[3] He was the senior partner in the stock exchange firm of Lawrence & Smith, which dissolved about twenty-five years before his death.
[7][8][9] Lawrence was also prominent in Democratic politics and served as Supervisor of the town of Flushing.
[10] Elizabeth was a daughter of Lee Boyce, a merchant from Charleston, South Carolina.
[12] Together, they were the parents of "the four Lawrence sisters, famous for their beauty, who have always been great favorites in society.
[10] Lawrence died in his townhouse at 57 West 52nd Street, which he had built shortly before his death, on December 24, 1916.