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religioiis life and teachings of the fathers were frequently 

 expressed in his sermoiis, aiid alwayscommanded interest 

 and attention ; the two hnndred and tiftieth anniversary 

 of its Organization, August the first, 1879, was duly com- 

 memorated by him with appropriate Services. His heart was 

 in his church work ; he had meetings with the teachers 

 of tlie Snnday school ; he sought the children ; lie loved 

 hymns and church music ; wherever he went,the methods 

 and doings of the First church had a voice to represent 

 them. As a reader of impressive hymns and stirring 

 Verses, he had no superior in this Community. 



He was a firm believer in the principles of Free Mason- 

 ry,andbecame deeply interested in the work of the order, 

 and that interest continued unabated tili the last days of 

 his life, a period of thirty-eight years ; at the time of his 

 death, he was chapl.iin of the Grand Lodge of Massachu- 

 setts, of Starr King Lodge, Washington R. A. Chapter, 

 Sutton Lodge of Perfection and Salem Council, and until 

 his health faiied he was always a regulär attendant at the 

 meetings ofthose bodies. 



Admitted to membership, May 21, 1877. 



Henry Franklin King, a retired shipmaster of Salem, 

 died at the residence of his sister, Mrs. Charles HofFman, 

 Chestnut St., Salem, on Thursday morning, Nov. 22, 

 1888, of Angina pectoris. He was a son of Capt. Henry 

 and Elizabeth (Gould) King,i born in Salem, May 6,1811. 

 His father Capt. Henry King was born at Hudson, N. Y., 

 and was probably descended from Samuel King, who was 

 born in England in 1633 ; the father William, the mother 

 Dorothea, himself and four other children, sailed from 

 Weymouth, England, for this country March 20, 1635, 

 and settled in Salem. 



1 Henry Kiug and Elizabeth Gould were married July 2'2, 1810. 



