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THOMAS C. LAWLESS, FRANKLIN. -- Thomas C. Lawless was born in Thibodeaux,
Terrebonne parish, Louisiana, February 8, 1855. His father, Solomon C. Lawless,
was a native of Kentucky, born about 1815. He removed to Big Cane, St. Landry
parish, Louisiana, in 1856, where he became a successful planter. The mother of
Thomas C. Lawless, Harriet Cheny Lawless, is a native of St. Landry parish, born
in 1834, and now a resident of Mobile, Alabama. She married a second time in Big
Cane, Mr. A. B. Haskins.
Thomas C. Lawless was reared in St. Landry and
St. Mary parishes, Louisiana, and received a limited education in the common
schools of the vicinities in which he resided. At the age of fourteen he became
an apprentice to the blacksmith trade, working at this a short while, when he
learned the carpenter trade, and in this was employed for a period aggregating
ten years. In 1882 Mr. Lawless engaged as a sawyer for Wm. A. Hansen and served
as such for a term of seven years. In 1889 he engaged in the lumber business as
a partner with Capt. Wm. Kyle. Their success demonstrates the business tact and
energy characteristic of the firm. Mr. Lawless was married, November 13, 1883,
to Miss Margaret A. Hanson, a daughter of Albert and Anna Hansen, both natives
of Europe, who removed to Louisiana early in life. As a result of this union two
children have been born: Alberta and Willie.
Contributed 2021 Nov 04 by Mike Miller, from Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, published in 1891, Biographical Section, page 372.
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