Josephine (Lawson) Harley is a part of US Black heritage.
By the time her father died in 1927, she was Mrs. Josephine Harley.
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↑ "Jesse Lawson is Dead; Served U.S. 44 Years". Evening Star., Washington, D.C. November 6, 1927. p. 5. Newspapers.com
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMF9-V3Q : accessed 7 January 2018), Josephine Lawson in household of Jesse Lawson, Washington city, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 55, sheet 12B, family 188, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,160.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKLJ-N55 : accessed 7 January 2018), Josephine M Lawson in household of Jessie Lawson, Precinct 8, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 156, sheet 14B, family 286, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 153; FHL microfilm 1,374,166.
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