U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Lawson, Joseph Columbus (1852-1935) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Ritchie County by Minnie Kendall Lowther Wheeling News Litho. Co., Wheeling W.Va., 1911 Pages 565-566, Joseph Columbus Lawson Dr. J. C. Lawson has been a medical practitioner here for more than a quarter of a century, and his faithful service merits more than a passing notice. He is the son of T. W. Lawson. who is still living at the age of ninety years, and his mother was the late Mrs. Elizabeth Baily Lawson, and Harrison county is the place of his nativity. He was graduated from the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, in 1883, and the following year, came to Auburn, where he has since been prominent in church and business affairs, as well as in his profession. On June 14, 1887, he was married to Miss Mittie Bush, daughter of the late Daniel Bush, of Auburn, and five children are the result of this union; viz., Miss Willie, Holton, Kline, Kathleen, and Carleton. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Ritchie County, WV #17934 FULL-NAME: Joseph Columbus Lawson BIRTH-DATE: May 11, 1852 BIRTH-PLACE: near Bridgeport, Harrison Co. DEATH-DATE: December 28, 1935 (at age 836-7m-17d) DEATH-PLACE: Auburn, Union District, Ritchie County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Physician / Medicine FATHER: T. W. Lawson MOTHER: Elizabeth Bailey CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Pericarditis / Cerebral Hemorrhage INFORMANT: A. H. Lalwson (of Harrisville, W.Va.) BURIAL: Bridgeport ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Ritchie County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/ritchie/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------