Lawrence Willoughby Research Paper

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Lawrence Willoughby, an African American male, was born in 1881 in Pitt County, North Carolina. He was the son of Lannie Anderson and X Willoughby. Lawrence married at 22,a woman by the name of Jennie Best on December 20, 1903. Records says that the two married in Pitt County, North Carolina. They had eight children in 13 years. He died on August 4, 1951, in Greenville, North Carolina, at the age of 70. In 1905, Lawrence had his first child. His name was Hermon Willoughby. About two years later in 1907, Lawrence second child was born. Another boy, and his name was Ramon Willoughby. In 1908, Lawrence and his wife gave birth to a baby girl and her name was Dinah Willoughby. From my knowledge, it was kind of usual for a couple to have children a couple years apart. Although I was trying to figure out if the Willoughbys had children back to back purposely. And if it was done purposely, what was the reason? In 1910 there was another child born that was unnamed. On this child, I only found a birthdate. I'm curious as to why this baby was unnamed. I feel that this child could've been taken from the family, a miscarriage, or something of that nature. Also in the …show more content…

I believe the child was named and was planned because of the death unexpected death of Laucy. Two years later they moved to Belvoir, North Carolina. Still in Pitt County. However from the federal census, it says that they were buying this particular house. Lawrence was still a famer so he still had a farm house. At this time he was age 40. ten years later in 1930, Lawrence is sent to a prison camp in Macon County, North Carolina. Records does not show what he did to be sent to a convict prison camp, but is does show that he was forced to work on state roads. Twenty years later in 1951, Lawrence died and left behind his family of 9 including his wife. Lawrence died from a disease. He was buried in Greenville, North

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