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He was the second son of John Lawrence and Caroline Schoolcraft. He moved to Richmond, VA with his family where he worked as a banker and engaged in the real estate business. He is listed as a stockbroker in the 1880 Richmond, VA census. He became the owner of the Richmond Inquirer in 1877 and the president of the R.S. Railway Company and later secretary, treasurer of the stock exchange.  He married twice. 

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Biography: 
He was the second son of John Lawrence and Caroline Schoolcraft. He moved to Richmond, VA with his family where he worked as a banker and engaged in the real estate business. He is listed as a stockbroker in the 1880 Richmond, VA census. He became the owner of the Richmond Inquirer in 1877 and the president of the R.S. Railway Company and later secretary, treasurer of the stock exchange. He married twice.
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https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/interactive/6742/4244622-00179/42752490?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestrylibrary.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fgst%3d-6&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults
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Ancestry.com
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Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C
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Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
A History of Thomas Canfield and of Matthew Camfield: With a Genealogy of Their Descendants in New Jersey
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Frederick Alexander Canfield
Publisher Location: 
England
Publisher Name: 
Tuttle
Year: 
1897
Start Page: 
184
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https://books.google.com/books?id=EoY_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA184&lpg=PA184&dq=john+lawrence+schoolcraft+%221857%22+%22virginia%22&source=bl&ots=jEAjYOL4R_&sig=ACfU3U1y8Jo8QB6g4aayzpvN3RMjOjzkCA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjZ8u7FwLTgAhUITN8KHaOcD-AQ6AEwC3oECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=john%20lawrence%20schoolcraft%20%221857%22%20%22virginia%22&f=false
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It appears that he died sometime after 1913 as his brother, Oliver Johnson Schoolcraft's obituary in 1913 listed him as a surviving relation: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93885831