Nancy Iredell Lawson

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Birth: Feb. 11, 1877 Dallas County Missouri, USA

Death: Feb. 12, 1920 Dallas County Missouri, USA

Nancy Iredell Lawson was the first and only child born to Francis Marion and Mary Adeline Taylor Lawson.

Francis Marion Lawson married Mary Adeline Taylor (daughter of Elijah Zachary and Matilda Iredell Justice Taylor) on December 16, 1875. On February 11, 1877, they became the parents of a baby girl they named Nancy Iredell in honor of her grandmothers. She was given the first name of her paternal grandmother and the middle name of her maternal grandmother.

Francis Marion Lawson's died March 27 1877 when his daughter was just a month old. Mary Adeline and Nancy were immediately taken in by Mary's mother, Matilda Iredell Taylor. Matilda's husband had died a short time before and Matilda had lost her own father as a small girl. She understood what her daughter and granddaughter were going through. Matilda had a large farm and plenty of space for them.

When Nancy was two her mother, Mary Adeline, married again. Nancy went with her mother but spent long periods of time with her grandmother. Tragedy was to strike the family again when Nancy lost her mother at the age of eleven. Nancy then went to live with her Grandmother Taylor permanently. There was a deep bond of love between them.

Excerpt from the book A Journey Through Time with the Taylor Family of Missouri and Kansas by Emma Sue Owensby Davenport. This book is copyrighted. Permission to use is granted IF the above acknowledgement of authorship is included.

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Parents:

• Francis Marion Lawson (1850 - 1877)
• Mary Adeline Taylor Dugan (1857 - 1888)

Burial: Kirk Chapel Cemetery Tunas Dallas County Missouri, USA

Maintained by: Emma Sue Originally Created by: Valita Record added: May 30, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 27208690