352 JOHN CLARKE LEE. 



Dr. Jackson married in 1853 Emily J., daughter of William T. 

 Andrews, Esq. He leaves two sons : Henry, born October 25, 1858 ; 

 and Robert Tracy, born July 13, 1861. 



Many honors have been paid to his memory. His old friend and 

 schoolmate, Rev. Dr. Chandler Robbins, the Rev. Dr. George E. 

 Ellis, and his classmate, Rev. Dr. Lothrop, took parkin the funeral 

 services at the house or in the church, and all bore testimony in 

 strong and impressive words to the beauty of his true and useful life. 

 Many of the associations with which he was connected passed resolu- 

 tions expressing their deep sense of his high qualities and the loss 

 they had sustained. 



JOHN CLARKE LEE. 



JonN Clarke Lee was born in Boston, April 9, 1804, and died 

 in Salem, November 19, 1877. Through his father he belonged to a 

 family that has borne an honored name through nearly the whole period 

 of New England history, and he also traced his descent to the Picker- 

 ings of Salem, — a name held in no less merited reverence. He 

 belonged to the class of 1823 in Harvard University. After leaving 

 college, he pursued for a short time the study of the law ; but soon 

 left it for commercial pursuits. At quite an early age he retired from 

 business ; but subsequently became the senior partner of the well- 

 known banking-house of Lee", Iligginson, & Co., of which he was a 

 member from 1848 till 1862. From 1829 till his death he was a 

 resident of Salem, in the enjoyment of an ample fortune, and for the 

 greater part of the time in the possession of a leisure free from all 

 imperative demands, yet never idle or useless. He was an early and 

 active member of the Essex County Natural History Society, and 

 continued his valued services to the Essex Institute, which absorbed 

 and succeeded it. He was a Trustee and Director of various financial 

 corporations, and for a few years held the office of Treasurer of the 

 American Academy. He in general shunned municipal and political 

 offices, for which he would often have been a preferred candidate, and 

 the only place of this sort which he is known to have filled is that of 

 Representative of Salem in the State Legislature for a single year. 



Mr. Lee, without being distinguished as a specialist in any depart- 

 ment, was a man of superior ability, active mind, and generous culture. 

 His information on a large range of subjects was extensive and accu- 

 rate. He was a lover of learning and science, and while we cannot 

 name any original contributions of his own, his encouragement, effi- 



