Snyder Family 2016 - Person Sheet
NameAraminta Bush 
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Birth11 May 1852, Harrison Co., (W) Virginia
FatherTheophilus Lawson (1823-1911)
MotherElizabeth Bailey (1830-)
Notes for Araminta Bush
. . . Araminta Bush, who was born in Gilmer County but reared in Ritchie County.
Notes for Joseph C. (Spouse 1)
1026 JOSEPH C. LAWSON, M. D., is one of the veteran and honored representatives of his profession in Ritchie County, where for nearly forty years he has been engaged in active general practice at Auburn, with a parallel record of able and effective stewardship in his profession and as a citizen. The Doctor was born in Harrison County, Virginia, May 11, 1852, about a decade prior to the time when his native county became a part of the new state of West Virginia. He is a son of Theophilus and Elizabeth (Bailey) Lawson, the former of whom was born in Harrison County, January 15, 1823, and the latter in Taylor County, September 16, 1830.
Theophilus Lawson was a son of Elias and Mary (Teter) Lawson, who were born in the eastern part of Virginia and who migrated in an early day to what is now Harrison County, West Virginia, where they settled on a pioneer farm near Bridgeport. On this old homestead Theophilus Lawson passed the period of his boyhood and early youth, and he continued as one of the substantial exponents of farm enterprise during his entire active career, both he and his wife having continued to reside in Harrison County until their deaths and both having been earnest members of the Methodist Protestant Church, Mr. Lawson was a strong Union sympathizer in the Civil war period, and. was one of the early members of the republican party in his community. Of the eight children all but one attained to maturity, and of the number four are living, in 1921, Dr. Lawson of this sketch being the eldest of this number; Rachel is the wife of Jacob Marple; E. W. is a substantial capitalist and banker at Kansas City, Missouri; and Mary B. is the wife of Arthur A. Cather, of Clarksburg, West Virginia. Dr. Silas B., Ida A., Kittie and John B. are deceased.
Dr. Joseph C. Lawson was reared on the old home farm and his youthful ambition led him to carry his early studies far beyond the curriculum of the local schools, as he gave his attention to the study of Latin, higher mathematics and other branches. In preparation for his chosen profession he entered the historic old Jefferson Medical College in the City of Philadelphia, and after receiving there from his degree of Doctor of Medicine he was engaged in practice at Bridge-port, Harrison County, near the old home, until 1884, when he established his permanent residence at Auburn, Ritchie County, which has been the central stage of his earnest and able professional labors during the long intervening period.
He is one of the oldest and most revered members of the Ritchie County Medical Society and is also a member of the West Virginia State Medical Society. The Doctor is a stock-holder in the Auburn Exchange Bank, is a trustee of the local Methodist Protestant Church, is a past master of the lodge of Free and Accepted Masons at Auburn, past chancellor of the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias, and is affiliated also with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His political allegiance is given to the Republican Party.
June 14, 1887, recorded the marriage of Dr. Lawson and Miss Araminta Bush, who was born in Gilmer County but reared in Ritchie County. Of the six children of Doctor and Mrs. Lawson one died in infancy; Willie graduated from Broaddus Institute and is now the wife of Rev. L. E. Oldaker, a clergyman of the Methodist Protestant Church; Adrian H. was afforded the advantages of the State Normal School at Glenville, and he represented his native state as a gallant young soldier in the World war, in which connection he was in active service in France for one year; Leon K., a graduate of the State Normal School at Glenville, is, in 1921, a student in the University of West Virginia; Kathleen, who likewise attended the normal school at Glenville and also Fairmont State Normal School; and Carleton is a graduate of the Morgantown, West Virginia, High School.
1026The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 56-57
Theophilus Lawson was a son of Elias and Mary (Teter) Lawson, who were born in the eastern part of Virginia and who migrated in an early day to what is now Harrison County, West Virginia, where they settled on a pioneer farm near Bridgeport. On this old homestead Theophilus Lawson passed the period of his boyhood and early youth, and he continued as one of the substantial exponents of farm enterprise during his entire active career, both he and his wife having continued to reside in Harrison County until their deaths and both having been earnest members of the Methodist Protestant Church, Mr. Lawson was a strong Union sympathizer in the Civil war period, and. was one of the early members of the republican party in his community. Of the eight children all but one attained to maturity, and of the number four are living, in 1921, Dr. Lawson of this sketch being the eldest of this number; Rachel is the wife of Jacob Marple; E. W. is a substantial capitalist and banker at Kansas City, Missouri; and Mary B. is the wife of Arthur A. Cather, of Clarksburg, West Virginia. Dr. Silas B., Ida A., Kittie and John B. are deceased.
Dr. Joseph C. Lawson was reared on the old home farm and his youthful ambition led him to carry his early studies far beyond the curriculum of the local schools, as he gave his attention to the study of Latin, higher mathematics and other branches. In preparation for his chosen profession he entered the historic old Jefferson Medical College in the City of Philadelphia, and after receiving there from his degree of Doctor of Medicine he was engaged in practice at Bridge-port, Harrison County, near the old home, until 1884, when he established his permanent residence at Auburn, Ritchie County, which has been the central stage of his earnest and able professional labors during the long intervening period.
He is one of the oldest and most revered members of the Ritchie County Medical Society and is also a member of the West Virginia State Medical Society. The Doctor is a stock-holder in the Auburn Exchange Bank, is a trustee of the local Methodist Protestant Church, is a past master of the lodge of Free and Accepted Masons at Auburn, past chancellor of the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias, and is affiliated also with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His political allegiance is given to the Republican Party.
June 14, 1887, recorded the marriage of Dr. Lawson and Miss Araminta Bush, who was born in Gilmer County but reared in Ritchie County. Of the six children of Doctor and Mrs. Lawson one died in infancy; Willie graduated from Broaddus Institute and is now the wife of Rev. L. E. Oldaker, a clergyman of the Methodist Protestant Church; Adrian H. was afforded the advantages of the State Normal School at Glenville, and he represented his native state as a gallant young soldier in the World war, in which connection he was in active service in France for one year; Leon K., a graduate of the State Normal School at Glenville, is, in 1921, a student in the University of West Virginia; Kathleen, who likewise attended the normal school at Glenville and also Fairmont State Normal School; and Carleton is a graduate of the Morgantown, West Virginia, High School.
1026The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 56-57