Samuel C. Lawrence

Samuel Crocker Lawrence
1st Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts
In office
1893–1894
Preceded byBoard of Selectmen
Succeeded byBaxter E. Perry
Personal details
BornNovember 22, 1832[1]
Medford, Massachusetts[2]
DiedSeptember 24, 1911(1911-09-24) (aged 78)[3]
Medford, Massachusetts[3]
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Carrie Rebecca Badger, m. 1859
Alma materLawrence Academy,[2] Harvard College, 1855[1]
Military service
AllegianceUnited States of America
Union
Branch/serviceUnion Army
Rank Colonel
Commands5th Massachusetts Militia Regiment
Battles/warsAmerican 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]

Colonel Lawrence

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

  1. ^ a b The Medford Historical Register, Vol XIV No. 4., Medford, MA: Medford Historical Society, October 1911, p. 102
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ a b c Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society For the Year 1911 Part I, Boston, MA: Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 1911, p. 187
  4. ^ Grand Lodge Proceedings, Page 1911-195
  5. ^ "Scottish Rite, NMJ | Sovereign Grand Commanders". Scottish Rite, NMJ. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
Political offices
Preceded by
Board of Selectmen
 1st Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts
1895 – January 4, 1897 		Succeeded by


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