The Emporia Gazette, 26 Nov 1913, Wed
JAMES LAWSON DEAD
James Lawson died yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock at his home, five miles west of Emporia, of typhoid fever. He had been sick for the past month. The interment was made in Maplewood Cemetery at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Mr. Lawson was born in Springfield, Ill., February 26, 1866, and had lived there most of his life. He married Miss Rosa Lawson, sixteen years ago. Five years ago they moved to Nebraska, where they rented a farm, but stayed there only two years, and then came to Emporia. They were planning to rent the farm on which they lived, beginning next spring. When taken sick, Mr. Lawson was chopping in the woods. He leaves his wife and five children. The children are Logan, Walter, Marie, Bessie and Frankie Lawson. He also is survived by a sister, Mrs. John Dryden, who lives four and one-half miles southwest of Emporia; three brothers, George Lawson, of Arkansas; Ben Lawson, of Sherman, Ill.; and Mahlon Lawson, of Oklahoma.
JAMES LAWSON DEAD
James Lawson died yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock at his home, five miles west of Emporia, of typhoid fever. He had been sick for the past month. The interment was made in Maplewood Cemetery at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Mr. Lawson was born in Springfield, Ill., February 26, 1866, and had lived there most of his life. He married Miss Rosa Lawson, sixteen years ago. Five years ago they moved to Nebraska, where they rented a farm, but stayed there only two years, and then came to Emporia. They were planning to rent the farm on which they lived, beginning next spring. When taken sick, Mr. Lawson was chopping in the woods. He leaves his wife and five children. The children are Logan, Walter, Marie, Bessie and Frankie Lawson. He also is survived by a sister, Mrs. John Dryden, who lives four and one-half miles southwest of Emporia; three brothers, George Lawson, of Arkansas; Ben Lawson, of Sherman, Ill.; and Mahlon Lawson, of Oklahoma.
The Emporia Gazette, 26 Nov 1913, Wed
JAMES LAWSON DEAD
James Lawson died yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock at his home, five miles west of Emporia, of typhoid fever. He had been sick for the past month. The interment was made in Maplewood Cemetery at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Mr. Lawson was born in Springfield, Ill., February 26, 1866, and had lived there most of his life. He married Miss Rosa Lawson, sixteen years ago. Five years ago they moved to Nebraska, where they rented a farm, but stayed there only two years, and then came to Emporia. They were planning to rent the farm on which they lived, beginning next spring. When taken sick, Mr. Lawson was chopping in the woods. He leaves his wife and five children. The children are Logan, Walter, Marie, Bessie and Frankie Lawson. He also is survived by a sister, Mrs. John Dryden, who lives four and one-half miles southwest of Emporia; three brothers, George Lawson, of Arkansas; Ben Lawson, of Sherman, Ill.; and Mahlon Lawson, of Oklahoma.
JAMES LAWSON DEAD
James Lawson died yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock at his home, five miles west of Emporia, of typhoid fever. He had been sick for the past month. The interment was made in Maplewood Cemetery at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Mr. Lawson was born in Springfield, Ill., February 26, 1866, and had lived there most of his life. He married Miss Rosa Lawson, sixteen years ago. Five years ago they moved to Nebraska, where they rented a farm, but stayed there only two years, and then came to Emporia. They were planning to rent the farm on which they lived, beginning next spring. When taken sick, Mr. Lawson was chopping in the woods. He leaves his wife and five children. The children are Logan, Walter, Marie, Bessie and Frankie Lawson. He also is survived by a sister, Mrs. John Dryden, who lives four and one-half miles southwest of Emporia; three brothers, George Lawson, of Arkansas; Ben Lawson, of Sherman, Ill.; and Mahlon Lawson, of Oklahoma.
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