the Governor of Virginia to secure a lawful trial. In 1862, he raised a battalion of cavalry which became the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry, of which Charles Russell Lowell was colonel. Personal life In 1842, Lawrence married Sarah Elizabeth Appleton, daughter of U.S. Representative William Appleton and Mary Ann (née Cutler) Appleton. They had four children: Amory Appleton Lawrence (1848–1912) William Lawrence (1850–1941), who became the Bishop of Massachusetts. Susan Mason Lawrence (1852–1923) Harriet Lawrence Hemenway (1858-1960), who became a co-founder of the Massachusetts Audubon Society. Descendants Through his son William, Lawrence was the grandfather of William Appleton Lawrence (1889–1968), who was elected third Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts, and Frederic Cunningham Lawrence (1899–1989), a suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. Death and legacy He died at his summer resort in Nahant, Massachusetts, in 1886. Legacy Lawrence is credited with founding an Episcopal church in Boston, Massachusetts, which prompted many Boston Brahmins to convert from Unitarianism. His son, William Lawrence, became the long-time Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Massachusetts. His alma mater, Groton Academy was later renamed after him. Today, it is the Lawrence Academy at Groton. Notes References Lawrence Townie history History of Cottage Farm, Brookline Lawrence, William (1888). Life of Amos A. Lawrence, with Extracts from his Diary and Correspondence. Boston. 19th-century American Episcopalians Bleeding Kansas Harvard College alumni Lawrence University Politicians from Appleton, Wisconsin People of Massachusetts in the American Civil War People from Groton, Massachusetts 1814 births 1886 deaths Massachusetts Whigs 19th-century American politicians University of Kansas people 19th-century American philanthropists American abolitionists Christian abolitionists American people of English descent