St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-08-11
DEATH OF JONATHAN LAWRENCE.

Jonathan Lawrence Qltu DIT the
home of his son, Albert F. Lawrence,
on Wednesday, Aug. 3, in his eighty
fourth year Mr.. Lawrence was
born in Danville, but has been a resid-
ent of ST. Johnsbury for many
years.
He was very active in the Grange
and was well known to the Patrons
of Vermont as Father Lawrence.
He had spent the most of his life in
farming on the farm where
he died-having been married So
years ago last March at the old
homestead, in the same room where
he died. His interest in agriculture
prompted him to early engage in the
when the Patrons of Husbandry
was started he at once interested
himself in the order, believing it
would be the means of benefting the
farmer, and elevating him to his
rightful place in society. In 1871 he
received from the National Grange
authority to organize oranges
throughout Northeastern Vermont.
Green Mountain Grange No. 1 was
the first one organized in the state.
This was instituted July 1871, and
Mr.. Lawrence had been an honored
member of it ever since. One year
later he helped organize the Yer
mont State Grange. He was unable
to attend the thirteenth annual ses-
sion Of the State Grange at ST. Johns
bury. but through Bradley Ingalls,,
presented the State Grange with a
badge pin, together with letter re-
questing that the pin be placed in
the care of the worthy master and
transmitted by him to his successor
in Office, SO long as the State Grange
may exist. Eight years before this
badge pin was presented to Brother
Lawrence at mass meeting of Pa
irons from Vermont and New Hamp-
shire, held at Wells River, and pre-
sented by DIR. William Childs, of
Bath, n. H., in behalf of many friends
as token of their esteem.
He had the pleasure of attending
the Goth annual session of the Yer
mont State Grange, held at St.
Johnsbury, last December, where all
who attended will remember his
kindly words of good cheer.
He leaves two children, Albert F.
on the old homestead, where he spent
his declining years surrounded by
four grandchildren Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence and the wife who survives
him, and the daughter who is mar
ried and lives near by.
At the regular meeting of Green
Mountain Grange, held at St. Johns
bury Center Saturday, Aug, 9th
committee of three were appointed
to draft resolutions on the death of
Father Lawrence together with facts
of interest about his life. E. P. Allen,
Bertha J. Sargent and Mrs. F. B.
Wiley were the committee. These
are the resolutions:
Resolved, That we, the officers and
members of Green Mountain Grange
have met an irreparable loss in the death
of our worthy brother Jonathan Law
renee; that while we extend our heartfelt
sympathy and fraternal love to the wife,
children and grandchildren who are left
behind, yet we can but feel that what
is our loss is his everlasting gain, that
he gave up this life willingly, being glad
to go to the Great Grange above, where
there will be no more pain, no more
partings and no more sorrow; but rath-
er the reward of a life we'll spent, his
work well done; and may the good seed
he has sown and the good work he has
done, live on and on until our children
may see equal rights prevail and agri-
culture prosper as he would have wished
it to, until IAN honest man will be con-
sidered the noblest work of Cod"