Hale County AlArchives Biographies.....Lawson, A. November 27 1853 - liiving in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    A. LAWSON, banker of Greensboro, Ala., was born at Mobile, Ala., November
27, 1853. He is a son of Lewis and Jane (Garner) Lawson, who were natives, the
father of Sweden, and the mother of England. They were married in Mobile and
lived there until 1854, when they removed to Greensboro, where Mr. Lawson
established himself in the mercantile business, which he followed till 1881,
when he died at the age of sixty-six. Mrs. Lawson died in 1889. They were the
parents of four sons and three daughters, of whom two sons and one daughter
survive. In 1874 Mr. A. Lawson took the degrees of A. M. and M. D., from the
Southern university, and in 1876, he graduated with the Centennial class from
the university of New York, medical department, with the degree of M. D.
Returning to Greensboro he practiced medicine five years, and in January, 1880,
he married Miss Ida Jones, daughter of James Jones, of Stewart Station, Ala., a
man of wealth and influence. They have six children born to them. Mr. Lawson
succeeded Mr. McCreary as private banker, and has since been in charge of the
only bank in Greensboro, for a period of eleven years. His is a very strong
private banking institution. In 1888, he was elected county commissioner, and
was re-elected in 1892. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist
Episcopal church, south.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 1065-1066
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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