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

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

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

Father: Albert Wesley Scroggins, b. 5 July 1856 in Brighton, Missouri, d. 29 May 1930 in Polk County, Missouri
Mother: 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 County.

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

Jasper Sigel Lawson, b. 4 February 1861 in Maries County, Missouri, d. 30 October 1943 in Brighton, Missouri

Father: William J "Planks" Lawson, b. ABT 1838 in Tennessee, d. ABT 1873 in Maries County, Missouri
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Lawson, b. ABT 1840 in Maries County, Missouri

Spouse: Hulda Wiliby Hargas, b. 1 March 1862 in Texas, d. 22 April 1940 in Glidewell, Missouri

Father: unknown Hargas, b. ABT 1836 in Alabama
Mother: Malinda ?, b. ABT 1837 in Alabama
Married 3 February 1878 in Maries County, Missouri.

Children:

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

William J "Planks" Lawson, b. ABT 1838 in Tennessee, d. ABT 1873 in Maries County, Missouri

In the 1860 Census Willaim was listed as William J. They had a farm hand living with them named James M. Plank. There was also a William J. Plank living nearby. There seems to be a definite connection between these families but we have not yet discovered what it was.

Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Lawson, b. ABT 1840 in Maries County, Missouri, m. Jacob Baum, ABT 1878 in Maries County, Missouri, m. unknown Woolery, ABT 1890 in Maries County, Missouri

Father: James Madison Lawson, b. 13 November 1816 in North Carolina, d. 24 November 1880 in Maries County, Missouri, bur. 27 November 1880 in Jim-Matt Lawson Cemetery, Maries County, Missouri
Mother: Susan Knox, b. 10 March 1820, d. 7 May 1879 in Maries County, Missouri, bur. 10 May 1879 in Jim-Matt Lawson Cemetery, Maries County, Missouri
The 1860 Census says that Mary Elizabeth was born in Alabama.
Married ABT 1857.

Children:

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

James Madison Lawson, b. 13 November 1816 in North Carolina, d. 24 November 1880 in Maries County, Missouri, bur. 27 November 1880 in Jim-Matt Lawson Cemetery, Maries County, Missouri

Father: Nathaniel Lawson Jr, b. 15 March 1775 in King William County, Virginia, d. 1850 in Miller County, Missouri
Mother: Christian High, b. 1782 in Brunswick, Brunswick County, Virginia, d. 1840 in Miller County, Missouri
He is the head of one of the four branches of Lawsons that moved to Maries County from Tennessee in the 1830s. They may have 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.NOTE: the "Dick Lawson" cemetery is now called the Jim-Matt Lawson Cemetery

Spouse: Susan Knox, b. 10 March 1820, d. 7 May 1879 in Maries County, Missouri

Married ABT 1832 in Indiana.

Children:

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

Nathaniel Lawson Jr, b. 15 March 1775 in King William County, Virginia, d. 1850 in Miller County, Missouri

Father: Nathaniel Lawson Sr, b. 15 March 1755 in King William County, Virginia, d. 1842 in Washington, Mason County, Kentucky, bur. Cornishville, Mercer County, Kentucky
Mother: Elizabeth Jane Daugherty
Nathaniel and Christian's sons Nathan and William Riley were twins.
Spouse: Christian High, b. 1782 in Brunswick, Brunswick County, Virginia, d. 1840 in Miller County, Missouri
Father: David High Sr, b. 2 March 1725 in Bristol Parish, Prince George County, Virginia, d. 28 December 1794 in Charlotte County, Virginia
Mother: Susannah Westmoreland, b. 30 April 1729 in Prince George, Prince George County, Virginia, d. 1794 in Virginia
Married 20 August 1802 in Charlotte County, Virginia.

Children:

  1. Isham Lawson, b. 1803 in North Carolina, d. August 1870 in Whitley County, Kentucky
  2. David Lawson, b. 1809 in Tennessee, m. Sarah Lawrence, 1824, m. Lovy Roach, 25 December 1862, d. 1892
  3. Andrew Lawson, b. 25 December 1812 in Roane County, Tennessee, m. Sally Brown, d. 25 January 1846 in Miller County, Missouri
  4. Nathan L Lawson, b. 15 March 1813 in Washington, Mason County, Kentucky, m. Delilah S Green, 13 October 1838 in McMinn County, Tennessee, d. 19 May 1875 in Osage TWP, Miller County, Missouri
  5. William Riley Lawson, b. 15 March 1813 in Washington, Mason County, Kentucky, m. Susan Rowden, ABT 1831 in Teneessee, d. 10 April 1857 in Miller County, Missouri
  6. Martha Lawson, b. 1814 in Tennessee, d. 1848 in Missouri
  7. James Madison Lawson, b. 13 November 1816 in North Carolina, m. Susan Knox, ABT 1832 in Indiana, d. 24 November 1880 in Maries County, Missouri, bur. 27 November 1880 in Jim-Matt Lawson Cemetery, Maries County, Missouri
  8. John W Lawson, b. May 1817 in Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee, m. Martha C Gibbs, 31 May 1840 in Blount County, Tennessee, d. 13 May 1904 in Polk County, Missouri, bur. in Wishart, Polk County, Missouri
  9. Margaret Peggy Lawson, b. 16 April 1818 in Tennessee, d. 20 July 1899 in Maries County, Missouri
  10. Calvin Lawson, b. 1825 in Kentucky, d. 1865
  11. George Washington Lawson, b. 1832 in Tennessee, d. 5 January 1891 in Eureka, Humbolt County, California

Nathaniel Lawson Sr, b. 15 March 1755 in King William County, Virginia, d. 1842 in Washington, Mason County, Kentucky, bur. in Cornishville, Mercer County, Kentucky

Father: George Washington Lawson, b. ABT 1735 in King William County, Virginia, d. December 1786 in Charlotte County, Virginia, bur. in Randolph, Charlotte County, Virginia
Mother: Jane (Jean) Buckley, b. 1739 in King William, King William County, Virginia, d. 1802 in Charlotte County, Virginia
Spouse: Elizabeth Jane Daugherty
Married .

Children:

  1. Nathaniel Lawson Jr, b. 15 March 1775 in King William County, Virginia, m. Christian High, 20 August 1802 in Charlotte County, Virginia, d. 1850 in Miller County, Missouri

George Washington Lawson, b. ABT 1735 in King William County, Virginia, d. December 1786 in Charlotte County, Virginia, bur. in Randolph, Charlotte County, Virginia

Father: Nathan Lawson, b. 1717 in Williamsburg, City of Williamsburg, Virginia, d. 1782 in Charlotte County, Virginia
Mother: Wyula Barrett, b. 1720 in Virginia
Spouse: Jane (Jean) Buckley, b. 1739 in King William, King William County, Virginia, d. 1802 in Charlotte County, Virginia
Married ABT 1753 in Charlotte County, Virginia.

Children:

  1. Nathaniel Lawson Sr, b. 15 March 1755 in King William County, Virginia, m. Elizabeth Jane Daugherty, d. 1842 in Washington, Mason County, Kentucky, bur. in Cornishville, Mercer County, Kentucky
  2. James Lawson, b. 11 March 1760 in Charlotte County, Virginia, d. 7 September 1781 in South Carolina
  3. John Lawson, b. 1761, d. 4 June 1843 in Bloomfield, Nelson County, Kentucky
  4. Zachariah Lawson, b. 1762 in Virginia, d. 15 August 1820 in Charlotte County, Virginia
  5. George W Lawson, b. 1765 in Virginia, d. 1804 in Charlotte County, Virginia
  6. Benjamin Lawson, b. 1768 in Charlotte County, Virginia, d. February 1825 in Charlotte County, Virginia
  7. Joshua Lawson, b. 1768 in Charlotte County, Virginia, d. 1850 in Washington County, Kentucky
  8. Sarah Lawson, b. 1771, d. BEF 1799
  9. Elizabeth Lawson, b. ABT 1773 in Charlotte County, Virginia, d. 1840

Nathan Lawson, b. 1717 in Williamsburg, City of Williamsburg, Virginia, d. 1782 in Charlotte County, Virginia

Spouse: Wyula Barrett, b. 1720 in Virginia

Married .

Children:

  1. George Washington Lawson, b. ABT 1735 in King William County, Virginia, m. Jane (Jean) Buckley, ABT 1753 in Charlotte County, Virginia, d. December 1786 in Charlotte County, Virginia, bur. in Randolph, Charlotte County, Virginia

unknown Hargas, b. ABT 1836 in Alabama

Spouse: Malinda ?, b. ABT 1837 in Alabama

Children:

  1. Hulda Wiliby Hargas, b. 1 March 1862 in Texas, m. Jasper Sigel Lawson, 3 February 1878 in Maries County, Missouri, d. 22 April 1940 in Glidewell, Missouri




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