Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James Lawson and Mary Roberts




Husband James Lawson 1 2

            AKA: Jonas Lawson 3
           Born: 18 Dec 1814 or 14 Dec 1818 - Somerset, Somerset Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Jan 1903 4
         Buried: 


         Father: Thomas Lawson (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: Esther Moore (      -      ) 1 2


       Marriage: 22 Mar 1837 3 5



Wife Mary Roberts 1 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: Samuel Roberts (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Martha Critchfield (      -      ) 4




Children
1 M Claudius Thomas Lawson 2 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Annie Birch (      -      ) 4


2 M Marcus Cicero Lawson 2 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Dolly P. Shelton (      -      ) 4


3 M James Emmet Lawson 2 3

           Born: 26 Jun 1842 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Emma Douthitt (1852-1914) 5


4 M Daniel Augustus Lawson 2 3

           Born: 5 Nov 1844 - Somerset, Somerset Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1918
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Isabel Jane McCurdy (1851-1915) 6


5 M Jay Gove Lawson 7

            AKA: J. Governor Lawson,3 5 John S. Lawson 4
           Born: 17 Apr 1847 - Ligonier, Westmoreland Co, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Aug 1902 - ? Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 7
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Ada B. Light (1853-      ) 2 7
           Marr: 4 Oct 1870 7


6 F Martha Jane Lawson 2 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Calvin A. Light (      -      ) 2 3


7 F Mary Estella Lawson 2 8

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Lewis A. Weaver (1852-      ) 9


8 F Josephine Lawson 3

            AKA: Jessamine Lawson,4 Jessie D. Lawson 5 10
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William J. Potts (1852-      ) 3 11 12
           Marr: 12 Oct 1875 10


9 F Johanna Lawson 3

            AKA: Joanna Lawson 2
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: when seven years old 4
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


10 F Ellen R. Lawson 2 3

            AKA: Ella R. Lawson 1
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Freeman Menoher (1854-      ) 1 5



General Notes: Husband - James Lawson


He learned the trade of a hatter, and was also proficient as a carpenter and cabinet-maker. He was a Democrat and for a number of terms filled the office of justice of the peace in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. His religious membership was in the Disciples' Church of Laughlintown.


General Notes: Wife - Mary Roberts

from Somerset Co, PA

The same source mentions her twice, once stating that she died before her husband at seventy-six years of age, the other states she survived until ninety-five.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 323.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 456, 856.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 324.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 456.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 856.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 457.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 143.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 324, 371.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 371.

10 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 91.

11 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 89, 121.

12 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 393, 456, 856.


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