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Lawrence, Charles Brush

lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 17, 1820, in Vergennes, Vt. In 1859 he was elected judge of the tenth circuit; and in 1864 chosen to the supreme court of Illinois, where he was chief justice for three years.

He died April 19, 1883, in Decatur, Ala.

LAWRENCE, CORNELIUS VAN WYCK, lawyer, banker, congressman, was born Feb. 28, 1791, in Flushing, N. Y. He was a representative in congress from New York city from 1832 to 1834; for two years succeeding was mayor of the city of New York; and in 1836 was president of the electoral college. For twenty years he held the honorable position of president of the bank of the state of New York. He died Feb. 20, 1861, in Flushing, N. Y.