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==Background==

==Background==

Lawrason was born in [[New Orleans]] to George Carson Lawrason and the former Zelia McCutcheon, hence his middle name. He was educated in [[France]] and [[Spain]] before he received a degree in 1872 in civil [[engineering]] from the [[University of Virginia]] in Charlottesville, [[Virginia]]. Two years later he received an LL.D. degree from [[Tulane University]] Law Schoo], then part of the institution known as the University of Louisiana at New Orleans, where he susequently launched his law practice.<ref name=lahist/> Lawrason also held interests in [[cotton]] and [[sugar]] planting at different locations along the [[Mississippi River]].<ref name=liblsu/>

Lawrason was born in [[New Orleans]] to George Carson Lawrason and the former Zelia McCutcheon, hence his middle name. He was educated in [[France]] and [[Spain]] before he received a degree in 1872 in civil [[engineering]] from the [[University of Virginia]] in Charlottesville, [[Virginia]]. Two years later he received an LL.D. degree from [[Tulane University]] Law Schoo], then part of the institution known as the University of Louisiana at New Orleans, where he susequently launched his law practice.<ref name=lahist/> Lawrason also held interests in [[cotton]] and [[sugar]] planting at different locations along the [[Mississippi River]].<ref name=lahist/>

In 1875, Lawrason married the former Harriet "Hattie" Mathews, daughter of Charles Lewis Mathews and the former Penelope Stewart. He then relocated his law practice and residence to West Feliciana Parish. The couple had nine children: Zelia Lawrason, Annie Mathews Lawrason Butler, George C. Lawrason, Charles Lawrason, Helen Stewart Lawrason Kilpatrick, Margaret Butler Lawrason, Thomas Butler Lawrason, and Levering Lawrason.<ref name=liblsu>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/findaid/m4358.html|title=Mathews-Ventress=Lawrason Family Papers|publisher=lib.lsu.edu|accessdate=December 27, 2010}}</ref> In 1891, the Lawrasons' next-to-the-youngest child, Samuel, Jr., died at three months of age on May 8.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/e/n/Julia-Benson-PA/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1146.html|title=Samuel Lawrason, Jr. (1891)|publisher=familytreemaker.genealogy.com|accessdate=May 11, 2020}}</ref>​

In 1875, Lawrason married the former Harriet "Hattie" Mathews, daughter of Charles Lewis Mathews and the former Penelope Stewart. He then relocated his law practice and residence to West Feliciana Parish. The couple had nine children: Zelia Lawrason, Annie Mathews Lawrason Butler, George C. Lawrason, Charles Lawrason, Helen Stewart Lawrason Kilpatrick, Margaret Butler Lawrason, Thomas Butler Lawrason, and Levering Lawrason.<ref name=liblsu>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/findaid/m4358.html|title=Mathews-Ventress=Lawrason Family Papers|publisher=lib.lsu.edu|accessdate=December 27, 2010}}</ref> In 1891, the Lawrasons' next-to-the-youngest child, Samuel, Jr., died at three months of age on May 8.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/e/n/Julia-Benson-PA/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1146.html|title=Samuel Lawrason, Jr. (1891)|publisher=familytreemaker.genealogy.com|accessdate=May 11, 2020}}</ref>​