Not Known Lawson

In 1984, Elsie Starke wrote to her niece, Phyllis Powell-Sarsey (Kathryn's daughter):

In my father’s family there were Mother and Father, Sons – August, Alex, Albert and Carl, - and one daughter --- I don’t know her name.

My Dad’s sister married Mr Lawson. I believe they had four children. Their daughter Emma came to Cleveland and stayed a while with us. She became a trained nurse. Later she married and moved to California.

Now, the two professional actresses in our family may have belonged to Uncle August or Uncle & Aunt Lawson. However, during the First World War, they wrote and told my folks they had to run for their lives. They didn’t have time to take their belongings and asked my folks to send them clothes and stockings. My folks complied with their request. They had a difficult time after that. But, I know acting ability is in our family. Ralph was in a player’s group in Mansfield, Ohio and he always received the most votes from the audience after the show. And he directed “South Pacific” and was very good in that.

I won the first prize in a show at church and Kathryn was super in plays in her church.