From The History of Holt county Missouri, Circa 1917, Page 405-406:
"Fred Lawrence lives on his fine farm of 400 acres in north Benton Township, which formerly was the property of Joseph Groves, now deceased. He was born in Union Township, October 6, 1871, the month and year of the great Chicago fire. He resided on his father\\\'s farm until his marriage at the age of 24 years. He then began farming for himself on a farm adjoining that of his father to the east, and which he purchased in 1895. In 1907 he bought another farm in the neighborhood and lived there until the spring of 1912, when he moved to his present farm.
He is the son of Hosea and Mary S. (Curry) Lawrence, natives of Ohio. They came to Holt county in 1855, and in 1871 bought the farm in Union Township on which they now live. Mr. Lawrence has been very successful and is an influential man in his township. He owns 860 acres of land in Holt county, 200 acres in Atchison county, and 500 acres in Decatur county, Kansas. He also owns property and a feed mill in Craig; is a stockholder in the Farmer\\\'s
