Name: Lawrence Gilltrap
Born: 1830 in Ireland
Died: 6 Feb 1902 outside Martinsburg, MO
Buried: St. Joseph's Cemetery, outside of Martinsburg, MO
Married: 1850 to Mary O'Malley
Children: Mary Agnes, George, John, Ann
Laurence was born in Ireland in 1830. What information we have on him comes from the census records. From the 1900 census, he came to the US in 1835. He married Mary O'Malley in 1850. Their first child, Mary Agnes was born in Keokuk, Iowa. The remaining three children were born in Jerseyville County, IL. In the 1870 census they are living in the Martinsburg area. They had a 40 acre farm in Audrain county at the border with Callaway county. They lived two farms to the west of the Corders. Lawrence died on 6 Feb 1902, two days later his wife passed away. They are buried in St. Joseph's cemetery, just south of Martinsburg, MO.