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GEORGIA AND GEORGIANS 3175success. He died in 18_89, when aged only forty-eight years. Mrs. Lawsonis still living, and is now fifty-six years of age. There were three children inthe family: Frank, who is editor and publisher of the Courier-Herald, atDublin, Laurens County; Mrs. Eva Neil, residing at Thomasville, Georgia;and H. F.H. F. Lawson attended the public schools of Hawkinsville, following whichhe entered the academic department of Mercer University, from which he wasgraduated in 1399. -His law studies were prosecuted at home, and in 1904 hesuccessfully passed the state examination and was admitted to practice. He atonce opened an office at Hawkinsville, and here has continued ever since inthe enjoyment of a professional business that has grown and developed rapidlyin size and importance. Mr. Lawson engages in a general practice, beingequally familiar with all branches of his calling. He is a careful student ofprecedents, his mastery of the fine points of jurisprudence giving him a decidedadvantage over many of his opponents. In a number of important cases hehas displayed talents of a high order, which have attracted to-him the business of such leading institutions as the Hawkinsville Bank and Trust Company,of which he is the legal representative at this time. He maintains membershipin the various organizations of his calling and enjoys an excellent reputationamong his fellow-practitioners. While he has never been an officeseeker, hehas accepted the responsibilities of citizenship and has served as a memberof the town .council, while his interest in schools has led him to occupy a placeon the Hawkinsville Board of Education. Fraternally he is a Mason, aPythian, and a member of the college fraternity of Kappa Alpha. With hisfamily Mr. Lawson is a member of the Baptist Church, the movements ofwhich he supports liberally.On April 19, 1907, Mr. Lawson was married at Thomasville, Georgia, toMiss Rena Brandon, daughter of Dr. W. H. Brandon, both now deceased.To this union there have been born two children: Harriet, born in 1909; andRoger, born in 1913, both at Hawkinsville.MIRABEAU H. BOYER. For almost two decades Mirabeau H. Boyer has beena member of the Georgia bar, during the entire period being honorably identified with the law in Pulaski County. He was born at Sandersville, Washington County, Georgia, September 4, 1878. His parents were Mirabeau H.and Vivian (Scrine) Boyer, both bearing old and honored names in Georgiahistory. One of the earliest settlers of Linton, Hancock County, Georgia,was William Boyer, who came from Virginia and was the founder of thefamily in this state. On the maternal side, the Scrines undoubtedly werevery early settlers in the state and many of the name have become conspicuousbecause of high achievement. The mother of Colonel Boyer, still survivingand residing at Hawkinsville and now in her sixty-fifth year, is a granddaughter of the late Judge Scrine, formerly of the Middle Circuit, and aniece of Judge Scrine of the Augusta bench.Mirabeau H. Boyer, father of Mirabeau H., was born in Hancock County,Georgia, and for some years was a merchant at Sandersville. During the warbetween the states he served in the Confederate army as a private in Cappell 'sbattalion, participating in many hard-fought engagements but surviving toreturn home practically unharmed. His death occurred in March, 1898, atthe age of fifty-six years. Of his eleven children, Mirabeau H. was the sixthin order of birth.Mirabeau H. Boyer secured his early education in the schools of Sandersville and later had advantages at Hawkinsville. Here also he began the studyof law in the office of Col. Thomas C. Taylor, where he continued until hecompleted his course and in June, 1898, was admitted to the bar. He soonproved the possession of a clear, incisive mind and other qualities that wellfitted him for public responsibilities, and in 1900 he was appointed by Governor