Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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George A. Lawson and Margaret Sample




Husband George A. Lawson 1

           Born: 24 Aug 1848 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Father: James Lawson (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Mary Ann Nixon (      -      ) 3


       Marriage: 1 Mar 1870 1



Wife Margaret Sample 1

           Born: 12 Sep 1850 - McCandless Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Father: James Sample (1820-Aft 1889) 4 5
         Mother: Jane Ross (      -      ) 1 6




Children
1 M James Lawson 1

           Born: 25 Dec 1870 1
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           Died: Bef 1915
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2 M John S. Lawson 1

           Born: 8 Jun 1872 1
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         Spouse: Matilda Miller (      -      ) 1


3 M Walker Lawson 1

           Born: 16 Jul 1874 1
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           Died: Bef 1915
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4 M William Charles Lawson 1

           Born: 7 Mar 1876 1
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         Spouse: Mary Wike (      -      ) 1


5 F Mary Lawson 1

           Born: 31 Oct 1877 1
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         Spouse: George Miller (      -      ) 1


6 M Elmer George Lawson 1

           Born: 28 Dec 1881 1
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         Spouse: Edna Mahaffey (      -      ) 1


7 M Edward E. Lawson 1

           Born: 29 Nov 1885 1
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8 M Robert T. Lawson 1

           Born: 14 Jun 1887 1
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General Notes: Husband - George A. Lawson


He attended public schools and remained at the home farm until starting in for himself on the farm of fifty-seven and a half acres, he owned in McCandless township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, near Wildwood. He improved his farm with buildings and orchards and there passed a quiet life of prosperity. He was a Republican in politics, and a member of the Presbyterian Church.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 820.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 819.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 377, 819.

4 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 337, 412.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 796, 820.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 242.


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