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the present cashier, B. F. Newhall. He married Loiiisa 

 Page, of Danvers, July 5, 1844. In 1850, he petitioned 

 the legislature for the charter of the Danvers Savhigs Bank, 

 and was appointed the first treasurer, and to his earnest 

 efforts the success of the bank is largely due ; he resigned 

 his Position in 1884, and was followed by Israel H. Put- 

 nam ; he was town treasurer for twenty-eight successive 

 years, resigning in 1881 or 82. He was the first treasurer 

 of the Gas Light Co., organized in 1860, and was con- 

 spicuously identified with the building of the Essex R. R. 

 to Lawrence. He was also one of the earliest and most 

 influential advocates for the introduction of the Middleton 

 water into Danvers, and, as treasurer, negotiated the sale 

 of the bonds to pay the cost of the works. Durlng all his 

 residence in Danvers, he was closely identified with the 

 best interests of the town, and has been one of its foremost 

 Citizens, filling these niany important positions and filling 

 them well. Few amongst men have been more implicitly 

 trusted. 



Admitted to membership July 16, 1866. 



Frederick Winsor, a well known resident of Winches- 

 ter, Mass., died at Hamilton, Bermuda, Feb. 25, 1889, 

 whither he went with a view to the restoration of his health, 

 which had been failing for some months. The immediate 

 cause of death was pneumonia, and in accordance with his 

 own request, he was laid to rest on the lovely shores of 

 Bermuda. 



Dr. Winsor was born in Boston, Oct. 2, 1829 ; son of 

 Thomas and Welthea (Sprague) Winsor. He pursued his 

 preparatory studies in the Boston Latin School, graduating 

 in the class that entered that school in 1842 ; he brought 

 to the College athorough preparation and scholarly habits, 

 and was graduated at Harvard in the class of 1851, and at 



