Harvey & Ina Bell (Wood) Lawrence
Harvey Alfred Lawrence was born to John Albert & Lucretia Augusta (Geiger) Lawrence in 1906 here in the Hulett area. He was the oldest of six children and spent all of his life in the Hulett and New Haven areas. During his early life he ranched and farmed in the Hulett area; did carpenter work in the Spearfish, SD area; helped in the construction of the foot trail around Devils Tower, along with other building projects there. He married Ina Belle Wood in 1928 – she was born in 1913 to Charley & Alta Myrtle (Wallace) Wood and moved to northeastern Wyoming with her parents in 1916. After their marriage Harvey & Ina Bell lived in the New Haven area, then moved to Hulett in 1946. He worked for the Neiman Sawmills for over 50 years. In 1947, he skidded logs for Milton Kaiser along with John Woods as cutter with his trusty team of horses, Maude and Sammy, and later with the team of Babe and Rowdy. Ina Belle passed away in 1986, he followed in 1989.
Harvey’s grandfather, John Wesley Lawrence was born in 1851 in Pennsylvania to George & Elizabeth Lawrence, one of eight children -- the family moved westward, living for awhile in Illinois, then on to Nebraska, where John grew to adulthood. As an adult John Wesley kept on moving west, onward to Colorado where he worked in the coal mines at Cripple Creek, Colorado. While in Colorado, he met his future wife, Emma Jane Prock. John returned to Johnson County, Nebraska with his new bride, and they settled in Tecumseh, Nebraska, where he operated a drugstore. Their two sons, John Albert and George Walter, were born there. Later, the family moved to Elk Creek, Nebraska where their four daughters Minnie Jane, Emma May, Myra, and Clara Ethel, were born. John ran a general store and also hired out a mule for breeding with mares. In July 1903 the family traveled to Monument, Colorado, by Burlington train. Their eldest son, John Albert, had gone ahead and was employed in the sugar beet fields near Loveland, Colorado. He encouraged the family to travel to Colorado – especially since Emma’s mother and her second husband lived there. John Wesley and his family lived on a small farm, milked several cows, and sold cream. The Lawrence children went to country school out of Monument, Colorado from where they had a good view of Pike’s Peak.
John Albert again left the family and traveled to Crook County, Wyoming to join his mother’s relatives, the Richey family. In February 1904 the rest of the Lawrence family moved to Crook County, traveling by Northwestern train. They arrived in Aladdin where John Albert and his cousin, Will Richey, met them with a bobsled and took them to the John Pearson place located at the foot of the Bear Lodge. The Pearson family owned a place where people stayed overnight when they were traveling by train. Next day, Will Richey and John Albert took the family by bobsled over the Bear Lodge to Hulett to Will Richey’s folks, Ebenezar and Nancy Richey (Nancy was Emma Lawrence’s sister). The Lawrences stayed with the Richey family in a two story house located below Hulett. A total of thirty people lived in this house for awhile! The Lawrence family finally moved into a house in Hulett, located on Main Street. After the winter broke, the family moved to the bottom of Moore Hill and lived in one of Anderson Moore’s houses which had a sod roof. The springtime brought a lot of rain and the roof leaked for three days after the rain quit. While living there, John Wesley and his sons were getting out logs to build their homestead houses – they all filed on land west of Hulett.
Of their children –
Walter lived his life in the Hulett area working on ranches. He married briefly but divorced.
Minnie married Ralph Tinkcom in 1905 and they had four children. Minnie would go on to outlive two husbands, all four of her children, three grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Emma married Sam Linch and they had two children. Emma died of tuberculosis just five monthers after the birth of her youngest child. Her mother and sisters helped raise her two small children.
Myra began working at the Hulett Hotel and Livery Stable as a waitress and maid. Later she found work in the print shop in the back of Hal Turneaure’s drug store. She set type three days a week for the Intermountain Globe, a Republican newspaper. The other three days she worked for the Wyoming Blade, a Democratic newspaper! She married William Swift Nuckolls and they ranched near the Missouri Buttes, raising seven children.
Ethel also worked for the Wyoming Blad and married its editor Paul Yeoman, they were blessed with six children and lived their lives in the Hulett, Lightning Flats, Rocky Point, and Sundance areas.
And John Albert, who caused the move to Wyoming, married in 1904 and built a house across the road from his parents on what became the Howard Telsrow ranch. He and his wife Lucretia raised a family of six and lived in the Hulett area all of their lives. One of his children was our Harvey Alfred Lawrence.
Harvey Alfred Lawrence was born to John Albert & Lucretia Augusta (Geiger) Lawrence in 1906 here in the Hulett area. He was the oldest of six children and spent all of his life in the Hulett and New Haven areas. During his early life he ranched and farmed in the Hulett area; did carpenter work in the Spearfish, SD area; helped in the construction of the foot trail around Devils Tower, along with other building projects there. He married Ina Belle Wood in 1928 – she was born in 1913 to Charley & Alta Myrtle (Wallace) Wood and moved to northeastern Wyoming with her parents in 1916. After their marriage Harvey & Ina Bell lived in the New Haven area, then moved to Hulett in 1946. He worked for the Neiman Sawmills for over 50 years. In 1947, he skidded logs for Milton Kaiser along with John Woods as cutter with his trusty team of horses, Maude and Sammy, and later with the team of Babe and Rowdy. Ina Belle passed away in 1986, he followed in 1989.
Harvey’s grandfather, John Wesley Lawrence was born in 1851 in Pennsylvania to George & Elizabeth Lawrence, one of eight children -- the family moved westward, living for awhile in Illinois, then on to Nebraska, where John grew to adulthood. As an adult John Wesley kept on moving west, onward to Colorado where he worked in the coal mines at Cripple Creek, Colorado. While in Colorado, he met his future wife, Emma Jane Prock. John returned to Johnson County, Nebraska with his new bride, and they settled in Tecumseh, Nebraska, where he operated a drugstore. Their two sons, John Albert and George Walter, were born there. Later, the family moved to Elk Creek, Nebraska where their four daughters Minnie Jane, Emma May, Myra, and Clara Ethel, were born. John ran a general store and also hired out a mule for breeding with mares. In July 1903 the family traveled to Monument, Colorado, by Burlington train. Their eldest son, John Albert, had gone ahead and was employed in the sugar beet fields near Loveland, Colorado. He encouraged the family to travel to Colorado – especially since Emma’s mother and her second husband lived there. John Wesley and his family lived on a small farm, milked several cows, and sold cream. The Lawrence children went to country school out of Monument, Colorado from where they had a good view of Pike’s Peak.
John Albert again left the family and traveled to Crook County, Wyoming to join his mother’s relatives, the Richey family. In February 1904 the rest of the Lawrence family moved to Crook County, traveling by Northwestern train. They arrived in Aladdin where John Albert and his cousin, Will Richey, met them with a bobsled and took them to the John Pearson place located at the foot of the Bear Lodge. The Pearson family owned a place where people stayed overnight when they were traveling by train. Next day, Will Richey and John Albert took the family by bobsled over the Bear Lodge to Hulett to Will Richey’s folks, Ebenezar and Nancy Richey (Nancy was Emma Lawrence’s sister). The Lawrences stayed with the Richey family in a two story house located below Hulett. A total of thirty people lived in this house for awhile! The Lawrence family finally moved into a house in Hulett, located on Main Street. After the winter broke, the family moved to the bottom of Moore Hill and lived in one of Anderson Moore’s houses which had a sod roof. The springtime brought a lot of rain and the roof leaked for three days after the rain quit. While living there, John Wesley and his sons were getting out logs to build their homestead houses – they all filed on land west of Hulett.
Of their children –
Walter lived his life in the Hulett area working on ranches. He married briefly but divorced.
Minnie married Ralph Tinkcom in 1905 and they had four children. Minnie would go on to outlive two husbands, all four of her children, three grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Emma married Sam Linch and they had two children. Emma died of tuberculosis just five monthers after the birth of her youngest child. Her mother and sisters helped raise her two small children.
Myra began working at the Hulett Hotel and Livery Stable as a waitress and maid. Later she found work in the print shop in the back of Hal Turneaure’s drug store. She set type three days a week for the Intermountain Globe, a Republican newspaper. The other three days she worked for the Wyoming Blade, a Democratic newspaper! She married William Swift Nuckolls and they ranched near the Missouri Buttes, raising seven children.
Ethel also worked for the Wyoming Blad and married its editor Paul Yeoman, they were blessed with six children and lived their lives in the Hulett, Lightning Flats, Rocky Point, and Sundance areas.
And John Albert, who caused the move to Wyoming, married in 1904 and built a house across the road from his parents on what became the Howard Telsrow ranch. He and his wife Lucretia raised a family of six and lived in the Hulett area all of their lives. One of his children was our Harvey Alfred Lawrence.