- 1930 census at Havelock, Lancaster, NE shows: |Lewis L. Laws, 33, b. IA, parents b. IA/IA, occupation, machinist at A. R. Shops, veteran of WW; Elnora O., 26, b. NE, parents b. NY/MI; children all born NE: Maycel L., 11; Bess M., 10; Bennie F., 8; James W., 6; Marylyn D., 4 4/12; Eldon H., 2 10/12; Gilbert G., 1 0/12; Jennine x/12 (illegible).
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- WWI draft registration for Lester Lewis Laws states he resides in Gresham, NE, was born July 12, 1896 in Bedford, Iowa. His occupation is listed as "farming for myself." He gives his fathers birthplace as Abington, Ill, USA and that his nearest relative is William Laws of Gresham, Nebraska. The registrar notes he is short and slender with blue eyes and brown hair.
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