Lawson, Hannah Miss 1865-1951

LAWSON

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg (email)
Date: 3/3/2011 at 17:27:32

From the Hawarden independent of Apr 5, 1951

Miss Hannah Lawson, 86, of Sioux City, a pioneer of Big Springs, died last Thursday.
Funeral services were held on Monday afternoon in the Big Springs Baptist church with Rev. D. A. Miller in charge. Interment was made in the church cemetery.
Miss Lawson was born March 25, 1865, in the province of Narka, near Hollsberg, Sweden. At the age of 4 she immigrated to this country with her mother, sister and two brothers, to join
the father and a son who had preceded them here by six months.
The family, after living at Boone, Iowa, three years, came to Union county, Dakota territory,
and filed on a homestead. When making this move they traveled from Sioux City to their new home in a wagon drawn by a yoke of oxen.
For over 70 years she lived in the Big Springs vicinity. Her parents died about 45 years ago.
For a number of years she spent the winters in a warm climate and returned to her home for the
summer. The past five years she lived in Sioux City in the home of her niece, Mrs. John Power.
She was a member of the Big Springs Baptist church having joined over 60 years ago.
She is survived by a brother, Pete Lawson, of Big Springs five nieces and six nephews.