Mr. Laurence J. Smith.
Born in County Meath, Ireland, 1850; member of City Council, Lowell, Mass., 1881–’86; member Lowell Public Library Board; was made a License Commissioner of Lowell, 1894; Police Commissioner, 1895; attained the highest rank in the Foresters of America, having been Supreme Chief Ranger of the United States; admitted to the Society Feb. 27, 1897; died in Lowell, Mass., Oct. 23, 1897.