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Re: margaret Desco and Larry Hightower family line
Posted by: Thomas Kerwin (ID *****3248) Date: April 11, 2009 at 09:33:51
In Reply to: margaret Desco and Larry Hightower family line by Holly Beliveau-Hubbard of 12146

I'm not related to this family.

1910 -
Name: Lawrence Hightower
Age in 1910: 9
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1901
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relation to Head of House: Grandson
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee
Home in 1910: Civil District 14, Anderson, Tennessee
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male

Haney Kesterson 57, TN = coal miner
Mary Kesterson 46, TN
Raymond Kesterson 20, TN = coal miner
Lawrence Hightower 9, TN = g/son

1920 -
Name: Lawrence M Hightower
[Laurence M Hightower]
Home in 1920: Wahiawa, Honolulu, Hawaii Territory
Age: 19 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1901
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relation to Head of House: Private
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's Birth Place: Kentucky
Marital Status: Single
Race: Octoroon [defined as = a person having one-eighth black ancestry; the offspring of a quadroon and a white.]
[Oc (White)]
Sex: Male
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes

1930 - Lawrence M Hightower is not listed.

Try -
Social Security Death Index = FREE, Searchable = ALL STATES
This index features individuals who died after 1960.

DO NOT SEARCH FOR A MARRIED WOMAN USING A MAIDEN NAME.
http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/

Search for Lawrence Hightower in Flint, MICH.
On the right hand side of the page, look for "SS-5 Letter".
This letter will allow you to order a copy of his SS application. Parents names will be listed.

Since he was in the military -
Military Records = This is a FREE service!
You may wish to include a personal letter stating all info that you know.
Be sure to include any alternate spelling of the last name.
On line form allows you to request information from your, or your relative's, military personnel record. This option is only available if you are the veteran or next of kin (surviving spouse that has not remarried, father, mother, son, daughter, sister, or brother). Otherwise you will need to send in the SF180. The link is http://www.archives.gov/research_room/vetrecs/

http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/get-service-records.html


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