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==Notable people== [[File:Lawrenceburg Public Library 2017.jpg|thumb|Lawrenceburg Public Library]] *[[Henry Ward Beecher]], minister and abolitionist, had his first church here in the 1830s. *[[Henry G. Blasdel]], first [[Governor of Nevada]]; born near Lawrenceburg.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nga.org/cms/render/live/en/sites/NGA/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_nevada/col2-content/main-content-list/title_blasdel_henry.html|title= Nevada Governor Henry Goode Blasdel|publisher= National Governors Association|access-date= September 26, 2012}}</ref> *[[George P. Buell]], Union general during the Civil War. *[[Winfield T. Durbin]], 25th [[Governor of Indiana]]; born in Lawrenceburg. *[[James B. Eads]], engineer and inventor; born in Lawrenceburg.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eads/timeline/index.html|title= Secrets of A Master Builder|publisher= PBS|access-date= September 26, 2012}}</ref> *[[Gunnar Garfors]], record-breaking traveler, was an exchange student in Lawrenceburg.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.garfors.com/2013/01/gunnar-garfors.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331070045/http://www.garfors.com/2013/01/gunnar-garfors.html|archive-date=March 31, 2014|df=mdy-all|title=Gunnar Garfors on Media and Travel: Gunnar Garfors Biography }}</ref> *[[Nick Goepper]], freestyle skier for Olympic [[United States Ski Team|Team USA]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/02/u-s-s-nick-goepper-medals-in-ski-slopestyle-just-wants-his-flowers/|title=USA's Nick Goepper medals in ski slopestyle|newspaper=USA Today|access-date=February 14, 2014}}</ref> *[[Noah Knigga]], American football player *[[James Henry Lane (Indiana and Kansas)|James H. Lane]], Union general during the Civil War and U.S. Senator from Kansas; born in Lawrenceburg.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nndb.com/people/215/000050065/|title= James Henry Lane|publisher= NNB|access-date= September 26, 2012}}</ref> *[[Billy McCool]], MLB All-Star pitcher, was raised in Lawrenceburg.<ref>[http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/4a506a6e Billy McCool at Society for American Baseball Research]</ref> *[[Mason Parris]], Olympic freestyle and folkstyle wrestler for [[Team USA]] *[[Albert G. Porter]], [[List of Governors of Indiana|19th]] [[Governor of Indiana]] from 1881 to 1885. *[[John Coit Spooner]], Wisconsin politician and lawyer, was born in Lawrenceburg.<ref>'Wisconsin Blue Book 1905,' Biographical Sketch of John Coit Spooner</ref>
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