Identified Photo Albums

Abigail C. Crane Photo Album in Canandaigua New York. Above is William B. Thompson. Others identified are H.C. Brown and Amelia T. Skillen.
Anderson Album From St. Cloud Minnesota. Above is named Erik. Others identified in the album are Roibert Svemstrom and family, Sissel, Rev. Carlson and family, Hilma Anderson, Louisa S. Anderson and family and Mr. Loven.
Corry Pennsylvania Album. Identified are Billy Crawford, Ebenezer Tressley, George Falls, John Wilson, Uncle Ed and William Wilson.
Photographer John Cadwallader Collection. A large collection of the photographer John Cadwallader and his family over the span of their lives. He shows off his work in these personal photos.
Reynolds Collection of South Portland Maine. A large collection from the estate of Judge Edward Reynolds. Above daguerreotype is of Orodine E. Reynolds.
Gardner Newton Family in Aspen Colorado. Above is Nellie, Tom, Bessie, Jim, Lillie, Janet and Annie Gardner. Identified are Robert Newton, Lewis, John Al and Bob Newton, Allison Clarke Newton, Thomas Newton, Gardner Family, Anna, Nellie and Lillie Gardner, Anna and Nellie Gardner and the above Gardners in the photo.
Deep South Album. Above counter clockwise from bottom left is J.W. Baxter. L.E. LeConte, Sam Barnett and H.E. Bird. Many identified, including George H. Holmes, J.W. Baxter, T. Van Ness, Lucy Hull, Henry Hull, Mrs. Camak, Anne Camak, M. Lisbsch, Mary Hamilton, Edgar Baxter, Johnnie Baxter, J.W. Baxter, Mr. Cunningham, Louisa Cunningham, T. Moore, M. Moore, Vernen Moore, Fannie Moore, R.M. Johnston, Lucy G. Alexander, John J. Gresham, M.B. Gresham, Minnie Gresham, Thomas B. Gresham, F.M. Johnston, Asbury Hull, Mr. Brown, S.F. Brown, Maud Brown, Dr. F.T. Miles, Roy Gresham and Amanda Howard.

Jackson Family in Avoca Iowa. Above is the Church they attended. Identified include Ze Jackson, Matilda Jackson, Bernice and Adelbert Jackson and Jennie Walker.
2nd Lieutenant Ransom A. Washburn and Wife 137th Infantry
Left Junius E. Washburn Private 137th Infantry Co. E. Died of Disease. Soldier on right is associated with family but cannot make out last name. First name is Mathew. This is the Washburn Album from Binghamton New York. Identified are James Wilson, Almeda Shaner Wilson, Shaner Grandparents, Eddie Jennings, Mary Jennings and Esther Ann Willson.
Barron, Bliss and Hunter Families from 1890’s. Many Military Photos. South Carolina and a number of other states.
Bond, Frame and Perkins Family Albums. Many Identified including the Class of 1872. Three Albums and some Ambrotypes. Above is Emma J. Frame.
Staples Photo Album. Identified include A. Staples, Clara Hodgkins, Clara Staples (Pictured Above), Cyrus Moody, Elijah Norton, Emma H. Rimes, Emma Staples, Frank A. Rimes, Henry Staples, Kar & Mars Staples, Lillie Staples, Lizzie M. Staples, Lucy A. Duntem, Luretta Hodgdon, Mary Hodgdon, Mary Hodgdon’s Children, Melvelle C. Staples, Rosnell Staples and Sylvia E. Purill.
Large Collection of 10 Albums Loaded With History and Military. Above is Captain John Hobbs. Sir names associated with this collection are Fewkes, Baker, Darling, Barton, Hills, Wickina, Steele, Wait, Stickney, Wilkins, Weaver, Greene, Houghton, Turner, Stone, Wright, Barnes, McAdams, Snell and Johnson.
Album only contained four CDV’s. From left to right, Noah Shutt, Jonas S. Burger, Benjamin J. Burger and fourth CDV is Mary D. Shutt and Sarah Domer with Benjamin J. Burger standing. They were from Millersburg Ohio.
Album from Macon & Columbus Mississippi and Knoxville, Memphis and Jackson Tennessee. Identified include Kelly Dewpree, Eliza Bush Stenson, Wayne Bush, Helen Clay, Abb Bordin Bush, Meta Turtey Bush, Dora Blanche Snowden, Evelyn Bush Snowden, Kate Lee (Pictured Above) and Delle Snowden.
Caverly and Crosby Album was full of famous people. Some photos were missing and I will put missing below for them. Identified are Rebecca Marquand Caverly, Zachariah Boody Caverly, H.A. Martin, F.C. Martin, S.K. Crosby, Anna K. Crosby, Nicholas Warren Norcross, Ellen Grant Crosby Norcross, Amy Caverly, Rebecca and Amy Caverly, Charles and Susie Lamen, Dr. Josiah Crosby, Dr. Dixi Crosby, Dr. Clay, Ruicci, Stephen L. Crosby, Stephen L. Crosby’s Wife, Amy Caverly, Mr. Finlay, Mrs. Finlay, John Randolph Clay, Susie Crosby, Dr. Mackie, Rob Martin, Cecil M. Caverly, Mr. Boode, Mr. Hall, H.M. Sanford, Mrs. Joseph Ridgeway, Mr. Darling, Stephen Crosby, J. Talbot, L.M. Sargent, Lt. Colonel Sargent (Missing), Major General Howard (Missing), Miss Horton, Mrs. Henry Reed, Henry Reed, Dr. Brown, George Brown, Fannie Hoyt Brackett, George Hayden, Mr. Hall, Fannie Louise Bigelow, Mrs. Nathan Crosby, Judge Nathan Crosby, Dr. Owen Street, Randolph Clay, Mr. Bicknell, Alpheus Crosby, Hattie Blanchard, Captain Blanchard (Missing), Olive Crosby, Aunt Brown, Hattie Nesmith (Pictured Above), Mr. Robbins, Dr. Ben Crosby, Dr. George Crosby, Ellen Crosby Norcross, Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt, Uncle Reed, Aunt Fannie, Bela Stevens, R.H. Hartley, M. Hartley, Eleanor Hartley, Mr. Hall, Francis Clay, Judge and Mrs. Nathan Crosby, Miss McClary, Fanny Crosby, Amy and Cecil Crosby, Mr. and Mrs. Z.B. Caverly, Lucretia Norcross Everett, Charlie Closs, M. Hartley, Amy and Cecil Caverly, Father of Frank and Charlie Closs, Mrs. H.W. Crosby, Hale W. Crosby, Captain Biggs (Missing) and Bela Stevens.
The Chase and Pempin Family of Cleveland Ohio. Identified are Orrie Smith, Lizzie Chase, Jimmi Chase, Carry, Harry Pempin, Minnie Pempin, Herbert Pempin and Rawson Colshan, James L. Chase, general manager of the Chase Machine Company, was born in 1850, at Russell, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, and in 1853 came with the rest of his father’s family to live in Cleveland, where he received his education in the public schools. At the age of fifteen he was apprenticed to the Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Company, J. F. Holloway being superintendent of the works at that time. They were established in 1835, and were situated on the river front, the location being the present site of the Cleveland Ship Building Company. Shortly after serving his time, he joined the Lady Franklin as second engineer, thus beginning his sailing experience in 1872. From that time until 1880 Mr. Chase was second engineer on the following steamers during the seasons of navigation: City of Sandusky, Annie Smith, V. Swain, Cormorant, Selah Chamberlain and John M. Glidden, and working during the winter seasons in the machine shops of the city. In 1880 he joined the Ohio as chief engineer with Capt. J.C. Estes, with whom he sailed as chief for a period of nine seasons. In 1887 Mr. Chase had patented an automatic fog whistle machine, which has become in general use on the lakes. In 1889 the Chase Machine Company was established on the site of their present works, as general machinists and manufacturers of the Chase Automatic Fog Whistle Machine, Mr. Chase’s partners at the time being Messrs. Barnes and Ball. In 1880 Mr. Chase was married to Miss Lizzie Pempin, of Cleveland, by who he has two children; Herbert, now (1898) aged eighteen, at present a student at Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio; and James, aged twelve years, who is now receiving his education at the public schools of Cleveland. Also see History of the Great Lakes pages 124 & 125
Bronner Family from Chicago Illinois. Pictured above are Jorgen N. Bronner and Inger Holst Bronner. Others identified are George Kaufmann, Lizzie Mundorf and Mrs. O’Shea. Locations in this album are Davenport Iowa, Marshfield and Farmington Missouri, Chicago and Aledo Illinois, Clinton, Madison, Milwaukee and Eau Claire Wisconsin, Portland Oregon and Kentucky.
Album belonged to Clara Haskell. Names include Haskell, Stoddard, Steward, Bragg, Martin, Weeks, Webster, Hume, Clark, Morrell and Jackson Families. Identified are Lucias Hayes, Tic 5 Months Old, Teddy 3 Months Old, Major Whatmore (Pictured Above), Vestor Goodoff, Josie Clark, Captain Hume, Mrs. Hume, Maria Clark, Mrs. Whatmore, Mrs. H.B. Whitcomb, C.F. Regan, Fredricka S. Jackson, Geraldine Withe nee Jackson, Mrs. L.M. Jackson, Abby Morrell, Elbridge Gerry Stoddard, Henry S. Blaisdell, John Bragg, Mrs. Lewellen Bragg nee Ella Dow, Aunt Ann Weeks nee Doe, Belle Martin, Jennie Banlater, Iva E. Webster, Ines E. Webster, Uncle Samuel A. Stoddard, Aunt Mahala Stoddard, Samuel A. Stoddard, Mrs. Samuel A. Stoddard, Rebecca Steward Died 1848, Ella Francis Stoddard, Emma L. Stoddard, Margaret Haskell Mother’s Oldest Sister.
Cone Murray Album from Scotland, England, Oregon, Washington and Iowa. Those identified include Butteville Gradeschool 1890, Gustavus Adolphus Cone, Sarah Cone, Fred Ernst, Laura and Wes Long Wedding Picture 1875, Mrs. B.F. Cone, Louisa Epperly Mann, Jerome Epperly, Gertie Cone (Pictured Above), Luka and Niketa Rosich, George and Nicholas Rosich, Louise Cone, Herman Cone, Anna Cone Rice, Becca and Gertie Cone, William B. Murray, Aunt Lizzie Murray, George Murray, Jean Duncan and Lizzie McCole, Aunt Kate Murray, Mary Murray, Kate Murray, Jessie Murray, Anna Cone, G.A. Cone and B.F. Cone.
Watters and Else families from Ireland, England and Canada to North Dakota and Colorado. Identified include James Else, George Watters, Herbert Watters, George and Sophia Else, Israel and Belle Else, Thomas and Hulda Watters, Miss Lizzie Johnson, George Urban Johnson, Aunt Sophia and Willard Else, William Else, Lois and John Else, Sarah Watters, Uncle Will Else, Clarence and Frank Else, Lillie and Minnie Waters, Jim Watters, Aunt Sarah, George Else, Roger Alm, Isaac Else, George Else, James Watters, Lois Else, Charles Best and Family, Mrs. Lawson, George Watters and Wife, Samuel Else, George Watters, George Layton, Priscilla McDonald, Mary E. Watters, Herbert and Mary Else, William Else, Samuel Else and Elsie Fowler.
The French Short Joyce Hill Album Oberlin Ohio. Identified include Alfred Joyce, Annie Joyce, Grandma Hill, Lucy Terrell, Effie M. French Schutt, Warren Schutt, Elvira French, James French, George Kelsey, Emma Fox, Lyman Stewart, Emma Jane Heffer, Great Grandpa French, Great Grandma French, Great Grandpa Short, Great Grandma Short, Ida French and Annie Joyce, Effie French and Anabel Vanriken, John Hill, Ida French Hill, John Hill, Effie French Schutt, Ettie Francis, Annie Hill Joyce, Mrs. Rosswin, Emma Fox, Jesse French (Pictured Above) and Fanny Francis.
Album belonging to Angie E. Babcock given to her January 1st, 1877. They were from Glens Falls New York. Above is probably her. The others identified are T.L. Wilcox and Malinda Reynolds.
Halstead Album, photos and paperwork from Baraboo Wisconsin. Many identified, including Hattie and Etta Halstead, Harriet Halstead, Mrs. J.W. Flowers, Harriet Burk Halstead, Mr. and Mrs. Flowers, Hortense Marie Halstead, Harry Halstead, Leonard F. Halstead, Henrietta Halstead nee Lowe, Lois Brimmer, Mrs. Thomas Brimmer, Miss Hattie Lowe, Samuel H. Lowe, Hattie Lowe nee Halstead, E.H. Blackett, Howard Souther, Annie Halstead Warren, Ellinwood Halstead, Halstead Hoggins Wedding, Gertie Hansen and Marie Nodolph, Shorn Clingman, Glovia Halstead, Heather Ann, Mary Bell Skupniewitz Funeral Card, Sue and Harry Halstead Graves, Hortenses Great Grandmother, Sammy Lowe, Herbert Halstead, James Halstead, Mary Halstead Williams, Floyd Halstead and family, Herbert Williams and Lottie Randall, Sel E. Williams, L.E. Halstead, Wilbur Stiles Halstead, Sarah Elizabeth Souther, Mary Horn Souther, Nel Souther, Eddy Souther, Margorie Souther and Aunt Burk. This is a huge collection including medical records and other correspondence through Western Union.
Ham Stephenson Sisson Vincent Merritt from New York. Album belonged to Elizabeth B. Ham. Identified are Mother and Father, Eugene Ham, Elizabeth B. Ham, Stephen Merritt, Helen Merritt, Eugene Ham, Mary Kate Ham, Emaline Vincent Bryan, Ezra Bryan, George Ham, Catherine Ham, Elizabeth Ham, Henry Ham, Alma Ham, Joseph Ham, Elizabeth Ham Meesick, Peter Meesick, Stephen Ham, Sarah Sleight Ham, Tristrum Coffin, Owen Coffin, Johnathan Vincent, Sarah Southerland Sisson (Pictured Above), Lydia Sisson, Phebie Sisson, Jacob Sisson, Abigail Sisson, Coenradt Ham, Gertrude Vincent, Hannah Vincent, George Stephenson, Mary Bryan Stephenson, Mary Elizabeth Stephenson, George Stephenson, Phebie Ham, Milton Ham, Eva Angell, Dr. August Angell, Stephen Angell, Hannah Ham Angell, Sarah Thom Ham, Elizabeth Bryan, Eugene Merritt, Lilly Meesick, Dr. Mit Angell, Sarah E. Ham, Emily Peckham, Ausue M. Sisson, Anna Merritt, Carrie Johnson, Addie Tick, Minnie, Hamilton Coffin and Jane Vincent Coffin, Edward L. Gaul and Banton Moore.
Hammond Darling Album From Elizabethtown New York. Identified are James Hammond, Harry Hammond, Clara Hammond, Clara Hammond and Lois Busch, Lois and Mina, Aunt Ellen, Roxanne Rogers and Unidentified Darling, Mr. and Mrs. Miller They were neighbors, Emma Richards, Mr. Hammond, Emma Herbert Mira and Nellie, Almira Darling Hammond, William Hammond, Grandparents Fairfield Esther Crowningsted, Roxie Darling, Mame Lord, Josephine Hope Davis, James Hammond and Sarah Hammond.
Fraser Sweet Ogden Beard Album from Utica New York. Identified include H.A.B., Hervey Mascott Clay and Harry Clay, Charles E. Fraser, Mrs. Charles E. Fraser, Wolf J. Sweet (Pictured Above), Elizabeth Clark Ogden, Clarence Frank Tym, George M. Beard, Grace Beard, Rose Langworthy and H.M.H. This is available on my eBay site.
Hays Brawley Dunn families from Meadville Pennsylvania. Identified are Eliza Baskin Lashells, Fannie Brawley, Della Brawley, F. William Hays, Jennie Seargent, David C. Dunn, Fannie Brawley, Miss Harris and Margaret Hays.
Richardson Shields from Hudson Ohio. Those identified are Maria Richardson Shields, Captain Joseph C. Shields 19th Ohio Light Artillery (Pictured Above), George N. Richardson, Will Bishop, Martin Wood, Miranda Ramey and Albert Shields.
Hudson Valley Masons in Newburgh New York Masons Album. Identified are G. Fred Wilstic (Pictured Above), James H.H. Chapman, Isaac C. Chapman, Charles J. Stoves, M. Seymour Perdy, Louis J. Deimer, Edward M. Murtfeldt, Harry M. Waring, Wilbur H. Weston, George Mason, Ed Sanxay, Cyrus H. Johnston, McGiffert, M.W. Traphagen, William Berry, Charles H. Halstead, Anthony Juno, Dr. C.J. Baily, E.M. Turner, William W. Rumsey and H.S. Simmons.
Jamestown New York Album. Identified include Ann Barry (Pictured Above), Allie Fenton, Victor Johnson, Fred Richards, J. Johnson, Ella Whitford and Dela Markle.
Photo Album from Jefferson City, St. Louis and Sedalia Missouri, Richmond and Alexandria Virginia, New Orleans Louisiana and Lexington Kentucky. Identified are Dr. Alexander M. Davison, Joseph Dixon, Will P. Ray and Molly Connor.
Album belonging to Jessie Reynolds pictured above. Locations include England, Ireland, Wales, Ohio and Kansas. Identified include, M.R. Gaddis, J.T. Guerier, Hannah Hobbs, Thomas Thenton, Stella L. Mather, Dr. Hancock, Florence Hannifsan, Minnie Fletcher, John J. McCabe, Jesse Gurrin, Will V. Cox, Dudley Reynolds, Will A. Vincent, Nettie M. Friend, Jennie Graham, Jason W. Firestone, A.D. Curtis, C.S. Brooke Jr, Fanny Benedict, C. M. Halev and Bub Elmer Stone.
Vernon Johnson family in Michigan and Wisconsin. Identified include, Albert Johnson, 1’st Mrs. Albert Johnson, Vernon Johnson and Family, Mande Burgess Johnson, Hattie Johnson, Vern and Mande Johnson, Vern 2nd from left Sunday School Class and teacher, Albert’s daughter’s children, Vernon Johnson and Vernon again.
Descendants of Colonel Joseph Cilley pictured above. Identified are, Greanleaf K. Bartlett, Jennie Susan Bartlett, Charles Bartlett, Fred and George Bartlett, Frank E. Sanborn, Emma J. Bartlett, Longfellow Plummer, Mary Plummer, Ann Cilley Downes, Joseph Nealley Cilley, Prince Cilley, Julia Cilley Lazell, Joseph Cilley Burley, Sarah Haley Burley, Nanny Burly Burleigh, Benjamin T. Burley, Jenny Neally Bartlett, Benjamin Thomas Bartlett, Bernice S. Sanborn, Mrs. Lizzie Edes, Vernet Cilley, Lewis Cilley, Boy Surname Cilley, Greanleaf Cilley, Nannie Burley, Joseph Downes, Susan H. Bartlett, Martha French, Sadie and Frank Prescott, Ida Cundall, Lee Allen, Charles K. Jenners, Eliza Clough, Mrs. Sanborn, Minnie Rollins, Mabel Folsom, Lewis Floyd, Dora Floyd, Mr. Hazlewood, Mrs. George S. Rundlett, Willie Prescott, Charlotte Harvey, Mary Davis, Lena Smith, Alice Nichols Barnes, Mary Nichols, Silas Clifford, Fred B. Sanford and Walter Prentiss.
Page Jackman Album, From Missouri, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Tennessee. Identified are, Sallie and Lilly Page, Dr. Hubert Hutton, Sallie Page pictured above, Wood Page, Mrs. Jackman, Bess and Lucile and Mrs. Campbell Dryden (Belle).
Klingensmith Family pictured above from Pennsylvania and New York. Identified are, Martha Mary and Matthias Klingensmith, Earl Klingensmith, Sally Klingensmith, Samuel Klingensmith, S.M. Klingensmith and Salem Crum.
Sinks, Oswald, Garrettson, Vermillion, Hammond and McClelland families of Indiana, Pennsylvania and California Territory. Identified include, Blanch and Charlie Oswald, Charlie Garrettson, Charlie, Jesse and Joe Garrettson, Charlie Oswald, Dad Sinks, Dr. George Vermillion, Elmer McClelland, E.P. and Annie Hammond, Eva Sinks, Frank McClelland, George Garrettson, Grandma Hoover, G.W. Vermillion, Henry, Kate and John Sinks, John A. Sinks, John Robert Sinks, Lottie Oswald, Maggie Belle Hammond, Maggie Vermillion, Mary Feldman, Mary McClelland, Maud Hammond Sinks, Maud Hammond, Maud Sinks, Rev. George H. Lee, Robert Sinks and Wife and W.O. Hammond.
Taylor, Northam, Osborn, Baldwin, Kent, Clark and Parsons families in Illinois, New York, Louisiana and Michigan. Identified include Annie Taylor, Asa Northam, Clark Osborn, Cliff Baldwin, Dick Kent, F.R. Northam, Frank Northam, Ira Way, Jabe Furlong, Jane Furlong, Jane Rambo, Kathy M. Osborn, Kity Kedzie, Larnna Parsons, Lary Osborn, Laura and Therese Clark, Laura Clark, Linda Owen, Louise Osborne, Louise Kent, Luly Reece, Laura and Therese Clark pictured above, Laura Clark, Mame Osborn, Mart Northam, Miss Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Osborn, Mrs. Clarke, Mrs. Way and Children, Mrs. Yosk, Old Asa Northam, Ole Owen and Father, Ole Owen, Ollie Northam, Pauline and Sheldon Northam, Pauline Northam, Sarah Northam, Sheldon Osborn, Suse Northam, Therese Clark, Vine Northam, Vine Parsons and Will Osborn.
Lawrence family of Connecticut and Ohio. Identified include: E. Grove Lawrence pictured above, Jerusha Stevens, Hiram P. Lawrence, Abbie Moses, Clarissa Manley, Susan and Clara Lawrence, Susan Lawrence, Clara Lawrence, Isaac Ferguson, Sue Hotchkiss and Grace Gildersleeve. Jershua pettibone Stevens
In appearance Augustus Pettibone was tall and slender, somewhat round-shouldered, and had an abundant head of hair that lasted all his life. It was said that he was deficient in early education and that he made many grammatical mistakes, but that he was highly esteemed because he ruled with fairness and good sense. He was a Federalist of decided convictions, but was appointed annually to his office as Chief Judge of the County Court at Norfolk by whichever party was in power from 1812 until he resigned in 1832 [Kilbourn, Litchfield County Court Bench and Bar, 1709-I909, 129]. Augustus Pettibone entered Yale College in 1784 and studied law. He did not graduate, but was admitted to the Bar in Litch?eld County, Connecticut in 1790 after attending Litch?eld Law School and reading law with Dudley Humphrey. He became a very prominent man in his profession, progressing steadily from an attorney-at-law to an appointment as Justice of the Peace and then as Judge of Probate Court to his tenure as Chief Judge in 1812. He also represented Norfolk in the General Assembly of Connecticut for 28 semi-annual terms between 1800 and 1825, and served as state senator from his district in 1830 and 1831.
In 1813, the Norfolk Ecclesiastical Society was organized to manage all ?nances and business affairs of the Congregational Church of Norfolk. Augustus Pettibone was one of three elected to the committee for organization. From 1813 until about 1875 all expenses of the Congregational Church of Norfolk except for benevolences were met by a tax levied by the town on the grand list of all members of the congregation. –
In 1818 a state convention was called to produce the ?rst constitution for the State of Connecticut; Augustus Pettibone represented Norfolk at the convention and was on the committee to draft a constitution [Crissey, History of Norfolk, Connecticut, 541-3].
Augustus and Susan Pettibone had no children of their own, but they adopted their four year old nephew, E. Grove Lawrence, after the death of his father, Susan’s brother, Grove Lawrence. E. Grove Lawrence graduated from Union college in 1827, married Jerusha Pettibone Stevens, and became as outstanding a member of the business world as his adoptive father had been in the legal world. He was an executive of Winsted Manufacturing Company, Connecticut Western Railroad Company, and and N. B. Stevens Company. In 1868 and 1869 he also was elected to the State Senate [Crissey, 510-11].
E. Grove Lawrence
GROVE P. LAWRENCE, who for many years has creditably filled the office of Justice of the Peace in Pana, and is one of the well-known and popular citizens, was born in Norfolk, Litchfield County, Conn., on the 20th of November, 1830. His father, E. Grove Lawrence, was a native of New York, but was reared in Connecticut, where he met and married Jerusha Stevens, a native of the Nutmeg State.
The subject of this sketch spent his early boyhood upon his father’s farm and in a store at Norfolk, his father being a merchant at that place. He remained under the parental roof until he had attained his majority.
He was well educated, and after enjoying the privileges afforded by the public schools, he entered Yale College [ed., Yale University], in 1852, pursued the classical course, and was graduated in 1856 in a class of more than one hundred. Two of the Judges of the United States Supreme Court were among its members, Judge Brewer and Judge Brown, also Chauncey M. Depew.
The father of our subject was extensively engaged in the manufacture and sale of dry goods, and invested some of his capital in farm lands in the West. His son Grove, after leaving college, came to the West in order to superintend the business affairs connected with the farm, and in the fall of 1859 he opened a store in Pana, which he carried on in connection with the management of his father’s interests. He improved a farm of four hundred and eighty acres, which is still owned by Mr. Lawrence, Sr., who is yet living in Norfolk, Conn., at the age of eighty-seven years. He also has other landed interests in the southern part of the State.
Our subject carried on general merchandising from 1859 until 1863, when he disposed of the store and returned to Connecticut to die, as he thought. He had been in very poor health for some time, and his physicians gave him no encouragement. He went to the East, spent a number of weeks in travel, and after a few months again came to this State with health restored.
In 1867 he went in company with the Exchange Bank in connection with J. C. Helmick, who died two years later, while Mr. Lawrence still lives and is quite robust. He carried on his banking operations until 1873, when, in the spring of that year, he embarked in railroad construction in Missouri, on a line from Keokuk, Iowa, to Kansas City. About sixteen miles were built, and the work seemed to be progressing finely.
The counties through which the road was to pass assisted in its construction, but repudiated the bonds, and in the financial panic of 1873 the concern was closed up. Mr. Lawrence having gone security on the construction, and the venture proving a failure, heavy losses were brought upon him, and he was forced to close his bank, being left without a dollar.
Later he became manager for his father’s interests. He carried matters along until 1878, and during that time paid nearly all of his creditors. He then accepted the benefit afforded by the bankrupt act. There had been $5,000,000 issued in bonds and contracted for the road, but on account of the financial crisis of 1873 they were not disposed of.
Turning from the public to the private life of Mr. Lawrence, we note that on the 26th of October, 1866, he was united in marriage with Miss Ella B., daughter of Dr. D. H. Blackburn. Her father died about a year ago, but her mother is still living in Pana.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence have been born three children: E. Grove, of St. Louis, Mo., who is now engaged as contracting agent of the Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad; Hiram A., at home; and Lyda B., who is now engaged in teaching music.
Mr. Lawrence is now serving his twelfth year as Justice of the Peace. He has proved himself an able and competent officer, and is also a popular one, and no higher testimonial to his ability could be given than his repeated re-election.
With the Presbyterian Church he holds membership, and lakes an active interest in all that goes to promote its growth and upbuilding. The cause of temperance finds in him a warm friend, and he votes with the Prohibition party. His influence was largely felt in securing an anti-license vote in Pana. He is ever on the side of law and order, morality and upright living, and his own honorable career has gained him universal confidence and esteem.

Wilson, Tunis, de Roode, Robbins, Webb, Kerr and Riggs families in Lexington, Cynthiana, Augusta and Louisville Kentucky. Identified include, Gus and Fanny Wilson, Dr. John M. Wilson, Belle Wilson, Mary Crawford, Carrie Tunis, N.K. Tunis, Cora Wilson, Emma Rule, Lan Tunis, Kate Tunis, Frank, Pickett Wilson, Belle Wilson Robbins, Kerr Riggs, Mary Louise Webb, Capt. James M. Wilson, Corinne Wilson, Kate Kerr, Jane Scott, Willie Wilson, Louie and Belle Wilson, Louis Wilson, Ella de Roode, Mary Tunis, J.T. Tunis, Eugene de Roode, Emma Wilson, Theo Riggs and J. Frazier Robbins.
Album belonging to Margaret Robinson Armstrong Elder pictured above. Names in this album are Noah Abraham Elder, Eliza Reynolds Kinkend, Dr. Samuel Crawford, Joseph Slaymaker, Belle Slaymaker, Mollie Moore, Mr. Moore, Katherine Reynolds Robinson, Margaret McCartney Elder, Annie Elder Stoke, Mrs. Crawford, James Elder, David Adolphus Elder, Mollie Reynolds Gilson, Dr. Thomas A. Elder, David Elder, Mary Florence Elder, Margaret Elizabeth Elder, David Elder, Thomas Alexander Elder, Noah Abraham Elder, Jr. Thomas Elder, Margaret B. Elder, Joseph Kinkend, and Mary Florence Elder.
Album From Marysville Ohio with identified Elizabeth A. Kirkland, John Beard, Andrew M. Kirkland, Emery E. Baughman, Angenette Baughman, Manville Jay Baughman, Zola Belle Deck and pictured above are Baughman couple, no first names.