Daniel Augustus Lawson and Isabel Jane McCurdy

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Husband Daniel Augustus Lawson ^{1 2}

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           Born: 5 Nov 1844 - Somerset, Somerset Co, PA 3
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           Died: Aft 1918
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         Father: James Lawson (1814/1818-1903) 2 4
         Mother: Mary Roberts (      -      ) 2 4

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Wife Isabel Jane McCurdy ⁵

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            AKA: Bella McCurdy 6
           Born: 22 Feb 1851 5
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           Died: 12 Apr 1915 5
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         Father: William McCurdy (1820-1895) 5
         Mother: Sarah Jane Luther (1829-      ) 5

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Children

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1 F Margaret Emma Lawson ⁵

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           Born: 9 Jan 1874 - Ligonier, Westmoreland Co, PA 5
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         Spouse: John Cunningham Myers (1870-      ) 7

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2 F Nettie B. Lawson ⁵

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           Born: 6 Jul 1875 5
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3 M Frank W. Lawson ⁵

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           Born: 3 Aug 1877 5
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         Spouse: Rose Lund (      -      ) 5

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4 F Minerva B. Lawson ⁵

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           Born: 18 Mar 1880 5
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         Spouse: Frank Peterson (      -      ) 5

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5 M Harry Denny Lawson ⁵

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           Born: 12 Jan 1882 5
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Snyder (      -      ) 5

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6 F Jessie Maud Lawson ⁵

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         Spouse: Frank Cooper (      -      ) 5

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7 M Ward Augustus Lawson ⁵

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8 M Charles William Lawson ⁵

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           Born: 26 Sep 1894 5
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           Died: in infancy
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Daniel Augustus Lawson

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He was born in Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and was two years old when his parents moved to Ligonier township, Westmoreland County. It was there that he received his education and learned the carpenter's trade, also engaging in farming. He became the owner of two good properties near Ligonier.
He was a Democrat and filled the offices of assessor and constable in Ligonier township and Ligonier. He attended the Presbyterian church.
On June 17, 1863, he enlisted for six months in Company B, First Battalion, Pennsylvania Cavalry, under Captain George M. Murphy. He was mustered in at Camp Howell and proceeded with his regiment to Connellsville and Uniontown to look after the Confederate General Morgan, who had been making raids in Ohio and western Pennsylvania. On December 27, 1863, Mr. Lawson was honorably discharged at Pittsburgh.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 324.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 456, 856.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 456.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 323.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 457.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 856.

7 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 455.