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             Husband: William Lawson    
              Father: Theopolus Lawson 
              Mother: ___ Russaw 
                Wife: Eliza Marshall   1,2  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Bushrod Washington Lawson   3   
                Born: ca 1829              in Warren Co, VA  4,5
             Resided: from late 1880s      in Marion Co, WV  6
              Census: 1870                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
                Wife: Anna Pritchard  b. Feb-26-1828  d. Aug- 8-1871  
             Married: Dec- 1-1853          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  7
                Wife: Fannie Prunty  b. ca 1839  
             Married: Nov-21-1872          in Ritchie Co, WV  8
           F Child 2: Amanda Virginia Lawson      
       Also known as: Victoria Amanda Lawson 6
                Born: Mar-31-1838          in Warren Co, VA  4,9
                Died: Feb- 4-1879           10
              Buried:                      in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  11
              Census: 1870                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1855                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  4
             Husband: Thomas Willis Pritchard  b. Oct-15-1825  d. Jun-30-1885  
             Married: Dec-20-1855          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  4,12
           M Child 3: John F. Lawson    6  
                Born:                      in Virginia  6
                Died: 1904                 in Virginia  6
             Resided:                      at White Oak (near Pullman), Ritchie Co, WV  6
             Resided: originially          in Rockingham Co, VA  6
          Occupation:                      merchant  6
                Wife: Amanda Long  
           M Child 4: Salathial Lawson      
                Wife: Living  
           F Child 5: Elizabeth Lawson      
                Died: bef 1911              6
             Husband: ___ Thompson  
           F Child 6: Berthine Lawson      
             Husband: Living  
           M Child 7: James W. Lawson      
                Died: bef 1911              6
           F Child 8: Rebecca Lawson      
                Died: bef 1911              6
           F Child 9: Eliza A. Lawson      
                Died: bef 1911              6
          F Child 10: Nancy E. Lawson      
                Died: bef 1911              6

Sources:
(1) Marriage record of daughter. 
(2) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com) 
(3) Harold A. Tichenor, Tichenor Families in America, Braun-Brumfield Inc, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988, p. 150. 
(4) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(5) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp). 
(6) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 354. 
(7) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990). While the 
marriage date is reported here as Dec 1 1853, Wes Cochran's "Ritchie County Marriages" shows it as Oct 11 1853, as does 
"Tichenor Families in America," p. 150.  Minnie Kendall Lowther goes so far as to identify the presiding minister, the 
Reverend George Collins.  Examination of the original handwritten entry in the ledger-style marriage record book reveals 
that the date really could be interpreted either way.  But since Minnie Kendall Lowther obviously consulted the original 
record herself (the only way she would know the minister's name) and she would have been familiar with the handwriting 
style, we accept her interpretation. p. 287-A. 
(8) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as B. W. Lawson, widowed, farmer, 43, b. Warren Co VA, res. 
Ritchie Co, son of William & Eliza; and Fannie Prunty, single, 33, b. Virginia, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Jacob & (blank). 
Married Nov 21 1872. MR p. 27. 
(9) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. 
(10) Headstone. 
(11) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(12) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 287-A. 







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