John Lawrence Schoolcraft

Biographical Information: 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.

Citation(s) for Biographical Information:: Ancestry Library. Last modified February 11, 2019. Accessed on February 11, 2019.
Additional notes: 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; Website. Last modified March 6, 2019. Accessed on March 6, 2019.
Citation(s) for Birth Information:: Frederick Alexander Canfield. A History of Thomas Canfield and of Matthew Camfield: With a Genealogy of Their Descendants in New Jersey. Tuttle: England, 1897.
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Citation(s) for Death Information:: Find a Grave. Last modified February 11, 2019. Accessed on February 11, 2019.