My great uncle on my mother's side was
Aubrey Francis
Lawson, MD. His sister was
Bertie (
Lawson)
Pomeroy, who was my mother's mother. They were from
Lewis County, WV.
In *Who's Who in West Virginia* (1939 edition), here is paraphrased information about Dr. Lawson:
Lawson,
Aubrey Francis, physician and surgeon, born
Berlin, WV, Mar. 5, 1887, son of Albert Francis
Lawson and Elisabeth (
Swisher)
Lawson. MD, University of
Maryland Medical School, 1911. Married
Lotta Vandervort, Feb. 3, 1917. Children: Nancy Elisabeth (
Cole) and John Francis
Lawson. Began as company surgeon, Wildell Lumber Co., Wildell, WV, 1913 - 1914,
Davis Colliery Co., Bower and Coalton, WV, 1914 - 1916. Assistant to Dr. A. C. Harrison,
Mercy Hospital, MD, 1916 - 1917. Medical examiner B O RR, Connellsville, PA, 1917 - 1918. Associated with Dr. T. F. Law and founded General Hospital of
Weston, WV, 1920; individual owner since 1928. Built up the clinic to a 44-bed hospital with a training school for nurses in connection. Director, Citizens Bank,
Weston, WV, since 1939. Served as captain in the medical corps, USA, 1918 - 1919, with A. E. F. in France. Fellow, American
College of Surgeons. Member,
Lewis County Medical Society (president). Phi
Chi. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason. Lions Club of
Weston. Home: 204 High St., Weston. Office: Gneral Hospital,
Weston.
Note: Following
Uncle Aubrey's death The General Hospital was sold to Dr. Trefz. The General Hospital is now an apartment building on one of the main streets in
Weston. The sign in the stone work across the front entrance reads "The General".
If anyone has anymore information about the
Lawson family or the
Swisher family or further back, please share it with me. Thanks!