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Henry Parkinson, of Nashua. He, Robert, met with reverses and became a poor man when his children were small. Notwithstanding, such was the inspiration descending through him and their faithful mother, — also a teacher in early life, — that he has since been represented : by students in Dartmouth, Harvard, and Bowdoin : in Johns Hopkins and Berlin Universities ; and in Andover, Union, and Hartford Theological Seminaries : by tcacliers, in every grade of pub- lic and private schools, and academies, and in college tutorship and professorship. Of his eight children, five have been successful teachers for periods ranging from a few to forty years. Of his twelve living grand- children, eight have had successful experience in teaching ; seven have completed a college curriculum ; one is in college ; and one having been in a year is out teaching. The other three are graduates of high schools, the youngest of whom may yet enter college. A divine proverb affirms that a good man leaves an inheritance to his children's childreii. Such was the inheritance left by " Master Parkinson." May it be multiplied and extended to the latest generation.

��OILMAN TUTTLE.

��GILMAN Tuttle was born in Sanbornton, N. H., October 4th, 1818. As a boy, with nothing but his hands to rely on, le drifted to Lowell, Mass., and later to Boston, where, after establishing a business and, with characteristic generosity, admitting a younger brother to an interest in his growing fortunes, he became one of the heaviest contractors of the metropolis.

As a builder, his works praise him, and hundreds of the finest residences in Boston as well as business blocks without number in the " burned district " and elsewhere, attest the thoroughness of his handiwork.

Horticultural Hall, with numerous imposing school edifices built for the city, a portion of the United States sub-treasury and postoffice, Boston, breweries, and family hotels, gives evidence of an enterprise and ability of which no man need be ashamed. The shrinkage of a large amount of real estate, in 1875, proved disastrous, and he left Boston with the wreck of his fortune and a brave heart to end his days away from the bustle and turmoil of the city, amoag his loved New Hampshire hills.

A man of simple tastes, honesty of purpose, unbounded hospitality, and charitable habits, his place as friend and neighbor will long remain unfilled.

As a husband and father his first thought was of his family and all that goes to make home what it should be, and nothing was neglected to promote the comfort of the stranger within his gates. While the community can ill afford to lose a public-spirited citizen who stands ready to further any work of public improvement to the extent of his means and hands. He was a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows societies, the latter participating in the funeral exercises which were largely attended by sympathizing friends. Mr. Tuttle died in East Concord, N. H., May 27th, 18S0, after a lingering illness of four months, — a sad sequel to an industrious and energetic career.

He leaves a widow and two daughters, — Mrs. C. E. Staniels and Mrs. John E. Frye, both of East Concord. Two aged brothers, — Gen. B. S. Tuttle and B, C. Tuttle, Esq., of Meredith Village, — still survive him.

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