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B. W. LAWSON, photographic artist, London, was born at Baltimore, Md., March 14, 1844. He is a son of Alexander Lawson, also a native of Maryland, and a farmer by occupation. He died in 1877. He married Susan, daughter of Harrison Gould. Eleven children were born to this union, eight now living. Mrs. Lawson resides in Monongalia County, W.Va., aged about seventy years. When our subject was ten years of age his father removed to West Virginia, and he there remained till the war commenced. He then enlisted in the Third Virginia Cavalry and served three years as a private. After the war closed, he went to St. Louis, Mo., and there learned his present trade. For the past eight or nine years he has been located in Ohio, and came to London August 18, 1880. He has succeeded in establishing a very fine trade, and a far better one than anticipated. Mr. Lawson is a member of Madison Lodge, No. 70 (I. O. O. F.). He was married, in 1875, to Anna Gronauer a native of Fort Wayne. Ind., and a daughter of Joseph Gronauer, who located at Fort Wayne when it contained but five houses. One son born to this union died in infancy. Mrs. Lawson studied ornamental painting, at St. Mary's-of-the-Woods Academy, four miles west of Terre Haute. Ind.. and portrait painting at St. Louis, Mo. She works in water colors, oil and crayon, and teaches several classes. Mr. and Mrs. Lawson are members of the Presbyterian Church.
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