James A. Lawson was born October 1868, in Wayne County, Tennessee, the son of George W. Lawson and Sarah J. Brewer.
James married Mary Ella Horton on July 15, 1894, in Wayne County. Mary Ella Horton was born August 18, 1877, in Wayne County, the daughter of Zachariah James Horton and Mollie Caldonia Kendrick.
Children of James Lawson and Mary Horton
1. Maggie B. Lawson, b. Apr 1895
2. Myrtle Lawson, b. Jan 1897, TN
3. Roscoe Lawson, b. Apr 1899, TN
4. Horton Lawson
5. Luther Lawson
6. Florence Lawson
7. Lorene Lawson
8. Cecil Lawson
9. Helen Lawson