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interested in it the law student and the bank cashier, whose 

 life is now ended. 



John Parker Conant, born in Hamilton, son of J. P. 

 and Annie Edwards Conant, died in Wenhara, May 1, 1895, 

 aged 47 years, 6 months, 6 days. A carpenter by trader 

 he cultivated well a few good acres of land and was for 

 many years the chief support of a widowed mother ; he 

 was always active in town affairs, married late in life, and 

 was a well known lover of the horse and dog. 



Andrew A. Scott was born at Salem, 1832, died at 

 Saugus, Dec. 17th, 1894. He was a member of the firm 

 of F. Scott & Son, woollen manufacturers, and their succes- 

 sor. His business was located upon the site of the ancient 

 iron works establishment on Saugus river. Mr. Scott was 

 a farmer, and took a lively interest in the management and 

 cultivation of his lands, especially the hay i-rop. He was 

 esteemed as a business man and citizen. 



John Brooks Faxon was born in Boston, Mass., Au- 

 gust 23, 1868. Upon graduating from the English High 

 School in Boston, he entered the Seed House of the M. 

 B. Faxon Co., Saugus, Mass., where he was partner at the 

 time of his death. He died in Asheville, North Carolina, 

 April 27, 1894, in the twenty-sixth 3'ear of his age. 



