Joanna Agnes Chambers-Lawrence
b. 1847 m. 1866 d. 1933
Joanna Agnes Chambers-Lawrence was a young woman during the Gettysburg civil war battle and lived in the area her entire life. Her husband George passed early so her Son who never married helped with their small farm. Later when she was aged she moved in with her daughter Rebecca and her husband James Jeffcoat at 420 Hanover Street. When she passed she had over 60 Children (counting in-laws, grandchildren, and great grand children
I hope you enjoy her photo album.
Here are a few from Joanna's album with more to come later...
Front cover of Joanna's phot album
Joseph's Portrait
Beulah Naomi Brown-Lawrence with husband Joseph and eldest son Paul.
Beulah Naomi Brown- Lawrence
1893 - 1972
Tobias W. Brown
1859 - 1930
Elenore C. Crouse
1858 - 1918
Beulah Brown-Lawrence's Parents
Mary Jeffcoat with her Cousin Paul Edgar Lawrence
Proud Grandmothers!
There is always a special bond with Children and their Grandmothers.
Trip to the Gettysburg Battlefield. This one of many...
Grandma Joanna Chambers-Lawrence and Son James on their small farm outside of Gettysburg PA.
Anna "Annie" Margret Lawrence, James A. Lawrence and Joanna Chambers-Lawrence
Joseph Lawrence worked at the Gettysburg Furniture Factory his entire career.
Furniture manufacturing grew in Gettysburg and remained a strong part of the state's economy until the mid-1900s. In 1923, the local production of furniture totaled almost 71,000 pieces. In 1927 there were 522 employees in the three plants: 261 in Gettysburg, 153 in Reaser, and 108 in Panel.
However, the furniture industry declined in the mid-1900s.
In November 1951 when the Stouck-Reaser company obtained a permit for a new office building, the other companies were sold to Sidney G. Rose of Cincinnati. The Gettysburg Furniture Company factory closed in 1960, becoming a warehouse and distribution point for Rose's other furniture factories outside Pennsylvania.
See also Gettysburg Furniture Factory