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skilful surgeons and physicians, died suddenly at his resi- 

 dence on Wednesday evening, November 18, 1874. He 

 was a son of the late Dr. A. L. Peirson, likewise an emi- 

 nent surgeon and physician, who lost his life by the Nor- 

 walk calamity in 1853 ; and was born Jan. 22, 1820, in 

 this city. He received his early education in the Salem 

 schools, was a graduate of Harvard in the class of 1840, 

 studied his profession with his father and at the Harvard 

 Medical School, and soon entered upon a very large and 

 successful practice, particularly in surgery. For several 

 years he was President of the Essex South District Med- 

 . ical Society, and was an earnest and active cooperator 

 in all our useful local institutions for the benefit of the. 

 unfortunate. During the war he went to the southern 

 battle fields to attend a wounded brother, and there ac- 

 quired the seeds of a malarial disease from which he was 

 never wholly freed. His sudden death will leave a hi- 

 mentable void in this community. Dr. Peirson was twice 

 married ; first, to Catharine Pickman, daughter of Nath'l 

 and Caroline (Sanders) Saltonstall (born May 18, 1823, 

 died June 25, 1852) ; secondly, to Ellen, daughter of 

 Justus and Hannah (Wood) Perry, of Keene, N. H. 



Daniel Hopkins Mansfield, one of our old and effi- 

 cient shipmasters, died on Thursday evening, December 

 24, 1874, in his 74th year. He was for several years 

 previous to 1859, United States Consul at Zanzibar, and 

 in 1863, 1864, and 1865, was an Alderman of this city. 

 He joined the Salem Marine Society in 1849, and was 

 its treasurer from 1860. He was for a quarter of a cen- 

 tury or more a member of the First Baptist Church, and 

 was a gentleman of simple habits and great integrity of 

 character. He was son of Daniel Hopkins and Marcia 

 (Tucker) Mansfield, and was born at Salem, January 14, 

 1801. 



