04 THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 



Elizabeth B. Perkins, daughter of Edward B. and 

 Elizabeth P. (Barrett) Perkuis, born in Salem, Jan. 1, 

 1850, died April 8, 1885. Admitted to membership 

 March 21, 1881. 



George Leeds, sou of Benjamin Bass and Sally (Bab- 

 cock) Leeds ;born m Boston, Oct. 25, 1816 ; fitted for col- 

 lege at Milton Academy, graduated at Amherst College, 

 1835, Andover Theological School, 1839 ; rector of Grace 

 Church, Utica, N. Y. ; St. Peter's, Salem; St. Peter's, 

 Philadelphia, and Grace Church, Baltimore ; D.D. Trinity 

 College, 1861 ; died, in Philadelphia, of apoplexy, April 

 16, 1885. Admitted to membership Feb. 28, 1855. 



John Chapman Towne, son of Joseph and Lydia 

 (Chapman) Towne, born at Salem, June 16, 1834 ; in 

 early life a printer in the office of the Salem Register, 

 afterwards, for many years, teller in the Naumkeag Na- 

 tional Bank, Salem ; died April 23, 1885. Admitted to 

 membership July 1, 1863. 



Leonard Withington, son of Joseph Weeks and Eliz- 

 abeth (White) Withington, born in Dorchester, Mass., 

 Aug. 9, 1789 ; a graduate of Yale College, 1814 ; ordained 

 over the First Church in Newbury, Mass., Oct. 30, 1816, 

 and continued the active pastor of that church 42 years, 

 when he became senior Pastor; died Apr. 22, 1885. 

 Original member. 



George Pickman Farrington, the oldest druggist in 

 Salem, son of William and Mary (Ward) Farrington, 

 born in Salem, Aug. 29, 1808; died April 29, 1885. 

 Admitted to membership June 9, 1864. 



Charles Eugene Fabens, son of Charles Henry and 

 Euphrasia (Fabens) Fabens, born in Cayenne, S. A., 

 March 27, 1845 ; merchant in Salem and Boston, residing: 



