The Dishman Family of Virginia

Lawrence Dishman^1,2

Male, #758, (1835 - )

Father

William Jackson Dishman^2,3 b. 1807, d. 1851

Mother

Elizabeth C. Miller^2,3 b. 1807, d. 1897

Relationship

3rd great-grandson of Samuel Duchemin.

Name Variation

Lawrence Dishman was also known as Laurison.^4,5

Name Variation

Lawrence Dishman was also known as Toosh.^2,3

Birth*

1835

He was born in 1835 in Virginia.²

(male under 5) Census1840

1840

He was probably the male, age under 5, in William Jackson Dishman's household on the 1840 census in Westmoreland County, Virginia.⁶

(Witness) Census1850

1850

Lawrence Dishman was listed as a household member living with William Jackson Dishman on the 1850 census in King George County, Virginia.⁷

Military*

23 Mar 1863

Lawrence Dishman enlisted in the Confederate Army on 23 Mar 1863 in King George County, Virginia.²

Military

Jul 1863

He deserted in Jul 1863.²

Description*

He was described as being eccentric and somewhat deaf.⁵

Last Edited

29 Mar 2007

Citations

[S42] 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), King George County, Virginia, p. 210, line 12, electronic image, (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc.,2002), http://www.ancestry.com, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC).
[S106] Dishman Family, Informal Genealogical Notes, James Dallas Dishman, Personal papers of James Dallas Dishman, Lynchburg, Virginia, Chart 1.
[S346] Genealogical papers of William Anderson Hagey, ca. 1940-1998, Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia, box 2, file 117, "Dishman, James (1712-1800) and Mary (Weedon), 5 of 5", letter from R.G. Clarke of Fairfax, Va to S.R. Dishman dated 1 Feb 1916, states that she is the daughter of Fauntleroy Dishman, and that the Dishman family consisted of William J. Dishman and wife Elizabeth Miller Dishman, and their children Fauntleroy J. Dishman, James Dishman, Robert Dishman, William I. Dishman (all deceased), Miss Mary Dishman, and the "one who went west". He was somewhat deaf and went by the nickname of Toosh.
[S104] Elizabeth Nuckols Lee, compiler, King George County Virginia, Loose Chancery Papers, Volume 1: 1811-1875 (Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing Company, 1998), p. 61.
[S346] Genealogical papers of William Anderson Hagey, ca. 1940-1998, Virginia Historical Society, box 2, file 117, "Dishman, James (1712-1800) and Mary (Weedon), 5 of 5", letter from Mrs Elizabeth F. Rollins of Colonial Beach, VA to S.R. Dishman dated 18 Feb 1916. States that Uncle Laurison was the one who disappeared during the Civil War. She speculates that Laurison's middle name was Slaughter. Also says people remembered Laurison as being eccentric and somewhat deaf.
[S65] 1840 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), Westmoreland County, Virginia, p. 284, line 4, Wm. J. Dishman household, electronic image, (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc.,2002), image 15 of 57, http://www.ancestry.com, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC).
[S42] 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), King George County, Virginia, p. 210, dwelling 60, family 60, William J. Dishman household (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc.), image 10 of 62.