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after our last annual gathering, ere the First Congrega- 

 tional Church in Marblehead was called to part with a 

 beloved minister, Rev. B. R. Allen. He was born in 

 Newport, Rhode Island, June 2, 1805, ordained in Marble- 

 head in 1854 and since that time has resided in that town 

 highly esteemed and revered. He joined the Institute 

 several years since, has attended some of its meetings and 

 was interested in its objects. He died June 2, 1872. 



Henry Curwen, son of Samuel R. and Mary L. (Hoi- 

 man) Cur wen, died July 13, 1872, aged 25 ; he early 

 associated himself with the Institute. His duties as a 

 clerk in one of our large business houses precluded him 

 from being a very active member. 



Brown Emerson. On Thursday evening, July 25, 

 1872, the South church in this city lost by death the aged 

 and venerable senior Pastor, Rev. Brown Emerson, D. D., 

 who had been connected with them in this holy bond of 

 brotherhood for more than two-thirds of a century. He 

 was the son of John and Catherine (Eaton) Emerson and 

 was born at Ashby in this state January 8, 1778 ; gradu- 

 ated at Dartmouth College in 1802, and was ordained 

 April 24, 1805, as colleague with the Rev. Daniel Hop- 

 kins, D.D., whose daughter Mary he married Oct. 29, 

 1806, a lady of uncommonly excellent traits of character, 

 who survived until April 4, 1866, sustaining the happiest 

 married relations for a period of nearly sixty years. Dr. 

 Emerson was a person of noble presence, tall, erect, and 

 of fine proportions, courteous and genial in his manners. 

 His patriarchal appearance in his later years will long be 

 remembered. 



William S. Cook, son of John and Eliza A. (Leigh- 

 ton) Cook, died December 7, 1872, aged 28. 



William Silver, son of James and Susan (Howard) 

 Silver, died at Salem, January 16, 1873, aged 64. In 



