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Two Families

Lorenzo Dow Lafferty (1802 TN – Aft 1892 TX)
married in 1828  Mary Elvira Creswell (1807 SC – 1904 AR)

Issues:
1828 – Martha Lafferty
1830 – Albert Glenville Lafferty
1832 – Matilda Lafferty
1835 – Jane Lafferty
1837 – Burwell C. Lafferty
1839 – Lorenzo Dow Lafferty
1841 – Louise Lafferty
1843 – Sarah Lafferty
1845 – Elvira Lafferty
1847 – Margaret Lafferty
1850 – Frances Lafferty

Lorenzo Dow Lafferty
a relationship with Rachel (1825 AR – ? TX)

Issues:
1851 – Mary Lafferty born Arkansas
1853 – Bur Lafferty birth place unknown (likely Arkansas)
1856 – James C. Lafferty born Indian Territory
1857 – Leon Lafferty born Texas
1859 – John Henry Lafferty born Bexar County, TX

Very interesting that he would give two children with different mothers the same name — Bur or Burrell. Leon and Bur disappear after 1862, but the other children are accounted for in marriage records, a prison record, and more. Note that the second family picks up where the first one left off.