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Below is a family biography included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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JOSEPH B. LAWSON, merchant, post office Crafton, a son of Joseph and Nancy Lawson, was born in Delaware county, in 1834, and settled where he now resides, in Chartiers township. His father, Joseph Lawson, married, in Ireland, Nancy Calderswood, and came to this country in 1812. They have four children: Isabella (deceased), Thomas (deceased), Mary (wife of James McKnight) and Joseph B. The father died in 1866, at the age of eighty-nine years, and the mother in 1869, at the age of ninety-one years. They were members of the Presbyterian Church. Joseph B. Lawson followed farming until 1855, when he engaged in various other pursuits. He was assessor of Chartiers township, and during the war was three years in the revenue department as collector and assessor. In 1872 he took charge of a general store for his son, which he has managed ever since. He married, in 1846, Tamar Hodgson, daughter of Samuel and Mary Hodgson, and their children are Samuel (married to Mary E. Johnson), Mary (deceased) and Isabella (deceased).
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This family biography is one of 2,156 biographies included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.
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