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270 from 1880 to the close of 1884 she pursued the course prescribed for the C. L. S. C. She went to Chautauqua, N. Y., and was graduated with the class of 1884, otherwise known as the "Irrepressibles." During her single life she was active in both church and Sunday-school work. Since her marriage to Mr. Jesse Lawson, of Plainfield, N. J., she has devoted her time almost entirely to the domestic cares, which have left her no time for purely literary work. Nevertheless she has ever been faithful to the cause of temperance, to which she still clings with a fondness and patience characteristic of a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.

Mrs. Lawson may be regarded as one thoroughly alive to the needs of the race. She is full of holy race pride, and is ever ready to lend a helping hand to any effort that has in view the elevation of the Afro-American and the betterment of the condition of mankind. To say that she is liberal, wise, kind, prudent and just is to tell only a part of her good traits.

Mrs. C. C. Stumm, now of Philadelphia, Pa., was born in Boyle county, Ky. , March 25, 1857, being the immediate descendant of Thomas and Elizabeth Penman. Having spent two years of hard study at Berea