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Branch Presbyterian Church, which took the name of Howard 

 Street, in 1827. He remained in this connection until Feb. 

 17, 1882, when he resigned and was afterwards in Novem- 

 ber of that year installed as the first Pastor of the Crombie 

 Street Church this last position he retained until his resig- 

 nation in 1838. He was subsequently settled for a short 

 time over a church in Exeter, N. H. In a few years re- 

 turned to Salem, studied medicine and practiced the profes- 

 sion until his decease. He married his cousin, Mary 

 Parsons, daughter of Rev. David and Harriet (Williams) 

 Parsons, of Amherst, on the 18th of Sept. 1821. He died 

 at Salem, after a short illness, June 17, 1860. He was 

 widely known as a man of uncommon ability as a writer and 

 a speaker. 



2d. CHARLES JAMES WHIPPLE. son of Henry and Harriet 

 (King) Whipple, born at Salem, Sept. 9, 1827, graduate of 

 our High School and a good scholar. His abilities and atten- 

 tion to business commanded for him a prominent situation 

 in one of the principal Boston Banks. He died July 6, 1860. 



3d. THOMAS P. ODELL, son of James and Sarah (Very) 

 Odell, born at Salem, Oct. 9, 1792 died July 7, 1860. He 

 has been connected with us for the past few years and has 

 always expressed a great interest in our success. 



4th. BARNARD WEST GARDNER, son of Richard and Abi- 

 gail P. (West) Gardner, born at Gloucester, July 3, 1842 ; 

 died at Salem, Nov. 6, 1860. A young man of great prom- 

 ise, and ot an amiable and very pleasing disposition. 



5th. LARKIN WOODBERRY, son of Asa and Anna (Wood- 

 berry) Woodbcrry, native of Beverly, resided many years in 

 Manchester, and died at Salem, Nov. 8, 1860, aet. 65. On 

 his removal from Manchester to Salem, a few years since, he 

 connected himself with the Institute. His kind and polite 



