Yolo-Sierra-Sacramento County CA Archives Biographies.....Lawson, Joshua 1804 - 1862
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

JOSHUA LAWSON, deceased, was born April 4,1804, in Jackson County, Tennessee,
and in November, 1829, he married Mary Chaffin, also a native of Tennessee. The
family made two trips to Missouri,-first in 1838, spending one year there and
returning in 1839. In 1840 they made their second trip, locating in Chariton
County, and remained there until 1848, removing thence to Macon County, where
they resided four years, when he came to California, with ox teams. Leaving
Bloomington, the county-seat of Macon County, April 13, 1852, they arrived at
Gold Hill, Sierra County, September 6. The whole family followed mining about a
year. In September, 1853, they came into Sacramento, where they sojourned about
two or three months in an old hut on K street, between Eighth and Ninth, and on
December 14, came into Yolo County and located permanently on a farm four miles
southwest of Woodland, now owned by Dr. Strong. The Lawson family all located
land in the same neighborhood. Joshua Lawson died in Woodland, December 21,
1862, and the widow is still living, at the age of eighty-three years. In their
family were seven daughters and two sons, of whom several died when young; four
died in Woodland, and only two are now living, namely: Mrs. Shellhammer and J.
D. Joshua Lawson was a fine mechanic, and followed mechanical pursuits for over
thirty years prior to coming to California. He was a preacher of the Christian
Church from 1835 to the time of his death. He was the prime mover in the
organization of the Christian Church at Woodland, the first pastor of the Church
worshiping there, and, unlike most pastors, he preached on Sunday without
pecuniary reward, and attended to his mechanical pursuits during the week,-wagon
and carriage-making, blacksmithing, gunsmithing, etc. He was also one of the
originators and founders of the Hesperian College at Woodland.

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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