Katherine Bigelow Lawrence

1832–1895 (age 63)

Biography

Katherine Bigelow Lawrence was born in 1832 and lived through the middle and latter portions of the nineteenth century. She was interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, reflecting her connection to New England's intellectual and cultural traditions.

Her sixty-three year life witnessed the Civil War era and the subsequent period of American development, and she remains honored at one of America's most prestigious cemeteries.

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