Oswayo Valley Mail October 10, 1957
C.R.Lawton Passes To His Reward
Clayton "Stubs" Lawton of R.D. 1 , Shinglehouse died at his home on Saturday, October 5, 1957, after a lengthy illness.
He was born in Hebron Township on December 30, 1888. On January 1, 1910 he was united in marriage with Miss Hazel Bailey and two children were bor of this union, Mrs. Margaret Sisson and Manford Lawton. She died on December 30, 1920. In 1929 Mr. Lawton was married to Miss Helen Holcomb.
Mr. Lawton was formerly Vice President of the Oswayo Valley Rural Community Fair Association. He also served on the board of directors for many years, untill poor health forced his resognation. He was an active worker at the fair each year.
Mr. Lawton was a member of the Evangelical United Bretheren Church of Coneville; the Loyal order of Moose, 503, Bradford, and the West Bingham Grange. He had worked in the chemical plant at Genesee and Coneville and in the oil field at Rixford. He had been a farmer for the past 25 years.
Servivors include his wife; three daughters; Mrs Margaret Sisson of Obi, N.Y., Miss Beatrice Lawton and Miss Edith Lawton, both at home; two sons, Manford Lawton of Allentown, N.Y., and Robert Lawton, of Elmira, N.Y.; five grandchildren; three great grandchildren' two sisters, Mrs. NIna VanDerhoof, of Clara, Pa., and Miss Reva Harris, of Coneville, Pa., also several nieces and nephews.
A prayer service was conducted at 2:30 o'clock at the late home on Tuesday afternoon with further services at two o'clock at the EUB Church in Coneville, rev. Lewis Rea, pastor, officiated. He was assisted by rev. Harold West, pastor of the EUB Church at MIllport, and Rev. Burdette Mason, pastor of the Church of Nazerene, Waverly, N.Y. Burial was made in Rathbun Cemetery at Coneville. Pallbearers ewere Elton Swift, Lloyd Pepperman, Golden Calhoun, Gordon Maynard, Paul Costello and Earl Higley.