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Newbury families. His farm at Turkey Hill, has been in 

 the family since 1642. As a citizen of Newburyport, he 

 was universall}'- esteemed, and held many important 

 positions of honor and trust. He was public spirited and 

 took interest in everything that concerned the prosperity 

 of liis native city. His sympathies were broad and his 

 charities abundant. 



Frank W. Evans died Nov. 22, 1893, aged 41 years, 

 8 mos. He was a machinist by occupation, and a member 

 of the Common Council in 1887. 



John Q. Adams died March 20th, 1894j aged 70 years. 

 He was the fourth child of a family of thirteen children. 

 All but two years of his life (spent in Bath, Me.) were 

 spent in Newbur3'-port and his boyhood in Newbury. He 

 had been engaged in the provision business at the same 

 stand since 1849. 



Wm. T. Coleman died April 27th, 1894, aged 71 years. 

 He was senior butcher in this city, and had been engaged 

 in that line of trade for fifty years. Mr. Coleman was a 

 most exemplary man, and for years had been actively 

 identified with the Belleville Congregational Church. 



Major George D. Sargeant. Our society lost a very 

 prominent and valuable citizen by the death of George D. 

 Sargeant, whose decease occurred in East Saugus, July 31. 

 His death was caused by a stroke of paralysis which hap- 

 pened one week earlier, since which time he had only par- 

 tially rallied. Mr. Sargeant was the son of Rev. Aaron D* 

 Sargeant, a Methodist minister who had two jDastorates in 

 this city, during the first of which he was born. He had 

 a good education which was finished at the Wesleyan 

 University at Middletown, Connecticut. Before complet- 

 ing his college course in 1861, he enlisted in the 1st regi- 

 ment, Connecticut Artillery, and went to the front, where 

 lie made an honorable record, and at the close of the war 



