City: Friendsville
LAWRENCE, Daniel Windslow, teacher and minister; born Grant Co., Ind., Aug. 27, 1851; son of Thomas H. and Anna Maria (Cox) LAWRENCE; paternal grandfather Peter LAWRENCE, paternal grandmother Sarah (Hinshaw) LAWRENCE, maternal grandfather William COX, maternal grandmother Miriam (Winslow) COX; English, Scotch, Irish and Welsh descent; educated Earlham College, Richmond, Ind., from which he graduated June 30, 1880, with degree B. S.; his early business occupation was farming; married Elizabeth E. WINDLE Sept. 1, 1881; she died in 1895 and Dec 25, 1901, married Piety F. ELLIOT; he is descended from one of the WINDSLOWs who came to America in the Mayflower in 1620 and of Sir John LAWRENCE, one time Lord Mayor of London, England; formerly proctor an associate teacher at Earlham College one year; prior to moving to Tenn. was principal of Northbranch, Kansas, Academy; supt and principal of Skiatook Mission, Hillside, Indian Territory, a mission school among the Cherokee Indians, maintained by the Friends; owner of farm lands in Kansas and orange and fig lands in Texas; is pastor of Friend’s church at Friendsville, Tenn., and principal of Friendsville Academy; church connection, Friends.
