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TOPSFIELD DEATHS
PEABODY, Wallace N., s. Luther, Aug. 9, 1882, a. 9 m. 23 d. (Died in Marblehead, body brought into town.)
Warren W., s. Moses and Lydia, dysentery, Sept. 17, 1851, a. 10 m. 1 d.
William A., s. Ebenezer and Abigail, dysentery, Sept. 15, 1851, a. 1 y. 10 m. 18 d.
-, s. Luther A. and Nettie B. (Jaquith), stillborn, Jan. 31, 1898.
-, ch. Luther A. and Nettie B., stillborn, Mar. 19, 1899.
PEARSON, Augustus, s. Daniel and Mary, b. Georgetown, croup, Nov. 30, 1850, a. 2 y. 7 m.
Charles H., s. Daniel and Mary J. (Hobson) (both dec'd), Apr. 23, 1873, a. 17 y. 8 m. 6 d. (Died in Salem, interred by Haverhill road. Father b. in West Newbury, mother in. Rowley.)
Levi, s. Amos and Lucy (Ross), cancerous ulceration of the stomach, Mar. 10, 1881, a. 69 y. 6 m. 21 d. (Died in Georgetown.)
PECK, Grace Catharine, wid. Nathaniel, d. - Harkly, b. England, consumption, Oct. 28, 1855, a. 48 y. (Her 1st. marriage was to Thomas Barker. Interred at Ipswich.)
PEIRCE, Annie E., June 27, 1861, a. 15 y. 7 m. (Died at Dover, N. H., body brought into town.)
Mary L., w. Thomas W., d. Phillip and Mary (Lincoln) Cur- . tis, b. Boston, puerperal convulsions, July 25, 1862, a. 38 y. 9 m. 4 d. (Birthplace of her father Sharon, Mass., of mother, Boston. Interred at Mt. Auburn.)
William, Jan. 15, 1861, a. 36 y. 7 m. (Died at Dover, N. H., body brought into town.)
-, ch. Thomas W. and Mary L., July 24, ? 1862. (Lived about 12 an hour. Father b. in Dover, N. H., mother in Boston.)
PERKINS, Abby Frances, d. Caleb K. and Mary L., influenza, Feb. 16, 1859, a. 2 m.
Albert C., school teacher, s. Nehemiah and Lydia, Sept. 22, 1896, a. 63 y. (Died in Brooklyn, N. Y., body brought into town.)
Amos, m., shoemaker, s. Robert and Esther, consumption, Sept .. 8, 1851, a. 63 y. 5m.
Amos, widr., shoemaker, s. Amos and Betsey (Brown), paraly- sis, Nov. 29, 1894, a. 83 y. 10 m. 18 d.
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PERKINS, Anna, d. Zebulun and Mary, consumption, Feb. 12, 1851, a. 65 y.
Arthur, s. Thomas and Elizabeth W., consumption, Aug. 29, 1858, a. 4 m. 20 d.
Arthur K., fracture of skull, fell from a burning building, Nov. 20, 1893, a. 30 y. (Died at Memphis, Tenn., body brought into town.)
Augusta L., w. George H., d. David and Adeline Story, b. Gloucester, Aug. 20, 1860, a. 28 y. (Died in Danvers. In- terred here.)
Benjamin, m., farmer and bootmaker, s. Robert, Jr. and Es- ther, cystitis, Apr. 3, 1858, a. 72 y. 20 d.
Benjamin Austin, m., farmer, s. Nehemiah and Lydia (Brad- street), suicide by drowning, Oct. 19, 1891, a. 67 y. 4 m. 7 d.
Benjamin C. Esq., m., s. David and Nabby, farmer, dropsy, Dec., 26, 1850, a. 47 y.
Betsey, w. Ezra, d. - Redden, consumption, Apr. 9, 1850, a. 69 y.
Betsey, wid. Amos, who d. Sept. 8, 1851, d. Samuel and Olive Brown, congestion of lungs, b. Boxford, Sept. 12, 1872, a. 82 y. 5 m.
Caleb Kimball, m., shoemanufacturer, s. Nathaniel and Judith, consumption, Aug. 25, 1861, a. 30 y. 9 m.
Charles D., m., farmer, s. Dudley Q. and Mary A., sunstroke, July 4, 1878, a. 24 y. 9 m. 16 d.
Charlotte, wid., d. Jacob and Sophia (Wildes) Towne, b. Hamilton, pneumonia, Mar. 19, 1880, a. 68 y. 2 d.
Clarence Webster, s. J. W. A. and Nellie A. (Gallup), pneu- monia, May 4, 1892, a. 2 y. 7 m. 3 d.
Daniel, m., shoemaker and farmer, s. Elijah and Ruth, heart disease, Sept. 7, 1862, a. 60 y. 2 m.
David, m., farmer and shoemaker, s. David, Jr. and Nabby, carbuncle, June 17, 1860, a. 68 y. 10 m. 15 d.
David Granville, m., farmer, s. David and Hannah G., strang- ulation of intestine, Dec. 12, 1893, a. 65 y. 9 m. 6 d.
David Pratt, m., farmer, s. Jacob and Mary ( Pratt), pneumo- nia, Feb. 1, 1883, a. 49 y. 3 m. 17 d.
Dennis Augustus, m., operative, s. Elbridge F. and Rebecca (Perkins) (Dodge), Dec. 17, 1884, a. 35 y. 2 m. 9 d. Dolly, wid. Elisha, who d. Dec., 17, 1872, d. Elisha and Mer-
cy Perkins, b. Wenham, heart disease, July 6, 1863, a. 84 y. 11 m.
Dudley, widr., farmer, s. Elijah and Ruth (Fisk), accidental, Sept 2, 1879, a. 83 y. 9 m. 27 d.
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PERKINS, Dudley Quincy, m., farmer, s. Dudley and Sarah (Perkins), Bright's disease, June 28, 1889, a. 64 y. 3 m. 22 d.
Edmund Kimball, s. Thomas and Elizabeth W., consumption, Jan. 20, 1850, a. 2 y. 2 m.
Elbridge Fiske, m., farmer, s. Dudley and Sally, chronic car- diac disease, Feb. 1, 1895, a. 75 y. 2 m. 12 d.
Elijah, widr., farmer, s. Samuel and Dorothy, old age, Oct. 31, 1851, a. 85 y. 10 m. 15 d.
Elisha, m., farmer and shoemaker, s. Zebulun and Mary chronic diarrhoea, Dec. 17, 1852, a. 71 y. 11 m. 14 d.
Elizebeth W., wid., housewife, d. Daniel M. and Elizebeth
(Webber) Perkins, heart disease, Mar. 27, 1898, a. 80 y. 10 m. 24 d.
Esther Jane, d. Amos and Betsey, consumption, Ang. 11, 1854, .a. 22 y.
Ennice, w. Amos, d. Perley and Sarah (Perkins) Balch, pa- ralysis, Dec. 31, 1878, a. 67 y. 3 m. 10 d.
Ezra, widr., shoemaker and farmer, s. Samuel and Dorothy, apoplexy, Apr. 26, 1859, a. 80 y. 2 m. 9 d.
Frederick, s. Dudley Q. and Mary A., lung fever, Jan. 10, 1852, a. 3 m. 20 d.
George C., s. Nathaniel and Lucy, b. here, Dec. 28, 1858, a. 20 y. 10 m. 19 d. (Died at Wenham, body brought into town.)
Gertrude Lydia, d. Albert C. and Caroline C. (Peabody), chronic gastritis, Mar. 27, 1886, a. 15 y. 9 m. 11 d. (Died in Brooklyn, N. Y. Parents b. Topsfield. Body brought into town.)
Hannah, wid. of Robert (his 2nd. wife), d. Zebulun and Mary, consumption, July 19, 1855, a. 76 y. 9 m. 14 d.
Hannah, wid. David, who d. here June 17, 1860, d. Joseph and Joanna Green, b. Beverly, Feb. 25, 1871, a. 75 y. 5 m. (Died at Beverly.)
Henry, m., cooper, s. John and Miriam (Smith), b. Salem, old age, Ang. 17, 1865, a. 78 y. 4 m.
Hezekiah B., widr., shoemaker, s. John and Sarah (Ireland), b. Rowley, old age, Nov. 25, 1878, a. 88 y. 9 m. 5 d.
Horace Elmer, student, s. Joseph and Susan M. (Ray), ty- phoid, Mar. 26, 1885, a. 22 y. 9 m. 7 d. (Died Poughkeep- sie, N. Y.)
Howard W., s. Edward H. and Ella F. (Porter), scarletina, Mar. 9, 1892, a. 4 y. 11 m. (Died at Newburyport, body brought into town.)
Jane Haskell, m., d. Samuel and Jane H. Giles, b. Marble- head, pneumonia, Apr. 19, 1880, a. 58 y. 4 m. 12 d.
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PERKINS, Jennie Marion, d. David P. and Adeline J. (Phil- lips), typhoid fever, Sept. 15, 1892, a. 19 y. 11 m. 18 d. John P., widr., farmer, s. Jacob and Mary, b. Salem, old age, May 2, 1897, a. 75 y. 7 m. (Died at Beverly, body brought into town.)
John William A., shoemaker, m., s. William and Lydia (Day),
b. Georgetown, railroad accident, Jan. 13, 1891, a. 38 y. 2 m. 5 d. (Died at Danvers R. R. Junction, 11.45 A. M.) Joseph, m., farmer, s. Jacob and Mary ( Pratt), lung fever, Dec. 18, 1869, a. 39 y. 5 m. 15 d.
Judith, wid. Nathaniel, who d. Ang. 31, 1854, d. - Smith, dropsy, Apr. 29, 1858, a. 70 y. 4 m.
Justin Winfield, commercial traveller, s. Elbridge Fisk and Susan Irene (Adams), appendicitis, July 23, 1892, a. 28 y. 1 m. 19 d.
Lewis K., s. Thomas (dec'd) and Elizabeth W. (Merrill), Oct. 12, 1863, a. 21 y. ( Died at hospital on Folly Island, N. C. Enlisted for 3 y. Aug., 1862, in 40th. Mass. Reg. Co. F. Not interred here.)
Lucy, wid. Benjamin C. Esq., d. Capt. Ebenezer and Mercy Peabody, consumption, Apr. 2, 1853, a. 40 y.
Lucy, w. Henry, d. William and Susan Gilbert, b. Gloucester, palsy, June 27, 1859, a. 68 y. 11 m.
Lucy, wid. Moses, who d. in Danvers, in Nov., 1858, d. Ne- hemiah and Sarah (Russell) Wilkins, b. Middleton, old age, Dec. 9, 1868, a. 93 y. 1 m. 10 d. (Interred at Mid- dleton. )
Lucy, wid., d. Paul and Nancy ( Porter), b. Wenham, Nov. '1, 1888, a. 75 y. 7 d.
Lydia, w. Nehemiah, d. Moses and Lydia (Peabody) Brad- street, apoplexy, Sept. 12, 1867, a. 71 y. 8 m. 4 d.
Lydia, w. Hezekiah B., d. Timothy and Polly (Burnham) Ross, b. Essex, palsy, Ang. 18, 1871, a. 87 y. 4 m. 25 d. Lydia, wid. William B. who d. Dec. 5, 1868, d. Elijah and Ruth (Fiske) Perkins, paralysis, Feb. 3, 1876, a. 77 y. 9 m. 9 d.
Lydia B., domestic, d. Nehemiah and Lydia (Bradstreet), pa- ralysis, Ang. 20, 1897, a. 79 y. 4 m. 15 d.
Lydia D., m., housewife, d. Eben and Hannah (Hodgkins) Day, b. Gloucester, consumption, Oct. 11, 1895, a. 73 y. 2 m. 4 d.
Lydia M., d. William B. and Margaret M. (Homan), scarlet fever, July 12, 1879, a. 3 y. 6 m. (Died in Danvers.)
Mary, wid. Jacob, who d. Nov. 5, 1841, d. John and Mary
Pratt, b. Salem, consumption, July 24, 1858, a. 54 y. 4 m.
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PERKINS, Mary A., w. Theron D., d. Jerry and Mary (Shep- ard) Balch, cancer of breast, Mar. 31, 1888, a. 34 y. 9 m. 15 d. (Died at Lynn, body brought into town.)
Mary Abbie, wid., housekeeper, d. Israel and Mary (Rundlett) Elliott, heart failure, Apr. 28, 1896, a. 66 y. 8 m. 3 d. Mary Jane, housekeeper, d. Jacob and Mary (Pratt), b. Sa- lem, apoplexy, Mar. 18, 1897, a. 68 y.
Molly, wid. of Ephraim P., who d. Dec. 11, 1843, d. John and Lucy Peabody, old age, Jan. 9, 1864, a. 92 y. 8 m. 3 d. Moses Bradstreet, farmer, s. Nehemiah and Lydia (Brad- street), congestion of lungs, Apr. 28, 1881, a. 54 y. 10 m. 11 d.
Nabby, d. David and Nabby, old age, Mar. 13, 1851, a. 64 y. Nathaniel, m., shoemaker and farmer, s. Ezra and Elizabeth, heart disease, Aug. 31, 1854, a. 68 y. 9 m.
Nehemiah, widr., farmer, s. Robert and Esther (Gould), in- fluenza, Apr. 8, 1881, a. 87 y. 6 d.
Nehemiah, s. Nehemiah and Lydia, heart disease, Dec. 19, 1892, a. 71 y. (Died at Auburn, Me., body brought into town.)
Proctor, Jr., s. Proctor and Susan E., b. Gloucester, lung and typhoid fever, Feb. 22, 1869, a. 19 y. 10 m. 10 d.
Proctor, m., farmer, s. Henry and Lucy (Gilbert), meningitis, Mar. 19, 1889, a. 62 y. 6 m. 6 d. (Died at Gloucester, body brought into town.)
Ralph H., s. William B. and Margaret M. (Homan), cholera infantum, Aug. 29, 1874, a. 6 m. 16 d.
Rebecca, wid. Henry (his 2d. wife, her 3rd. husband, who d. Aug. 17, 1865), d. John and Sarah Perkins, paralysis, Aug. 9, 1870, a. 78 y.
Rebecca H., wid. Benjamin T. who d. 1858, d. - Ashby, dropsy, Jan. 27, 1863, a. 72 y. (Died at Danvers, interred here.)
Rebecca P., w. Elbridge F., d. Benjamin and Rebecca H. Per- kins, consumption, Jan. 26, 1858, a. 43 y. 6 m. 20 d. (Her 1st m. with William P. Dodge who d. 1842.)
Rodney Dennis, m., shoemaker, s. Dudley and Sarah, typhoid fever, Aug. 31, 1859, a. 38 y. 6 m. 24 d.
Ruth Esther G., housekeeper, d. Nehemiah and Lydia (Brad- street), cancer and heart disease, May 27, 1879, a. 47 y. 9 m. 28 d.
Sarah, d. Thomas (dec'd) and Elizebeth W. (Merrill), con- gestion of brain, Mar. 3, 1869, a. 18 y. 10 m. 14 d.
Sarah, w. Dudley, d. Robert and Mary (Emerson) Perkins, disease of spine, Dec. 2, 1874, a. 81 y. 4 m. 15. d.
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PERKINS, Thomas, m., farmer and carpenter, s. Thomas and Sarah, consumption, Oct. 29, 1858, a. 44 y. 7 m. 2 d. Thomas A., shoemaker, s. Thomas (dec'd) and Elizabeth W., b. Wenham, consumption, Aug. 4, 1865, a. 25 y. 4 m. 19 d. William B., m., farmer, s. Nehemiah and Sarah, b. Wenham, disease of brain, Dec. 5, 1868, a. 62 y. 8 m.
William P., shoemaker, s. Amos and Betsey, consumption, Nov. 17, 1852, a. 24 y. 7 m. 23 d.
Willie, s. Josiah P. and Phebe W. (Tole), jaundice, June 7, 1868, a. 10 d.
-, d. Josiah P. and Phebe W., jaundice, Nov. 23, 1861,. a. 10 d.
-, d. Josiah P. and Phebe W. (Tole), stillborn, Nov. 25, 1877.
-, d. Josiah P. and Phebe (Tole), stillborn, Sept. 15, 1883.
-, ch. Albert C. and Caroline ( Peabody), b. Exeter, N. H.,. stillborn, Oct. 2, 1885.
PERLEY, Abigail, w. Moody, d. John and Elizabeth Gould, old age, Jan. 23, 1851, a. 81 y.
Ann Maria, w. Osgood, d. Silas and Phebe ( Batchelder) Lake, b. Middleton, Oct. 25, 1818, suicide, Aug. 12, 1875, a. 56. y. 9 m. 17 d.
Artemas W., m., farmer, s. Nathaniel and Mehetable, b. Box -. ford, disease of heart, Jan. 6, 1862, a. 85 y. 11 m. 7 d. (Interred at Boxford.)
Arthur Warren, s. E. Horace and Susie Isabelle (Hood), b .. Durham, N. H., cholera infantum, Oct. 26, 1884, a. 4 m. 25 d.
Charles Lemuel, s. John F. and Louisa A., dropsy in head, Dec. 4, 1859, a. 1 y. 8 m. 24 d.
Charles P., s. Thomas W. and Harriet L. (Gould), congestion of the lungs, Dec. 23, 1866, a. 7 y. 3 m. 24 d.
Clarissa, wid. Solomon, at home, d. Samuel and Olive (Gage)
Brown, b. Boxford, pneumonia, Apr. 11, 1881, a. 83 y .. 6 m.
Edwin Augustus, s. Frank, b. Lynn, Oct. 15, 1896, a. 2 m. 3 d. (Died at Lynn, body brought into town.)
Elizebeth, wid., housekeeper, d. William [and Elizabeth, (Wildes) Wait], cardiac disease, Oct. 15, 1897, a. 82 y .. 7 m.
Hosea Ballou, s. John and Lydia (Towne) (she dec'd), debil- ity from a broken leg, Jan. 4, 1875, a. 40 y. 5 m. 25 d.
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PERLEY, Huldah, wid., 3rd w. Artemas W. who d. in 1862, d. Zaccheus, Jr., and Anna (Brown) Gould, palsy, Nov. 27, 1874, a. 87 y. 21 d. (Died in Hamilton. Father b. here, mother, Boxford.)
John, farmer, s. John and - - (Dwinell), b. Linebrook Par- ish, Ipswich, disease of heart, Jan. 4 or 5, 1880, a. 75 y. 8 m. (He lived alone and was dead when found.)
John F., widr., carpenter and farmer, s. Francis, apoplexy, Nov. 15, 1893, a. 69 y. 4 d.
John S., s. John and Lydia (Towne) (she dec'd), b. Ipswich? heart disease, Feb. 11, 1874, a. 43 y. 10 m. 20 d. (Died in Boxford, near Middleton line, interred by Haverhill road. His father b. in Ipswich, mother, Topsfield.)
Louisa A., w. John F., at home, d. Robert and Mary Ann (Woodward) Whitaker, b. Salem, N. H., anaemia, chron- ic, July 30, 1881, a. 59 y. 2 m. 17 d.
Lydia, w. John, d. Ebenezer and Lydia (Averell) Towne, May 22, 1873, a. 64 y. 11 m. 22 d.
Mary, wid., nurse, d. Nathaniel B. and Ruth (Towne) Wells, b. Boxford, hemiplegia, May 2, 1881, a. 71 y. (Interred Boxford.)
Mary A., w. Nathaniel, d. Thomas and Lois Moore, disease of the nerves, Oct. 20, 1857, a. 28 y.
Mary Goodwin, d. Eliza M., Aug. 8, 1862, a. 1 y. 10 m. 22 d: (Died in Danvers, interred here.)
Nathaniel, s. Nathaniel and Mary Ann, scrofula, May 21, 1858, a. 9 m. 23 d.
Nathaniel, m., shoemaker, s. Francis and Louisa (Gould), consumption, Apr. 8, 1864, a. 36 y. 11 m.
Osgood, widr., teamer, s. Francis and Louisa (Gould), b. Box- ford, heart, kidneys, and bladder, Jan. 8, 1886, a. 70 y. 8 m. 28 d.
Parker Brown, farmer, s. Solomon and Clarissa (Brown) b. Boxford, heart disease, Nov. 10, 1893, a. 75 y. 8 m. 2 d. Samuel Holten, shoemaker, s. Artemas W., b. Boxford, con- sumption, Mar. 10, 1850, a. 35 y.
Solomon, m., farmer, s. Solomon and Sarah Bixby, old age, Dec. 9, 1866, a. 74 y. 1 m. 24 d. (Died at Boxford, in- terred here.)
Susie J., May 15, 1898, a. 35 y. (Died at Boston, body brought into town.)
Thomas W., m., restaurant keeper, s. Charles and Esther (Gould), b. Boxford, consumption, Feb. 9, 1871, a. 40 y. 18 d.
William Nathaniel, s. Nathaniel (dec'd) and Mary E. (Crow- ell), dysentery, Aug. 30, 1868, a. 4 y. 11 m.
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PETERSON, Cynthia Warner, m., housewife, d. David and Rebecca H. (Pike) Towne, chronic nephritis, Dec. 11, 1899, a. 61 y. 1 m. 5 d.
Lou E., w. Walter S., housewife, d. Fred and Elizabeth (Green) Brantigam, b. St. Louis, Mo., haemoptysis phthi- sis, Mar. 25, 1890, a. 21 y. 9 m. 25 d.
PETTENGILL, Jasper Rea, s. Moses E. and Lydia W., chol- era infantum, Aug. 17, 1856, a. 5 m.
Lydia W., July 15, 1897, a. 69 y. 5 m. 21 d. (Died at Dan- vers, body brought into town.)
Moses E., m., farmer, s. Moses and Lydia, b. Danvers, broken back, etc., by a fall from a tree, Dec. 2, 1857, a. 32 y.
PHILBROOK, Mary S., wid., d. - Fox, b. Meredith, N. H., cancer, Aug. 25, 1881, a. 79 y. 2 m. (Died in Dan- vers. )
PHILLIPS, Adeline Gould, wid., d. Zaccheus and Anne (Hood) Gould, disease of heart and cancer, July 5, 1892, a. 75 y. 4 m. 7 d.
Bessie Gertrude, d. Erwin T. and Ruth G. (Lake), cerebro spinal meningitis, Apr. 24, 1873, a. 2 y. 11 m. 18 d.
Charles R., s. Charles A. and Mary E. (Munday), b. Boston, bronchitis, Nov. 27, 1876, a. 9 m. 27 d. (Died in Bos- ton, father b. here, mother b. Middleton.)
Elizabeth H., w. Richard, Esq., d. Briggs R. and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Reed, b. Weymouth, consumption, Aug. 21, 1870, a. 58 y. 8 m. 4 d.
Henry W., farmer, pneumonia, May 8, 1897, a. 56 y. 4 m. 5 d. (Died at Lynn, body brought into town.)
Jane, w. Richard, Sen., d. Philip and Mary [Le] Grove (or Grow), b. Marblehead, heart disease, Apr. 20, 1854, a. 85 y. 6 m. 20 d. (Her 1st m. with T. Talbot.)
Mary Jane, at home, d. Richard and Jane (Legro), old age, Mar. 14, 1899, a. 89 y. 1 m. 14 d.
Maud E., d. Charles A. and Mary E. (Munday), b. Boston, membraneous croup, Mar. 9, 1874, a. 1 y. 9 m. (Died in Boston. Father b. here, mother, Middleton.)
Richard, Sen., m., shoemaker and farmer, s. Richard, old age, Nov. 4, 1869, a. 84 y. 9 m.
Richard, Esq., agent (formerly teacher and shoe manufactur- er), s. Richard and Jane (Grow), typhoid fever, Jan. 18, 1876, a. 67 y. 9 m. 2 d.
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PHILLIPS, Ruby W., d. Erwin T. and Ruth G. (Lake), double pneumonia, Mar. 3, 1881, a. 1 y. 4 m. 4 d.
Susan Jane, d. Richard Phillips, Jr., Esq. and Elizabeth H. (Reed), July 11, 1850, a. 8 y. 10 m.
Timothy M., m., shoemaker and carpenter, s. Timothy and Judith (Shaw), b. Salem, cancer in stomach, Mar. 22, 1877, a. 66 y. 2 m. 5 d. (Mother died here Sept., 1854.
PICKARD, Augusta M., d. Henry A. and Abbie A. (Kneel- and), whooping cough and congestion of lungs, Ang. 18, 1876, a. 4 m. 2 d.
PICKETT, Annie T., d. Richard and Kate, b. Lynn, meningi- tis, Oct. 11, 1890, a. 1 y. 11 m. 19 d. (Interred at Lynn.)
PIERCE, Abraham Towne, s. Abraham and Phebe (Towne), b. Rindge, N. H., old age, Aug. 3, 1870, a. 81 y. 5 m. (Died at Boxford, interred here; father b. in Lincoln, mother in Topsfield.)
Catharine Cornelia, w. T. W., at home, d. Judge Cook, b. Cooperstown, N. Y., bronchitis and embolism, July 7, 1881, a. 45 y. (Interred Mt. Anburn.)
Lucy, d. Andrew, b. Dover, N. H., hemorrhage, small pox, Nov. 18, 1872, a. 42 y. (about.)
Lurene, 2d. w. of Abraham T. who d. at Boxford, Ang., 1870, b. Rindge, N. H., consumption, Apr. 26, 1874, a. 67 y. 2 m. 28 d. (Died in Danvers, interred by Haverhill road.) Nettie Gertrude, d. Stephen M. and Abbie E. (Perkins), tuber- cular meningitis, May 7, 1880, a. 11 y. 11 m. 12 d. Thomas J., s. Stephen M. and Abbie E. (Perkins), diphtheria, Jan. 18, 1876, a. 8 y. 9 m. 26 d.
Thomas Wentworth, widr., merchant, s. Andrew and Betsey (Wentworth), b. Dover, N. H., heart, Oct. 2, 1885, a. 67 y. (Died at Clifton Springs, N. Y., interred at Mt. Auburn. Father b. Gloucester, mother b. Dover. Body brought into town.)
Willie F., s. Stephen M. and Abbie E. (Perkins), inflamma- tion of brain and spine, Apr. 30, 1872, a. 1 y. 6 m. 9 d.
PIKE, Benjamin, widr., farmer, s. Benjamin and Dolly (Ten- ney), congestion of the lungs, Feb. 23, 1888, a. 90 y. 1 m. Benjamin F., shoemaker, s. Benjamin and Huldah D., con- sumption, Sept. 11, 1855, a. 22 y. 10 m. 1 d.
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PIKE, Dolly, d. Benjamin and Dorothy (Tenney), debility, ยท Feb. 20, 1893, a. 92 y. 7 m. 20 d.
Dorothy, wid. Benjamin, d. Nathaniel Tenney, b. Byfield Par- ish, old age, Nov. 17, 1853, a. 96 y. 3 m.
Huldah, w. Benjamin, d. Moses and Huldah Dorman, b. Box- ford, congestion of lungs and heart disease, June 24, 1867, a. 62 y. 3 m.
Ithamar E., s. Benjamin and Huldah (Dorman), consump- tion, May 14, 1866, a. 28 y. 11 m. 9 d.
PINGREE, Annar, wid. Asa, d. Moses and Annar Perkins, heart disease, June 10, 1853, a. 82 y.
Annar, d. Asa and Annar (Perkins), b. Rowley, old age, Jan. 27, 1875, a. 77 y. 6 m. 28 d. ( Placed in tomb and removed to Harmony Grove, Salem.)
Asa, Hon., b. Feb. 25, 1807, farmer, s. Asa and Annar (Per- kins), b. Bridgeton, Me., heart disease, June 25, 1869, a. 62 y. 4 m. (Interred at Harmony Grove, Salem.)
Daniel W., m., farmer, s. Parker P. and Hannah A., scarlet fever, June 14, 1885, a. 31 y. 5 m. 2 d.
Lydia W., d. Daniel W. and Carrie A. (Elliott), scarlet fever, June 28, 1885, a. 5 y. 4 m.
Sarah, w. Asa B., d. Thomas and Sarah Perkins, b. here, July 2, 1851, a. 43 y. (Died at Rowley, body brought into town.)
PLACE, Franklin C., paralysis of throat, July 14, 1897, a. 72 y. 4 m. 28 d. (Died at Somerville, body brought into town.)
POOL, Anna Eliza, d. Daniel and Mary S. (Yeaton) Bartlett, b. Kittery, Me., oedema of the lungs, Apr. 30, 1892, a. 72 y. 7 m. 24 d.
POOLE, Antoinette, w. Orlando B., d. Thomas P. (dec'd) and Harriet Ann (Field) Munday, consumption, Mar. 26, 1872, a. 27 y. 7 m. 16 d.
Benjamin, Jr., attorney, s. Benjamin and Ann E. (Bartlett), b. Eliot, Me., disease of brain, July 28, 1882, a. 38 y. 9 m. 16 d.
Orlando B., m., machinist, s. Benjamin and Ann Eliza (Bart- lett), b. Wentworth, N. H., pneumonia and pleurisy, July 12, 1897, a. 52 y. 3 m. 6 d.
POOR, Arthur P., s. Alvin T. and Annie P. (Reed) Lincoln, diphtheria, Apr. 17, 1879, a. 1 y. 3 m. (Died in Danvers, adopted, son of - Poor.)
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POOR, Eva, d. Joseph B. and Mary E. (Janes), diphtheria, June 26, 1893, a. 4 y. 9 m.
PORTER, Francis L., s. Ira and Harriet (Towne), consump- tion and asthma, Aug. 11, 1869, a. 27 y. 1 m. 28 d.
Harriet, wid. Ira, d. Jacob and Sophia (Wildes) Towne, gan- grene of foot, Dec. 22, 1892, a. 82 y. 6 m. 25 d. Ira, m., farmer, s. Daniel and Sarah (Peabody), old age, July 25, 1881, a. 90 y. 17 d.
Josephine A., w. Frank, d. Jacob and Sarah (Towne) Towne, melancholia and acute mania, Dec. 8, 1889, a. 41 y. 6 m. 21 d.
Mary E., d. Oliver and Susan D., b. Boxford, dysentery, July 24, 1851, a. 2 y. 10 m. 20 d. (Interred at Hamilton.)
-, s. Frank and Josephine A. (Towne), stillborn, Apr. 18, 1883.
POTTER, Albert, s. John and Mehetable, farmer, drowning, Aug. 30, 1850, a. 7 y.
Hannah W., w. John H., d. Robert and Mary Ann Whitaker, b. Atkinson, N. H., consumption, Nov. 25, 1855, a. 30 y. Herbert M., s. John H. and Sarah C. (Kneeland), erysipelas, Jan. 11, 1882, a. 20 y. 8 d.
John, m., farmer, s. Nathaniel and Phebe, b. Ipswich, drown- ing, Aug. 30, 1850, a. 50 y. 9 m. (Mr. Potter and son Albert left home Aug. 30, and were found drowned in a creek in Ipswich marshes Sept. 1, undoubtedly drowned the day they left home.)
Louie Archer, s. Henry H. and Mary Ella (Andrews), con- vulsions, July 28, 1884, a. 2 y. 9 m. 12 d.
Lydia, wid., housekeeper, gastric enteritis, July 6, 1898, a. 64 y. 5 m. 5/ d. (Died at Lynn, body brought into town.)
Mary J., d. John and Mehetable, palsy, Oct. 14, 1851, a. 4 y. Nathaniel, Aug. 4, 1882, a. 46 y. 10 m. (Died in Plaistow, N. H.)
Sarah C., w. John H., housekeeper, d. Humphrey and Mary (Chapman) Kneeland, congestion of lungs, Dec. 11, 1895, a. 70 y. 1 m. 4 d.
PRATT, Henry, m., farmer, s. Schuyler and Olive (Jay), b. Salisbury, Ct., heart disease, Apr. 19, 1880, a. 55 y. 3 m. 8 d.
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PRATT, Nellie Adeline, d. Horace M. and Harriet A. (Gould), b. Lynn, July 4, 1876, membraneous.croup, Apr. 1, 1877, a. 8 m. 27 d. (Grand daughter of Ariel H. and Lois Au- gusta (Munday) Gould. Father b. Wakefield, mother b. Topsfield. Died in Lynn, body brought into town.)
PRAY, Reuel Benton, m., cigar maker, s. Reuel and Mehit- able, b. Salem, chronic nephritis, Oct. 6, 1896, a. 58 y. 6 m.
PRESCOTT, Elisabeth, d. Levi and Eliza (Ricker), b. San- ford, Me., heart disease, Apr: 6, 1862, a. 44 y. 7 m. 23' d. (Died in Boston, interred here.)
PRICE, Richard, m., broker, s. Eben N. and Hannah (Shreve) b. Salem, typhoid fever, Dec. 19, 1886, a. 45 y. 10 m. 26 d. (Interred Harmony Grove, Salem.)
PRINCE, George, s. Rev. John, D. D., of Salem (dec'd), b. Salem, scrofula, May 12, 1867, a. about 74 y.
PUTNAM, Eunice, wid. Jeremiah, d. - Boardman, palsy, May 2, 1851, a. 73 y. (Interred at Danvers.)
QUINCY, Dorothy, d. Charles F. and Etta M. (Ives), b. Bos- ton, enteritis, Sept. 1, 1882, a. 7 m. (Interred Salem.)
QUINT, Alfred F., m., laborer, s. Thomas B. and Jane (Ar- cher), b. Orford, N. H., cerebro-spinal-meningitis, Oct. 20, 1879, a. 31 y. 4 m. 22 d.
Harry T., s. Alfred E. and Mary, heart disease, Dec. 9, 1878, a. 5 m. 25 d.
RADDY, Patrick, widr., s. Patrick, b. Waterford Co., Ireland, cholera morbus, Aug. 16, 1873, a. 64 y. (Interred at Sa- lem.)
RALPH, George, b. Canada East, drowning, a little below R. R. bridge over river, a resident of Danvers, came into Topsfield on day of death, July 31, 1870, a. 21 y.
RANDLET, Huldah R., d. Phineas and Nabby (Kimball), b. Boxford, old age, July 19, 1892, a. 87 y. 7 m. 7 d. (In- terred Boxford.)
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RAY, Hattie S., w. John W., d. Ezra and Mary S. Batchelder, b. Danvers, Feb. 3, 1879, a. 32 y. 2 m. 14 d.
Louisa, w. William, d. Jesse and Abigail (Hardy) Coburn, b. Pelham, N. H., paralysis of the brain, Apr. 2, 1872, a. 61 y. 1 m. 16 d.
Louisa Cleveland, d. William and Louisa, lung fever, Feb. 12, 1852, a. 4 m. 4 d. (One of same name and parentage died in 1846.)
Mary J., wid., d. Robert and Mary A. Anderson, b. Salem, consumption, Oct. 27, 1859, a. 59 y. 4 m. (Her 2nd. hus- band died at Lynn or Marblehead, December previous.)
William, widr., farmer, s. Israel and Lois (Lamson), left hemiplegia, May 21, 1888, a. 87 y. 3 m.
REA, Eliza Ann M., w. Israel, d. Nathaniel and Sally, Mason, b. Sullivan, N. H., lung fever, Mar. 5, 1868, a. 66 y. 7 m. (Died at almshouse.)
Israel, farmer, widr., s. Israel and Lois (Lamson), apoplexy, Feb. 17, 1883, a. 79 y. 11 m. 17 d.
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