Walter FRAWERT b: July 11, 1895 in IL (appears
in 1920, 1930 and 1940 Mt. Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL census)
m: Aft. 1927 d: August 02, 1978 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL Burial:
Oakwood Cemetery, Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL Father: Henry S. Frawert
Mother: Charlotte "Lottie" Rohns
..... 3 David C. MESSER b: January 17, 1909 in OK (appears in
1930 and 1940 Mt. Morris, Mt. Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL census)
d: February 08, 1975 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL Burial: Plainview
Cemetery, Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL
......... +Ruth Elizabeth STOVER b: August 30, 1909 in IL d:
August 1992 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL Burial: Plainview Cemetery,
Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL Father: Samuel J. Stover Mother: Lena
Simon
........ 4 Betty J. MESSER b: January 27, 1933 in Mt. Morris,
Ogle Co., IL d: February 22, 2010 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL
Burial: Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Dixon, Lee Co., IL
............ +Kenneth E. MUMMA b: May 26, 1926 in Pine Creek
Twp., Ogle Co., IL m: October 04, 1974 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co.,
IL d: March 04, 2007 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL Burial: Chapel
Hill Memorial Gardens, Dixon, Lee Co., IL Father: John R. Mumma
Mother: Grace Catherine Boethe
. 2 Hannibal France MESSER b: August 22, 1880 in Haywood Co.,
NC (appears in 1930 and 1940 Mt. Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL census)
d: February 1965 in Haywood Co., NC Burial: Oakwood Cemetery,
Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL
..... +Elizabeth Julia NOLAND b: October 16, 1884 in NC m: December
06, 1904 d: November 11, 1962 Burial: Oakwood Cemetery, Mt. Morris,
Ogle Co., IL
..... 3 Nina A. MESSER b: December 25, 1905 in Haywood Co., NC
d: May 01, 1997 in Oregon, Ogle Co., IL Burial: Oakwood Cemetery,
Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL
......... +Joseph VETRONO b: January 13, 1904 m: October 09,
1929 in Rockford, Winnebago Co., IL d: September 30, 1977 Burial:
Oakwood Cemetery, Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL
..... 3 Floyd Bryan MESSER b: August 01, 1908 in Haywood Co.,
NC (appears in 1930 and 1940 Mt. Morris, Mt. Morris Twp., Ogle
Co., IL census) d: December 18, 1970 Burial: Mountain View Cemetery,
Kingman, Mohave Co., AZ
......... +Anna Marie MENNENGA b: December 23, 1908 in Pine Rock
Twp., Ogle Co., IL m: October 09, 1927 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co.,
IL d: August 11, 1990 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL Burial: Ebenezer
Reformed Cemetery, Rockvale Twp., Ogle Co., IL Father: Frank
John Mennenga Mother: Hilka Winter
........ 4 Joan Hilda MESSER b: January 05, 1929 in Ogle Co.,
IL d: March 06, 1985 Burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Covina,
Los Angeles Co., CA
............ +Peter Dominick GOTTOSO b: March 15, 1925 m: September
27, 1953 d: May 14, 1988 Burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Covina,
Los Angeles Co., CA
........ 4 Arlene Elizabeth MESSER b: March 02, 1931 in Ogle
Co., IL d: February 15, 1991
............ +Robert G. DAVIS m: April 02, 1950 in Mt. Morris,
Ogle Co., IL
........ *2nd Husband of Arlene Elizabeth MESSER:
............ +Dwayne TEMPLIN m: Aft. 1950
........ 4 Connie T. MESSER b: 1932 in Ogle Co., IL d: May 11,
1969 in Ogle Co., IL Burial: Oakwood Cemetery, Mt. Morris Twp.,
Ogle Co., IL
............ +Larry G. BOWEN b: April 17, 1939 in Polo, Buffalo
Twp., Ogle Co., IL d: March 16, 2008 in Polo, Buffalo Twp., Ogle
Co., IL Burial: Fairmount Cemetery, Polo, Buffalo Twp., Ogle
Co., IL Father: Bert Willis Bowen Mother: Emma Rienstra
..... *2nd Wife of Floyd Bryan MESSER:
......... +Jeanne M. SHELLEY b: 1916 m: March 27, 1943 in Galena,
Jo Daviess Co., IL d: 1979 Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Kingman,
Mohave Co., AZ
..... 3 Ava Cordelia MESSER b: November 11, 1910 in Haywood Co.,
NC d: May 28, 2000 in Oregon, Ogle Co., IL Burial: Oakwood Cemetery,
Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL
......... +Dewey Enoch HARRIS b: April 13, 1905 in MS d: September
27, 1972 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL Burial: Oakwood Cemetery,
Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL
..... *2nd Husband of Ava Cordelia MESSER:
......... +Maurice C. STEWART b: June 19, 1903 in IL (appears
in 1930 and 1940 Mt. Morris, Mt. Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL census)
m: August 14, 1932 in Sycamore, DeKalb Co., IL d: January 02,
1988 in Byron, Ogle Co., IL Burial: Daysville Cemetery, Nashua
Twp., Ogle Co., IL Father: William H. Stewart Mother: Susie Hoffmeister
..... 3 Claude Underwood MESSER b: December 19, 1912 in Haywood
Co., NC (appears in 1940 Mt. Morris, Mt. Morris Twp., Ogle Co.,
IL census) d: November 01, 2006 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL Burial:
Oakwood Cemetery, Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL
......... +Ida Mae SHANK b: July 04, 1915 in NE m: September
12, 1936 in Crown Point, Lake Co., IN d: January 19, 2007 Burial:
Oakwood Cemetery, Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL Father: William H.
Shank Mother: June H. Compton
........ 4 Stanley Douglas MESSER b: January 20, 1938 in Ogle
Co., IL d: June 13, 2006 in Coosa Co., AL
............ +Bonita Kay DUNCAN b: November 14, 1940 in OH m:
June 17, 1961 in DeKalb, DeKalb Co., IL d: April 25, 2013 Burial:
Unity Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Weogufka, Coosa Co., AL
........ 4 Sandra Kay MESSER b: Abt. 1939 in Ogle Co., IL
............ +Gary William OLSON m: 1958 in Des Moines, Polk
Co., IA
..... 3 Georgia G. MESSER b: April 03, 1914 in Haywood Co., NC
d: March 09, 1981 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL Burial: Chapel
Hill Memorial Gardens, Dixon, Lee Co., IL
......... +Russell H. OLSEN b: July 05, 1912 in Chicago, Cook
Co., IL (appears in 1940 Polo, Buffalo Twp., Ogle Co., IL census)
m: June 23, 1934 in Polo, Buffalo Twp., Ogle Co., IL d: December
03, 1990 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL Burial: Chapel Hill Memorial
Gardens, Dixon, Lee Co., IL Father: Harry Olsen Mother: Olga
Anna ?
........ 4 Beverly Jean OLSEN b: Abt. 1936 in Ogle Co., IL
............ +George J. SCHMITT m: August 1955
........ 4 Gayle Marie OLSEN b: Abt. 1938 in Ogle Co., IL
............ +Borgeir SKAUGEN m: July 06, 1968 in Mt. Morris,
Ogle Co., IL
........ 4 Sally I. OLSEN b: Abt. 1939 in Ogle Co., IL
............ +Philip L. WESSELS b: December 23, 1931 in Stephenson
Co., IL m: August 21, 1965 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL d: July
30, 2020 Burial: Oakwood Cemetery, Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL Father:
Geert "George" W. Wessels Mother: Arvilla Sluiter
..... 3 Edna Mae MESSER b: March 18, 1921 in IL d: December 22,
2013 in Rockford, Winnebago Co., IL Burial: Franklin Grove Cemetery,
Franjklin Grove, Lee Co., IL
......... +Clarence Samuel KECKLER b: April 01, 1916 in Ogle
Co., IL m: October 16, 1948 in Mt. Morris, Mt. Morris Twp., Ogle
Co., IL d: August 1962 Father: Mervin Abraham Keckler Mother:
Hattie Catherine Cupp
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