Florence May Lawson 2 3 4
- Born: 1 April 1896, , Greene County, MO 1 2 4 5
- Marriage (1): William David Alsup on 2 October 1913 in Mount Vernon, MO 1 2
- Died: 10 December 1943, Nevada, MO at age 47 1 4
- Buried: After 10 December 1943, Paris Springs, MO 1 4
 Cause of her death was Uterine cancer.1
Another name for Florence was Florence Marie Lawson.1
General Notes:
David Alsup, grandson to Florence, provides the following:
"According to my mother, Florence Lawson's middle name was Marie. When my mother, Ethel Mae Kostow, met Florence in 1942, they exchanged middle names. The middle names being so close in spelling, mother distinctly remembers they were not the same."
In my own estimation, the middle name of Marie is not "so close" to Mae or May, I think that this observation has mistakenly changed her name from May to Marie. Yet, David Alsup is convinced that the quotation is accurate and that her middle name was Marie.
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Birth Notes:
Her gravestone is clearly marked with a birth year of 1900 but that is believed to be incorrect. Most researchers provide a date of Apr 1896 in Greene County, Missouri and that is supported by the 1920 census which shows her age as 23.
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Noted events in her life were:
• She has alternate birth information of 1900.
• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Aurora, MO on 7 January 1920. 2
1920 US Census
Sheet 9B, District 103, Family 218, Roll 932
Aurora, Lawrence County, Missouri
House rented
F. M. Alsup..Wife..23..MO
(Living with husband.)
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• She was buried after 10 December 1943 in the Misemer Cemetery in Paris Springs, MO.
In spite of the many different birth dates given by researchers for Florence, her simple flat gravestone of gray granite gives the year as 1900. The inscription reads "Florence Alsup, 1900 - 1943".
Find A Grave Memorial #22049298
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Florence married William David Alsup, son of Edward Grant Alsup and Frances Armina Tevis, on 2 October 1913 in Mount Vernon, MO.1 2 (William David Alsup was born on 10 August 1893 in Missouri,1 2 6 died on 27 March 1957 in Mount Vernon, MO 1 7 and was buried after 27 March 1957 in Paris Springs, MO 1 7.). The cause of his death was Cancer of the Lungs.1
Noted events in their marriage were:
• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Aurora, MO on 7 January 1920. 2
1920 US Census
Sheet 9B, District 103, Family 218, Roll 932
Aurora, Lawrence County, Missouri
House rented
W. M. Alsup..Self..26..IL..Coal Co., Hauler
F. M. Alsup..Wife..23..MO
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