Source:
History of Litchfield County, Connecticut with Illustrations and 
Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers……
Published: Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co.,  1881.


WILLIAM P. LAWRENCE,  second son of Pennel and Laura B. 
Lawrence, was born in Colebrook, Oct. 31, 1833.  He received the 
advantages of a common school education, and his occupation has been 
that of farming and lumbering.  Nov. 21, 1860, he united in marriage 
with Eveline S., daughter of John Hewitt, of Winsted, and their family 
consists of the following children:  Charles D., Robert W., and Russell J.  
Mr. Lawrence is a useful man in the church and community, having been 
for a number of years superintendent of the Sunday-school connected 
with the Congregational Church, and is also the postmaster at Colebrook 
Centre.  His father, Pennel Lawrence, died Dec. 8, 1864, but his mother 
is still living, at the advanced age of seventy-five years.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)