Willis Edward Lawson, b. 1899 in Brighton, MO, d. 25 June 1986 in Springfield, MO

Father: 3. Jasper Sigel Lawson, b. 4 February 1861 in Maries Co., MO, d. 30 October 1943 in Brighton, MO
Mother: 3. Hulda Wiliby Hargas, b. 1 March 1862 in Texas, d. 22 May 1940 in Glidewell, MO

Spouse: 2. Georgia Ola Scroggins, b. 24 August 1902 in Brighton, MO, d. 26 January 1988 in Springfield, MO

Father: 7. Albert Wesley Scroggins, b. 5 July 1856 in Brighton, MO, d. 29 May 1930 in Polk Co., MO
Mother: 7. Dora Ann Isabell Eulis, b. 7 January 1857 in NC, d. 6 October 1931
Married 30 April 1924 by J. A. Phillips, Justice of the Peace in Polk Co..

Children: To protect the privacy of living individuals, they are not listed here.

3. Jasper Sigel Lawson, b. 4 February 1861 in Maries Co., MO, d. 30 October 1943 in Brighton, MO

Father: 4. William Planks Lawson, b. ca. 1838 in TN, d. ca. 1873 in Maries Co., MO
Mother: 4. Mary Elizabeth Lawson, b. ca. 1840 in Maries Co., MO

Spouse: 3. Hulda Wiliby Hargas, b. 1 March 1862 in Texas, d. 22 May 1940 in Glidewell, MO

Father: 6. ? Hargas, b. ca. 1836 in AL
Mother: 6. Malinda ?, b. ca. 1837 in AL
Married 3 February 1878 in Maries Co., MO.

Children:

  1. Rosetta Lawson, b. 1879 in Maries Co., MO, m. Eli Greene, ca. 1901 in Greene Co., MO
  2. Hattie Lawson, b. 1882?, m. Benjamin Lovins, 1900?
  3. William Lawson, b. 1885?
  4. Eva Lawson, b. 1889?, m. Oscar Hamer
  5. Vera Pearl Lawson, b. 13 March 1889 in Brighton, MO, m. Louis Wresche, d. 12 July 1966
  6. James S. Lawson, b. 2 February 1895 in Greene Co., MO, m. Jewel Blackburn
  7. 2. Willis Edward Lawson, b. 1899 in Brighton, MO, m. Georgia Ola Scroggins, 30 April 1924, d. 25 June 1986 in Springfield, MO

4. William Planks Lawson, b. ca. 1838 in TN, d. ca. 1873 in Maries Co., MO

Spouse: 4. Mary Elizabeth Lawson, b. ca. 1840 in Maries Co., MO, m. Jacob Baum, ca. 1878 in Maries Co., MO, m. ? Woolery, ca. 1890 in Maries Co., MO

Father: 5. James Madison Lawson, b. 13 November 1816 in NC, d. 24 November 1880 in Maries Co., MO
Mother: 5. Susan Knox, b. 10 March 1820, d. 7 May 1879 in Maries Co., MO
Married ca. 1857.

Children:

  1. William Planks Lawson, Jr., b. ca. 1859 in Maries Co., MO, m. Margaret Copeland in Maries Co., MO
  2. Susan M. Lawson, b. ca. 1860
  3. 3. Jasper Sigel Lawson, b. 4 February 1861 in Maries Co., MO, m. Hulda Wiliby Hargas, 3 February 1878 in Maries Co., MO, d. 30 October 1943 in Brighton, MO

5. James Madison Lawson, b. 13 November 1816 in NC, d. 24 November 1880 in Maries Co., MO

He is the head of one of the four branches of Lawsons that moved to Maries County from Tennessee in the 1830s. They may lived a while in Indiana.

It has been handed down by word of mouth that when the original Lawsons arrived in the western area of Maries County, the grass was so high it reached the belly of a horse, that the streams were white with clouds of feathers from wild ducks and geese, and that the bee trees could be cut and split like troughs full of honey. The Lawsons were home and they still rest in the Dick Lawson Cemetery established in 1878 on that same land.

Spouse: 5. Susan Knox, b. 10 March 1820, d. 7 May 1879 in Maries Co., MO

Married ca. 1832 in IN.

Children:

  1. Eliza Lawson, b. ca. 1836 in Maries Co., MO, m. E. H. Dake in Maries Co., MO
  2. Charles Lawson, b. ca. 1839 in Maries Co., MO
  3. 4. Mary Elizabeth Lawson, b. ca. 1840 in Maries Co., MO, m. William Planks Lawson, ca. 1857, m. Jacob Baum, ca. 1878 in Maries Co., MO, m. ? Woolery, ca. 1890 in Maries Co., MO
  4. Matilda Lawson, b. 17 October 1841 in Maries Co., MO, m. John S. Wilson, ca. 1857 in Maries Co., MO, d. 20 January 1866 in Maries Co., MO
  5. Henry Lawson, b. ca. 1846 in Maries Co., MO
  6. Susan Lawson, b. ca. 1848 in Maries Co., MO, m. John S. Wilson, ca. 1868 in Maries Co., MO, m. David Lawson, ca. 1873 in Maries Co., MO, d. 1875 in Maries Co., MO
  7. Sarah Lawson, b. 1852 in Maries Co., MO, m. J. C. Blankenship in Maries Co., MO, d. 1937 in Maries Co., MO
  8. James Matthew Lawson, b. 22 November 1853 in Maries Co., MO, m. Armenta Hill, ca. 1872 in Maries Co., MO, m. Naomi Ellen (Oma) Rowden, ca. 1877 in Maries Co., MO, d. 6 January 1923 in Maries Co., MO
  9. Richard Lawson, b. 1855 in Maries Co., MO, m. Rachel Lawson in Maries Co., MO, d. 1925 in Maries Co., MO
  10. Jeremiah Lawson, b. ca. 1861 in Maries Co., MO, m. Sarah Wyrick, ca. 1881 in Maries Co., MO

6. ? Hargas, b. ca. 1836 in AL

Spouse: 6. Malinda ?, b. ca. 1837 in AL

Children:

  1. 3. Hulda Wiliby Hargas, b. 1 March 1862 in Texas, m. Jasper Sigel Lawson, 3 February 1878 in Maries Co., MO, d. 22 May 1940 in Glidewell, MO




Ancestor families report created by Gene 4.3.4, Thu, Apr 22, 2004

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