James Lawson and Mary Roberts

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Husband James Lawson ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Jonas Lawson 3
           Born: 18 Dec 1814 or 14 Dec 1818 - Somerset, Somerset Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: Jan 1903 4
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         Father: Thomas Lawson (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: Esther Moore (      -      ) 1 2

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       Marriage: 22 Mar 1837 3 5

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Wife Mary Roberts ^{1 2}

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

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Children

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1 M Claudius Thomas Lawson ^{2 3}

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         Spouse: Annie Birch (      -      ) 4

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2 M Marcus Cicero Lawson ^{2 3}

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         Spouse: Dolly P. Shelton (      -      ) 4

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3 M James Emmet Lawson ^{2 3}

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

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4 M Daniel Augustus Lawson ^{2 3}

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

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5 M Jay Gove Lawson ⁷

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

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6 F Martha Jane Lawson ^{2 3}

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         Spouse: Calvin A. Light (      -      ) 2 3

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7 F Mary Estella Lawson ^{2 8}

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         Spouse: Lewis A. Weaver (1852-      ) 9 10

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8 F Josephine Lawson ³

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            AKA: Jessamine Lawson,4 Jessie D. Lawson 5 11
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         Spouse: William J. Potts (1852-      ) 3 12 13
           Marr: 12 Oct 1875 11

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9 F Johanna Lawson ³

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

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10 F Ellen R. Lawson ^{2 3}

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

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General Notes: Husband - James Lawson

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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.

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Roberts

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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.

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 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 720.

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

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

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

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