NOTE: Due to 19th-century stonemason practices where engraving costs were charged by the individual letter, the monument does not include his first name directly above his dates. However, cemetery records and civil indexes confirm this is the burial of Joseph Lawson. He is identified on the stone through the family relationships listed below his dates as the husband of Martha Ann Lawson and the father of Joseph William Lawson.
NOTE: Due to 19th-century stonemason practices where engraving costs were charged by the individual letter, the monument does not include his first name directly above his dates. However, cemetery records and civil indexes confirm this is the burial of Joseph Lawson. He is identified on the stone through the family relationships listed below his dates as the husband of Martha Ann Lawson and the father of Joseph William Lawson.
Inscription
BORN OCTR 4TH 1848,
DIED DECR 14TH 1889.
ALSO OF
JOSEPH WILLIAM LAWSON
SON OF THE ABOVE
BORN JULY 10TH 1886,
DIED AUGT 21ST 1886.
ALSO MARTHA ANN,
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
BORN FEB. 9TH 1851, DIED APRIL 7TH 1919.
