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he had won the rank of Major, by brevet. At the siege of 

 Petersburg he was in the trenches one hundred days. He 

 attended the reunion of his old regiment on the 13th of 

 last June. Soon after his war service the University ^con 

 ferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts. 



Returning to his birthplace he first engaged in the busi- 

 ness of insurance, and later became a partner of the large 

 morocco house of Philip P. Tapley & Co., marrying the 

 daughter of Mr. Tapley. He continued the morocco busi- 

 ness after the death of his father-in-law until after the 

 great fire of November, '89, in which the firm's factories 

 were burned. About that time he established the Lynn 

 (iron and brass) Foundry Company, which concern at one 

 time was the largest purchaser of copper in the country 

 He has been a director of Lynn Mutual Fire Insurance 

 Company and upon the retirement of Judge T. B. New- 

 hall succeeded him as President, and afterwards Treasurer. 

 In addition to these offices he was a director in the Nation- 

 al City Bank, a trustee under the will of P. P. Tapley's 

 estate and of the Tolman Fund. 



Mr. Sargeant was a life-long Methodist, being at the time 

 of his death chairman of the official board of the First M. 

 E. Church here. His wife died a number of years ago, 

 and he leaves two sons and two daughters. He was a 

 sterling man and a scholar, and his loss to the city o 

 his birth and its institutions is greatly lamented. 



Ezra Baker. Ezra Baker died on Monday, July 24, 

 1893. He was a native of Lynn, and was born April 23, 

 1818. Brought up to the trade of the old town he became 

 a shoe manufacturer and was one of the most successful 

 for many years. About 1858 he engaged in the sewing 

 machine trade, continuing for several years, and during a 

 portion of the time covering most of the war and after, he 

 was engaged in business in Norfolk and Baltimore. In 

 June, '68, he returned to Lynn and started a real estate and 

 insurance agency which he continued until his death, and 



