Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Bushrod Washington Lawson 1   
                Born: ca 1829              in Warren Co, VA  2,3
             Resided: from late 1880s      in Marion Co, WV  4
              Census: 1870                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: William Lawson 
              Mother: Eliza Marshall 
Other spouse 1
                Wife: Fannie Prunty   4,5  
             Married: Nov-21-1872          in Ritchie Co, WV  6
                Born: ca 1839               2
              Father: Jacob Prunty   (1786 - 1861) 
              Mother: Mary McKinney   (1796 - 1865) 
Notes 
           F Child 1: Dora B. Lawson      
                Born: ca 1867               3
              Census: 1870                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
           F Child 2: Alma L. Lawson      
                Born: Aug-  -1869           3
              Census: 1870                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) Harold A. Tichenor, Tichenor Families in America, Braun-Brumfield Inc, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988, p. 150. 
(2) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(3) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp). 
(4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 354. 
(5) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 436. 
(6) 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. 







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