Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Willie Delaney Lawson    
         Census name: W. D. Lawson 
                Born: Oct-27-1895          in Harrison Co, WV  1,2
                Died: Feb- 4-1980          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  1,2
              Buried:                      in Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  1
              Census: 1940, 721 E Main St  in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1920, 1930           in Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 partner in retail grocery store  3
          Occupation: 1920, 1930           farmer  4,5
              Father: Agrippa Napoleon Lawson   (1854 - 1938) 
              Mother: Florence L. Silcott   (1856 - 1938) 
                Wife: Freda Virginia Pratt     
         Census name: Fredie Pratt 
                Born: Feb-16-1898          in Kenton (now Canton), Doddridge Co, WV  6,7,8,2
                Died: Oct-17-1975          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  7,1,2
              Buried:                      in Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  1
              Census: 1940                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30     in Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Father: James Costilow Pratt   (1871 - 1939) 
              Mother: Effie Alice Scott   (1876 - 1972) 
           F Child 1: Helen Elizabeth Lawson      
                Born: Feb-13-1921          in Harrison Co, WV  1,2
                Died: Sep- 4-2010          in Harrison Co, WV  1,2
              Buried:                      in Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  1
              Census: 1940                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 in Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Husband: William Wright  b. Sep-22-1919  d. Oct-24-1978  
             Married: 1943                 in Broward Co, FL  9
           F Child 2: Mary Ellen Lawson      
                Born: Aug- 2-1929          in Brushy Fork (Bridgeport), Harrison Co, WV  10,11,12
                Died: Jan-23-2013          in Bridgeport, Fairfield Co, CT  13,12
              Buried:                      in Mountain Grove Cemetery & Mausoleum, Bridgeport, Fairfield Co, CT  10
             Resided:                      in Trumbull, Fairfield Co, CT  10,14
             Resided: 1952                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  11
              Census: 1940                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 in Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      school librarian in Trumbull Schools (retired), Fairfield Public Library Childrens Dept  10
           Education:                      West Virginia Wesleyan, Southern Connecticut State (Library Science)  10
             Husband: Sidney Hammond Challenger, Jr.  b. Mar- 7-1927  d. Nov-12-2016  
             Married: Apr-26-1952          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  11

Sources:
(1) Findagrave.com. 
(2) Headstone (year only) 
(3) 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(4) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(5) 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(6) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(7) Social Security Death Index. 
(8) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(9) Florida Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and Florida Dept of Health. 
(10) Obituary. 
(11) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=63997&Type=Marriage. 
(12) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(13) Obituary - Hospital. 
(14) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. 







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