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Submitted by Debbie Barrett June 13, 2001
mrsgrinnin@home.com

CHARLES M. LAWRENCE, farmer, P. O. Ono, Pierce county, is a son of Daniel
Lawrence (who was born in Burlington, Vt., October 20, 1809), and Maria
Mercy, daughter of Thomas and Anna Pollard.  Nine children were born to them,
namely:  Mary (Mrs. Helphny, now deceased), Harriet (Mrs. Smith), Ellen (Mrs.
Waters, living in Kansas), Charles M., Daniel G., George H., Francis E.,
Drucella (deceased), and Frederick (deceased).  Charles M. as born in 
Burlington, Vt., March 15, 1841, and lived there until fourteen years of 
age, and received his education at the common schools.  He moved with his
parents to Dodge county, Wis., and lived there a few years, then married
Estelle, daughter of M. and E. Sperry; then came to Pierce county and bought
a farm in what was then a wilderness.  He cleared some of it; then sold out 
and started again on his present farm.  He now has a nice farm, and has
helped to clear up parts of nearly all of the surrounding farms, as the 
neighbors had to change work and help each other, having no money to hire
help, and there being no one to hire.  One son has been born to Mr. Lawrence,
Merle E., who lives at home, and is a model young man, very steady and
upright, is a Sunday-school member, and much respected by all.  Charles M.
is a member of the I. O. O. F., in religion favors the Baptist, and in
politics is a republican.

--Taken from the "Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley
Wisconsin Including A General Historical Sketch of the Chippewa Valley;
Ancestral Records fo Leading Families; Biographies of Representative Citizens,
Past and Present; and Portraits of Prominent Men.  Edited by George Forrester.
Published in Chicago, Illinois by A. Warner. Publisher. 1891-2. Page 642