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1200,000, and in the building of stores, plank walks, 

 wharves and canals in the early days of the California 

 gold excitement, being one of the early operators in that 

 State. He was one of the original members of the Mass. 

 Horticultural Society, of which he was almost the sole 

 survivor at the time of his decease. He was a man of 

 remarkable health and vigor, and presided at the meeting 

 of the Lynn members of the Society at the election of a 

 Trustee in 1886." 



Edward S. Davis, of Lynn, who died in Lynn during 

 the past year, "was born in the same place June 22, 1808 

 He was long a member of the Essex Agricultural Society, 

 joining it in 1836 and serving for many years, afterwards on 

 its committees, and taking a lively interest in its proceed 

 ings. He was a member of the House of Representa- 

 tives in 1839, President of the Common Council in 1852, 

 '53, '56 and '57, and Mayor of the city in 1859 and 1860. 

 During a long period he held important official positions 

 in St. Stephens (Episcopal) church in Lynn, and did 

 more than any other person in the establishment and 

 maintenance of that organization. Mr. Davis was a gen- 

 tleman universally respected for his sterling qualities." 



John Nutting, of Marblehead, died Dec. 6, 1887, aged 

 63 years. He became a member in 1860. He was a grad- 

 uate of the State Normal School at Bridgewater and for 

 ten years was principal of the Story Grammar school in 

 Marblehead, beginning about 1852, and was a kind and 

 faithful teacher. In 1869, Mr. Nutting served as Secre- 

 tary of Board of Selectmen, during illness of Town 

 Clerk, and has filled other positions of trust. For thirty- 

 five years he was a member of the North Street church 

 choir. He had an illness lasting over eleven years, during 

 which, motion, sight, hearing, speech, one after the other 

 became impaired until life became a blank. He was a 

 shoe manufacturer at the time he was stricken with 

 disease. 



