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Submitted: 8/9/09 • Approved: 8/10/09 • Last Updated: 8/5/12 • R220222-G0-S3
Born & Died at Hopewell, Baxter County, Arkansas, 1905.
Elijah Lawson was the first child born to John and Matilda DeWitt Lawson. He died at birth, and the family buried him in the family orchard. His grave was the first of two graves that was placed in this location.
(Information concerning this cemetery and this burial was supplied by Annamae Lawson Freeman. The photo was taken in March 2004, and it was submitted through the courtesy of Linda Page Bradbury.)
Contributed on 8/9/09 by maxparnell
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