I am looking for the parents of Mathias Lawton b. 02 Apr 1828 in New York and died 27 Mar 1914. In 1858 he married Mary Ann Boomhower [Baumhauer] b. Bet. 23 Apr 1838 - 1839 in New York and died in 1918. The coupled had several children: Leon, Leila, Mary Margaret, Clarie and Dillie. I have found them in the census from 1860 on but not before that. The children were born in Iowa and Illinois. Mary Margaret Lawton b. 21 Jun 1865 in Newton, IA. On 30 Jun 1888 in Kansas she married Frederick William Soper. The couple eventually migrated to Snohomish County, Washington.