The Daily Press, Feb. 22, 1905
Dr. John W. Lawson, 68, died at his home near Smithfield. Lawson served as a former member of Congress from the second district of Virginia, a leading member of the Virginia Constitutional Convention and president of the board of visitors at The College of William and Mary. His dying request was that he be buried in his old Confederate uniform. He was laid to rest in Ivy Hill Cemetery.
Dr. John W. Lawson, 68, died at his home near Smithfield. Lawson served as a former member of Congress from the second district of Virginia, a leading member of the Virginia Constitutional Convention and president of the board of visitors at The College of William and Mary. His dying request was that he be buried in his old Confederate uniform. He was laid to rest in Ivy Hill Cemetery.
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