[5] His younger sister was Ruth Woodhull Lawrence,[6] who did not marry and who was a founder of the National Society of Colonial Dames in New York in 1893.
[7][6] His paternal grandparents were Sarah Augusta (née Smith) Lawrence and John L. Lawrence, a New York State Senator, Comptroller of New York City and diplomat (who served as chargé d'Affaires at Stockholm during the absence of U.S. Minister to Sweden Jonathan Russell).
[10] Lawrence served as Assistant Secretary and Chief Clerk of the New York City Board of Estimate and Apportionment during the George B. McClellan Jr., William Jay Gaynor, and John Purroy Mitchel administrations until his retirement in 1924.
[10] Together, they were the parents of three children:[13] Lawrence died of bronchial pneumonia at his home, 94-08 25th Avenue in Jackson Heights, Queens on November 23, 1935.
[1] He was buried at the Lawrence Family Cemetery, on 20th Road and 35th Avenue, in Astoria, Queens.