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James Lourie, of Danvers, died Oct. 25, 1886, aged 

 65 years. He became a member in 1876. 



Levi Merrill, of Danvers, died in September, 1886. 

 He became a member in 1857. 



Daniel Richards, of Danvers, died in Xovember, 

 1886. He became a member in 1858. 



William H. Mears, of Essex, died May 27, 1886, 

 aged 73 years. He became a member in 1859. - He was 

 a farmer and a manufacturer of codfishing lines, with an 

 excellent reputation of fair dealing. 



John Perkins, of Essex, died March 27, 1886, aged 

 73 years. He became a member in 1871. He was a suc- 

 cessful merchant in the fishing business of Gloucester, 

 where he resided several years, from which he retired to 

 become a successful farmer at his later home in Essex. 



Ira Hardy was born in a part of Bradford now Grove- 

 land, where he has always resided. He died suddenly, 

 May 26, 1886, aged 78 years, 5 months. He owned 

 a small farm, and was interested in his work upon it. 

 He become a member of this society in 1865. 



Daniel Atwood resided near the Merrimac river in 

 Groveland, and died Oct. 6, 1886, aged 83 years, 8 

 months. He joined this Society twenty-five or thirty 

 years ago, and took an interest in its work. 



John J. Babson, of Gloucester, died April 13, 1886, 

 in the seventy-seventh year of his age. He was its histo- 

 rian, and its school educator, devoting a lifetime to the 

 welfare of its Schools, serving a great many years as Su- 

 perintendent, or on the School Committee as chairman, 

 and in many ways proved himself a public benefactor. 

 He was called upon several times to serve as Represen- 

 tative to the State Legislature, and served one or more 

 terms as Senator. He was for many years cashier of the 

 Gloucester Bank. He was much interested in horticul- 



