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Amos Lawrence

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Amos Lawrence

Birth
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
31 Dec 1852 (aged 66)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Cypress Avenue, Lot 490
Memorial ID
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Death notice:
"Amos Lawrence, Esq. Of Boston, who died suddenly of disease of the stomach, on Thursday night was a brother of Abbott Lawrence. The latter when a young man, was a clerk in his store, and subsequently became a partner. For 39 years he has been a leading merchant of boston, but for 20 years past has been in infirm health. During his life he gave donations to Williams College amounting to $25,000 and to Bunker Hill Monument $10,000, while his private charities were numerous and liberal. Not long since he appropriated $5000 to purchase wood for the poor. The wife of Mr. Lawrence is an aunt of Mrs. General Pierce."
- The Nashville Union (Nashville, TN.) Jan. 11, 1853
Death notice:
"Amos Lawrence, Esq. Of Boston, who died suddenly of disease of the stomach, on Thursday night was a brother of Abbott Lawrence. The latter when a young man, was a clerk in his store, and subsequently became a partner. For 39 years he has been a leading merchant of boston, but for 20 years past has been in infirm health. During his life he gave donations to Williams College amounting to $25,000 and to Bunker Hill Monument $10,000, while his private charities were numerous and liberal. Not long since he appropriated $5000 to purchase wood for the poor. The wife of Mr. Lawrence is an aunt of Mrs. General Pierce."
- The Nashville Union (Nashville, TN.) Jan. 11, 1853

Gravesite Details

Interred 1/4/1853



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  • Maintained by: CMWJR
  • Originally Created by: Graves
  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85579287/amos-lawrence: accessed ), memorial page for Amos Lawrence (22 Apr 1786–31 Dec 1852), Find a Grave Memorial ID 85579287, citing Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by CMWJR (contributor 50059520).