Sophia Green Lawrence, daughter of Palmer Whitford Green and Freelove Williams, was born in Verona, N. Y., July 12, 1840, and died at her home in Rome, N. Y., February 1, 1906.
When she was quite young the family removed to Watson, Lewis county, where she was married to L. Brewster Lawrence, August 25, 1860; later they returned to Rome, where she has resided for the last eighteen years. Mrs. Lawrence was a member of the Seventh-day Baptist Church of Watson, N. Y. She had been in feeble health for the last two years, but was confied to her bed only a few days. Funeral services were conducted at her late home on Sunday, February 4, 1906. A profusion of floral tributes surrounded her casket, indicating the love and esteem in which she was held by a large circle of friends. Interment at Verona Mills, N. Y. Her husband, a son and two daughters remain to mourn their loss.