Abbott Lawrence
Timothy Bigelow Lawrence (He went by "Bigelow" or "T. Bigelow Lawrence") was an Attaché to England in the 1850s and Consul General to Florence, Italy in the 1860s.[1] He is best known as the husband of his first wife, Sallie Ward, and husband of his second wife, Elizabeth Chapman Lawrence.[2] The money inherited by Elizabeth upon Bigelow's death helped fund her nephew Henry Chapman Mercer to build Mercer Museum and Fonthill in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
He was born on Nov. 23, 1826 from the wealthy Lawrence family of Boston. His father was Abbot Lawrence, a wealthy textile businessman. His mother was Catherine Bigelow Lawrence. He died on March 21, 1869 after attending the Presidential Inauguration of Ulysses Grant while having a cold.[3]