Mary L. Lawson

Mary L. was born in 1869 in ,Hawkins, Tennessee.¹   Mary L.'s father was Newton Lawson and her mother was Ellender Or Ellen Gilbert.  Her paternal grandparents were Hennus Lawson and Jailey. She had six brothers and five sisters, named Wilkerson Or Wilkes, Solomon, William, John B., James, George W., Louisa, Miranda, Allie Jane, Nancy and Orlena.  She was the fourth youngest of the twelve children.