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(Watson) Parker, merchant of Salem, died Dec. 24, 

 1878, aged 77 years, 9 months and 7 days. 



Adelaide Martha (Edmands} Putnam, daughter of 

 William Murray and Martha Adams (Tapley) Edmands 

 of Charlestowu, died in Cambridge March 10, 1879, aged 

 40 years. 



David Roberts, son of Samuel and Martha (Stone) 

 Roberts, born in Hamilton April 5, 1804, lawyer in Salem 

 and ex-mayor of the city; died March 19, 1879. 



James Hill, for the past twenty-five years toAvn clerk 

 of Beverly, died March 24, 1879, aged 62 years. 



Ephraim Brown, son of Ephraim and Rachel (Buffum) 

 Brown, Register of Deeds for Essex many years, died 

 March 30, 1879, aged 59 years, 8 months and 16 days. 



James Upton, merchant of Salem, sou of Robert and 

 Lucy (Doyle) Upton, died March 30, 1879, aged 66 years. 



Andrew J. Thompson, son of Levi B. and Mehitable 

 (Brown) Thompson, physician in Salem, born at Guilford, 

 N. H., July 23, 1833; died April 26, 1879. 



Henry J. Gross, City Treasurer of Salem, son of Par- 

 ker and Mary R. (Clark) Cross, born in Marblehead, 

 died May 15, 1879, aged 55 years, 10 months. 



Joseph Henry, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 Washington City, and for over half a century one of the 

 foremost men of Science in the United States ; born at 

 Albany, Dec. 17, 1797 ; d. at Washington, May 13, 1878. 



John Wingate Thornton, a member of the Suffolk Bar, 

 and an historical writer of wide reputation, died at Oak 

 Hill, Me., June 6, 1878; sou of James B. and Elizabeth 

 (Gookin) Thornton; born at Saco, Me., Aug. 12, 1818. 



Richard Manning Hodges, son of Gamaliel and Sarah 

 (Williams) Hodges; born at Salem, Aug. 5, 1794; min- 

 ister of Bridgewater, 1821-33 ; removed to Cambridge, 

 1834, where he resided until his death, Aug. 10, 1878. 



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