Lawrence, Centre H. (1835-1919)

Name:

Lawrence, Centre H. (1835-1919)

Title:

Private, 2nd Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers
Brevet Major, United States Army, March 13, 1865
Member, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States

Other Names:

Lawrence, Centre Houghton

Born:

07/22/1835

Birthplace:

Troy, NH

Died:

12/17/1919

Death Location:

New Berne, VA

Residence:

Troy, NH
Georgetown, DC
Washington, DC
Bladensburg, MD
Wheaton, MD
Linden, MD

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Machinist
Examiner, General Land Department of the United States

Father:

Lawrence, Almon

Mother:

Lawrence, Louisa

Spouse:

Annie Eliza Birch, September 11, 1886, Georgetown, DC

Children:

Louise Almon, born June 16, 1867; m. William T. Cummings
Edward Grant, born February 4, 1869
Annie Josephine, born February 9, 1873
Caroline Houghton, born October 21, 1879, Washington, DC
Marguerite, born June 29, 1886, Linden, Silver Spring, MD

Notes:

Augustus D. Ayling, Revised Register of the Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire in the War of the Rebellion 1861-1866. (Concord, New Hampshire, Ira C. Evans), 64, 1061.

Melvin T. Stone, Historical Sketch of the Town of Troy, New Hampshire, and Her Inhabitants from the First Settlement of the Territory Now Within the Limits of the Town in 1764-1897. (Keene, New Hampshire: Sentinel Printing Company, 1897), 220

Centre H. Lawrence Papers, NHHS Library (1963.016).