Lawson McKern Plaskett was born on 1883-11-26 in Jolon Cemetery, son of Byron Gianavil Plaskett and Martha Corrine Bennett Plaskett. Lawson McKern married Olive Hyacinth Sans Plaskett (1898–1936). They had 16 known children: Lawson Elmore Plaskett, Virginia Claire Plaskett Merritt, Thelma Plaskett, Amy Belle Plaskett McCandless Mozzini, Winston Lawson Plaskett, Murton Lawson Plaskett, Mabel Olive Plaskett, Clifford Keith Plaskett, Edward Lawson Plaskett, Shirley Joyce Plaskett Merritt, Byron Carl Plaskett, Edward Robert Plaskett, Wesley Plaskett Jr, Lawrence Monroe Plaskett, David Glen Plaskett, Lydia Plaskett. Lawson McKern died on 1966-07-23 in Jolon, aged about 83. Married Olive H. Sans.
This summary is assembled from the family record. If you know more about Lawson McKern Plaskett — stories, photographs, corrections — the family would be glad to hear from you.
Parents: Byron Gianavil Plaskett · Martha Corrine Bennett Plaskett
Married: Olive Hyacinth Sans Plaskett
Children: Lawson Elmore Plaskett · Virginia Claire Plaskett Merritt · Thelma Plaskett · Amy Belle Plaskett McCandless Mozzini · Winston Lawson Plaskett · Murton Lawson Plaskett · Mabel Olive Plaskett · Clifford Keith Plaskett · Edward Lawson Plaskett · Shirley Joyce Plaskett Merritt · Byron Carl Plaskett · Edward Robert Plaskett · Wesley Plaskett Jr · Lawrence Monroe Plaskett · David Glen Plaskett · Lydia Plaskett
Brothers & sisters: Dorsett Plaskett · William Dudley Plaskett · Charles Plaskett · Charles Henry Plaskett · Albert T Plaskett · Albert Allen Plaskett · Laura Dorsett Plaskett · Frances Marion Plaskett · Mary M Plaskett · Mary Elizabeth Plaskett · Edward Abbott Plaskett · Lucy Elizabeth Plaskett · Fannie Harriet Plaskett · Fanny Harriet Plaskett Mansfield · Wesley Barnes Plaskett
Parents: Byron Gianavil Plaskett · Martha Corrine Bennett Plaskett
Grandparents: William Lucas Plaskett · Stephen Dudley Bennett · Ann Dorsett Appling · Sarah May Barnes Plaskett · William E. Plaskett
Great-grandparents: James A. Barnes · Samuel Plaskett (1784-1858) · Sarah Prewitt · Stephen Bennett · Maria Rush Plaskett · Elizabeth Barnett · William Vittortha Appling · Martha Ann Nunnally · William Lucas Plaskett · Sarah May Barnes Plaskett
2× great-grandparents: Elizabeth [--] Plaskett · William Plaskett Jr. · William Appling · Thomas Barnett · Susan Nunnally · Nancy Price · Ann (Nancy) Price Barnes · Sarah Barrett · James A. Barnes · Samuel Plaskett (1784-1858) · Maria Rush Plaskett · Elizabeth Barnett · Leonard Barnes
3× great-grandparents: William Allen Burton · Elizabeth [--] Plaskett · William Plaskett (d. 1748) · Margaret Lucas Plaskett · Thomas E. Barnett · Martha Grubbs · John Appling · Mary Walthall (Burton) · Mordecai Price · William Plaskett Jr. · Arthur Barrett · Thomas Barnett · Nancy Price · Ann (Nancy) Price Barnes · Sarah Barrett · Leonard Barnes
4× great-grandparents: Bridget Stott Lucas · Edward Lucas · John Plascatt of Whitehaven · Richard Walthall · John Price · William Plaskett (d. 1748) · Rebecca MERRYMAN · Margaret Lucas Plaskett · Thomas E. Barnett · Thomas Barrett, Quaker · Hannah Oldham · Mordecai Price · Arthur Barrett
place history
The Schoolteacher Brides of Pacific Valley
The county kept sending young women to teach the coast's children — and the Plaskett boys kept marrying them. How two brothers married two sisters, and the schoolhouse became the town.
gold mines
The Los Burros Mining District and the Lost Town of Manchester
Organized 1876, transformed by Willey Cruikshank's Last Chance strike in 1887 — and gone by 1897, burned and grown over. The rise and fall of the coast's gold district, and the lost town of Manchester.
gold mines
Ed and Lawson Plaskett - Gold Mining Dreams
Ed and Lawson Plaskett chased the rumor every coast man heard — that gold waited in the home hills.
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ER Sans Nevada History
Her father in full: Edward R. Sans, farmer, lumberman, explorer — Nevada's 'Coyote Man,' the government's legendary predator hunter.
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Nacimiento Homesteaders Picked Real “Beauty Spot”
Up the Nacimiento from the old McKern place, the homesteaders of the 1890s picked the prettiest valley in the Lucias.
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Name of George Ames Is Etched in Coast History
George Ames rode down from Santa Cruz at fourteen to work for Jim Prewitt — and rode straight into coast legend.
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Plasketts Among Early Coast Settlers
How the valley was settled: William Lucas Plaskett's family clearing lilac 'grown to the dimension of small trees' — her classic account of the family's beginning.
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E.R. Sans, “Coyote Man”, Mill Creek Saw Mill Operator Father of Mabel Plaskett
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Olive Plaskett Dies During Pregnancy
Olive Sans married at fifteen, dark-eyed and sun-browned from the coast — and died carrying her child.
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Twin Dies at Birth - Murton and Winston Plaskett
Murton lasted one day. His twin Winston lasted a year. Lawson and Olive lost them both.
- birth 1883-11-26 — Born November 26, 1883
- marriage 1914-11-24 — Married Olive H. Sans
- death 1966-07-23 — Died July 23, 1966
- burial 1966-07-23 · Jolon Cemetery — Buried at Jolon Cemetery
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