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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The Ancestry of Henry James Lawless, Jr. Book Two: Maternal Ancestry. E J Kennedy. pp. 65–71.
- ↑ Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen's Magazine, Volume 52. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. 1912. p. 89.
- ↑ The American Issue, Volume 7. American Issue Publishing Company. 1912.
- ↑ Hmurovic, John (2014). "The Battle of Mineral Springs". Indiana Magazine of History. 110 (2): 97–119. doi:10.5378/indimagahist.110.2.0097. JSTOR 10.5378/indimagahist.110.2.0097.
- ↑ "Attorney General Retains Jackson". Greenfield Republican. 12 Nov 1914.
