I am hoping someone might connect to this Frederick and Catherine Lawyer family said to be from Germany that migrated from the Wilmot, Sugar Creek, Stark County Ohio ( Tuscarawas and Holmes Co., OH are included)to Whiteside County Illinois area with the following famlies; John Wetzel/Margaret Reece, Isaac Stull Swearingen Jr/Hannah Martin, George Hurless (Harless)/Susannah Lucy Leatherman, Overholser (Overholtz), Winters and Malone. Possable this family may have been Mennonite or German Reformed Church.
Some of the children of Frederick and Catherine Lawyer are listed below in a Whiteside County Bios for Louis Wetzel.
Not listed is Mary Lawyer's siblings Elizabeth and possable Sarah and Nicholas. They may have remained in Ohio or gone to other States like Indiana.
1, Jacob Lawyer born 1834 Ohio married about 1855 to Leah Unknown (my G-G-Grandparents), lived in Harrison, Polk, Tama and Carrol Counties Iowa.
1880 Lincoln TWP, Harrison County Iowa census.
Jacob Lawyer Self M Male W 46 OH Farming GERMANY GERMANY
Leah Lawyer Wife M Female W 40 OH Keeping House OH PA
Wm. H. LAWYER Son S Male W 24 IL Farm Laborer OH OH
Dora (Mary Isadora) Lawyer Sister (incorrect Jacob and Leah were her parents) S Female W 12 IA At School OH OH
Note; "Dora" Lawyer married March 27, 1884, Manning, Carrol CO, Iowa to Charles Wellington Winney
Fred Lawyer Son S Male W 6 IA At School OH OH
Edward Lawyer Son S Male W 1 IA OH OH

2, Mary Lawyer born 1837 Ohio, married March 25, 1858, Sterling, Whiteside CO., IL to Louis Wetzel.

3, William Lawyer born 1845, Stark County Ohio? died February 1909, Whiteside CO., IL

4, Frank Lawyer born about 1853, Ohio listed 1880 census working for Ranslow W. Biggs, Webster TWP, Hamilton CO., Iowa.

The following Bio may be in error as there appear to be NO famlies that came directy from Germany with the Surname Lawyer. More likely this family came from PA.

Whiteside County ILL Biographies
LEWIS WETZELL
Portrait & Biographical History of Whiteside CO 1885

"Lewis Wetzel, a farmer, section 17, Hopkins Township, is a son of John and Margaret (Reese) Wetzel, who were natives of Franklin Co., Pa., of German and English descent. They first settled in Ohio and lived there till 1855, when they came to Whiteside County and settled in the township of Genesee, where they lived till their death. He died Sept. 18, 1860, and she Feb. 2, 1882. They had a family of 12 children, namely; Catherine, Daniel, Jacob, John, George, Elizabeth, David, Andrew, Hannah, Joseph, Margaret and Lewis. Mr. Wetzel was born in Stark Co., Ohio, June 3, 1837. He received a common-school education and came to Whiteside County with his father when he was 18 years old. He lived in Genesee Township till the fall of 1861, when he purchased a farm of 160 acres on section 17, Hopkins Township, where he settled and has since lived. He is now the owner of 206 acres, most of which is tillable. He has erected some very fine buildings on his farm. Mr. Wetzel was married in Sterling, Ill., March 25, 1858, to Mary, daughter of Frederick and Catherine Lawyer, natives of Germany, who had four children, - Jacob, Mary, William and Frank. Mary (Mrs. W.) was born in Stark Co., Ohio, March 1, 1836. Mr. and Mrs. W. are the parents of four children - Rebecca E., Delilah J., John G. and Rollin E. Mr. Wetzel has been Overseer of Highways and School Director. In politics he is indentified with the Republican party."

Thank you
Wes Hart