1844 - 1935 (90 years)
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Name |
Lawrence, Edwin L. [1, 2, 3] |
Born |
2 Aug 1844 |
Summerhill Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA [2, 3, 4] |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
9 Aug 1850 |
Conneaut Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA [3] |
Residence |
29 Jun 1935 |
Summerhill Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA [2] |
Died |
29 Jun 1935 |
Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA [2, 5] |
Buried |
Conneautville Cemetery, Conneautville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA [4, 5] |
Person ID |
I65449 |
Sackett |
Last Modified |
10 Feb 2023 |
Father |
Lawrence, Joseph, b. 25 Dec 1782, Dutchess County, New York, USA , d. 17 Mar 1875, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 92 years) |
Mother |
Cary, Sarah, b. Abt 1812, New York, USA , d. 1860, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age ~ 48 years) |
Children |
+ | 1. Lawrence, Edwin L., b. 2 Aug 1844, Summerhill Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 29 Jun 1935, Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 90 years) | |
Family ID |
F21085 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Dorchester, Caroline Elizabeth, b. 19 Jun 1850, Sandy Lake, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 15 Sep 1941, Summerhill Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 91 years) |
Married |
3 Jun 1874 |
Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA [6] |
Children |
| 1. Lawrence, Webster C., b. 30 Sep 1875, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA , d. Unknown |
| 2. Lawrence, Dorchester C., b. 18 Jun 1877, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA , d. Unknown |
| 3. Lawrence, John D., b. 10 Jun 1880, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA , d. Unknown |
+ | 4. Lawrence, Bessie Emma, b. 4 Mar 1884, Conneautville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 30 Jan 1927, Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 42 years) |
| 5. Lawrence, Nette C., b. 13 Aug 1888, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 7 Jan 1965, Barberton, Summit County, Ohio, USA (Age 76 years) |
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Last Modified |
14 Aug 2019 |
Family ID |
F23177 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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| Born - 2 Aug 1844 - Summerhill Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Census - 9 Aug 1850 - Conneaut Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Married - 3 Jun 1874 - Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Child - Lawrence, Webster C. - 30 Sep 1875 - Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Child - Lawrence, Dorchester C. - 18 Jun 1877 - Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Child - Lawrence, John D. - 10 Jun 1880 - Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Child - Lawrence, Bessie Emma - 4 Mar 1884 - Conneautville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Child - Lawrence, Nette C. - 13 Aug 1888 - Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Residence - 29 Jun 1935 - Summerhill Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Died - 29 Jun 1935 - Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Buried - - Conneautville Cemetery, Conneautville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA |
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Notes |
- 1850 Census; Conneaut Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
Page No. [not given]; 9 August, 1850
196/200
Joseph Lawerence, 72, M, Farmer, N. York
Sally Lawrence, 38, F, ---, N. York
Hiram A. Lawrence, 12, M, ---, Penna.
(next page: Stamped 108)
Commodore P. Lawrence, 11, M, ---, Penna.
Delilah Lawrence, 9, F, ---, Penna.
Mary Delight Lawrence, 7, ---, Penna.
Edwin E. Lawrence, 6, M, ---, Penna.
Cynthia A. Lawrence, 3, F, ---, Penna
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Name: Edwin Lawrence
Residence: Crawford, Pennsylvania
Minor civil division: Conneaut Township
Age: 16 years
Estimated birth year: 1844
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
Page: 44
Family number: 144
Film number: 805099
Digital GS number: 4288993
Image number: 00174
NARA publication number: M653
Collection: United States Census, 1860
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1880 Census; Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Family History Library Film: 1255121
NA Film Number: T9-1121
Page Number: 195A
Ed LAWRENCE, Self, M, Male, W, 36, PA, Farmer, PA, PA
Caroline LAWRENCE, Wife, M, Female, W, 29, PA, Keeping House, NY, OH
Webster H. LAWRENCE, Son, S, Male, W, 6, PA, , PA, PA
Dorrchester LAWRENCE, Son, S, Male, W, 3, PA, , PA, PA
John D. LAWRENCE, Son, S, Male, W, 1, PA, , PA, PA
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1900 Census; Summerhill Twp., Crawford County, Pennsylvania
SD No. 15; ED No. 43; Sheet No. 4B; 11 & 12 June, 1900
Lawrence, Edwin E., Head, W, M, Aug. 1844, 55, M, 26, Pennsylvania, New York, Pennsylvania, Farmer
Lawrence, Caoline, Wife, W, F, June 1850, 49, M, 26, 5-5, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, ---
Lawrence, Dor C. Son, W, M, June 1877, 22, S, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Laborer (Saw Mill)
Lawrence, John D., Son, W, M, June 1879, 21, S, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Farm Laborer
Lawrence, Bessie E., Daughter, W, F, Mar. 1884, 16, S, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, At School
Lawrence, Nellie C., Daughter, W, F, Aug. 1888, 11, S, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, At School
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Name: Edwin Lawrence
Residence: , Crawford, Pennsylvania
Estimated birth year: 1845
Age in years: 75
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relationship to head-of-household: Self
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Marital status: Married
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania
Film number: 1821556
Digital GS number: 4383862
Image number: 00321
Sheet number: 5
Collection: United States Census, 1920
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Sources |
- [S1135] History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Bates, Brown, & Mansfield, (Warner, Beers, & Co., 1885), 28 Oct 2015.
p. 824: MAJOR C. DORCHESTER, farmer, P. O., Centre Road Station, was born June 27, 1810, in Parish, N. Y. ; son of Reuben and Sophia Dorchester, former of whom died when our subject was very young; the latter kept house in Mercer County, Penn., until she remarried. Our subject lived with his grandfather until 1828, in which year he purchased sixty-two acres of land partially cleared. October 2, 1834, he married Miss Nancy Tuttle, a native of North East, Erie Co., Penn. Two children were born to this union : Ruth S., wife of Edwin Egbert, and Reuben S. Mrs. Dorchester was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; she died in 1838. Mr. Dorchester then married, in 1840, Miss Elizabeth E. Sackett, a native of Edinburg, Portage Co., Ohio, born March 28, 1819, and daughter of Samuel S. Sackett, a farmer. By this union there are three children : Seth S., who was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion; Emeline E., wife of Jacob Van Slyke, and Caroline E., wife of Edwin Lawrence. Our subject and wife have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for over fifty years. He moved to Crawford County in April, 1853, and settled on the farm he now owns and lives on in Conneaut Township. In politics he is a Republican with strong temperance proclivities.
- [S2199] Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967, (Ancestry.com) (Reliability: 3), 13 Aug 2019.
Name: Edwin L Lawrence
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 90
Residence: Summerhill Twp
Birth Date: 2 Aug 1844
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death Date: 29 Jun 1935
Death Place: Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA
Father: Joseph Lawrence, b. N.Y
Mother: (maiden name and birth place of mother not known)
Spouse: Caraline Lawrence
Certificate Number: 56881
Researched by Ted Smith
- [S506] 1850 U.S. Census (Reliability: 3), 13 Aug 2019.
1850 Census, enumerated 9 Aug 1850 in Conneaut, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Joseph Lawrence M 72 New York
Sally Lawrence F 38 New York
Hiram A Lawrence M 12 Pennsylvania
Commodore P Lawrence M 11 Pennsylvania
Delilah Lawrence F 9 Pennsylvania
Mary Delight Lawrence F 7 Pennsylvania
Edwin E Lawrence M 6 Pennsylvania
Cythea A Lawrence F 3 Pennsylvania
Household ID: 200
Line Number: 40
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 770
GS Film Number: 444738
Digital Folder Number: 004204712
Image Number: 00221
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4H7-1QC : 12 April 2016), Cythea A Lawrence in household of Joseph Lawrence, Conneaut, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 200, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Researched by Ted Smith
- [S543] Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com) (Reliability: 2), 10 Feb 2023.
Memorial ID 82722619
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82722619
Edwin L. Lawrence
Birth
2 Aug 1844
Death
29 Jun 1935 (aged 90)
Burial
Conneautville Cemetery
Conneautville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot
D19
Civil War Veteran
Co. I 2nd Pa. Cav.
Researched by Ted Smith
- [S1619] Newspapers.com (Reliability: 3), 13 Aug 2019.
The Conneautville Courier (Conneautville, Pennsylvania), 3 Jul 1935, Page 2
DEATH OF EDWIN L. LAWRENCE
Communicated )
Edwin L. Lawrence, son of Joseph and Sally Lawrence, was born in Summerhill township, Crawford county, Pennsylvania, on August 2, 1844. In his father's family there were eleven children Cynthia, Mary, Delilah and Caroline, full sisters; Mathilda, a half sister; Hiram and Perry, full brothers, and John, Rastus, William and Abraham, half brothers, all of whom have preceded Father Lawrence in death. Father Lawrence's family traces its lineage back to the Lawrence of England, among whose names we find a few bishops of the old English Church, now and then a barrister at the English Inns of Court, one or two Lawwrences who even reached the English peerage, and many who, belonging to landed class, looked beyond the western horizon to the youthful America. Thus it was that his immediate Lawrence ancestors, after settling along the New England coast, ultimately travelled westward to the frontier, and in the process of American colonization, helped in the development and early settlement of what is now Erie county, Pennsylvania.
Shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War, while but yet a boy, Edwin Lawrence responded to the call of the North, and at the age of 17 volunteered for the Union colors, enlisting as a private for a minimum of three years, or for a maximum of "Duration of the War." He became first a member of Captain M. L. Stone's Co. "I", 2nd Regiment of Pennsylvania Cavalry Volunteers, later being transferred to the Company of John P. Pralls. his cavalry regiment having served throughout the Virginia campaign, particularly distinguishing themselves at Gettysburg where Edwin's name is today inscribed with honor on the Pennsylvania State Memorial near the main entrance to that historic battlefield. On March 24, 18G5, before Petersburg, Va., Major Joseph Street, the commander of the regiment, handed Edwin, the then boy veteran of 21 years, his honorable discharge from the Union army, and though sick and impaired in health at the close of the conflict, his years of war service stood out in his mind as his proudest achievement. Upon his return to civilian life, he became a charter member of the Captain M. L. Stone Post No. 374 of the Grand Army of the Republic here at Conneautville, Pennsylvania, and today its tattered colors will accompany to its final resting place all that remains of him who was the boy volunteer of '62 and probably the last Civil War veteran in this part of Crawford county. Upon his discharge from the army in 1S65, Father Lawrence returned to Crawford county. Here he met and learned to love Caroline Dorchester of Conneaut township, and on June 3, 1874 they were united in marriage by the Rev. Wm. W. Wythe at Meadville, Pennsylvania. To this union were born five children--Webster C. Lawrence, born September 30, 1875, Dor C. Lawrence, born June 19, 1878, John D. Lawrence, born June 10, 1880, Bessie E. Lawrence Steel, born March 1, 1884 and Nettie C. Lawrence Underwood, born August 13. 1888. Of these Webster and Bessie have preceded Father Lawrence in death, leaving surviving him Dor, John and Nettie and Mother Caroline Lawrence, herself past 85 years in age.
For the past 50 years Father and Mother Lawrence have lived on their farm in Summerhill township, their son John having left the old homestead and having with Mother Lawrence and his wife, lovingly cared for Father Lawrence up until his last sickness when Father Lawrence developed a foot infection that resulted in his death. Attended by his daughter Nettie, a nurse, he was removed on Sunday, June 23rd, to Spencer Hospital, Meadville, where on Saturday night, June 29, 1935, the sun of his long spent life went Westering down into the Sea and he slept peacefully away, aged 90 years, 10 months and 27 days.
"He heard a voice we could not hear
Which said "You must not stay."
He saw a hand we could not see
Which beckoned him away."
In addition to Mother Lawrence, his loving helpmate for 61 years, his sons, Dor and John, and daughter, Nettie, he leaves to mourn many dear nieces and nephews and a host of neighbors and friends. Thus once again we contemplate the changeless truth that death is the only corridor and postal to life, and that childhood, youth, the magnificent maturity of manhood and the serene virility of old age are but successive steps to the highway pinnacle. One Father Lawrence mentioned how during the days of the conflict, when Union and Confederate troops were encamped on opposite sides of some river, a northern band played the national anthem and that the northern boys commenced to cheer; then a southern band on the other side of the river swung into the strains of "Dixie" and the southern boys cheered; then one band began the soft strains of "Home, Sweet Home" and immediately the band on the other side of the river took up the same strain, and then at the close. of the piece the boys on both sides united in one grand cheer for the one common sentiment.
Thus, as it was to Father Lawrence in this vivid river of his life so too it is to us survivors today in this no less vivid river of his death, for the voices on this side and the voices on the other side of the river of death seem to co-mingle in the chorus of the one united song of Heaven and Earth, the everlasting, eternal "Home Sweet Home".
In those beautiful words of James Whitcomb Riley-- "I cannot say and I will not say
That he is dead he is just away.
With a cheery smile and a wave of the hand
He has wandered into an unknown 1 land.
And left us dreaming how very fair
It needs must lie since he lingers there.
And you--O you, who the wildest yearn
For the old-time step and the glad return.
Think of him faring on, as dear
In the love of There as the love of Here.
Think of him still as the same, I say;
He is not dead he is just away."
Transcribed by Ted Smith
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The Conneautville Courier (Conneautville, Pennsylvania), 3 Jul 1935, Page 8
Edwin L. Lawrence, of Summerhill township, passed away at the Spencer Hospital, in Meadville, late Saturday evening. He was a Civil War veteran. He is survived, besides his wife, by two sons, D. C. Lawrence, Conneaut, O., and John H. Lawrence, and one daughter, Mrs. A. B. Underwood, Akron. O. Funeral services were held from the White Funeral Home on Tuesday afternoon, followed by interment in Conneautville cemetery.
Transcribed by Ted Smith
- [S1619] Newspapers.com (Reliability: 3), 13 Aug 2019.
The Conneautville Courier (Conneautville, Pennsylvania), 3 Jul 1935, Page 2
DEATH OF EDWIN L. LAWRENCE
Communicated )
Edwin L. Lawrence, son of Joseph and Sally Lawrence, was born in Summerhill township, Crawford county, Pennsylvania, on August 2, 1844. In his father's family there were eleven children Cynthia, Mary, Delilah and Caroline, full sisters; Mathilda, a half sister; Hiram and Perry, full brothers, and John, Rastus, William and Abraham, half brothers, all of whom have preceded Father Lawrence in death. Father Lawrence's family traces its lineage back to the Lawrence of England, among whose names we find a few bishops of the old English Church, now and then a barrister at the English Inns of Court, one or two Lawwrences who even reached the English peerage, and many who, belonging to landed class, looked beyond the western horizon to the youthful America. Thus it was that his immediate Lawrence ancestors, after settling along the New England coast, ultimately travelled westward to the frontier, and in the process of American colonization, helped in the development and early settlement of what is now Erie county, Pennsylvania.
Shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War, while but yet a boy, Edwin Lawrence responded to the call of the North, and at the age of 17 volunteered for the Union colors, enlisting as a private for a minimum of three years, or for a maximum of "Duration of the War." He became first a member of Captain M. L. Stone's Co. "I", 2nd Regiment of Pennsylvania Cavalry Volunteers, later being transferred to the Company of John P. Pralls. his cavalry regiment having served throughout the Virginia campaign, particularly distinguishing themselves at Gettysburg where Edwin's name is today inscribed with honor on the Pennsylvania State Memorial near the main entrance to that historic battlefield. On March 24, 18G5, before Petersburg, Va., Major Joseph Street, the commander of the regiment, handed Edwin, the then boy veteran of 21 years, his honorable discharge from the Union army, and though sick and impaired in health at the close of the conflict, his years of war service stood out in his mind as his proudest achievement. Upon his return to civilian life, he became a charter member of the Captain M. L. Stone Post No. 374 of the Grand Army of the Republic here at Conneautville, Pennsylvania, and today its tattered colors will accompany to its final resting place all that remains of him who was the boy volunteer of '62 and probably the last Civil War veteran in this part of Crawford county. Upon his discharge from the army in 1S65, Father Lawrence returned to Crawford county. Here he met and learned to love Caroline Dorchester of Conneaut township, and on June 3, 1874 they were united in marriage by the Rev. Wm. W. Wythe at Meadville, Pennsylvania. To this union were born five children--Webster C. Lawrence, born September 30, 1875, Dor C. Lawrence, born June 19, 1878, John D. Lawrence, born June 10, 1880, Bessie E. Lawrence Steel, born March 1, 1884 and Nettie C. Lawrence Underwood, born August 13. 1888. Of these Webster and Bessie have preceded Father Lawrence in death, leaving surviving him Dor, John and Nettie and Mother Caroline Lawrence, herself past 85 years in age.
For the past 50 years Father and Mother Lawrence have lived on their farm in Summerhill township, their son John having left the old homestead and having with Mother Lawrence and his wife, lovingly cared for Father Lawrence up until his last sickness when Father Lawrence developed a foot infection that resulted in his death. Attended by his daughter Nettie, a nurse, he was removed on Sunday, June 23rd, to Spencer Hospital, Meadville, where on Saturday night, June 29, 1935, the sun of his long spent life went Westering down into the Sea and he slept peacefully away, aged 90 years, 10 months and 27 days.
"He heard a voice we could not hear
Which said "You must not stay."
He saw a hand we could not see
Which beckoned him away."
In addition to Mother Lawrence, his loving helpmate for 61 years, his sons, Dor and John, and daughter, Nettie, he leaves to mourn many dear nieces and nephews and a host of neighbors and friends. Thus once again we contemplate the changeless truth that death is the only corridor and postal to life, and that childhood, youth, the magnificent maturity of manhood and the serene virility of old age are but successive steps to the highway pinnacle. One Father Lawrence mentioned how during the days of the conflict, when Union and Confederate troops were encamped on opposite sides of some river, a northern band played the national anthem and that the northern boys commenced to cheer; then a southern band on the other side of the river swung into the strains of "Dixie" and the southern boys cheered; then one band began the soft strains of "Home, Sweet Home" and immediately the band on the other side of the river took up the same strain, and then at the close. of the piece the boys on both sides united in one grand cheer for the one common sentiment.
Thus, as it was to Father Lawrence in this vivid river of his life so too it is to us survivors today in this no less vivid river of his death, for the voices on this side and the voices on the other side of the river of death seem to co-mingle in the chorus of the one united song of Heaven and Earth, the everlasting, eternal "Home Sweet Home".
In those beautiful words of James Whitcomb Riley-- "I cannot say and I will not say
That he is dead he is just away.
With a cheery smile and a wave of the hand
He has wandered into an unknown 1 land.
And left us dreaming how very fair
It needs must lie since he lingers there.
And you--O you, who the wildest yearn
For the old-time step and the glad return.
Think of him faring on, as dear
In the love of There as the love of Here.
Think of him still as the same, I say;
He is not dead he is just away."
Transcribed by Ted Smith
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