Lawrence, Joseph
state legislator, congressman, was born in 1788 in Adams county, Pa. He served for nine years in the state legislature, two sessions speaker, and one year as state treasurer.
He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1825 to 1829, and again from 1841 until his death. He died April 17, 1842, in Washington, D. C.
LAWRENCE, MRS. MARGARET OLI- VER [WOODS], author, was born in 1813 in Massachusetts. She is the author of Light on the Dark River; Fading Flowers; L'Espérance; The Tobacco Problem; and Marion Graham.