Samuel C. Lawrence
Samuel Crocker Lawrence | |
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1st Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts | |
In office 1893–1894 | |
Preceded by | Board of Selectmen |
Succeeded by | Baxter E. Perry |
Personal details | |
Born | November 22, 1832[1] Medford, Massachusetts[2] |
Died | September 24, 1911(1911-09-24) (aged 78)[3] Medford, Massachusetts[3] |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Carrie Rebecca Badger, m. 1859 |
Alma mater | Lawrence Academy,[2] Harvard College, 1855[1] |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States of America Union |
Branch/service | Union Army |
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Commands | 5th Massachusetts Militia Regiment |
Battles/wars | American Civil War[3] |
Samuel Crocker Lawrence (November 22, 1832 – September 24, 1911) was a Massachusetts politician who served as the first Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts. Lawrence was born in Medford on November 22, 1832, to Daniel Lawrence and Elizabeth (Crocker) Lawrence.[2]
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During the American Civil War, he served as colonel of the 5th Massachusetts Militia Regiment. After the war he became a Veteran Companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.
In 1869 he was elected captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts.
A highly active Freemason, Lawrence served as Most Worshipful Grand Master of Massachusetts from 1881 to 1883.[4] In 1884 he was installed as a 33rd Degree Mason. From 1909 to 1910, he served as the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite.[5]
He was a director of the Eastern, Maine Central and Boston and Maine railroads.
References
- ^ a b The Medford Historical Register, Vol XIV No. 4., Medford, MA: Medford Historical Society, October 1911, p. 102
- ^ a b c d Toomey, Daniel P. (1892), Massachusetts of Today: a Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Boston, MA: Columbia Publishing Company, p. 537
- ^ a b c Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society For the Year 1911 Part I, Boston, MA: Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 1911, p. 187
- ^ Grand Lodge Proceedings, Page 1911-195
- ^ "Scottish Rite, NMJ | Sovereign Grand Commanders". Scottish Rite, NMJ. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
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Preceded by Board of Selectmen | 1st Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts 1895 – January 4, 1897 | Succeeded by |
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