from
"Illustrated History of Pawtucket, Central Falls and Vicinity" (Rhode
Island, USA)
by Henry R. Caufield, 1897
"Biographies of Prominent Citizens"
p. 375:
"LOCKWOOD, Lawrence A., son of Abraham and Sarah (Carr) Lockwood, was born
at Warwick, R. I., in 1856, where he attended the public schools, and
subsequently took a three years' course at the Mount Pleasant Academy. At
the age of 16 he entered the office of the Wanskuck Co.'s store as
bookkeeper, where he remained five years, occupying a responsible and
confidential position, which he resigned to engage in the retail grocery,
hay and grain business in Providence with W. B. and F. B. Hazard under the
firm name of Hazard, Lockwood & Co. In 1878 he disposed of his interest in
that business, came to Pawtucket and associated himself with Richard
Harrison in the dyeing and bleaching of yarns on Front street, and in 1880
he connected himself with the firm of Minchin & Co., in the manufacture of
shirts and drawers, and was assistant manager of the works. Later he
engaged with R. A. Butler in the tannery business and also occupied an
important position with the Pawtucket Hair Cloth Co. In 1885 he entered the
employ of W. F. & F. C. Sayles as manager of the office and accounts of the
Lorraine Mills and Glenlyon Dye Works. In 1891 he was selected to organize
the Crefeld Electrical Works, of which he is now secretary and general
manager. In June 1893 and 1894 he was elected a member of the Lincoln town
council, and was foremost in bringing about a division of the town on March
18, 1894. He was chairman of the committee appointed to adjust the debt of
the old town of Lincoln and all matters of difference between the new town
of Lincoln and the city of Central Falls, which adjustment has since been
made to the mutual satisfaction of both city and town. He was reelected a
member of the town council of Lincoln in June 1895 and 1896. Sept. 8, 1882,
he was married to Viola B., daughter of Richard Harrison of Pawtucket, by
which union there are three children: Edna Harrison, Lawrence A., Jr., and
Lester Ward. Mr. Lockwood is of a very old and distinguished family and his
ancestors were among the original settlers in Southern Rhode Island."
from the RI Historical Cemeteries Database Index:
LOCKWOOD, LAWRENCE A. 1856 - 24 AUG 1924 PV003
LOCKWOOD, VIOLA BURDICK (HARRISON*) 1861 - 30 AUG 1953 PV003
LOCKWOOD, LESTER WARD 1891 - 2 FEB 1908 PV003
from James N. Arnold "Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636 - 1850"
Warwick Marriages
CARR, Sarah Ann m. Abraham Lockwood, April 21, 1850
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