Lawson, Thomas B. (1807-1888)

Name:

Lawson, Thomas B. (1807-1888)

Title:

Member, Young Men's Whig District Committee, Newburyport, 1834
Member, Whig Committee of Vigilence, Newburyport, 1841
Member, Lowell Art Club, 1875
Member, Lowell Art Association, 1878-
President, Lowell Art Association, 1879

Other Names:

Lawson, Thomas Bayley

Born:

01/13/1807

Birthplace:

Newburyport, MA

Died:

06/04/1888

Death Location:

Lowell, MA

Residence:

Newburyport, MA 1807, 1828, 1834, 1840, 1842
New York, NY 1831
Philadelphia, PA 1832
Mobile, AL 1837-1838
Lowell, MA 1842-1888

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Clerk
Cloth Merchant, Newburyport, 1828-1831
Artist, 1831-1888
Portrait Painter

Father:

Lawson, William

Mother:

Bagley, Frances

Spouse:

Catherine Follansbee, December 17, 1838

Children:

Walter U.
Frances Ellen
Florence Alessandro, born 1843; died 1846
Ida May, born 1845; died 1846
Lilla

Notes:

In 1844, traveled to Washington, DC to paint portrait of Daniel Webster.

John J. Currier, History of Newburyport, Mass., 1764-1909. Volume II. (Newburyport, MA; John J. Currier, 1909), 352-353.

Vital Records of Newburyport, Massachusetts, To the End of the Year 1849. Volume I. Births. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911), 236.

Deaths, Vital Records, City of Lowell, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

"New Establishment" Advertisement, Newburyport Herald, Newburyport, MA, April 25, 1828, 3.

"Young Men's Whig District Committee Meeting," Newburyport Herald, Newburyport, MA; November 4, 1834, 3.

Marriage Notice, Salem Gazette, Salem, MA, December 21, 1838, 3.

"Whig Committee of Vigilance Meeting," Newburyport Morning Herald, Newburyport, MA, November 1, 1841, 3.

"Notice" Newburyport Morning Herald, Newburyport, MA, February 7, 1842, 4.

"Portrait of Mr. Webster," Newburyport Morning Herald, Newburyport, MA, March 21, 1844, 2.

"Lowell Art Club," Lowell Daily Citizen and News, Lowell, MA, June 15, 1875, 2.

"Lowell Art Association," Lowell Daily Citizen and News, Lowell, MA, May 18, 1878, 2.

"Portraits of Ex-Mayors," Lowell Daily Citizen and News, Lowell, MA, June 4, 1878, 2.

"Thomas B. Lawson Dead," Boston Herald, Boston, MA,
June 5, 1888, 2.