Name: 0809 -- My Laurie Family

Updated: 05-15-2019 05:05:77. Owner: L Byerley


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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Elizabeth S. Laurie: Birth: Jul 1836 in Washington, D.C.. Death: 25 Oct 1839 in Washington, D.C.

  2. Mary Isobel "Belle" Cranstoun Laurie: Birth: ABT 1842 in Washington D.C.. Death: 11 Mar 1882 in Oxen Run, Maryland

  3. Lewis F. Linn Laurie: Birth: 1845 in Washington, District of Columbia. Death: AFT 1876 in Washington, D.C.

  4. James Crailing "Jack" Laurie: Birth: 1849 in Washington D.C.. Death: 11 Dec 1892 in Washington D.C.

  5. Emeline "Emma" Frances Smitson: Birth: Jan 1852 in Washington, D.C.. Death: 15 Feb 1902 in Washington, D.C.


Notes
a. Note:   Along with her daughter, Belle Laurie Miller Youngs, (Aka: Belle I.C. Youngs) were reportedly the Lincoln Spiritualists. Others included, Henrietta Colburn Maynard (Nettie), Parthenia R. Hannum (Parnie), and Anna M. Crosby. Nettie Studevant Colburn Maynard wrote the book "Was Abraham Lincoln a Spiritualist?" Philadelphia: Rufus C. Hartranft, 1891. This book details visits made by President Lincoln and wife Mary, to the Laurie's Georgetown Home, to attend Spirit Circles. on New Years Eve December 31, 1862...several accounts have Mary Lincoln as a guest of Cranstoun and Margaret Laurie at their Georgetown home. See "Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs Keckley, The Remarkable Story Of The Friendship Between A First Lady And A Former Slave", By Jennifer Fleischner Page# 259. Elbert F. Turner, aged 21, enlisted as a Private on June 7, 1864 in Washington, DC, in Company U, 3rd Infantry RA. He was discharged on December 22, 1864, three days after Mrs. Margaret Laurie wrote a personal letter on his behalf to her friend, President Lincoln.

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