Background
Lawton, Ezra Mills was born on August 23, 1864 in Ironton, Ohio, United States. Son of Edward and Mary Louise (Amlin) Lawton.
Lawton, Ezra Mills was born on August 23, 1864 in Ironton, Ohio, United States. Son of Edward and Mary Louise (Amlin) Lawton.
Education high school, Ironton.
Clerk and mechanic, 1882-1887. Telephone and electrical construction work, 1887-1890. Superintendent construction Cincinnati Electric Light Companies, 1890-1895.
Electrical contracting engineer, 1895-1906.
Went to Mexico as mining engineer, 1907. American consular agent, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1908-1913.
American consul Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 1914-1916. Special mission to Guatemala, 1914.
Consul at Nogales, Mexico, 1917-1918, Guatemala City, 1919-1920, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1920-1923, Sydney, Australia, 1923-1929, retired.
Special assignments at San Jose, Costa Rica and in charge American Legation at Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 1919-1920.
Mason.
Married Mary Louise Porter, November 24, 1886.