Dade County, Missouri Biographies-Thomas J. LAWRENCE

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, Missouri, 1889.  
published by Goodspeed, 1889;  Pgs. 822, 823

Thomas J. Lawrence and Arthur M. Morrison, dealers in general merchandise 
at Cedarville, Dade County, Mo., carry a stock of goods valued at $2,000,
and are the leading merchants of that village.  Mr. Lawrence was born in
Alabama in 1859, and is the son of Edward and Martha E. (Morrison) 
Lawrence.  Edward Lawrence was born in Tennessee about 1818, and is of 
English descent.  He is now residing in Fayette County, Ala., and has 
followed agricultural pursuits all his life.  He wife was born near 
Savannah, Ga., and was burned to death march 14, 1878, by the explosion
of an can of oil.  They were the parents of six children.  Thomas J. 
Lawrence was the eldest of this family, and received his education in 
the public schools of Alabama.  He came to Dade County, Mo., December 22, 
1882, and October 7, 1883, married Miss Julia Ducket, who was born in 
Barton County, Mo., March 15, 1853.  Mr. Lawrence is a member of the 
Masonic order, is a Democrat in politics, and he and wife are members 
of the Baptist Church.  He is postmaster of Cedarville postoffice.

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