John Jacob Lawrence and Anna Elizabeth Watson

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Husband John Jacob Lawrence ^{1 2}

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           Born: 7 Mar 1827 - Washington Co, PA 2
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           Died: 27 Mar 1893 3
         Buried:  - Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA

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         Father: Hon. Joseph Lawrence (1788-1842/1842) 4 5 6 7 8
         Mother: Maria Bucher (1802-1861) 1 4 9

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       Marriage: 16 May 1854 3

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Wife Anna Elizabeth Watson ³

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         Father: Gen. David Correy Watson (1804-1873) 3
         Mother: Margaret Wilson (1810-1873) 3

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Children

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1 F Ellen Lawrence ³

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           Born: 23 Apr 1855 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 3
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           Died: 4 Jan 1859 3
         Buried:  - Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M Joseph Lawrence ³

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           Born: 1 Feb 1857 - Huntingdon, Huntingdon Co, PA 3
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           Died: 30 Dec 1858 3
         Buried:  - Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M William Watson Lawrence ³

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           Born: 22 Apr 1859 3
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4 F Maria Theresa Lawrence ³

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           Born: 31 Mar 1861 3
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         Spouse: William Robert Turner (1860-      ) 3

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5 F Anna Margaret Lawrence ³

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           Born: 1 Jan 1864 3
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6 M John Jacob Lawrence ³

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           Born: 5 Oct 1865 3
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         Spouse: Clara Louise Andrews (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 19 Oct 1892 - Cincinnati, OH 3

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7 F Susan Mary Lawrence ³

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           Born: 17 Jan 1868 3
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General Notes: Husband - John Jacob Lawrence

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He was superintendent of the western portion of the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad for years, and afterward of the Allegheny Valley Railroad; he was colonel of one of the Pennsylvania regiments in the army.

He began professional life as superintendent of the Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad, and on the call of President Lincoln for trooops in 1862, resigned; enlisted a company of one hundred men by whom he was elected captain, and went into the War of the Rebellion, and on the organization of the 125th regiment of Pennsylvania, was elected major; was wounded at the second Bull Run battle and at Chancellorsville. After leaving the army Major Lawrence was appointed a superintendent on the Philadelphia and Erie Railway, afterwards became general superintendent of the Pittsburgh and Erie R. R., and finally general superintendent of the Allegheny Valley R. R., from which he resigned to enter into commercial business in Pittsburgh. He resided in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 97.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 130.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 139.

4 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 597.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 97, 425.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 434.

7 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 129.

8 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 85.

9 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 126.