OBITUARY.

Hon. George Heywood, one of Concord's oldest and best known citizens, died Sunday evening at his residence. He had been in failing health for several weeks, but had been confined to his house only a short time.

Mr. Heywood entered Harvard in 1844 and after graduation studied law with Hon. Samuel Hoar and Hon. E. Rockwood Hoar, being admitted to the bar in 1850. In his early manhood he took an active interest in local affairs, in which he was very prominent during a greater portion of his life.

Mr. Heywood and his ancestors had held the town clerk's office for 107 year. He was a member of the state legislature during most of the years between 1862 and 1875 and was on Governor Long's and Governor Butler's Executive Councils. He had also been president of the Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Co., and of the Concord National Bank.

Mr. Heywood belonged to the "Social Circle," the oldest and most select club in Concord, which was formed in 1782 and grew out of the famous Committee of Safety.