Joe Lawson died early Monday morning at his home in this city from dropsy, and the remains taken to Lincoln on Tuesday for burial. Mr. Lawson was about fifty four years old, and was born in Illinois. He came here from Johnson, Neb. a little over a year ago, and entered the livery business. Besides a wife and several children, he leaves four sisters and three others.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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