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Information on this page from Windows Into Our Past, A Genealogy of the Parsons, Smith and Associated Families, Vol. 1 �1996, Judy Parsons Smith


Dyer Obediah Lawson
Dyer Obediah Lawson , b. 1843; m 1st Jane England, daughter of John & Mary (Parsons) England, b. 1848. Dyer Obediah & Jane (England) Lawson had eight (8) children:

I. Russell Lawson, b. 1820; m. bef. 1850 to Elizabeth Bloomer
II. Eliza Lawson, b. 1822
III.
Matilda Lawson, b. 1825; m. Joseph Willis
IV. Ira Lawson, b. 1830; m. Jincy Ann Roller. They moved to Missouri.
V. John Lawson, b. 1832; m 1st to Elizabeth Hurd; m 2nd to Susan Willis.
VI. Stokley Lawson, b. 1834. He is listed as a principal farmer in 1884-1885 in the Blackwater area, Lee County, VA
VII. Alcy Lawson, b. 1840; m. Arthur Rogers. They went to Missouri.
VIII. Enoch Lawson, b. 1841; m. Lucy Roller.

Russell Lawson
I. Russell Lawson, son of Dyer Obediah & Jane (England) Lawson, b. 1820; m. bef. 1850 to Elizabeth Bloomer, daughter of Nehmiah & Mary (Bledsoe) Bloomer. Russell & Elizabeth (Bloomer) Lawson had five (5) children:

James Lawson, b. 1849, Scott Co., VAS
Mary J. Lawson, b. 1853, Scott Co., VA
Hiram Lawson, b. 1854, Scott Co., VA
Elbert Lawson, b. 1856, Scott Co., VA
Martha A. Lawson, b. 1859, Scott Co., VA

Matilda Lawson
III. Matilda Lawson, dayghter of Dyer Obediah & Jane (England) Lawson, b. 1850, Lee Co., VA; d. Hawkins Co., Tennessee; m. 1 Jan 1843, Hawkins Co., TN to Joseph ‘Joe" Willis, b. 1820-1823; d. 1881-1900, Hawkins Co., Tennessee. Joseph & Matilda (Lawson) Willis had eleven (11) children:

1. Eliza Willis, b. 1843/1844
2. Mariah Willis, b. 1844 (shown in 1870 Lee Country Census)
3. Sarah Willis, b. 1845, Lee Co., VA; m. 8 Jun 1868 to Epps G. Lawson, b. 1842, Lee Co., Va
4.
Mary Willis, b. 24 Freb 1848; m. Claborn Rogers
5. Alicy/Alice Willis, b. 1849
6.
Dyer Willis, b. 1851, Lee Co., VA; m. 16 Mar 1871, Lee Co., VA to Sciathe Lawson, b. 1850.
7. Martha J. Willis, b. 30 Dec 1853, Hickory Hill
8.
Sampson Willis, b. Jan 1855; m. 2 Oct 1876, Lee Co., VA to Sarah Delp, b. Dec 1855, Lee Co., VA
9.
James Willis, b. 1858, Lee Co., VA; m. 6 Feb 1877, Lee Co., VA to Margaret Peggy Bledsoe.
10. Rebecca Willis, b. 1859
11. Matilda Willis, b. 1866, Lee Co., VA, as an infant.

Mary Willis
4. Mary Willis , daughter of Joseph & Matilda (Lawson) Willis, b. 24 Feb 1848; d. 21 Apr 1917; m. ca. 1865 to Claborn ‘Clabe’ Rogers, son of Edmond & Mary Elizabeth (Tyree) Rogers, . 18 Apr 1848; d. 21 Oct 1921, Lee Co., VA. See Rogers & Willis.


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