P 104 Lawrence Family Collection

              P 104
Lawrence Family Collection
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OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Manuscripts/Audiovisual Collections
P 104
Lawrence Family Collection
Ca. 1870s-1950s
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Number:
P 104
Title:
Lawrence Family Collection
Creator:
Unknown
Dates:
Ca. 1870s-1950s
Media:
Photographs, ephemera
Quantity:
0.17 cubic feet
Location:
Ohio Historical Center
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE COLLECTION
Thomas Lawrence was born in Cadiz, Ohio, on October 14, 1848. He was the son of Stephan and Sarah Lawrence. When a small boy he came to Franklin County and was raised on a farm with the Burkey family near Galloway, Ohio. In 1872, he came to Columbus and was a faithful employee of the Kelton family for over 30 years. His profession is listed as butler in the 1910 U.S. Census. He was also employed as a janitor at the Buckeye Steel Castings Company and the Citizens Telephone Company. He died November 4, 1918 and was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery in Columbus.
Thomas Lawrence married Martha Handeway on October 29, 1874. In 1881 Thomas was baptized by the Rev. James Poindexter in the Second Baptist Church where his family became dedicated members. They had three children, Arthur Kelton Lawrence, Sarah “Sadie” Lawrence Estice, and George Lawrence, who died in infancy. Sarah married Mathew Estice and they had five children, Katherine, Ella Marie, Ruth, Martha and Robert. Martha died in 1924 as the result of burns that she received in a fire at the Lawrence home on 69 N. Seventeenth Street in Columbus. Martha was also buried in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Arthur became a doctor and served in the medical corps during the Spanish American War. In 1897 he earned the degree of graduate in pharmacy at Ohio State University. At age 22 Arthur mustered into volunteer service with the 9th Battalion, Ohio Infantry as a hospital steward on April 26, 1898 for two years. His commanding officer was Major Charles Young. He resigned from this position. Remarks on his military record state “Services honest and faithful” and