66 THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 



HENRY OSBORNE died at the Salem Hospital, August 

 14, 1886. He was son of Henry and Mary (Ward) Os- 

 borne, born in Salem on the second of January, 1809. 



In early life he was a hatter and for many years was 

 associated with his brother, the late Stephen Osborne, and 

 continued the business for several years after his brother's 

 death. Their store on the corner of Essex and Central 

 streets was one of the oldest in the city. He was a man of 

 quiet habits and of sterling integrity. His wife was Louisa 

 Shreve born Jan'y 14, 1817, daughter of Isaac and Hannah 

 (Very) Shreve ; one son Rev. Louis S. Osborne, graduate 

 Harvard, 1873, Rector of Trinity Church, Chicago, 111., 

 survives. Admitted to membership March 29, 1854. 



AUGUSTINE STANIFORD PERKINS died at Salem, on Mon- 

 day morning, Dec. 13, 1886, son of Aaron and Sarah 

 (Staniford) Perkins, born at Ipswich May 13, 1813. He 

 was for many years an energetic and active shipmaster in 

 the Zanzibar trade, and was one of the original "forty- 

 niners" in command of the barque Eliza which sailed from 

 Salem in December, 1848, and was one of the first vessels 

 that went to California at the time of the gold discovery. 

 Admitted to membership Feb. 22, 1854. 



GEORGE C. PEIRCE, of Peabody, died after a long ill- 

 ness, on Thursday, Nov. 11, 1886. He was born in Med- 

 ford, May 2, 1814, son of Jonathan andLydia (Osborne) 

 Peirce. In early life he entered the employ of the late 

 Caleb Peirce as a dyer, afterwards a manufacturer, and 

 about 1850 introduced a new industry, the making of 

 Russia caps and lambs' wool cork soles. He was public 

 spirited and interested in the affairs of the town ; chief 

 engineer of the fire department in 1868 and was one of 

 the committee on the introduction of water ; for several 

 years captain of the Danvers Light Infantry. He leaves 



