Yolo-Sierra County CA Archives Biographies.....Lawson, John D. 1832 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

JOHN D. LAWSON, a real-estate dealer of Woodland, was born in Jackson County,
Tennessee, July 15, 1832, and he was eight years of age when the family moved
with him to Chariton County, Missouri. In 1852 he came by the overland route to
California, settling in Sierra County, where he resided one year. He then came
to Yolo County, where he has continued to reside until the present time. For a
number of years he was engaged in farming, a few miles southwest of Woodland;
but in 1860 he moved to Woodland, and built a residence on Lincoln avenue. In
1861-'62, together with his only daughter, now Mrs. W. R. Pond, of Woodland, he
attended Hesperian College. He built the first livery-stable in that city in
1862. In 1869 he entered mercantile business where now is the grocery of Eaton &
Son; at the end of two years he sold out to Mr. Eaton, and was appointed Deputy
Sheriff and Jailer by Sheriff J. P. Bullock for four years. Just before his term
expired he was elected County Recorder, and he left his former situation and
assumed the duties of the latter for a two years' term, commencing March 4,
1874. The next two years he was engaged in the real-estate business, and then,
in partnership with H. L. Marders, he kept the Fashion Stable: this was in 1878.
In 1883 he was again appointed Deputy Sheriff and Jailer, by Sheriff Jason
Watkins, and held the position two years. In 1871, while serving under Sheriff
Bullock, he was elected the first Marshal of the town of Woodland, and served
from March until May, under a temporary government until the charter for the
incorporation was obtained. After that he was elected a member of the Board of
City Trustees for two terms. His present business as real-estate agent was
established in 1885. In 1887 he admitted a partner, the firm name becoming
Lawson & Maxwell, the latter retiring a year later. Mr. Lawson continued the
business alone until March, 1889, when he formed a copartnership with Louis
Walker. The firm name is now Lawson & Walker. Politically, Mr. Lawson is a
Democrat.

  He was married to Miss Jane Browning, in Yolo County, September 13, 1855,
Elder J. N. Pendegast performing the ceremony. The result of this marriage has
been a large family of children, all of whom are living at Woodland. Their names
are, respectively: Genoa, Wm. H., James B., Robert G. and Edward.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast
from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day.

"A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendents." – Macauley.

CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1891.


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