The crazy story behind the murder of my paternal 3rd great grandfather.
Story of Laura Aurvilla Hawn contributed by Weston Renoud

When Laura Aurvilla Hawn was born on September 1, 1835, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, her father, Jacob, was 30 and her mother, Harriet, was 17. She had two children with Joel Perkins between 1854 and 1857. She then married David Patterson and they had five children together between 1866 and 1880. She di…

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