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was a good citizen, modest and unassuming, and an hon- 

 orable business man. 



Admitted to membership, July 6, 1864. 



AARON WOOD WARREN died at his home in Danvers 

 on Sunday morning, Feb. 19, 1889. He was a son of 

 Jonas and Hannah (Kimball) Warren and was born in Dan- 

 vers, Oct. 13, 1818. 



His father, Jonas Warren, was son of Jonas and Aphia 

 (Stickney) Warren, and was born in North Beverly, July 

 29, 1787. About 1790 the family removed to Boxford, 

 and Jonas was brought up by his uncle Ancil Stickney j 1 

 he afterwards came to Danvers and soon found a place of 

 usefulness in the store kept by Deacon Gideon Putnam, 

 corner of High and Elm streets, at the Plains ; in a few 

 years he bought the establishment, and by his industry, 

 broad and far-sighted manner of doing business, trans- 

 ferred a mere country cross road into a busy commercial 

 centre. 



In 1841, he sold out at the Plains and removed to the 

 Port, where he became the pioneer in the wholesale flour 

 and grain business, entering into the large field with the 

 same energy and sagacity that he had displayed in previous 

 operations. He was the first to bring grain to the Port 

 by water, and from the cargoes of many vessels coming 

 and going, supplied a very extensive inland trade. 



He w^is a director of the Naumkeag National Bank, Sa- 

 lem, from its organization until his death, at the age of 

 nearly ninety years, which occurred Nov. 18, 1876. He 



'Captain Ancil Stickney, born June 3, 1762, was son of Jedediah and Margaret 

 (Tyler) Stickney. He lived in the old Stickney mansion in Boxford ; married there, 

 June 27, 1793, Mehitable, daughter of Nathaniel and Mehitable (Perley) Perley of 

 Boxford; born there April 9, 1767, and died Oct. 22, 1837. He died in Boxford, 

 March 27, 1835, leaving no children. The homestead, that had been in the family 

 for about one hundred and ten years, has passed out of the name. 



