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formerly occupied and owned l)y his father. He was a 

 graduate of Harvard in the class of 1822. He was ad- 

 mitted a member of the Essex Lodge of Freemasons, INIay 

 4, 1824. He was accustomed to pass his summers at his 

 country seat in Milford, N. H., and generally lived a quiet 

 and retired life of gentlemanly leisure. In his early days 

 he was connected with the militia and attained the rank of 

 major. He also made several voyages to the East Indies 

 as supercargo and was afterwards a merchant. He was 

 admitted a member of the Salem East India Marine So- 

 ciety in April, 1835. In 1844, he was one of the repre- 

 sentatives from Salem to the Massachusetts Legislature. 

 A lineal descendant of John Endecott, the first governor 

 of the INIassachusetts Bay Colony in the eighth generation, 

 through ZerobbabeP, SamueP, Samuel*, John^, John'', 

 SamueP. He was an original member of the Institute. 



Francis Goss died at his mother's house, in Salem, of 

 diphtheria, Jan. 26, 1888. He was the son of Francis P. 

 and Sylvia E. (Wright) Goss, born at Salem, Dec. 14, 

 1838 ; graduated from the Salem English High School, 

 Jan. 28, 1857. The father and son for many years con- 

 ducted the plumbing business on St. Peter's street, Salem. 

 The latter was a member of Ethan Allen Council of Amer- 

 ican Mechanics. Admitted to meml)ership, July 15, 1863. 



Joseph Leonard Hammond, son of Joseph and Mary 

 C. (Hammond) Hammond, born in Salem, Sept. 15, 1838, 

 graduated a member of the twenty-fifth class in the Salem 

 English High School. For many years he resided in 

 China connected with the Custom's Service and in 1876 

 came home as a member of the Board of Commissioners, 

 having in charge the Chinese exhibit at the Centennial Ex- 

 position in Philadelphia. Remaining in this country about 

 a year, he returned to China and engaged in business with 



