Lawrence is or was in Chemung Township - near
Harvard. It is too early for obituaries or for death records.
Waity Shipee is buried in Chemung Cemetery along with
Levi John, b. 4 Feb 1817, d. 12 August 1898;
Harriet S., b. 13 May 1829, d. 17 May 1893; Franklin N. "Frankie" son of
Levi and
Harriet, b. 1 July 1865, d. 24 November 1872 from typhoid' Waity, wife of A., b. 1780, d. 16 October 1858/
Maranda E. Burr, daughter of
Levi and
Harriet Shippee, b. 6 Aug 1850, d. 22 May 1877
McHenry County Illinois Cemeteries, Vol. I: Northwest Townships, pub. by
McHenry County Genealogical Society,
McHenry,
Illinois, 1990.