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Thomas Elmer Lawrence

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Thomas Elmer Lawrence

Birth
Minnesota, USA
Death
30 Jan 1902 (aged 34)
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 64, South 1/2
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Age: 34 years 7 months 16 days

   Elmer Lawrence of 1129 Monroe street died at Christ hospital Thursday afternoon.
Topeka Daily Capital (Topeka, KS), February 5, 1902, 8:4.

   DEATH OF A SOLDIER. The funeral of Elmer Lawrence, a member of Co. A, Twentieth Kansas, will be held Friday forenoon at the home of relatives at Menoken.
   Mr. Lawrence went to San Francisco with the Topeka company and was stricken with typhoid fever and invalided home. Last week acute appendicitis developed and an operation was performed at Christ hospital, but the fever had left him in such condition that his recovery was impossible.
   The funeral will be attended by members of the Frank C. Armstrong post Spanish-American war veterans, who will fire a volley over the grave, the soldier's parting salute. Those who attend will meet at the office of A. M. Harvey, commander of the post, at 9 a. m.
Topeka State Journal (Topeka, KS), February 6, 1902, 4:6.

   The funeral of Elmer Lawrence will be held Saturday afternoon at two o'clock from the Prairie Home church and Rev. J. T. Purvis, pastor of the Central Avenue Christian church will have charge of the services. The burial will be in Prairie Home cemetery
Topeka State Journal (Topeka, KS), February 7, 1902, 8:6.


1899 Marriage:
   Thomas E. Lawrence and Anna Hylt were married by the Justice of the Peace in Shawnee County, Kansas on July 24, 1899. They later separated or divorced.
Age: 34 years 7 months 16 days

   Elmer Lawrence of 1129 Monroe street died at Christ hospital Thursday afternoon.
Topeka Daily Capital (Topeka, KS), February 5, 1902, 8:4.

   DEATH OF A SOLDIER. The funeral of Elmer Lawrence, a member of Co. A, Twentieth Kansas, will be held Friday forenoon at the home of relatives at Menoken.
   Mr. Lawrence went to San Francisco with the Topeka company and was stricken with typhoid fever and invalided home. Last week acute appendicitis developed and an operation was performed at Christ hospital, but the fever had left him in such condition that his recovery was impossible.
   The funeral will be attended by members of the Frank C. Armstrong post Spanish-American war veterans, who will fire a volley over the grave, the soldier's parting salute. Those who attend will meet at the office of A. M. Harvey, commander of the post, at 9 a. m.
Topeka State Journal (Topeka, KS), February 6, 1902, 4:6.

   The funeral of Elmer Lawrence will be held Saturday afternoon at two o'clock from the Prairie Home church and Rev. J. T. Purvis, pastor of the Central Avenue Christian church will have charge of the services. The burial will be in Prairie Home cemetery
Topeka State Journal (Topeka, KS), February 7, 1902, 8:6.


1899 Marriage:
   Thomas E. Lawrence and Anna Hylt were married by the Justice of the Peace in Shawnee County, Kansas on July 24, 1899. They later separated or divorced.

Inscription

THOS. E. LAWRENCE
CO. A
20 KANS. INF.
SP. AM. WAR



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  • Originally Created by: CDD
  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86664368/thomas_elmer-lawrence: accessed ), memorial page for Thomas Elmer Lawrence (14 Jun 1867–30 Jan 1902), Find a Grave Memorial ID 86664368, citing Prairie Home Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by KCwxman (contributor 48444877).