Elizabeth Lawson

Elizabeth was born in 1835 in , Hawkins, Tennessee.  Elizabeth's father was Banks Lawson and her mother was Thersey Parvin.  Her paternal grandfather was Lawson. She had six brothers and four sisters, named Clem, Palestine, James, Pleasant, Curren, Ambrose, Eliza, Kay, Amanda and Jane.  She was the fifth oldest of the eleven children.