62 THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 



about fifteen years since and married a daughter of the late 

 Nathaniel Weston ; a man of wealth, a director of the Naum- 

 keag Street Railway Co., and a member of the Masonic 

 Fraternity. Admitted to membership, Aug. 17, 1874. 



David W. Bowdoin died at his home in Washington, 

 D. C., on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1885, at the age of sixty-nine 

 years. The body was brought to Salem and buried in Har- 

 mony Grove cemetery, on the Thursday following. He 

 was bom in Braintree, Mass., came to Salem in early life 

 and was a well-known photographer. About 1873 he re- 

 moved to Kentucky, a few years after settled in Washing- 

 ton, D. C., following the occupation he pursued in Salem. 

 He married Florence E., daughter of the late Gilbert Tap- 

 ley of Dauvers, who survives. Admitted to membership, 

 Sept. 8, 1858. 



Thorpe Fisher died in Salem, Dec. 9, 1885. He was 

 the son of Moses and Louisa (Thorpe) Fisher, and was 

 born at Fraucestown, N. H., April 24, 1804. He came 

 to Salem in early life and was engaged in several occupa- 

 tions. In his declining years he was interested in the cul- 

 tivation of his garden, contributing to the exhibitions of 

 the Institute many specimens of choice fruits and flowers. 

 An original member. 



Rev. Sumner Ellis, D.D., died in Chicago, 111., Jan. 

 26, 1886. He was born in North Orange, Franklin 

 County, Mass., May 17, 1828. He was installed pastor 

 of the Universalist society, Salem, Feb. 1, 1854, and closed 

 a successful ministry, Sept. 1, 1858. The society flour- 

 ished by his earnest labors. Admitted to membership, 

 Jan. 8, 1858. 



