Robert Josiah Lawrence
Born: September 22, 1825
Birthplace: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Father: William Haywood Lawrence 1791 – 1858
Mother: Mary Prince 1795 – 1834
Wife: Mary Ledyard 1833 – 1914
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama)
Children:
Mary Lavinia Lawrence Watson 1854 – 1933
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama)
Occupation before War:
Clerk in Mobile, Alabama
Clerk in Shubuta Clarke County, Mississippi
Served in the Mexican – American War
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Captain Company A, 14th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
1862: Captured and Exchanged Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee
1862 – 1864: Major of 14th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
1864 – 1865: Lt. Colonel of 14th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
1865: Commander of Lowry’s Brigade at Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina
1865: Colonel of 14th Mississippi Consolidated Infantry Regiment
Occupation after War:
Clerk in Shubuta, Clarke County, Mississippi
Died: August 26, 1886
Place of Death: Mobile, Alabama
Age at time of Death: 60 years old
Burial Place: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama
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