Robert "Bob" S. Lawson and Nina Ruth
Hanks Lawson's children were:
1) Gladys Roberta Lawson (b. Feb.
19, 1909 - Washington, La.- married
Joseph Corliss
Rayon).
2) Robert
"Buddy" Theodore Lawson (b. Mar. 3, 1911 - Lecompte, La.- married
Opal
Butter).
3) Mary Ruth Lawson (my
mother) (b. Apr. 25, 1913 - Lamourie, La. - married John A. Duke
first
& then my father Julian E. Willis). She is buried at the Butter
Cemetery near Forest Hill, La.
4)
Julian "Pud" Henry Lawson (b. Jul. 15, 1915 - Long Leaf, La. -
married
Madaline Ashworth) He is buried at the Rougeau Cemetery.
5) Helen Lawson (b. Jul.
1, 1917 - Long Leaf, La. - died as an infant).
Robert W. Lawson's married his first
wife, Rosanna Carnahan, on June 9, 1836 in Natchitoches Parish, La. They
had one child, Jefferson Lawson.
Robert W. Lawson (b. Apr. 9, 1810; d. Nov. 25,
1890), married is second wife, Florentine Rougeau
(b. Dec. 5, 1838; d. Dec. 6, 1871) about 1859. They had five
children: Mary Florentine Lawson (b. Aug. 13, 1861; d. Dec. 18, 1952), Henry R.
Lawson (b. Mar. 8, 1860; d. Nov. 24, 1913), Alice Lawson (b. Apr. 8, 1865; d.
Jan. 10, 1924, Malinda Lawson (b. 1863; d. 1908), Elizabeth Lawson (b. 1870; d.
1947), and my grandfather Robert Severin Lawson (b. Mar. 25, 1868; d. 1941).
Robert W. Lawson then married Forentine's
sister, Clementine Rougeau (b. Oct. 25, 1840; d. Oct. 31, 1906)
on January 18, 1873 in Rapides Parish, La. Florentine and
Clementine parents were Sivarin and Florentene Dupercude
Rougeau. They had one child, Lucy Lawson (b. Oct. 30, 1873; d. Jan. 28,
1946).
Robert W. Lawson was born in Tennessee and died
in Elmer, La., his parents were Robert and Sarah Lawson.
Nina Ruth Hanks
Lawson
