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- John Lawrence is the son of Richard Lawrence.
Notes: By 1846 he was living with his Uncle William L Willson, on Yonge Street, Vaughan Twp., York County. The lot NEXT in York Twp. had belong to his grandfather, Richard Lawrence, Sr. & hence, sometimes quoted as living in Toronto. - PJA
. 1900 Jun 18 Census, Sodus Twp., Berrier Co., Michigan
Osbourne, John, Head household, b. Mar 1845, age 55 Canada, Father b. Canada, Mother b. England, Landed 1863, and family; &
Lawrence, John, Cousin, Jan 1844 Canada Eng., Age 56, parents born Canada English, Landed 1860 - 40 years ago; Farm labour.
. 1911 Sep 15 - Returned to Farm & Died Aline in Barn.
John Lawrence is found dead in hay loft in Sodus Twp. Barn. Barking dogs attract attention & body is discovered.
Returning t he farm upon which he had worked as a laborer for the past 4 or 5 years, John Lawrence, aged 67, crawled into the aloft of the barn on the farm premises of Mrs Sherman in Sodus township & died peacefully & alone.
Mrs. Sherman heard the dogs barking about the barn last evening &sent hers onto investigate the cause of the trouble. Mr. Sherman found Lawrence lying in the hay loft dead, & at once noticed Sheriff Johnson who was soon on the scene. The officer summoned a physician, who declared the deceased died from natural caused & pronounced heat disease the cause of death. The body was brought to Rowe's morgue in Baton Harbor, where Mr Lawrence ha relatives. Four or 5 weeks ago Mr Lawrence left the Sherman farm & came to Benton Harbor, where he followed the occupation of a carpenter & did other odd jobs. While in the twin cities he imbibed quite freely, it is alleged, & finally decided to return to the farm where he was formerly employed. He must have died shortly after his arrival at the farm at about 6 o'clock. There were no evidences of a struggle & he passed away peacefully. Several relatives of the deceased reside in Benton Harbor & Sodus. No inquest was held.
Ref: St Joseph Daily Press, Michigan.
. 1911 Sep 15 - Benton Harbor. Is Found Dad in Barn Haymow, John Lawrence, aged carpenter, suddenly Expires, Body Brough to This City From Sodus - Sheriff Was Called.
John Lawrence nearly 70 years of age, was found dead in the haymow of a barn off the Sherman farm in Sodus township early Thursday evening. Lawrence was a carpenter & had been doing odd jobs in the neighborhood for years. He had visited Benton Harbor Thursday, returning to the Sherman place between 6 to 9 o'clock. Later members of the household were attracted to the barn by the strange barking of dogs & upon investigation Lawrence's lifeless body was found in the hay.
Sheriff Johnson was notified & he made an investigation. Natural causes were responsible for the old man's death. The body was brought to Rowe's morgue in the city, where it now awaits burial. Lawrence was well known in Sodas. He is survived by a member of relatives including a nephew, Harry Grow & a nice, Miss Molly Grow of this city.
. 1911 Sep 28 - Find Clue of Suicide. That John Lawrence, the Sodus laborer who was found dead a couple of weeks ago on the farm of Mrs. Lucy Sherman committed suicide was proven Wednesday, when Roy Jenkins in removing a load of hay from the haymow in which the dead body was found, discovered an empty bottle of laudanum. It lay but an arm's distance from where Lawrence was found. Lawrence had often remarked that rather thing to the poor house he would take his own life. Only a day or so before he died he said he expected to 'end it all."
Ref: News Palladium Newspaper, Benton Harbor, Michigan. - - -
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1841 - 1911 (70 years)