Luther Lawrence (September 28, 1778 – April 17, 1839) was the Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts (1838–1839). In 1818, Lawrence purchased 25 shares of the Suffolk Bank, a clearinghouse bank on State Street in Boston. Early life and family Lawrence was the son of American Revolutionary, Samuel Lawrence, patriarch of the Lawrence family from Boston. Luther's brothers, William, Abbott, and Amos, all became influential figures in United States history. Death Lawrence died on April 17, 1839 when he fell into a wheel pit while showing a visitor around his mill. References 1778 births 1839 deaths Harvard College alumni Massachusetts lawyers Mayors of Lowell, Massachusetts Speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Massachusetts Federalists People from Groton, Massachusetts 19th-century American lawyers