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 THIS VOLUME CONTAINS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF 
 
 LEADING CITIZENS OF 
 
 CUMBERLAND COUNTY 
 
 MAINE 
 
 "Biography is the home aspect of history" 
 
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 Biographical Review Publishing Company 
 
 1896 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 IN all this wide earth there is nothing else so interesting and important as human 
 life ; and the history of individual lives is recognized as, at its best, one of the 
 
 most attractive and valuable forms of literature. It behooves every generation 
 to write its own records, to leave behind its own memorials. The present volume of 
 local biogi'aphies, carefully prepared from materials furnished by the patrons of the 
 work, is issued by the publishers in the confident hope that it will prove satisfactory 
 as the fulfilment of promise and a work of permanent value. These pages treat of 
 earnest toilers of to-day and of yesterday, workers with hand and brain, who have 
 been largely instrumental' in the industrial, social, and political development of 
 Cumberland County — men and women who, taking life in "earnest," have made 
 "footprints on the sands of time." The conquests here recited are of mind over 
 matter and circumstance. 
 
 To preserve the memory of local worthies, as well as of national celebrities, is 
 to foster home ties, local attachments, and patriotism, and to encourage good citizen- 
 ship. Furthermore, to borrow the words of an eminent speaker, " Whatever fame 
 great achievements may bestow, whatever honors the world may give, it is ever the 
 most cherished hope of every seeker after fame and fortune to be kindly remembered 
 and lovingly honored on the spot which gave him birth." 
 
NEAL DOW. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHIGAL 
 
 the age when 
 demands, gave 
 service of his 
 
 General neal dow, who 
 
 is "greatest in great things," 
 was born in Portland, Me., 
 March 20, 1804. He is yet 
 interested, active, and influ- 
 ential in his chosen field 
 of philanthropic, reformatory 
 labor. To be able to say 
 that in the closing months of 
 1895 of one who was born 
 when the century was but three years old; who 
 was engaged in affairs before John Quincy 
 Adams attained the Presidency; who in early 
 manhood achieved success in business; who 
 served his city and State in civil positions 
 with distinction ; who, after 
 men are exempt from such 
 three years to the ' military 
 country, commanding successively a regiment, 
 a brigade, and a division, suffering mean- 
 'while sickness in hospital and wounds in 
 battle and subsequently confinement in mili- 
 tary prisons; whose form has been familiar for 
 more than the lifetime of a generation on plat- 
 forms in over a score of States in this country; 
 who has been a welcome speaker in the largest 
 cities of the English-speaking world; who has 
 reached the people through the press of three 
 continents during all this time; and who even 
 now looks forward to work to be done rather 
 than back upon that accomplished — is to prove 
 that Neal Dow, of whom it is said, has won a 
 place on the roll of. the world's great and 
 grand old men. 
 
 The subject of this sketch is of English 
 stock. His ancestry on both sides came to 
 this country from England in the first half of 
 the seventeenth century. His race has been 
 a long-lived one, his family records showing 
 
 many who lived beyond the allotted age of man. 
 He is a lineal descendant of John Dow, who 
 resided in Tylner, Norfolk County, England, 
 dying there in 1561, whose grandson, Henry, 
 was the first of the family to come to America, 
 settling in Hampton Falls, N.H., in 1637. 
 On the maternal side Neal Dow is descended 
 from Christopher Hall, who was the earliest 
 settler of the family in this country. His 
 parents, Josiah and Dorcas (Allen) Dow, were 
 members of the Society of Friends, as indeed 
 were his ancestors on both sides for three 
 generations. His mother died in 1851 at 
 seventy-seven years of age, and his father in 
 1861 at ninety-five. 
 
 Possessing by inheritance British pluck and 
 Quaker patience and persistency, physical and 
 mental vigor, Neal Dow was providentially 
 prepared to be a leader in a great reform. His 
 boyhood presaged the man. He was educated 
 in the town schools and in the Portland Acad- 
 emy and at the Friends' Academy in New Bed- 
 ford, Mass. In the latter school among others 
 he had for a classmate the late Moses H. Grin- 
 nell, of New York; while in the Portland Acad- 
 emy among his school-fellows was Henry 
 Wadsworth Longfellow. He was fitted for 
 college; but, because of the prejudices which 
 then generally prevailed amOng the Friends 
 against it, his parents would not permit him to 
 pursue a collegiate course of study. Plis love 
 for reading was never abated, and books have 
 been his closest companions through his life. 
 He was far from a recluse, however, and in his 
 youth entered with ardor into all the athletic 
 sports of the period. Twice it- has been his 
 good fortune to turn his skill and strength as 
 a swimmer to account in the saving of life. 
 
 Neal Dow's attention was early given to 
 
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 business. His father, who had been a teacher, 
 established a tannery, building up a successful 
 business, to which Neal succeeded. His in- 
 tuitive judgment and flash-light perception 
 unusually qualified him for affairs; and " a 
 ..comfortable competency, which he soon ac- 
 quired, enabled him early to withdraw much 
 of his attention from business pursuits to de- 
 vote his time, at first largely and later almost 
 wholly, to the cause that he early espoused. 
 During his active business career his assistance 
 and advice were sought in many enterprises 
 which served to develop his city and State; 
 and he was found in the directorate of banks, 
 railroads, manufacturing and other business 
 corporations. 
 
 As was the case with most of the active 
 young men of his time, he was connected with 
 the volunteer fire company, rapidly rising to 
 be its chief. Under his charge the Portland 
 Fire Department became famous for discipline 
 and efficiency. Jt is undoubtedly true that the 
 confidence and respect which he won in that 
 capacity attached to him a corps of earnest, 
 active young men who materially aided him in 
 the contests in which he was afterward in- 
 volved. His first temperance speech resulted 
 from his connection with this department. He 
 was twenty-three years of age and clerk of the 
 Deluge Engine Company, which voted to fur- 
 nish liquors on an anniversary occasion. Upon 
 the declaration of the vote young Dow took 
 the floor, and following his speech the com- 
 pany reversed the vote and established a prece- 
 dent which it always followed during its 
 existence, and which soon became the rule 
 throughout the Portland Fire Departinent. 
 Thus in 1827 the majestic moral victor was 
 born. 
 
 From that time on his efforts at reform have 
 been unremitting. In 1829, in an address 
 before the Maine Charitable Mechanics' As.so- 
 ciation, he called attention to the subject ; and 
 in the same year he introduced in its meetings 
 a proposition to abolish the custom then pre- 
 vailing among employers of furnishing liquor 
 to their workmen, and the ringing of the 
 eleven and four o'clock town bell, with which 
 up to that time for many years it had been cus- 
 tomary to notify laborers that the usual hour 
 for dram drinking had come. With such a 
 
 beginning, encountering as he did almost, 
 single-handed and with marked success the 
 social customs and prejudices of the day, it 
 was inevitable that his field of labor should 
 broaden ; and after 1830 he sought every oppor- 
 tunity with pen and speech to awaken . the 
 public conscience and to impress upon his 
 fellow-citizens a sense of their personal respon- 
 sibility. 
 
 He and his friend, the now venerable Hon. 
 William W. Thomas, of this city, with a few. 
 of their associates, took the first steps in organ-.- 
 izing the Young Men's Total Abstinence So- ^ 
 ciety of Portland. He was also active at that' *' 
 early day in procuring the enforcement of the 
 penal provisions of the then existing license 
 legislation against the violators of those laws. 
 It was at that time that the necessity of legis- , 
 lative suppression of the traffic forced itself, 
 upon his mind. Progress was slow. The road 
 over which it was made was steep and tugged, • 
 involving the severing of social fies, the break- . 
 ing of political connections, the sacrifice of 
 time and money, of comfort and of pleasure. 
 •All this Neal Dow accepted without faltering. ■ 
 One of the first results of the agitation \yas; ? 
 the enactment of a law, practically the loea|;^| 
 option system prevalent in some States to-day, 
 which permitted selectmen of towns andalder- 
 men of cities to submit to the people the ques- 
 tion whether licenses should be granted. In 
 -1839, under its provisions, Mr. Dow appeared 
 before the aldermen to oppose the granting: 
 of licenses. As a result the question was 
 submitted to the people. The vote favored 
 license by a considerable majority, but aye^r:;: 
 or two later the public expression was reversed 
 by a large majority. 
 
 In pursuing the work Mr. Dow, with others, 
 took long tours into different parts of the^/;: 
 State. Meetings for arousing public interest.fi 
 were held in school-houses, in town halls, '' 
 where these existed, and in churches, and 
 where, as was sometimes the case, none of 
 these could be obtained, in private houses, 
 or, when the weather -would permit, out of 
 doors. This was before the days of railroads;, 
 and Mr. Dow travelled with his own team, 
 often accompanied by one or two or three others. 
 Some of these tours involved two hundred 
 miles of travel in open sleighs with the ther- 
 
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 mometer at times below zero. This method of 
 agitation continued for a term of years ex- 
 tending from about 1835 to 1850. Meanwhile 
 Mr. Dow had appeared at nearly every session 
 of the legislature, advocating the enactment of 
 a law prohibiting' the liquor trafific, but with in- 
 different success. At first the result was a 
 vote authorizing the petitioners to withdraw ; 
 then the measure would be passed in one house 
 to be rejected in the other; the next year, per- 
 haps, the latter branch would pass the bill and 
 the former reject it; later still both houses 
 approved the measure, leaving to the Governor 
 the responsibility of vetoing it. 
 
 In 1851 Neal Dow, who had been in poli- 
 tics a Whig, was nominated by that party as 
 its candidate for Mayor of Portland. This 
 nomination was brought about rather by the 
 rank and file than by the party leaders, to 
 many of whom the selection of Mr. Dow as 
 a candidate was far from agreeable. A con- 
 siderable number of what were at the time 
 called "Liberal Whigs," under the guidance 
 of some of the leaders of the party, bolted the 
 nomination; but Mr. Dow was elected by a 
 larger vote than had ever been given to a Whig 
 candidate before. 
 
 A few weeks after his election Mr. Dow 
 again appeared before the legislature and advo- 
 cated the prohibition of the liquor trafific. He 
 had formerly appeared before that body simply 
 as a private citizen : now he took with him 
 whatever of weight and influence his official 
 station could add to his character and ability 
 as an individual. The legislature was Demo- 
 cratic in both branches, and some of the war 
 horses of that party did not take kindly to a 
 measure urged upon them by a representative 
 Whig. An amusing but earnest speech made 
 by a leading Democrat begged Democrats not 
 to follow "this popinjay Whig, Lord Mayor 
 of Portland." But the bill passed both 
 branches of the legislature just as it was 
 written by Mr. Dow. This was on May 31, 
 1851. On June 2 it was signed by Governor 
 Hubbard, also a Democrat. It is safe to say 
 that no measure of only local effect ever at- 
 tracted wider attention than did that enact- 
 ment, which earned world-wide celebrity as 
 the "Maine Law. " Similarly the fame of its 
 author commenced its extension in constantly 
 
 widening circles throughout the English- 
 speaking world. 
 
 ' Upon Mayor Dow fell the task of enforcing 
 this new and startling measure in the largest 
 city in the State. It demonstrated its effi- 
 ciency under an earnest and impartial enforce- 
 ment; and the marked results of the law for 
 good throughout the State not only firmly 
 established the policy of prohibition in the 
 convictions of the people of Maine, but 
 aroused agitation in behalf of similar legisla- 
 tion in several of the States in this country 
 and also in Great Britain. Mr. Dow's ser- 
 vices upon the platform and through the press 
 were widely sought; and, being relieved by a 
 defeat at the polls in the spring of 1852 from 
 the cares of the Mayoralty, he was able to re- 
 spond to many of those invitations, and 
 travelled extensively in the northern part of 
 the Union, addressing by request the legis- 
 latures of several States. In 1855 he was again* 
 elected Mayor of Portland as the first candi- 
 date for that position of the Republican party, 
 which was then just organized in Maine. He 
 was unanimously elected as a Representative 
 to the State legislature in 1858, and re- 
 elected in 1859. In 1857 he visited England 
 and Scotland by invitation of the United King- 
 dom Alliance, and addressed audiences in all 
 the larger cities. 
 
 In the latter part of 1861, after the first flush 
 of war enthusiasm had expended itself and 
 enlistments were dull. Governor Washburn, 
 of Maine, requested Mr. Dow to raise a regi- 
 ment of volunteers; and about the same time 
 the Secretary of War commissioned him to re- 
 cruit a battery of artillery. He was made 
 Colonel of the Thirteenth Maine Regiment, 
 and was ordered to the Gulf Department under 
 General Butler. On the way thither the 
 steamer "Mississippi, " in which was Colonel 
 Dow with a portion of his regiment, and a 
 Massachusetts regiment also under his com- 
 mand, was wrecked off Frying Pan Shoals. 
 The occasion afforded an opportunity for the 
 display of his wisdom and fortitude in trying 
 circumstances. He was shortly after commis- 
 sioned Brigadier-general by President Lincoln, 
 and was in command at Fort St. Philip and 
 also at Pensacola, Fla. , and subsequently of 
 the defences of New Orleans to the north 
 
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 of the city. He participated with his brigade 
 in the first assault upon Port Hudson, where he 
 was wounded, and, while convalescing at a 
 farm-house within the Federal lines, was capt- 
 ured by a party of -Confederate cavalry. He 
 was confined at Libby Prison, at Mobile, and 
 again at Libby Prison, for some nine months, 
 when he was exchanged for" General Fitz 
 Hugh Lee. Finding his health and strength 
 impaired by the exposure of army life and the 
 hardships of his imprisonment, he then re- 
 signed his commission, and upon the conclu- 
 sion of peace returned with unflagging zeal to 
 his labors for the promotion of temperance, in 
 which he has ever since been engaged. 
 
 From the inception of the troubles incident 
 to the election of President Lincoln, Mr. Dow 
 was active with speech and pen in support of 
 a policy which should at once preserve the 
 Union and abolish slavery. At the suggestion 
 of his friends in Great Britain, with a view to 
 counteracting the machinations of the enemies 
 of the Union there, he wrote many articles for 
 publication in English journals; and, by tend- 
 ing to show that the war was precipitated upon 
 the country in an effort to perpetuate and ex- 
 tend slavery, he was enabled to render good 
 service to the cause of freedom. While he 
 was connected with the army he devoted all 
 his leisure to this work, with such result upon 
 the public sentiment of Great Britain that he 
 was formally thanked therefor by the Union 
 Emancipation League of Great Britain and the 
 United States Minister at. the Court of St. 
 James. 
 
 On January 20, 1830, Mr. Dow married 
 Maria Cornelia Durant Maynard, of Boston, 
 a woman of culture and refinement. Mrs. 
 Dow died on January 13, 1873. Of the ten 
 children born of this marriage, but four are 
 living— Mrs. Louisa Dwight Benton, of Lan- 
 caster, N.H. ; Emma Maynard Gould, of Bos- 
 ton, Mass. ; Frederick Neal Dow, recently 
 Collector of the Port of Portland; and Cor- 
 nelia Maynard Dow, of Portland, who presides 
 over her father's home. 
 
 On March 20, 1894, Mr. Dow attained the 
 age of ninety years. Anniversary celebrations 
 were held all over this country, and two hun- 
 dred in Great Britain, many in Australia, and 
 several in other parts of the world, among 
 
 them one in Jerusalem. Congratulatory mes-- 
 sages, letters and floral offerings, and fornjal 
 addresses ppured in upon him from all sides. 
 The Old World and the New, and many foreign 
 tongues, as well as his native language, contrib- 
 uted to the memorable occasion. The State 
 Board of Trade, then in session in Portland, 
 passed appropriate resolutions upon the occa- 
 sion, congratulating General Dow upon his 
 great services to the State, and appointed a 
 committee to wait upon him and convey the 
 "good wishes and irespect of its members. The 
 city government of Portland did the same. 
 
 The immense audience which filled the City 
 Hall of Portland in the evening exchanged mes- 
 sages by cable with a great gathering in Free. 
 Trade Hall, Manchester, England. Among 
 the distinguished speakers at the Portland cel- 
 ebration were Governor H. B. Cleaves and ex- 
 Governor Selden Connor. A portrait of Gen- 
 eral Dow was presented, to be placed in the 
 rotunda of the State capitol; and the Hxan. 
 James P. Baxter, Mayor of Portland, who pre- 
 sided, said : — 
 
 "No son of Portland has thrown about it 
 such a halo of wholesome light as the man 
 whose ninetieth birthday we celebrate to-night. 
 He sits here as an example for the old and 
 young, and may the memory of this night 
 long live with our people. " 
 
 J^^ATHANIEL DEERING. merchant, 
 came to Portland, then Falmouth, in 
 
 Is V 1 76 1, from Kittery, where he was 
 
 born January 29, 1736. He was of 
 the fifth generation in descent from George 
 Deering, who was one of the early emigrant^; 
 to this country, coming from Devonshire, 
 England, about 1635, and settling at Black 
 Point, now part of Scarboro, Me., not far from 
 Richmond Island. 
 
 His son, Roger Deering, died in Kittery in 
 1676, leaving a son, Clement Deering, who 
 married Jgan Bray, a daughter of John Bray, 
 of Kittery. Joan Bray's sister Margery mar- 
 ried William Pepperell, and became the 
 mother of Sir William Pepperell. Clemenf 
 peering died in 1701. His son, John Deed- 
 ing, was born June 17, 1680, and married 
 Temperance Fernald, a daughter of William 
 
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 Fernald, whose wife was a Miss Langdon, a 
 member of the well-known New Hampshire 
 family of that name, being a grand-daughter 
 of the Tobias Langdon who married Eliza- 
 beth Sherburne. John Deering was a sea 
 captain, and commanded for many years 
 vessels of his cousin, Sir William Pepperell, 
 in their foreign voyages. His son, John 
 Deering, was born July 16, 1710, married 
 Anne Dunn, of Boston, and was the father of 
 Nathaniel Deering. The second John Deering 
 also was a sea captain, and he died at sea in 
 1758. 
 
 The responsibility of providing for his 
 mother with her large family thus fell upon 
 Nathaniel, and in order to better his condition 
 he came East and settled at Falmouth. His 
 family soon followed him; and before long his 
 mother married Deacon James Milk, a promi- 
 nent merchant and ship builder here, with 
 whom Nathaniel associated himself in busi- 
 ness. In 1763 James Milk, a son of Deacon 
 Milk, married Mary Deering, a sister of Na- 
 thaniel, which event was followed the next 
 year by the marriage of Nathaniel Deering to 
 Dorcas Milk, a daughter of Deacon Milk, 
 and in 1766 by the marriage of his brother, 
 John Deering, .to Eunice Milk, another daugh- 
 ter. Willis, in his history of Portland, says 
 of these marriages, "This quadruple alliance 
 formed a strong family cement, and concen- 
 trated the efforts and extended the influence of 
 prominent and enterprising men, which en- 
 abled them to accumulate property and create 
 a large business." 
 
 Nathaniel Deering' s mother died in 1769 
 at the age of fifty-eight; and in 1772 Deacon 
 James Milk died, leaving a large estate to be 
 divided among his children. Among other 
 portions was the large and valuable tract of 
 land lying between Exchange and Market 
 Streets and extending from Middle Street to 
 low water mark. Nathaniel Deering lived in 
 a house which stood on the corner of Exchange 
 and Fore. Streets till it was destroyed in the 
 bombardment of the town by the British in 
 1775. After this he purchased and occupied 
 the land on the corner of Exchange and 
 Middle Streets, upon which the post-ofifice 
 now stands. He was actively interested in all 
 town affairs, and was twice chosen Selectman, 
 
 his associates being General Peleg Wadsworth 
 and John Fox, these being the first Selectmen 
 chosen after the separating of Falmouth and 
 Portland in 1786. 
 
 In 1776, the commerce of the town having 
 suffered severely from the depredations of the 
 British cruise^, Mr. Deering bought and fitted 
 out the ship "Fox " as a privateer; and, letters 
 of marque and reprisal being issued by Gov- 
 ernor John Hancock to Mr. Deering, John Fox, 
 and Deacon Titcomb, the "Fox" did consider- 
 able damage to the property of the enemy. 
 Mr. Deering subsequently sold one-half of the 
 "Fox" to Messrs. Fox and Titcomb. After 
 the Revolutionary War was over he was the 
 first to resume business in the town, engaging 
 largely in commercial enterprises, to accom- 
 modate which and to promote the mercantile 
 facilities of the town, he extended the pier 
 which had belonged to Mr. Milk and himself, 
 near the foot of Exchange Street, and at that 
 time called Deering's Wharf, into the spacious 
 wharf which from its extent took the name of 
 Long Wharf, and was for many years the 
 principal centre for the shipping of the port. 
 It was begun in 1793; and here Mr. Deering, 
 having taken his son James into partnership 
 with him, transacted a large commercial busi- 
 ness, and co-operated extensively with such 
 well-known merchants as the Amorys, Grays, 
 Dexters, and Derbys, in their varied enter- 
 prises. 
 
 Purchasing large and valuable tracts of land 
 in different parts of the city, he laid the foun- 
 dation of the Deering and Preble estates. 
 Among the purchases made by him was the 
 beautiful grove of oaks, containing about fifty 
 acres, known for so many years as "Deering's 
 Oaks," and immortalized by Longfellow in his 
 poem of "My Lost Youth." This grove his 
 descendants wishing to preserve gave in 1879 
 to the citizens of Portland for a public park 
 on the condition that it should be kept for 
 that purpose forever. The family at one time 
 declined an offer of fifty thousand dollars for 
 it from the city of Portland. 
 
 Mr. Deering died September 14, 1795. A 
 man of energy, business capacity, and un- 
 swerving integrity, he was universally re- 
 spected; and his death, when in the vigor of 
 life and in the midst of large enterprises, was 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 a serious loss to the community. His widow, 
 a woman remarkable for her strong common 
 sense and excellent judgment, survived him 
 until 1826. She was greatly interested in the 
 First Parish of Portland, and was one of the 
 founders of its charity fund. Mr. Deering 
 left two children — James Deering, of whom 
 an account will be found below; and Mary 
 Deering, who married in 1801 Commodore 
 Edward Preble of the United States Navy, cel- 
 ebrated for his bombardment of Tripoli. 
 
 -AMES DEERING, a distinguished mer- 
 chant of Portland, was born August 23, 
 1766, and was the eldest of the two 
 children of Nathaniel Deering. He 
 received his education principally at the Dum- 
 mer Academy at Byfteld, Mass., then the most 
 frequented institution for preparatory studies 
 in New Engl^and, under the care of the well- 
 known Master Moody. Commodore Preble 
 and other young men from Portland were also 
 sent there in the absence of all means of in- 
 struction at home during the disastrous period 
 of the war. On his return and before coming 
 of age, James Deering entered into commercial 
 business with his father, a connection that ter- 
 minated only at the death of the latter. The 
 heavy responsibility then cast upon the son 
 was relieved by the practical sagacity of his 
 mother, which enabled him to continue the 
 improvements of the estate in various direc- 
 tions, especially the erection of the brick 
 blocks on the easterly side on Exchange 
 Street, commencing at the foot in 1797 and 
 going up the street to Middle Street. By his 
 judicious management, aided by the growing 
 prosperity of the town, he accumulated a large 
 estate. 
 
 He married Almira Ilsley, a daughter of 
 Enoch Ilsley, Esq., a prominent and influen- 
 tial citizen, in March, 1789; and they lived 
 in uninterrupted happiness for more than 
 sixty-one years. In 1804 Mr. Deering, having 
 purchased some years previously the farm in 
 Westbrook in the vicinity of Deering's Oaks, 
 built the present Deering mansion, and took 
 up his residence therein. At the time of his 
 death his estate there consisted of over two- 
 hundred acres and was a model farm. He 
 
 was a member of the Massachusetts Horticult- 
 ural Society, and introduced here the best 
 variety of fruit-trees that could_ be imported, 
 and always adopted the latest and best methods 
 of scientific farming. His stock was of the 
 best breeds, and usually took the prizes at 
 the county fairs ; if they did not, he at once 
 purchased those that did. His fondness for 
 real estate was proverbial. He bought large 
 tracts in different parts of the city and in the 
 suburbs, and time has shown the wisdom of 
 those investments. In the development of his 
 property he showed uncommon and far-seeing 
 liberality, giving street after street to the city 
 of Portland without asking for any compensa-f; 
 tion. In 1849 he gave the land for New State 
 Street, a broad and beautiful thoroughfare- over 
 seventy feet in width, running from Congress 
 Street to Deering's Oaks, and contributed in 
 addition seven hundred dollars toward making- 
 it. He also gave to the city part of the 
 Eastern Promenade, which ran through his 
 property for a long distance. He was greatly 
 interested in the building of the Atlantic & 
 St. Lawrence Railroad, and" was the largest 
 subscriber to its stock in Portland, and was 
 one of its first Directors. For many years he 
 was a Director in the Maine Bank. 
 
 Mr. James Deering was singularly exact, 
 conscientious, prompt, and methodical in all 
 his transactions, and required the like quali- 
 ties from those with whom he dealt. He was 
 at the same time a generous man, and freely 
 and largely contributed to all objects which 
 received his approbation; but he neither be- 
 stowed his charities nor performed any other 
 act of his life from ostentatious motives or 
 with desire for popular favor. This he never 
 courted. No man ever avoided notoriety 
 more sincerely than he did ; and his benefac- 
 tions to meritorious persons, which were fre- 
 quent and liberal, were privately conveyed, 
 the recipients never knowing their source. 
 In the domestic and social relations of life he 
 was kind, affectionate, and courteous. In no 
 house were friends or strangra-s received more 
 freely or entertained with more generous hos- 
 pitality. In the street his acquaintStaces were 
 always greeted with a smile. Forms and cere- 
 mony and all the artificial rules of society 
 were to him as distasteful as they usually are 
 
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 to guests. Many distinguished men were en- 
 tertained at his cheerful mansion, and his 
 manner of receiving them was most cordial 
 and unceremonious. He was of a bright and 
 happy temperament; and it is to the cheerful 
 views which he took of life, and his moderation, 
 that we may attribute the long period he was 
 permitted to enjoy its pleasures. Nor was he 
 insensible in his last sickness to the numerous 
 blessings which had surrounded him, or the 
 source from which they came; but he laid 
 them down in perfect calmness and resigna- 
 tion. 
 
 The death of a man of so many good quali- 
 ties was a severe bereavement, not only to the 
 family, but to the community in which he 
 lived. The poor lost a friend always ready to 
 relieve, and society an example of honorable 
 and successful effort, of cheerful, generous 
 sympathy, An obituary notice in the Portland 
 Advertiser concludes as follows: — 
 
 " He was one whom great wealth could not 
 intoxicate, and whose best sympathies, feel- 
 ings, and affections it could not dry up or 
 wither. 'In his intercourse with his fellow- 
 citizens of every class he was always, in real- 
 ity as well as in manner, the same genuine 
 republican, one of nature's gentlemen, al- 
 ways cheerful, interesting, and unaffected. 
 There was nothing about him to remind the 
 most humble that he was conversing with a 
 rich man. It was a matter unthought of in 
 his presence. As a consequence he was sin- 
 qerely respected and beloved to an extent that 
 but few wealthy men are." 
 
 After his death the name of the town of 
 Westbrook was changed to that of Deerin'g in 
 his honor. He died at the Deering mansion 
 on September 21, 1850, aged eighty-four 
 years, leaving a widow, a son, Nathaniel 
 Deering, and five daughters — Harriet and 
 Mary L. Deering, Mrs. Thomas Amory Du- 
 blois, Mrs. Henry Merrill, and Mrs. William 
 Pitt Fessenden. Harriet and Mary Deering 
 lived for many years at the family mansion, 
 carrying on the large farm left them by their 
 father with a reverential regard for his mem- 
 ory. Possessed of large wealth, they were en- 
 abled to do many deeds of private and public 
 charity. Never was a deaf ear turned by them 
 to any worthy appeal, and their names are 
 
 connected by generous contributions with 
 nearly every great and good work in the com- 
 munities of Portland and Deering. 
 
 I^ATHANIEL DEERING, author, son 
 of James Deering, was born in Port- 
 is V Ja-nd, June 25, 1791. At the time 
 of his birth his father resided on 
 the corner of Middle and Exchange Streets, 
 on the site of the First National Bank, the lot 
 upon which the house stood having been part 
 of the garden of Deacon James Milk, his great- 
 grandfather. In early boyhood Nathaniel 
 Deering attended the school of Mr. Patten; 
 and from there he went to Phillips Exeter 
 Academy, then under the charge of the well- 
 known and beloved preceptor, Benjamin Ab-' 
 hot, for whom Mr. Deering always enter- 
 tained the highest respect, and to wiiom he 
 subsequently dedicated his first play. After 
 finishing his preparatory studies at Exeter he 
 entered Harvard College, and was graduated 
 there in 18 10, standing fourteenth in a class 
 of sixty-three, and leaving with a reputation 
 of being a great wit and one of the best clas- 
 sical scholars in the college. Intending at 
 first to become a merchant, he spent some 
 time in the counting-room ; but, as his father 
 was anxious that he should adopt the law as a 
 profession, and as that was more congenial to 
 his tastes, he entered the law office of Judge 
 Ezekiel Whitman, Congressman, and one of 
 the most distinguished members of the bar in 
 the district of Maine. 
 
 Mr. Deering was one of the foremost in the 
 band of talented young men of the town, in- 
 cluding William Willis, Bellamy Storer, 
 Charles S. Daveis, and William P. Fessenden, 
 and others, who established a club for literary 
 and social purposes, and published in manu- 
 script an exceedingly bright and witty paper 
 called the Torpedo. Mr. Deering was the edi- 
 tor of this paper and one of its most constant 
 contributors. His services were also in de- 
 mand for Fourth of July orations and various 
 other public occasions, and as early as 1813, 
 at the dinner given by the citizens of Portland 
 to the officers of the United States brig " En- 
 terprise," he sang an ode composed by himself 
 for the occasion, of which the battle between 
 
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 the "Enterprise" and the "Boxer" was the 
 theme. He was admitted to the bar in 1815, 
 and began the practice of his profession in the 
 Kennebec valley, where he resided for some 
 years in the town of Skowhegan. 
 
 In 1824 he married Anna Margaret Hol- 
 well, the daughter of Major John Z. Holwell 
 of the British army, whose father, James Hol- 
 well, was a Lieutenant Colonel of the famous 
 Ninety-third Regiment of Foot, known as the 
 "Scots Grays," and whose great-grandfather 
 was John Z. Holwell, Governor of Bengal, 
 who commanded the English garrison at Cal- 
 cutta at the time of its capture by Surrajah 
 Dowlah in June, 1756, and with one hundred 
 and forty-five others was confined in the 
 terrible Black Hole of Calcutta, of whom only 
 twenty-three, including their commander. 
 Governor Holwell, came out alive. 
 
 Mr. Deering returned to Portland in 1836, 
 and gradually relinquished the law for the 
 more congenial pursuit of literature. He be- 
 came for a short time the- editor of a political 
 paper called the - Statesman, published in the 
 interests of Henry Clay; and during his life 
 he was a constant contributor to the daily 
 papers, nearly all of his articles appearing 
 anonymously. William Cullen Bryant, im- 
 pressed with his ability in this field, urged his 
 acceptance of a place upon the New York 
 E'vening Post ; but Mr. Deering, preferring to 
 remain in his native town, declined the flatter- 
 ing offer. In 1830 he published "Carra- 
 basset," a tragedy in five acts, founded upon 
 the story of the massacre of Father Rasle and 
 the Norridgewock Indians by the British in 
 1720, a theme suggested to him during his 
 residence in the vicinity of Norridgewock. 
 This was followed by the "Clairvoyants," 
 a comedy. Both these plays have been several 
 times produced upon the stage in Portland and 
 Boston. In 1851 he published his tragedy of 
 "Bozzaris," which is the most carefully 
 written of all his productions, the characters 
 being finely conceived and well sustained 
 throughout. The critics of the day all spoke 
 in the highest praise of the work. 
 
 As a humorous writer he became quite popu- 
 lar at one time; and some of his stories, as 
 II The Donation Visit," "Mrs. Sikes," and 
 "Tableaux Vivants," appearing originally in 
 
 the old Portland Gazette, Portland Transcript, 
 and Coleman's Magazine, were extensively 
 copied by newspapers in different parts of the 
 country. His brilliant wit, , sparkling repar- 
 tee, and striking bori-mots will long be re- 
 membered in his native town and vicinity. 
 His native humor was also manifested in sev- 
 eral ballads, political songs, and epigrams, 
 published in the periodicals of the day. But 
 it is in such beautiful poems as "The Grave," 
 "The Harp, "and "The Solitary," that Mr. 
 Deering showed the true poetic quality of his 
 mind, and indicated what he might have 
 written in a more serious vein. He was ex- 
 ceedingly musical in his tastes, and composed 
 a number of hymns and anthems, which ap- 
 pear;ed in various collections of sacred music, 
 and are still in use. 
 
 In 1858 Mr. Deering lost his eldest son^ 
 Edward Deering, a young man of brilliant 
 promise. For some years he. had been en- 
 gaged in business in Boston, and later came 
 back to Portland, and entered into mercantile 
 business. Generous by nature, endowed with 
 those qualities of person and manner that win 
 general favor, he was the idol- of a large circle 
 of devoted family friends, and he was equally 
 at home in the ranks of business men and in 
 society. 
 
 His second son, James Deering, at the be- 
 ginning of the Rebellion entered the navy, 
 and was on blockade duty on the frigate 
 " Santee " and other vessels for over tw;0 
 years. He was then transferred to the Mis- 
 sissippi squadron, commanded by Admiral 
 David D. Porter, and in 1864 received his 
 commission as Acting Ensign in the navy. 
 He was executive oflficer of the iron-clad gun- 
 boat "Ozark" during the Red River expedi- 
 tion, and was^ repeatedly complimented in the 
 reports of his' superior officers for h.ia gallant 
 and meritorious conduct at that time. He 
 remained on duty till the close, of the war, 
 when he resigned his position in the navy to 
 accept one in the Quartermaster's department 
 in the army, and was stationed on various 
 posts in the West. He died in 1876. Up- 
 right, generous, and open-hearted, no one had 
 fewer enemies or warmer friends. 
 
 In 1878, on the death of his last surviving 
 sister at the ancestral homestead in Deering, 
 
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 Nathaniel Deering, with his family, moved 
 out to the. family mansion, and resided there 
 in an exceedingly peaceful and happy old age 
 till his death, which took place on March 25, 
 1 88 1. He left one son, Henry Deering, and 
 three daughters — Harriet H. Deering, Mar- 
 garet D. Oilman, and Marion D. Noyes. 
 
 He was a man of sterling character, uniting 
 the strictest integrity with the sensitive ten- 
 derness of a woman. Possessed of great 
 talents, he was prevented by extreme modesty 
 and self-distrust from taking the position in 
 the community that was clearly his, and which 
 men of far less ability did take. No man was 
 more charitably disposed or more ready to re- 
 lieve the unfortunate, and no one more unpre- 
 tending in his daily walk. Singularly happy 
 in his home life, he was content that others 
 should strive for the brilliant prizes that 
 might easily have been his. We cannot find 
 a more fitting word with which to close this 
 notice than the following lines from his own 
 poem of "The Solitary": — 
 
 "■And iu his matchless features one might trace 
 The march of thought, the majesty of mind. 
 
 And his was one that learning had refin'd, 
 And it was full of high imaginings. 
 
 No more the joys of time and sense could bind 
 Him down to earth. On Fancy's fairy wings 
 
 He loved aloft to soar and muse on heavenly things." 
 
 'ON. WILLIAM W. CUTTER, Mayor 
 of the city of Westbrook, Me., a 
 leader in mercantile as well as po- 
 litical circles, was born at Cape 
 Elizabeth, Me., January 11, 1851. His par- 
 ents, Ephraim P. and Ardelia M. (Warren) 
 Cutter, were both natives of Cumberland 
 County, Maine. 
 
 Richard Cutter, his first progenitor in this 
 country, emigrated from the north of England 
 and settled in Cambridge, Mass., about the 
 middle of the seventeenth century; and in 
 Cambridge several generations of the family 
 lived and died. They were an energetic and 
 long-lived race, and reared large families. 
 Ammi Cutter, the great-grandfather of Mayor 
 Cutter, fought in the battle of Lexington; 
 and his death occurred on April 19, 1795, the 
 twentieth artniversary of that fateful engage- 
 
 ment. He was three times married, and was 
 the father of twenty-one children. 
 
 His son Simon, the father of Ephraim P. 
 Cutter, was born in Cambridge, Mass., in the 
 latter part of the eighteenth century. He was 
 educated at Ipswich Academy, graduating 
 therefrom, being especially proficient in math- 
 ematics. He taught navigation and survey- 
 ing for several years, both in Cambridge 
 and in Westbrook, Me., whither he moved 
 in 1806; but in the latter part of his life 
 he was engaged in the manufacture of lum- 
 ber. Injured by an accident in one of his 
 mills, he died about 1842, when fifty-four 
 years of age. Simon Cutter was a member of 
 the Commissary Department during the War 
 of 1812, and later was Colonel of the State 
 militia. He married Mrs. Christiana (Dyer) 
 Simonton, daughter of Captain John Dyer, of 
 Steuben, Me., a Revolutionary patriot who 
 raised and commanded a company of Conti- 
 nentals. Mrs. Christiana Cutter died in 
 Westbrook in 1852. 
 
 Ephraim P. Cutter was born in 1822 in 
 Westbrook, opening his eyes to the light in a 
 house which stood where now stands the hand- 
 some structure known as Odd Fellows Block, 
 in which is his son's place of business. 
 Reared to manhood in Westbrook, he there 
 learned the trade of a millwright, but subse- 
 quently worked in a number of different 
 places. In 1858 he went to California byway 
 of the Isthmus of Panama, and obtained em- 
 ployment in the ship yards on Mare's Island. 
 In 1862 he returned home, and after a short 
 stay made another visit to California, travel- 
 ling overland. He died in 1876. His wife, 
 Mrs. Ardelia M. Cutter, who was born in 
 1822, became the mother of four sons. She 
 now makes her home with her youngest son, 
 William W., enjoying the peaceful sunset of 
 a useful life. She is a member of the Univer- 
 salist church. Her other sons, who are all 
 married and living in Minnesota, are: Charles 
 P., a practical painter; Oscar L., a bank 
 cashier at Anoka; and Cassimer W., a retired 
 merchant. Soon after the birth of William 
 W. Cutter in Cape Elizabeth his parents re- 
 moved to Portland; and from there they went 
 to Lovell, from which town in the fall of 1^54 
 they came to Westbrook. He attended the 
 
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 common schools of the town and Gorham 
 Academy, and taught school for a while after 
 completing his studies. Possessed, however, 
 of a natural taste for mercantile life, Mr. 
 Cutter embraced the first opportunity to enter 
 the world of trade, obtaining employment in 
 the store of Mr. L. W. Edwards, a dry-goods 
 merchant, who is still in business in West- 
 brook; and he was subsequently employed as 
 clerk for one year in the large store of East- 
 man Brothers & Bancroft in Portland. Re- 
 turning to Westbrook, Mr. Cutter started in 
 business in a comparatively small way in 
 1883, putting in a stock of dry goods, boots, 
 and shoes. His enterprise prospered to such 
 an extent that he was soon obliged to seek 
 more commodious quarters, and he moved into 
 the large store which he now occupies in Odd 
 Fellows Block. This is situated in the very 
 heart of the thriving city of Westbrook, and is 
 the centre of an ever-increasing trade. 
 
 ■Mr. Cutter is man of inherent business abil- 
 ity, and has attained his present eminence 
 through his own unaided efforts. As a Repub- 
 lican of some local prominence, he has taken 
 an active part in public affairs. He was a 
 member of the School Board for two years, 
 held the ofifice of Treasurer of the town for 
 several years, and in 1892, one year after 
 Westbrook was granted a city charter, was 
 elected to the Common Council. The follow- 
 ing year he was re-elected, and chosen Presi- 
 dent of that body; and in the spring of 1895 
 he was elected Mayor of the city, being re- 
 elected in 1896. His administration has been 
 of the progressive order, and his integrity and 
 tact have won for him a warm place in the 
 hearts of his fellow-citizens. 
 
 Mr. Cutter was married in Westbrook in 
 187s to Miss Addie S. Hazleton, a native of 
 Westbrook, daughter of Ivory and Jane R. 
 Hazleton. One child has blessed their union, 
 a daughter, Elizabeth E., a young lady of 
 many gifts and accomplishments, who is still 
 pursuing her studies at the academy at Brad- 
 ford, Mass. 
 
 Mayor Cutter has been a member of Sac- 
 carappa Lodge, No. 11, Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows of Westbrook for twenty years, 
 and has held all the principal offices. He is 
 also a member of Temple Lodge, No. 86, 
 
 A. F. & A. M., of Westbrook, and a charter 
 member of Wawenock Tribe, No. 35, Im- 
 proved Order of Red Men of Westbroeik,; 
 in which organization he has held the most 
 important positions. Through hJs great- 
 grandfathers. Captain John Dyef and Ammi 
 Cutter, he is eligible to membership in the 
 Sons of the Revolution. 
 
 ILLIAM GORE, who at his late re- 
 tirement from active business life, 
 was the oldest merchant of Freeport, 
 was born in Roxbury, Mass. (now a part of 
 Boston), on November 23, 18 10, son of Paul 
 and Mary (Davis) Gore, both his parents being 
 natives of that place. His father, who was 
 born January 7, 1767, was a hatter, and 
 worked at his trade during the greater part of 
 his active life. He owned a small farm in 
 what is now Jamaica Plain, Mass., which he 
 cultivated for family needs, and was an indus- 
 trious and prudent man, one of the most pros- 
 perous citizens of old Roxbury. In politics a 
 Whig, he took an active part in public affairs, 
 and represented his district in the legislature 
 for a number of years. In religious belief he 
 was a Unitarian. He died at the age of 
 eighty-five. Paul Gore Street, Jamaica Plain, 
 to-day perpetuates his name. His wife, Mary 
 Davis, was one of fifteen children, thirteen 
 of whom married and established homes. She 
 was called to rest in her eighty-fourth year. 
 They were the parents of eight children, all of 
 whom reached maturity, but only one of whom 
 is now living— William, the subject of this 
 sketch. 
 
 William Gore was educated in the common 
 schools of Roxbury and at Newburyport 
 (Mass.) Academy. In 1826 he went to work 
 as clerk for his brother, Martin Gore, a dealer 
 in hats and furs in Portland. In the fall of 
 1827 he engaged with Dana & Smith, with 
 whom he remained nearly four years. In 1831 
 he removed to Freeport, and, forming a part- 
 nership with Samuel Holbrook, opened a gen- 
 eral store. This connection lasted five years, 
 at the end of which time Mr. Holbrook's 
 son, Samuel A., purchased his father's in- 
 terest ; and the firm of Holbrook & Gore con- 
 ducted a successful and growing trade for 
 
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 thirty years. Mr. Gore then became sole pro- 
 prietor of the establishment, which he con- 
 ducted alone for fifteen years, subsequently 
 taking William A. Davis as his partner, which 
 connection lasted fourteen years. At the end 
 of that time Mr. Gore sold his stock to E. B. 
 Mallett, Jr., and retired from active business, 
 having been engaged in trade for sixty-two 
 years, an unusual and gratifying record. He 
 looked well to the essentials of success in his 
 line, keeping first-class goods, promptly meet- 
 ing the demands of his customers, and dealing 
 courteously with all. 
 
 On August 5, 1835, Mr. Gore was married 
 to Helen Louisa Nye, who was born in Free- 
 port, October 11, 181 6, and is a daughter of 
 Nathan and Susan (Lazeel) Nye, her father 
 being a representative of one of the oldest 
 families of Freeport. Three children blessed 
 the union of Mr. and Mrs. Gore, of whom but 
 one is living — Clara W. , wife of C. C. Luce, 
 of Boston, Mass. Helen Louisa, who was 
 born October 11, 1836, died Augusts, 1894; 
 and William P., who was born September 8, 
 1844, died December 9, 1861. Mr. Gore is 
 one of the most respected citizens of Freeport, 
 well known on account of his long and honor- 
 able mercantile career, and active and ener- 
 getic to-day, though the frosts of eighty-five 
 years have silvered his hair. He votes the 
 Republican ticket, and is a member of the 
 Unitarian church, to which his wife also be- 
 longs. Among the oldest residents of this 
 place, they have witnessed many changes 
 during the growth of the town, and have made 
 friends among the representatives of three 
 generations. 
 
 "ON. FREDERICK ROBIE, Presi- 
 dent of the First National Bank of 
 Portland and ex-Governor of the 
 State of Maine, is a native resident 
 of Gorham, Cumberland County. He was 
 born on August 12, 1822, son of Toppan and 
 Sarah Thaxter (Lincoln) Robie, and is a de- 
 scendant of Henry Robie (or Roby), who is 
 supposed to have been born at Castle Dunning- 
 ton, Yorkshire, England, February 12, i6i8. 
 Henry Robie had at least two brothers, 
 Thomas and Samuel, the former living and 
 
 dying at Castle Dunnington. Of Samuel it 
 is recorded that he left home for America, but 
 his arrival was never heard of. Thomas Ro- 
 bie's son William emigrated to America, and, 
 settling in Boston, married Elizabeth Green- 
 ough ; and tradition says they reared fifteen 
 children. Their descendants still live in New 
 York, Illinois, and Michigan. 
 
 The exact date of the arrival in America of 
 Henry Robie, the far-off ancestor of ex-Gov- 
 ernor Robie, is not known. The first we hesMr'' 
 of him is that he was at Dorchester, Mass., 
 early in 1639. Pie went to Exeter, N. H., in 
 that year; and his name is appended to a pe- 
 tition signed by a number of the inhabitants of 
 Exeter, dated May 4, 1639, addressed to King 
 Charles I., declaring their allegiance to him 
 and their obedience to such laws as he should 
 make for the government of the colony and to 
 such wholesome regulations as they should 
 make for themselves. His name also appears 
 on a similar petition addressed to the Governor 
 of the colony asking that the town be laid out. 
 In 1653-54 Henry Robie went to Hampton, 
 and was Constable there in 1662. October 18, 
 1669, he was an attorney in a matter before 
 the court of Boston; and on July 13, 1680, he 
 was foreman of the grand jury. In 1683 he, 
 with other residents of Hampton, petitioned 
 the Colonial Governor to be freed from' head 
 money. The same year he was elected a mem- 
 ber of the Council from Hampton, and the 
 year following he was made a Justice of the , 
 Peace. He died in 1688, leaving a wife, 
 Sara"h, and the following children : Thomas, 
 Samuel, Ichabod, Mary, John, Judith, and 
 Ruth. 
 
 John Robie, the next in line, was a soldier 
 in King Philip's War, under Captain Joseph 
 Syll, and was credited on the books of Haver- 
 ell (Haverhill) Town, November 30, 1675, as 
 having earned one pound, sixteen shillings. 
 Part of the time he served in the garrison at 
 Chelmsford; and, for like services the next 
 year under Lieutenant Benjamin Swett, on 
 June -14, 1676, he was further credited with 
 eight shillings, sixpence. In 1675 or 1676 
 he built himself a house at Haverhill, Mass., 
 in that part of the town now known as Atkin- 
 son, N. H. ; and there he met his death on June 
 16, 1691, being killed by the Indians. His 
 
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 wife had died a few days before, leaving seven 
 children, the oldest not quite eleven years old. 
 Warned of impending danger from the Indians, 
 Mr. Robie had taken his family from his home 
 to a place of safety, and was returning with 
 his cart and oxeri about two hours before sun- 
 set, when he was shot down. His son Ichabod, 
 who was with him, was taken prisoner and 
 carried to Canada, where he was kept about a 
 year, then ransomed, and returned home. 
 
 Ichabod Robie, the great-great-grandfather 
 of ex-Governor Robie, was born in Haverhill, 
 Mass., in 1680, and worked as a tanner and 
 surveyor. An entry in the Provincial Records 
 of New Hampshire, dated July 3, 1697, states 
 that he is entitled to two pounds and two shil- 
 lings for seven days' work on the fort erected 
 for protection against the French and Indians. 
 He appears to have been an enterprising man, 
 and was a prominent member of the society for 
 settling the "Chestnut Country" (or Chester, 
 N. H.), organized in October, 1719; a mem- 
 ber of the committee to manage the affairs of 
 the society, and chairman of the committee to 
 lay out lots ; one of the petitioners to the Gov- 
 ernor of the colony asking that they might 
 have a grant of said lands; and one of the pro- 
 prietors of the town of Chester, N. H., named 
 in the grant from King George, dated May 8, 
 1722. He was a member of the Assembly from 
 Hampton in the Provincial House of Repre- 
 sentatives for the years 1735, 1736, 1741, and 
 1742, on May 8 of the last-named year being 
 appointed by the House orfe of the committee 
 to address his majesty the King upon matters 
 relating to the colony, and was also elected to 
 another committee to answer the speech of the 
 Colonial Governor and present it to the House 
 for approval. In the proceedings of the House 
 in many instances he is called Captain. On 
 January 13, 1706, he married Mary Cass, who 
 became the mother of the following children : 
 John, born in 1712; Henry, born in 1714; 
 and "Samuel, born in 171 7. 
 
 Samuel Robie settled on his father's lot, 
 No. 1 16, March i, 1744. He was a Lieuten- 
 ant in the New Hampshire regiment of which 
 Samuel Moore was Colonel; and in January, 
 1 775. he was chosen a deputy to nominate del- 
 egates to the Congress of May 10 following. 
 In 1777 he was one of the Committee of Safety 
 
 for Chester. He married a Miss Perkins; and 
 their son Edward married Sarah Smith, dauigi(^^: 
 ter of John and Sarah (Toppan) Smith. Eff-' 
 ward and Sarah (Smith) Robie were the 
 parents of the Hon. Toppan Robie, of Gorham, 
 Me., who had three brothers and two sisters. 
 
 Toppan Robie was born in Candia, N. H., 
 January' 27, 1782. Hewa&aman of courage 
 and ability, Captain in a company of State 
 militia which participated in the War of 1812; 
 and when, in 18 14, it yva,s feared that Portland 
 was in danger of invasion and General Irish's 
 brigade was ordered there. Captain Robie. 
 marched to the front at the head of his com- 
 pany. In politics first a Federalist, then a' 
 Whig, and later an ardent Republican, he rep- 
 reserited his town six years in the General 
 Court of Massachusetts. In 1820-21 he was 
 a Representative in the legislature of Maine, 
 and in 1837 was a member of Governor Kent's 
 Executive Council. He held many ofifices of 
 public trust, and was liberal in his benefac- 
 tions for the furtherance of the common weal, 
 giving freely. to religious and educational in- 
 stitutions. The soldiers' monument at Gorham 
 village was his gift, and on his eightieth birth- 
 day he gave five thousand dollars to the Con- 
 gregational church and parish of Chester. He 
 died, universally regretted, Jariuary 14, 1871. 
 The Hon. Toppan Robie was three times 
 married. In 1804 he was united to Miss 
 Lydia Brown, daughter of Benjamin Brown, of 
 Chester, N.H., and a sister of the late Rev.- 
 Francis Brown, President of Dartmouth Col- 
 lege from 181S to 1820. Mrs. Lydia B. 
 Robie died in. February, r8i i ; and Mr. Robie 
 was married in September, 181 1, to Miss 
 Sarah Thaxter Lincoln, daughter of Captain 
 John Lincoln, who came originally from Hin^-^'. 
 ham, Mass., but was a resident of Gorham at 
 the time of his daughter's marriage. He was 
 a worthy representative of the distinguished 
 Lincoln family of Massachusetts. The second 
 Mrs. Robie died in 1828, leaving three sons — 
 Charles; George; and Frederick, the special 
 subject of the present sketch. 
 
 Frederick Robie, after attending the public 
 schools of his native town, fitted for college at 
 Gorham Academy, studying first under the 
 tuition of the Rev. Reuben Nason, who died 
 many years ago, and. later under the Rev. 
 
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 Amos Brown, D.D. He entered Bowdoin in 
 1837, and was graduated in 1841 at the age of 
 nineteen. That same year he acted acceptably 
 as principal of academies in Georgia and Flor- 
 ida. Having decided to become a physician, 
 he shortly entered the Jefferson Medical Col- 
 lege at Philadelphia ; and, receiving the degree 
 of M. D. in 1844, in April of that year he 
 opened an office in Biddeford. He was there 
 actively engaged in the duties of his profes- 
 sion until May, 1855, when he removed to 
 Waldoboro, Me., where for three years he en- 
 joyed a large and lucrative practice. At the 
 end of that period he decided to settle perma- 
 nently in his native town, but destiny had 
 other views for him. 
 
 In 1 86 1 he was a member of the Executive 
 Council of Governor Israel Washburn ; and at 
 the breaking out of the war he was appointed 
 by President Lincoln additional paymaster of 
 United States Volunteers, his commission, 
 which was one of the first of this special grade 
 of appointments, being dated June i, 1861. 
 Resigning his position in the Governor's 
 Council, he entered at once on active duty and 
 paid off a number of regiments in the Army 
 of the Potomac in 1861-62, as well as several 
 new Maine regiments mustered into the 
 United States service in August, 1862. In 
 1863 he was stationed at Boston as chief pay- 
 master of the Department of New England ; 
 and in the early part of 1864 he was trans- 
 ferred to the Department of the Gulf at New 
 Orleans, where for more than a year he judi- 
 ciously handled the government's money. 
 The spring of 1865 brought the termination 
 of the war . and also an order to Paymaster 
 Robie to return to Maine to superintend the 
 final payment of. the citizen soldiers from that 
 State at their muster out of the service. His 
 invaluable services in this important branch 
 of the army system earned for him the brevet 
 of Lieutenant Colonel, an honor that few 
 paymasters received at that period. His last 
 commission is dated November 24, 1865. 
 
 July 20, 1866, he was honorably mustered 
 out of service; and among other encomiums of 
 the public press the following appeared: "He 
 has been a gentlemanly and courteous officer, 
 and has faithfully discharged the duties of his 
 office" (from the Argus). "Colonel Robie's 
 
 service has been honorable to himself and 
 eminently satisfactory both to the government 
 and its claimants with whom he has had to- 
 deal " (from the Press). "Major Frederick 
 Robie, the popular and efficient paymaster of 
 the United States, who has been so long sta- 
 tioned in this State, has been promoted to 
 Lieutenant Colonel by brevet. This is the 
 first instance of a Maine paymaster securing 
 such honor.; and it could have been bestowed 
 on no more faithful, modest, and unassuming 
 officer.- He is held by the paymaster-general 
 as one of the best officers in the pay depart- 
 ment of our country" (the Portland Stai-). 
 
 That the press voiced popular sentiment was 
 •indicated by the fact that in September of that 
 year Colonel Robie was elected to the Senate 
 of Maine, and re-elected in 1867. Pie was 
 appointed by the Hon. William Pitt Fessen- 
 den in 1866 special agent of the Treasury De- 
 partment, and served two years ; and from 
 1868 to 1873 he was an active member of the 
 Republican State Committee. Eight times he 
 has been called on to represent his native 
 town in the Lower House of the State legislat- 
 ure, officiating acceptably as Speaker in 1872 
 and again in 1876. Three times he has been 
 a member of the Executive Council, in that of 
 Governor Washburn in 1861, of Governor 
 Davis in 1880, and of Governor Plaisted in 
 1881-82. He was formerly a member of the 
 Whig party, but has been in full sympathy 
 with the Republican party since its organiza- 
 tion. In 1873 he revisited Florida and re- 
 ceived hospitable entertainment from those 
 who thirty years before had been his pupils. 
 The fact that many had served in the Confed- 
 erate army had not impaired the strong friend- 
 ships formed in early manhood. 
 
 In the educational and industrial interests 
 of Maine Mr. Robie has always taken a warm 
 interest. The establishment of the State Nor- 
 mal School at Gorham is largely due to his 
 influence while representing his native town 
 in the State legislature. In 1878 he was one 
 of the commission to the Paris Exposition of 
 the world's industry and art; aiid during that 
 year he travelled extensively in Europe, by 
 keen observation and philosophic thought 
 maturing his views and increasing his qualifi- 
 cations for the high office which he was after- 
 
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 ward called to fill. The society called the 
 Patrons of Husbandry attracted his favorable 
 notice some years ago, as he saw in the* organ- 
 ization an instrument fitted to infuse fresh 
 vigor into the agricaltural interests of Maine 
 and to prevent the depopulation of the rural 
 districts. Giving the weight of his personal 
 influence to the society, he has largely aug- 
 mented its efficiency for good. In 1882 he 
 was chosen Worthy Master of the State 
 Grange, being re-elected its chief officer for 
 eight years ; and under his administration the 
 order grew in numbers and social power to 
 a phenomenal extent, becoming one of the 
 most beneficent of the industrial and social 
 organizations of Maine. 
 
 The idea that Colonel Robie would make 
 an admirable Governor of the State occurred 
 simultaneously about fourteen years ago to 
 many minds in different parts of Maine, and 
 at once became active; and, though late in 
 the field as a candidate, he was received with 
 marked favor. His familiarity with public 
 affairs, his integrity and sound sense, with his 
 many other marked qualifications, made him a 
 favorite. Hundreds of old soldiers remem- 
 bered him as the courteous and obliging pay- 
 master; scores of men were familiar with him 
 as a member of nearly a dozen legislatures; 
 hundreds of farmers regarded hirn as the head 
 of their order; business men everywhere 
 acknowledged his possession of attributes 
 which make a wise and prudent governor. 
 Thirteen hundred and thirty-one delegates 
 were present at the convention which nomi- 
 nated him (the largest convention of the kind 
 ever held in the State), and gave him ninety- 
 eight votes more than were cast for his dis- 
 tinguished competitor, William W. Thomas, Jr. 
 
 The ensuing political campaign was one of 
 the'most exciting ever known in Maine, one of 
 the leading issues being the difference be- 
 tween Governor Plaisted and the Executive 
 Council, of which the Republican candidate 
 was Chairman. Colonel Robie's canvass was 
 cordially commended by the Republican press 
 within and without the State, his public 
 career of twenty years being so irreproachable 
 that no flaw in his record could be found; and 
 the fact that he was personally, known to 
 voters in three-fourths of the towns in the 
 
 State strengthened the ticket, which contained 
 the names of four candidates for Congress. 
 An independent movement was organized to 
 defeat the Republican ticket, but fell to the 
 ground. James G. Blaine privately stated 
 that in his opinion "the nomination of Colonel 
 Robie was the strongest that could have been 
 made, and that to it was largely attributable 
 the subsequent splendid victory at the polls." 
 Mr. Robie received a niajority of nearly nine 
 thousand votes over his competitor, Govern'or 
 Plaisted; and his inauguration took place in 
 January, 1883. His inaugural address to the 
 legislature was a strong and sensible document, 
 evincing a, just State pride and an intelli- 
 gent familiarity with the affairs and demands 
 of the Commonwealth. Governor Robie was 
 re-elected in 1884 by a largely increased ma- 
 jority, reaching nearly twenty thousand. He 
 was in office from January, 1883, to 1887, his 
 record showing him to have been one of the 
 most popular and efficient chief magistrates 
 the State has ever had. ' 
 
 In many business enterprises he has been 
 and is a most potent factor. He has been 
 many years a Director of th? Portland & Roch- 
 ester Railroad Company, whose early life his 
 father was active in fostering. Mr. Robie 
 was likewise for a long period a Director of 
 the First National Bank of Portland, of which 
 he is now President; and in 1885 he was 
 President of the Eastern Telegraph Company. 
 He is a Director and, member of the Financial, 
 Committee of the Mutual Life Insurance Com- 
 pany, and at one time was Business Manager 
 of the Portland Press Publishing Company. 
 He is a member of the Portland Commandery 
 of A. F. & A. M., an active member of the 
 Grand Army of the Republic, and an inter- 
 ested member of the Loyal Legion of the 
 United States. He has recently been honored 
 by his town by the changing of the corporate 
 name of their high school to "Frederick Robie 
 High I School." A very large grange of 
 Patrons of Husbandry at Otisfteld, Me., also 
 bears his full name. 
 
 Frederick Robie was married November 27, 
 1847, to Olivia M. Priest, an accomplished 
 lady of Biddeford, Me., and the following 
 children have blessed their union: Harriet, 
 wife of Clark H. Barker; Mary Frederica, 
 
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 wife of George F. McQuillan, Esq. ; Eliza, 
 who died September 3, 1863; and William 
 Pitt Fessenden Robie. 
 
 |DWARD NEWMAN, who passed from 
 earth to the fuller life beyond on De- 
 cember II, 1892, at his residence on 
 Spring Street, Deering, was actively engaged 
 in business in Portland for nearly half a cen- 
 tury. He was born May 16, 18 16, in the 
 town of Westbrook, son of Ebenezer and Mary 
 (Dyer) Newman, his father being a native of 
 Westbrook. Ebenezer Newman followed the 
 occupation of a wharf builder during his work- 
 ing days, though for some years prior to his 
 decease he was forced into retirement from 
 active labor, being severely afflicted with 
 rheumatism. His wife was the daughter of 
 Clement Dyer, a sea captain, who made long 
 voyages to foreign ports, and who was an 
 active participant in the War of 1812. They 
 reared seven children, namely : George ; Eben ; 
 John ; Thomas ; Edward, the special subject 
 of this sketch ; Sarah, wife of George Hopkins, 
 of Cape Elizabeth, Me. ; and Mary, wife of 
 John Bedell, of Portland; 
 
 Edward Newman was bred and educated in 
 his native town, where he afterward learned 
 the tinsmith's trade of Elijah North. Mr. 
 Newman subsequently worked as a journeyman 
 in Portland, first for Mr. Glover and later for 
 the firm of Warren & Milliken, finally engag- 
 ing in business for himself in 1843 on Fore 
 Street. He was' an expert workman, and 
 carried on a large and successful business, 
 giving constant employment to quite a number 
 of men, and doing all the heavy sheet-iron 
 work that was done in the city at that time. 
 When the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Rail- 
 road was constructed, he made all the spark 
 catchers for the locomotives, and also covered 
 the engines, he being the only man in Port- 
 land who had the requisite facilities for doing 
 that kind of work. He likewise did a great 
 amount of work for the Grand Trunk Railway, 
 continuing in business until his health became 
 seriously impaired, when he sold out to his 
 son-in-law, Mr. William H. Scott, who is still 
 carrying on a most prosperous business, lo- 
 cated on Union Street. Mr. , Newman then 
 
 engaged in the real estate business, buying 
 land and building a large number of houses 
 both in Portland and Deering. In September, 
 1892, he was compelled by ill health to rest- 
 from his labors, which he never again resumed, 
 his death occurring about three months later, as 
 before mentioned. He was a man of sterling 
 integrity and worth, but of a quiet and retiring 
 disposition, not taking any prominent part in 
 public affairs. Deeply interested in the relig- 
 ious and moral advancement of the community 
 in which he lived, Mr. Newman was one of 
 the founders of the Congregational Church of 
 Woodford's, and when the present edifice was 
 erected he was a member of the building com- 
 mittee, having charge of the work. Both he 
 and his wife were active members of the 
 church for many years, Mrs. Newman being 
 still connected with it. 
 
 In 1843 Mr. Newman was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Mary A., daughter of William 
 Patterson, of Portland, where she was edu- 
 cated, attending the school on Spring Street, 
 afterward remaining with her jjarents until, as 
 a bride, she removed to the pleasant residence 
 which has since been her home. Seven chil- 
 dren were born to Mr. and Mrs. Newman, but 
 only three are now living, namely: Mary D., 
 wife of William H. Scott, of Deering; Ed- 
 ward Augustus, General Manager of the Port- 
 land Street Railway Company; and Abbie 
 Louise, wife of Augustus K. Small, of 
 Scarboro. 
 
 OSEPH L. ROBINSON, President of 
 the Robinson Mills Manufacturing 
 Company at South Windham, Me., was 
 born on February i, 1867, in the town 
 of Oxford, Oxford County. He is of English_ 
 stock on the paternal side, both his father, the 
 late Thomas L. Robinson, and his grand- 
 father, Joseph, having been natives of Leeds, 
 England. 
 
 Joseph Robinson learned the trade of a 
 dyer and finisher when a young man, and 
 followed that occupation in England and 
 Austria until 1846, when he came to Amer- 
 ica. He had married on March 26, 1833, 
 Frances A., daughter of Thomas Lewis, 
 of Leeds; and in 1847 he was joined by 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 his family at Ballardvale, Mass., where he 
 worked for a year as an assistant in the 
 dyeing and finishing room of a woollen- 
 mill. The next year he continued at his 
 trade in the factory of John Townsend at Mil- 
 ton Mills, afterward working as a dyer and 
 finisher at Rochester, N.H., with the Norway 
 Plains Manufacturing Company. In 1857, in 
 company with Mr. John Hall, of Rochester, 
 N.H., he located in Oxford, Me., buying an 
 old mill which they fitted up and started as a 
 woollen-mill. He subsequently bought out 
 his partner, and afterward sold one-half inter- 
 est in the mill to H. J. & F. O. Libby, the 
 business being incorporated as \he Robinson 
 Manufacturing Company, with Joseph Robin- 
 son as President, Treasurer, and General Man- 
 ager, a position for which he was well adapted, 
 and which he filled creditably until his death, 
 March 6, 1895. He was, in very truth, the 
 architect of his own fortune, securing afflu- 
 ence and influence by honesty, ability, and 
 upright manliness. Coming to this country 
 with a very small amount of money, when he 
 first found work he had but two English 
 pennies to his name; and these very same 
 pieces of coin, which he always kept, are 
 now treasured by one of his grandsons, 
 
 Fifteen children were born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Joseph Robinson, the following six of whom 
 are now living: Mary S., Frances A., Louisa, 
 John B., Selina E., and Albert E. Mary S. 
 Robinson, born February 4, 1835, is the wife 
 of George J. Parrott, and has five children, 
 namely: Joseph R., Vice-President and Gen- 
 eral Manager of the Jacksonville, Tampa & 
 Key West Railway and of the Indian River 
 Steamboat System ; James E. ; Elmer L. ; Eva 
 L. ; and Albert E. Frances A., born in Oc- 
 tober, 1838, is the wife of Lieutenant George 
 E. Andrews, and has one child, Frances J. 
 Louisa, born May 17, r848, married, Edwin 
 Richmond. John B., born August 16, 1852, 
 married Cora E. Millett, of Norway, and has 
 one child, Joseph. Selina E., born in Roch- 
 ester, N.H., December 5, 1855, is the 
 widow of Thomas Carr, and has one daughter, 
 Selina. Albert E. Robinson was born in Ox- 
 ford, Me., May 20, 1858. 
 
 Thomas L., son of Joseph and Frances A. 
 Robinson, was born on August 18, 1840, and 
 
 was about sev.en, years old when, he came to 
 this country with his mother in the sailing- 
 vessel "Orazebee," the rough and tedioul- 
 voyage occupying eight weeks. He attendeii 
 the district schools of Rochester, N.H., in his 
 boyhood,- later completing his education at 
 Comer's Business College in Boston, Mass. 
 At the age of seventeen, when his father; 
 moved to Oxford, Me., Thomas took the placfe-^ 
 he had vacated in the Rochester mill, wofkln^ 
 as a dyer and finisher for about a year. Going- 
 then to Oxford, he worked for his father untir' 
 1863, when he secured a position under S. S. 
 Fisher as superintendeafr of the RaritanT 
 woollen-mills in New Jersey. He remaine^l 
 there until 1866, when he became superin- 
 tendent of his father's mill at Oxford. Being 
 at length obliged, on account of ill health, to 
 seek another occupation, he opened a country 
 grocery store in Oxford, which he conducted 
 until 1879. Then, leasing the old Malisoiii*: 
 Falls mill for three years, he started it as a' 
 woollen-mill, and in 1880, before the lease 
 had expired, purchased the property. 
 
 In 1 88 1 he erected a mill with a capacity 
 of five sets, managing, this successfully until 
 the mill was burned in 1888. Two years 
 prior to this event he had bought the plant of 
 the Great Falls Woollen Manufacturing Com- 
 pany, the mill having a capacity of ten sets; 
 and at the time of the purchase in 1886 he 
 owned a larger amount of machinery for man- • 
 ufacturing Woollens than any one man in all 
 New England. He at once rebuilt the burned 
 mil] in South Windham, increasing its capa6- 
 ity to double its former size. He did not ptit 
 it in operation, however, owing to the depres- 
 sion of business at that time, but continued;, 
 the management of the Great Falls mill until 
 his death, June 26, 1890. While in Raritan, ': 
 N.J., he niarried December 3, 1865, Louisa 
 Weeks, a daughter of Albert and Jane (Bur-.; 
 nett) Weeks, of Dutchess County, New York. 
 Of the three children borri of their union^r 
 but two are now living — Joseph L. and 
 Charles A. 
 
 In 1891, after the death of the father, the 
 mills at Great Falls wete sold, and the sons , 
 started work in the new mills at South Wind- 
 ham, giving employment to one hundred and . 
 ten hands, and manufacturing fine woollen 
 
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 goods, broadcloths and kerseys, shipping the 
 products to New York and the Western 
 markets. The present company was incorpo- 
 rated in 1892 with Joseph L. Robinson as 
 President, and Charles as Treasurer and Gen- 
 eral Manager. Both are prominent business 
 men of the town, active and influential in re- 
 ligious, political, and social circles, affiliat- 
 ing with the Republican party on State and 
 national issues. Charles A. Robinson, born 
 September 28, 1868, married Edith M. Nute, 
 of Great Falls, N.H., their nuptials being 
 solemnized June 30, 1892. They have one 
 child, Alberta, born May 3, 1893. 
 
 Joseph L. Robinson acquired his element- 
 ary education in the schools of Oxford and 
 Windham,, afterward attending Phillips Acad- 
 emy at Andover, Mass. Since leaving school 
 he has been connected with the mill. Mr. 
 Robinson, socially, is a member of Oriental 
 Lodge, No. 17, Knights of Pythias, of South 
 Windham; while his brother Charles is con- 
 spicuously identified with the Masonic frater- 
 nity, having taken the thirty- second degree. 
 On March 9, 1888, Mr. Joseph L. Robinson 
 was united in marriage with Miss Mary E. 
 Doughty, a daughter of Albert and Elizabeth 
 (Simpson) Doughty, of Gray, Me. Their 
 pleasant home has been brightened by the 
 birth of three children, namely:. Vera L., 
 born August i, 1889; Thomas L., born Au- 
 gust II, 1891; and Albert L., born November 
 IS, 1893. 
 
 "ON. THOMAS BRACKETT REED, 
 
 Speaker of the Plouse in the Fifty- 
 fourth Congress, in political life 
 to-day the most prominent citizen 
 of Maine, has long been recognized as one 
 of the ablest leaders of the Republican party. 
 He was born in Portland on 'October 18, 
 1839, son of Captain Thomas B. and Matilda 
 Prince (Mitchell) Reed. His father was a 
 native of- Peak's Island, and was of old Co- 
 lonial stock, his mother, from whom, it is said, 
 he inherits his ready wit, being a native of 
 North Yarmouth. One of his remote ances- 
 tors was George Cleeve, the pioneer white 
 settler of the Neck— as Portland was formerly 
 called — two of whose grand-daughters married 
 
 brothers, named respectively, Anthony and 
 Thomas Brackett, a Brackett great-grand- 
 daughter eventually marrying into the Reed 
 family. 
 
 In 1856 Thomas B, Reed entered Bowdoin 
 College, where he was more fond of the library 
 than of the curriculum, and did not especially 
 shine in the class-room until near the end of 
 his course. At his graduation in i860 he won 
 the first prize in English composition. He 
 was an assistant teacher in the Portland High 
 School for a year, and then applied himself to 
 the study of law. On April 19, 1864, he was 
 appointed Acting Assistant Paymaster in the 
 United States Navy, being assigned to duty on 
 the "tin-clad " "Sybil," at that time engaged 
 in patrolling on the Cumberland, Tennessee, 
 and Mississippi Rivers. 
 
 After the war Mr. Reed was admitted to 
 the Cumberland County bar, and began prac- 
 tising law in Portland. In 1867 he was 
 elected a member of the State legislature, and 
 began his long and conspicuous political 
 career. During his first term he secured the 
 passage of a bill giving a superior court to 
 Cumberland County. In 1869 he was re- 
 elected to the lower house, and in 1870 he 
 was chosen State Senator. In the same year 
 he was called to the office of Attorney-general, 
 and assumed his duties at the age of thirty, 
 being the yotmgest man to serve in that ca- 
 pacity since the organization of the State. He 
 became City' Solicitor of Portland in 1874, and 
 remained in office four years, his experience 
 and ability being of great advantage to the 
 city, which had at that time large interests at 
 stake. In 1876 he was elected to Congress; 
 and he has remained a member of that body 
 up to this date, 1896, being now, as men- 
 tioned above. Speaker of the Fifty-fourth Con- 
 gress. For several years before his election 
 as Speaker of the Fifty-first Congress he had 
 been the acknowledged'leader of- the Republi- 
 cans in the House. 
 
 The greatest service Mr. Reed did to the 
 country during his first term as Speaker was 
 the death blow which he gave to the assumed 
 right of the minority to obstruct legislation. 
 His complete triumph and the adoption of his 
 rulings by his Democratic successors are still 
 fresh in the mind of the public. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 The chief characteristics of Congressman 
 Reed are admirably shown in his conversation 
 with Robert F. Porter, who asked him how 
 he felt when he was being held up as the 
 "czar,", a man whose iron heels were crushing 
 out American popular government. - 
 
 "Oh," he promptly replied, "you mean 
 what were my feelings while the uproar about 
 the rules of the Fifty-first Congress were going 
 on,, and while the question was in doubt ? 
 Well, I had no feeling e^ccept that of .entire 
 serenity; and the reason was simple — that I 
 knew just what I was going to do if the House 
 did not sustain me, and when a man has de- 
 cided upon a plan of action for either contin- 
 gency there is no need for him to be disturbed, 
 you know." 
 
 "And what, may I ask you, did you deter- 
 mine to do if the House decided adversely?" 
 
 "I should simply have left the chair, resign- 
 ing the Speakership, and left the House, re- 
 signing my seat in Congress. There were 
 things that could be done, you know, outside 
 of political life; and for my own part I had 
 made up my mind that, if political life con- 
 sisted in sitting helplessly in the Speaker's 
 chair and seeing the majority powerless to pass 
 legislation, I was ready to step down and out. 
 Did it ever occur to you that it is a very sooth- 
 ing thing to know exactly what you are going 
 to do if things do not go your way.' You 
 have, then, made yourself equal to the worst, 
 and have only to wait and find out what was 
 ordained." 
 
 "You never had a doubt in your own mind 
 that the position was in perfect accordance 
 with justice and common sense.?" 
 
 "Never for a 'moment. Men, you see, 
 being creatures of use and wont, are naturally 
 bound up in old traditions. While every 
 court which had considered the question had 
 decided one way, we had been used to the 
 other. Fortunately for the country, there was 
 no wavering in our ranks. " 
 
 Robert F. Porter says: "Mr. Reed is a born 
 debater, aggressive and cautious, able to strike 
 the right nail on the' right head, and at critical 
 moments to condense a whole argument with 
 epigrammatic brevity. His epigrams are* 
 worthy the literary artist, in that they are 
 perfect in form : though struck out on the spur 
 
 of the moment, you cannot take a word froiBa 
 them nor recast them." 
 
 At one time, after a sharp reply to a tnem- 
 ber who attacked him,^Mr. Reed quietly coin- 
 eluded in this way: "Since I, have embalmed 
 this fly in the liquid amber of my rematks, 
 I will proceed with the main question." ' 
 
 A writer in McClures Magazine says : 
 "Reed has shown- better than any parliamen- 
 tarian living how the turbulent battlings. of 
 legislative bodies, so chaotic in appearanc€|i 
 are not chaos at all to one who has the ca- 
 pacity to think with clearness and precision 
 upon his feet. 'Such a man assimilates the 
 substance of every speech and judges its rela- 
 tive bearing upon the question. At the be- 
 ginning it is hard to tell where a discussion^ 
 will hinge; but gradually, as the debate gdi^ 
 og, the two or three points which are the key 
 of 4 the situation, become clear to the tru6 
 debater." 
 
 •Mr. Reed will neither vote for a man whom 
 he distrusts nor a measure which he detests, no 
 matter how much his constituents clamor for 
 it. He is not one who can be "all things to 
 all men." Socially, he is serene and goflfll 
 natured, and his conversation sparkling and 
 exhilarating. He belongs to the Cumberland- 
 Club, whose one hundred members are of the ; 
 different political parties. Most of them have- 
 been boys together at school and call each 
 other by their Christian names. There reiggs 
 supreme a fine spirit of equality, an unpreten- 
 tious, give-and^ake sort of intercourse, which 
 is the ideal object of a club. Mr. Reed says 
 such a club is only possible. in a conservative 
 city like Portland. '' 
 
 Mr. Reed has- never allowed his engrossing 
 duties as a public man to interfere with his 
 literary pursuits. He is well versed in Eng-i; 
 lish and foreign literatures, and he has con'- 
 tributed Mlitical articles to some of the lead-V; 
 ing maga«nes of the day. He takes cheerflal' 
 views of human life and society, and is not 
 one of those who look backward for .a golden 
 age. His words give no uncertain sound: 
 "Whoever doubts progress doubts God. The 
 rich have grown richer, but so have the poor 
 — richer in rights and privileges, richer in 
 comforts and happiness. ' ' 
 
 Mr. Reed married in 1870 a daughter of the 
 
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 Rev. S. H. Merrill, who served in the war as 
 Chaplain of the First Maine Cavalry. The 
 Portland , residence of Mr. Reed and his 
 charming wife and daughter is a substantial 
 three-story brick house, commanding a fine 
 vievy of Casco Bay and picturesque shores. 
 
 kEV. HARRISON SPOFFORD 
 WHITMAN, President of Westbrook 
 Hs\ Seminary, which under his able 
 management has entered on a new 
 era of usefulness and prosperity, has been a 
 resident of Deering since 1892. He was born 
 February 5, 1844, in Woodstock, Me., son of 
 Harrison and Delphina (Perham) Whitman. 
 His great-grandfather, Jacob Whitman, was a 
 patriot soldier of the Revolutionary War. 
 
 Harrison Whitman was a native of Wood- 
 stock, and received his education in the com- 
 mon schools of that town. He remained with 
 his parents on the farm, and throughout the 
 active period of his life was engaged in agri- 
 culture. At the time of the Aroostook War 
 he was made Captain of a company of infan- 
 try organized to take part in that contest. 
 His wife, whose maiden name was Delphina 
 Perham, was born in Woodstock. They had 
 a family of four children, three of whom are 
 now living, namely: George Washington, 
 residing in Norway, Me. ; Angela, the wife 
 of Rufus Farrar; and Harrison Spofford, the 
 leading subject of the present sketch. 
 
 Harrison S. Whitman was first an attendant 
 of the public schools of Woodstock, later of 
 the Norway Liberal Institute; and in 1864 he 
 entered Bowdoin College, from which he was 
 graduated with honor in 'the class of 1869, 
 being among the foremost in scholarship. 
 Immediately after leaving college he accepted 
 a position as principal of the high ^school at 
 Thomaston, Me. ; and two years later^he went 
 to Dean Academy in Franklin, Mass., where 
 for a year and a half he was Professor of Latin 
 and Greek. In 1874 he entered the Divinity 
 School of Tufts College, near Boston, Mass., 
 for a three years' course; and shortly after 
 completing his studies there he was ordained 
 as pastor of the Mechanic Falls Universalist 
 Church. During the six years that he had 
 charge of that church its membership was 
 
 largely increased, and provision was made for 
 the payment of a heavy debt that had been in- 
 curred. On leaving Mechanic Falls he ac- 
 cepted a call to the Universalist church in 
 Dexter, Me., where he ministered faithfully 
 for three and a half years. He was installed 
 as pastor of the Wi-nthrop Street Universalist 
 Church in Augusta in 1886, and was closely 
 identified with its work and interests until 
 1890, when he accepted the position of State 
 Missionary. .The two years of his incumbency 
 were characterized by able service, among his 
 labors being the raising of a permanent mis- 
 sionary fund of ten thousand dollars. 
 
 In 1892 Mr. Whitman entered his present 
 position as President of Westbrook Se.minary. 
 Since he took charge of this institution its 
 attendance has increased about forty per cent. 
 He has also strengthened the corps of teachers, 
 an4 advanced the grade of scholarship. The 
 sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, which has 
 been received from the alumni, has been used 
 in making various needed repairs and altera- 
 tions; and at the present time he is interested 
 in a movement to raise ten thousand dollars 
 to be added to the endowment fund of the 
 seminary. 
 
 On June 5, 1879, the Rev. Harrison S. 
 Whitman was joined in marriage with Miss 
 Susan Frances Warren, who is a lady of supe- 
 rior ability and attainments, a daughter of 
 Chadbourne Warren, of Great Falls, N.H. 
 
 When in Dexter, Mr. Whitman served as 
 Supervisor of Schools; and he was Secretary 
 of the Maine State Universalist Convention 
 for four or five years before he became the 
 State Missionary. He is a member of the 
 Masonic Lodge of Mechanic Falls and of Asy- 
 lum Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
 lows of Augusta. 
 
 -TwNEV. EPHRAIM CHAMBERLAIN 
 1^ CUMMINGS, A.M., was born in 
 _|b\^ Albany, Me., September 2, 1825. 
 ^"^ His father was Francis Cummings, 
 a man of enterprise and public spirit, chiefly 
 engaged in farming with some lumbering oper- 
 ations upon wild lands in whieh he was inter- 
 ested. His mother was Lois (Chamberlain) 
 Cummings, daughter of Deacon Ephraim 
 
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 JJlOGRAPIJICAL REVIEW 
 
 Chamberlain of Waterford, a soldier ~ in the 
 Revolutionary War. 
 
 Mr. Cummings's paternal grandfather, Asa 
 Cumraings, was one of the pioneers of the 
 town of Albany, of patriarchal character, a 
 Deacon of the Congregational church, who 
 regularly conducted religious services, when 
 there was no settled minister. .He kept the 
 records of the town for a long series of years, 
 and was a Revolutionary soldier.. 
 
 Ephraim Chamberlain Cummings left his 
 home in Albany after the death of his mother, 
 when quite young, and came to Portland to 
 live with his uncle, Dr. Asa Cummings, edi- 
 tor of the Christian Mirror. He prepared for 
 college at North Yarmouth Academy, and 
 when not quite sixteen years of age entered the 
 class of 1844 at Bowdoin. But the state of 
 his health was not deemed equal to a college 
 course at that time; and it was not till after 
 some years of alternate labor and study in the 
 country, and still other years in his uncle's 
 office in Portland, that he again entered Bow- 
 doin College, where he graduated in the class 
 of 1853. 
 
 He became a teacher during that fall and 
 winter in the Bucksport Academy. The fol- 
 lowing summer he taught the Augusta High 
 School, and in the year 1855 was a tutor of 
 Latin and mathematics at Bowdoin. Though 
 he was not averse to mathematics, his early 
 preference was. for philosophical studies and 
 the languages. His home associations, train- 
 ing and intellectual tendencies led him toward 
 the Congregational ministry. He entered 
 Bangor Theological Seminary the same year 
 that he was tutor, and was graduated in 1857. 
 In March of the following year he became 
 minister of the First Congregational Church 
 in Brewer, and in May, i860, he assumed the 
 pastorate of the North Congregational Church 
 in St. Johnsbury, Vt. For nine months, in 
 the years 1862-63, he served as Chaplain in 
 the Fifteenth Regiment of Vermont Volun- 
 teers, of which Redfield Proctor, afterward 
 Secretary of War, and now United States 
 Senator, was the brave and efficient Colonel. 
 While residing in St. Johnsbury Mr. Cum- 
 mings made his first tour in Europe and the 
 Orient, remaining ten months. 
 The Rev. Ephraim C. Cummings was mar- 
 
 ried October 18, 1866, at Portland,, Me., to 
 Miss Annie Louise Pomeroy, daughter- of the 
 Rev. Swan Lyman Pomeroy, D.D., of this, 
 city, and in 1869, with his wife, again crossed, 
 the ocean, remaining in Europe nearly two 
 years. -He , was in Rome at the time of 
 the Ecumenical Council, saw and heard some 
 distinguished representatives of the Roman- 
 church; and in Germany he witnessed' the 
 ' memorable demonstrations of triumph ^fter 
 the Franco-Prussian War. He saw the old 
 Emperor, William L, the Crown Prince Fred- 
 erick, and the great Bismarck and Von Moltke, 
 then in the zenith of their power. 
 
 Since his return in 1871, Mr. Cummings has 
 been a resident of. Portland. In December, 
 1872, he was appointed Provisional Professofc- 
 of Mental and Moral Philosophy in Bowdoin 
 College. This engagement expired at the end 
 of the college year in 1873, and since then he 
 has devoted most of his time to his studies, .' 
 which are of a nature to demand a more or less 
 retired life, and exemption ' from distracting 
 professional efforts. He has been, and is, a 
 student of current as well as classical litera- 
 ture, but his mental energies have been di- 
 rected mainly to theological and philosophical " 
 subjects. 
 
 In 1873 Mr. Cummings published a volume 
 of discourses entitled "Birth and Baptism," 
 and in 1885 another work called "Nature in 
 Scripture." With reference to this book it 'is 
 enough to quote the words of the late Thomas 
 Hill, D.D., LL.D., sometime President of 
 Harvard University, afterward pastor of the 
 First Parish Church in Portland, Me., a ven- 
 erable name with which any author might be 
 happy to have his work associated: — "One 
 hundred and forty-nine years ago, Joseph 
 Butler published his immortal 'Analogy.' 
 Taking, as it were, a text from Origen, he 
 illustrated it by a profound series of argu- 
 nients, in which he shows that the very objec- 
 tions raised by deists of that age against ; 
 Christianity, lie with equal force against ad- 
 mitting the existence of a Divine Providence. ' 
 No weightier line of thought and argumenfe| 
 ever came from the pen of an English 'thedi-|l 
 logian. And now, after the lapse of nearly a^^ 
 century and a half, Mr. Cummings has given,; 
 to Portland the honor of first producing a* 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 31 
 
 worthy companion and complement of 'The 
 Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, 
 to the Constitution and Course of Nature.' 
 That work was confined to the task of showing 
 that the difficulties and mysteries of religion 
 have their perfect parallel in the difficulties 
 and mysteries of nature. This takes up, in an 
 equally broad and comprehensive manner, the 
 other half "of the subject, and shows that the 
 general doctrines and teaching of the Hebrew 
 and Christian Scriptures are in precise accord- 
 ance with the general course of that education 
 by which nature and experience begin the de- 
 velopment of the mind and character of man. 
 If the reader will have the patience to read 
 the volume carefully, chapter by chapter, in 
 order, he will find it full of unexpected light. 
 He must be a well-read, theological scholar if 
 he does not find it in the highest degree in- 
 structive; and he must lack all interest in re- 
 ligious themes if he does not find the voluipe 
 interesting." • 
 
 Mr. Cummings is also the author of a work 
 entitled "The Great Question, or Twelve 
 Lessons in the Faith," besides various papers 
 read before the Maine Historical Society, 
 especially those concerning the Catholic mis- 
 sions of the Jesuit period, not to mention con- 
 tributions to the newspaper press. 
 
 The labor of such men as Mr. Cummings, 
 though in -general but faintly appreciated by 
 the bulk of society, is doubtless of benefit and 
 importance to mankind. Few men, even when 
 possessing the inclination, are able to devote 
 much time to the study of the higher problems 
 of life. The busy cares and tumultuous anxie- 
 ties which press sternly on every hand and 
 confront the majority of men, with threaten- 
 ing mien, in the daily struggle for existence, 
 force them to concentrate their faculties upon 
 material, rather than on spiritual things; it is 
 left therefore, to a chosen few, whose natural 
 bent, acquired scholarship, and greater free- 
 dbm frbin material cares, fit them for such 
 pursuits, to devote their talents and opportu- 
 nities to research in the. higher realms of 
 thought, that through their efforts in co-opera- 
 tion with recognized teachers having more di- 
 rect access to the popular mind, the dark tide 
 of modern materialism and unbelief may be 
 stemmed, and every human soul have the 
 
 strengthening assurance that in the acceptance 
 of revealed religion our trust is not founded 
 upon "cunningly devised fables," but on the 
 eternal truth of nature, the testimony not 
 alone of man, but of God and his universe. 
 
 A general characteristic of Mr. Cummings 
 is his entire freedom from dogmatism. His 
 thoughts take a wide range and he is toler- 
 ant of wide diversities of opinion and belief. 
 His satisfaction and reward in his work must 
 lie in the fact that it is intimately connected 
 with the progress of mankind in those season- 
 able revelations of truth, that make for the 
 practice of righteousness, and the life of faith, 
 hope, and charity. 
 
 Mr. Cummings is Vice-President, and a 
 regular attendant, of the Fraternity Club of 
 Portland, whose members are mostly men of 
 strong intellectual bent, who delight in dis- 
 cussions which tax the highest human facul- 
 ties. Mr. Cummings is always listened to 
 with pleasure and profit, and highly appre- 
 ciated for his amplitude of information and 
 readiness in its use. He is also a Trustee of 
 the Portland Public Library. 
 
 'ON. LEANDER VALENTINE, the 
 first Mayor of Westbrook, Me., was 
 born in Westbrook, March 14, 
 1814. He was the son of William 
 and Abigail (Spring) Valentine, and the scion 
 of an ancient family, many generations of 
 which were born in Eccles, England. The 
 immigrant Valentines settled in Massachu- 
 setts; and in Hopkinton, that State, William, 
 the father of the Hon. Leander Valentine, was 
 born on April 14, 1773. In 1803 he removed 
 to Westbrook, Me. (then Falmouth), where 
 for some time he was engaged in the manu- 
 facture of nails; and he was also for a while 
 in the grocery trade. In 18 15, disposing of 
 his other business, he turned his attention 
 wholly to farming, which occupied his time 
 during the remainder of his life. A Demo- 
 crat in politics, he took an active interest in 
 public affairs, serving efficiently as Selectman 
 of the town for several years; and he was one 
 of the original Trustees of the Saccarappa 
 Grammar School Association. He died in 
 Westbrook, April 16, 1845. 
 
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 Leander Valentine received his education 
 in the common schools of Westbrook and at 
 the Westbrook Seminary. He taught school 
 in his early manhood, from 1835 to 1854, most 
 of the time within the limits of his native 
 town. Subsequently he was engaged in the 
 grocery trade at Saccarappa, first with T. B. 
 Edwards, afterward as successively a member 
 of the firms of Valentine, Hardy & Co. and 
 Valentine & Pennell. A capable and in- 
 fluential business man, he was elected Presi- 
 dent of the Westbrook Trust Company at the 
 time of its incorporation in 1890, and re- 
 mained in office up to the time of his death. 
 In politics he was a Republican from the or- 
 ganization of the party, and one of its stanch 
 supporters. In the early days of Westbrook 
 he served as Selectman for two years, and he 
 was a member of the School Committee twelve 
 years. He represented the town in the legis- 
 lature of 1 847-48, was a member of the State 
 Senate in 1849; and in 1850-52 he was a 
 member of Governor John Hubbard's Execu- 
 tive Council. He was appointed by President 
 Lincoln weigher and gauger at the Portland 
 custom-house in 1861, and after serving 
 creditably for six years was promoted to the 
 position of Assistant Appraiser. One year 
 later he succeeded to the Appraisership, an 
 office which he held for nine years. He was 
 then forced to resign on account of ill health'. 
 In 1 89 1 Westbrook was incorporated as a city, 
 and it was natural and fitting that the voters 
 should call their foremost citizen to the chief 
 executive's chair. Mr. Valentine served one 
 year with credit as Mayor; and at the end of 
 his term, feeling the weight of increasing 
 years, retired from public life;, but, though 
 freed from the responsibility and care of office, 
 he was not forgotten by his fellow-citizens, 
 his advice and counsel being constantly sought. 
 He died July 23, 1895. 
 
 August 28, 1842, Mr. Valentine was mar- 
 ried to Margaret W., daughter of Joseph W. 
 and Alice Coolbroth, of Gorham, Me. Mrs. 
 Valentine died May 23, 1892. She had but 
 one child', a daughter, whom they named 
 Marcena Adriana. This child was born May 
 16, 1845, and died April i, 1846. 
 
 In religion Mr. Valentine was a Universal- 
 ist. He was always a generous supporter of 
 
 the church of. his choice; and at his death", be 
 bequeathed the society one thousand dollars as 
 an endowment, the interest only to be used. 
 He also bequeathed one thousand dollars t© 
 Westbrook Seminary. He was a man of very 
 engaging social qualities, possessed of wide 
 general information and good conversational 
 powers. Every one enjoyed his company, and 
 delighted to hear him talk. Liberal and op- 
 timistic, he always looked on the bright side 
 of life, and never lost coiifidence in mankind. 
 All who knew him reposed in him the utmost, 
 confidence, and in his long life he never did 
 anything to shake their trust. 
 
 This sketch was prepared by Charles B. 
 Woodman, of Westbrook, who was for many 
 years a townsman of Mr. Valentine. 
 
 ARTWELL LITTLE, a prosperous 
 farmer of Brunswick, has a pleasant 
 home about a mile and a half from 
 the village on the River Road. He 
 was born in Whitefield, Me., December 10, 
 1837, son of Samuel and Hannah (Boynton) 
 Little. Mr. Little's paternal grandfather, 
 who also bore the name of Samuel, was a na- 
 tive of Whitefield, but spent the greater part 
 of his life in Pittston, Me. A cooper by 
 trade, he was likewise a successful farajer. 
 He died at the age of seventy-eight. • 
 
 His son, Samuel Little, the father of Hart-' 
 well, was born in Pittston, and reared to, farm 
 life. He learned the trade of a ship carpen- 
 ter, and followed it for many years, acquiring; 
 a sufficiency of this wol-ld's goods. He is now 
 living on a farm in Bowdoinham, Me., at the 
 advanced age of eighty-four. Mr. Samugl 
 Little is a man of .'intelligence and good judgr 
 ment, a fact fully recognized by the citizens 
 of Whitefield during his residence in that, 
 town, who made him Selectman and Town 
 Treasurer. His wife, who also has attained- 
 the age of fourscore and four, was born in 
 Alna, Lincoln County, Me., daughter of John 
 Boynton, a well-to-do farmer. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Samuel Little are members of the Baptis| ! 
 church. They have had eleven children, 
 eight of whom are yet living, namely: Albion; 
 Hartwell; Harriet, wife of Nathan B. Peasley, 
 of Whitefield; Celia, wife of L. W. Blen, of 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
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 San Jose, Cal. ; Henrietta A., wife of James 
 A. Morse, of Zempa, Ariz. ; Melissa Ann, 
 who is living with her parents; Zina F., a 
 broker in Portland; and John, superintendent 
 of Lord & Taylor's dry-goods establishment 
 in New York. The two last named are twins. 
 
 Hartwell Little remained with his parents 
 until he was twenty-one years of age. He 
 acquired the rudiments of his education in the 
 common schools, finished his course of study 
 at the Pittston Academy, and then taught in a 
 district school in Pittston. On attaining his 
 majority he went to California, where he at 
 first rented and afterward purchased a farm. 
 There he remained seven years, engaged in 
 agricultural pursuits, and teaching school at 
 intervals. In 1866 he returned East and set- 
 tled on the farm which he now occupies, a fine 
 estate of one hundred and twenty-five acres, 
 beautifully located. Here for nearly thirty 
 years he has been successfully engaged in gen- 
 eral farming, making a specialty of fruit rais- 
 ing. He also has a choice dairy, which now 
 includes fourteen cows. For ten years, from 
 1882 to 1892, he had a milk route and em- 
 ployed a team, supplying customers in Bruns- 
 wick. He then kept eighteen cows; but, 
 finding the work too arduous in connection 
 with his other interests, he disposed of some 
 of his cows, and gave up the route. He has 
 some fine live stock on his farm, and raises a 
 number of horses. Mr. Little is a charter 
 member of the Patrons of Husbandry. He has 
 served for some time as .Assistant Steward of 
 the State Grange, and has served as Master of 
 the local Grange. 
 
 On March 10, 1863, he was married to 
 Lovesta F., daughter of Deacon Peter King, 
 a manufacturer of edge tools in Whitefield 
 and one of the prominent men of the town, 
 which was Mrs. Little's birthplace. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Little have two sons, Charles Winfield 
 and Harry Hartwell. Charles W. Little, 
 who is a farmer in Brunswick, married Carrie 
 Griffin, of Freeport, and has two children — 
 Florence May and Winfield Edward. Harry 
 Hartwell Little, who also is a farmer, resides 
 with his father: He married Mary Way, of 
 Lawrence, Mass., and has four children — 
 Gladys Lovesta, Samuel, Jennie M., and 
 Clara Belle (the last two being twins). 
 
 Mr. Little is prominent in the councils of 
 the Democratic party in his district, and was 
 in the State legislature in 1874 and 1875. 
 He is a member of the United Lodge, No. 8, 
 A. F. & A. M., and of the Order of the 
 Golden Cross. He joined the Baptist church 
 when he was fifteen years of age, and has for 
 a long time been prominent in parish affairs, 
 serving efficiently on the various committees 
 and holding the office of superintendent of the 
 Sunday-school for many years. Mrs. Little 
 also is an esteemed member of the Baptist 
 church. Mr. Little is a -jvell-informed man, 
 being one who reads a great deal and takes an 
 especial interest in history and biography. 
 Gifted with sound judgment in practical 
 affairs, he has taken a leading part in local 
 politics; and his opinions are always worthy 
 of respect. 
 
 "tp)TENRY J. DAVIS, an esteemed citi- 
 l-^-l zen of Deering, who is now in busi- 
 \[s I ness as a florist and landscape gar- 
 ^""^ dener at Deering Centre, was born 
 in Westport, Me., December 8, 1847. He is 
 the son of Captain Daniel O. and Mary E. 
 (Jewett) Davis, and comes of Revolutionary 
 stock on the paternal side. 
 . His great-grandfather Davis, who was an 
 officer in the Continental army, lost a limb 
 while in the service; and after the war he was 
 pensioned by the government and was granted 
 a large tract of land in New Hampshire. His 
 son John, the father of Daniel O. Davis, was 
 in youth an expert tool-maker, and later was 
 engaged in the marble business in New Hamp- 
 shire. In 1849 he went to California and 
 made a fortune in mining, later returning 
 home to invest the' money acquired. He died 
 in Ohio. 
 
 Daniel O. Davis entered the navy when a 
 boy, and followed the sea for forty years 
 as a master mariner. Being subsequently ap- 
 pointed messenger in the custom-house at 
 Portland, he performed the duties of that office 
 for some time, resigning his position in 1895, 
 and in April of that year going to California, 
 where he is now supervisor of the office work 
 of the Pleasanton Hop Company at Pleasanton. 
 In politics a Republican, he represented West- 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 port, Georgetown, and Boothbay in the State 
 legislature in 1857-58/ and was Chairman of 
 the Board of Selectmen of Westport for years. 
 Captain Davis is. now about sixty-seven years 
 of age, and is strong mentally and physically. 
 His wife,. Mary E. Jewett, was a daughter 
 of Stephen and Mary (Quinn) Jewett, of Row- 
 ley, Mass. Stephen Jewett was an enterpris- 
 ing and successful man, a large farmer and 
 mill-owner, who also owned many vessels en- 
 gaged in plying between Maine ports and the 
 West Indies, trading at various marts along 
 the coast. He wa& likewise interested in the 
 fisheries. Mrs. Davis died in California in 
 1890. Of the children born to her and her 
 husband, four are living— Henry J. ; Daniel 
 O., Jr.; George A.; and Emeline R. The 
 latter married and lives in California. George 
 A. Davis is general manager of the Pleasanton 
 hop works, where his father is supervisor. 
 Daniel O., Jr., also lives in California. ^ 
 
 Henry J. Davis received his education in 
 Westport, graduating from the high school. 
 He followed the sea for twenty years./'ship- 
 ping first before the mast, and rising gradually 
 to the position of chief mate. He saw a great 
 deal of the world while on the high seas, and 
 about the time of the Franco-Prussian War, 
 being then first mate of the bark "J. S. 
 Winslow, " was in harbor in Belgium for a 
 while. On the return of his vessel to America 
 he accepted the position of engineer for the 
 Portland Steam Packet Company, running be- 
 tween Portland and Boston, and was first on 
 the steamer "Forest City" and then on the 
 "John Brooks," alternating between the two. 
 He worked in this way for nine years, and then 
 left the sea, taking charge of stationary en- 
 gines in different localities for some years. 
 Finally he engaged in floriculture in Deering 
 Centre, starting in a small way, and now has 
 • a large trade-in Several States, the bulk of his 
 business being in Maine. His establishment 
 at 37 Central Avenue is well worth a visit, 
 not only for the sake of the beautiful plants, 
 but also for the pleasure of meeting the genial 
 proprietor, who is a man of diversified knowl- 
 edge and courteous manners. 
 
 In 1872 Mr. Davis was united in marriage 
 with Harriet L. Morse, daughter of John R. 
 and Harriet A. (Murch) Morse; and they have 
 
 one daughter, Adele S. Davis. Mr. Davis is ■-, 
 prominent in local politics, and in 1893 was ; 
 elected to the Board of Aldermen of the city • 
 of Deering on the Republican ticket, as a mem^ 
 ber from Ward 3. He was subsequetifj 
 twice re-elected, and is to hold office till 1897,; 
 He is an Odd Fellow, belonging to Ancient 
 Brothers' Lodge of Portland, and is also a 
 member of Munjoy Lodge of the Knights of 
 Pythias. In religion he is of thejiberal type:,;! 
 of believers, attending with his' family AH; VJ 
 Souls' Universalist Church of Deering. 
 
 OSEPH WESCOTT. PETERS, an es- 
 teemed resideht of Portland and super- 
 intendent of the Portland & Rochester' 
 Railroad, was born at Blue Hill, Me., 
 December 31, 1854, son of Joseph P. and 
 Nancy A.. (Wescott) Peters, both natives of 
 Blue Hill. Mr. Peters traces his descent to 
 Andrew Peters, who was a distiller in Ipswich, 
 Mass., in 1659. His great-great-grandfath.e|;j 
 John Peters, was a resident of Andover, Mass. 
 John Peters's son, John (second), who was born 
 in that town, was a farmer and surveyor. He 
 removed from Andover to Penobscot, Me., 
 where he was employed in surveying by the 
 State, and was one of the pioneer settlers of 
 that locality. Lemuel Peters, grandfather of 
 Joseph W. Peters, was a farmer and ship-builder 
 at Blue Hill. His son Joseph, the father of 
 Joseph W. , was a ship-master, spending much 
 of his life on the sea. He was lost with his 
 ship, which foundered during one of the Feb' 
 ruary storms in the winter of 1863. , His wife, 
 Nancy, was a daughter of Archibald Wescattjt 
 a merchant of Penobscot, who was also engaged 
 in farming to some extent. He was one of 
 the old residents of Penobscot, and was well 
 known and popular. Mrs. Peters died in 1867, 
 four years after hgr husband's tragic death. 
 John P. Peters, uncle of Joseph W. , was a 
 sailor residing in Boston, and died in 1876. 
 
 Joseph Wescott Peters was educated at BluB'; 
 Hill, attending the common schools and after- 
 ward studying at Blue Hill Academy. He 
 was eight years old when he lost his fathefj 
 and at fifteen he went to work as a cash boy 
 in a store in Boston. In 1866 he returned to 
 Blue Hill and finished his education, working 
 
JAMES P. BAXTER. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 37 
 
 as a clerk in a grocery store during vacation 
 time. Ih May; 1870, he obtained a position 
 as clerk in the office of the treasurer of the 
 Portland & Rochester Railroad. When the 
 road to Worcester was opened, in 1874, he was 
 made paymaster and general ticket agent, be- 
 ing then but twenty years of age. When he 
 took his position at Portland, the road extended 
 only to Alfred, Me. In addition to his duties 
 as general ticket agent, he performed those of 
 train despatcher from r88o to 1882. In 1882 
 he was made superintendent of the rOad, and 
 was acting general freight agent from 1885 to 
 1890, so that he was superintendent, general 
 freight agent, and general passenger agent 
 at one time. From October, 1890, to July, 
 1893, he was superintendent; and he was then 
 again appointed general ticket agent, and, as 
 a result, has practically full charge of the busi- 
 ness of the road. The management of railroad 
 traffic demands a quick eye and a cool head, 
 rapidity in mathematical calculation and in the 
 systematic arrangement of details.' These qual- 
 , ities Mr. Peters possesses in an eminent degree. 
 Politically, Mr. Peters favors the Democratic 
 party. He has served on the Democratic City 
 Council, and is now a member of the County 
 and the District Committee. He was elected 
 Alderman from Ward Four in 1894, and served 
 during his term of office on the Committee on 
 Streets, on the Sanitary Commission, and on 
 the Committee on Estimates for Appropria- 
 tions. He was again elected Alderman in 
 March, 1895, and is now on the Sanitary Com- 
 mission and the Committees on Judicial Pro^ 
 ceedings. Claims, and Public Works. He is 
 also one of the Back Bay and Fore River Corti- 
 missioners, taking a leading part in the pro- 
 ceedings for the improvement of that locality. 
 Mr. Peters belongs to the fraternal order of 
 Elks, being a member of B. P. O. E. of Port- 
 land, arid a Trustee of the organization. 
 
 "ON. JAMES PHINNEY BAXTER, 
 the present Mayor of Portland, was 
 born, in Gorham, Me., March 23, 
 1 83 1, and was about nine years old 
 when, in 1840, his father, Dr. Elihu Baxter, 
 removed from Gorham to this city, where he 
 engaged in the practice of medicine. 
 
 In 1859 Mr. Baxter formed business rela- 
 tions with William G. Davis; and subsequently 
 the two partners united with the firm of Ru- 
 mery & Burnham, under the style of the Port- 
 land Packing Company. The provision pack- 
 ing business was then in its infancy, but 
 under the efficient management of the firm the 
 business increased so rapidly that it gained a 
 national reputation. Other enterprises have 
 claimed the attention of Mr. Baxter, in each 
 of which he has been uniformly successful, 
 having acquired a large fortune. His marked 
 skill in money matters has commended him to 
 several of the leading financial institutions 
 of Portland. He is Trustee of the Portland 
 Savings Bank ; Vice-President of the Mer- 
 chants' National Bank and of the Portland 
 Provident Association; Vice-President of the 
 Portland Trust Company, being one of the 
 original Directors of this company, which is 
 capitalized at one hundred thousand dollars. 
 
 He is also Director of the Maine Industrial 
 School and the Portland ' Benevolent Society, 
 and President of the Maine Historical Society 
 and of the Public Library, and is besides a 
 working member of the American Historical 
 Society of Washington, D.C. ; the New Eng- 
 land Historic Genealogical Society of Boston ; 
 the did Colony Historical Society of Taun- 
 ton, Mass. ; the Rhode Island Historical So- 
 ciety; the American Antiquarian Society of 
 Worcester, Mass. ; and the Portland Society of 
 Natural History. He has prepared and read 
 a number of papers on historical and other sub- 
 jects before most of the above-named societies. 
 
 In 1893 Mr. Baxter was elected Mayor of 
 Portland, and early in his first term he gave 
 his salary of two thousand dollars to the 
 School Board to maintain the Manual Training 
 School for Boys. He was re-elected in 1894 
 and again in 1895, and in the Mayoralty as 
 elsevvhere his business efficiency has accom- 
 plished the most gratifying results. His pub- 
 lic-spirited generosity is shown by his frequent 
 and bountif-ul gifts to the city of Portland, 
 among which may be named the elegant public 
 library building on Congress Street, a monu- 
 ment to his artistic and literary tastes. As an 
 outgrowth of his interest in the Home for 
 Little Wanderers in Boston, he founded the 
 Portland Associated Charities. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 While Mr. Baxter's varied ability and power 
 of adaptation have rendered him a most efficient 
 functionary in city and State, his favorite 
 field is literature; and his labors with the pen 
 for the last twenty years have been constant 
 and valuable. He was an early contributor 
 to the New York Home Journal, Shillaber's 
 Carpet Bag, and Godey's Ladies' Book. His 
 annual addresses to the City Council during his 
 period of office as Mayor are models of a clea'r, 
 incisive style, placing before the city fathers 
 in terse and forcible English the condition of 
 the municipal departments and calling atten- 
 tion to the city's most urgent needs. Of late 
 years Mr. Baxter has given much attention to 
 historical research, having in 1885 made a 
 prolonged visit to Europe, where he procured 
 valuable historical data. Th'e "English Col- 
 onization of the New World " was, the result of 
 careful and discriminating study, as was also 
 his work entitled "Western Civilization," the 
 two being among the most important of his 
 publications. "Idyls of the Year " is full of 
 grace and possesses an interest for all true 
 lovers of poetry. 
 
 The following list of the printed works of 
 Mr. Baxter is taken from the Bibliography of 
 the American Historical Association: "Laus 
 Laiireati, " a poem delivered before the Maine 
 Historical Society on the celebration of Long- 
 fellow's seventy-fifth birthday, Portland, 1882. 
 "A Greeting to the Mentor," a poem deliv- 
 ered on tb_e eightieth birthday of Professor 
 Packard, Longfellow's tutor, Portland, 1883. 
 "The Great Seal of New England," Cam-^ 
 bridge, 1884. "Idyls of the Year," poems, 
 Portland, Hoyt, Fogg & Donham, 1884. 
 "The Trelawny Papers," Portland, Fogg & 
 Donham, 1884. "George Cleeve and his 
 Times," Portland, Gorges Society, 1885. 
 "The British Invasion from the North," 
 Albany, Munsell (Historical Series), 1887. 
 "Documentary History of Maine," vol. iv., 
 Portland, Maine Historical Society, 1889' 
 "Early Voyages to America," .Providence, 
 Rhode Island, Historical Society, 1889. Ibid., 
 Old Colony Historical Society's Collections, 
 No. 4, Taunton, Mass., 1889. "Sir Ferdinando 
 Gorges and his Province of Maine," Boston, 
 Prince Society, 1890. "The Abanakis," New 
 England Magazine, Boston, September, 1890. 
 
 "Reminiscences of a Great Enterprise; '"' 
 Portland, 1890. "The Campaign' against:' the 
 Pequakets: Its Cause and its Results, "Por'ti 
 land, 1890. "The Beginnings of Maine,'' 
 Portland, 1 89 1. "A Lost Manuscript," Port- 
 land, 1891. "Isaac Jogues, a.d. 1636," 
 New York, 189,1. "The Abanakis and their 
 Ethnic Relations," Portland, 1892. "A 
 Period of Peril," address delivered at City 
 Hall, Portlan(^, on the Centennial Celebration 
 of the Adoption of the Constitution of the 
 United States, April 30, 1889./ "Three 
 Suggestive Maps," Maine Historical Quar-' 
 terly, January, 1893. "The Observatory," 
 an illustrated poem, The Stevens & Jonei 
 Company, Portland, 1893. "Christophei' 
 Levett, the First Owner of the Soil of Port-' 
 land," Maine Historical Qiiarterly, April ancj 
 July, 1893. -"Christopher Levett, the Piorieelf- 
 Colonist in Casco Bay," Portland, Gorged 
 Society, 1893. "Pioneers of New France in 
 New England," Albany, Munsell (Historicaf 
 Series), 1894. "Raleigh's Lost ColoMy," 
 illustrated, New England Magazine, January, ^ 
 1895- 
 
 In politics Mr. Baxter is Republican. He 
 is a man of liberal ideas; and his political, 
 commercial, and literary career has ever been 
 characterized by honor, 
 
 " The finest sense 
 Of Justice which the human mind can frame." 
 
 T^HARLES HANSON NELSON, of 
 ( jp New Gloucester, who occupies a place 
 
 V^ ^ of prominence among the enterpris- 
 ing young farmers of Cumberland 
 County, was born in this town, August S, 
 1862. He is a son of the Hon. Otis C. and 
 Julie B. (Bailey) Nelson, his father being an 
 extensive farmer and fruit grower here. (A 
 sketch of the Hon. Otis C. Nelson may be 
 found on another page of this volume.) 
 
 Charles Hanson Nelson was the second 
 child born to his parents. His elementary 
 education, obtained in the common schools of 
 his native town, was supplemented by a course 
 of study at Greely Institute, Cumberland, 
 and North Bridgton Academy. On leaving 
 school Mr. Nelson taught two terms in the 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
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 district schools of New Gloucester, and at 
 the close of his second winter term was united 
 in marriage with Abbie Stevens Jordan, their 
 nuptials being celebrated May 5, 1885. Mrs. 
 Nelson is a daughter of John W. and Arabella 
 (Lunt) Jordan, well-known farmers of this 
 town. A month after their marriage Mr. and 
 Mrs. Nelson removed to their present home, 
 which he then purchased. This valuable es- 
 tate, which was formerly known as the Cush- 
 man farm, contains two hundred and fifty 
 acres- of land, on which Mr. Nelson has made 
 many and valuable improvements, placing a 
 large part of it in an excellent state of tillage. 
 Here Mr. Nelson carries on general farming, 
 including the raising of fruit, sweet corn, and 
 small grains, one of his most profitable indus- 
 tries at this time being his dairy of twenty- 
 three cows, the product of which he ships to 
 Portland, Me., which is the headquarters for 
 milk raised in this section of the State. In 
 his agricultural pursuits Mr. Nelson has shown 
 sound judgment and skill, and has met with 
 deserved success. In politics he is a stanch 
 member of the Democratic party. The happy 
 union of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson has been bright- 
 ened by the birth of seven children, namely: 
 Lilian Frances, born April 19, 1886, died 
 September 17, 1886; Julia Bell, born August 
 25, [887; John Otis, born December 5, 1888; 
 Edwin Wilbur, born November 29, 1890; Ida 
 Wheeler, born March 17, 1893; George 
 Howard, born April 12, 1894, died December 
 I, 1894; Harold Crosby, born November 4, 
 1895. 
 
 "ENRY SARGENT TRICKEY, City 
 Marshal of Portland, was born there, 
 October 14, 1842, son of Henry and 
 Abigail C. (Larrabee) Trickey. 
 His grandfather was Daniel Trickey, of West- 
 brook, Me. Daniel was also born 'in the 
 county. On leaving the parental home he 
 settled in the town of Westbrook, where he 
 spent his life in clearing and improving a 
 fine farm. 
 
 Henry Trickey, son of Daniel, was born on 
 the homestead, and there spent his boyhood 
 days, usefully employed in occupations per- 
 taining to farm life. When the time came for 
 
 him to select a regular calling, he went to 
 Portland and learned the trade of a ship car- 
 penter. He was successfully engaged in this 
 business for a number of years, during which 
 he worked on contracts, employing many as- 
 sistants, and became one of the best-known 
 ship-building contractors of the city. He was, 
 a Democrat in his political views until 1856, 
 when he became a Republican, and thereafter 
 continued to hold the views of the latter party. 
 During the Civil War he served in the City 
 Council. Among the fraternal orders with 
 which he was affiliated were the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows, the Maine Charitable 
 Mechanic Association, and the Aged Brother- 
 hood. His wife was a daughter of Benjamin 
 Larrabee, of Westbrook, a highly respected 
 agriculturist and a large land-owner. They 
 were the parents of four children, as follows: 
 Sarah J., the wife of John Gilkey, of Port- 
 land; Mary I., who died in 1887; Benjamin 
 Larrabee Trickey, of Portland; and Henry 
 Sargent Trickey. The father, who was a 
 member of the Protestant Episcopal church, 
 died at his home on Paris Street in Jan- 
 uary, 1878. The mother's death occurred 
 about* twenty years previously, on April i, 
 1858. 
 
 Henry Sargent Trickey, having obtained his 
 education in the public and private schools of 
 Portland, was engaged as a clerk by R. I. Rob- 
 inson. He had been employed here but a brief 
 time when the civil strife broke out, and he 
 enlisted in Company B of the Seventeenth 
 Maine Volunteer Infantry. His regiment was 
 at once ordered to Washington to assist in 
 the fortification of that place, and later to 
 the Army of the Potomac. A short time after 
 he was severely injured and incapacitated 
 for all except special detail service. He, 
 however, continued in the service for the full 
 term of his enlistment, and was honorably dis- 
 charged July 27, 1865. On his return to 
 Portland he was employed by Jonathan Smith 
 & Co. in their belt manufactory, and worked 
 for them and their successor, H. M. Brewer, 
 for nine years. He next engaged in the re- 
 tail igrocery business on Cumberland Street, 
 and during the succeeding seven years carried 
 on a successful trade. In 1881 he was ap- 
 pointed Inspector of Customs by Lot M. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Morrell, the Collector of the Port, and re- 
 mained in the custom service until after the 
 appointment of Samuel J. Anderson as Col- 
 lector, lay whom he was discharged October 
 31, 1886, as alleged, solely on political 
 grounds. In September, i!887, he engaged 
 in the manufacture of shoemakers' supplies, 
 such as heels, counters, and' stiffenings^ 
 employing several hands.' He continued in 
 that business until May, 1890, when he was 
 elected by the city government as agent for 
 the sale of intoxicating liquors in the city of 
 Portland, and held that office until May, 1892-. 
 Following that he, took up the real estate busi- 
 ness until the spring of 1893. He was then 
 appointed Chief of Police by the Mayor, James 
 P. Baxter, and was reappoinred to the sa;rae 
 office in 1894 and 1895 and 1896 by the same 
 chief magistrate. The department has been 
 enlarged and improved sin'ee he' entered it; 
 and he now has sixty-two men under his super- 
 vision, incl^ding forty regular patrol men, 
 two deputies, twelve specials, and two patrol 
 wagon drivers. 
 
 Mr. Trickey is^ one of the most active 
 workers in the Republican r^nks, and. for a 
 number of years has served as both Treasurer 
 and Chairman of the Republican City Com- 
 mittee and as a delegate to State and other 
 conventions. He is a member of Lincoln 
 Club of Beacon Lodge,. Independent, Order of 
 Odd Fellows, and the Eastern Star Encamp- 
 ment, having filled all the; chairs in both, and 
 is' a member of the Grand Lodge' of Maine. 
 He was one of the first to become a member of 
 Bos worth Post, No. 2, Grand Army of the 
 Republic, joining in 1867, and has served ac- 
 ceptably in several of the offices.' He is also 
 a member of the Maine Charitable Mechanic 
 Association. Mr. Trickey is a communicant 
 of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, in which 
 he holds the office of Vestryman, and has 
 been Treasurer for twelve years. His mar- 
 riage with Miss Sarah Emma Chandler, 'a 
 daughter of D. H. Chandler, the leader of the 
 old Portland band, was celebrated on Septem- 
 ber I, 1869. They have one daughter, Edith, 
 who is still at home. For the past eight years 
 his home has been at 122 Emery Street. Prior 
 to that he resided at the old homestead, which 
 he still owns. 
 
 TT^HARLES H. OSBORNE, a native of 
 I V^ Portland, was one of triplets, two 
 
 ^'U^^ boys and a girl, born December 23, 
 1832, to the Rev. Charles F. and 
 Susan (Leavis) Osborne. An account of his 
 ancestral history may be found in the sketch of 
 Mr. Osborne's brother, Woodbridge G. Os- 
 borne, published on another page of this 
 volume. ' Mr. Osborne acqiiired a practical 
 eduation in the schools of Scarboro and Lim- 
 ington, and begari life for himself as a clerk in 
 a grocery store. He subsequently clerked in a 
 clothing store in Portland, going from thereto 
 Dover, N.H., where he was employed for three 
 years in the drug store of John B. Wheeler. 
 Returning to his native city, Mr. Osborne 
 worked for three years in the retail grocery 
 store of Dunn & Osborne. He then went into 
 the clothing business with I. P. Farrington, 
 carrying it on two years. In 1855, in company 
 with his brother,' John A. Osborne, he bought 
 seventy acres of' land in the town of Gorham; 
 and, after Managing it a while in partnership, 
 Mr. Osborne bought out his brother's interest, 
 and has Since been prosperously engaged in 
 general farming. He is a skilled' and prac- 
 ticar agriculturist, ' and his property is. well 
 improved and in excellent condition. 
 
 On' February 9, 1866, Mr. Osborne was 
 united in wedlock with Mrs. Sarah Hayward, . 
 «/^ Holmes'. They are' the parents of three 
 children, as follows: Sumner L., born June 
 20, 1867, was married in October, 1894, to 
 Isabelle Durell, of Hyde Park, Mass.; Irving, 
 born June 6, 1869, was graduated from Bow- 
 doin College, and is now a teacher in the 
 high school at Winthrop, Mass.; and Lillle 
 Emily, born Jiily 26, 1874, lives' in B|)sto|i:. 
 Mr. Osborne supports the' principles qf" the 
 Democratic party ; and, religiously, he ahd all 
 of his family are members of the Congrega- 
 tional church. He is a Knight of Pythias, ' 
 belonging to Gorha'm Lodge, No. 24. 
 
 W' 
 
 LLIAM YORKE, engineer of the 
 Portland Gas Light Company, whose 
 office is at 40 'West Commercial 
 Street, Portland, was born in Philadelphia, 
 Pa., July 14, 1820, son of William and Ann 
 (Price) Yorke. His father, who was an archi- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 41 
 
 tect in Philadelphia, died in 1830; and his 
 mother's, death occurred in 1856. There were 
 six children; namely, Charles, Albert, Will- 
 iam, John S., Mary F., and Anna. 
 
 William Yorke received a good education, 
 attending first a private school and later the 
 public schools of his native city. He worked 
 for a short time as errand boy in a dry-goods 
 store. At the age of fifteen he was appren- 
 ticed for six years to a pattern-maker and ma- 
 chinist. The two following years he worked 
 at pattern -making in Savannah, and subse- 
 quently started an iron foundry and machine- 
 shop in Augusta, Ga. He had not sufficient 
 capital to make a success of this last enter- 
 prise f and within two years he abandoned it, 
 and turned his attention to mill building. 
 Maintaining his headquarters at Macon, he es- 
 tablished mills in different parts of the State 
 of Georgia. He was engaged in this way for 
 seven years ; and subsequently, until the break- 
 ing out of the war, he was in the lumber busi- 
 ness near Macon. In 1861 Mr. Yorke was the 
 owner of a large amount of property in pine 
 forests, mills, and lumber; and, instead of 
 taking advantage of the offers of the Confeder- 
 ate government to allow every one so disposed 
 to leave for the North^ he remained to look 
 after his interests, thinking, as did many 
 others, that the war would last but a few 
 months. Then his troubles began. Conscrip- 
 tion officers were sent through the different 
 districts to press men for the Confederate ser- 
 vice, and for two years Mr. Yorke kept out of 
 the army by bribing these men, paying out in 
 all some fifteen thousand dollars in Confeder- 
 ate scrip, as the men were changed every few 
 months. At length, his patience and money 
 nearly exhausted, he appealed to Mr. Adams, 
 also a Philadelphian, who was superintendent 
 of the South-western Railroad, and through 
 his influence procured a situation in the ma- 
 chine-shops of the road. Here for two years 
 he was secure from persecution,, as all railroad 
 men were exempted from service. But a de- 
 termination to get out of the South had now 
 taken strong possession of him; and, in com- 
 pany with another Philadelphian, George A. 
 Mcllhenny, superintendent of the Macon Gas 
 Works, who shared his desire, he planned a 
 way of escape. 
 
 It was arranged that Mr. Yorke should go to 
 Savannah, ostensibly to buy salt; and, the way 
 being clear, he should telegraph to Mr. Mc- 
 llhenny for one hundred empty sacks — the 
 signal for him to join him. The day that 
 Sherman and his army left Atlanta Mr. Yorke 
 left Macon for Savannah, provided with a pass 
 from Mr. Adams. On reaching Savannah he 
 purchased the salt, telegraphed Mr. Mc- 
 llhenny, and made arrangements with a Con- 
 federate officer then on furlough, who owned a 
 plantation several 'miles outside of Savannah, 
 for effecting their escape to St. Catharine's 
 Island. This island is twelve or fifteen miles 
 from the coast; and the officer agreed for three 
 thousand dollars in Confederate money to row 
 the two Philadelphians to St. Catharine's in 
 his own boat — the only row-boat in the sec- 
 tion, as the Confederate government had de- 
 stroyed all they could find. On Mr. Mc- 
 Ilhenny's arrival the two men lay concealed 
 one night, hiring the following night a car- 
 riage to drive to the plantation. The driver 
 of the carriage knew the exact time when he 
 could pass the rebel picket lines safely, and 
 within a few hours "three men in a boat" 
 were en voyage for St. Catharine's. But a 
 storm came up; and they were compelled to 
 land a few miles from shore, on a desolate 
 island covered with oyster shells. Here Mr. 
 Mcllhenny and the Confederate fell asleep; 
 and Mr. Yorke, who, providentially, was un- 
 able to close his eyes, rescued their frail craft 
 just in the nick of time, as the incoming tide 
 was sweeping it away, and thereafter watched 
 it vigilantly till morning. At daybreak they 
 continued on their way, and arrived at St. 
 Catherine's safely, dismissing their boatman 
 with his promised fee. The island was in- 
 habited by seven or eight old negroes, who had 
 been left there by their owners as useless. 
 From them they learned that the United 
 States blockade vessel "Fernandina, " a brig in 
 command of Captain Williams, lay about four 
 or five miles off, and some of the crew were 
 then on the island hunting the wild cattle for 
 food. The negroes introduced them to these 
 men, informing them that the Philadelphians 
 wished to secured passage on the vessel ; but 
 the sailors suspected they were spies, and re- 
 fused to accede to their request. At length. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 however, a boat was sent ashore fully officered 
 and armed, and they were taken to the brig as 
 prisoners. The PMIadelphians were informed 
 that a Supply vessel would be along in a couple 
 of weeks, and they might be sent by that to 
 Hilton Head, S.C., then held by the Union 
 forces. Ten or twelve days later they were 
 transferred to this vessel, and when they 
 reached Hilton Head were allowed to stay at a 
 hotel, as they had money to pay their bills, 
 but still under guard as prisoners. The 
 steamship "Arrago" was then making weekly 
 trips between New York and Hilton Head; 
 and on the " Arrago " they were sent to New 
 York as prisoners of war, placed at first with 
 the Confederate prisoners and treated with 
 scant ceremony. This treatment Mr. Yorke 
 complained of, stating that they were gentle- 
 men, with money to pay for their passage; and 
 the second day out the Captain sent for them, 
 and they had an interview in his cabin, with 
 pleasant results. They arrived in New York 
 City on the famous "black carpet-baggers' 
 night," in October, 1864, when all the hotels 
 were to have been simultaneously fired, a plot 
 which most happily fell through. In com- 
 pany with the Captain of the -Union forces, 
 who had the prisoners in charge, Mr. Yorke 
 and Mr. Mcllhenny saw some of the sights of 
 New York; and during. their tour the Philadel- 
 phians lost the Captain, but they met him 
 next morning at his headquarters, as per 
 agreement, and by him were sent to the head- 
 quarters of General John A. Dix, who was in 
 command of the forces in New York. From 
 him they obtained papers of release, and left 
 New York by the first train they could get 
 for Philadelphia. Mr. Yorke had with him 
 twenty-eight hundred dollars in greenbacks, 
 which he had secured during the last seven or 
 eight months of his residence in Macon by 
 trading with a Jew pedler who had access to 
 the Union soldiers in rebel prisons, giving to 
 the Jew five dollars in Confederate money for 
 one dollar in United States currency. He 
 lost over forty thousand dollars in real and 
 personal estate through the war. After a stay 
 of two months in Philadelphia Mr. Mcllhenny 
 was appointed superintendent of the Washing- 
 ton (D,C.) Gas Light Company's works at 
 the capital, with Mr. Yorke as assistant. 
 
 The latter held his position four years, an^ ifii 
 1868 was assigned to the poist he now holds. 
 For twenty-seven years he has been the effi-- 
 cient and esteemed engineer of the Portland 
 Gas Light Company; and his principal busi- 
 ness interests have for many years been cen- 
 tred in the city of Portland, as he disposed of 
 his Southern property at the close of the war. 
 
 Mr. Yorke married- Lucy A. McKenny,' 
 daughter of Abner McKenny, of Maine; and 
 one daughter, Louie E., has blessed their 
 union. In politics Mr. Yorkg is a Democrat. 
 With his family he attends the Universa'list 
 church. He is one of the oldest residents of 
 Portland and a representative citizen of that 
 thriving city. 
 
 TT^ALVIN S. SAWYER, a retired sea 
 f y^ captain of Yarmouth, who resides at 
 ^U^ his pleasant home on Cousins 
 Island, was born on Chebeague 
 Island, May 10, 1850, son of Jacob E. and 
 Sarah (Hamilton) Sawyer. His father, who 
 was born upon the same island, September 14, 
 1825, at an early age adopted a seafaring life, 
 which he followed for many years. He was 
 thrifty and industrious, and owned land upon 
 Chebeague, Cousins, and Little John's Islands, 
 residing at intervals oiti each, but spending a 
 greater- part of his life, when not at sea, on 
 Chebeague. His death occurred January 22, 
 1887.' He was liberal in his religious views 
 and ^ Reppblican in politics. His wife, 
 Sarah Hamilton, who was born on Chebeague' 
 Island, September 17, 1824, became the mother 
 of four children, as follows: Calvin S., the 
 subject of this sketch; Smith D., who was 
 born April 10, 1853, and resides in Yar- 
 mouth; Georgia A., who was born May 5, 
 i860, is now Mrs. Merrill, and lives on 
 Cousins Island; and Serena A., who became 
 Mrs. Groves, and died October 6^ 1873. Mrs. 
 Jacob E. Sawyer died April 5, 1889. 
 
 Calvin S. Sawyer received his education at 
 the school on Cousins Island. At the age of 
 sixteen he began the life of a sailffif in the 
 coasting trade, and followed that occupation 
 steadily for several -years. For two years 
 previous to his retirement from the sea he ' 
 was Captain of a steamer which plied between 
 
GEORGE R. SKOLFIELD. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 45 
 
 points along the coast. Since 1889 he has 
 been occupied in farming and attending to his 
 real estate interests, having recently disposed 
 of some land on Little John's Island. His 
 property on Cousins Island consists of forty- 
 eight acres of valuable land, on which he is 
 prosperously carrying on general farming and 
 dairying. His residence, which is a land- 
 mark, was built by Ebenezer Cleaves, and is 
 the only brick house upon the island. 
 
 On December 22, 1875, Mr. Sawyer was 
 united in marriage to Lizzie C. Prince, a na- 
 tive of North Yarmouth. Mrs. Sawyer, who 
 was born December 4, 1850, is a daughter of 
 Joseph R. and Cordelia C. Prince, her father, 
 who was a prosperous farmer of North Yar- 
 mouth, being born in Cumberland July 14, 
 
 18 1 2, and dying January 14, 1882. His wife, 
 Cordelia C. Prince, who was born August 8, 
 
 18 1 3, reared but one child, Lizzie C. Mrs. 
 Sawyer's mother, who still survives, resides 
 with her. Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer have four 
 children, namely: Emery R., born December 
 29, 1876; Louise E., November 17, 1878; 
 Rena B., April 13, 1884; and Harold S., Oc- 
 tober 2, 1886. 
 
 In politics Mr. Sawyer supports the Repub- 
 lican party, and he is a member of the Baptist 
 church. He is connected with Ancient 
 Brothers Lodge, Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows of Portland, the Knights of Pythias of 
 Yarmouth; and he. is highly esteemed for his 
 many commendable qualities. 
 
 /^TeORGE R. SKOLFIELD, a retired 
 \ST ship-builder of Harpswell, Me., was 
 7—^ born September 20, 1809, on the 
 estate where his present beautiful residence 
 is situated. His parents were George and 
 Lydia D. (Doyle) Skolfield, both natives of 
 Harpswell. His great-grandfather Skolfield 
 was born in England. Immigrating to this 
 country in the vigor of young manhood, he 
 settled in .Harpswell, and here cleared a large 
 tract of land at a time when the homes of a 
 few pioneers formed the nucleus of the present 
 thriving town. He was the father of Clement 
 Scholfield, who was born on this homestead 
 and here passed his life, prosperously engaged 
 in agriculture. 
 
 George Skolfield, son of Clement, was 
 reared to farm life, but found ship-building a 
 more congenial pursuit, and engaged in that 
 business when a young man. He finally es- 
 tablished a ship yard of his own in Brunswick, 
 near the present home of his son, which is not 
 far from the town line; and his fame as a reli- 
 able ship-builder spread throughout the sec- 
 tion. He died in his eighty-seventh year, at 
 the home where his father and grandfather had 
 closed their eyes forever on the scenes of earth. 
 His wife was called to rest at the age of 
 eighty-three. Mr. and Mrs. George Skolfield 
 were esteemed members of the Congregational 
 church at Brunswick. They were the parents 
 of five children, three of whom are now living 
 — George R., the subject of this sketch; Lin- 
 coln ; and Samuel. 
 
 George R. Skolfield entered his father's 
 ship yard when eighteen years of age, and 
 learned the ship-builder's trade according to 
 what were then the latest and most approved 
 methods. After the death of his father he 
 and his brothers, Lincoln and Samuel, carried 
 on a successful business until 1884. They 
 built wooden ships altogether, and in their 
 particular line were very successful, acquiring 
 a wide reputation as first-class ship-builders. 
 When iron vessels came into vogue they closed 
 up their business. Mr. Skolfield has built a 
 great many ships, including some of seventeen 
 hundred tons; and, with his brothers, he owns 
 at present some fine vessels which are in active 
 service, plying between different ports. He 
 now manages -a small farm, which is part of 
 the old family homestead; and his residence 
 is one of the finest in the county, his long ex- 
 perience in building beautiful vessels culti- 
 vating a natural taste for architecture and 
 giving him ideas as unique as they are beauti- 
 ful when put into practical expression in a 
 dwelling-house. His ability as a business 
 man is universally recognized, and he has 
 been a Director of the Pejapscot and Union 
 Banks in Brunswick for several years. 
 
 At about twenty-one years of age Mr. Skol- 
 field was united in marriage with Eliza Reed, 
 a native of Topsham, Me., who died at the age 
 of twenty. She left one child, Ann Eliza, 
 who became the wife of Captain Paul C. Mer- 
 riman, of Brunswick, who died in 1895. Her 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 daughter, Eliza, married Willis Chennery, of 
 Portland. In 1848 Mr. Skolfield married 
 Hannah F. Milliken. Of this union five chil- 
 dren were born— Susan (deceased.) was the 
 wife of Isaac Merriman, a merchant of Harps- 
 well ; Lydia, wife of Captain Dunning, is with 
 her. parents, her husband being at sea; John 
 T. is a wholesale grocer in Portland; Daniel 
 T. is with his father. Mr. Skolfield's eldest 
 son, John T., married Josephine Pennell, of 
 Portland, and has two daughters, Frances and 
 Lydia. Daniel T. Skolfield married Carrie 
 Richardson, of Brunswick. 
 
 Mr. Skolfield cast his first vote in the ranks 
 of the Whig party, but is now a Democrat. 
 Though not an aspirant for office, he served 
 for some time as Selectman of Harpswell and 
 represented the district irr the legislature in 
 1884! He attends and helps to support the 
 Congregational church, the church of his 
 parents, and is most highly esteemed in the 
 parish. A man of rare intelligence, quick 
 wit, and jovial disposition, Mr. Skolfield is 
 very popular in Harpswell and Brunswick; 
 and the name of his friends is legion. 
 
 ■OHN STEVENS, one of the noble army 
 of patriots who laid down their lives 
 for the preservation of the Union, was 
 a native of Bridgton, Cumberland 
 County, Me., having been born here, July 3, 
 1832. His parents. Ransom and Betsey (Ab- 
 bott) Stevens, were prosperous farmers of this 
 place; and they reared ten children, the names 
 of whom were respectively: Emeline, Rufus, 
 Elizabeth, William, Hannah, John, Ransom, 
 Alvin, and Harriet, and one son that died in 
 infancy. Of this large family but two are 
 now living — Elizabeth, wife of Joel Bailey; 
 and Harriet, widow of William Mann. Four 
 of the sons, Rufus, William, John, and Ran- 
 som, served in the late Civil War. Ransom 
 was at the battle of Cain River Crossing, 
 where he received wounds that caused his 
 death three days later. William was captured 
 in the battle of Sabine Cross-roads and Pleas- 
 ant Hill, and confined for nine months and 
 thirteen days in Tyler Prison, Texas. 
 
 John Stevens, our special subject, in early 
 manhood left the home farm to learn the brick- 
 
 maker's trade, which he followed fot sevekj| 
 yearSiS In 1858 he purchased the. farm now 
 owned and occupied by his widow, and tie^ 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits until aft^^ 
 the second call for volunteers. Then^ ea-, 
 thused by patriotic, zeal, he enlisted Decembef- 
 29, 1863, in Company F, Thirtieth Ma^jfe. 
 Regiment of Veteran Infantry, going to the 
 front as a private. With his regiment he went' 
 to New Orleans, afterward taking part in the 
 Red River expedition under General Banfcsl' 
 besides which - he waS in other impbrtantf 
 engagements, among them the battle of SabiSt!^ 
 Cross-roads. He was subsequently taken sick 
 and sent to Jarvis General Hospital at Balti-^_ 
 more, Md,, wherehe died, August 24, 1864^ 
 fromdisease contracted from the exposure and 
 hardships incidental to army life. His re- 
 mains were brought home and carefully in- 
 terred by loving hands in the family burial lot 
 in the Hio Cemetery. 
 
 • Mrs. Stevens, whose maiden name was Mary'V 
 J. Libby, was born- March 6, 1833, in the town': 
 of Auburn, Me., being a daughter of Jonathalif; 
 and Mary (Jordan) Libby. Her union witfe' 
 John Stevens was celebrated November 3,- 
 1853. Of the five children born to her and 
 her husband, one, Joseph A.", died in infanfc|i.|; 
 The record of the others is thus given : Morfiil; 
 A. is a farmer in this town; George B. resides 
 in Reading, Mass. ; Mary E. is the wife of 
 Irving Hibbard, and resides with 'her mother^ 
 Mr. Hibbard having the care of the home 
 farm; and Ella M. married Rollo H. Reid, a 
 printer of Minneapolis, Minn. 
 
 bfRAI 
 
 RANK MITCHELL, M.D., a skilled 
 p[^ and popular physician of Bridgton, was 
 born August 19, 1847, in the town of 
 Kennebunk, York County, Me., where his 
 father, the Rev. John Mitchell, then had 
 charge of a pastorate. The father was bora 
 in the town of Newfield, being there' reared on 
 a farm, on which he remained until attaining 
 his majority. He then studied for the minis- 
 try, and for the following six years was ap 
 itinerant preacher. Being then ordained, h6 
 subsequently had charge, in succession, of the 
 Methodist churches in the towns of Kenne- 
 bunk, York, Eliot, Buxton, Alfred, Wayni^i 
 
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 47 
 
 Kent's Hill, New Sharon, Readfield, Wilton, 
 Strong, and Fryeburg. About ten years prior 
 to his decease he retired from active minis- 
 terial labor, settling in Kezar. Falls, York 
 County, Me., where he died in 1889. Of his 
 union with Miss Elizabeth Wentworth two 
 children were born — Frank, whose name ap- 
 pears at the head of this sketch; and Nellie 
 E., wife of Francis Redlon, an attorney. 
 
 Dr. Mitchell entered the class of 1872, 
 Bowdoin College, in which he remained till 
 the year 1871. He then went to Jacksonville, 
 Fla., and began the study of medicine with 
 his uncle. Dr. F. D. Mitchell, remaining 
 there one year. Returning North, he entered 
 the Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New 
 York City, and the Bellevue Hospital, staying 
 there until 1874, when he received his diploma 
 from the college. He commenced the prac- 
 tice of his profession at North Fryeburg, this 
 State, continuing there until 1881, when he 
 went to New York City, where he spent the 
 winter attending lectures and taking special 
 studies. In the spring of 1882 Dr. Mitchell 
 came to Bridgton, and has since built up an 
 extensive practice here, having devoted his 
 entire time, with the exception of the years 
 1892 and 1893, when he was Pension Exam- 
 iner at Fryeburg, to his professional duties. 
 The union of Dr. Mitchell with Miss Abbie 
 M. Dresser, of Lovell, Oxford County, Me., 
 was celebrated in 1879; and to him and his 
 wife one child, Everett T. Mitchell, has been 
 born. In politics the Doctor is an adherent of 
 the Republican party; and, socially, he is a 
 member of the Masonic Order. 
 
 of 
 
 AMUEL ROLFE, President of the 
 Maine Savings Bank and Treasurer 
 of the Portland Gaslight Company, 
 who may be found for some part 
 every day in the week at either the bank 
 or the gas company's office, was born in 
 Portland, June 21, 18 13, son of Benjamin and 
 Susan Newman (Jacques) Rolfe, both of New- 
 buryport, Mass. Benjamin Rolfe removed 
 from Newburyport to Portland in 1802, and 
 there engaged as a mechanic, doing an exten- 
 sive business and employing several men. 
 Twenty years prior to the time of his death 
 
 he retired from business. He was the father 
 of five children. 
 
 Samuel Rolfe, the youngest and sole sur- 
 vivor of his parents' children, received his ed- 
 ucation in the schools of Portland. On leav- 
 ing school he engaged as clerk in a wholesale 
 and retail establishment, carrying a stock of 
 paints, oils, drugs, medicines, and dyestuffs, 
 and conducted by Joshua Durgin. After serv- 
 ing as clerk some six years, Mr. Rolfe was ad- 
 mitted to partnership, the firm name becoming 
 Joshua Durgin & Co. Their warehouse was 
 on Middle Street until after the fire of 1866, 
 and they were in business thirty years. 
 Toward the end of that period Mr. Rolfe took 
 full charge, and finally bought his partner's 
 interest. After that he conducted the busi- 
 ness for twenty years under his own name. 
 He was the oldest apothecary in the city at the 
 time of his retirement, having followed that 
 calling for over fifty years. On that occasion 
 the wholesale and retail druggists of the city 
 met at his residence, and presented him with 
 the handsome Rogers group entitled "The 
 Charity Patient," which represents an apothe- 
 cary ministering to a poor woman's sick child. 
 Mr. Rolfe has for years been interested in other 
 enterprises besides his regular business. He 
 "was a member of the original company organ- 
 ized to establish the Maine Savings Bank, 
 and one of the original Trustees ; and for the 
 past fifteen years he has been President of the 
 institution, which is the second largest in the 
 State, with a capital of six million dollars. 
 Of the Portland Gaslight Company Mr. Rolfe 
 was for some years Director. On resigning 
 that office he was elected Treasurer, a posi- 
 tion which he has now held for ten years. 
 For the past thirty-five years he . has been 
 Treasurer of the Widows' Wood Society, a 
 charitable organization that furnishes wood to 
 poor widows. For this purpose the society 
 has a fund of fifty thousand dollars, left to it 
 by legacy, and in consequence demands a 
 bond from its Treasurer of forty thousand 
 dollars. It now supplies fuel to seven hun- 
 dred and fifty indigent women. It is one of 
 the finest charitable institutions of Portland ; 
 and Mr. Rolfe is a zealous and conscientious 
 worker in its behalf, cheerfully attending to 
 all the duties of his office. He is also inter- 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 ested in other charitable enterprises in the 
 city, and has otherwise done much for the 
 poor, by whom he is universally loved and 
 respected. 
 
 On January i8, 1839, ^^ ^^^ married to 
 Mary Fuller Wilson, who was born January 
 16, 1 8 19, daughter of Eben W|lson, of Port- 
 land, and became the father of five children, 
 two of whom died in childhood. Of the sur- 
 vivors Samuel L. is in Cleveland, Ohio; 
 Charles W., a prosperous business man, lives 
 in Newtonville, Mass.; and Percival Bryant 
 is a resident of Portland. The mother died 
 March 20, 1882. Mr. Rolfe was a member of 
 the City Council three years, but has not been 
 an aspirant for political honors. He is a 
 charter member of a Maine Lodge of the In- 
 dependent Order of Odd Fellows, having 
 joined it in 1843. Of the thirty-five members 
 who constituted the iirst Lodge he is the only 
 one now living. He has held all the different 
 chairs of the Lodge and of the Encampment, 
 and is a member of Grand Lodge of Maine. 
 Mr. Rolfe is a member of the Park Street 
 Unitarian Church, to which his late wife also 
 belonged; and he has not missed a service, 
 sunshine or storm, for fifty years, the Sab- 
 bath always finding him at the accustomed 
 place of worship. 
 
 \AJOR LOMBARD, an industrious 
 farmer and well-known resident of 
 North Yarmouth, was born in 
 Otisfield, Cumberland County, 
 Me., May 10, 1818, son of Joshua and Fanny 
 (Morton) Lombard. Mr. Lombard's grand- 
 father, Joshua Lombard, who served seven 
 years in the Continental, Army during the 
 Revolutionary War, was a resident of Oxford 
 County, Maine, where he followed the vocation 
 of a farmer, and died at a good old age. -He 
 raised a family of five sons and one daughter, 
 of whom Joshua, Mr. Lombard's father, was 
 the eldest son. 
 
 Joshua Lombard, second, was born in Ray- 
 mond, Me. In early manhood he followed 
 various occupations, working as a cooper and 
 a millwright for some time, but finally settled 
 upon a farm, which he cultivated successfully 
 for many years. He was a Methodist in his 
 
 religious views and a liberal supporter of the 
 church of that denomination. In politics he 
 was originally a Democrat, but subsequently 
 voted with the Republican party. At the ap^ 
 proa(5h of old age he sold his farm, passing his 
 last years with his children, and dying at the 
 home of his son in North Yarmouth, at the ad- 
 vanced age of eighty-two. In young and 
 middle life he was a man of fine physical de- 
 velopment, strong and robust; and it is said 
 that at one time he lifted' a cannon which 
 weighed nine hundred pounds. His first wife, 
 Fanny Morton, who was born in Otisfield, 
 became the mother of nine children, of 
 whom Major, the subject of this sketch, is 
 the only survivor. She died at the age of 
 forty years. By his second wife he had no 
 children. 
 
 Major Lombard ' received his education in 
 the common schools of his native town, and, 
 when a young man, entered the employ of the 
 Androscoggin & Kennebec Railroad Cortipany, 
 which now forms' a part of the Maine Central. 
 After remaining in that service for some time, 
 he learned the trade of a ship carpenter, which 
 he followed in Yarmouth and South Freeport, 
 until obliged to relinquish it, owing to fail- 
 ing health. In March, 1854, he settled upon, 
 the farm where he now resides. His home 
 property consists of thirty acres; and he owns, 
 besides, a farm of sixty -five acres in the same 
 neighborhood, both consisting of 'fertile and 
 productive land. His present easy circum- 
 stances are the result of his industry and good 
 management. 
 
 Mr. Lombard ha§ been three times married.^ 
 His first wife, Martha Rollins, whom he mar- 
 ried in 1849, died in February, 1852, leaving 
 two sons, namely: Oilman R., who is a 
 moulder by trade, and resides in Orange, 
 Mass. ; and Moses H., who died.«at the age of 
 twenty-five years. On October 12, 1852, Mr. 
 Lombard wedded Esther C. Wood, who died 
 October 12, i860, leaving no children; and 
 on April 28, 1861, he married for his thirS 
 wife Jane Merrill. She was born in Hebron,?. 
 Me., January 9, 1825, daughter of Jabez and 
 Betsey (Mason) Merrill, her father being a ng.- 
 tive of Hebron, and her mother of Minot^ 
 Me. Jabez Merrill was a shoemaker, which ' 
 occupation he followed through life. He 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 49 
 
 died at the age of eighty-four years. He and 
 his wife reared ten children, five sons and 
 five daughters, three of whom are living, 
 namely: Jane (Mrs. Lombard); Betsey N., 
 who is now Mrs. Bolster; and Franklin. 
 Mrs. Lombard's parents were both members of 
 the Free Will Baptist Church. Her mother 
 lived to reach the age of sixty-four years. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Lombard have two children, as 
 follows: Edwin M., who resides at home, and 
 is a farmer, stone cutter, and carpenter, mar- 
 ried Isabella McCullough, and they have two 
 children — Major John and Ralph Edwin; 
 Eudora B. is the wife of William E. Hutch- 
 ins, an artist of Biddeford, Me., and has two 
 children — Arthur and Ethel May. Mr. Lom- 
 bard supports the Democratic party in poli- 
 tics, but is an ardent believer in the temper- 
 ance cause. Both he and his wife are Univer- 
 salists in their religious belief. 
 
 Cf ERNALD J. SAWYER, the present 
 p popular Postmaster of Otisfield Gore, 
 ^ was born in Harrison, Me., on July 21, 
 1 841, being the son of David and Edna 
 (Brackett) Sawyer. His father was a native 
 of Otisfield, his birth takiiig place in the 
 house now owned and occupied by our subject. 
 He resided in this town until attaining his 
 majority, then removed to Harrison, and set- 
 tled near Bolster's Mills, being about that 
 time employed on the canal from Harrison to 
 .Portland. In 1868 he returned to the old 
 Sawyer farm, which he carried on for a time, 
 afterward purchasing a place in this locality, 
 where he spent his last days. His wife, who 
 still resides here, is a native of Harrison, 
 Me. Four children were born to them, 
 namely: Fernald J.; David S., who died No- 
 vember 21, i80o; Hattie S. ; and Mary Lizzie, 
 the two latter living at home with their 
 mother. 
 
 Fernald J. Sawyer made the best of his ad- 
 vantages for attaining a common-school educa- 
 tion, and remained with his parents during the 
 years of his minority. 'In the busy season he 
 assisted his father with the farm work, and 
 during the winters taught school in Otisfield 
 and Harrison, and also in various towns in 
 .Oxford County. Since boyhood he has made 
 
 his home here on the old David Sawyer home- 
 stead, the house in which he lives being 
 erected about 1795. The farm contains about 
 one hundred and sixty acres of well-improved 
 land. Besides engaging in mixed husbandry 
 Mr. Sawyer makes a specialty of dairying, 
 keeping a dairy of twelve mikh cows. On 
 June 28, 1 87 1, Mr. Sawyer was united in 
 marriage to Miss Mary E. Oilman, who was 
 born in South New Market, N.H., daughter of 
 Lycurgus G. and Rhoda Ann (Wiggins) Gil- 
 man, both her parents being natives of that 
 State. Her father, who was a machinist by 
 trade, died in New Hampshire. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Sawyer have had four children, only one of 
 whom survives. One died in early infancy; 
 Ernest F. also died in infancy, at the age of 
 six months; David F. is attending school at 
 Norway, where he is fitting himself for col- 
 lege; and Delia M. died when but eight and 
 a half years old. 
 
 Until a few years ago Mr. Sawyer voted 
 the straight Democratic ticket, but has lately 
 been a Prohibition Democrat. On March 4, 
 1889, a post-office was established at Otis- 
 field Gore; and in September, 1890, Mr. 
 Sawyer was appointed Postmaster,, having 
 served to the present time except during ten 
 months from December 24 to October 25. 
 He has also served this town acceptably as 
 a member of the School Committee and as 
 Supervisor of Schools. In 1876 and 1879 he 
 was Selectman, and he has held other minor 
 offices. He is a member of Crooked Rion 
 Lodge, No. 152, A. F. & A. M., having been 
 Worshipful Master three years; and he is also 
 a member of the grange society of this county. 
 
 I^TIRAM VARNEY, for many years 
 L^ closely associated with the agricult- 
 \\s\ ural interests of Windham, Me., 
 ^ — " was a lifelong resident of the town, 
 his birth occurring in 1807, and his death in 
 1859. He was of pioneer stock, his grand- 
 parents, Timothy and Johanna Varney, having 
 removed from the town of Kittery, where they 
 were farmers, to Windham, coming here in 
 the early days of its settlement. Both were 
 Quakers in religious belief, and both lived to 
 a good old age. They reared seven children, of 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 whom Samuel, father of Hiram, 'was the sixth. 
 Samuel Varney was born in 1768 in Kit- 
 tery, now in Maine, but at that time included 
 in Massachusetts, and came from there to 
 Windham with his parents. He was a farmer, 
 following that occupation throughout his life. 
 In religion he was a Quaker, like his parenrs. 
 He was married in September, 1803, to Tamson 
 Kennard, a native of Kittery; and they became 
 the parents of five children, none of whom are 
 now living. 
 
 Hiram Varney was reared to the indepen- 
 dent occupation, of his immediate ancestors, 
 and became a prosperous agriculturist He 
 was an esteemed and respected citizen, and 
 conscientiously adhered to the religious belief 
 of the Quakers, in which he. was reared. 
 
 He married Susan, daughter of Wyer and 
 Amy (Morton) Green, her father being a 
 soldier in the War of 18 12; and she survived 
 him many years, dying, at the age of sixty- 
 eight, in 1873. Their household circle was 
 gradually increased by the birth of twelve 
 children, five of whom are living, the follow- 
 ing being recorded of them : George O. Varney, 
 born in 1825, married Lucinda Young, of 
 Greenville, Me., and they have four children 
 
 — Susan L., Mary A., Abby, and Grace; Har- 
 riet, born in May, 1836, is the wife of Orrin 
 Watkins, of Casco, Me., and_has four children 
 
 — Edgar M., Emma L., Ernest L., and Susan 
 M.; Charlotte A., born June 23, 1840, is the 
 wife of Joseph L. Tukey, of Windham ; Lydia 
 A., born July 30, 1844, is the wife of Cor- 
 nelius N. Morrell, of Windham, a sketch of 
 whose life may be found elsewhere in this 
 work; and Julia E., born in March,, 1848, is 
 the wife of Stephen Knight, of Windham. 
 
 "ANSON M. HART, one of the oldest 
 and most prominent business men' of 
 Portland, was born at Portsmouth, 
 N. H., September 20, 1807. His 
 parents were Hanson M. and Abigail 
 (Mitchell) Hart, the former a native of Ports- 
 mouth, the latter of Kittery Point, Me. The 
 elder Hanson M. Hart, who was commonly 
 called Captain Hart, was actively engaged in 
 the coasting trade, being proprietor of a num- 
 ber of boats, and was also' head of the cus- 
 
 tom-house for many years. He reared foml 
 children, namely: Henry B., who was long 
 engaged in the wool and tanning business in 
 Portland; Hanson M., the subject of thi0. 
 sketch; Esther P., wife of Mr. Joshua Ban-' 
 field, of Dover, N. H. ; and Sarah, who ma^^f 
 ridd a Mr. Charles Walker and lived in New? 
 York State. : 
 
 Hanson M. Hart was educated in the leading' 
 schools of Portsmouth, N. H., completing his 
 studies under the tuition of Master Jackson,;, 
 who was afterward a well-known teacher in 
 Portland. He was then two years in the em- 
 ploy of Le Favour & Pinder, who were in the : 
 wool and tanning business in Portsmouth ; and 
 at the age of seventeen he went to sea, ship- 
 ping first for a cruise of three and a half years 
 on a vessel bound for South American ports. 
 In course of time Mr. Hart became Captain of 
 a veissel; but, as he was a home-loving man 
 and the sea had no charms for him, in 1835 he 
 settled in Portland; engaging in the \vool and, 
 hidfe business with his brother. His establisfci 
 ment during all of the.se sixty years has been 
 in the large building at the corner of Portland 
 and Alder Streets, of which he is now sole 
 owner. He has been in business longer than 
 any other merchant in Portland, and has, had 
 a wonderfully successful career, .encountering 
 none of the reverses or catastrophes that 
 affect some time or other most business en- 
 terprises. He is also owner of a large amoWnt i 
 of real estate in the city. 
 
 Mr. Hart was married in 1835 to Phoebe* 
 Hill, daughter of Elisha Hill, of Portsmou<|j4| 
 N. H., and, by her death in 1843 was left a" 
 widower with the following children: Adfe i 
 laide, now the widow of Roscoe G. Elder, who 
 has one daughter and lives in Deering, Me. ; 
 Ellen, wife of Augustus True, a prominent 
 miller and dealer in flour and grain in Port- 
 land ; Hanson M. , who served in the army and 
 died a short time after his return home; and 
 Abbie, wife of Cullen C. Chapman, a leadinf 
 banker of Portland. Mr. Hart married for hB 
 second wife Miss Caroline Richards, who died 
 in 1888. By this union Mr. Hart has one 
 child, a daughter, now the widow of Dr.'Web- 
 ster. She has a son, Hanson Hart WebsfejsJ 
 who was graduated from the Portland High 
 School in 1895, and has entered Bowdoin Col^ 
 
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 53 
 
 lege. Mrs. Webster lives with her father, 
 being mistress of his beautiful home at 308 
 Spring Street. 
 
 In politics Mr. Hart is a Republican. He 
 takes an active interest in municipal affairs, 
 and has served as a member of the City Council 
 and as alderman. He has been a member of 
 the Free Street Baptist Church since 1838. 
 His long record has been an honorable one; 
 and he is justly esteemed by all who know 
 him. 
 
 T^LARK WATSON, well known in the 
 I V^ town of Naples as a skilled and reli- 
 ^lU able carriage and sign painter, was 
 
 born in Gorham, Me., February 7, 
 1829, son of Captain G. C. and Lydia 
 (Thompson) Watson. The family is of Scotch 
 origin; and Mr. Watson's grandfather, John 
 Watson, who was the first ancestor in Amer- 
 ica, served as a soldier in the Revolutionary 
 War. 
 
 Captain G. C. Watson, who seems to have 
 inherited his father's military instincts, dis- 
 played his patriotism by serving as an officer 
 in the American army during the War of 181 2. 
 He subsequently settled in Gorham, where 
 he engaged in farming, and became qilite a 
 prominent citizen, being active in the early 
 growth of the town. He was also a Captain 
 in the State militia. He married Lydia 
 Thompson, of Buxton; and they had a family 
 of nine children, seven sons and two daugh- 
 ters. Four of the sons and both the daugh- 
 ters are .still liying. 
 
 Clark Watson passed his boyhood in Gor- 
 ham, where his opportunities for obtaining an 
 education were limited to the slender advan- 
 tages afforded by the district schools. He as- 
 sisted in carrying on the farm until reaching 
 the age of seventeen, when he went to Port- 
 land, and served an apprenticeship at the 
 painter's trade. His first five years as a 
 journeyman were passed in Saco, Me., from 
 which place he went to the State of Massachu- 
 setts, where he followed his trade for a short 
 time. After his marriage he settled in South 
 Bridgton, Me., where he conducted a good 
 business for about seven years, at the end of 
 that time removing to Parsonsfield. Six years 
 
 later he changed his residence and place of 
 business to Cornish, where he remained for 
 twelve years. At this period he was attracted 
 toward agriculture as an occupation; and, de- 
 ciding to follow his inclination, he returned to 
 Bridgton, and bought a farm, which he culti- 
 vated for four years. In 1888 he removed to 
 Naples, where he resumed his trade, and, 
 opening a shop in this town, has since devoted 
 his attention to carriage and sign painting 
 with satisfactory results. 
 
 On July 27, 1856, Mr. Watson was united 
 in marriage to Eliza A. Ingalls, a native of 
 Bridgton and daughter of Abel and Sophia 
 (March) Ingalls. She was one of a family of 
 eight children, four sons and four daughters. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Watson have had four children, 
 namely: Abbie E. ; Fanny, who. died young; 
 Edward C. ; and Seth B. 
 
 In politics Mr. Watson supports the Demo- 
 cratic party. 
 
 'n[DWARD TRICKEY is a well-known 
 P member of the agricultural class of 
 ■ — mi ' Westbrook, where he owns a valu- 
 able piece of farm property. He came to 
 Westbrook from Cape Elizabeth, where he was 
 born, May 16, 1814, his parents, Zebulon and 
 Lucy (Skillin) Tricke.y, being residents of 
 the Cape. Mr. Trickey's grandfather lived in 
 Deering, where he was well and favorably 
 known. He and his wife reared a family of 
 six children, none of whom survive. 
 
 Zebulon Trickey, father of Edward, passed 
 the active period of his life engaged in farm- 
 ing at Cape Elizabeth. He also carried on a 
 lumbering business to some extent and with 
 fairly profitable results. He was a Democrat 
 in politics, and served as a member of the 
 Board of Selectmen, besides being Tax Col- 
 lector; and he well and faithfully performed 
 the duties intrusted to his charge. In his. 
 religious belief he was a Congregationalist. 
 His wife, whose maiden name was Lucy 
 Skillin, became the mother of seven children, 
 three of whom are now living — Robert, Lucy, 
 and Edward. 
 
 Edward Trickey received his education in 
 the common schools of Cape Elizabeth, and 
 upon completing his studies engaged in farm- 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 ing with his father. He was subsequently 
 associated with his father in the milk busi- 
 ness, in which he continued ft)r about twenty- 
 five years. In i860 he bought his brother's 
 share in a farm of one hundred acres situated 
 in Westbrook, and he has since resided here. 
 His principal crop is hay, of which, he raises 
 about forty tons annually; and he ^usually 
 keeps about eight head of cattle. Re has ex- 
 pended much money in improving his farm, 
 having built a new residence and barn, the 
 last-named building being sixty-five by forty- 
 two feet and capable of holding sixty tons of 
 hay. These expenses, besides others, have 
 been met by the income derived from the cul- 
 tivation of his property. 
 
 Mr. Trickey married Martha E. Bond, 
 
 . daughter of Amer Bond, of Indiana, but has 
 
 ho children. He supports the Democratic 
 
 party in politics, and in his religious views 
 
 he is a Universal ist. 
 
 M dent 
 
 'ARON CLEAVES, a native and resi- 
 dent of Chebeague Island, was born 
 January 2, 1843, being a son of 
 Aaron, Sr., and Eliza (Hamilton) 
 Cleaves. His grandfather, Ebenezer Cleaves, 
 who carried on general farming on this island 
 for many years, here married Miss Jane 
 Cleaves, the descendant of another family; and 
 they reared a family of ten children, Aaron, 
 Sr., being the fourth son in order of birth. 
 
 Aaron Cleaves, Sr., was born on Cousins 
 Island in i8og. He was a natural mechanic, 
 and much of his life worked along the coast, 
 engaged in building sea walls and break- 
 waters. He assisted in building Brown's 
 Wharf at Portland, and the Boston & Maine 
 Wharf, formerly called Smith's Wharf, and 
 continued to work at his trade until his death, 
 June 20, 1876. His wife, Eliza Hamilton, a 
 daughter of James Hamilton, a resident of the 
 island, bore him seven children, of whom 
 three are now living, namely: Aaron; Mary 
 E., born January 30, 1845, who is the widow 
 of Lewis W. Sylvester, and has four children 
 — Nellie E., Herman J., Fred L., and Elvie 
 C. ; and Isaac H., born April 6, 1851, who, 
 like his brother Aaron, is a resident of Che- 
 beague Island. 
 
 Aaron Cleaves was bred and educated on 
 the island where he was born, and here started 
 in life for himself a short time after attainijig 
 his majority. Buying an interest in a sloop, 
 Mr. Cleaves transported granite to different 
 places on the Maine coast. He subsequently 
 engaged in his father's occupation, building 
 sea walls at Rockland, and the Bar Harbor 
 breakwater, his work in each place 'being 
 thorough and durable. 
 
 On September 24, 1865, Mr. Cleaves was 
 united in marriage with Caroline L., daughter 
 of Stephen Curet, of Chebeague Island. Of 
 their union two children have been botii,, 
 George L. and Charles A., the birth of the 
 former having occurred June 17, 1867, and of 
 the latter, September 24, 1870. George L. has 
 been twice married. His first wife was Alma 
 A. Garrett, of Vinal Haven, Knox County, 
 Me., and his second wife, Annie M., daughter 
 of Isaac Strout, of Chebeague Island. Charles 
 was married April 19, 1892, to Minnie Brown, 
 of Vinal Haven. Both of the sons are mem- 
 bers of the Star Hope Lodge, No. 42, Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Cleaves 
 is a steadfast Republican in politics and an 
 attendant of the Methodist church, of which 
 Mrs. Cleaves is a member. Mr. Cleaves is 
 well known in social organizations, being a 
 member of Harmony Lodge, No. 19, Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows of Portland; of 
 Portland Encampment, No. 19, IndependeBfc; 
 Order of Odd Fellows; and of the Goldeft 
 Cross Banrier Commandery, No. ^6, of Che- 
 beague Island. 
 
 PUTNAM STEVENS, general agent 
 for Maine qf the Massachusetts Mutual 
 Life Insurance Company of Spring- 
 field, Mass., whose office is at 40 Ex^ 
 change Street, Portland, was born in Winthrop, 
 Me., November 24, 1852, son of Joseph W. 
 and Mary C. (Ingalls) Stevens. His paternal 
 grandfather, Benjamin Stevens, who was a 
 prominent farmer and extensive fruit grower, 
 came originally from Ipswich, Mass., while 
 yet a young man, and settled in Winthrop, 
 Kennebec County, where he died in 1875, 
 aged about eighty years. Joseph W. Stevens, 
 who was born in Winthrop, August 15, 1826, 
 
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 worked for many years as a carpenter and 
 builder,' and died May 23, 1889. His wife, 
 Mary, born in Madison, Me., April 6, 1825, a 
 daughter of John Ingalls, of that place, is yet 
 living, residing with her son, the subject of 
 this sketch. She had two other children, 
 namely: Bettie M., who married H. C. 
 Dexter; and Mary L., who married A. E. 
 Hutchins. 
 
 J. Putnam Stevens received a good educa- 
 tion, having studied in the public schools of 
 his native town, at Wilton Academy, and at 
 Kent's Hill Seminary, known as the Maine 
 Wesleyan Seminary. He taught school for a 
 while, and subsequently engaged as a travel- 
 ling salesman. This latter occupation he fol- 
 lowed until ten years ago, when he took up 
 the insurance business, entering the employ 
 of the Maine Benefit Association of Auburn. 
 He transacted more business for this company 
 in a given time than any man they ever had in 
 the field. In 1887 he was offered and ac- 
 cepted the management of the Massachusetts 
 Mutual for the State of Maine. This company 
 had been represented in the State for thirty 
 years when Mr. Stevens became manager, and 
 had on its books a premium collection of ten 
 thou.sand dollars. In 1894, at the end of the 
 seventh year of his management, the amount 
 of premiums collected for that year footed 
 nearly fifty thousand dollars. Mr. Stevens is 
 an alert and persevering business man, who 
 knows how to make the most of- an opportu- 
 nity and to win success in the face of diffi- 
 culty. 
 
 In 1879, January i, Mr. Stevens was mar- 
 ried to Miss Julia A. Wing, of Wayne, Me., 
 whose parents died when she was only two 
 years of age. Their union has been favored 
 by the birth of one son, Carl P., who is now 
 twelve years of age. In politics Mr. Stevens is 
 a Republican. He has held various oifices dur- 
 ing his lifetime, serving from 1875 to 1878 
 as Selectman of Wayne, and acting for some 
 time as superintendent of the School Commit- 
 tee of that town. He is well advanced in Ma- 
 sonry, belonging to Asylum Lodge, No. 133, 
 of Wayne; Greenleaf Chapter, No. 13, of 
 Portland; Portland Council, No. i; St. Al- 
 bans Commandery, No. 8 ; Maine Consistory, 
 A. A. S. S. ; and he is also a member of the 
 
 Mystic Shrine. He belongs to Samoset 
 Tribe of Red Men and to Portland Colony of 
 Pilgrim Fathers* Mr. and Mrs. Stevens are 
 attendants of the Congress Square Universalist 
 Church. They have a pretty home at i Sher- 
 man Street, Portland. 
 
 Mj 
 
 ICHARD MAYBERRY, who has 
 spent his long and prosperous life of 
 more than fourscore years in the 
 town of Windham, was born May 
 19, 1 8 14, being a son of Josiah and Eunice 
 (Miller) Mayberry, both natives of this place. 
 His paternal grandfather, a brave and loyal 
 soldier of the Revolution, spent his entire life 
 in Windham, earning his living as a tiller of 
 the soil. To him and his wife, whose maiden 
 name was Jane Miller, eleven children were 
 born, seven boys and four girls, Josiah being 
 the sixth son. 
 
 Josiah Mayberry was born February 27, 
 1783, and was here bred to farming pursuits, 
 which he followed through life, becoming the 
 owner of a farm of one hundred acres, a large 
 portion of which he placed under cultivation. 
 He was an industrious, hard-laboring man, 
 and rounded out a long life, living until June, 
 1870. He was twice married. On October 
 25, 1806, he was united to Eunice Miller, who 
 died December 26, 1815, leaving five chil- 
 dren, of whom Richard is the only one now 
 living. His second wife, Eliza Swett, of 
 Gorham, bore him seven children, four of 
 whom are living, namely: Joshua; Stephen; 
 Sarah J., wife of David R, Hawkes; and Ed- 
 mund D. The father was a Democrat in poli- 
 tics and an attendant of the Baptist church. 
 
 Richard Mayberry was less than two years 
 old when his mother died. After leaving the 
 district school, which he attended regularly 
 during his boyhood, he worked put as a farm 
 laborer for several years. In 1839 he bought 
 twenty-five acres, which are now included in 
 his present homestead property. By dint of 
 persevering energy and thrift he succeeded in 
 his occupation, from time to time buying more 
 land, his estate now containing one hundred 
 acres of good land, about one-half of which is 
 under tillage. As a citizen Mr. Mayberry 
 has always been held in high regard, being 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 prominent and influential in local affairs; and 
 in 1873 he represented his native town in the 
 State legislature, being elected on the Repub- 
 lican ticket, which he has always conscien- 
 tiously supported. In religion he is liberal, 
 believing that "righteousness and character 
 are keys to heaven's prize." 
 
 On March 30, 1841, Mr. Mayberry married 
 his cousin, Mary J., daughter of Thomas May- 
 berry, of Windham, and unto them four chil- 
 dren have been bOrn, as follows: Almeda 
 Ellen Mayberry was born December 14, 1848; 
 Mrs. Mary Abbie Mayberry, born August 30, 
 1854, has two children — Mabel May and 
 Richard Leroy; Frank N., born October 22, 
 1858, married Clara, daughter of Isaiah Allen, 
 of this town, and has two children — Inez F. 
 and Mildred E. ; and Frederick Eugene was 
 born April 27, 1865. 
 
 "|r2\ R- JOHN T. PALMER, one of the 
 
 I =A rising young physicians of Portland, 
 .-Jl^^ having his home and office at 306 
 Congress Street, is a native of 
 this city, born March 4, 1858. His father, 
 also John T. Palmer, was born in Portland, 
 England, where his parents were accidentally 
 killed when he was but four years old. When 
 eight years of age, John T. Palmer, Sr., came 
 to this country, and to Portland when a young 
 man. He has been a sea .captain for more 
 than thirty years. He used to sail from this 
 port in charge of some one of its larger 
 vessels, but for the past eight years he has 
 sailed from New York. His wife, whose 
 maiden name was Martha Steadman, has borne 
 him four children. ♦ 
 
 Dr. Palmer acquired the rudiments of his 
 education in the schools of this city, and was 
 afterward fitted for college at a private school. 
 He began the study of medicine with Dr. S. E. 
 Sylvester, of Portland, subsequently taking 
 his lecture course at the Hahnemann College 
 in Chicago, from which he was prepared for 
 graduation in 1879; but, not being old enough, 
 he took a second course, and received his 
 diploma in 1880. In the latter year the Doc- 
 tor took a number of special courses, including 
 a study of the diseases of the eye and ear, and 
 of obstetrics, they being practically post-grad- 
 
 uate courses. On March 3 of the year of his 
 graduation Dr. Palmer entered upon the prac- 
 tice of his profession in this city, locating at 
 No. 294 Congress Street, where he lived for 
 thirteen years. He then bought his presets 
 property, which has been occupied by physi- 
 cians since 1866. By his knowledge and skiill 
 he has won the confidence of the community'*' 
 and has built up a large and lucrative practice. 
 The Doctor is prominently connected with 
 many social, fraternal, and beneficiary organi- 
 zations, being an active worker in each. 
 He is a member of the Ancient Landmark 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; of Haddattah Lodge, 
 No. 117, and Una Encampment, IndependeSt 
 Order of Odd Fellows;, of Canton Ridgely; 
 of Longfellow Lodge, Knights of Pythiws; 
 of the New England Order of Protection; if 
 the Royal Society of Goodfellows, of which 
 he has been Treasurer for many years; and of 
 the Order of United Friends. He was one of 
 the founders and a charter member of Had- 
 dattah Lodge, and a founder of Una Encamp- 
 ment, of which he has since been agent. He 
 has held the office of Captain or Assistant 
 Surgeon of Patriarch Militant, First Regiment 
 of Maine, and is a member, of the Grand 
 Lodge, being Chairman of the Committee on 
 Returns. The Doctor was, likewise, one of 
 the charter members of Longfellow Lodge. 
 He is popular with all people, serving the 
 different societies with universal satisfaction* 
 and is now the examining physician of thir- 
 teen different insurance organizations. 
 
 Dr. Palmer was united in marriage October 
 18, 1882, with Miss Anna M. Rooney, of 
 this city, their union having been blessed 
 by the birth of two children — Edwin L. and 
 Lizzie M. 
 
 ETH L. PLUMMER, an active and 
 useful member of the farming com- 
 munity of Scarboro, this county, is 
 a native-born citizen, the date of 
 his birth being March 30, 1835. His grand- 
 father, Abram Plummer, was also born in 
 Cumberland County, on Richmond's Island, 
 but subsequently removed to Cape EUzabetk^^ 
 where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits ° 
 during his remaining years. He there mar- 
 
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 ried Martha Libby, who bore him six sons, 
 the second and third being twins ; and of these 
 David was the father of Seth L. 
 
 David Plummer was reared and educated in 
 Cape Elizabeth. He became a farmer, and 
 also followed the trade of house carpenter, and 
 was an esteemed and law-abiding citizen. 
 Religiously, he was a member of the Orthodox 
 church, and in politics supported the Demo- 
 cratic party. . He married Mary A. Moody, 
 whose mother lived to be one hundred and 
 four years old, and she bore him three chil- 
 dren — Seth L.-, the special subject of .this 
 sketch; David O. ; and one child that died in 
 infancy. 
 
 David O. Plummer, who is a mason by 
 trade and a well-known farmer of Scarboro, 
 was born May 20, 1838. He has been three 
 times married. His first wife, formerly 
 Nellie Hunnewell, died, leaving one child, 
 Nellie. He afterward married Miss Lizzie 
 Hunnewell, a sister of his first wife; and of 
 their union a daughter was born — Lizzie. To 
 him and his present wife, whose maiden name 
 was Alice A. Stone, two children have been 
 born — Walter E. and Susan Josephine. 
 
 Seth L. Plummer obtained a practical edu- 
 cation in the district schools of the Cape, 
 where he spent his early life. Succeeding to 
 the occupation of his father and grandfather, 
 Mr. Plummer has been prospered in his work, 
 being now the owner of a ftrell-appointed and 
 finely improved farm of eighty acres,_ fifty of 
 which are under excellent cultivation. In 
 addition to his agricultural labors, he has been 
 actively engaged in carriage making and re- 
 pairing, having picked up the trade himself, 
 his natural mechanical ability and ingenuity 
 making him highly successful in this work. 
 Mr. Plummer, who is now a member of the 
 School Committee and the Town Agent, 
 served as one of the Selectmen of Scarboro in 
 1886, 1887, 1888, 1890, and 1891, being 
 Chairman of the Board the last two years. 
 He was also a member of the superintending 
 School Committee in Cape Elizabeth for a 
 number of terms. On June 26, 1867, he was 
 united in marriage with Miss Susan E. Stone, 
 a native of Cape Elizabeth and a daughter of 
 John Stone. In politics Mr. Plummer is an 
 earnest advocate of the principles of the Dem- 
 
 ocratic party, and in religion his views are 
 broad and liberal. 
 
 EV. BENJAMIN F. PRITCHARD, 
 for many years one of the most popu- 
 lar and successful preachers of the 
 Free-will Baptist denomination, 
 has in recent years been engaged in the real 
 estate and brokerage business, but in the mean 
 time has also done a good deal^ of evangelistic 
 work. A native of Blackstone, Mass., he was 
 born August 26, 1833, son of Benjamin and 
 Lillas (Bowen) Prichard (name formerly 
 spelled without the "t"). His father was born 
 in 1802 in Marblehead, Mass., and attained 
 the venerable age of eighty-five years, being 
 long employed as an overseer in a cotton-mill. 
 The mother was a native of the town of 
 Foster,- R.I.; and she also saw many days on 
 earth, dying in 1891, aged eighty-nine years. 
 They were the parents of four children, 
 namely: Mary Ann, born in 1829; Mary 
 Eliza, 'born March 12, 1831; Benjamin F. ; 
 and James W., born September 20, 1836. 
 . Benjamin F. Pritchard acquired his early 
 education in the schools of Providence, R.I., 
 and vicinity, being graduated from the North 
 Providence PI igh School. He then began his 
 active career as a teacher in the schools of 
 South Killingly, Conn., where he was en- 
 gaged in the winter of 1857 and 1858. There 
 in the spring of the latter year, on March 14, 
 he married one of his pupils, Celie L., daugh- 
 ter of Jesse and Martha (Gibson) Handall. 
 The only child of this union was a daughter, 
 Harriet Eudora, born December 24, 1858, 
 who became the wife of Ernest W. Arnold, 
 of Providence, R.I., and is now well known in 
 the literary world as a writer of merit, many 
 of her poems being published in the Portland 
 Transcript and other leading journals. 
 
 After his marriage Mr. Pritchard continued 
 teaching, being in Greenwich, R.I., for nearly 
 four years; and while there he was superin- 
 tendent of the schools of the town, and also 
 served as Justice of the Peace, his commission 
 being signed by William Sprague, Rhode 
 Island's war governor. During all this time 
 Mr. Pritchard was studying for the ministry, 
 and had become"a licensed preacher. In May, 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW- 
 
 1862, he received a call to become pastor of 
 the church at Farnumsville, Grafton, Mass., 
 being ordained to the ministry in the follow- 
 ing month, in the Roger Williams Free 
 Baptist Church at Providence. He met with 
 great success in his pastoral work, remaining 
 at Farnumsville about three years, when, on 
 account of his wife's failing health, he left 
 that locality, by the advice of her physician 
 coming to Maine. Here Mr. Pritchard ac- 
 cepted a call to the churches of Unity and 
 Thorndike in Waldo County. In 1866 he 
 made another change, going to Pittsfield, 
 N.H., where he had charge of the Free 
 Baptist Church for about a year. Mrs. 
 Pritchard's health being still in a precarious 
 condition, he sought the seashore, taking 
 under his pastoral charge the Free Baptist 
 Church of Cape Elizabeth, where he resided 
 twelve years, preaching the first half of the 
 time there, and the other six years at the Bay 
 Side Parish. While living at Cape Elizabeth, 
 Mr. Pritchard was unanimously elected Town 
 Clerk. For three years he was a member of 
 the School Board, and for six years was Crier 
 of the Superior Court of Cumberland County 
 in Portland. 
 
 In 1879 Mr. Pritchard removed to this city, 
 where he embarked in his present business, 
 which he has since prosperously carried on. 
 During the years of his pastorates he officiated 
 at hundreds of baptisms, marriages, and fu- 
 nerals, often going long distances in order to 
 do so; and he was selected to preach the 
 sermon at almost all of the quarterly and 
 yearly meetings of his denomination that he 
 attended. He is connected by membership 
 with many social organizations, belonging to 
 the Masons; the Knights of Pythias; the Sons 
 of America; the White Men; the Guards of 
 Liberty; the Grand Division, Sons of Tem- 
 perance; and the Grand Lodge of Independent 
 Order of Good Templars. 
 
 The death of his first wife, Mrs. Celie H 
 Pritchard, occurred on July 14, 1883, after his 
 removal to Portland, her body being taken to 
 South Kilhngly, Conn., and interred in the 
 family burying-ground. On November 12, 
 A^,^^' i^'"' P"^<^^ard was again married to 
 A ice C, daughter of Charles and Catherine 
 (Wadleigh) Howe, of Monticello, Aroostook 
 
 County. Their only child, Harold Kenneth 
 Howe Pritchard, was born January 26, 1888, 
 and is the life of their pleasant home at 75 
 Quebec Street. Mr. Pritchard has been very 
 successful both as a preacher and as a business 
 man, being genial, warm-hearted, and sympa- 
 thetic, and possessing good executive ability. 
 He is largely se)f-educated, reading intelli- 
 gently and retaining all important facts. He 
 is a great lover of good poetry, which he 
 quotes fluently and with excellent effect. 
 
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 ILLIAM H. BRIGHAM, a thor- 
 ough-going and systematic farmer, 
 was born in Bridgton on the home- 
 stead where he now resides, March 6, 1823, 
 this likewise being the birthplace of his 
 father, Daniel Brigham, Jr., whose birth oc- 
 curred in 1794. The original owner of the 
 farm was the grandfather, Daniel Brigham, 
 Sr., who was a pioneer of Cumberland County 
 and one of the very first settlers of Bridgton. 
 He erected his log cabin in the midst of 
 the wilderness, and established a comfortable 
 homestead. Here Daniel Brigham, Jr., his 
 son and successor, carried on general farming, 
 being also engaged a part of his time.in black- 
 smithing, having a shop on the latfe He 
 was a soldier in the War of 181 2, and served 
 with bravery until its close. He attained a 
 good age, living until August i, 1862. To 
 him and his wife, whose maiden name was 
 Sophronia Emerson, nine children were born; 
 namely, William H., Silas, Edward, Sarah, 
 Ruth, Otis, Seth, Roxanna, and Eliza. 
 
 William H. Brigham received a practical 
 common-school education, remaining with his 
 parents until nineteen years old. He then 
 started out for himself, going to Marlboro, 
 Mass., where he was em'ployed in agricultural 
 work for seven years. Returning to this 
 State, Mr. Brigham invested his hard-earned 
 money in land, buying a farm in the town of 
 Naples, where he lived eleven years. Dispos- 
 ing of that property, he came back to his 
 childhood home, of which, his father being in 
 ill health, he assumed the charge, afterward 
 purchasing the interest of the other heirs. 
 The homestead contains one hundred and eigh- 
 teen acres of land, most of which is under cul- 
 
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 tivation ; and here Mr. Brigham carries on 
 general farming with profitable results, hav- 
 ing comfortable and convenient farm build- 
 ings and all the necessary machinery for 
 practical work. In politics he sustains the 
 principles of the Democratic party. Both he 
 and his wife are true-hearted, Christian people, 
 liberal in their religious views and worthy 
 members of the Universalist church. 
 
 Mr. Brigham was married September 19, 
 1849, to Miss Lydia Stuart, of Harrison, she 
 being a daughter of Joseph and Nancy (Lom- 
 bard) Stuart, who reared thirteen children; 
 namely, Fanny, Samuel, Joshua, Abigail, 
 Esther, George, Achsah, Emily, Calista, 
 Frank (deceased), Lydia, Amos, and Johanna. 
 All of these grew to adult life, and five daugh- 
 ters and two sons are now living. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Brigham, have had no children. 
 
 ERRY JACKSON OSBORNE, a ven- 
 erable and honored citizen of Gorham, 
 Cumberland County, is a native of New 
 Hampshire, having been born in the 
 town of Lee, that State, January 3, 181 5. 
 His parents were the Rev. John B. and Mary 
 (Frost) Osborne, both natives of New Castle, 
 N.H.; and he is of English extraction, his 
 grandfather, George J. Osborne, having been 
 the emigrant ancestor. The last named came 
 from England directly to Portsmouth, N. H., 
 where he afterward resided until his death at 
 a ripe old age. He was a school teacher by 
 occupation. Further information relating to 
 Mr. Osborne's ancestry is contained in the 
 sketch of Woodbridge G. Osborne, his 
 nephew. 
 
 The subject of this brief sketch obtained 
 his education among the hillside schools of 
 his native State. From his earliest recollec- 
 tion he has been engaged in agricultural pur- 
 suits, finding the occupation pleasant and 
 profitable. He owns a valuable timber farm 
 in the town of Gorham, where he has resided 
 for many years, being numbered among the 
 well-to-do, farmers of this part of the county. 
 
 Mr. Osborne was married March i, 1852, 
 to Elizabeth Leavis Martin, daughter of Will- 
 iam and Sophia (Leavis) Martin, of Portland. 
 Mrs. Osborne was born in Portland, November 
 
 27, 1822. She and her husband have three 
 children living, the following being their 
 record: Mary E., born May 13, 1853, is the 
 wife of Clinton A. Moulton, of Buxton, and 
 the mother of three children — Millie O. , 
 Margie, and Florence; Charles S., born June 
 2, 1857, lives on the old homestead; William 
 H., born August 5, 185.9, married Georgie 
 Libby, of Gorham, who died leaving one son, 
 Frank M., born March 27, 1882. In politics 
 Mr. Osborne affiliates with the Democratic 
 party, being one of its stanchest supporters ; 
 and his wife is a member of the Baptist 
 Church of Limington. 
 
 OSEPH H. SHORT, member of the 
 firm of Milliken, Cousins & Short, 
 wholesale dry-goods dealers of Port- 
 land, was born in«this city, August 11, 
 1847, son of John H. and Sarah A. (Pettis) 
 Short. His father, who was a native of Port- 
 land, Me., was born in 1810, and died in 
 1861 ; and his mother, who was born in 1815, 
 survived her husband seventeen years, dying 
 in 1878. After attending the common schools 
 our subject completed a course of study at 
 Nesmith's Academy. He entered the employ 
 of Storer & Cutler while still a boy, and was 
 eventually promoted to a clerkship, which he 
 held for several years. In 1865 the style of 
 the firm was changed to Deering, Milliken 
 & Co., and a few years later Mr. Short became 
 a partner. Another change made the name of 
 the company W. H. Milliken & Co., and in 
 1890 it became Milliken, Cousins & Short. 
 This establishment is one of the largest in 
 Maine, and has an extensive trade all through 
 the Eastern States and New York. It occu- 
 pies the building at 164-166 Middle Street, 
 Portland, and is five stories high and fifty by 
 one hundred and seventy-five feet in dimen- 
 sions. The firm has a number of storehouses, 
 their business including the agency for several 
 mills. Mr. Short has been connected with 
 the enterprise since 1862, and a large share of 
 its prosperity is due to his ability and fore- 
 sight. 
 
 Mr. Short was married in 1869 to Harriet 
 Leavitt, daughter of Samuel R. and Susan M. 
 (Sawyer) Leavitt, who for more than a quarter 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 of a century has been a constant and sympa- 
 thizing helpmeet. Politically, Mr. Short 
 favors the Republican party. He is affiliated 
 with several fraternal organizations, belonging 
 to Ancient Landmark Lodge, A. F. &'A. M., 
 Greenleaf Chapter and Portland Commandery; 
 also to Unity Lodge, Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows; to the Cumberland Club; afid 
 to Bramhall League. He is active in church 
 work, being connected with St. Stephen's 
 Church, in which he is a Warden, and of 
 which his wife is a member. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Short have a pleasant home at 452 Cumber- 
 land Street. 
 
 T^HARLES PEABBLES, a prominent, 
 ( S| progressive, and prosperous agricult- 
 V js ^ urist of Cape Elizabeth, is a typical 
 representative of the native-born 
 citizens of the Cape, the date of his birth 
 being August 24, 1833. His grandfather, 
 Charles Peabbles, for whom he was named, 
 was a native, and the descendant of one of the 
 old settlers, of the Cape. He was one of the 
 early farmers of the place, and, in addition to 
 carrying on mixed husbandry, was profitably 
 engaged as a miller, having a grist-mill on 
 his farm, the neighbors all bringing their corn 
 to him to be ground. His wife, Annie Mitch- 
 ell, was a daughter of a pioneer settler, and 
 a most faithful helpmeet. Seven of their 
 children grew to adult life, John, Charles's 
 father, being the fourth child. Both of the 
 grandparents lived to venerable ages, the 
 grandfather dying at the age of ninety-three 
 years. 
 
 John Peabbles was born on the old home- 
 stead, February 19, 1804, and during his years 
 of activity was engaged in general 'farming. 
 He married June 13, 1828, Hannah W. 
 Jordan, who became the mother of six chil- 
 dren, of whom the following five are living 
 residents of this place: William W., Charles' 
 M. J., John A., and Hannah H. 
 
 Charles Peabbles was reared on the home 
 farm, and attended the district school, becom- 
 ing as familiar with the agricultural arts as 
 with his books. Succeeding to the occupation 
 in which he was reared, Mr. Peabbles is now 
 numbered among the foremost farmers of this 
 
 vicinity and one of the most esteemed resf^ 
 dents of the Cape, which has always been his 
 home. A man pf enterprise and intelligen,0t; 
 he has been an important factor in the manage-' 
 ment of town affairs, having in i860, 1863, 
 and again in .1895, been elected to the office 
 of Selectman. Politically, in national affairs 
 he is a Democrat. Religiously, he is very 
 liberal in his interpretation of the Bible, and 
 is an attendant of the Methodist church. 
 
 One of the most important events in his 
 career was his marriage with Sarah M., 
 daughter of Dominicus Johnson, the descend- 
 ant of a well-known family of Cape Elizabeth, 
 their union having been celebrated July 4, 
 1856. They have one son and two daughters 
 living, namely: Elizabeth Florence, born 
 September 9, 1857, who is the wife of Charles 
 H. Chace, of Portland; Charles H. A., born 
 August 21, 1870, who resides on the home- 
 stead; and Annie M., born July i, 1873, also 
 at home. 
 
 ]CrRASTUS EUGENE HOLT, M.D., a 
 R Portland physician of the highest standr 
 /""* - ■ ' ing, and whose work in the interest 
 of medical science in Maine marks an epoch 
 in the history of the State, was born in Peru, 
 Me., June i, 1849, son of Erastus and Lu- 
 cinda (Packard) Holt. Erastus Holt, the 
 father, who was born in Weld, Franklin 
 County, Me., moved to Peru shortly after his 
 marriage. He was a carpenter by trade, and 
 was also a farmer. In 1859 he went to Califor- 
 nia, infected with the gold fever, but returned 
 after a stay of two years, locating at Canton, 
 Oxford County, where he still lives. In his 
 younger days he took a prominent part in town 
 affairs; and at the time of the Madawaska; 
 War he shouldered his musket, and took an 
 active part in the contest. His wife, who 
 was a native of Peru, died in 1861, leaving a 
 son, the subject of this article, who was then 
 but twelve years old. 
 
 Erastus Eugene Holt, M.D., attended the 
 common schools of Peru and Canton, graduat- 
 ing from the high school in the latter town. 
 He taught for a while, and then attended 
 school at Hebron Academy, Westbrook and 
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 63 
 
 while pursuing his studies. Subsequently 
 he was elected Principal of the City Reform 
 School of Boston, a position of great responsi- 
 bility, which he filled ably and well. He 
 prepared for college, but, being obliged to 
 educate himself, concluded to spend all of 
 his time in the study of medicine. He 
 graduated from the Medical School of Maine 
 in 1874. Continuing his studies, he entered 
 the College of Physicians and Surgeons, the 
 medical department of Columbia College, 
 New York City, and received his ad eimdein 
 diploma from that institution in 1875. Soon 
 after he was elected Demonstrator of Anatomy 
 in the Medical School of Maine, and served 
 two years. He was the first regularly ap- 
 pointed House Surgeon of the Maine General 
 Hospital, in which capacity he served one 
 year. Dr. Holt's specialty is ophthalmology 
 and otology. To perfect himself in these 
 branches of medical science, he studied in 
 Boston, New York, and in Europe. While 
 so engaged in London, he took part in the 
 Seventh International Medical Congress, held 
 in 1 88 1. He has been a pioneer in the 
 treatment of the eye and ear in Maine, and 
 by great personal effort founded and carried 
 forward to completion one of the noblest 
 charities of the State — the Maine Eye and 
 Ear Infirm.ary, which is now one of the most 
 prominent institutions within its borders. 
 Dr. Holt is at the head of the management of 
 the infirmary, an office which devolves upon 
 him the weight of a great responsibility. The 
 arduous and important -work performed by him 
 in this undertaking is recognized by all, and 
 has placed him in the front rank of Maine's 
 noblest benefactors. He has also founded 
 some important medical associations. Recog- 
 nizing the benefit of the union and comparison 
 of medical opinions and methods, he origi- 
 nated the Portland Medical Club in 1876 and 
 the Maine Academy of Medicine and Science 
 in 1894. The academy meets regularly on 
 the second Monday evening from November 
 to April, and numbers among its members the 
 most eminent physicians and laymen of the 
 State. Dr. Holt belongs to many prominent 
 medical societies, among which are the Maine 
 Medical Association, the American Ophthal- 
 mological and Otological Societies, the New 
 
 England Ophthalmological Society, the Con- 
 gress of American Physicians and Surgeons, 
 and the American Medical Association. He 
 has written many medical papers, which have 
 been broadly published in the transactions of 
 these societies and other journals. He is now 
 editor and publisher of d. Journal of Medicine 
 and Science, the official organ of the Maine 
 Academy of Medicine and Science, which he 
 also founded, and which is issued on the first 
 of each month. This brief synopsis of Dr. 
 Holt's career shows him to be a man of re- 
 markable genius, having at his command an 
 unusual power of accomplishment. Unaided, 
 he has won his way step by step to fame and 
 fortune, surmounting obstacles that would 
 have daunted the heart of one less strong in 
 all that makes a true and noble man. 
 
 Dr. Holt was married in October, 1876, to 
 Miss Mary Brooks, daughter of Benjamin B. 
 Dyer, of Cape Elizabeth, and the following 
 children have blessed their union: L. Mary- 
 Belle, Clarence B., Roscoe D. T. , Erastus 
 Eugene, Jr., Dorothy, and Benjamin Dyer. 
 In politics Dr. Holt is a Republican. In re- 
 ligion he holds liberal views. He and his 
 family reside in their beautiful home, 723 
 Congress Street. 
 
 RIN B. HIBBARD, who is closely 
 identified with the agricultural and in- 
 dustrial interests of Bridgton, is the 
 owner of one of the most comfortable 
 homesteads to be found in this locality. His 
 farm contains one hundred and forty-one acres 
 of land, all well improved and under excellent 
 tillage, with a substantial residence, a good 
 barn, and all the necessary out-buildings for 
 storing crops and sheltering stock. Mr. Hib- 
 bard is a native of Milan, N. H., where his 
 birth occurred, April 27, 1830, his parents 
 being Benjamin and Hannah Hibbard. He 
 was but eleven months old when he was 
 brought to this State, becoming then an in- 
 mate of his uncle's household, and residing 
 with him until fourteen years of age. Having 
 concluded his studies in the di,strict school, 
 the young lad then came to Bridgton, where he 
 worked at farming and stone cutting for 
 several years. In July, 1862, he enlisted in 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Company I, Eleventh Maine Volunteer In- 
 fantry, being mustered into service at Augusta. 
 With his brave comrades he took part in 
 various battles, among them the battle of Ber- 
 muda Hundred, Malvern Hill, the bombard- 
 ment and siege' of Fort Sumter and Charles- 
 ton, and the engagements at Drewry's Bluff 
 and Deep Bottom,' being wounded in the latter 
 fight by a shell which stiruck him in the ankle. 
 He was then taken to Point of Rocks, 'Va. , 
 where he remained until the end of his term 
 of enlistment, when, June 12,' 1865, he was 
 honorably discharged. 
 
 On his return to Bridgton Mr. Hibbard" re- 
 sumed his former occupation, continuing until 
 1869, when he purchased sixty-six acres of 
 land, these being included, in his present farm. 
 
 ^ He has since carried on mixed husbandry, en- 
 gaging to some extent in lumbering and dairy- 
 ing, and meeting with good success in all of 
 his operations. In politics he is a sound Re- 
 publican, and, though not an aspirant for offi- 
 cial honors, was appointed Postmaster of West 
 Bridgton, Ma^ 9, 1881. He was removed 
 
 . during President Cleveland's first term, 
 reappointed on petition March 21, 1888, but 
 resigned in a few months on account of ill 
 health in his family. Mr. Hibbard was also 
 fornaerly a United States mail contractor. 
 Socially, he is a valued member of the Grand 
 Army of the Republic. Mr. Hibbard became 
 a benedict in 1852, his marriage with Miss 
 Elizabeth Goldthwait having been solemnized 
 October 22 of that year. Mrs. Hibbard is a 
 native of Bridgton, and has borne her husband 
 nine children', as follows: Rebecca, Lizzie, 
 Horace (deceased), Irving, Abbie, George 
 (deceased), John, Wilmot, and Winnifred, the 
 last of whom is also no longer living. 
 
 'OHN L. MEGQUIER, who owns and 
 cultivates a productive farm in New 
 Gloucester, where he is also engaged in 
 the manufacture of cider, was born in 
 this town, July i, 185 1, son of General Charles 
 and Louisa (Proctor) Megquier. He is of 
 Scotch ancestry; and his great-grandfather, 
 who settled in New Gloucester at an early 
 date, was one of the seven original owners of 
 this township. William Megquier, our sub- 
 
 ject's grandfather, settled upon the farm now 
 owned by his grandson in 1775,. and success- 
 fully followed agricultural pursuits during the 
 active period of his life. 
 
 General Charles Megquier, father of John 
 -L., was born in New Gloucester in 1798. He 
 adopted "agriculture as his principal occupa^ 
 tion, and, being a very progressive man, made 
 various improvements upon his farm, which 
 he cultivated with prosperous results. Besides- 
 being one of the foremost farmers of the 
 county, he was prominent in public affairs.. 
 He was long a Justice of the Peace, ser^ii^^' 
 as a member of the Board of Selectmen of his 
 town for a number of years, represented his 
 district in the legislature, and was elected to 
 the State Senate in 1854. His connection 
 with the State militia, in which he held the 
 rank of General, extended through a long 
 period; and he was known throughout the 
 State as a useful, high-minded, and worthy cit- 
 izen. He died at the homestead in New 
 Gloucester, March i, 1884. His wife, Louisa 
 Proctor, who was a native of this town, be- 
 came the mother of . two children — Charles 
 William, who married Thankful Fowler, and 
 is a carpenter and builder of Westboro, Mass. ; 
 and John L., the subject of this sketch. Mrs. 
 Charles Megquier died February 2, 1888. 
 
 John L. Megquier obtained his education in 
 the schools of his native town. At the age of 
 twenty-one years he went to Lewiston, wheA 
 for two years he was employed in a mill. He, 
 then returned to the homestead for the purpose 
 of managing the farm, and has since resided 
 here. His farm, which is one of the most 
 desirable pieces of agricultural pcoperty in 
 the town, is well improved; and he is prosper- 
 . ously engaged in general farming. He also 
 operates a cider-mill, the annual product of 
 which he disposes of with fair profit. In pol- 
 itics he is a Democrat, and has always sup- 
 ported that party since he became qualified to 
 cast a vote. 
 
 On January i, 1874, Mr. Megquier was 
 united in marriage to Miss Alice J. Morse. 
 Mrs. Megquier was born- in New Gloucester; 
 September 21, 1850, and is a daughtef of 
 Stephen and Johanna (Merrill) Morse. Her 
 father was a native of Cumberland Coupt^jl 
 and a prosperous farmer, and her mother was ' 
 
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 born in Androscoggin County, this State. 
 They resided in New Gloucester for many 
 years, both dying in this town. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Megquier have three children — Arville, 
 Blanche, and Marcia Edna, each of whom 
 has been well educated, Miss Blanche Meg- 
 quier being now engaged in teaching school in 
 Pownal, Me. 
 
 Mr. Megquier is a member of Siloam 
 Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows of 
 Gray, and is one of the most respected citizens 
 of his town. 
 
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 ID N. FENDERSON, who 
 conducts a flourishing canning busi- 
 ness at Chebeague Island, Cumber- 
 land County, Me., where his factory is located, 
 was born February 9, 1863, at Scarboro, this 
 State. His grandfather, Abial Fenderson, 
 was a lifelong resident of Scarboro, where he 
 owned fifty acres of land, which he improved 
 and tilled; and, in addition, he worked at the 
 mason's trade, being an industrious and hard- 
 working man. He married Elizabeth Mar- 
 shall, a native of Scarboro; and they had but 
 one child, Nathan, the father of Willard N. 
 Both of the grandparents lived to a good old 
 age, the grandfather dying at the age of 
 seventy-five, and his wife, at the age of sixty 
 years. He was a Democrat of the old school, 
 and both were liberal in their religious views. 
 
 Nathan Fenderson's birth occurred in Scar- 
 boro, Me., in the year 1828. He learned 
 from his father the trade of a mason, which he 
 followed for several years. He succeeded to 
 the ownership of the parental farm, which he 
 managed besides practising his trade, making 
 an excellent living for himself and family. 
 He married Bethuba, daughter of Sylvester 
 Tibbetts, of Newfield, Me., and of the five 
 children born to them three are now living, 
 namely: Liberty L., who lives on the Scar- 
 boro homestead; John, born in 1859, and 
 married in 1884 to Miss Annie Langille, of 
 Nova Scotia, they having one child, -.Mabel ; 
 and Willard N. 
 
 Willard N. Fenderson completed his school 
 studies at the Scarboro High School, and after 
 leaving this institution began learning the art 
 of making cans. This occupation he followed 
 
 in his native town for ten years. Deciding 
 then that there would be more profit in filling 
 the cans after they were made, he leased in 
 1 89 1 the land on which his factory stands 
 on Chebeague Island. Erecting his present 
 plant, Mr. Fenderson has since been prosper- 
 ously engaged in canning clams, clam chow- 
 der, fish, apples, and other provisions suitable 
 for the purpose. In the comparatively short 
 time in which he has been thus occupied, he 
 has built up an extensive and lucrative trade, 
 his goods being shipped to Boston, Providence, 
 Chicago, and other cities. His factory has 
 a capacity of one hundred bushels per day; and 
 in the busiest seasons of the year, the spring 
 and fall, forty hands are kept in constant em- 
 ployment. His goods, which are all labelled 
 "The Chebeague Brand," are noted for their 
 excellence and purity, and have gained for 
 him a reputation which he endeavors to up- 
 hold. 
 
 On December 4, 1886, Mr. Fenderson mar- 
 ried Mary C, daughter of Charles E. Roberts 
 of Scarboro. In politics Mr. Fenderson is a 
 strong Prohibitionist,and both he and 'his wife 
 are liberal and broad in their religious views. 
 Socially, he is a member of Golden Cross 
 Lodge, No. 232, "Scarboro," of Dunston 
 Corners, Scarboro. 
 
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 ILLIAM F. LIBBY, a well-known 
 merchant of Gorham and Postmaster 
 at White Rock, was born in this 
 locality, November 21, 1852. His paternal 
 grandfather, John Libby, was a native of Scar- 
 boro, where during his earlier years he was 
 profitably engaged in fishing. He afterward 
 bought land in Gorham, and carried on mixed 
 husbandry until his death, at the age of fifty- 
 two. He married Dorcas Roberts, of Scar- 
 boro; and they became the parents of nine 
 children, of whom the only survivor is Elmira, 
 wife of Stephen Harris, of Windham, who has 
 one child, Ellen. Caleb Libby, father of 
 William F. , was born in Gorham, August 25, 
 1812, and died in the same town, January 14, 
 1876. He was an energetic, industrious man, 
 whose life was devoted to farming. On No- 
 vember 20, 1845, he married Betsey, daughter 
 of Lemuel Rich, of Standish; and she sur- 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 vived him a brief time, passing away October 
 7, 1879. Of the three children born to them, 
 two are living, namely: John W., born March 
 4, 1847; and William F. John W. married 
 Mrs. Kate McBeun, «/<? McAdams, of New 
 Brunswick. 
 
 William F. Libby acquired the rudiments 
 of knowledge in the schools of Gorham, and 
 for many years was a diligent worker on his 
 father's farm. In 1894, desiring to enter upon 
 a mercantile career, he purchased the old and 
 well-established stand of W. F. Buxton, which 
 he has since conducted, having a flourishing 
 trade in groceries and other merchandise-. In 
 the same year Mr. Libby was appointed Post- 
 master at White Rock, the duties of which 
 office he performs with satisfaction to the 
 townspeople. On November 25, 1874, he 
 was united in marriage with Mrs.- Alta G. 
 Libby, nh Brimblescom, of Lynn, Mass. 
 Both Mr. and Mrs. Libby are valued members 
 of the Methodist church. He is identified 
 politically with the interests of the Republi- 
 can party; and, socially, he is a member of 
 Granite Lodge, No. 14, Independent Order of 
 Odd F"ellows of Biddeford, and of the Golden 
 Cross Commandery of Gorham. 
 
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 LVIN CRESSEY, who was for many 
 years a thrifty and much respected 
 farmer of Gorham, will scarcely be 
 remembered by the younger genera- 
 tion of this town, having passed away thirty- 
 eight years ago. He was bbrn in Gorham, this 
 county, in 1806, spent his entire life here, and 
 died April 30, 1858. He was a son of Eben- 
 ezer and Sarah Cressey. His father and grand- 
 father (Ebenezer, Sr. ) were both natives of this 
 town and farmers by occupation. He was early 
 trained to farm life and labor, and pursued his 
 allotted vocation with systematic industry, 
 becoming in course of time one of Gorham's 
 most respected and influential citizens. For 
 some years before his marriage he varied his 
 occupation by keeping a store in Portland. 
 He was a public-spirited man, ever ready to 
 give his active support to all beneficial enter- 
 prises. In politics he was a steadfast Demo- 
 crat, consistently supporting the principles of 
 that party. His wife, Sarah Flagg by maiden 
 
 name, was a daughter of David Flagg. She 
 survived him thirty years, dying, in 1888. 
 They were the parents of six children, namely : 
 Eb'en F., who for a number of years was a 
 clerk in his uncle's store at Salmon Falls, 
 N.H. ; Eli^a A.-; Caroline A.; Elizabeth; 
 Hattie E, ; and Martha E. All these chil- 
 dren remained unmarried, and all are now 
 passed away except Martha E., who was the 
 youngest. 
 
 Martha E.* Cressey, who owns and occupies 
 the old homestead, acquired her education in 
 the place of her nativity, where she has spent 
 the larger part of her life. She has a finely 
 improved and valuable farm of one hundred 
 acres, all in a high state of cultivation. This 
 she manages herself in a practical business- 
 like manner, with profitable financial results. 
 She is held in high regard throughout the com- 
 munity, and is an active member of the Con- 
 gregational church. 
 
 DWARD HUSTON, proprietor of a 
 well-conducted farm in West' Gray, was 
 ■^ born in the house he now- occupies, 
 May 6, 1824, a son of David and Olive (Har-. 
 mon) Huston. His grandfather, Stephen 
 Huston, was for many years a resident of Fal- 
 mouth, where he was successfully engaged in 
 agriculture during the entire active period of 
 his life. 
 
 David Huston was born in P'almouth and 
 early trained to agricultural pursuits. When 
 a young man he went to Windham, where he 
 was engaged in-, farming for some years; but, 
 subsequently returning to Gray, he settled v 
 upon a farm in this town. Three years later 
 he moved to the farm which his son Edward '■ 
 now occupies, and on which he resided until 
 his death, which took place April 16, 1874. 
 He was an able and industrious farmer and a 
 useful citizen. His wife Olive, who was born 
 in this town, became the mother of fourteen 
 children, as follows: Edward, our speGttl* 
 subject; Stephen, a prosperous farmer of this 
 town; Augusta, widow of John Crockett, who ' 
 resides in Portland; Hannah; George Wash- 
 ington and Ruth Elizabeth, both of whom have 
 passed away; David, a resident of Freeport, 
 Me. ; Pamelia, who became the wife of Alfred 
 
EDWARD HUSTON. 
 
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 69 
 
 Maybee, and resides in Yarmouth, Me. ; Ben- . 
 jamin S. , who is now living in Falmouth, this 
 State; Sarah F., now Mrs. Mitchell, who re- 
 sides in Freeport; Melissa, wife of E. H. Per- 
 rington, of Portland ; Harriet Emma, who is 
 no longer living; and two others who died in 
 infancy. Mrs. David Huston died in March, 
 1870. 
 
 Edward Huston passed his boyhood and 
 youth upon the farm, assisting his father dur- 
 ing the summer and attending the common 
 schools in the winter. At the age of twenty- 
 one he commenced work in a brickyard in 
 North Falmouth, where he remained for two 
 years; then, in company with his brother, he 
 bought a farm in Gray, which they conducted 
 together for ten years. Mr. Huston next pur- 
 chased a farm in Freeport, which he sold after 
 a six years' residence there. Having bought 
 a piece of farm property in Windham, this 
 State, he moved to that town and was there 
 profitably engaged in agricultural pursuits for 
 eleven years. At the end of that period he 
 sold the Windham farm, and, once more re- 
 turning to Gray, purchased the old homestead, 
 on which he has since resided. His farm is 
 well located, and consists of one hundred acres 
 of good fertile laiid. Since taking possession 
 Mr. Huston has greatly improved the property, 
 thereby adding materially to its value. Pie 
 is capable, energetic, and persevering, taking 
 advantage of every opportunity for increasing 
 the amount and improving the quality of his 
 crops; and his efforts have been attended with 
 good results. 
 
 On February 22, 1852, Mr. Huston was 
 united in marriage to Miss Caroline Floyd, 
 who was born in Harrison, Me., October 15, 
 1834. Mrs. Huston is a daughter of Isaac 
 Floyd, who was for many years a thriving cooper 
 of Harrison. Both her father and mother have 
 passed away. Mr. and Mrs. Huston are the 
 parents of three children — David F., who 
 resides at home; Walter J., who married Mrs. 
 Cole, and resides in Quincy, Mass., where he 
 is engaged in stone cutting; and John P. N., 
 residing at home. 
 
 Mr. Huston is a Republican in politics, but 
 
 ■has never aspired to public office. He takes, 
 
 however, a lively and practical interest- in all 
 
 movements relative to the moral or material 
 
 advancement of the community, and is a mem- 
 ber of the Sons of Temperance of West Gray. 
 His portrait is presented on a neighboring page 
 of this volume as that of a useful and highly 
 esteemed citizen, a native and long a resident 
 of this county. 
 
 DWIN FAXON VOSE, M.D., the 
 leading physician in Portland of the 
 homoeopathic school, was born in 
 Watertown, Mass., October 17, 1850. Fle is 
 a son of Henry C. and Rachel W. (Faxon) 
 Vose, and is of Puritan descent through both 
 parents. The Vose family was represented at 
 the settlement of Boston, and the name is on 
 record among the founders of Milton in 1632. 
 Dr. Vose's great-grandfather was a soldier of 
 the First Massachusetts Regiment in the Rev- 
 olutionary army, while a brother of his great- 
 grandfather was Colonel of the same regiment. 
 The grandfather of the Doctor was a shoe man- 
 ufacturer in Providence, R. I. 
 
 Henry C. Vose was a graduate of the Theo- 
 logical Seminary of Clinton, N.Y. , and also 
 of the Cleveland Homoeopathic Medical Col- 
 lege. He preached as a clergyman of the 
 Universalist Church at Watertown, Mass., and 
 at Clinton, N.Y. , and spent the last thirty 
 years of his life in Marion, Mass. At the 
 time of the uprising against Free Masonry, 
 when it took courage to avow connection with 
 the order, he was prominent in its councils, 
 and battled for the cause of abolition, count- 
 ing William Lloyd Garrison and other promi- 
 nent agitators among his personal friends. 
 He spoke on the antislavery question to so 
 many out-of-door meetings that he ruined his 
 voice and was obliged to give up his work as 
 a clergyman, after which he devoted the rest 
 of his life to medical practice. Dr. Henry 
 Vose died in 1887. His wife, whose maiden 
 name was Rachel W. Faxon, was a native of 
 Braintree, Mass., a daughter of Thomas 
 Faxon. She was a direct descendant of John 
 Clark, who came over in the "Mayflower." 
 Her grandfather, Thomas Faxon, a native of 
 Stoughton, Mass., was one of the sturdy 
 minute-men of Revolutionary times, so that 
 through both father and mother Dr. Vose is 
 eligible to be counted among the Sons of the 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Jlevolution. Thomas Faxon, the father of 
 Mrs. Vose, was a cattle dealer in the old drov- 
 ing days, and was a very successful man. Mrs. 
 Vose was the mother of eight children, and 
 had attained an advanced age when she died 
 in 1890. 
 
 Edwin Faxon Vose was the fifth of his par- 
 ents' children. He graduated from the Mas- 
 sachusetts Agricultural College, now included 
 in the Boston University. After reading 
 medicine for a while with his father, he 
 entered the homoeopathic department of Boston 
 University, from which he graduated in 1876. 
 He was House Surgeon of the Massachusetts 
 Homoeopathic Hospital the year before his 
 graduation. After receiving his diploma he 
 located in Portland, forming a partnership 
 with Dr. Eliphalet Clark, who was one of the 
 pioneers of homoeopathy in the State of Maine. 
 Two years later Dr. Clark retired, leaving Dr. 
 Vose in full charge of their combined practice. 
 In addition to his qualifications as a doctor of 
 medicine, he is a skilful surgeon. United 
 with his skill an'd thorough knowledge is a 
 kindly and generous nature, which has won for 
 him the confidence of all his patients. ' He is 
 a member of the Maine Academy of Medi- 
 cine and President of the State Homoeopathic 
 Medical Society, having been elected to the lat- 
 ter office at the annual meeting held in 1895. 
 When, in 1895, the legislature of Maine 
 passed the bill requiring all physicians to 
 register or pass an examination, he was ap- 
 pointed by Governor Cleaves a member of the 
 Examining Board. 
 
 In 1876, July 5, Dr. Vose was married to 
 Lizzie M., daughter of John and Lizzie (Mc- 
 Curdy) Begg, of Brooklyn, N.Y. ; and the 
 
 union has been blessed by two children 
 
 Eleanor Rachel and Clifton Henry. In poli- 
 tics he is a strong Republican ; and, thciugh not 
 an aspirant for office, he has taken an active 
 part in important conventions. In Masonry he 
 is Past Master of Portland Lodge; Past High 
 Priest of Mount Vernon Chapter; Past Master 
 of Portland Council ; Commander of Portland 
 Commandery ; a member of the Maine Order of 
 High Priesthood ; a member of the order of the 
 Red Cross- of Constantine; a member of the 
 Royal Order of Scotland (whose membership 
 IS limited to three hundred in the United 
 
 States, and which is controlled at Edinburgh, 
 Scotland) ; a member of Aleppo Temple, 
 Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at Boston ; and 
 of the Maine Consistory, the thirty-second de- 
 gree. Dr. Vose is Past Grand of Hadallah 
 Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,, 
 and a member of Una Encampment ; and he 
 belongs to Bramball Lodge, Knights of 
 Pythias, and the Samoset Tribe of Red Men. 
 He is a member of the Maine Charitable 
 Mechanic Association and of the Sodality of 
 the Sons of the Revolution, a Director of 
 Falmouth B. and L. Association, a popular 
 member of the Portland Club, and also of the 
 Young Men's Athletic Association. He 
 attends and supports the Congress Square 
 Universali^t Church. His residence is the 
 handsome building, 612 Congress Street. 
 
 ON. GEORGE W. LEIGHTON, of 
 
 Westbrook, who for twenty years or 
 more has held a most responsible 
 position in the Cumberland paper- 
 mills, owned and conducted by Grant, Daniels 
 & Co., now in the hands of S. D. Warren & 
 Co., was born January 27, 1843, son of Alvin 
 and Hannah (Sawyer) Leighton, of Falmouth, 
 Me. Ebenezer Leighton, his grandfather, 
 followed farming throughout his life, first in 
 Falmouth and later in Westbrook. He died 
 at the latter place about 1858, aged eighty-two 
 or eighty-three years. In religious belief he 
 was a Methodist. Of his five children two are 
 still living, namely: Lucy, the wife of John 
 Lamb, of Westbrook; and Emily, the widow 
 of George W. Cobb, of Deering, Me. 
 
 Alvin Leighton was a stone mason and suc- 
 cessfully worked at his • trade during . the 
 greater part of his life. He was also engaged?, 
 in the manufacture of brick. His wife bore 
 him nine children, eight of whom are still 
 living, namely: Sewall Leighton, George W., 
 Eben, Frank, and Charles Leighton, all resi- 
 dents of Westbrook; Philena, who married 
 George Barbour, of Westbrook j Hannah, the 
 wife of William H. Bacon, of Boston, Mass. ; 
 and Elvira, the wife of E. C. . Swett, of West- 
 brook. Their father died in 1885, at the age 
 of seventy-six years. He was an attendant of 
 the Methodist Episcopal church. 
 
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 71 
 
 George W. Leighton was educated in the 
 common schools of Westbrook and Windham. 
 After leaving school he worked for two years 
 in an oakum-mill at Duck Pond, in the town 
 of Westbrook, and for one year in the paper- 
 mill of that place. He then was employed at 
 the Cumberland mills as a common laborer. 
 In a comparatively short space of time he was 
 promoted to the charge of a washing-engine. 
 After satisfactorily performing the duties of 
 this position for five years he was transferred 
 to the beating-engines, by which the last 
 operation is performed before the material is 
 rolled into sheets. With .the exception of one 
 year spent with Brekmaker, Moore & Co., 
 paper-makers of Louisville, Ky. — a part 
 having been passed at the Philadelphia Cen- 
 tennial — Mr. Leighton has held this position 
 during the past twenty years. 
 
 Up to 1879 Mr. Leighton voted with the 
 Republican party, but he has since been 
 an adherent of the Democratic party. Mr. 
 Leighton's political career began in 1881, 
 when he was elected a Representative to' the 
 State legislature. In 1882 he was elected 
 Selectman of Westbrook, and held that posi- 
 tion until 1 891, serving as Chairman of that 
 Board for four years. In the first election for 
 Mayor under the city charter held in 1891, he 
 ran against Leander Valentine, and was only 
 defeated by two votes, the total vote having 
 been larger than any cast since. His con- 
 stituency demanded a recount; but Mr. Leigh- 
 ton objected, and, gracefully calling Mr. 
 Valentine to the platform, introduced him to 
 the audience as their first Mayor, saying he 
 was glad to see a way of retiring from the 
 political field. Some time after, when the 
 Board of Registration was created, Mayor 
 Valentine appointed Mr. Leighton a member 
 of it. He declined nomination for a second 
 year, as the office disfranchised its occupant 
 for the term. He has also declined nomina- 
 tion for the Mayoralty for the last two years. 
 In February, 1864, he was joined in mar- 
 riage with Miss Mary Cragin, a daughter of 
 John Cragin, of Westbrook, and they had two 
 children, namely: Annie, now the wife of 
 A. N. Waterhouse, of Westbrook ; and John, 
 who is learning the machinist's trade at the 
 Knowlton machine shop in Westbrook. 
 
 Mr. Leighton is well known in fraternal 
 circles, being a member of Warren Phillips 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Cumberland Mills; 
 Saccarappa Lodge, No. 11, Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows of Westbrook; Cum- 
 mings Encampment, Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows of Westbrook ; Presumpscot 
 Valley Lodge, No. 4, Knights of Pythias of 
 Cumberland Mills; Pequaket Lodge, No. 100, 
 Independent Order of Red Men of Cumber- 
 land Mills; Westbrook Commandery, No. 
 289, United Order of the Golden Cross; and 
 the Cumberland Mills Relief Association. 
 
 EEANDER H. MOULTON, station 
 agent at Sebago Lake, was born 
 ^ August 22, 1840, in the town of 
 Standish, this county and State, 
 being a son of Josiah Moulton and a grandson 
 of Simon and Abigail (Plaisted) Moulton. 
 A more extended account of his ancestral his- 
 tory may be found in the sketch of Lewis W. 
 Moulton on another page of this volume. 
 
 Josiah Moulton, father of Leander H., was 
 a native of Standish, being born in this town 
 June 8, 1805, and here spending a long and 
 useful life, dying at the venerable age of 
 ninety years. He was an industrious, prac- 
 tical farmer, and, in addition, was for many 
 years engaged in lumbering. He took an 
 active part in local politics, being a prominent 
 member of the Democratic party, and for a 
 number of terms ■ served very acceptably as 
 Selectman of the town. To him and his wife, 
 Martha Hasty, daughter of Daniel Hasty, of 
 this town, were born four children, Leander 
 H. being the only one now living. 
 
 Leander H. Moulton received an academical 
 education in Standish and Fryeburg, being 
 prepared for the profession of a teacher. He 
 subsequently taught school during the fall and 
 winter terms for ten years or more in Standish 
 and Windham, while in the summer seasons 
 he worked on the parental homestead. In 
 1870 Mr. Moulton was appointed station agent 
 on the Portland & Ogdensburg Railway (now 
 the Maine Central) at Sebago Lake, a position 
 which he has since held, except during a short 
 period. He had previously engaged in the 
 manufacture of clothing at Sebago Lake, and 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 left his railway office for a short time in order 
 that he might close out his clothing business. 
 Having satisfactorily disposed of it', Mr. Moul- 
 ton returned to the station at Sebago Lake, 
 where he has since remained. 
 
 On February 27, 1867, Mr. Moulton was 
 united in marriage with Florence A., daughter 
 of Daniel W. Dole, of South Windham. In 
 politics Mr. Moulton is a member of the Re- 
 publican party, and has taken some part in 
 public affairs, having been Selectman several 
 years, and serving at the present time as super- 
 intendent of the schools of Standish. Re- 
 ligiously, both Mr. and Mrs. Moulton are 
 liberal and progressive in their views, he being 
 a Unitarian and she a Universalist. 
 
 kARTIN L. KEYES, an esteemed 
 resident of Gorham, Me., was born 
 in Lempster, Sullivan County, 
 N. H., February 19, 1850. His 
 grandfather, Mezelda Keyes, was a native of 
 Acworth in the same county and State, his 
 birth taking place in the year 1770. He was 
 engaged in farming throughout his long and 
 active life. He was a Democrat in politics; 
 and in religion both he and his wife, whose 
 maiden name was Sarah Foster, were members 
 of the Congregational church. Their .son. 
 Orison, father of Martin L. Keyes, was born 
 April 2, 1 8 19, in Acworth, N. H., where in 
 early life he learned the trade of a wheel- 
 wright. He subsequently practised his trade 
 in Lempster, and was also- engaged there in 
 the manufacture of carriages, sleighs, tubs, 
 buckets, etc. He died in Lempster in 1877. 
 Like his father, he was a steadfast adherent of 
 the Democratic party. He married Lucina 
 A,, daughter of Robert McClure, of Acworth, 
 and their household circle was enlarged by the 
 birth of nine children, five of whom are now 
 living, as follows: Anson L., who now resides 
 in Faribault, Minn., married Hattie Lufkin, of 
 Great Falls, N.H., and has one child. Lulu 
 M. ; Nettie E., now a resident of Holyoke, 
 Mass., became the wife of William Brooks, of 
 Acworth; Martin L., whose name appears at 
 the head of this sketch; Frank E., a resident 
 of New York City, married Alice J. Dana, of 
 Acworth, and they have two children — Forest 
 
 and Maud; Belle S., wife of E. H. Allen, of 
 Holyoke,- Mass., has one child. Donna B. 
 Both Mr. and Mrs. Orison - Keyes were mem- 
 bers of the Congregational church of Acworth. 
 
 Martin L. Keyes was educated in the public 
 schools of Lempster, .N.H., and was silbse-= 
 quently engaged for fifteen years in that town 
 in the manufacture of carriages and sleighs; in 
 addition to this he manufactured lumber and 
 house furnishings, conducted a mercantile 
 business, and, with his brother, F. E. Keyes, 
 operated a grist-mill and carried on a substan- 
 tial trade in grain and flour. In 1885 he came 
 to Cumberland County, accepting the superin- 
 tendency of the mills owned by the Indurated 
 Fibre Company of North Gorham. This com- 
 pany has been reorganized and its name 
 changed several times since then; but Mr. 
 Keyes retained his office, being superintendent 
 of the works, which are. now incorporated 
 under the name of the "United Indurated 
 Fibre Company of New Jersey. " The mills 
 in Gorham were shut down in 1894, the busi- 
 ness being removed to Lockport, N.Y. ; but 
 when running at full time they gave employ- 
 ment to one hundred and fifty men. 
 
 Mr. Keyes has been twice married. His 
 first wife, to whom he was married October 4, 
 1876, was Isadore P. Stowell, daughter of A1-' 
 bert Stowell, of Unity, N.H. She died Feb- 
 ruary 28, 1886, having been the mother of one 
 child — Mabel L., born May 9, 1880. ' 
 
 On December 12, 1887, Mr. Keyes was 
 united to his present'wife, whose maiden name 
 was Jennie Grossman, she being a daughter of ' 
 Sullivan Grossman, of Lowell, Mass. In poli- 
 tics Mr. Keyes is a Democrat. Socially, he 
 is a Mason, belonging to Mount Vernon Lodge, 
 No. IS, A. F. &A.. M., of Newport, N.H., 
 and to Presumpscot Tribe of Red Men, No. 21, 
 of North Gorham. Both he and his wife at- 
 tend the Congregational church. 
 
 OHN F. A. MERRILL, attorney and 
 counsellor-at-law, was born in Portland, 
 February 10, 1866. His parents were 
 Charles B. and Abba Isabella (Little) 
 Merrill. His paternal grandfather. Dr. John 
 Merrill, was for many years identified with the 
 history of Cumberland County, as he practised 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 73 
 
 medicine in Portland for more than half a cen- 
 tury, being one of the leading physicians of his 
 time. The old family homestead at 65 Spring 
 Street was built by Dr. Merrill's father-in-law, 
 Mr. Joseph Coffin Boyd, who settled in Port- 
 land in his early manhood. His daughter, 
 Mrs. Dr. Merrill, was one of fifteen children. 
 An interesting history of the Boyd family may 
 be found in "Americans of Royal Descent." 
 
 Mr. Merrill's maternal grandfather, Josiah 
 Stover Little, was born in Newburyport, 
 Mass., but moved to Portland, Me., where he 
 served as President of the Atlantic & St. Law- 
 rence Railroad, and was connected with the 
 largest enterprises of the city. Mr. Little 
 was graduated from Bowdoin College in 1828, 
 in the class with Longfellow, Hawthorne, and 
 Franklin Pierce. He was at one time a mem- 
 ber and Speaker of the Maine House of Repre- 
 sentatives; but he was not specially active in 
 politics. His wife, Abba Isabella, was a 
 daughter of Joseph Chamberlain, whose ances- 
 tors came from Vermont, but subsequently 
 moved to Boston, where Mr. Chamberlain be- 
 came a well-known tea merchant. Some time 
 after Mr. Little's death the grandmother mar- 
 ried Mr. George T. Davis, of Greenfield, 
 Mass., continuing, however, to live in Port- 
 land until her death in 1893. She was a dis- 
 tinguished society leader of her time. The 
 Little residence on State Street is now owned 
 and occupied by Mr. Weston F. Milliken. 
 
 Charles B. Merrill, the father of the special 
 subject of this sketch, was born in Portland 
 in 1827. He was graduated from Bowdoin 
 College in the class of 1847, and later from 
 Harvard Law School. Being admitted to the 
 bar, he practised law until the breaking out of 
 the Southern Rebellion, when he was placed in 
 charge of Camp Berry, the rendezvous of the 
 newly enlisted soldiers. Receiving the com- 
 mission of Lieutenant Colonel of the Seven- 
 teenth Maine Infantry, he served three years 
 in command of the regiment, which took active 
 part in several of the principal engagements 
 of the war, including the battle of Gettysburg. 
 After his return from the war he engaged in 
 mercantile pursuits in this city, until a short 
 time before his death, which' occurred in 1891. 
 He and his wife had eight children, of whom 
 the, two now surviving are Charles P. and John. 
 
 Five died in childhood; and another, Isabella 
 Little, died, in May, 1894. 
 
 John F. A. Merrill, the younger son, was 
 graduated from Yale College in 1889, and 
 studied law with William L. Putnam, now 
 Judge of the Circuit Court of Appeals. He 
 spent one year in Harvard Law School, and 
 was admitted to the bar of Cumberland 
 County in April, 1892. He then opened a 
 law office on Exchange Street, where he has 
 successfully practised ever since. In politics 
 Mr. Merrill is a Democrat. 
 
 His only brother, Charles P. Merrill, an 
 owner and manager of the Ellingwood Furni- 
 ture Company at lOO Exchange Street, Port- 
 land, was born in this city, September iS, 
 1864. After attending Yale College two 
 years he left his class to become a member of 
 the firm of Bennett & Merrill, manufacturers 
 of ladies' shoes on Warren Street, New York. 
 Later he severed his connection with that con- 
 cern and returned to Portland, where he has 
 since been engaged in the furniture business. 
 The Merrill brothers dwell in the house that 
 was their father's birthplace and lifelong resi- 
 dence, the home endeared to them by pleasant 
 recollections of childhood and youth. 
 
 M 
 
 ANIEL M. RAND, a thriving drug- 
 gist of South Windham, was born in 
 ^ 1 Gorham, Me., the date of his nativity 
 being March 6, 1854. His ances- 
 tors on both paternal and maternal sides have 
 been identified with the interests of Cumber- 
 land County for several generations. His 
 grandfather, Benjamin Rand, was an honored 
 citizen of Standish, where his death occurred 
 in 1829. He married Annie, daughter of 
 James and Elizabeth S. Moody; and she pre- 
 ceded him to the land from which no traveller 
 returns, passing away February 23, 1827. 
 She 'bore her husband four children, of whom 
 Samuel M., father of Daniel M., was the 
 youngest. Samuel M. Rand was born Decem- 
 ber 30, 1820, in Gorham, Me., and died May 
 24, 1887. On April 20, 1850, he married 
 Hannah Moulton, daughter of Daniel Moj_t1- 
 ton, of Standish. She is still living, being a 
 resident of Gorham and an esteemed member of 
 the Free Will Baptist church. To her and her 
 
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 husband two children were born — Daniel M. 
 and Clarence. Clarence Rand, born Novem- 
 ber 25, 185 1, has been twice married, his first 
 wife being Estelle Titcomb, of Portland, Me. 
 His second wife, who lived but a few months 
 after their marriage, was Amelia Kenworthy, 
 of Gorham. She left one child, Clara. 
 
 Daniel M. Rand acquired the rudiments of 
 his education in the district schools of his na- 
 tive town. On leaving school, he went to 
 Biddeford, where he worked for ten years in a 
 cotton-mill, going from there to South Wind- 
 ham, where he was employed for several years 
 with the Sebago Wood Board Company. 
 Being attracted toward pharmacy, he entered 
 the drug store of George W. Swett, of South 
 Windham, staying with him a year, and sub- 
 sequently went to Bethel, where he studied 
 the science for two years. In 1890 he opened 
 his present store, and during the five years or 
 more that he has been in business has ac- 
 quired an extensive patronage. 
 
 Mr. Rand has been twice married. His 
 first wife, Lizzie Mogan, of Bangor, left him 
 one child, Milton D., born September 10, 
 1879. On December 7, 1895, he was united 
 in marriage with Nellie E. Beck, of White 
 Rock Village, Gorham. In politics Mr. Rand 
 is a stanch Republican. In religion he is 
 liberal in his views, believing, in the father- 
 hood of God and the brotherhood of man. He 
 is identified with several social organizations, 
 being a member of Oriental Lodge, No. 17, 
 Knights of Pythias, of South Windham; the 
 Improved Order of Red Men, Nagwamqueg 
 Tribe, No. 36, of South Windham; and Cum- 
 berland Lodge, N. E. O. P., of Portland, 
 this State. 
 
 2LEWELLYN BARTON, attorney and 
 counsellor-at-law, of Portland, Me., is 
 ^^^ one of. that large class of men in 
 this country who owe their success 
 in life to self-reliance and a determination to 
 make the most of their opportunities. He 
 was born at Naples, Cumberland County, Me., 
 November 24, 1854. His early life was spent 
 upon a farm. At the age of fifteen years he 
 became an apprentice to the carpenter's trade, 
 which occupation he afterward more or less 
 
 regularly followed for twenty years. He 
 graduated from Bridgton Academy, North 
 Bridgton, Me., in 1880, and from Bowdoin 
 College in 1884. While studying in these 
 institutions, he met his expenses, with the aid 
 of a scholarship, by teaching school in winter 
 and working at his trade in summer. In col- 
 lege he always took an active part in literary 
 and athletic exercises. He was one of the 
 founders and supporters of the Bowdoin Liter- 
 ary Association. He received several awards 
 for oratorical and, literary excellence in speak- 
 ing and writing; was President of his college 
 fraternity, member of the college jury, mem- 
 ber of King Chapel choir and the college 
 quartette, and one of the editors of the Bow>-." 
 doin Orient. His defence, while a Sophomore, 
 at an indignation meeting of the students, of 
 a luckless Freshman, charged with a misde- 
 meanor, was an early indication of the inde- 
 pendence and moral courage that have since 
 distinguished him. The whilom Freshman 
 is now one of the editors of a prominent daily 
 of this State, and his pen is as caustic as of 
 yore. 
 
 In the fall of 1885 Mr, Barton began the 
 study of law with the well-known firm of 
 Nathan & Henry B. Cleaves, of Portland, 
 where he remained two years. Just before 
 being admitted to the bar, he accepted, in 
 August, 1887, the principalship of Bridgton 
 Academy for two years. He remained there 
 five years, during which the school was never 
 more prosperous. In the winter of 1890, 
 through his efforts and the generous contribu- 
 tions of two wealthy alumni, the grounds 
 were enlarged and beautified. The school 
 buildings were remodelled and enlarged, and 
 the faculty was increased, and the courses of 
 study improved at a cost of nearly two thou- 
 sand dollars. The plans, specifications, and 
 labor, were all furnished by Mr. Barton, he 
 being the contractor, Designing to resume 
 the study of the law, he resigned the, prin- 
 cipalship. In the following August he was 
 elected a Trustee of the academy. 
 
 He was admitted to the Cumberland bar at 
 Portland in April, 1893. Before this he had 
 the unique distinction of having been per- 
 mitted by the presiding judge, who afterward 
 examined him for admission, to conduct a case 
 
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 in the Supreme Court. Immediately after his 
 admission he became associated in the prac- 
 tice of law with General Charles P. Mattocks 
 at 31 1-2 Exchange Street, Portland. His 
 fir,st cases involved questions which the court 
 had not adjudicated. In a brief time after 
 this he won reputation and standing by con- 
 ducting several well-known legal contests. 
 One of the most important of these was that 
 which arose out of the famous Naples school 
 controversy, and involved the interpretation 
 of the new school law for the first time, and 
 was of such interest that the whole State 
 awaited the decision of the court of last re- 
 sort, whereby the position of Mr. Barton and 
 his associate was sustained in every particu- 
 lar. 
 
 Mr. Barton married September 19, 1894, 
 Miss Grace Luette Newman, of Portland. 
 They reside at 122 Free Street, Portland, Me. 
 Both are regular attendants of the State Street 
 Congregational Church, of which Mrs. Barton 
 is a member. Mr. Barton is a member of 
 Cumberland Lodge, Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows, Bridgton, Me., and also of the 
 Theta Delta Chi fraternity. Mr. Barton has 
 always been interested in educational matters ; 
 and in his brief respites from school work he 
 found time to compile and publish several 
 books for use in public schools, his most am- 
 bitious work of this kind being an "Algebraic 
 Review," quite extensively used. In politics 
 Mr. Barton has been a Democrat from his 
 youth, and has filled various public offices in 
 his native town. In the fall of 1884, immedi- 
 ately after his graduation from college, he was 
 elected Representative to the State legislature 
 from the district .including t\fs towns of 
 Naples, Raymond, and Sebago. On that occa- 
 sion he received a letter from President Joshua 
 L. Chamberlain, of Bowdoin, congratulating 
 him upon his election and predicting for him 
 in, politics a notable future, which would 
 doubtless have been realized had not the com- 
 munity and State been so strongly Republican. 
 During his term he served on the Committee 
 of Mines and Mining and the Joint Temper- 
 ance Committee. He took a conspicuous part 
 in the discussions of the house, proving him- 
 self a ready and effective debater. He drafted 
 the original Druggists' Bill, so called,, which 
 
 lacked only a few votes of passing the house, 
 although the dominant party were very bitter 
 against any temperance laws, on account of 
 St. John's movement in the national campaign 
 in 1884. At the close of the session Mr. 
 Barton was chosen to present the customary 
 vote of thanks to the Speaker on behalf of the 
 minority. 
 
 In 1888 Mr. Barton was the party candidate 
 for Registrar of Deeds for Cumberland County, 
 and in 1890 for Registrar of Probate in the 
 same county. In 1891 he was chosen Chair- 
 man of the Board of Selectmen for the town 
 of Bridgton, a town which had been steadily 
 Republican by a large majority for thirty 
 years. In 1892 he was the Democratic candi- 
 date for Representative to the legislature from 
 the same town, and lacked only twenty-six 
 votes of election, running far ahead of his 
 ticket. At the opening of the legislature in 
 1894, he was the Democratic candidate for 
 State Assessor, the only office he ever sought, 
 and lacked only eight votes of election. For 
 the past few years he has taken an active part 
 in every State and national campaign, speak- 
 ing in various parts of the State. In 1893 he 
 became Secretary of the Young Men's Demo- 
 cratic Club of Portland. He declined a re- 
 election to this office, having been chosen at 
 the State Convention in June, 1893, a member 
 of the State Committee for Cumberland 
 County, a capacity in which he still serves. 
 His political methods have always been clean, 
 if aggressive; and he has uniformly com- 
 manded the respect of his political opponents. 
 
 fHOMAS BROWN, proprietor of a cloth- 
 ing store in Bridgton, Me., was born 
 July 14, 1834, in Berry Brow, near 
 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, being one 
 of a family of ten children (four boys and six 
 girls), born to George and Martha Brown. 
 Mr. Brown may be justly regarded as a self- 
 made man, having begun life with no capital 
 save his willing heart, courageous spirit, and 
 strong hands. By persevering industry and 
 thrift he has gradually climbed the ladder 
 of success, and has an assured position among 
 the prosperous business men of Cumberland 
 County. 
 
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 At an early age Mr. Brown began working 
 in a woollen-mill, remaining* in the country of 
 his birth until 1863, when he sailed on the 
 steamer " Bohemian " for America. He first 
 found employment in a woollen-mill at Dex- 
 ter, this State, remaining there ten months, 
 and going thence to Lisbon, and subsequently 
 to Sabattusville, where he secured the posi- 
 tion of overseer of the mill. Five years later 
 Mr. Brown removed to Portland, in which city 
 he lived a year and a half, coming thence to 
 Bridgton in 1871. The following two years 
 he worked in the Forest Mills, after which he 
 made a trip to his native land, staying four 
 months with his relatives and friends. On 
 his return to this State Mr. Brown became 
 overseer in the Lisbon Falls mills, resigning 
 that position at the end of five years to accept 
 a similar office in the Forest Mills of Bridg- 
 ton. In 1879 ^^ started in business on his 
 own account, opening the clothing store 
 which he has since conducted with signal 
 success, having built up a large and lucrative 
 trade. 
 
 On December 24, 1869, the union of Mr. 
 Brown with Miss Harriet, daughter of David 
 Hopkins, was solemnized. Mrs. Brown is a 
 native of Vermont, in which State she was 
 reared and educated. She is a conscientious 
 member of the Baptist church. Socially, Mr. 
 Brown belongs to the Knights of Pythias. In 
 religion he is aUniversalist, and in politics a 
 Democrat. 
 
 kELVILLE B. FULLER, an in- 
 fluential business man of South 
 Portland, Me., is a native of this 
 State, having been bom in Paris, 
 Oxford County, where his grandfather, Caleb 
 Fuller, was an early settler. The grandfather 
 was born and reared in Massachusetts, remov- 
 ing from that State to Paris, where he cleared 
 a large tract of forest land, improving it into 
 a good farm, on which he resided until his' 
 death in 1850, at the ripe old age of ninety 
 years. He reared a family of eight children, 
 of whom Dr. Andrew J. Fuller, a physician 
 in active practice in Bath, thjs State, is the 
 only surviving child. 
 
 Amos Fuller, father of Melville B., was 
 
 born and educated in the town of Paris, where 
 in his very early manhood, he was for a time 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits. He subse- 
 quently went into the hotel business at Paris 
 Hill, and so continued for several years, when 
 he again resumed farm labors. While pursu- 
 ing this peaceful vocation, he became inter- 
 ested in religious subjects, finally becoming 
 converted to the Methodist faith, and joining 
 that church; and during the two years preced- 
 ing his death, which occurred in 1846, he was 
 pastor of the Methodist church at Orland. 
 Of his union with Marianda Perry five chil- 
 dren were born, three of whom are now living, 
 namely: Benjamin C, a mason, who lives in 
 Portland; Melville B., whose name heads 
 this article; and V. B. Fuller, a grocer in 
 Portland. 
 
 Melville B. Fuller received the rudiments 
 of his education in the schools of Paris, after- 
 ward completing his studies in the town of 
 Wayne. There he learned the cabinet-maker's 
 trade, which he followed for six years, when 
 he removed to Portland, where he was engaged 
 for another six years as foreman of the stilling- 
 room in the Portland kerosene oil works. 
 In 1862 Mr. Fuller formed a copartnership 
 with his brother-in-law, Mr. W. Stinchfield, 
 who was at the head of the firm, establishing 
 a grocery business at Cape Elizabeth, now 
 South Portland, and remaining in company 
 with him four years. In 1866 Mr. Fuller's 
 brother, V. B. Fuller, bought the interest of 
 the senior partner, the business being contin- 
 ued for the next ten years, under the firm name 
 of Fuller Brothers. At the end of that time 
 Mr. Stinchfield bought the entire business, 
 which he conducted for two years, when Mr. 
 Fuller and his brother again purchased the 
 store, and under their former firm title carried 
 on a good grocery trade until 1881, when Mel- 
 ville B. Fuller bought out his brother's inter- 
 est, and took into partnership his eldest son, 
 Charles L. Fuller, the business having since 
 then been successfully carried on under its 
 present style of M. B. Fuller & Son. Mr. 
 Fuller has taken an active part in advancing 
 the town's interests, contributing geneftjusly 
 toward all beneficial enterprises, and for the 
 past two years has served as Selectman. In 
 politics he is a true blue Republican, and in 
 
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 religion is liberal, belie"ving in the fatherhood 
 of God and the brotherhood of man. 
 
 On June 25, 1858, Mr. Fuller was married 
 to Miss Celia E. Wing, daughter of Oben 
 Wing, of Wayne, this State, and into their 
 household circle four children have been born, 
 three of whom are living, namely : Mrs. Nell 
 Wing, wife of E. T. Wing, of Lowell, Mass.; 
 Charles L., who is in partnership with his 
 father; and Francis W., at Jiome. 
 
 ^OLOMON CONANT, a former well- 
 known resident of Westbrook and 
 an extensive real estate owner, was 
 born in Westbrook, March 30, 1801, 
 son of Daniel and Mary (Haskell) Conant. 
 The ancestors of his family were among the 
 first settlers of Cumberland County; and his 
 grandfather, Samuel Conant, was a resident of 
 Westbrook in the early days of the town. 
 Samuel did a good man's part in paving the 
 way for the development of the locality, and 
 the result of his labor is visible in the sub- 
 stantial prosperity enjoyed by his descendants 
 and the present residents of the place. He 
 was a Congregationalist in his religious views. 
 Samuel Conant's father, Lot, was a grandson 
 of Roger Conant, the first settler of the name 
 in America, who was in reality the first Gov- 
 ernor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 
 
 Daniel Conant, who was born in the old 
 Pork Hill House, in Westbrook, in young man- 
 hood engaged in lumbering, which at that time 
 constituted the principal occupation of the. in- 
 habitants. He conducted a successful busi- 
 ness during the active period of his life, and 
 he resided in Westbrook until his death. He 
 supported the Democratic party in politics, 
 and attended the Congregational church. His 
 wife, who was a native of Westbrook, became 
 the mother of seven children, all of whom 
 have passed away. 
 
 Solomon Conant, having attended the pub- 
 lic schools of his native town for the usual 
 period, engaged in teaming, an occupation 
 which he followed for the greater part of his 
 active life. He was for many years employed 
 by the Warren family, hauling lumber from 
 their mills in Westbrook to Portland and else- 
 where. He was also largely engaged in agri- 
 
 culture, employing many hands, and he owned 
 much valuable farm property in Gorham and 
 Westbrook. He was possessed of unusual 
 energy and ability, was generally respected, 
 and occupied a leading position among the 
 residents of Westbrook. He was an adherent 
 of the Democratic party in politics, and for 
 some years he ably served as a member of the 
 Board of Selectmen. As a citizen his aid and 
 influence were always used for the best inter- 
 ests of the community. As a husband and 
 father he was kind, considerate, generous, and 
 self-sacrificing ; and his happiest moments were 
 passed in his family circle. He died at his 
 comfortable home in i86g. His religious 
 faith was that of his forefathers, all of whom 
 were of the Congregationalist denomination. 
 
 In 1850 Mr. Conant was united in matri- 
 mony to Susan Small Libby, daughter of An- 
 drew Libby, of Gray, Me., and became the 
 father of four children, of whom two are now 
 living, namely: Daniel, who occupies the old 
 homestead; and Hattie L., wife of George W. 
 Norton, of Portland. Mary E. , who was the 
 wife of the late Henry S. McLellan, was the 
 eldest of the children. She died January 20, 
 1892. The third child, Willie A., diedjn 
 infancy. 
 
 Mrs. Conant, who still resides in West- 
 brook, is widely known as a most amiable and 
 intelligent lady, and is highly esteemed and 
 respected. Daniel Conant, who appears to 
 have inherited his father's ability, enjoys a 
 large measure of prosperity, as well as the 
 good Vill of his neighbors -and fellow-towns- 
 men. 
 
 LONZO HIGHT, Inspector of Customs 
 at the United States custom-house at 
 Portland, was born September 20, 
 1846, in Saco, Me. His grand- 
 father, Dr. Samuel Hight, was engaged as a 
 tiller of the soil at Dayton, York County. He 
 had studied medicine; and, when a young 
 man, he served as surgeon on board a pri- 
 vateer. While thus employed, he was taken 
 prisoner and carried to Dartmouth, N.S. On- 
 his escape he returned to Dayton, where he 
 lived until retiring from active labor, when he 
 removed to Biddeford, where he passed his last 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 years, dying at the advanced age of eighty- 
 six years. Elisha Hight, father of Alonzo, 
 was born in Dayton, York County, where he 
 learned and for some time carried on the trade 
 of harness-making. He was subsequently en- 
 gaged in the same occupation at Saco for many 
 years before his demise in May, 1875. He 
 was a soldier in the late Civil War, serving 
 at the front with the brave boys of the Four- 
 teenth Maine Volunteer Infantry. He mar- 
 ried Miss Isabel le Millikeh, daughter of Joel 
 Milliken, of North Saco, when they were both 
 very young, his bride being but sixteen years 
 of age. They became the parents of thirteen 
 children, seven of whom are still living — 
 Charles, a resident of Saco; Alonzo, the sub- 
 ject of this notice; Anna, the wife of J. Hi 
 Ramsey, of Portland; George E., of this city; 
 Luella, wife of William E. Noble, of Chelsea, 
 Me. ; Herbert and William E., also residents 
 of Saco. Both the father and mother were 
 prominent members of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal church, the mother being still an active 
 church worker. Mr. Milliken, a- farmer by 
 occupation, was of pioneer ancestry. His 
 grandfather, an early settler of Saco, was 
 killed by the Indians. 
 
 Alonzo Hight received a practical education 
 in the common schools of Saco. After leav- 
 ing school he worked with bis father at the 
 harness trade for a time. When seventeen 
 years old he ran away from home, and enlisted 
 in the navy, from which his father afterward 
 obtained his release. In January, 1865, he 
 enlisted in Company K, Thirtieth Maine Vol- 
 unteer Infantry, and was stationed with his 
 regiment in the Shenandoah Valley until the 
 assassination of Lincoln, when the regiment 
 was sent to guard Washington, remaining 
 there until after the Grand Review. The 
 men expected then to be sent home, but in- 
 stead were ordered to Savannah, Ga., where 
 they did garrison duty until September, when 
 they were remanded to Portland, Me., here 
 receiving their discharge. Mr. Hight was 
 subsequently engaged in various occupations. 
 He had charge of J. W. Beatty's belt factory 
 at Saco for a time, and continued in the manu- 
 facturing business for ten years. While a 
 resident of that city, he served as Ward Clerk 
 one year, Councilman from Ward 4 one 
 
 year, and Alderman from the same ward, beiagr 
 elected on the Democratic ticket two years. 
 In the fall of 1886 he received the appoint- 
 ment of Special Inspector; and in the follow- 
 ing spring President Cleveland appointed him 
 Regular Inspector, an office which he has 
 since ably filled. For the past six winters 
 Mr. Hight has had to examine all the baggage 
 and freight coming into this port over the 
 Allan and Dominion lines of steamers plying 
 between here and Liverpool via Halifax, dur- 
 ing the cold weather, and all the goods broag^ii 
 in on the ocean boats throughout each year. . 
 On his appointment to this important office 
 Mr. Hight moved to Portland, where he now 
 makes his home. 
 
 On October 3, 1867, he was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Ellen Foster, daughter of 
 Stephen and Abigail Foster, of South Thomas- 
 ton, this State. Five children have been 
 born of the union, four of whom are living. 
 These are: Bert ■ C. and Arthur L., who are 
 with the Portland company; Mabel C, the 
 wife .'of Walter Anderson, of this city; and 
 Edith. Mr. and Mrs. Hight are highly es^ 
 teemed throughout the community, and are 
 regular attendants of the Congregational 
 church. Mr. Hight is a charter member of 
 Fred S. Gurney Post, No. 36, of Saco, and- 
 belongs to Trinity Lodge, Knights of Pythias 
 of Portland. 
 
 LEXANDER McINTOSH PARKER, 
 M.D., is in point of practice the 
 oldest physician in the city of Deer- 
 ingj Me., haying been located at 
 Morrill Corners since 1859. He was born at 
 Durham, this State, where his maternal grand- 
 father, John Mcintosh, resided for many years, 
 having emigrated from Scotland to this country 
 to serve in the war of the Revolution. Peter 
 Parker, the Doctor's father, lived and died in 
 Durham, being a sturdy tiller Cf the soil dur- 
 ing his years of activity. Of his union with 
 Miss Marcia Mcintosh, daughter of John Mc- 
 intosh, eleven children were born, Alexander 
 M. being the sixth child. The parents were 
 people of eminent piety aftd worthy members 
 of the Methodist Episcopal church. 
 
 Alexander Parker gleaned the rudiments of 
 
ALEXANDER M. PARKER. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
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 his education in the public and private sehools 
 of his native town, after which he read medi- 
 cine, first with Dr. F. G. Warren, then prac- 
 tising in Pownal, but now in Biddeford, and, 
 secondly, with Dr. N. H. Carey, of Durham. 
 He subsequently attended Bowdoin College, 
 afterward taking two courses at the Harvard 
 Medical College, from which he was gradu- 
 ated in 1856. Entering upon the duties of 
 his profession in the town of Dresden, Dr. 
 Parker built up a good practice, having an 
 extensive country ride. In 1859, desiring 
 a larger field of action, he came to Morrill 
 Corners, where from the first he has met with 
 gratifying success, his reputation for ability 
 and integrity being unsurpassed by that of 
 any of his professional brethren. 
 
 In 1863 Dr. Parker went with the First 
 Maine Volunteer Cavalry as Assistant Surgeon 
 of the regiment, joining the Army of the Poto- 
 mac in Virginia, April 15, 1863. He was 
 present at many of the warmly contested 
 battles of that and the following year, being 
 at the engagement at Brandy Station, at 
 Chancellorsville during the Stoneman raid 
 (when the Confederate soldiers, who were close 
 to the rear of our army, were particularly mis- 
 chievous), at Gettysburg, Cold Plarbor, Spott- 
 sylvania, and at the siege of Petersburg. He 
 was taken prisoner near Charlestown, Va., on 
 July IS, 1863, and was confined in Libby 
 Prison for nearly four months. On account of 
 ill health the Doctor was soon after granted 
 leave of absence. His wife being sick of con- 
 sumption, he resigned, having served faithfully 
 for eighteen months, and*at once resumed his 
 practice in this locality. For the past few 
 years he has been the City Physician, an office 
 which he fills with great acceptability. 
 
 Dr. Parker is a decided Republican in poli- 
 tics, but not an office-seeker. He is connected 
 by membership with the Maine Medical Asso- 
 ciation and with the Cumberland County Asso- 
 ciation. Socially, he is an Odd Fellow, be- 
 longing to -Ligonia Lodge of Portland, and is 
 a Mason of high standing, being a member of 
 Atlantic Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Portland, 
 and of Greenleaf Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. 
 
 Dr. Parker has been three times married. 
 His first wife was Miss Mary C. Corbett, of 
 Durham. His second wife, formerly Eliza Ann 
 
 Sawyer, died in early womanhood, leaving two 
 daughters, namely: Carrie, who married 
 Charles E. Clark, of Yarmouth, and has one 
 child, named Edna Louise; and Alice Mary, 
 wife of the Rev. W. H. Gould, of Dexter, 
 Me., who has one child, Ella B. Gould. Dr. 
 Parker subsequently married Mrs Florentine 
 C. Walker, widow of Captain Joiseph E. 
 Walker and daughter of James Sawyer. Mrs. 
 Parker's father was one of the founders of the 
 town of Deering, where she was born, although 
 she was reared and educated in Portland. 
 
 AMES E. TRIPP, the present owner of 
 the old Nash homestead, as it is famil- 
 iarly known, in Raymond, Cumberland 
 County, Me., was born in New 
 Gloucester, a neighboring town, on September 
 2, 1841. His parents were John and Deborah 
 (Verrill) Tripp, the former of whom was a 
 native of North Raymond and the latter of 
 Raymond. 
 
 John Tripp spent his life as a farmer, first 
 engaging in that vocation in North Raymond, 
 from which place he afterward removed to 
 New Gloucester, settling on a farm near Upper 
 Gloucester, where he lived for eight years. 
 He then returned to Raymond and spent the 
 remainder of his life on the old Tripp home- 
 stead. In addition to his agricultural labors 
 he carried on a wood-working business. He 
 died on September 16, 186 1. His wife, whose 
 maiden name was Deborah Verrill, lived. until 
 November 30, 1881, surviving him a little 
 over twenty years. They were the parents 
 of six children, of whom the following is a 
 brief record: Mary E., born September 19, 
 1829, married for her first husband Richard 
 Verrill, and after his death she became the wife 
 of Lafayette Tenney, with whom she now lives 
 in North Raymond ; Cibele C, born Septem- 
 ber 25, 1 83 1, now the widow of Elisha P. 
 Proctor, resfcles in North Raymond; Julia 
 A., born June 26,' 1834, who is also a resident 
 of North Raymond, is the widow of Jonas J. 
 Morrill; Hannah M., born June 24, 1835, 
 married Randall Barton (deceased), and died 
 June I, 1864; Dorcas J.; born July 12, 1838, 
 is the wife of Judah Hall, of Saco, Me. ; and 
 James E. 
 
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 James E. Tripp is the youngest member of 
 his father's family. At nineteen years of age 
 he went to work in the woollen factory at 
 Windham, Me. ; but six months later he re- 
 turned home to take charge of the old Tripp 
 homestead and to care for his parents during 
 their declining years. Purchasing the farm 
 after the death of his father, he continued to 
 live there until 1866, when he sold out and 
 bought what was then known as the town 
 farm; and after living there for a year he sold 
 out and moved into a house belonging to a 
 Mr. Spiller, engaging in the shoemaker's trade 
 in connection with farming. A year later he 
 commenced work for Mr. J. D. Spiller on his 
 farm ; and at the end of another year he repur- 
 chased the old Tripp homestead, to which he 
 moved, and during the following five years was 
 successfully engaged in carrying it on. He 
 then sold that place and went to Webb's Mills, 
 where he was engaged in the axe-handle busi- 
 ness for five years, and bought a house and lot 
 there. After engaging in the nursery business 
 for three years, he changed his house and lot 
 for a small farm known as the Rogers place 
 at Webb's Mills; later he sold that farm, and 
 on May 24, 1884, he purchased the pkce 
 which he still occupies. The estate contains 
 about seventy-five acres of land, and he has 
 made various improvements since he became 
 the owner. He carries on general farming, 
 making hay, sweet corn, potatoes, and fruit his 
 principal products, also engaging in stock 
 raising; and besides attending to his farm 
 interests he still continues in the manufacture 
 of axe handles. 
 
 On November 19, 1863, he married Miss 
 Harriett Spiller, who was born in Raymond 
 on October 6, 1847, and is a daughter of John 
 and Polly (Strout) Spiller. They have had 
 three children : John Chester Tripp, born Sep- 
 tember 14, 1865, died December 28, 1883; 
 Eda I., born December 17, 1871, now the wife 
 of Clarence Winslow, a trader and Postmaster 
 of Webb's Mills; and Hamden, born Novem- 
 ber 14, 1873, a carriage and sign painter by 
 vocation, living in Westbrook, Me., who mar- 
 ried Miss Ada M. Jordan. 
 
 Although in his early manhood Mr. Tripp 
 voted with the Democratic party, he has for 
 many years been a stanch Republican. Fra- 
 
 ternally, he is a member of Tyrian Lodge,- 
 No. 73, A. F. & A. M., of Mechanic Falls, 
 and Manomi Lodge, No. 40, Lidependeilt 
 Order of Odd Fellows, of the same place. 
 He and Mrs. Tripp are valued members of the 
 Free Baptist Church of Casco, taking an active 
 interest in church work. , 
 
 Mrs. Mary A. Nash, the widow of Sinieon 
 Nash, the former owner of Mr. Tripp's farm., 
 is now a member of the latter's household.- 
 Her parents were George and Fannie (Nason) 
 Abbott, natives of Portsmouth, N. H., from 
 which place they came to Portland in 1865. 
 Her father was a rope-maker by trade, and 
 followed that vocation throughout his life. 
 He died in Portland in 1816, and his wife- in 
 1856. They had seven children — George W., 
 Abigail H., Elizabeth M., Mary Ann, Will- 
 iam, Alice, and Lucy J. — all of whom are now 
 dead with the exception of Maty Ann, who was 
 born in Portland on December i, 1810. She 
 has been twice married. Her first husband, 
 Silas Moses, was born in Scarboro, Me., Jan- 
 uary 16, 1792. His grandfather, Nathaniel 
 Moses, was born in England, whence he emi- 
 grated to this country in the early part of the 
 eighteenth century, and settled in Scarboro, 
 Me. Nathaniel Moses, Jr., father of Silas-, 
 was born in Scarboro, Me., October 13, 1758. 
 His occupation through life was that of a 
 farmer and shoemaker. Silas Moses also fol- 
 lowed farming and shoemaking with success. 
 He died on July 12, 1864. On January i, 
 1865, his widow, Mary A. Moses, became the 
 second wife of Simeon Nash, of Raymond, who 
 was a stirring and enterprising farmer and a 
 man held in high esteem by those with whom 
 he came in contact in business dealings and 
 social intercourse. It was he who brought 
 the Nash farm into a state of cultivation, being 
 the first to settle thereon. He died on Janu- 
 ary 27, 1883. He had two sons by his first 
 wife, namely: Franklin, a farmer (deceased), 
 who married Miss Emeline Nash, now a resi- 
 dent of West Roxbury, Mass. ; and David, a 
 tailor by trade, who was in town business 
 several years, and went once as Representative, 
 and who died in 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Nash 
 were both honored members of the Methodist ' 
 Episcopal church, and took an active part in 
 the work of that body. 
 
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 Qtndi 
 
 'NDREW LEIGHTON, present Com- 
 mander of W. L. Haskell Post, Grand 
 Army of the Republic, is a retired 
 produce dealer and a well-known 
 farmer of Yarmouth, Me. He was born in 
 Pittsiield, Somerset County, Me., February 
 28, 1824, son of James and Prudence (Blanch- 
 ard) Leighton. The family is of English 
 origin not very remote, Mr. Leighton's great- 
 grandfather having emigrated from England to 
 America and become one of the early settlers 
 in Cumberland County. Andrew Leighton, 
 Mr. Leighton's grandfather, was a native and 
 lifelong resident of the town of Cumberland in 
 this county. He was prominently identified 
 with the early growth of the place, and built 
 the county road from Falmouth to Portland. 
 He built and conducted the old Leighton 
 tavern which is still standing in West Cum- 
 berland, and is now in the family's possession. 
 He was an enterprising, public-spirited man. 
 In politics he was a Democrat and in his relig- 
 ious faith a Methodist. He died at the age of 
 seventy, and his wife lived to reach the age of 
 eighty years. They reared a family of ten 
 sons and two daughters, as follows: William, 
 Moses, Joseph, Andrew, Daniel, James, 
 Ezekiel, Nicholas, Stephen, Robert, Lovey, 
 and Massa. Joseph and Andrew were lost at 
 sea in the privateer "Dash" in 18 12, on 
 George's Banks, it is supposed. 
 
 James Leighton, Mr. Leighton's father, was 
 born in Cumberland in 1788, and served as a 
 soldier in the War of 181 2. In early man- 
 hood he bought a farm of three hundred acres 
 situated in the town of Pittsfield, Me., where 
 he resided for twelve years. Then, disposing 
 of his Pittsfield property, he moved to Upper 
 Stillwater, in the town of Orono, and there 
 engaged successfully in lumbering and operat- 
 ing a saw-mill. At the end of five years he 
 returned to Cumberland, and, purchasing a 
 grist-mill, continued to carry it on for the rest 
 of his life. Pie died at the age of forty-eight 
 years. His wife. Prudence Blanchard, who 
 was born in Cumberland in January, 1801, 
 became the mother of ten children, four of 
 whom are living, namely: Andrew, the sub- 
 ject of this sketch, who is the eldest; James 
 M., whose home is in Cumberland; Enos; and 
 Joseph, a resident of California. The others 
 
 were: Charles J., Christian, Loemma, Fran- 
 cis, Roxanna, and Margaret. The mother 
 lived to reach the age of seventy-four years. 
 Mr. Leighton's parents were members of the 
 Methodist Episcopal church, and his father 
 'was a Whig in politics; 
 
 Andrew Leighton passed his boyhood in 
 Pittsfield, Cumberland, and Yarmouth ; and 
 he received his education in the district 
 schools. At the age of twelve years he went 
 to live with his grandfather Blanchard in Cum- 
 berland Centre, and when eighteen years old 
 began to work as a farm hand, receiving ten 
 dollars per month. He saved his earnings; 
 and five years later, in 1847, he settled upon 
 his present farm, which originally contained 
 thirty-five acres, and has been increased by 
 later purchase to sixty-four acres. Mr. Leigh- 
 ton has made various improvements in the 
 property, and in connection with farming he 
 did a prosperous business as a dealer in pressed 
 hay and produce for many years. Some time 
 since, he retired from that business in favor of 
 his son, who now carries it on; and he devotes 
 his attention to the cultivation of his farm. 
 
 In 1862 Mr. Leighton enlisted as a private 
 in Company E, Seventeenth Regiment, Maine 
 Volunteers, under Captain Ellis M. Sawyer, and 
 served until the close of the Civil War, taking 
 part in several important engagements, includ- 
 ing the battles of Fredericksburg, Cedar Creek, 
 where he was severely wounded, Chancellors- 
 ville, and F'ort Stephens. He was disabled at 
 Chancellorsville, and was in the Convalescent 
 Corps for six months, from which he was 
 transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, and 
 later to Company C, Sixth Regiment. He 
 was made Corporal of the company, but acted 
 as Orderly Sergeant until mustered out on 
 July 8, 1865. He is now prominent in Grand 
 Army circles, as above noted. Mr. Leighton 
 supports the Republican party in politics, and 
 in 1869 and 1870 he ably represented his dis- 
 trict in the legislature. 
 
 On January 16, 1851, Mr. Leighton was 
 united in marriage with Ruth Etta Purves, 
 who was born in Cumberland, August 20, 
 1829. Her parents, Adam and Ruth Purves, 
 were old residents of Cumberland, whose an- 
 cestors were of Scotch origin. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Leighton have had four children, namely: 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Fred W., who is engaged in the hay anc}, prod- 
 uce business in Yarmouth; Ella Frances, who 
 died at the age of twenty-four years; Mary 
 Etta, who resides at home; and Hattie F., who 
 married John E. Baker, and lives in West 
 Deering. Mr. Leighton and his family are 
 members of the Congregational church. 
 
 TT^HARLES JOHNSON, formerly a 
 I Kr^ prosperous agriculturist of Gorham, 
 ^Js ^ Me., spent his entire life here, his 
 birth having occurred September 
 30, 1824, and his death April 7, 1895. His 
 father, Thomas • J., and his grandfather, 
 Matthew Johnson, were both natives of Gor- 
 ham, coming from English antecedents. Mat- 
 thew Johnson was an extensive farmer and a 
 respected citizen of the community. He mar-" 
 ried a cousin, Hannah Johnson, who bore him 
 five children. He and his wife were active in 
 ^ religious work, being members of the Meth- 
 odist church. 
 
 Thomas Johnson was born October 5, 1790, 
 and lived to a venerable age, passing away 
 April 29, 1869. He was a tiller of the soil, 
 engaging in his chosen calling with jjerse- 
 vering industry. He was twice married. On 
 March- 14, 1814, he married Mary, daughter of 
 Joseph Hamblin, of Gorham; and she died 
 April 16, 1830, leaving three children, the 
 youngest being Charles, the special subject of 
 this sketch. His second wife was Dorothy, 
 daughter of Edward and Betsey Libby. She 
 lived until December 14, 1864. The only 
 child of the second marriage was Mary M., 
 who married Dr. A. R. P. Meserve, of Port- 
 land, and has one child, Lucian Meserve. 
 
 Charles Johnson was reared in the town of 
 his birth, and, like his forefathers, engaged in 
 farming. In 1857 he bought a farm of one 
 hundred acres, the most of which he placed 
 under cultivation, rendering it one of the most 
 valuable estates in the neighborhood. A man 
 of sterling qualities, upright in all his ways, 
 possessing good financial and executive 
 ability, he was held in high esteem, and was 
 prominent in town affairs. He served as Se- 
 lectman two years and as Town Collector, 
 being ever loyal to his trusts. In politics he 
 was a strong adherent of the Republican party 
 
 Socially, he was a Mason, belonging to Har- 
 mony Lodge of Gorham. 
 
 On January 2, 1854, Mr. Johnson was 
 united in marriage with Martha, daug^hter of 
 Ai and Elizabeth (Files) Libby, of Gorham. 
 Of this union two children were born — Her- 
 bert A. and Edward C, neither of whom is 
 now living. Herbert, who died in 1887, mar- 
 ried 'Mary E. Sawyer, to whom he left two 
 children — Eleanor and Effie. Edward, the 
 youngest son, died early at Orono in 1858. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Johnson adopted a daughter, Julia 
 H. Johnson, taking her when she was but two 
 years of age, and bringing her up as carefully 
 and tenderly as though she were their own. 
 Mrs. Johnson is a worthy member of the Meth- 
 odist church, to which her husband also 
 belonged. 
 
 /STeORGE henry libby, City Treas- 
 ym[^ urer of Portland, was born at Bruns- 
 wick, this" State, August 20,, 1841. 
 He is the worthy representative of one of the ■ 
 earliest families who settled Cumberland 
 County, being descended from John and Sarah 
 Libby, who located at Scarboro in 1630. 
 Many of the descendants of this family have 
 since spent their lives within a radius of fif- 
 teen miles from Portland's city buildings. 
 The line was continued successively by their 
 son Eleaner; by his son David, who was born 
 in 1657; by Samuel, first,. who was born in 
 1690; by Samuel, second, born in 1714; 
 and by Samuel, third, born December 17, 
 1759, who was the great-grandfather of George 
 H. Libby. Samuel, third, was a soldier in 
 the Revolutionary War, and lived many years 
 thereafter, dying March '18, 1819. His son 
 Caleb, George's grandfather, was born August 
 i9> 1783. at Scarboro, and died in 1838. 
 Caleb, who was a stevedore • by occupation, 
 served as Sergeant of his company in the 
 \yar_of 181 2. He spent a large part of his 
 life in Portland; and here his son, John W. 
 Libby, father of George H., was born May iq, 
 1816. . -^ ^ 
 
 John W. Libby was reared to maturity in 
 his native city. He there -learned the trade 
 of edge-tool maker, at which he became an ex- 
 pert, winning a reputation as one of the most 
 
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 skilful of workmen at his handicraft. A few 
 years of his life were passed in Brunswick. 
 He returned to Portland about three years 
 after his marriage, and at 21 Hanover Street 
 built the house in which he resided until his 
 death, March 9, 1885. His wife, whose 
 maiden name was Jane R. Bolton, was a na- 
 tive of Portland, born in December, 1819. 
 Of their family two children grew to matu- 
 rity ; namely, George Henry and Sarah A. 
 The latter, who was born February 7, 1844, is 
 the wife of the Rev. C. V. Hanson, D.D., of 
 Skowhegan, Me. 
 
 George Henry Libby was less than three 
 years old when his parents returned to this 
 city. He acquired his education in the com- 
 mon schools of Portland. Poor health obliged 
 him to relinquish the advantage of a more ad- 
 vanced course. In 1856 he began his busi- 
 ness career, engaging in the grocery trade on 
 Commercial Street with T. & W. H. Shaw. 
 Having remained three years with that firm, 
 he worked as clerk in the retail grocery store 
 of Robert F. Green for another year, after 
 which he was employed at the dyer's trade 
 with Brad Foster until the breaking out of the 
 Rebellion. In November, 1861, Mr. Libby, 
 ■who inherited the patriotic ardor of his ances- 
 tors, enlisted for the war in Company A, 
 Twelfth Maine Volunteer Infantry, and with 
 his regiment joined the army at the Gulf. He 
 was present at New Orleans and at the siege of 
 Port Hudson, where in the first assault. May 
 27, 1863, he lost his left hand. He was sent 
 directly to the hospital at Baton Rouge, where 
 on account of disability he was discharged Sep- 
 tember 12, 1863. Returning home, Mr. Libby 
 was engaged for a time as book-keeper for 
 C. H. Stewart & Co., stove dealers. After- 
 ward he was employed in similar positions by 
 T. E. Stewart and W. H. Stewart, both build- 
 ing firms. He subsequently secured a clerk- 
 ship in the examining office of the Provost 
 Marshal, and from February i, 1865, until 
 the close of the war was recruiting officer for 
 the city. Being then offered a position in 
 the office of the City Treasurer, Mr. Libby 
 accepted, and has since been employed in that 
 department, proving himself an efficient and 
 trustworthy servant of the city. On the death 
 of Mr. Hersey, which occurred in March, 
 
 1890, Mr. Libby accepted the proffer of the 
 office of City Treasurer and Collector, and was 
 installed April i, 1890. After two years of 
 service, the city administration fell into the 
 hands of the Democratic party: but two years 
 later Mr. Libby was re-elected to the Treas- 
 urership for a second term. He is now the 
 oldest city official in point of service at the 
 same time that he is one of the most highly re- 
 spected. He holds other important offices, 
 among which is that of Treasurer of the 
 Diamond Island Association, of which he was 
 one of the originators. 
 
 In the fraternal organizations of Portland 
 Mr. Libby is quite influential. He was one 
 of the organizers of Brumhall Lodge, No. 3, 
 Knights of Pythias, and a charter member of 
 Montjoy Lodge, No. 6, and is now Past 
 Chancellor of both Lodges. He is likewise 
 a member of the Grand Lodge, having been 
 Grand Master of Exchequer. He has also con- 
 nection with Unity Lodge, Independent Order 
 of Odd Fellows, and belongs to Bosworth 
 Post, No. 2, Grand Army of the Republic, 
 having joined it in March, 1868. On January 
 I, 1868, Mr. Libby married Emma Charlotte, 
 daughter of James Nutter, a pioneer settler of 
 Trescott, Me., to which he came in 1800. 
 Both Mr. and Mrs. Libby attend the Chestnut 
 Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Mrs. 
 Libby being an esteemed member of that or- 
 ganization. Their pleasant home is situated 
 at 291 Spring Street, one of the attractive 
 parts of this beautiful city. 
 
 rm^ 
 
 ARDNER B. WILEY, a prosperous 
 \ •> I farmer .of Naples and a veteran of the 
 Civil War, is numbered among the 
 most worthy and substantial citizens of this 
 town, having successfully cultivated his pres- 
 ent farm since 1868. He was born in Stow, 
 Oxford County, Me., September 30, 1841, son 
 of Elbridge and Lucy M. (Webb) Wiley. His 
 father was a thoroughly practical and ener- 
 getic farmer, who made the best use of his 
 opportunities in life. He and his wife reared 
 a family of six children, four sons and two 
 daughters; and it is worthy of note that all of 
 the sons served through the Civil War, and 
 are still living, the eldest having enrolled 
 
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 five children were born, but three of whom are 
 now living — George W., Walter H., and Evie 
 M. DeGroot. 
 
 George W. Taylor attended the Bridgton 
 High School, and afterward took a course at 
 Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College in 
 Boston, Mass. Returning to Bridgton, he 
 was book-keeper at the Pondicherry mills for 
 three years, but subsequently removed to Port- 
 land, where he had charge of the woollen de- 
 partment in the dry-goods store of Twitchell, 
 Chapman & Co. for two years. Going then 
 to Boston, Mr. Taylor was at work there four 
 years, being one-half of the time with the New 
 York and Boston Manufacturing Company, and 
 the other half with the Massachusetts Mutual 
 Accident Insurance Company. The follow- 
 ing year he was employed as a wool sorter in 
 the Pondicherry mills at Bridgton, afterward 
 being similarly employed in the Wooumbo 
 mills at Lisbon Falls, Me., for six months. 
 In 1873 Mr. Taylor became connected once 
 more with the Pondicherry mills, remaining 
 with the company until 1894, being first book- 
 keeper, then assistant superintendent, and 
 finally being promoted to the responsible 
 office of superintendent of the mills. In 1894 
 he came to Windham, accepting his present 
 position, which he has since ably and faith- 
 fully filled. 
 
 Mr. Taylor was married in 1882 to Miss 
 Lilla L., daughter of B. F. Jewell, of Sebago, 
 Me.. Their union has been blessed by the ad- 
 vent of six children, five of whom are living; 
 namely, Adra B., Leah M., Beulah E., 
 Walter R., and Helen. In politics Mr. Tay- 
 lor is identified with the Republican party. 
 His religious views coincide with the creed of 
 the Methodist church. Socially, he is a mem- 
 ber of Red Men Lodge, No. 36, Nagwamqueeg 
 Tribe. 
 
 iDWIN T. MAYBERRY, Postmaster of 
 Westbrook, was born in Windham, 
 Me., April 11, 1866, son of Nelson 
 and Elizabeth (Bodge) Mayberry. His grand- 
 father, Daniel Mayberry, was an industrious 
 farmer of Windham, where he passed a greater 
 part of his life, being prominently identified 
 with the public affairs of the town and at one 
 
 time a member of the Board of Selectmen. 
 In politics he supported the Republican party, 
 and in his religious views he was a Universal- 
 ist. He died at his home in Windham in 
 1881, and of his three children only one is now 
 living. 
 
 Nelson Mayberry, father of Edwin T., was 
 born in Windham, Me., in 1839. He re- 
 ceived his education in the schools of his na- 
 tive town and at Oxford Academy, and, having 
 learned the ■ carpenter's trade, subsequently 
 settled in Cumberland Mills, where, besides 
 following his regular occupation, he became 
 well known as a musician, devoting much time 
 to playing at concerts and social gatherings in 
 his locality; and for many years his ability 
 in that direction caused his services to be in 
 great demand. He was a member of West- 
 brook Commandery, No. 209, Order of the 
 Golden Cross. In politics he voted with the 
 Republican party, and in his religious views 
 he was liberal. His wife, Elizabeth Bodge, 
 became the mother of three children, namely: 
 Frances E., who resides in Hoosick Falls, 
 N.Y.; Willard B., who is now living in the 
 State of Virginia; and Edwin T., the special 
 subject of this sketch. 
 
 Edwin T. Mayberry acquired the elements 
 of learning in the public schools of Windham 
 and at the Westbrook High School. He then 
 entered the drug store of H. G. Starr at Cum- 
 berland Mills, where he obtained a fair knowl- 
 edge of pharmacy. From there he went to 
 Chelsea as a clerk, and two years later to New 
 York City, where he engaged in the drug busi- 
 ness with his brother under the firm name of 
 Mayberry Brothers. He remained in the 
 metropolis for two years, at the end of which 
 time he sold his interest in the business, and 
 returning to Westbrook engaged with his 
 father-in-law in the manufacture of furniture 
 under the firm name of the New England Fur- 
 niture Company. He continued in that enter- 
 prise until April 8, 1895, at which time he 
 was appointed Postmaster of Westbrook, a 
 position which he is well qualified to fill, both 
 by reason of his business ability and naturally 
 agreeable manners; and since taking charge of 
 the office he has won the good will and hearty 
 approbation of his fellow-citizens, irrespective 
 of politics. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Mr. Mayberry married Helen G. Woodman, 
 daughter of R. W. Woodman, of Fairfield, 
 Me., and has two children, namely: Hattie E., 
 who is now attending school; and J. Norman, 
 aged two years. Socially, Mr. Mayberry is 
 very popular, having been a rnember of the 
 Star Lodge, No 155, Knights of Pythias, for 
 the past nine years. In politics he is an ac- 
 tive supporter of the Democratic party, and in 
 his religious views he is a Universalist. 
 
 "OSEPH CARR WHITE, the genial and 
 accommodating proprietor of the Preble 
 House of Portland, Cumberland County, 
 Me., was born in Cohasset, Mass., 
 May 25, 1849, son of William L. and Maria 
 (Scott) White. His paternal grandfather, 
 John L. White, was an innkeeper, being pro- 
 prietor of a hotel in Boston during the early 
 part of this century, as was also at a later 
 period his son, William L. White, who (born 
 in November, 1825) is now a resident of 
 Bath, Me., being the Division Superintendent 
 of the Maine Central Railroad. Mrs. William 
 L White, who was born in 1827, was a daugh- 
 ter of William Scott, a prominent business 
 man of Newbury, Vt., owning and managing 
 a large tannery in that town. She became 
 the mother of three children — William S. ; 
 Lucy M., wife of Captain Peter Kennedy; and 
 Joseph C. 
 
 Joseph C. White attended the public schools 
 of New Castle, Me., was graduated from Lin- 
 coln Academy in that town and subsequently 
 from Gray's Business College of Portland, re- 
 ceiving his diploma in 1866. After a short 
 experience as a clerk, in 1871 he purchased 
 the Thorndike House in^ Rockland, Me., and 
 was its proprietor for ten subsequent years. 
 After a business digression he was engaged for 
 some years in the sale of building materials 
 in Providence, R.I., during which he returned 
 to his favorite occupation, and managed a 
 hotel in Leesburg, Fla., in the winter, and 
 the Columbia Hotel at Saratoga Springs dur- 
 ing the summer. In 18*91 he took charge of 
 the Preble House in Portland, which under 
 his management is one of the most popular 
 hotels in. the State. Mr. White is especially 
 well fitted for his post, having gained much 
 
 valuable experience during the exercise of his 
 vocation in both Nortli and South; and his 
 pleasant manners and ready tact make him 
 very popular as a host. On September 25, 
 1877, Mr. White was united in marriage with 
 Nellie, daughter of- Michael A. and Mary 
 (Ulmer) Achorn, of Rockland, Me. Three 
 children have been born of their union — 
 Helen, Bessie, and Arthur, the last named 
 being no longer living. 
 
 In politics. Mr. White favors the Republi- 
 can party.. In society affiliations he belongs 
 to Alma Lodge, No. 43, A. F. & A. M., of 
 Damariscotta, Me. ; and he is also a popular 
 member of the Portland Athletia Club. 
 
 ON. GEORGE WARREN. The 
 Warren family has long been a 
 
 \3 I prominent one in Cumberland 
 County, its members having early 
 identified themselves with the growth and de- 
 velopment of Westbrook and the neighboring 
 towns. One of its representatives, who was 
 long actively engaged in promoting the busi- 
 ness interests of the locality, was the Hon. 
 George Warren, the subject of this sketch, 
 who died at his home in Westbrook, July 29, 
 1876. 
 
 George Warren was born at the old Warren 
 homestead in Falmouth, Me., now Westbrook, 
 October 6, 181 1, and was a son of John and 
 Eleanor (Lamb) Warren. Mr. Warren's 
 grandfather, John Warren, Sr., was a native 
 of North Berwick, Me., where, his birth took 
 place March 5, 1731. When a young man he 
 settled in Falmouth, an estate located on the 
 road leading from Saccarappa to Stroudwater, 
 which has since become a part of Westbrook. 
 He filled a position of prominence and useful- 
 ness in the community, possessing the esteem 
 and good will of his fellow-men; and Tie lived 
 many years. His wife, Jane Johnson, who 
 was born in Falmouth in 1 740, also reached a 
 ripe old age. They were the parents of twelve 
 children, as follows: John (first), who died 
 while serving as a soldier in the Revolution- 
 ary War; Polly; David; Elizabeth; Sally; 
 James; Jane; Margaret; John (second); Rob- 
 ert ; Nathaniel ; and Nancy. 
 
 John Warren, fourth son of John Warren, 
 
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 Sr., was born at the homestead, May 23, 1776, 
 a memorable date in the family's history, as 
 it signalized the death of his elder brother, 
 John (first), whose name he was called to bear, 
 as if to fill that brother's place in the family 
 circle. John Warren entered mercantile pur- 
 suits when a young man, later engaging in the 
 lumber business, which he established and 
 developed into an extensive enterprize. He 
 followed that industry successfully during the 
 rest of his business life, which was character- 
 ized by a firm adherence to principles of in- 
 tegrity; and it is pleasing to note that his 
 descendants have maintained the record inau- 
 gurated by their predecessor. He died at the 
 homestead in Westbrook, September 10, 1845. 
 His wife, Eleanor Lamb, whom he married 
 November 29, 1810, was born in Falmouth, 
 July 5, 1785, and died on January 13, 1835. 
 She became the mother of three sons, namely : 
 George, the subject of this sketch ; William 
 L. ; and Lewis P. 
 
 George Warren in his early years received 
 a careful home training, and acquired his ele- 
 mentary education in the schools of his native 
 town, afterward profiting by more advanced 
 courses of study at Bridgton, Gardiner, and 
 other places. When but a boy he began to be 
 of service to his father, and before he was 
 twenty-one he went into mercantile business 
 with B. M. Edwards, opening a general store 
 in Westbrook, and for some years conducting 
 a thriving trade. After his father's death, in 
 addition to his large share in the extensive 
 lumber manufacturing industry which had been 
 built up by his father and uncle, Mr. Warren 
 and his younger brother Lewis were engaged 
 with other parties in the manufacture of 
 weavers' harnesses, wire, and moccasins. In 
 1876 he took the initial steps in starting a 
 new enterprise. He was one of the Directors 
 of the Portland & Rochester Railroad. 
 
 Mr. Warren was an active supporter of Re- 
 publican principles, contributing toward the 
 success of that party in his locality; and his 
 career as a member of the Maine legislature 
 was marked by a vigorous and progressive 
 policy in the management of public business 
 and a careful foresight for the best interests of 
 his district. His political services were of a 
 nature which inspired confidence beyond the 
 
 limits of his party, thus giving him a broad 
 influence in State politics; and from his useful 
 career in the House of Representatives he 
 was called by Governor Connor to serve as a 
 member, of his Council, a position which he 
 held at the time of his death at the date above 
 named, now about twenty years since. 
 
 Mr. Warren and Catherine B. Palmer, 
 daughter of Joseph Palmed of Hampton, N.H., 
 were married in 184 1, and they had seven 
 children, four of whom are living, namely: 
 William L., born in 1843, who was formerly 
 a member of the Maine legislature and is now 
 residing in California; George L., born in 
 1847, who is engaged in the gentlemen's fur- 
 nishing business in Portland; Ellen L., born 
 in 1845, who married H. Mayhew, and is now 
 residing with her mother; and Fred E., born 
 in 1864, who is in business with his brother 
 in Portland. George L. Warren, who is con- 
 ducting a successful business in Portland, has 
 two children, namely. George William, born 
 in 1876, who is now a medical student at 
 Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md. ; 
 and Philip E., born in 1884, who is attending 
 the Butler School in Portland. 
 
 Mr. Warren was held in high estimation 
 both in business and social circles. He was 
 a member of Temple Lodge, No. 86, A. F. & 
 A. M., in which he held all the important 
 offices. On religious questions, as on others, 
 he was accustomed to think for himself, being 
 always able and willing to state clearly the 
 reason for his belief; and, while not accepting 
 the common orthodox views on many points of 
 doctrine, was a constant attendant at public 
 worship. 
 
 Mrs. Warren, who still resides at the home- 
 stead in Westbrook, is loved and respected by 
 a large number of friends and acquaintances. 
 
 /iTc 
 
 EORGE T. DYER, for many years 
 \ tsT intimately associated with the agri- 
 ^ — -^ cultural interests of Cape Elizabeth, 
 having been one of the most industrious and 
 enterprising farmers of the place, now oc- 
 cupies the house in which his birth occurred 
 on July I, 1818. His ancestors for several 
 generations have lived in this locality, his 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 grandparents, Nathaniel and Abigail (Hig- 
 gins) Dyer, having spent their lives here. 
 The grandfather followed the sea for a brief 
 period, but after his marriage engaged in till- 
 ing the soil, and established a good home- 
 stead. He and his wife reared eight children, 
 Jonah, father of George T., being the first- 
 born. Jonah spent a short time in naiitical 
 pursuits, but subsequently followed in the 
 footsteps of his father and grandfather, becom- 
 ing one of the substantial farmers of the Cape. 
 In 1816 he married Elizabeth Roberts, who : 
 bore him nine children, three of whom are still 
 living, namely: George T., the eldest child; 
 Irene M., wife of William B. Higgins, of this 
 town; and Nathaniel, who married Amanda 
 Carpenter, of the Cape, and has five children 
 — -Sumner, Clara, Emma, Alice, and Fanny. 
 
 George T. Dyer, like most farmers' sons, 
 received a common-school education, and spent 
 his .early years in performing the necessary 
 chores incident to agricultural life. Being 
 reared to habits of industry and economy, he 
 has made a success of farming, to which he 
 settled on reaching years of maturity, pur- 
 chasing a farm on the Cape, where he labored 
 with persevering industry for many years. He 
 now occupies the old homestead on which his 
 boyhood days were spent, enjoying the fruits 
 of his earlier years of toil. • ■ 
 
 On December 28, 1848; Mr. Dyer was 
 united in marriage with Miss Elmira Dyer, 
 a daughter of James Dyer, of Cape Elizabeth ; 
 and into their happy household thus estab- 
 lished three children were born, two of whom, 
 with their mother, have passed away, Mrs. 
 Dyer departing this life March 15, 1892, at 
 the age of seventy-six years. The only child 
 living is George A. Dyer, who lives with his 
 father and carefully manages the homestead 
 property, being an able and skilful farmer. 
 He was born November 15, 1853, and in 1882, 
 on the 25th of February, was united in mar- 
 riage with Estelle E. Hartford, the daughter 
 of Henry H. Hartford, of Denmark, Me. 
 Their union has been blessed by the advent of 
 three children, namely: Myra Mae, born No- 
 vember 7, 1887; Clarence Albert, born No- 
 vember II, 1891 ; and Ernest E., born May 4, 
 1885. Politically, Mr. George T. Dyer has 
 ever been a stanch advocate of Democratic 
 
 principles; and religiously he. is an esteemed 
 member of the Free Baptist church. 
 
 town 
 any 
 
 OHN SOULE, who during his busy life 
 occupied a jji-ominent position among 
 the well-to-do farmers of Freeport, 
 Cumberland County, was born in that 
 in 1798. It is now difficult to gather 
 particulars in regard to his ancestors, 
 owing to the lack of autjjentic records; but it 
 is known that his father was an early settler 
 of Freeport, where he cleared and improved 
 a tract of wild land and became a prosperous 
 farmer. 
 
 John Soule received his education in the 
 schools of- Freeport, and was reared to an agri- 
 cultural life. In early manhood he learned 
 the trade, of a brick-maker, 'which he later re- 
 linquished for agricultural pursuits, settling 
 upon a farm adjoining the present residence of 
 his widow, and becoming one of the thriving 
 and representative farmers of the locality. He 
 was widely and favorably known as a worthy 
 and industrious man and useful citizen. He 
 died at his home in Freeport in 1868, aged . 
 seventy years. In religious affiliation he was 
 a member of the Congregational church, and 
 in politics he supported the Republican party 
 after its formation. He was twice married. 
 His first wife, whose maiden name was Mary 
 Mitchell, was a representative of the old 
 Mitchell family of Yarmouth. She died leav- 
 ing six sons, three of whom — Horatio D. , 
 Herbert, and Charles P. — are still living, 
 being residents of Yarmouth. In 1854 Mr. 
 Soule wedded for his second wife Miss Sarah 
 Mason, who survives him. 
 
 Sarah (Mason) Soule was born in Yarmouth,. 
 February 5, 18 14, a daughter of Joseph and 
 Lusanna (Baker) Mason. She is a representa- 
 tive of a family prominent among the pioneers 
 of this county, members of which have been 
 closely identified with the development and 
 material prosperity of Yarmouth. Her great- 
 grandfather, who was of English descent, was 
 an early settler in Yarmouth; and her grand- 
 father, John Mason, who was a man widely 
 known and highly esteemed for his many ad- 
 mirable traits of character, was a native as 
 well as lifelong resident of that town. 
 
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 Joseph Mason, father of Mrs. Soule, was 
 born at the homestead in North Yarmouth, 
 and at an early age commenced to follow the 
 sea. He advanced rapidly in his calling, 
 soon becoming a master mariner, and was a 
 noted man among the pioneer ship-masters of 
 Yarmouth. After a long and varied expe-. 
 fience afloat he finally retired, and, settling 
 upon a farm in his native town, followed agri- 
 culture during the rest of his active life, 
 dying at the age of eighty-four years. He 
 was a man of sound sense and energetic habits, 
 keenly alive to all the duties of citizenship, 
 and a good neighbor, being highly esteemed 
 by his fellow-townsmen. He was a liberal 
 supporter of the Congregational church in Yar- 
 mouth. His wife, Lusanna, who was a native 
 of Yarmouth, became the mother of nine chil- 
 dren, of whom Mrs. Soule is the only one now 
 living. She lived to reach the venerable age 
 of eighty-seven years, leaving the fragrant 
 memory of a long life s^Dent in the faithful 
 performance of the dutes of wife and mother. 
 Mrs. Sarah M. Soule still resides in the vicin- 
 ity of her birthplace, and is unusually bright 
 and active for one of her years. She is one 
 of the oldest members of the Congregational 
 church, having united with it in 1840; and 
 she is among the few old residents who still 
 survive as specimens of the strong and vig- 
 orous manhood and womanhood of former days. 
 A portrait of her husband, John Soule, ap- 
 pears in this connection as that of a faithful 
 toiler who did his part in developing the re- 
 sources of this county before the present gen- 
 eration had appeared on the scene. 
 
 "|^\C^OSES GREENLEAF PALMER, a 
 tlr^ retired merchant of Portland, Me., 
 r3|_uT and a gentleman of various in- 
 ^ ^'-' dustrial and monetary interests, 
 
 was born in Norridgewock, Me., September 
 19, 1822. His father was John Palmer, and 
 his paternal grandfather William Palmer, who 
 removed to Norridgewock from Hallowell. 
 
 John Palmer was a native of Hallowell. 
 He was born November 22, 1790; and he re- 
 ceived his education in the district schools. 
 In his early youth he removed to Castine, and 
 at twenty-two years of age enlisted as a soldier 
 
 in the War of 1812. When the war was over, 
 he migrated to Norridgewock, and there for 
 some years he followed the toilsome but peace- 
 ful life of a farmer. In 1827 he moved to 
 Athens, Somerset County, Me., where he 
 opened a village hotel; but after two years he 
 changed the scene of his enterprise to Corn- 
 ville, buying a farm, and managing it in con- 
 nection with the country hotel that he opened 
 in the vicinity, cleverly furnishing the supply 
 for his own demand. After carrying on this 
 twofold business for a number of years, he sold 
 out his interests at Cornville, and removed to 
 Waterville, where he purchased a farm, on 
 which he passed his remaining years. His 
 wife was Miss Betsey Nichols, a daughter 
 of Nathaniel Nichols, of Monmouth. The 
 children' born of their marriage were: Sumner 
 C. ; Moses Greenleaf; Louisa M., wife of 
 L. P. Faught, of Sidney; Emily F., wife of 
 Josiah Tilton, of Cornville; Anne E. , who 
 died at twenty-four years of age; Susan M., 
 wife of N. B. Dalton, of Readfield; and 
 Henry M., who died shortly after completing 
 his majority. 
 
 Moses Greenleaf Palmer, the second born of 
 his parents, was educated in the district 
 schools of his native town and in Bloomfield 
 Academy. At seventeen years of age he 
 stepped from the student's desk into the rank 
 and file of armed soldiery, for it was in this 
 year that the Aroostook War was raging. 
 The block-house still standing at Fort Fair- 
 field is a monument to the company in which 
 he served. In 1848 he established himself in 
 Foxboro, Mass., where, in connection with his 
 elder brother, Sumner C, he became a manu- 
 facturer and inventor. The enterprise estab- 
 lished was a straw bonnet and hat factory; and 
 Mr. Palmer's invention, which consisted of a 
 plaster of Paris block instead of the hand- 
 made wooden bonnet-block formerly used, soon 
 became universally accepted by manufacturers, 
 who saw at once that the reduced cost of the 
 new blocks would greatly increase their 
 profits. The sale of Palmer bonnet and hat 
 blocks became so extensive that a ton of cal- 
 cined plaster was consumed daily in producing 
 a sufficient number to supply the demand. 
 
 Six years later Mr. Moses G. Palmer re- 
 turned to his native State, Maine, though he 
 
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 retained his interest in the bonnet and block 
 factory. In 1841, or approximately that 
 date, he opened the first wholesale millinery 
 store ever established in the State of Maine, 
 and succeeded in building up an extensive and 
 profitable trade, from which he retired in 
 1861. In 1867 he disapproved the poet's 
 statement that "it's all in the bonnet, and 
 nothing in the shoe "; for he then established a 
 flourishing retail shoe house, which is still 
 conducted under the firm name of the Palmer 
 Shoe Company. 
 
 Besides his mercantile ventures, inventions 
 and manufactures, Mr. Palmer has been deeply 
 interested in public enterprises. He was a 
 charter member of the first horse railway 
 company in Portland, of which corporation 
 he was Treasurer, and in the construction and 
 operation of which he was most active. While 
 he was holding the position of Treasurer of 
 the new road, the directors became dissatis- 
 fied, and made complaint of what they termed 
 his extravagant methods. The charges against 
 him were that he was using an unnecessary 
 amount of labor, a conductor and driver being 
 considered more than was needed for one car, 
 and the second horse a redundant force. A 
 new manager was therefore appointed, and the 
 road was conducted on a less expensive plan. 
 The "superfluous" man and horse were dis- 
 charged; and the "bob-tail" car, as it was 
 called, was inaugurated in Portland. Three 
 years later, however, Mr. Palmer had the sat- 
 isfaction of seeing his own previously aban- 
 doned methods again in operation, since which 
 time the horse railway has been thoroughly 
 successful. 
 
 Mr. Palmer retired from active life in 1889, 
 having now a deserved rest from his labors. 
 In i8;2 he was elected Treasurer of the Old 
 Orchard Camp Meeting Association, a posi- 
 tion he has held ever since with the exception 
 of one year. Mr. Palmer displayed his usual 
 business acumen in 1895, when he purchased 
 a large portion of stock of the Second Na- 
 tional Bank of his city, which was at that time 
 in a precarious situation and bad repute. 
 This stock was capitalized at one hundred thou- 
 sand dollars; and at the next annual meeting 
 a new Board of Directors was elected, by 
 whose skilful management financial prosperity 
 
 was restored, and the business was closed out 
 to the First National Bank at a good profit. 
 It was also through his instrumentality that 
 the stock of the Maine Central Railroad, 
 which was being sold at the low rate of two 
 dollars and sevenfy-five cents per share, was 
 elevated to its proper value. A new board, 
 which included himself, was formed by 'his 
 influence; and the improvement made by the 
 new management has continued steadily. -Mr. 
 Palmer was the first to advocate and advise 
 the introduction of electric light into Port- 
 land. 
 
 Mr. Moses Greenleaf Palmer married Miss 
 Martha Jane Ayer, the daughter of the Rev. 
 Philip Ayer, of Monmouth; and the issue of 
 this union was three children: Fremont M., 
 who died when he was twenty-nine years of 
 age; George M., superintendent of agents — in 
 Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts — 
 of the New York Life Insurance Company; 
 and Henry M., who died a little lad of twelve 
 years. George M. Palmer married Miss 
 Annie F. Leighton, and has two children — 
 Harry M. and Florence A. 
 
 Mr. Moses G. Palmer is a member of Port- 
 land Lodge, A. F. & A. M. and he is the 
 only surviving member of the Board of Trus- 
 tees who held oflRce during the election of the 
 Chestnut Street Methodist Episcopal Church 
 edifice, upon the Building Committee of 
 which he also served. In religious faith hus- 
 band and wife are happily allied, both being 
 afifiliated with the church whose interests he 
 has so faithfully served. Successful in busi- 
 ness, active in public behalf, Mr. Palmer has 
 won for himself the just reward which falls to 
 individual effort and faithful citizenship. 
 
 Wi 
 
 ILLIAM B." JORDAN, superintend- 
 ent of the Atwood Lead Com- 
 pany's works at South Portland, was 
 born April 25, 1837, at Cape Elizabeth, this 
 county, being a representative of one of the 
 earliest families to settle in this section of the 
 State. His paternal grandfather. Captain 
 Ezekiel Jordan, Sr., who spent his entire life 
 on the Cape, was a farmer in comfortable cir- 
 cumstances, his homestead farm containing, 
 about two hundred acres of land, on which he 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
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 labored with unremitting toil. He married 
 Mary Simonton; and they reared five children, 
 of whom Ezekiel, Jr., the second son, was 
 father of William B. 
 
 Ezekiel Jordan, Jr., was reared and educated 
 at Cape Elizabeth. On leaving school, he 
 learned the shoemaker's trade, which he subse- 
 quently followed for many years, both at Port- 
 land and the Cape, winning an excellent repu- 
 tation for expert workmanship. His wife, 
 whose maiden name was Susan Libby, was a 
 native of Gray, Me., and- a daughter of Jere- 
 miah Libby. She bore him nine children, 
 four of whom are now living, namely: Francis 
 resides in Chelsea, Mass. ; Mary, wife of Wal- 
 ter Skillings, lives in South Portland; Will- 
 iam B. ; and Lavina, the wife of Charles G. 
 Fickett, of this town. 
 
 William B. Jordan acquired the elements of 
 knowledge in the common schools of his native 
 district, pursuing his studies both summer and 
 winter. He first began work as an engineer 
 for Mr. N. W. Low, with whom he remained 
 five years. In 1862 he enlisted in the Union 
 Army, in Company I, Twenty-fifth Maine Vol- 
 unteer Infantry, being under the direct com- 
 mand of Captain Ezekiel Westcott. He served 
 for nine months in the army of the Potomac, 
 being discharged at the expiration of his term 
 of enlistment, July 10, 1863. On returning 
 home, Mr. Jordan accepted a position with the 
 Atwood Lead Company, with which he has 
 since been connected, having been appointed 
 in 1872 superintendent of the works. He has 
 also other business interests. In 1892 he en- 
 gaged in the coal and wood business, opening 
 an office near Vaughn's Bridge, in what is now 
 South Portland, where he has built up a large 
 local trade. 
 
 Mr. Jordan has been twice married. His 
 first wife, Annie R. French, to whom he was 
 united August 2, 1869, passed away within 
 a year, her death occurring April 19, 1870. 
 On September 15, 1871, he was joined in wed- 
 lock with Miss Annie H. Huston, a daughter 
 of Nathan L. Huston, of this town. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Jordan have three children living: Fred 
 W., who is in the hay and grain business in 
 South Portland; Frank A. ; and Mollie S. In 
 politics Mr. Jordan is a faithful adherent of 
 the Democratic party, and, religiously, is a 
 
 member of the Second Parish Congregational 
 Church. Socially, he is identified with_ the 
 Masons and Odd Fellows, belonging to Hiram 
 Lodge, No. 180, A. F. & A. M., of South 
 Portland, and to the Maine Lodge of Indepen- 
 dent Order of Odd Fellows of Portland. Mr. 
 Jordan is likewise a member of the Grand 
 Army of the Republic, being connected with 
 the Bosworth Post, No. 2. 
 
 DWIN CHAPIN MILLIKEN, of Port- 
 and, Pension Agent for the State of 
 Maine, was born in Bridgton, Cum- 
 berland County, on February 28, 1851, son of 
 Benjamin F. and Rebecca (Richardson) Milli- 
 ken. His grandfather, Joseph Milliken, was 
 born at Scarboro, where for many years he fol- 
 lowed the trade of a boat builder. Owning a 
 farm in that town, he also gave much attention 
 to agricultural pursuits. A portion of his life 
 was spent in the calling of sea captain. Near- 
 ing the end of his days, he removed to Den- 
 mark, Me., and made that place his home 
 lUitil his decease. 
 
 Benjamin F. Milliken was a native of Scar- 
 boro. He was but ten or twelve years old 
 when his parents settled on a farm in Den- 
 mark, now a portion of Bridgton, Me. About 
 1840, after his father's death, the family re- 
 moved to Bridgton Centre, where he is living 
 at the present time. For several years he 
 followed the trades of tanner and currier, and 
 at one time he was a manufacturer of wood- 
 work. He was a Whig in political views until 
 that party was succeeded by the Republican, 
 of which he is an ardent adherent. His wife, 
 a native of Denmark, was a daughter of John 
 Richardson, who afterward made his home in 
 Bridgton Centre. Edwin Chapin Milliken, 
 named for the Rev. Edwin H. Chapin, of 
 New York City, was the only child born of 
 their union. His mother died when he was 
 but two years old His father is a member of 
 the Universalist church. 
 
 Edwin Chapin Milliken received a good 
 practical education in the common schools of 
 Bridgton, Me. On March 25, 1864, when but 
 thirteen years of age, he enlisted in Company 
 H, Thirty-second Maine Volunteer Infantry. 
 His father enlisted at the same time and in 
 
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 the same company and regiment. Shortly 
 after, the regiment joined the Army of the Po- 
 tomac, as a part of the Second Brigade, Second 
 Division of the Ninth Army Corps. Mr. Mil- 
 liken served in the battles of the Wilderness, 
 Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Gaines Mill, and 
 Totopotomy Creek. On July 30 his regiment 
 led the charge into the crater of the exploded 
 mine, where the larger part of the men lost 
 their lives. His next engagement, fought 
 September 30 at Pegram farm near Peters- 
 burg, was followed by that of Hatcher's Run 
 and the South Side Railway combats. After 
 that he was engaged in garrison duty at Fort 
 Welch and Fort Davis, the latter being next 
 in line to Fort Hell in front of Petersburg., 
 On December 12, 1864, his regiment was 
 united with the Thirty-first Maine, both being 
 greatly reduced in numbers, and was thereafter 
 known by the latter name. On April 2, 1865, 
 he took part in the final capture of Petersburg, 
 passing through that place in pursuit of Gen- 
 eral Lee. On arriving at Nottoway Court- 
 house, his regiment, with two others from 
 their brigade, was detailed as guard escort to 
 Sutherland Station for General Ewell, General 
 DeHoe, and other rebel officers, besides eight 
 thousand troops, all of whom General Sheri- 
 dan had captured a few days previously. After 
 doing this it started for the front and marched 
 to Berksville Junction, twelve miles from Ap- 
 pomattox, covering the entire distance in a 
 surprisingly short time, and was present at the 
 surrender of General Lee, and also at the re- 
 ception of the news of the assassination of 
 President Lincoln. Soon after, it returned to 
 City Point and went thence by 'steamer to 
 Alexandria, where it remained until the Grand 
 Review at Washington, in which it partici- 
 pated. On July 15, 1865, Mr. Milliken re- 
 ceived his honorable discharge after seventeen 
 months of service, much of which was spent 
 in the thickest of the fight, and during which 
 he carried the regular equipment, although at 
 the time of his discharge he was but fourteen 
 years and four months old. His father served 
 by his side through it all. Soon after his 
 return to Bridgton he began to learn the trade 
 of loom fixer in a woollen-mill. In 1869 he 
 accepted a position in Portland with F. & 
 C. B. Nash, in the capacities of salesman and 
 
 book-keeper, continuing in their employ until 
 January, 1893, or but little less than a quarter- 
 century. He was then appointed to the posi- 
 tion he now holds, in which he has charge of 
 the State pensions and has an office at Au- 
 gusta. 
 
 Mr. Milliken, always a supporter of Repub- 
 lican principles, was elected Warden of Ward 
 3 on the Republican ticket. The record of 
 his connection with various fraternal organiza- 
 tions is of much interest. ,<> Since 1869 he has 
 held a membership in Bosworth Post, Grand 
 Army of the Republic, of which he was chosen 
 Sergeant Major in 1874, holding that position 
 for four years. He then became Adjutant of 
 the Post, and held that continuously till Janu- 
 ary I, 1896, when he was elected Commander. 
 In February, 1887, he was appointed Assistant 
 Adjutant-general of the Department of Maine, 
 and held that office up to and including the 
 year 1891. He was also a member of the 
 National Council of Administration and 
 Assistant Inspector - general, attending the 
 National Encampments for many years. He 
 is one of the few men who are members of 
 Shepley Camp, Sons of Veterans, who are also 
 veteran soldiers. For many years he was con- 
 nected with the National Guard of the State as 
 Second Lieutenant of Company B in the First 
 Regiment, afterward with the rank of First 
 Lieutenant and still later as Adjutant pf the 
 regiment, serving in that capacity until 1887, 
 when the pressure of other work forced him to 
 resign. He is a member of Haddattah Lodge 
 and Una Encampment, Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows. The Machigonne Tribe of Red 
 Men also claims him as a member. In the 
 Knights of Pythias, Bramhall Lodge, he is 
 Past Chancellor, obtaining that rank by a ser- 
 vice of five and a half years as Keeper of 
 Records and Seal. He is Grand Master of 
 Exchequer, or Grand Treasurer, for the ninth 
 consecutive term ; while during the past seven- 
 teen years he has acted as Secretary and Treas- 
 urer of the Endowment Rank. 
 
 Mr. Milliken has been twice married. His 
 first union was contracted with Miss Frances 
 M. Furlong, of Portland, who bore him three 
 children, of whom the only survivor is Alice 
 G. Milliken, now residing at home. Mrs. 
 Frances M. Milliken died in 1878. On the 
 
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 second occasion Mr. Milliken was joined in 
 marriage with Mrs. Phinelia H. (True) Sweet- 
 ser, a daughter of Erastus and Olive True, of 
 Portland, where the ceremony was performed 
 March 4, 1885. Mr. Milliken and his wife 
 are attendants of West Congregational Church. 
 They reside in the pleasant home at 1033 Con- 
 gress Street, purchased by him in September, 
 1889. 
 
 jELSON M. SHAW, a thrifty and enter- 
 prising farmer of the town of Cumber- 
 US V land, was born upon his present 
 farm, September i, 1836, son of 
 John and Martha (Wilson) Shaw. His grand- 
 father, Daniel Shaw, came to the town as a 
 pioneer, before the advent of county -roads, 
 when the paths of communication between the 
 settlements were indicated by blazed trees. 
 He acquired a tract of wild land, which he 
 cleared and improved into a good farm, estab- 
 lishing a comfortable home for himself and 
 family. He died upon the farm at the age of 
 seventy-seven years, after being twice married 
 and rearing a family of nine children. 
 
 John Shaw, father of Nelson M., was born 
 on the homestead, and early trained to farm 
 work. He succeeded to the ownership of the 
 property, which he cultivated and further im- 
 proved, and was known as a kind-hearted 
 neighbor and a useful citizen. He died at 
 the age of fifty -two years. His wife, Martha 
 Wilson, who was a native of Falmouth, be- 
 came the mother of two sons, who reached 
 maturity, namely: Nelson M. , the subject of 
 this sketch; and Wilson, who died at the age 
 of twenty-eight years. Mrs. John Shaw lived 
 to the age of eighty-two. Both she and her 
 husband were members of the Congregational 
 church, and Mr. Shaw was a Republican in 
 politics. 
 
 Nelson M. Shaw received his education in 
 the common and high schools of Cumberland, 
 and adopted farming as his occupation. At 
 his father's death he inherited the farm, 
 which he has since cultivated with prosperous 
 results. He has seventy-five acres of fruitful 
 land; and he has devoted much time and 
 energy to improving both the land and farm 
 buildings, his present residence having been 
 
 erected under his personal supervision. He 
 has always supported the Republican party, 
 and is prominent in local public affairs. He 
 was a Selectman for ten years, during eight 
 of which he presided as Chairman of the Board ; 
 and he has also been Auditor of Accounts 
 for several years. 
 
 On March 19, 1864, Mr. Shaw was united 
 in marriage to A. Caroline I^eighton, who 
 was born in Cumberland, March 9, 1843, and 
 has had seven children, namely: Howard L. ; 
 John M. ; Herbert N. ; Emma S. ; Ethel C. ; 
 Martha E. ; and Angle M., who died at the 
 age of twenty-two years. Mrs. Nelson M. 
 Shaw died November 27, 1886. Mr. Shaw 
 occupies a leading position among the well- 
 to-do farmers of his locality, and is highly es- 
 teemed both for his manly personal qualities 
 and his useful public services. He is a Con- 
 gregationalist in his religious views, and in 
 fraternal associations is a member of the Order 
 of Red Men. 
 
 ERBERT FRANCIS TWITCHELL, 
 M.D., one of the prominent younger 
 physicians of Portland, was born in 
 Bethel, Oxford County, November 
 16, 1869, son of Alphin and Roxanna 
 (Twitchell) Twitchell. He comes of an old 
 New England family, the history of which is 
 given at length in Lapham's "History of 
 Bethel, Me.," published in 1880. His great- 
 great-grandfather was Joseph Twitchell, of 
 Sherborn, Mass. ; and his great-grandfather 
 was Deacon Ezra Twitchell, one of the pioneer 
 settl'ers of Bethel, Me. Dr. Twitchell's pa- 
 ternal and maternal grandfathers were brothers, 
 his father's father being Ezra Twitchell, Jr., 
 who was born November 24, 1781, and his 
 mother's father Thaddeus Twitchell, born 
 January 4, 1788. They were both well-to-do 
 farmers in Bethel. 
 
 Alphin Twitchell was born in Bethel, De- 
 cember 27, 1804. He was a prosperous drover 
 and cattle dealer, and occupied a prominent 
 position in the community, holding many local 
 offices, and acting as Selectman for a number 
 of years. He died in 1887, the day before 
 his eighty-third birthday. Mrs. Twitchell's 
 demise occurred in August, 1872. They were 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 stanch Congregationalists, and reared their 
 seven children in that creed. 
 
 Herbert Francis Twitchell received his early 
 education in the common schools of Bethel 
 and at Gould's Academy. When twenty years 
 of age, he went to work in a retail dry-goods 
 store in Portland. He remained one year in- 
 this position, and then took up the study of 
 medicine at the Portland School for Medical 
 Instruction. He attended lectures at the 
 Maine Medical School at Brunswick, main- 
 taining a good rank in his classes. He re- 
 ceived his diploma in 1883, and was shortly 
 afterward appointed House Physician for the 
 Maine General Hospital in Portland. In 1884 
 he opened an office at Freeport, Cumberland 
 County, and in course of time established a 
 successful practice. In the fall of 1892 he 
 located at 10 Pine Street, Portland, where he 
 still resides. Dr. Twitchell is especially in- 
 terested in surgery, and is at present Adjunct 
 Surgeon at the Maine General Hospital and 
 Assistant Surgeon to the out-clinic of the 
 Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Maine State Medical Society, which 
 he has represented as a delegate at different 
 medical gatherings, and before which he has 
 read several papers; President of the Portland 
 Medical Club; and Treasurer of the Portland 
 Academy of Medicine and Science. 
 
 On May 14, 1885, Dr. Twitchell was mar- 
 ried to Alice J., daughter of the Rev. Samuel 
 L. Gould, a Congregational clergyman, of 
 Bethel. He votes in the ranks of the Repub- 
 lican party. He is not an aspirant for office^ 
 having no time to spare from the work of his 
 profession, although he was Supervisor of 
 Schools for two years while in Freeport. He 
 is a Mason, belonging to Freeport Lodge, No. 
 25, A. F. & A. M. Dr. Twitchell and his 
 wife attend and support the Congregational 
 church. The Doctor is esteemed by all who 
 know him, his generous nature ^nd ready 
 sympathy winning hosts of well-wishers. 
 
 'MOS H. NEVINS, a well-known and 
 jqually respected citizen of New 
 Gloucester, Me., was born in this 
 town, January 21, 1824, being a son 
 of Zedekiah and Lydia (Harris") Nevins. His 
 
 great-grandfather on the paternal side was 
 Hugh Nevins, who came to this country from 
 England, and directly after landing at Boston 
 went to Gloucester, Mass. After a short resi- 
 dence there he united with a colony that was 
 being formed to settle the town of New 
 Gloucester, Me. Here He purchased a large 
 tract of land, and established a home. He 
 was an enterprising citizen and well-to-do in 
 the world, and took an-active part in building 
 the first church in New GJoucester. He died 
 in this town, leaving a family of children, of 
 whom the youngest son was Samuel. Samuel 
 Nevins, after living in New Gloucester for 
 a time, removed to Lewiston, Me., where he 
 took up farming. Subsequently be returned 
 to New Gloucester, and purchased the farm on 
 which his grandson, Amos H., now resides, 
 the last years of his life being spent here. 
 He married Susanna Haskell, of New Glouces- 
 ter, and was the father of ten children, none of 
 whom are now living. Their names were re- 
 spectively as follows: Samuel, Davis, Robert, 
 Joel, Amaziah, Zedekiah, Amos, Eliza, Lovina, 
 and Susan. 
 
 Zedekiah Nevins, father of the subject of 
 this sketch, followed the vocation of a farmer 
 during his entire active life. His wife, Lydia 
 Harris by maiden name, was born in Minot, 
 Me. She was a daughter of Amos Harris, who 
 married Isabel Farsons, of New Gloucester, a 
 descendant of Captain William Harris, a pa- 
 triot soldier of the Revolution. She bore her 
 husband four children, namely: Samuel, who 
 died in 1873; Amos H., whose name prefaces 
 this article; Adam Wilson, who died in i860; 
 and Olive, who became the wife of George 
 Rose, and resides in Falmouth, Me. Mrs. 
 Zedekiah Nevins, who made her home with 
 her son Amos H., died in 1871, at the ad- 
 vanced age of eighty years. 
 
 Amos H. Nevins acquired a good practical 
 education in the common schools and at 
 Auburn Academy, Auburn, Me. At the age 
 of eighteen years he began teaching in the 
 schools of Orange, N.J., and subsequently 
 continued the same occupation in Pennsyl- 
 vania for about three years. He then returned 
 to Cumberland County, and settled in the 
 town of Brunswick, where he taught school a 
 portion of the time during his residence there. 
 
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 From Brunswick he came to New Gloucester, 
 and followed school-teaching from his second 
 advent in this town until 1862. Since then 
 he has had charge of the old home farm, with 
 the exception of a period of two years, during 
 which he conducted the town farm. His farm 
 contains one hundred and fifteen acres of good 
 land ; and here, besides carrying on general 
 farming, he gives special attention to butter- 
 making. In OctolDer, 1848, Mr. Nevins was 
 united in marriage with Miss Mary A. Suth- 
 erland, who was born in Lisbon, Me., March 
 2, 1827, a daughter of Benjamin and Mary 
 (Whitney) Sutherland. Her father was a na- 
 tive of Lisbon, Me., and her mother of Gor- 
 ham, this State. Mrs. Nevins' s grandfather, 
 Alexander Sutherland, was born in Scotland, 
 whence he emigrated to America. He espoused 
 -the cause of the colonists in their struggle 
 with Great Britain, and fought bravely in the 
 patriot army. His last days were spent in 
 the town of Lisbon, Me. 
 
 The union of Mr. and Mrs. Nevins has been 
 blessed by the birth of six children, five sons 
 and a daughter, as follows: Wilson, born in 
 1849, was a graduate of Bowdoin College, and 
 married Josephine Stone, daughter of Captain 
 William Stone, of Falmouth, Me., in which 
 place he and his wife reside. Winfield Scott, 
 born in 1851, graduated from Gorham Semi- 
 nary, and married Mary E. Leavitt, of Salem, 
 Mass., daughter of Israel P. and Elizabeth 
 Leavitt. After an .apprenticeship to news- 
 paper work on the Lewiston Journal of Lewis- 
 ton, Me., in 1873 he obtained the position ol 
 reporter and correspondent for the Boston 
 Herald, in the towns of Lynn and Salem, 
 Mass., which he has since retained, and is 
 besides a correspondent for the New York 
 Tribune. Helen L., the only daughter, who 
 makes her home with her parents, was born 
 February 3, 1862. She is a successful 
 teacher, having followed that vocation in 
 Hardwick, Vt., and in Auburn, Me. Eben, 
 born May 2, 1863, married Alice Noyes, of 
 Pownal, Me., and resides in Lynn, Mass., 
 where he is engaged as Chief Engineer at the 
 Electric Station of the Lynn & Boston Elec- 
 tric Railroad. Amos Harris, born in Janu- 
 ary, 1865, died at the age of seven years. 
 John P., born in June, 1869, is an electrical 
 
 engineer, being employed in that capacity in 
 the Electric Railway Station in Chelsea, 
 Mass. He has twice married, his first wife 
 being Miss Ida May Holland, of Prince Ed- 
 ward's Island, who died in 1893. After her 
 death he formed a second union with Miss 
 Alice Johnson, of Newburyport, Mass. Mr. 
 Nevins has given all his children the advan- 
 tages of a high and normal school education. 
 In politics Mr. Nevins is a Republican. 
 He is well and favorably known throughout 
 the county, and his services in public life 
 have been of material advantage to his town. 
 In 1868, 1880, and 1881 he was Selectman, 
 and in 1870 and 1871 a member of the School 
 Committee. In 1868, when first elected to 
 the office of Selectman, New Gloucester was 
 deeply in debt; and during his period of office, 
 with the aid of several other leading citizens, 
 this debt was raised, and in addition a suffi- 
 cient sum was obtained for the erection of the 
 town poor farm buildings. He also took 
 the leading steps toward the establishment of 
 the Public Library at New Gloucester, and 
 the erection of a fine class of new school- 
 houses. Both he and Mrs. Nevins are attend- 
 ants of the Baptist church of New Gloucester, 
 and the family is one that has attained well- 
 deserved prominence as representative of a 
 useful and desirable class of citizenship. 
 
 Y^EWIS ALDEN GOUDY, President of 
 I j| the Goudy & Kent Corporation, and a 
 X ^ ^ resident of Portland since 1869, was 
 born at Boothbay, Me., June 10, 
 1849, son of Alden and Augusta P. (Soule) 
 Goudy. His mother, a daughter of David 
 Soule, of Woolwich, Me., is lineally de- 
 scended from George Soule, who came over in 
 the "Mayflower," and was afterward promi- 
 nent in the early history of the Plymouth 
 Colony. He was one of the men sent out to 
 gather food for the first Thanksgiving dinner, 
 and one of the seven men selected by Miles 
 Standish to make the first reconnoisance for 
 Indians. On the paternal side Mr. Goudy's 
 great-grandfather, who was a pioneer of York 
 County, held a commission from the Massachu- 
 setts General Court as Sheriff of j/the Province 
 of Maine, and executed the first criminal con- 
 
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 victed and sentenced in the Province. Sheriff 
 Goudy's son Amos, who was the grandfather 
 of Lewis Alden, followed the occupations of 
 farmer and miller, resided in Bristol, and 
 married a Miss Church, a member of the noted 
 Church family of New England. One of the 
 paternal ancestors of his wife was commander 
 of a privateer put in commission by the gov- 
 ernor of the colonies; and a mahogany table, 
 made from a portion of a cargo captured by 
 him, is preserved as an heirloom by Mr. 
 Goudy's mother. 
 
 Alden Goudy was born in 1821 at Bristol, 
 this State, where he passed his earlier years 
 in farming and milling. He subsequently 
 fitted himself for the profession of a teacher at 
 the old Lincoln Academy, New Castle. After 
 engaging in that calling for a few years, he 
 entered a mercantile business at Boothbay. 
 A man of intelligence and of strong individ- 
 uality, he became prominent in town and 
 county affairs, and served as Selectman and 
 Justice of the Peace for many years. He was 
 an active temperance leader, and during the 
 agitation preceding the adoption of the Maine 
 Prohibitory Law assisted in destroying a large 
 quantity of liquor. He was a total abstainer 
 from both liquor and tobacco, his son Lewis 
 following in his footsteps. Of his union with 
 Miss Soule, six children were born, Lewis 
 Alden being the first-born. 
 
 Lewis Alden Goudy acquired his early edu- 
 cation in the schools of Boothbay and Bath. 
 In 1869, after completing his education, he 
 came to this city, leaving his position as clerk 
 of the Maine Central Railway Company at 
 Bath to accept another with a wholesale grain 
 and flour house. He remained with this firm 
 for twelve consecutive years, having had but 
 one week's vacation, but becoming chief clerk 
 and accountant of the establishment. In 1881 
 Mr. Goudy formed a partnership with Winthrop 
 C. Cobb, and carried on a general baking 
 business for the following year, under the firm 
 name of W. C. Cobb & Co. Then the senior 
 partner retired ; and Mr. Goudy continued the 
 business alone until 1886, when the plant was 
 consolidated with that of R. Kent & Son, 
 under the name of Goudy & Kent. The new 
 firm carried on the manufacture of crackers 
 and biscuits, making a specialty of pilot 
 
 bread, which had been manufactured and sold 
 throughout New England by the Kents for 
 upward of sixty years. The partnership lasted 
 until January, 1891, when Mr. Kent retired, 
 owing to failing health. Mr. Goudy, having 
 acquired all the rights of the old firm, has 
 since conducted the business under the same 
 style. In February, 1893, the firm was incor- 
 porated with an authorized capital of two hun- 
 dred thousand dollars, Mr. Goudy being made 
 President. On September 30, 1892, the 
 entire plant was destroyed by fire, causing a 
 very heavy loss. The confectionery plant 
 having been left intact, Mr. Goudy continued 
 the business without intermission, buying the 
 requisite supplies from friendly competitors. 
 The plant had an area of thirty thousand 
 square feet, and gave employment to from 
 seventy-five to a hundred people. On rebuild- 
 ing, its capacity was greatly increased, and the 
 latest modern conveniences, in both the bis- 
 cuit and confectionery departments, were 
 added. The factory is now the largest of the 
 kind east of Boston, giving employment to six 
 travelling salesmen in addition to five local 
 wagon salesmen. 
 
 Mr. Goudy is Treasurer of the Lakeside 
 Press, a Director of the Casco Box Company, 
 and Vice-President of the Portland Board of 
 Trade. 
 
 On February 23, 1873, Mr. Goudy was 
 united in wedlock with Annie J. Ayers, 
 daughter of Joseph and Harriet Ayers. The 
 union has been blessed by the birth of four 
 children; namely, Annie Louise, Isabelle A., 
 Ellen C, and Alice D. Mr. Goudy is broad 
 and liberal in his religious views, and regu- 
 larly attends the Williston Chui-ch. Mrs. 
 Goudy, who is an accomplished musician, has 
 sung in the choir of the State Street Church 
 for the past twenty years. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Goudy is a stanch Republi- 
 can, serving his party frequently as a delegate 
 to different conventions, but always declining 
 official position. He is identified with the 
 Masonic fraternity, being a member of Ancient 
 Landmark Lodge, Mt. Vernon Chapter, Port- 
 land Council, and Portland Commandery. He 
 has membership, in Beacon Lodge, Indepen- 
 dent Order of Odd Fellows; in Ivanhoe Lodge,' 
 Knights of Pythias; in the Portland Club, the 
 
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 Young Men's Republican Club, and the Me- 
 chanic Association. 
 
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 EMPLE H. SNOW, a dealer in stoves, 
 M hardware, and plumbers' supplies, and 
 -'- one of the old and reliable business 
 men of Westbrook, was born in Rumford, Ox- 
 ford County, July 8, 1834, son of Samuel 
 Stillman and Mary (Hoyt) Snow. Mr. Snow 
 is of English descent. His paternal grand- 
 father, a New Hampshire man, was a civil en- 
 gineer, who made many surveys in his native 
 State when settlements were few and far apart. 
 Samuel Stillman Snow was a native of Beth- 
 lehem, N.H. Reared in an agricultural dis- 
 trict, he engaged in farming as a'means of earn- 
 ing a livelihood, and devoted his life to that 
 pursuit. He spent some years in Rumford, 
 and in 1848 removed to Westbrook, where he 
 remained about ten years. He then located in 
 Skowhegan, Me., and in 1867 removed to 
 Worcester, Mass., where he died and is buried. 
 His span of life embraced seventy-four years. • 
 Mr. Snow took an ardent interest in politics, 
 belonging first to the Whig party and then to 
 its outgrowth, the Republican party. He was 
 an enthusiastic temperance man and a zealous 
 Abolitionist. His wife, who was born in 
 Concord, N. H., and lived seventy-four years, 
 followed her husband to the grave one year 
 after his demise, and is buried in Worcester. 
 Both were members of the Congregational 
 church. They were the parents of five sons 
 and four daughters, all born in Rumford, Me. 
 Of these the following are living: Benjamin 
 P., Principal of the Yarmouth (Me.) Acad- 
 emy; Temple H., the subject of this sketch; 
 Mary A., the widow of the late Captain How- 
 ell Drinkwater and a resident of Oakland, Cal. ; 
 Ellen A., the wife of Hiram Stratton, a 
 broker in Worcester, Mass. ; and Ezra H., a 
 dealer in toys and games, of which he has in- 
 vented many, residing in Orange, N.J. Har- 
 riet N. married Andrew Partridge, and died, 
 leaving two sons and one daughter; Edward 
 Payson died unmarried at the age of thirty-two; 
 and Samuel S. lived but twenty-three years. 
 
 Temple H. Snow learned the tinsmith's 
 trade under the tuition of an old-time tinsmith, 
 Sewell Brackett, and became a most careful 
 
 and thorough workman. He was with Mr. 
 Brackett seven years, and then for ten years 
 worked for canning companies, being employed 
 by Rumrey & Burnham, Plummer & Marr, and 
 the J. W. Jones Company. In 1873, at the 
 same time that D. N. McCann retired from 
 the firm, he purchased a share in the business 
 of the McCann Brothers at 42 Main Street, 
 Westbrook ; and for two years business was con- 
 ducted under the name of McCann & Snow. 
 In 187s Mr. Snow became sole proprietor, and 
 since that time he has carried on the store 
 very prosperously. The establishment is well 
 stocked with a variety of tinware, hardware, 
 stoves, and plumbers', supplies. Estimates for 
 plumbing are furnished, and repairing of all 
 kinds is done. Mr. Snow is firmly estab- 
 lished, and is regarded as one of the most re- 
 liable business men of the town. 
 
 In 1864 he was married in Brunswick, Me., 
 to Ellen A. Mariner, a native of Brunswick, 
 and a daughter of George and Abigail (Moore) 
 Mariner. Mr. and Mrs. Mariner were lifelong 
 residents of Brunswick, and are buried in that 
 town. Mr. and Mrs. Snow have one son, 
 George Payson, who is train despatcher at 
 South Framingham, Mass., on the Northern 
 Division of the New York & New Haven Rail- 
 road. He married Alice M. Fletcher, a 
 native of Portsmouth, N.H., who was reared 
 in Somerville, Mass., and has two sons — 
 George Temple and Edward Harmon. Mr. 
 Snow takes an active part in local politics as a 
 Republican. He was a member of the first 
 Board of Aldermen in Westbrook, and served 
 efficiently during the difficult year devoted to 
 the changing of the town government to the 
 more complicated city organization, acting as 
 Chairman of the Committee on Accounts and 
 as a member of the Committees on Highways 
 and Streets, Fire Department, Street Lights, 
 Salaries, and Laying out of New Streets. He 
 belongs to Temple Lodge, No. 86, A. F. & 
 A. M., in which he has filled all the chairs to 
 the West; to Saccarappa Lodge, No. 11, In- 
 dependent Order of Odd Fellows; and to the 
 Order of the Eastern Star. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Snow are members of the Westbrook Congre- 
 gational church, in the choir of which he has 
 been leader for a quarter of a century. He is 
 an accomplished musician, and has done much 
 
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 good in developing the musical feature of the 
 church services. 
 
 nr^v ANIEL WIGGINS, proprietor of a 
 
 I — \ small and well-appointed farm in the 
 ^JvSy town of Bridgton, has been a lifelong 
 resident of Cumberland County, his 
 earlier years having been spent in Baldwin, 
 where his birth occurred, June 3, 1833. He 
 is the representative of an early family of this 
 county, his paternal grandparents having re- 
 moved to Baldwin from Durham, N. H., in 
 1802. They brought with them their chil- 
 dren, who assisted in clearing a farm from the 
 one hundred acres of land which the grand- 
 father bought, and on which he afterward spent 
 his days. 
 
 John Wiggins, the father of Daniel, was 
 born in 1793, being still a young boy when he 
 came to this county. He followed farming 
 throughout his life, coming into possession of 
 a part of the old homestead, which he had 
 helped to redeem from the wilderness. He 
 performed military service in the War of 1812, 
 going out with a Maine regiment. He was 
 a man of much energy and enterprise, upright 
 in his dealings, and well worthy of the high 
 regard in which he was held. Religiously,' 
 he was a member of the Baptist church. He 
 closed his eyes on earthly scenes in 1855, 
 being then about sixty-three years old. His 
 wife, whose maiden name was Betsey Ridlon, 
 survived him twenty-three years, dying in 
 1878. 
 
 Daniel Wiggins acquired his education by 
 attending the district schools of his native 
 town. He was trained to farm work, and re- 
 mained on the old homestead until 1870, when 
 he removed to another part of the town, where 
 he followed his chosen vocation for two years. 
 In 1872 Mr. Wiggins took possession of his 
 present estate, which contains thirty-eight 
 acres of well-improved land. While living in 
 Baldwin, he twice served as Selectman, and has 
 held other public offices. He is a firm Re- 
 publican, supporting the principles of 
 party by voice and vote. Socially, he is 
 nected by membership with the Masons 
 the Odd Fellows. 
 
 Mr. Wiggins was married January 11, 1863, 
 
 that 
 
 con- 
 
 and 
 
 to Miss Pamelia A. Barker, who was born in 
 the town of Naples, a daughter of Stephen arid 
 Abigail (Wight) Barker. Two children have 
 been born of their felicitous union; namely, 
 Mary B. and Charles D., both of whom cele-" 
 brate the anniversary of their births on the 
 7th of June, although there is three years' 
 difference in their ages, Mary having been 
 born June 7, 1868, and Charles D. June 7, 
 1 87 1. Mary is the wife of Hiram T. Clark. 
 Both Mr. and Mrs. Wiggins are sincere mem- 
 bers of the Methodist Episcopal church; with 
 which he is officially connected, being a Trus- 
 tee and Steward. 
 
 TT^APTAIN JACOB S. WINSLOW, of 
 I V^ Portland, one of the largest ship- 
 
 ^Is^ buildei's in the State of Maine, was 
 born at Pembroke, Washington 
 County, Me., on December 19, 1827. Both 
 his father, Jacob Winslow, and his paternal 
 grandfather, Snow Winslow, were seafaring 
 men, commanders of vessels; and he is himself 
 a retired sea captain. 
 
 Snow Winslow followed the sea during .the 
 greater part of his life, and was captain of a 
 vessel engaged in the coasting trade. He 
 died at Havana, Cuba, of yellow fever. His 
 wife before marriage was Miss Hannah Ring. 
 Their son, Jacob Winslow, was born at North 
 Yarmouth, Me., oh January 15, 1797. He 
 settled in Pembroke, Me., in 1812; but later, 
 having made that place his home for some 
 years, he removed to Lubec, where he had his 
 residence during the remainder of his life, 
 dying in 1847, although he was able to spend 
 but little time on land, as, like his father, he 
 followed the vocation of a seaman. He and 
 his wife, Elizabeth Clark, to whom he was 
 married on April 23, 1823, reared a family of 
 ten children, Jacob S. being the second in 
 order of birth. The father died in 1847. 
 
 Jacob S. Winslow passed his boyhood on the 
 farm and at school, ; . but, having inherited 
 from his ancestors a liking for the sea, when 
 but fourteen years old he went aboard a vessel 
 as a common sailor. By his industrious 
 habits and integrity of character gradually 
 gaining the confidence of his superior officers, 
 he won promotions; and within four years he 
 
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 was holding the position of mate. Shortly 
 before he attained his majority he was made 
 master of the brig "Noble," in which he made 
 two trips, one to Philadelphia and the other to 
 the West Indies. He afterward successively 
 commanded the "Calista," "Bloomer," "Jere- 
 miah Fowler," and the barks "Maine Law" 
 and "Philena. " The last-named vessel was 
 built by him, and he sailed her for six years 
 to Europe and the West Indies. In 1862 
 Captain Winslow retired from the sea, and 
 went into business on Central Wharf, continu- 
 ing in the ship-building industry, which he 
 had carried on for some time before giving up 
 a seafaring life. He is one of the largest ship- 
 builders in this part of New England, having 
 built more than one hundred vessels at his 
 different ship-yards in Yarmouth, Pembroke, 
 and Portland. He is also engaged in the busi- 
 ness of a ship chandler and dealer in general 
 stores, having conducted the business alone for 
 some years, when he entered into pratnership 
 with H. P. Dewey, since which time it has 
 been carried on under the firm name of J. S. 
 Winslow & Co. Captain Winslow was married 
 in 1853 to Miss Philena Morton, a daughter of 
 Zenas and Eliza Morton, of Lubec, Me. Mrs. 
 Winslow died on May 14, 1877. 
 
 In political views Captain Winslow is a Re- 
 publican. He was elected as a Representative 
 from Portland to the State legislature in 1877 
 and 1878, and in 1868 was elected a member 
 of the Common Council from Ward i. Since 
 he left the sea and took up his residence in 
 Portland, he has taken an active interest in 
 local business affairs, and has been a promoter 
 of many enterprises that are helpful to the 
 welfare and prosperity of the city. He holds 
 the position of Director in the Casco National 
 Bank, the Portland Lloyds' Insurance Com- 
 pany, the Dry Dock Company, and the Bangor 
 & Machias Steamboat Company, his sound 
 judgment and superior business ability render- 
 ing his services invaluable. 
 
 'DAM WINSLOW WILSON, Assist- 
 ant Engineer of the Deering Fire De- 
 partment and one of the leading con- 
 tractors of this city, was born in Fal- 
 mouth, Cumberland County, Me., on February 
 
 28, 1854, son of George and Phoebe (Winslow) 
 Wilson, of that place. 
 
 George Wilson was a native of Falmouth, 
 where his birth occurred in 1817; and he re- 
 ceived his education in the common schools" of 
 that town. He then went to work as a clerk 
 in a general store, and subsequently engaged 
 in business for himself, at which he continued 
 until 1883, or within about three years of his 
 death, which occurred on January 4, 1886. 
 In matters of public interest he took an active 
 part, and for many years was a member of the 
 School Committee. He also held the position 
 of Postmaster at Morrill's Corner for twelve 
 years. When special efforts were first begun 
 in his neighborhood in the cause of temper- 
 ance, he was one of four men at Morrill's Cor- 
 ner and vicinity to take the initiative in sign- 
 ing the pledge; and throughout his life he was 
 an ardent advocate of temperance principles. 
 His wife, formerly Phoebe Winslow, was a 
 daughter of Adam Winslow, of Falmouth, who 
 was a Major in the War of the Revolution. 
 Three of the four children born of their union 
 lived to maturity, namely: Marcia B., the 
 widow of Charles Nason, of Gorham, Me. ; 
 Wallace H., of Portland; and Adam Winslow. 
 
 Adam Winslow Wilson acquired his ele- 
 mentary education in the common schools of 
 Westbrook, Me., after which he took a college 
 preparatory course at Westbrook Seminary. 
 On leaving school, he entered the employ of 
 a large wholesale shoe firm in Portland, with 
 the intention of learning the business; but, his 
 health being seriously impaired by indoor 
 work, he was obliged to abandon his cherished 
 plans, and seek a new field of labor. About 
 1880 he purchased the farm which he has since 
 carried on, and in connection therewith he 
 does a large teaming business that furnishes 
 employment for several men and teams. In 
 1890 he added contracting to his other busi- 
 ness, and is now engaged in building sewers, 
 laying water- works, doing ledge-work, and 
 taking other contracts of a similar character. 
 
 Mr. Wilson served from 1887 to 1889, in- 
 clusive, as Selectman of the town, and has 
 been since 1882 a member of the Town Com- 
 mittee; and since 1891, when Deering became 
 a city, has been Assistant Engineer for the 
 ward in which he resides. The year the city 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 was incorporated the Street Commissionership 
 was tendered him by a unanimous vote of the 
 Board of Aldermen, but he declined to serve. 
 Like his father, Mr. "Wilson is actively inter- 
 ested in temperance matters, and, like him, is 
 also a believer in Spiritualism. 
 
 /pTEORGE CROCKETT JOHNSON, 
 V (ST chief engineer of the steamer "Bay 
 State" and senior engineer of the 
 Portland Steamship Company, in whose em- 
 ploy he has served faithfully for forty-two 
 years, was born in Portland, November 17, 
 1832. He is the only .surviving son of the late 
 Eben and Ann (Mulloy). Johnson, and is the 
 third in line of his family to follow the sea. 
 His paternal grandfather, Eben Johnson, 
 Sr., was long engaged in the coasting trade. 
 During the War of 18 12 he was out in a sloop 
 with his son Eben, who was then a boy of 
 fourteen, and was captured by a British pri- 
 vateer, who confiscated his sloop, and, putting 
 him and his son in a small boat, gave them 
 permission to go ashore. During their trip , 
 they were stopped at Fort Preble and prevented 
 from either coming into port or going out until 
 morning. The night spent in that open boat 
 under the guns of Fort Preble were the longest 
 known to the memory of the two men. 
 
 The younger Eben Johnson was born in 
 Falmouth in 1798. When quite young he 
 sailed in coasting vessels with his father; 
 and in his mature manhood he was master of 
 a packet plying between Portland and Boston, 
 following the sea about forty-five years. The 
 last ten or fifteen years of his life he was in 
 the grocery business in Portland. He died in 
 1870. His wife had died many years before, 
 in 1837. Six children were born to them, 
 namely: Frances A., wife of Andrew Swan, 
 of Everett, Mass.; Eben, Jr., who died in 
 Medford, Mass.; Greeley H., who died in 
 1894 in Boston; George C, the subject of this 
 sketch; Mary H., wife of Harvey G. Fly, of 
 East Boston ; and James Boyd, who died in in- 
 fancy. 
 
 George Crockett was the fourth child of the 
 group as above named. He early attended 
 the grammar school on Park Street, presided 
 over at that time by Master Jackson, and 
 
 afterward studied at a select school. When 
 sixteen years of age he went as deck boy on 
 the steamer " Huntress, " plying between Port- 
 land and Hallowell; and he was . subsequently 
 raised to the position of quartermaster, which 
 he held till the boat was taken off the line. 
 He was then employed as a sailor on sailing- 
 vessels, and next obtained a position as fire- 
 man on the steamer "T. F. Secor," which ran 
 between Belfast and Machias, touching at in- 
 termediate ^points, and later between Portland 
 and Damariscotta direct. * It was at this time 
 that he began his preparation for his later en- 
 gineering career. He was afterward fireman 
 one year on the steamer "Governor," plying 
 between Portland and Bangor, and then, at 
 twenty years of age, accepted a position as as- 
 sistant engineer for a short time on the 
 steamer " Creole, " which ran between Boston 
 and St. John, touching at Portland. 
 
 During the winter of 1852-53 Mr. Johnson 
 was employed at the Hinckley locomotive 
 works in Boston, there obtaining a good 
 knowledge of the construction of engines; 
 and in the spritig of 1853 he went to New 
 York, where the "Daniel Webster" was built. 
 He was fireman on that steamer when she was 
 brought to Portland, and for a short time 
 after, when she was running between Portland 
 and Bangor. On May 3, 1853, he entered 
 the employ of the Portland Steamship Com- 
 pany, then, and until January i, 1896, known 
 as the Portland Steam Packet Company, en-- 
 gaging first as fireman on the "St. Lawrence," 
 which plied between Portland and Boston. In 
 
 1854 he was licensed as assistant engineer, 
 and went into that capacity on the steamer 
 
 Atlantic." The year following the sale of' 
 the ^^St. Lawrence" he operated the steam 
 tug Terror" at Bangor; and in the fall of 
 
 1855 ne again entered the employ of the Port- 
 land Steam Packet Company, going on the 
 ^^ forest City" as assistant engineer. The 
 
 Atlantic" was sold in 1856 to New Orleans 
 parties, and in August of that year Mr. John- 
 son went South as assistant engineer of that 
 
 P^^.'f'''; J"" J"""^' '^57, he returned to the 
 Portland Steamship Company, and during the 
 war was in their employ, being assistant en- 
 gineer of the "Forest City " when she was 
 notified to be prepared for action at the time 
 
GEORGE G. JOHNSON. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 107 
 
 of the capture of the revenue cutter " Caleb 
 Gushing " from Portland Harbor by the rebels. 
 She was sent after that vessel with a company 
 of soldiers from Fort Preble and two twelve- 
 pounder field-pieces on board. 
 
 The steamer "Chesapeake" was also sent 
 out. The "Caleb Cushing" being a sailing- 
 vessel, and the weather being calm, the rebels 
 set fire to her and came to the "Forest City " 
 in one of her boats under a flag of truce. 
 After taking the prisoners on board, the 
 "Forest City" proceeded east and captured 
 the schooner "Archer," which was the vessel 
 the rebels had used to come into Portland 
 Harbor. The "Caleb Cushing," after burning 
 about an hour, blew up, the fire having reached 
 her magazine. In 1865 Mr. Johnson was as- 
 sistant engineer of the "New Brunswick," 
 plying between Boston and St. John, N.B. ; 
 and in 1866 he was again assigned to the 
 "Forest City," this time as chief engineer. 
 In 1876 Mr. Johnson was transferred to the 
 "John Brooks "as chief engineer, acting in 
 that capacity until January i, 1883, when he 
 was transferred to shore duty, and sent to 
 New York to look after building the "Tre- 
 mont."' This new steamer was placed on the 
 line July 3, 1883, Mr. Johnson continuing to 
 act as chief engineer on her until July 19, 
 1890, when he was transferred to the steamer 
 "Portland," acting as chief on her until Feb- 
 ruary, 1894. He was then again placed on 
 shore duty in connection with the building of 
 the steamer "Bay State," which steamer was 
 placed on the line April 18, 1895. As men- 
 tioned above, Mr. Johnson is chief engineer 
 on the "Bay State" at the present time; and 
 he has occupied for- some years the responsible 
 position of senior engineer of the company. 
 
 Mr. Johnson has been unfortunate in losing 
 by death three estimable wives. He was first 
 married in 1854 to Miss Mary J. Rich, daugh- 
 ter of John and Mary Rich, of Gray, Me. 
 She died in 1856, leaving "a son, Charles 
 Edwin,- he dying at the age of six years, four 
 months. In 1859 he married Miss Caroline 
 A. Waterhouse, of Saco, Me., who died in 
 1865, leaving a daughter, Carrie A., now the 
 wife of Isaiah H. Baker, of Portland, and 
 mother of six children. His third wife, 
 Emily J., daughter of Gardner and Emily 
 
 Rich, died without issue. In 1882 Mr. John- 
 son married his present wife, who was Miss 
 Helen P. Gibbs, daughter of George H. and 
 Phiolena P. Gibbs, of North Dana, Mass. 
 She has been the mother of four children, two 
 of whom, Arthur C. and Mildred H., are now 
 living. 
 
 In politics Mr. Johnson is for the best man 
 for the office. He is a member of Portland 
 Lodge, No. I, A. F. & A. M., Greenleaf 
 Chapter, Portland Council, and St. Albans 
 Commandery, Knights Templars; and he is 
 also enrolled as a member of Ancient Brothers' 
 Lodge and Machigonne Encampment, Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows. He attends 
 and helps to support the Williston Church, of 
 Portland, of which his wife is a member. 
 
 WILLIAM H. H. 
 farmer and pro; 
 ing in the soutl 
 
 SNOW, a practical 
 prosperous citizen resid- 
 ithern part of the town 
 of New Gloucester, was born in Harpswell, 
 Me., on October i, 1840, son of Jesse and 
 Eliza (Toothaker) Snow. 
 
 His father, who was also a native of Harps- 
 well, Me., began active life as a farmer of that 
 town, removing thence to Pownal, Cumberland 
 County, in 1844. He purchased a farm near 
 Pownal Centre, where he still resides, being 
 successfully engaged in mixed husbandry. 
 His wife, whose maiden name was Eliza 
 Toothaker, died on February 17, 1892. Eight 
 children were the fruit of their union, as fol- 
 lows : William H. H. ; Jonathan A., living 
 in Pownal, Me. ; Samuel T. , also a resident 
 of Pownal; Laura A., who resides with her 
 father; Melvina Adelia, wife of G. T. Allen, 
 of Pownal ; Conrad, who married Miss Hattie 
 B. Haskell, and lives in Pownal; Eliza A., 
 who died when seven years old; and Nellie A., 
 the wife of Harry Wilson, of Deering, this 
 county. 
 
 William H. H. Snow in his boyhood at- 
 tended the common schools, and assisted his 
 father on the farm during his vacations. At 
 the age of nineteen years he left home to go to 
 sea, and followed a sailor's life for eleven years. 
 He then returned home, and subsequently pur- 
 chased a farm in the town of Pownal, which 
 he conducted for thirteen years, or until 1887, 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 at which time he removed to New Gloucester, 
 and undertook the management of the farm 
 that he now owns, but which then belonged to 
 his father-in-law. It contains one hundred 
 and thirty acres of land well adapted for mixed 
 farming, and is known as the "Bear Brook 
 Farm," deriving its name from a brook run- 
 ning through it. Mr. Snow's specialty is the 
 production of milk; and he keeps sixteen head 
 of milch cows, which average daily about 
 twenty-four gallons of milk, which is marketed 
 in Portland. Mr. Snow was married Decem- 
 ber 14, 1 871, to Miss Hattie N. B. Fogg, who 
 was born in New Gloucester, July 24, 1848, 
 the only daughter of Elliott Y. and Adeline 
 (Bennett) Fogg. Her father, who was a pros- 
 perous New Gloucester farmer, died May 7, 
 1889, and her mother February 23, 1892. The 
 union of Mr. and Mrs. Snow has been blessed 
 by the birth of two sons; George E., who died 
 when sixteen months old; and Irving F., born 
 July II, 1876, who is now living at home. 
 
 Mr. Snow is a Democrat in his political 
 principles, having never voted outside of that 
 party. Socially, he is a member of Cumber- 
 land Lodge, No. 12, A. F. & A. M., of New 
 Gloucester. Both he and his wife are regular 
 attendants of the Universalist church of New 
 Gloucester. 
 
 -OSEPH F. CHAPLIN, superintendent 
 of the Portland department of the Con- 
 solidated Ice Company, South Portland, 
 Cumberland County, is a Maine boy by 
 birth, breeding, and ancestry. He was born 
 on November 20, 1858, in Bridgton, son of 
 Alonzo C. Chaplin. 
 
 This family have lived in Maine for many 
 generations, Caleb A. Chaplin, Joseph's grand- 
 father, having been a native of the town of 
 Naples, which bounds Bridgton on the south- 
 east. He was extensively engaged in lumber- 
 ing and farming, in which pursuits he was 
 eminently successful, being one of the leading 
 men of his community, and a stanch member 
 of the old Whig party. The maiden name of 
 his wife was Ruth Ann Jordan. She was a 
 descendant of an early settler of Portland. 
 
 Alonzo C. Chaplin was born on the old 
 homestead in Naples, and at an early age 
 
 learned the carpenter's trade, which he fol- 
 lowed for some years. In 1862, during the 
 progress of the Civil War, he enlisted in Com 
 pany A, Twenty-fifth Maine Volunteer Infan- 
 try, for a term of nine months. Shortly after 
 returning home from the army he entered the 
 employ of D. W. Clark, of Portland; as mill- 
 man. He subsequently went into partnership 
 with D. W. Clark and Ashbel Chaplin, with 
 whom, under the firm name of D. W. Clark & 
 Co., he carried on an extensive ice business for 
 about three years. He then retired from that 
 concera, and accepted the position of superin- 
 tendent and master mechanic of the Clark & 
 Chaplin Ice Company, in whose employ he con- 
 tinued until his death, February 4, 1888. 
 
 He married Antoinette E., daughter of 
 Israel P. Peabody, of Bridgton; and four chil- 
 dren were born to them, as follows: Annie B., 
 who married Franklin A. Skillins, a sketch of 
 whose life may be found on another page of 
 this volume; Nettie N., widow of the late 
 Willard Brackett, and mother of two children 
 — Philip and Marion; Mary Frances, a 
 teacher in Portland schools; and Joseph F., 
 the subject of this sketch, he being the eldest 
 child. 
 
 Mr. Chaplin has spent the larger portion of 
 his life in Cape Elizabeth, that part of the 
 town which is now South Portland, he having 
 been here reared and educated. On leaving 
 schoo-l in 1878, he entered the employ of the ■ 
 firm of D. W. Clark & Co. as engineer, contin- 
 uing with the company after its incorporation 
 as the Clark & Chaplin Ice Company, and in 
 1888 was made foreman of the wholesale de- 
 partment. In January, 1896, the wholesale 
 department was transferred to the Consolidated 
 Ice Company of New York, with whom Mr. 
 Chaplin continues. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Chaplin is an active Repub- 
 lican ; and at the time of writing this sketch 
 he is one of the Selectmen of his town. So- 
 cially, he is a member of Elizabeth City 
 Lodge, No. 114, Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows, and of Bayard Lodge, No. 44, 
 Knights of Pythias, of South Portland. 
 
 On June 13, 1883, Mr. Chaplin was married : 
 to Ella M. Trickey, daughter of Charles P. 
 Trickey, of South Portland. Their union has 
 been brightened by the birth of one child,. 
 
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 log 
 
 Merle Peabody, who was born May 7, 1886. 
 Both Mr. and Mrs. Chaplin are conscientious 
 and valued members of Brown's Hill Methodist 
 Church. 
 
 ATIiAN E. REDLON, the oldest con- 
 tracting mason in Portland, was born 
 in Buxton, Me., September 13, 
 1830, son of Amos and Elizabeth 
 (Berry) Redlon. He is of Scotch descent, 
 his grandfather, Ebenezer Redlon, coming to 
 this country from the Orkney Islands. Amos 
 Redlon, the father of our subject, who was 
 a shoemaker by trade, died March 10, i860, in 
 his seventy-sixth year. He was an upright 
 and honest man, and an active member of the 
 Methodist church. His wife, who was a 
 daughter of Isaac Berry, an old and respected 
 farmer of Buxton, died in 1877. 
 
 Nathan E. Redlon attended the common 
 schools of his native town and Limerick 
 Academy. When eleven years of age, he 
 began to learn the shoemaker's trade from his 
 father; but his tastes ran in another direction, 
 and, when he was eighteen, he engaged as an 
 apprentice with W. P. Files, of Portland, to 
 learn the mason's trade. His term of appren- 
 ticeship completed he went to work as a jour- 
 ney-man for three years in Portland, then to 
 Biddeford in July, 1854, and in March of the 
 following year he started for the West, locating 
 first in Kansas. In those early days Lawrence 
 and Topeka were the only large towns in Kan- 
 sas, which was then a Territory, though its 
 settlement was progressing rapidly under the 
 homestead law. A. H. Reeder, of Pennsyl- 
 vania, was the first governor; and Mr. Redlon 
 voted in the first election during his adminis- 
 tration for Territorial offices. This was the 
 time also when Kansas was the battle ground 
 between the friends and enemies of slavery — 
 the days of border ruffianism — and Mr. Red- 
 lon was an eye-witness of some of the outrages 
 perpetrated by the white savages. Mr. Redlon 
 soon left Kansas, and went up the Mississippi 
 to St. Anthony, now Minneapolis. This great 
 city was also in an embryo state, there being 
 very few houses on the Minneapolis side of the 
 river. He stayed but a year at St. Anthony, 
 then returned to Portland, and entered the 
 
 employ of Sewell C. Chase as journeyman in 
 1858. Two years later he was made foreman, 
 the first contract finished under his supervision 
 having been that for building the glass manu- 
 factory. He afterward worked on the old 
 Thomas Block on Commercial Street, which 
 was erected about the time when most of the 
 first business blocks on that street were 
 erected. In 1863, there being little to do in 
 the building line, Mr. Redlon engaged in the 
 manufacture and retail sale of shoes, and con- 
 ducted a fairly successful business for three 
 years. Then came the great fire of 1866, 
 causing a great demand for builders; and he 
 returned to his former occupation, taking 
 small contracts at first. His work was done 
 promptly and in a thorough and painstaking 
 manner. From that time to the present his 
 business has increased till he is now one of the 
 largest contractors for mason-work in the city, 
 besides being the oldest. In 1868 he formed 
 a partnership with Samuel A. Knight, which 
 continued till the death of the latter in 1888. 
 The firm furnished constant employment to 
 from thirty to forty men- for about nine months 
 in the year. Specimens of their work stand- 
 ing to-day are: John E. Donnell's Block on 
 Middle Street; the store now occupied by 
 J. W. Perkins, owned by W. W. Thomas; 
 John Rand's fine house on High Street; the 
 adjoining house for H. T. Plummer; T. H. 
 Weston's house on Deering Street ; the house 
 occupied by the Hon. Thomas B. Reed ; the 
 west wing of the Maine General Hospital ; the 
 Eye and Ear Infirmary on Congress Street, a 
 large four-story brick building; and the John 
 Little Block. In 1895 Mr. Redlon built the 
 new power house for the Portland Street Rail- 
 road Company, which is considered one of the 
 finest structures of the kind in the country. 
 It is a very large building, standing on piles, 
 and was built from the foundation by Mr. Red- 
 lon, the work occupying between sixty and 
 seventy men during a whole season. In 1892 
 he bought the brickyard on John Street, Port- 
 land, previously owned by Gurney & Son, with 
 a capacity of one million five hundred thousand 
 bricks, and is at present operating that plant. 
 He has been President of the Portland Heater 
 Company, President of the Casco Carbonized- 
 Cement Pipe Company, and was an active 
 
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 charter member of the Builders' Exchange, of 
 which also he has been President. He was 
 one of the founders of the Casco Building Loan 
 Association, and also of the Portland Building 
 Loan Association, and has been a member of 
 the Security Committee of each since they 
 were organized. 
 
 In politics he is a Republican, and was a 
 member of the Common Council in 1875-76, 
 representing Ward 5; and in 1889 he was 
 Alderman from Ward 4. He has been a mem- 
 ber of the Republican City Committee for fif- 
 teen years, and Treasurer of the same for two 
 or three years. In 1880 he was elected to the 
 State legislature, and was re-elected in 1881. 
 He belongs to Ancient Landmark Lodge, 
 A. F. & A. M., Greenleaf Chapter, St. Albans 
 Commandery, and Egyptian Rite of Mem- 
 phis; and he was Senior Warden of Ligonia 
 Lodge, and now Vice-Grand' of Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows and F"almoath Encamp- 
 ment. He is a member of the Maine Chari- 
 table Mechanic Association, of which he has 
 been President. He also belongs to the Port- 
 land Club; and in temperance work he takes 
 an active interest, and is a member of the Good 
 Templars and the Sons of Temperance. 
 
 Mr. Redlon has been twice married. His 
 first wife, to whom he was united in 1856, was 
 Alcadania A. (dishing) Redlon, daughter of 
 Dr. John Gushing, of Lewiston, Me. She died 
 in 1863, leaving two sons: Franklin R., who 
 is now associated with his father in business; 
 and Harry, who died at the age of three years. 
 In 1866 Mr. Redlon was united to his second 
 wife, Sarah P., daughter of Thomas Files, of 
 Portland. Mrs. Redlon is a professing mem- 
 ber of the Chestnut Street Methodist Church, 
 which her husband also attends and supports. 
 Franklin R. Redlon, who became associated 
 with his father in business in 1889, was born 
 July 17, 1857, and is a graduate of the Port- 
 land High School. A resident of Deering, 
 he has been active in the politics of that city 
 as a member of the City Committee, and as 
 an Alderman from Ward 6 for the second year 
 that Deering was a city. He was Chairman of 
 the Light Committee, which during his term 
 made a contract with the Deering Electric 
 Light Company to light the streets of the city. 
 He was also Chairman of the Committee on 
 
 Fire Department, serving the following year 
 as Chairman of the Board of Aldermen. He 
 is a member of Ancient Landmark Lodge, 
 A. F. & A. M., of which he is present Master; 
 Greenleaf Chapter, of which he is Scribe; be- 
 longs to Portland Council ; is Generalissimo 
 in St, Albans Commandery; and is a member 
 of Yates Lodge of Perfection; and he belongs 
 to Harmony Lodge, Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows; to the Maine Charitable Mechanic 
 Association; and to the Portland Athletic 
 Club, of which he was a charter member and 
 in which he took a great interest while he 
 lived in Portland. He was Captain of the old 
 fire company in Ward 6, and has for years 
 belonged to the Builders' Exchange, of which 
 he is Vice-President. On August 29, 1880, 
 he was married to Jennie E., daughter of John 
 A. Hennigan, of Maitland, N. S. ; and their 
 home has been brightened by two children — 
 Nathan C. and Lena F. They have a hand- 
 some residence at 46 Brown Street, which Mr. 
 Redlon erected in 1875. He attends and sup- 
 ports the Episcopal church in Deering, of 
 which his wife is a member. 
 
 ALVIN S. GODDARD, a highly 
 successful wholesale and retail florist, 
 doing business at 3 Leland Street, 
 Deering Centre, was born in Bruns- 
 wick, Me., April 5, 1826, son of , Robert and 
 Abigail S. (Winslow) Goddard, His grand- 
 father was Robert Goddard, Sr. ; and his great- 
 grandfather, James Goddard, who was a" resi- 
 dent of Falmouth, **Me., was a Quaker, and a 
 member of one of the first societies of Friends 
 organized in the State of Maine. Robert God- 
 dard, Jr., father of our subject, was a success- 
 ful agriculturist, of Brunswick, Me. His 
 wife, Abigail, reared three sons and a daugh- 
 ter—James, Sarah, Charles, and Calvin S. 
 Both parents have passed away. 
 
 Calvin S. Goddard, the youngest chi-ld of 
 his parents, received a practical education in 
 the common schools of Brunswick, and sub- 
 sequently spent a short time in a private 
 school, where he studied the higher English 
 branches. He then taught school for a few 
 months, relinquishing that occupation at the 
 age of sixteen to learn the shoemaker's trade, 
 
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 III 
 
 which he subsequently followed for about 
 
 twenty years. Being the owner of a piece of 
 
 land, he carried on a small nursery business in 
 
 connection with his shoemaking. He then 
 
 went to Westbrook, or Morrill's Corner, as it 
 
 was then called, where he was employed for 
 
 twelve months at a salary of a thousand dollars 
 
 a year. Purchasing the Evergreen Nursery 
 
 from John W. Adams, he conducted it for about 
 
 eight years, and, after dividing the land up into 
 
 house lots, sold it. The next four years were 
 
 spent in Lynn, Mass., with C. A. Coffin & 
 
 Co., in the manufacture of boots and shoes, 
 
 Mr. Goddard having charge of the lasting 
 
 and McKay stitching-room. Failing health 
 
 caused him tO' return to Deering, Me., where 
 
 he purchased three house lots, on which he 
 
 erected a dwelling the first year, and began in 
 
 a small way the florist's business, which has 
 
 since attained such large proportions. Mr. 
 
 Goddard has now about an acre of land on 
 
 which are his greenhouses, and an idea of 
 
 their size may be gained from the fact that ten 
 
 thousand square feet of glass are required to 
 
 cover them. It is now upward of twenty 
 
 years since he established this business, and 
 
 thus far during the current year his business 
 
 in cut flowers amounts to about six thousand 
 
 dollars. 
 
 Mr. Goddard married Miss Lucy R. Varney, 
 a daughter of .Stephen and Mary (Pettingill) 
 Varney. Her father was a native of Bruns- 
 wick, and her mother of Lewiston, Me. 
 Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Goddard, as follows: Lewis C, who is fore- 
 man for his father, married Miss Maria Cart- 
 land, a daughter of Stephen and Elmira (Day) 
 Cartland, and has three children — Annette 
 M., Lucile B., and Alice M. ; Mary E., the 
 wife of Moses M. Hawks, having lost three 
 children, has six living — Lucy A., Howard 
 C, Harold L., Nathaniel, Mary Florence, and 
 Robert E. ; Stephen B. died in infancy; Ed- 
 ward H., a resident of Deering, married Miss 
 Ella 0. Harmon; a daughter of Samuel Har- 
 mon, and has three children — Calvin S., 
 Eunice, and Bernice Ida. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Goddard are Quakers in re- 
 ligious belief, and he has acted as minister in 
 the Friends' church in Portland for a quarter 
 of a century. 
 
 OSEPH H. HEZELTON, a well-known 
 resident of Westbrook and the popular 
 proprietor and captain of a summer 
 steamboat, was born in Westbrook, 
 March 13, 1839, son of Ivory and Hannah 
 (Thompson) Hezelton. The family is of 
 Colonial origin. It began with two brothers, 
 Robert and John Hezelton, who settled 
 upon land bordering on the Merrimack River, 
 now occupied by the present town of Bradford, 
 Mass. Jonathan Hezelton, Mr. Hezelton's 
 grandfather, who was a direct descendant of 
 one of these brothers, was a native of Brad- 
 ford, and served as a soldier in the Revolu- 
 tionary War. While serving in the Conti- 
 nental Army, he acquired a reputation for feats 
 of strength. Possessed of a powerful frame, 
 he was able to cut two cords of wood in a day. 
 He followed agriculture as an occupation. 
 
 Ivory Hezelton, Mr. Hezelton's father, was 
 born in Waterboro, York County, in 1804. 
 When a young man, he settled in Westbrook, 
 where he engaged in teaming. Pie had a con- 
 tract to transport paper stock from the mills 
 to Portland, and later he did the teaming for 
 the Westbrook Manufacturing Company. In 
 1866 he sold his equipment to his son Joseph 
 H., and retired from business. He was deeply 
 interested in the general welfare and improve- 
 ment of the community, of which he was an 
 esteemed member; and he was prominent 
 among the progressive and liberal residents of 
 the town. He was connected with Temple 
 Lodge, No. 86, A. F. & A. M., in which he 
 was for some time an official. He also had 
 affiliation with the old lodge of Odd Fellows, 
 dating from 1846, until it disbanded, when he 
 retired from the order. Politically, he was a 
 Republican. In his religious views he was 
 a Methodist, of which church he was an active 
 member for many years. He passed the last 
 years of his life in retirement at his home in 
 Westbrook, and died in 1884. His wife, 
 Hannah, who was a native of Westbrook, be- 
 came the mother of eight children, seven of 
 whom are living. Of these Harriet C. is the 
 wife of Stillman Barbour, of Washington, 
 D.C. ; Almery resides in Lewiston, Me. ; Re- 
 liance L. is the wife of Stephen M. Dresser, 
 of Westbrook; and Gardner is a resident of 
 Westbrook. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Joseph H. Hezelton attended the public 
 schools of his native town, graduating from 
 the high school in 1856. After leaving school, 
 he engaged in teaming. Ten years later he 
 succeeded to his father's interests in that busi- 
 ness, and he subsequently did the- trucking 
 for the Westbrook Manufacturing Company 
 for some twenty-five years. At the same time 
 he was also successfully carrying on a farm. 
 During the Civil War he was employed for 
 some time on board a transport steamer. The 
 experience he obtained here was of use to him 
 when, upon relinquishing the trucking busi- 
 ness, he became the owner and commander of 
 a pleasure steamboat. He runs his boat from 
 Westbrook to Mallison Falls, South Windham, 
 in the summer season, and finds it both an 
 agreeable and remunerative employment. 
 
 On October 11, 1863, Mr. Hezelton was 
 united in marriage to Mary E. Schwartz, 
 daughter of John C. Schwartz, of Westbrook. 
 Of his six children five are living, namely: 
 William L., a resident of Brookline, Mass. ; 
 Nellie L., wife of O. B. Vinal, of Vinal 
 Haven, Me. ; Joseph H., Jr., who is engaged 
 with T. H. Snow in the plumbing business in 
 Westbrook; Alice M., who resides at home; 
 and Mildred H., who is attending school in 
 Westbrook. In politics Mr. Hezelton supports 
 the Republican party. He served as a member 
 of the Board of Selectmen in the old town 
 government for the years 1881 and 1883, and 
 under the city charter he has been an As- 
 sessor since 1892. Socially, Mr. Hezelton is 
 popular with his fellow-citizens, among whom 
 he has a wide acquaintance. In Saccarappa 
 Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of 
 which he is a member, he has a high standing, 
 having been elected to the various seats of 
 honor in that organization. Eighteen years 
 ago he united with the Methodist Episcopal 
 church, with which he has been officially con- 
 nected as a Trustee, Steward, and Secretary of 
 the Board. 
 
 lAPTAIN ALBERT BRAGG, senior 
 jp commander of the Maine Steamship 
 > , Company's line, was born at Hyan- 
 nis, Mass., August 31, 1838, son of 
 John and Cyrena (Baxter) Bragg. Hyannis 
 
 was for many years the home of the Braggs 
 and the Baxters. Baxter Bragg, grandfather 
 of Captain Bragg, was one of the early settlers 
 there. 
 
 John Bragg was probably born in Hyannis, 
 . which was his boyhood's home. He went to 
 sea when quite young, and first commanded a 
 fisherman, then a coaster, following the sea 
 up to the time of his death. His wife, who is 
 the daughter of John B. Baxter, of Hyannis, 
 is still living. They reared ten children, the 
 subject of this sketch being the eldest son 
 and the eldest surviving member of the fam- 
 ily. Cornelia is now the widow of Charles 
 Hardwick, of Bridgeport, Conn. ; James B. is 
 a practising physician in Bridgeport; Martha 
 D., twin sister of James, is the wife of Will- 
 iam A. Hallett, of Hyannis; Jennie is married 
 to T. P. Lovell, of I5oston, a member of the 
 firm of John P. Lovell & Sons; John P. re- 
 sides in Brooklyn ; Amanda, who was the wife 
 of Dr. Listen, of Albany, N.Y., died some 
 time since, leaving five children; Wallace 
 died, leaving two children; Emma, who was 
 the wife of Edward Gage, of Boston, has also 
 passed from life, leaving two children; and 
 another child died in infancy. 
 
 Albert Bragg received his early education 
 in the schools of Hyannis. He first went to 
 sea when ten or twelve years old, accompany- 
 ing his father on a fishing trip! From that 
 time until he was fourteen he made frequent 
 voyages of the same sort. In 1852, though 
 only a boy of fourteen, he shipped as an ordi- 
 nary seaman, under command of Captain Orrin 
 B. Bearse, on the ship "Berlin," which sailed 
 from New York to San Francisco, and was 
 one hundred and eighty days making the 
 voyage. The vessel remained in San Fran- 
 cisco some weeks, and young Bragg had an 
 opportunity to witness some of the curious 
 phases of life on the Pacific coast in those wild 
 days. His uncle, John B. Baxter, who was 
 third mate of the "Berlin," remained in San 
 Francisco, and is still living there. The 
 vessel next went to the Chintz Islands, Peru- 
 vian territory, where she remained two or 
 three months, loading with guano. It next 
 sailed to Callao, where the crew were given a 
 furlough for some time. The next stop was 
 at Baltimore, and it was two years before the 
 
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 "Berlin" finally reached home. Mr. Bragg 
 left the vessel on arriving home, and engaged 
 in the coasting trade. When he was nineteen 
 years of age, he was Captain of a coaster, a 
 schooner named the "Cape May." He has 
 since commanded the "New Delight," the 
 "T. P. Bell," and the "Julia Smith," all 
 coasting vessels. In 1867 he entered the em- 
 ploy of the Maine Steamship Company, as 
 first officer of the "Chesapeake," plying be- 
 tween Portland and New York; and within 
 six months was appointed Captain. He was 
 afterward in charge of the steamer " Fran- 
 conia" for nine years, of the "Eleanora" for 
 a long time, master of the "Cleopatra," and 
 of the "Winthrop" when she made her first 
 trips and he has had charge of the steamers 
 "Doris," "Rapidan," and "San Antonio," 
 while the other boats were being repaired. 
 When the company's last and finest steamer, 
 the "Manhattan," was finished. Captain Bragg 
 was made her master — a position which he has 
 held since 1891. The "John Englis," a new 
 steamship now being built by the company, 
 will be ready in January, and will be com- 
 manded by Captain Bragg. He has never lost 
 a boat or a passenger; and the number of his 
 friends increases with every trip, his many 
 agreeable characteristics drawing people to 
 him by an irrestible magnetism. 
 
 March 7, 1861, Captain Bragg was married 
 to Rosetta, daughter of Eleazer and Sally 
 (Smith) Crewel 1, of Hyannis, who was born 
 August 2, 1843. Mrs. Bragg also belongs to 
 an old Hyannis family. Her grandfather, 
 Judah Crowell, who was Captain of a coasting- 
 vessel, resided in that town, while her father 
 was born there. The last-named gentleman 
 was one of the early engineers of the Old 
 Colony Railroad, and was a resident of Hyan- 
 nis during his lifetime. Captain Bragg has 
 one son, Albert C, born March 22, 1863, who 
 is a clerk in the Boston & Maine freight office 
 at Portland.. Captain Bragg votes in the 
 ranks of the Republican party. He is a 
 member of Ancient Brothers Lodge, Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd F"ellows, and of 
 the Pilots' Association, Manhattan Harbor, 
 No. 12. In religious belief he and his 
 wife are liberal. They have a pleasant home 
 at Portland. 
 
 ELVILLE C. STONE, a citizen 
 and native of the town of Bridgton, 
 was born October S, 184O, being 
 of pioneer antecedents. His 
 grandfather, William Stone, an early settler 
 of this place, was a farmer by occupation. 
 He served in the War of 1812, holding a Cap- 
 tain's commission. Joshua Stone, the father 
 of Melville C, was born and lived and died in 
 Bridgton, being for many years busily engaged 
 in farming. He married Abigail Seaver, a 
 daughter of Ebenezer Seaver, her father being 
 also a soldier in the War of 1812, and a 
 pioneer of Cumberland County, where he took 
 up one hundred and sixty acres of wild land, 
 from which he redeemed a farm. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Joshua Stone reared six children, namely: 
 Melville C. ; Marshall; Belle P.; Josephine, 
 deceased; R. B. Stone, deceased; and 
 Frankie J. Both parents rounded a full 
 period of years, the mother passing away in 
 1889, and the father in 1895, on August 5, in 
 the eighty-second year of his age. 
 
 Melville C. Stone was reared upon the home 
 farm, where he was early initiated into the 
 various duties that fall to a farmer's son, his 
 help, when out of school, being needed by his 
 father. He remained on the homestead until 
 nineteen years of age, when he went to Law- 
 rence, Mass., where he worked for a while, 
 going thence to Worcester, in the same State. 
 While there, he enlisted in Company I, 
 Twenty-first Massachusetts Volunteer Infan- 
 try, being mustered into service August 22, 
 1 861. He went to the front with his regi- 
 ment, and was an active participant in the 
 battles at Roanoke Island and Newbern, but, 
 being disabled, was obliged to go into the 
 hospital, where he remained a year, seriously 
 ill a part of the time, being greatly reduced 
 in strength, and losing flesh so rapidly that at 
 one time he weighed but ninety-five pounds. 
 In 1863 Mr. Stone received his discharge, 
 after which he returned to the parental roof. 
 In January, 1864, he again enlisted, joining 
 the First Maine Battery, which won distinc- 
 tion among the brave regiments that took part 
 in the engagements at Fort Stevens, in the 
 Shenandoah Valley, and afterward at the 
 battles of Bolivar Heights and Cedar Creek. 
 Mr. Stone continued with his company until 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 the cessation of hostilities, when in July, 
 1865, he was honorably discharged from the 
 service. 
 
 He then remained a resident of this county 
 until 1878, when he went to Philadelphia, Pa., 
 where he was engaged in business ten years. 
 In 1888 Mr. Stone purchased his present snug 
 farm of fifty acres, on which he has since 
 made substantial improvements. He pos- 
 sesses a scientific knowledge of agriculture, 
 which he carries on in a systematic and prac- 
 tical manner, his estate bearing unmistakable 
 evidence of his ability and good management. 
 As a citizen, he is held in high regard through- 
 out the community in which he resides, being 
 an upright, trustworthy man, of prompt and 
 decisive character. Politically, he is a stanch 
 Republican, and a firm believer in the prin- 
 ciples of his party. 
 
 /^TeORGE WILLIAM YORK, Treas- 
 VST urer of the Maine Central Railroad 
 ^'-^" was born in Portland, Me., May 28, 
 1854. His parents were Joseph S. and 
 Frances A. (Illsley) York, the former of Fal- 
 mouth, Me., the latter of Portland. His pa- 
 ternal grandfather was one of the old residents 
 of Falmouth, owning a farm in that town, and 
 was also Lieutenant of a revenue cutter in the 
 harbor for two years. 
 
 Joseph S. York was educated in Falmouth, 
 and in early manhood he engaged in the busi- 
 ness of sail-making. He was for nearly a 
 quarter of a century established on Commer- 
 cial Street and Central Wharf, in company 
 with a Mr. Adams, under the firm name of 
 Adams & York; and they were one of the lead- 
 ing sail-making firms in the city. On the 
 death of Mr. Adams Mr. York joined his in- 
 terests with those of a Mr. Waite, who was 
 also extensively engaged in ' sail-making. 
 Some years later this partnership was dis- 
 solved, and Mr. York made one of his sons 
 his business associate, changing the firm name 
 to J. S. York & Son. This firm conducted a 
 large business until the death of Mr. York, 
 which occurred January 8, 1886. He was 
 then fifty-five years old. 
 
 Mr. Joseph S. York was a moving spirit in 
 political affairs of this district, and he was 
 
 elected Alderman and Councilman a number 
 of times from Ward i on the Republican 
 ticket. In social affairs also he took an ac- 
 tive interest, and was a member of Atlantic 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M. He married Frances 
 A. Illsley, a daughter of Theophilus Illsley, an 
 old and respected builder of Portland; and 
 they had the following children: George 
 William; Frederick H., who was his father's 
 partner in the sail-making business, and now 
 is sole proprietor of the establishment; and 
 Frank W., who is Assistant Treasurer of the 
 Maine Central Road. The mother is still 
 living. 
 
 George William York received his educa- 
 tion in Portland, graduating from the high 
 school at the age of seventeen, in the class of 
 1 87 1. He worked for some time as a clerk, 
 and was employed by Loring, Short & Har- 
 mon just prior to the beginning of his career 
 as a railroad man. In May, 1876, he ob- 
 tained a clerkship in the general ticket office 
 of the Maine Central Railroad, under Colonel 
 Boothby, general passenger agent, which he 
 retained seven years. In 1883 he was trans- 
 ferred to the Treasurer's oflfice, where he was 
 book-keeper for some time; in September, 
 1883, was elected Auditor; and in January, 
 1892, was made Treasurer of the road. He 
 has likewise been Treasurer of the Portland, 
 Mount Desert & Machias Steamboat Com- 
 pany since 1885, and of the Knox & Lincoln 
 Railway since December, 1893. Mr. York's 
 official positions entail heavy responsibilities, 
 and require of their incumbent the highest in- 
 tegrity, combined with financial ability. As 
 Treasurer of the Maine Central Railroad 
 alone, he is obliged to receive and disburse 
 enormous sums of money, that being .the 
 largest corporation in the State, with gross 
 earnings of five million dollars. 
 
 On Christmas Day, 1876, Mr. York was 
 united in marriage with Miss Nellie E'. Rich- 
 mond, of P9rtland, daughter of E. R. Rich- 
 mond, of Lynn, Mass. 
 
 In politics Mr. York is a Republican. He 
 IS an Odd Fellow,belonging to Beacon Lodge, 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is 
 Past Chief Patriarch of Portland Encampment. 
 In athletic and military matters he is also in- 
 terested, being a member of the Portland Ath- 
 
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 IIS 
 
 letic Club and Bramhall League; and he was 
 Lieutenant in the Portland Cadets, an inde- 
 pendent company not attached to the militia. 
 Ml". York has a handsome residence on Atlan- 
 tic Street, Portland. 
 
 ^AMUEL KNIGHT, engaged in the 
 hardware business in Bridgton, Me., 
 was born in this town, November 4, 
 1836, being one of a family of four 
 sons and three daughters born to his parents, 
 James W. and Nancy Chase Knight. Samuel 
 was reared to agricultural labor, remaining 
 beneath the parental roof-tree until the spring 
 of 1861, when he started out to see something 
 of the world, going first to Massachusetts, 
 then to De Kalb County, Illinois, where he 
 stayed until September i. 
 
 Returning then to his early home, Mr. 
 Knight enlisted as Fourth Sergeant in Com- 
 pany E, Twelfth Maine Volunteer Infantry, 
 being mustered into service at Camp Berry, 
 Portland. The following January the regi- 
 ment was sent South, going by steamer to 
 New Orleans. With his company Mr. Knight 
 subsequently took an active part in many 
 engagements, the most notable among them 
 being the ones at Pass Manchac, La., Irish 
 Bend, and Port Hudson, he being in the 
 midst of battle much of the time from May 27 
 until July 8, 1863. On July i, 1864, his 
 regiment was transferred to Virginia by 
 steamer, landing at City Point on the James 
 River, whence they were sent to Washington, 
 D.C., and from there to Georgetown, whence 
 they proceeded to the Shenandoah Valley, lo- 
 cating their camp at Berryville in August. In 
 the- battles of Winchester and Fisher's Hill 
 Mr. Knight did brave service, working with 
 his regiment in the valley until October, when 
 they were sent to Cedar Creek, where there 
 were two encounters with the enemy. The 
 regiment was then sent to Camp Russell, 
 where the men, their three years' term of en- 
 listment having expired, were sent home, re- 
 ceiving their discharge in Portland, Me., De- 
 cember 7, 1864. 
 
 On his return to Bridgton Mr. Knight was 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1872, 
 when, leaving the homestead, he purchased a 
 
 farm near by, and continued in his chosen oc- 
 cupation for sixteen years. In 1889 he 
 bought the store which he has since success- 
 fully conducted, carrying an ample stock of 
 all articles to be found in a first-class hard- 
 ware establishment. In politics he is a stanch 
 advocate of the principles of the Republican 
 party, and, socially, is a member of the Grand 
 Army of the Republic and of the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows. 
 
 On October 31, 1865, Mr. Knight was 
 united in wedlock with Miss Maria Dearborn, 
 who has borne him two children; namely, 
 Fred C. and Nettie E. 
 
 ILLIAM L. LARRABEE, owning 
 and occupying a small and finely 
 improved farm at South Portland, 
 is a native of Cumberland County, Maine, his 
 birth having occurred at Westbrook, Janu- 
 ary 25, 1826. His grandfather, Benjamin 
 Larrabee, Sr. , and his father, Benjamin Larra- 
 bee, Jr., were both natives of Portland, his 
 father having been born in that city in 1768. 
 
 Benjamin Larrabee, Jr., was reared to agri- 
 culture, and, when a young man, removed to 
 Westbrook, where he bought some three hun- 
 dred acres of land. He continued general 
 farming, in connection with which he carried 
 on an extensive lumbering business. He was 
 twice married. His first wife, Jane Cobbey, 
 bore him eight children, of whom but one is 
 living, Mrs. Emma Freeman, widow of Dr. 
 S. S. Freeman, who left her three children — 
 Mary, George, and Charles. In 1824 our 
 subject's father was united in marriage with 
 Sarah, daughter of William Lamb; and of the 
 four children born of his second union three 
 survive: William L. ; David; and Hannah, 
 widow of Rufus Fluent, Jr. 
 
 William L. Larrabee acquired a practical 
 education at the Westbrook Seminary, after 
 which he carried on general farming in the 
 place of his nativity. In 1858 he purchased 
 one hundred acres of land in Gorham, and was 
 numbered among the enterprising and prosper- 
 ous farmers of that town for thirty-three years. 
 Disposing of his Gorham farm in 1891, he 
 bought his present farm of twenty-two acres 
 in South Portland, which has since been his 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 home. In politics he is identified with the 
 Republican party, and during the years 1875 
 and 1876 he was one of the Selectmen of Gor- 
 ham. Religiously, he is an attendant of the 
 Baptist church. Mr. Larrabee was married 
 June 27, 1852, to Eunice W. , daughter of 
 Rufus Fluent, Sr. , of Westbrook. She died 
 February 27, 1895, leaving one son, John F., 
 who was -born in Westbrook, April 19, 1853, 
 and was married July 10, 1895, to Matie E. 
 Williams, of Hesper, la. He is a machinist 
 and engineer by trade. 
 
 /^JeORGE E. WHITNEY, general 
 yST agent of the Boston & Maine and 
 Maine Central Railroads at Portland, 
 was born in Topsham, Me., April 14, 1852, 
 son of Robert P. and Ruth F. (Sprague) 
 Whitney. His grandfather Whitney was one 
 of the early-settlers of Lubec, Me. He mar- 
 ried a Miss Hunter, of Topsham, a member 
 of a family distinguished in Revolutionary 
 annals; and through her Mr. Whitney is eligi- 
 ble as a member of the Sons of the Revolution. 
 Robert P. Whitney, the father of George 
 E., was born in Lubec, Me., in October, 1819, 
 and settled in Topsham when a young man, 
 engaging in the grocery business. He is now 
 the oldest merchant in the place, and has been 
 Postmaster for twenty-five years. He likewise 
 served as Town Clerk for several years. In 
 politics he is a Republican, and has taken an 
 active share in the work of the party in Maine, 
 as Topsham is a prominent lumbering town 
 and one of the salient points in a political can- 
 vass. He was intimately acquainted with 
 Hannibal Hamlin and James G. Blaine. His 
 wife, who was born in Topsham in 1824, was 
 a daughter of Willis S. Sprague, one of the 
 first settlers of that place, a man of influence 
 in the early days and Deacon in the Congrega- 
 tional church. Mrs. Whitney also was a Con- 
 gregational ist. She died in 1868, having 
 been the mother of nine children, eight sons 
 and one daughter. The five now living are : 
 Willis S., of New York City; George E. ; 
 Carrie, wife of N. Farrar, of Boston; Charles 
 Sumner, a resident of Gardiner, in the employ 
 of George F. Hewett ; and Edward L., an em- 
 ployee on the Maine Central. 
 
 George E. Whitney received a good educa- 
 tion, graduating from the high school at 
 Topsham and studying for a while with the 
 Rev. Dr. Wheeler, a noted scholar of that 
 town. When a boy of eleven, he began to work 
 in the railway service during his vacations, 
 first as water 'boy, later as newsboy; and, when 
 nineteen years of age, he became a regular 
 employee, a brakeman on the Maine Central, 
 then the Portland & Kennebec. Four or five 
 years later he was made train baggage-master, ~ 
 and after some five years of service in that line 
 was promoted to the position of conductor, 
 making his first run on the night train from 
 Boston to Bangor, being subsequently placed 
 in charge of the day express from Portland to 
 Bangor and Bar Harbor. His courteous and 
 obliging manners made for him a great many 
 friends, among whom may be named the Hon. 
 James G. Blaine, who was at that time travel- 
 ling back and forth a great deal; and he also 
 became acquainted in this way with General 
 Logan, President Arthur, and other noted 
 men. 
 
 In 1892, after officiating- as conductor for 
 thirteen years, Mr. Whitney was appointed to 
 the position of great responsibility which he 
 now holds, discharging its duties with marked 
 efficiency. He has oversight of all the pas- 
 senger conductors and brakemen on the two 
 roads, the cars in the passenger service, and 
 full charge of the Union Station at Portland, 
 which places a large number of men under his 
 supervision. He is a very busy man, and has 
 very little time to spare for matters outside of 
 his railroad interest, to which he is closely 
 devoted. Mr. Whitney is one of the charter 
 members of thfe Order of Railway Conductors, 
 and has been a director since the time ol its 
 organization. He also belongs to the Maine 
 Central Relief Association. 
 
 October 28, 1879, Mr. Whitney was united 
 in marriage with Miss Lottie Merrill, of Tops- 
 ham, daughter of William P. Merrill, a promi- 
 nent citizen of that town. 
 
 Mr. Whitney votes in the ranks of the Re- 
 publican party, but takes no active part in 
 political affairs. He is advanced in the 
 degrees of Masonry, belonging to United 
 Lodge, No. 8, A. F. & A. M., of Brunswick, 
 Me. ; St. Paul Chapter of the same place ; 
 
GEORGE E. WHITNEY. 
 
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 119 
 
 Portland Council and Portland Commander}-, 
 Knights Templar; and has held all the offices 
 in the latter, being at present Eminent Com- 
 mander. He is also a member of the Order 
 of Red Men, and belongs to the Bramhall 
 League of Portland. Mr. Whitney and his 
 wife attend the First Parish Unitarian Church. 
 They have a handsome residence at 12 West- 
 cott Street, Portland. 
 
 Y^TOLLIS ST. CLAIR, who for many 
 
 L^-l years has been one of Cumberland's 
 
 \[ a) I prosperous and substantial residents, 
 
 ^■""^ was born in Strafford, Orange 
 
 County. Vt., June 13, 1810, son of John and 
 
 Rhoda (Merrill) St. Clair. 
 
 Mr. St. Clair's father was a native of New 
 Hampshire, born January 18, 1778. He was 
 a machinist and followed his trade through 
 life, his last days being spent in Burlington, 
 Vt. , where he died July 4, 181 7. He was an 
 industrious man and a worthy citizen. His 
 wife, Rhoda Merrill, whom he married Sep- 
 tember 1 8, 1797, was a native of New Hamp- 
 shire. She became the mother of six children, 
 as follows: John M., who was born Janu- 
 ary 13, 1800; Cynthia, born February 24, 
 1804; Ebenezer, born May 13, 1806; Thomas 
 J., born March 8, 1808; Hollis, the subject of 
 this sketch; and Orrilla, born November 22, 
 1812. Mr. St. Clair's mother married for her 
 second husband Simon Green, by whom she 
 had two children, namely: Alpa,who was born 
 January 30, 1819; and Alba, born November 
 19, 1820. Of her eight children Hollis is 
 the only survivor. 
 
 Hollis St. Clair grew to manhood in Straf- 
 ford, Vt., and received a good academic educa- 
 tion. When a mere boy he was naturally 
 inclined to busy himself in some profitable em- 
 ployment; and he earned his first dollar as a 
 helper in some kind of night work, for which 
 he received twelve and one-half cents per 
 night. After completing his studies at school 
 he engaged in teaching. He taught six winter 
 terms, four of which were in his own neighbor- 
 hood, and during the summer season he was 
 employed at the copperas works of Strafford. 
 His connection with that industry dated from 
 the time he was sixteen years old ; and he be- 
 
 came an expert in the chemical treatment of 
 copperas and alum and the manufacture of cop- 
 peras, a business which he followed as an occu- 
 pation for many years. He was offered the 
 position of superintendent of the Chemical 
 Works in Portland, . Me., which he accepted 
 under the vehement protestations of his former 
 employers; and he remained with the Portland 
 concern for six years. He was then selected 
 by Congressman Albert Smith to fill the post 
 of commissary of the United States corps of 
 engineers, which was engaged in surveying 
 the north-east boundary between the United 
 States and Canada; and for the succeeding two 
 years he was quartered in the dense forests of 
 Maine. During his sojourn there he saw a 
 great deal of wild life and adventure, the 
 woods being alive with animals and game of 
 every description known in this climate; and 
 on one occasion, while walking through the 
 woods alone and unarmed, he met a full-grown 
 moose, which he at length frightened away by 
 his loud and continual screaming. In 1841 
 he settled in Cumberland, where he bought 
 a large farm, a portion of which he still owns; 
 and he has since resided in this town. He 
 was a custom-house officer in Portland under 
 Buchanan's administration for almost four 
 years. 
 
 Mr. St. Clair has been twice married. On 
 October 15, 1840, he was united in marriage 
 to his first wife, Jane Sturdivant. She was 
 born in Cumberland, September 9, 1817, 
 daughter of Ephraim and Rachel Sturdivant, 
 who were representatives of old and prominent 
 families of Cumberland County. Mrs. Jane 
 Sturdivant St. Clair died October 12, 1871, 
 leaving two children, namely: Frances Ger- 
 trude, who was born March 18, 1842, and is 
 now living at home; and Herbert, who was 
 born February 5, i860, and now resides in 
 Atlanta, Ga. On November 3, 1882, Mr. St. 
 Clair wedded for his second wife Jane S. Mer- 
 rill, who was born in Cumberland, June 20, 
 1836, daughter of John and Sally (Chenery) 
 Merrill. Mrs. St. Clair's paternal grand- 
 parents, Jacob and Rosanna (Davis) Merrill, 
 were early settlers of Pownal ; and the family 
 was a prominent one in that neighborhood. 
 John Merrill, Mrs. St. Clair's father, was a 
 native and lifelong resident of Cumberland, 
 
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 where he followed agricultural pursuits. He 
 was a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
 church. He died August 3, 1881. Hiswife, 
 who was a native of Massachusetts, becarne 
 the mother of six children, two of whom are 
 living, namely: Asa, who was born February 
 27, 1826, and resides in Cumberland; and 
 Mrs. St. Clair, who is the youngest. Mrs. 
 Sally C. Merrill died in 1882. 
 
 Mr. St. Clair has lived a busy and prosper- 
 ous life, his business transactions having all 
 been attended with good financial results. He 
 served as a Justice of the Peace for forty years, 
 but of late years he has retired from the 
 more active details of business. He is a Dem- 
 ocrat in politics and liberal in his religious 
 views. Mrs. St. Clair attends the Methodist 
 Episcopal church. 
 
 /pTTo 
 
 EORGE W. SYLVESTER, manager 
 \^T_ of the Gilbert M. Soule Lumber 
 ^—"^ Company, located at 418 Commercial 
 Street, Portland, is a worthy representative of 
 the native-born resident of the city, and one 
 of its prosperous business men. He was 
 born October 17, 1850, the only child of 
 George S. and Helen R. (Couch) Sylvester. 
 His mother died in 1891 ; but his father is 
 still living, being actively engaged in busi- 
 ness in this city. The subject of this notice 
 was reared and educated in Portland, being 
 graduated from the high school in the class of 
 1869. With the energy characteristic of his 
 boyhood days, he soon beg^an business life, 
 being employed for a time as clerk in the 
 wholesale grocery establishment of Elias 
 Thomas & Co. During a subsequent two 
 years' engagement with Robert Holyoke, Mr. 
 Sylvester became thoroughly acquainted with 
 the details of the lumber business; and the 
 succeeding two years were spent in the employ 
 of Holyoke, Benson & Co., Mr. Sylvester 
 leaving them to accept a position with the late 
 Gilbert Soule, with whom he remained until 
 Mr. Soule's death ten years later. The pres- 
 ent company was then incorporated, and Mr. 
 Sylvester appointed to the position of man- 
 ager, the duties of which he has filled most 
 successfully for the past ten years. In poli- 
 tics he is a consistent Republican, and for 
 
 three years — 1887, 1888, and 1889 — he 
 served his fellow-citizens as a member of the 
 Common Council, representing Ward 5. 
 
 Mr. Sylvester married. Miss Luena M., 
 daughter of Frank J. and Maria A. Ames; and 
 they have a pleasant home at 201 High Street, 
 where they give hospitable welcome to their 
 numerous friends. ' They are earnest be- 
 lievers in the truths of Christianity, and wor- 
 ship at the Williston Congregational Church. 
 
 OHN A. S. DYER, general merchant, 
 Postmaster, and Chairman of the Board 
 of Selectmen of South Portland, has 
 occupied the last-named position since 
 the town was set off from Cape Elizabeth in 
 1894. The office of Postmaster he has filled for 
 seven years at Knightsville, having been ap- 
 pointed to the position by President Harrison. 
 For sixteen years he has been engaged in mer- 
 cantile business, Mr. Levi Seavy having been 
 in company with him for six years; but since 
 1885 he has managed the store himself, carry- 
 ing on a substantial retail business under the 
 firm title of J. A. S. Dyer & Co. 
 
 Mr. Dyer is a native-born citizen, his birth 
 having occurred March 30, 1861, in Pleasant- 
 dale, in what was then called Cape Elizabeth. 
 He grew to mature years in the place of his 
 nativity, being here educated, and commenced 
 his business career when but a mere youth, his 
 success therein being solely attributable to his 
 own energy and pluck. He is the representa- 
 tive of one of the oldest families of the neigh- 
 borhood. His paternal grandfather, Jesse 
 Dyer, Sr., who, it is thought, wag born here, 
 was a well-to-do farmer, settling on a farm 
 after his marriage with Mary Brown, who bore' 
 him several children, among them be'ing a son 
 Jesse, who was the father of John A. S. Dyer. 
 Jesse Dyer, Jr., has been a lifelong resident 
 of Pleasantdale, where he is now living, re- 
 tired from active business, a most genial and 
 pleasant man of seventy-three years, happy in 
 having won the respect of the entire community 
 in which he has lived through boyhood, man- 
 hood, and old age. For many years he was a 
 prominent business man, being engaged as a 
 general merchant, also dealing in grain and 
 ice, and also for a time extensively engaged in 
 
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 manufacturing brick. In politics he has never 
 swerved from allegiance to the Democratic 
 party. His wife, whose maiden name was 
 Martha Jane Fickett, was born, bred, and edu- 
 cated in Pownal, Me., afterward removing to 
 Portland, where she met and married Mr. 
 , Dyer. They subsequently made their perma- 
 nent home in Pleasantdale, where she died 
 a few years ago. Of the children born to 
 them three are dead, namely : Frederick died 
 a few years after his marriage with Miss 
 Nellie Nutter, of this town ; Edmund A. died 
 in early manhood ; and one son passed away in 
 infancy. The record of the living is as fol- 
 lows : Malvern, in the meat business in New- 
 ark, N.J., married Miss Ethel Hamilton, for- 
 merly of this place; John A. S. , is the espe- 
 cial subject of this sketch; Walter H., in 
 business with his brother John, being junior 
 partner, married Miss Eva Gild, of Boothbay, 
 this State; and Carrie F. , wife of Frank 
 Libby, a carpenter in Pleasantdale. 
 
 John A. S. Dyer was united in marriage 
 December 29, 1885, to Miss Helen H. Pills- 
 bury, who was born and reared in South Port- 
 land, being a daughter of the late Albert Pills- 
 bury, formerly a conductor on the Grand Trunk 
 Railway, and his wife, Louisa (Fickett) Pills- 
 bury, who is now living in Pleasantdale. The 
 wedded life of Mr. and Mrs. Dyer has been 
 enlivened and cheered by the advent of four in- 
 teresting children; namely, Ella G., Albert 
 L., Martha, and Raymond C. 
 
 -OHN C. ROBERTS, the efficient su- 
 perintendent of the city almshouse at 
 Portland, was born in Waterboro, York 
 County, Me., on April 22, 1840, and is 
 a son of Major Jerry and Olive (Roberts) 
 Roberts. 
 
 His paternal grandfather, Jeremy Roberts, 
 served as a private in the Revolutionary War, 
 and was among those who fought so valiantly 
 at the battle of Bunker Hill. Jerry Roberts, 
 whose birth occurred in the town of Lyman, 
 Me., on May 27, 1798, spent the early years 
 of his manhood in farming. Later on he con- 
 ducted a hotel, and was also engaged in specu- 
 lations of various kinds, especially in lumber; 
 and he owned one or more saw-mills. He held 
 
 various town offices, and in the years 1868 
 and 1869 he represented the towns of Water- 
 boro and Limerick in the State legislature. 
 He died on July 24, 1874. His wife, Olive 
 Roberts, was born on February 28, 1808, and 
 died on July 15, 1870. She was a daughter 
 of Andrew J. Roberts and grand-daughter of 
 Ichabod Roberts. Her uncle, Moses lioberts, 
 served in the French and Indian War, in that 
 contest losing his life. Mrs. Olive Roberts 
 bore her husband nine children, of whom seven 
 are now living, namely: Harriet Stone, the 
 wife of William H. Johnson; Martha F., who 
 married Horace Hamilton, and is now residing 
 in Kansas; Albert H., who is married and 
 occupies the old homestead ; John C. ; Lucy 
 H., now Mrs. Jason II. Shaw, of Portland; 
 Luther B. , a stock-broker in Portland; and 
 Olive J., who married Elliot Dearborn. 
 
 John C. Roberts obtained his education in 
 the public schools of Waterboro, Me., finish- 
 ing his course of study in the high school, 
 after which he assisted his father in farm work 
 at home until he was nineteen years old. At 
 that time he went to Lynn, Mass., to learn the 
 morocco dresser's trade; and after completing 
 his apprenticeship he remained in Lynn and 
 engaged in that vocation for six years. Re- 
 turning to Waterboro, he entered a union store; 
 but after three years he again went to Massa- 
 chusetts to superintend a department in a mo- 
 rocco shop in Beverly, and continued in that 
 position for four years. In 1878 he estab- 
 lished himself in trade in Portland, Me., and 
 during the succeeding ten years did a prosper- 
 ous business. Then selling out he entered the 
 employ of Libby & Larrabee, and for five 
 years had charge of their furnishing-goods de- 
 partment. Since the spring of 1893, when 
 he was elected by the Board of Overseers, he 
 has served most acceptably as superintendent 
 of the city almshouse. 
 
 His wife, formerly Miss Sarah A. West- 
 wood, a daughter of James and Sarah (Moss) 
 Westwood, is a native of London, England. 
 Three children have been born to them, 
 namely: Harry C. and Lillian W., both of 
 whom died in childhood; and Henrietta W., 
 the only one living. In political views Mr. 
 Roberts is a strong Republican ; and in 1885- 
 86 and 1886-87 he served as Councilman of 
 
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 Ward 7 in Portland. Since 1867 he has 
 been affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, and 
 is now a member of Portland Lodge, A. F. & 
 A. M. He is also connected with Cogowosco 
 Tribe of Red Men. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts 
 are active members of the West Congrega- 
 tional Church of Portland. 
 
 "ON. WILLIAM FENDER SON 
 PERRY, who has for many_ years 
 been closely identified with the 
 leading enterprises of Bridgton, 
 Cumberland County, is a native-born citizen, 
 the date of his birth being February i, 1826. 
 His father, George Perry, was born in Lim- 
 erick, York County, this State, and was but 
 seven years old when his father died. His 
 widowed mother afterward became the wife of 
 Elijah Allen, a Revolutionary soldier and a 
 blacksmith by trade. As George grew to man- 
 hood he learned the blacksmith's trade from 
 his step-father, and in 1820 came to Bridg- 
 ton, where he carried on his trade in the 
 village for a while. He afterward purchased a 
 tract of land about two miles from the centre of 
 the town, and there engaged in blacksmithing 
 until his demise at the age of seventy-three 
 years. His wife, whose maiden name was 
 Eliza Fenderson, was born in Parsonsfield, Me., 
 being a daughter of William Fenderson, a vet- 
 eran of the Revolution also. She survived her 
 husband about two years, dying at the age of 
 seventy-three. She reared eight of her eleven 
 children, William F., the subject of this 
 sketch, being the only one now living. 
 
 William F. Perry attended the district 
 schools of his native town, in the mean time, 
 from the age of seven to fourteen years, assist- 
 ing on the farm. He then began working at 
 the forge with his father, continuing with him 
 until 'twenty-one years old, when he started 
 out for himself, even with the world. Going 
 to Portland, Mr. Perry found employment at his 
 trade, receiving three dollars and fifty cents 
 per week and his board. After four months 
 he returned to Bridgton, where he formed a 
 partnership and engaged in blacksmithing. 
 In a short time Mr. Perry purchased his part- 
 ner's interest, and conducted the business 
 alone for four years. Selling that shop he 
 
 then formed a copartnership with Amasa H. 
 Merrill, and bought of James M. Kimball a 
 carriage factory, which he and his partner con- 
 ducted until the death of Mr. Merrill four 
 years later. Mr. Perry then purchased Mr. 
 Merrill's interest from the latter's heirs, and 
 carried on a prosperous business until 1858, 
 when he sold out, being engaged for the next 
 two years in lumber dealing. In i860, in 
 company with George Taylor, he bought a 
 water-power, which thgy improved, subse- 
 quently building the Forest Mills, in which 
 they engaged in the manufacture of woollen 
 goods. After the death of Mr. Taylor, No- 
 vember 30, 1 879, a stock company was formed, 
 being incorporated under the name of the 
 Forest Mills Company, of which Mr. Perry 
 was elected President; a responsible office, 
 which he has since most capably filled. In 
 addition to the woollen factory, this enterpris- 
 ing company also owns and operates a saw and 
 planing mill, where they are extensively en- 
 gaged in the manufacture of boxes, building 
 material, etc. Mr. Perry holds other impor- 
 tant positions, being President of the Bridgton 
 & Saco Railway Company, and interested with 
 others in many of the industries in this town. 
 On October 31, 1859, Mr. Perry was united 
 in marriage to Miss Maria Gibbs, the only 
 child of their union being a daughter, Adeline 
 G. Mrs. Perry was born in Bridgton, being 
 a daughter of the Hon. Rufus and Adaline 
 (Sears) Gibbs, a sketch of whose lives may be 
 found elsewhere in this volume, in connection 
 with the history of Charles E. Gibbs. Mrs. 
 Perry, a woman of true Christian worth, is a 
 member of the Congregational church. Mr. 
 Perry has been a Republican since the forma- 
 tion of that party and a stanch supporter of its 
 principles. He has twice represented his con- 
 stituents in the State legislature, in the years 
 1872 and 1873, serving with credit to himself 
 and to the honor of his party. 
 
 AMUEL H; JOSE, a prominent 
 builder and contractor of Portland, 
 Me., has been a resident of this 
 city since 1851, and during the 
 time has been actively associated with its 
 business interests. He was born December 
 
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 16, 1832, at Hollis, now Dayton, this State, 
 his parents being William, Jr., and Eunice 
 (Huff) Jose. Mr. Jose's paternal grandfather, 
 William Jose, Sr., was one of three brothers 
 that came to Maine at an early date. He lo- 
 cated in Saco, York County, where he cleared 
 and improved a farm, and likewise, having 
 learned the carpenter's trade, built many of 
 the earlier houses of that place. 
 
 William Jose, Jr., was born in 1798 in 
 Saco. During his early manhood he there 
 worked at the trades of a carpenter and wheel- 
 wright; but soon after his marriage to Miss 
 Huff, who was also born and reared in Saco, 
 he removed to Hollis, where he carried on 
 general farming for some years. Subsequently 
 returning to the place of his nativity, he set- 
 tled on the old homestead of his father-in-law, 
 Joseph Huff, living there until his death, 
 which occurred in 1868. His wife, who sur- 
 vived him till August, 1894, reached the .ven- 
 erable age of ninety-five years, her birth hav- 
 ing occurred in June, 1799. Both were con- 
 sistent members of the Free-will Baptist 
 church. They had a family of five children, 
 namely: Sarah, who married Samuel Harmon, 
 of Buxton, Me. ; William, who died at the age 
 of forty-two years; Samuel H.; Martha E., 
 wife of Lucius Thayer, of Mechanic Falls, 
 this State; and Mrs. Fanny E. Bussell, wife 
 of George Buzzell, of Connecticut. 
 
 Samuel H. Jose received his education in 
 the common schools of Saco, after which he 
 served an apprenticeship at the carpenter's 
 trade with Francis Low, of that town.' In the 
 fall of 1850 Mr. Jose was engaged at his trade 
 in Portland for a few weeks, being so much 
 pleased with the city that he settled here 
 permanently the following spring. For two 
 years thereafter he worked as a journeyman, 
 then, with characteristic enterprise, started 
 in business for himself, being at first his own 
 architect, as well as builder. Many of the 
 most important public buildings and private 
 residences of the city have been constructed 
 under his immediate supervision, among 
 which may be mentioned the Jose Building, 
 now Danforth Block, William E. Gould's 
 residence, and Kotczhman Hall. During the 
 forty-two years in which Mr. Jose has been en- 
 gaged in contracting and building he has paid 
 
 out a large sum of money in wages, thus giv- 
 ing support to many families, having at times 
 as many as forty men in his employ. He is 
 an able financier, making wise investments of 
 his money, dealing somewhat in city real es- 
 tate, and is at the present time the owner of 
 seven houses which he has erected. He has a 
 very comfortable dwelling at 24 Bramhall 
 Street, having built it in 1867, before very 
 many people had recognized the desirability of 
 this section of the city as a residential place. 
 
 Mr. Jose has been three times married. 
 His first wife, Mary C. Goud, daughter of the 
 Rev. Robert Goud, died, leaving four chil- 
 dren, namely: Samuel H., Jr., who died when 
 seventeen years old; Edward C, of Boston, 
 Mass.; Charles F. and George C, both with 
 their father. His second wife, Clara Sawyer, 
 lived but a short time after their marriage, 
 dying without issue. Mr. Jose was subse- 
 quently united in marriage with Mrs. Maria 
 M. (Millett) Andrews, a daughter of Joel 
 Millett, a farmer. She is a woman of many 
 estimable qualities, and an active worker in 
 the Free-will Baptist church, of which both 
 herself and husband are conscientious mem- 
 bers. In politics Mr. Jose is a steadfast Re- 
 publican. 
 
 ENJAMIN F. HALL, a practical 
 farmer and substantial citizen of 
 ^' West Falmouth, Me., was born in 
 this town, September i, 1824, son of 
 George and Elizabeth (Hall) Hall. 
 
 This branch of the Hall family have been 
 residents of Falmouth from the time of Mr. 
 George Hall's grandfather, Hatevil Hall, who 
 followed farming, and was the owner of a 
 large amount of land in the immediate vicin- 
 ity. His son, Andrew Hall, eventually came 
 into possession of a portion of this land, and 
 in early manhood was engaged as a mill 
 sawyer in addition to farming. Andrew Hall 
 married Miss Jane Merrill, of Falmouth, Me., 
 who died on ■ December 30, 1826. He died 
 August 31, 1 83 1, at eighty-one years of age. 
 They had ten children, all of whom have 
 passed away. 
 
 George Hall, son of Andrew and Jane 
 (Merrill) Hall, was reared to farm life, and. 
 
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 on starting out for himself, chose agriculture 
 as his vocation. The farm he purchased is a 
 portion of the original estate of Hatevil Hall, 
 and he was there successfully engaged in gen- 
 eral farming during the active years of his 
 life. His wife, whose maiden name was 
 Elizabeth Hall, bore him seven children, 
 three of whom are still living, namely: Sarah, 
 the wife of Joseph McDonald, of Gray, Me. ; 
 Andrew Merrill Hall, residing at Cumberland 
 Mills, Me.; and Benjamin F. Hall, of this 
 sketch. In political views their father was a 
 Democrat, but never served in public office. 
 He was an attendant of the Baptist church. 
 
 Benjamin F. Hall in his early years at- 
 tended the public school of Falmouth, now 
 West Falmouth; and, after completing his 
 course of study, he engaged in farming with 
 his father during the summer, and in the 
 winter he worked at teaming. He remained 
 with his father until he was thirty years of 
 age, then purchased the old John Marston 
 place in West Falmouth, where he still re- 
 sides. This farm contains about one hundred 
 acres of woodland and meadow, and produces 
 about sixty tons of hay yearly. He keeps 
 three to four horses and about eighteen head 
 of cattle. Since he bought the property he 
 has made substantial improvements, not only 
 in the land, having brought a portion of the 
 pasturage under cultivation, but also in the 
 buildings. He has built a new house and 
 barn, and made additions and improvements 
 in the out-buildings, so that all about the 
 place are evidences of thrift and enterprise. 
 
 In 1854 Mr. Hall was joined in marriage 
 with Miss Mary R. Brackett, a daughter of 
 Dr. Samuel Brackett, of Falmouth, Me. 
 Their home was blessed and brightened by the 
 birth of a son and daughter, both of whom are 
 living: Mary T. is the wife of Jerry Martin, 
 of Dorchester, Mass. ; and George L. Hall is 
 associated with his father in the milk busi- 
 ness. He served as Selectman of West Fal- 
 mouth in 1892 and 1893. Mrs. Mary R. Hall 
 died in March 12, 1883. 
 
 Mr. Hall is an adherent of the Democratic 
 party, and has often been chosen to fill posi- 
 tions of public trust. Between the years 1868 
 and- i88r he held the office of Selectman -nine 
 years, one term of four years, another of three 
 
 years, and a third of two years, and during 
 seven years of that time he was Chairman of 
 the Board. Besides this he has served as 
 Town Agent seven or eight years; and as 
 Auditor of Accounts for a long term. He 
 was President and a Director of the Falmouth 
 Mutual Fire Insurance Company for twenty- 
 five years. 
 
 Wi 
 
 M WALLACE THOMAS, 
 ., who occupies a conspicuous 
 position among the leading physi- 
 cians of this part of Cumberland County, has 
 an extensive and valuable practice in the town 
 of Yarmouth, where he has been actively en- 
 gaged for a quarter of a century, a longer 
 period of time than any other physician, with 
 the exception of Dr. Bates. Dr. Thomas is a 
 native of Maine, having been born, June 4, 
 1838, in Oxford, Oxford County, son of 
 George W. Thomas. 
 
 His paternal grandfather, Holmes Thomas, 
 a native of Kingston, Mass., was an early 
 settler of Oxford County; and there he worked 
 industriously at farming and shoemaking for 
 many years. He died in Dixfield, at the age 
 of fourscore and three years. He was a 
 soldier in the Revolutionary War, being with 
 General Washington at White Plains, where 
 he served as Assistant Quartermaster. His 
 wife, whose maiden name was Lucy Church- 
 ill, also lived to the age of eighty-three years. 
 They had a family of six sons and four daugh- 
 ters, the Doctor's father being the youngest 
 child. 
 
 George W. Thomas was a native of Oxford, A 
 formerly called Hebron, his birth occurring^ 
 April 20, 1801. He spent his life in agri- 
 cultural pursuits, having an excellently culti- 
 vated farm in Oxford, which continued his 
 abiding-place throughout his seventy-five years 
 of useful life. He was ever held in deep re- 
 spect by his neighbors and friends; being 
 identified with the best interests of the place. 
 He was a Whig in politics, and" a consistent 
 member of the Baptist church, which he liber- 
 ally assisted in supporting. He married Mar- 
 garet Ann Blankenburg, who was born March 
 IS- 1808, in Portland, and survived his death 
 a few years, passing away in 1886. The ten 
 
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 children born to them are all now living; 
 namely, George W., Simeon P., Cyrus K., 
 William Wallace, Helen M., Robert C. and 
 Mary C. (twins), John F., Adelaide C, and 
 Leonora H. 
 
 Dr. William W. Thomas grew to manhood 
 beneath the parental roof, working on the farm 
 during seed-time and harvest, and attending 
 the district school in the winter seasons. 
 When twenty years of age, he struck out for 
 himself, going to Massachusetts, where he was 
 hired as a farm laborer by George D. Hough- 
 ton, and received for his wages fifteen dollars 
 a month. In 1862 he enlisted in Company T, 
 Twenty-third Maine Volunteer Infantry, being 
 made Orderly Sergeant of the company. At 
 the expiration of his nine months' term of en- 
 listment he was honorably discharged from 
 the service, and returned to the place of his 
 nativity. The following three years he pur- 
 sued his studies at Old Hebron Academy, 
 after which he spent three years with Dr. 
 Josiah Carr in Mechanic Falls, reading medi- 
 cine, paying his expenses by teaching school, 
 and likewise attending lectures at the Maine 
 Medical School, which is connected with 
 Bowdoin College in Brunswick, receiving his 
 diploma from that well-known institution in 
 1869. In 1870 Dr. Thomas came to Yar- 
 mouthville, where he has met with eminent 
 success, his intellectual attainments and pro- 
 fessional skill winning for him the confidence 
 and esteem of people in all ranks of life. In 
 politics the Doctor is a stanch Republican. 
 He served for four years on the School Board 
 during his residence in Oxford, and for an 
 equal length of time in this town, which, to- 
 getiier with North Yarmouth in the years 1877 
 and 1879, he represented in the State legisla- 
 ture. He is a Grand Army of the Republic 
 man, belonging to W. L. Haskell Post, No. 
 108, in Yarmouth. 
 
 On June 20, 1877, Dr. Thomas was united 
 in marriage with Clara M. Smith, who was 
 born in Lisbon, Androscoggin County, being 
 a daughter of the late Jerome W. Smith and 
 his wife, formerly Eliza Porter, of Freeport. 
 Dr. and Mrs. Thomas have two sons, namely: 
 Roy W., who was born April 3, 1878, now in 
 Bowdoin College; and Dean Stanley, born 
 July 31, 1887. Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Thomas's 
 
 mother, makes her home with the Doctor's 
 family, living in her own house. Dr. Thomas 
 and his estimable wife attend the First Con- 
 gregational Church, but are progressive and 
 liberal in their religious belief, realizing that 
 
 " True salvation is to live the life divine, 
 And that heaven is now and ever where true love and 
 goodness shine." 
 
 ORACE H. SHAW, one of the lead- 
 ing shoe manufacturers in the State 
 of Maine, was born in Hampden, 
 Penobscot County, February 18, 
 1842, son of Abiel and Dorcas Elizabeth 
 (Philbrook) Shaw. . His father was a son of 
 William Shaw, of Frankfort, Me., and was for 
 many years engaged in farming in Hampden. 
 His mother was a daughter of Moses Phil- 
 brook, also a resident of that town. 
 
 Horace H. Shaw's boyhood was spent on his 
 father's farm, where work was plenty and edu- 
 cational facilities were few. In his sixteenth 
 year, having won his father's consent that he 
 should obtain an education by his own efforts, 
 he began to earn his own living; and by work- 
 ing summers and teaching school in the winter 
 he procured means to fit himself for college. 
 In the summer of 1862 he was prepared to 
 enter college; but, under the call of President 
 Lincoln for "three hundred thousand more," 
 he enlisted in Company F, Eighteenth Regi- 
 ment Maine Volunteers, was mustered as First 
 Sergeant, and was promoted to Second Lieu- 
 tenant in January, 1863. His alertness in 
 the discharge of his duty and soldierly bearing 
 in action won him favor with his superior 
 officers; and he was next detached as an Aide- 
 de-camp to the brigade commander, and dur- 
 ing his service in that capacity was assigned 
 to duty as ordnance officer and inspector of 
 artillery. The following summer he was pro- 
 moted to the rank of First Lieutenant. 
 
 In 1863 his regiment, the Eighteenth 
 Maine, was changed to the First Regiment 
 Maine Heavy Artillery, and was in some of 
 the severest actions of the war. In the cam- 
 paign of 1864 he acted as Aide-de-camp to the 
 brigade commander, and was in the battles 
 of Spottsylvania, North Anna, Hanover Court- 
 house, Totopotomy Creek, Cold Harbor, and 
 
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 Petersburg, being in active service from May, 
 1864, to September, 1865. In February, 
 1864, he was commissioned Captain, but- de- 
 clined muster. In the last campaign of 1865 
 he was ordered to the Quartermaster's Depart- 
 ment, Third Division Second Army Corps, 
 charged with important and critical duty. 
 Mr. Shaw was at the capture of Petersburg, 
 the battles at Sailor's Creek, Farmville, Rice's 
 Station, and High Bridge, and was -present at 
 the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. He was 
 retained in service when the army was dis- 
 banded, and ordered on June 1 5 to Fort Baker, 
 Md., with a remnant of his regiment, which 
 was consolidated with the Third, Fourth, 
 Seventeenth, and Nineteenth Maine Regi- 
 ments. He was brigade Quartermaster from 
 June 16 to September 5, 1865, when he was 
 mustered out of service with his regiment. 
 
 During the whole of his brilliant military 
 career it had been his intention to return to 
 college when his term of service was ended; 
 but the intense activity of his later army life 
 had unfitted him for a student, and he com- 
 menced business as a grocer in his native 
 town, associating himself with another gentle- 
 man, under the firm name of Shaw & Smith. 
 After a very successful year he sold out, and 
 went to Boston to study law, preparatory to 
 entering a larger field. In February, 1867, 
 he entered the employ of C. H. Breed & Co., 
 shoe manufacturers of Portland, as a salesman. 
 In company with A. Waldeh he succeeded 
 this firm in 1871 as Walden & Shaw, and in 
 1873 organized the firm of Shaw, Coding & 
 Co., which did the leading business in the 
 State in their line up to 1893. In 1886 Mr. 
 Shaw established a large and successful shoe 
 industry at Freeport, Me. , under the style of 
 A. W. Shaw & Co., and in 1895 bought out a 
 plant at Lewiston, Me., and established there 
 one of the largest factories in the State. He 
 is now also largely engaged in the manu- 
 facture of shoes in Portland, and has an office 
 in Boston, and business in nearly every por- 
 tion of the United States. 
 
 Politically, a Republican, he has served in 
 the city government and in the State legisla- 
 ture ; and he was chosen elector-at-large, and 
 made President of the Electoral College, cast- 
 ing the vote of the State for Benjamin Harri- 
 
 son in 1888. In religion a MetTiodist, he is a 
 member of the Congress Street Church, and 
 was delegate from Maine to the Second 
 CEcumenical Conference in Washington in 
 1891 ; and he is a Trustee of the Maine Wes- 
 leyan Seminary and Female College, and has 
 done good work for the institution. He has 
 done much for the part of the city of Portland 
 where he resides, and has been active in pro- 
 moting all forward movements for the good of 
 the various places where he has had interests. 
 He married in August, 1867, Celeste M. 
 Gay, daughter of William and Rhoda Gay, of 
 East Corinth, Me. They have one daughter, 
 Mrs. Anabel Shaw Smart, well known in Port- 
 land literary circles, and one son, Winfield L. 
 Shaw, who at this writing, 1896, is aged 
 seventeen years, preparing for Harvard Col- 
 lege (Portland High School, class 1896), and 
 is Major, commanding the battalion High 
 School Cadets. 
 
 ESSE DYER, as a manufacturer, mer- 
 chant, and dealer in real estate, has 
 long been identified with the business 
 interests and industries of that part of 
 Cape Elizabeth that is now called South Port- 
 land, which is the place of his nativity, the 
 date of his birth being November 29, 1823. 
 He is of honored pioneer stock, his great-, 
 grandparents having resided here for many 
 years. 
 
 Christopher Dyer, of the next generation, 
 was a sea-faring man, sailing in the Cuban 
 trade. On one of his voyages to the West 
 Indies he was taken sick, died, and was 
 buried in the .sea. He was a man of exceed- 
 ing thrift and enterprise, accumulating con- 
 siderable money, which he invested in land in 
 this town. He was a stanch member of the 
 ^yhig party, and quite liberal in his religious 
 views. He married and reared a family of 
 four children, among them being Jesse Dyer, 
 Sr., father of the gentleman whose name ap- 
 pears at the head of this sketch. 
 
 Jesse Dyer, Sr., was born July 15, 1780, on 
 the homestead of Ms parents in Cape Eliza- 
 beth, and was reared to agricultural labors. 
 In his mature life becoming the practical 
 manager of the estate left by his father, he 
 
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 built a grist and carding mill, and operated 
 both in conjunction with farming. He like- 
 wise cut a great deal of wood, supplying many 
 of the brickyards of this locality with fuel. 
 He married Mary, daughter of Joseph Brown, 
 of Scarboro; and they became the parents of 
 eight children, the following being recorded 
 of them : George, who is dead, left one daugh- 
 ter, Henrietta; Stephen, deceased, left two 
 children ; Christopher, deceased, left three 
 children; Mrs. Elmira Fickett died, leaving 
 two children; Mrs. Mary Hatch, deceased, 
 left two children; Jesse is the special subject 
 of this sketch ; Columba and Hester (twins), 
 both died, the former leaving three children, 
 and the latter, who married a Mr. Gray, left 
 but one child. 
 
 Jesse Dyer is the only surviving child of 
 his parents. He was educated in the common 
 schools of Cape Elizabeth, and, when quite 
 young, began working as helper in putting up 
 a telegraph line between Boston and New 
 York, after which he became a section boss 
 on the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railway, 
 remaining with that company for about six 
 years. He was next employed in the same 
 capacity on the Kennebec Railway, remaining 
 with that company for fourteen years, with the 
 exception of two years, when he was engaged 
 in the grocery business at Cape Elizabeth 
 depot, where in 1855 he was appointed Post- 
 master, having the office in his store. In 
 1857 he sold out his store, and resumed work 
 on the railway. Subsequently, in company 
 with his brother George, Mr. Dyer started a 
 brickyard in this town, under the firm name 
 of Dyer Brothers, continuing awhile, when 
 Jesse bought out his brother's share of the 
 business, which he conducted alone for many 
 years. He built up a large trade, furnishing 
 brick for many buildings, including the Port- 
 land Kerosene Oil Works, Hyde's Oil Fac- 
 tory, the Noj-th School building, and many 
 others. Although he never served an appren- 
 ticeship, Mr. Dyer picked up a good knowl- 
 edge of the mason's trade, in which he did a 
 great deal of very successful work, taking con- 
 tracts for building foundations and cellars, in 
 this capacity laying the foundation wall for 
 the Brown Hill Church in this town. Mr. 
 Dyer, whose energy, enterprise, and ability 
 
 were untiring, also speculated extensively in 
 real estate, buying land and erecting houses, 
 making the brick, laying the foundations, and 
 with the assistance of unskilled laboring men 
 doing the carpentry, his transactions in this 
 line also being most successful. 
 
 In 1874 ^^r. Dyer established himself in a 
 new business, building a dam and erecting 
 an ice-house at Cape Elizabeth. In that year 
 he cut a good deal of ice, but had hard work 
 to compete with the ice firms of Portland, the 
 citizens fearing his crop would not hold out 
 through the season. The following year, 
 however, his business had so increased that he 
 admitted Norris Curtis to partnership; and 
 under the firm name of Dyer & Curtis they es- 
 tablished an office in Portland, continuing to- 
 gether three years. In 1878 Mr. Dyer built a 
 store and grist-mill at Cape Elizabeth, and also 
 engaged in the hay and grain business, build- 
 ing up a large local trade, conducting it until 
 1889, when he sold out to E. Matthews. At 
 Knightsville Mr. Dyer then built an ice- 
 house, with a capacity of two thousand tons; 
 and that winter his ice crop was thirty-five 
 hundred tons, all of which he sold to New 
 York parties, loading one vessel with two 
 thousand two hundred and seventeen tons, the 
 largest shipment at that time ever made from 
 Portland. He afterward sold his ice plant 
 and privileges, and in 1892 went into the hay 
 and grain business again, taking as a partner 
 a Mr. Jordan, who purchased the business in 
 1894. 
 
 Mr. Dyer, while attending to his own inter- 
 ests, has ever been mindful of the welfare 
 of his native town, giving material aid to 
 schemes for local improvement, and contribut- 
 ing the land for a street, which is now called 
 Evans Street. He is a stanch Democrat in 
 his political affiliations, but not an aspirant 
 for official honors. 
 
 Mr. Dyer has been twice married, his first 
 wife, whom he wedded on October 14, 1851, 
 having been Martha J., daughter of Nathaniel 
 Fickett, of Danville, Me. She passed to 
 the higher life May i, 1890, leaving four 
 children, of whom a record may be found 
 in connection with the sketch of John A.- S. 
 Dyer, the second child in order of birth. On 
 December 18, 1891, Mr. Dyer was united in 
 
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 marriage with Mrs. Addie L. (Bean) Swain, a 
 native of Wilton, the daughter of Joshua Bean 
 and the widow of the late Nathan Swain. 
 Both Mr. and Mrs. Dyer are people of strong 
 religious principles, and sincere members of 
 the Methodist church. 
 
 (eTru^usTus ervin Stevens, who 
 
 P\ died on November lo, 1882, was a 
 yj|j,\ prominent merchant of Portland and 
 ^"■^ an ex-mayor of the city. He was 
 born in Westbrook (now Deering), September 
 25, 1825, son of Samuel B. and Sally Briscoe 
 (Francis) Stevens, and on the maternal side 
 was related to the famous Paul Revere. Mr. 
 Stevens was the oldest of a family of six, one 
 of whom died in infancy. The others are as 
 follows: Samuel H., who was agent of the 
 Boston & Maine Railroad in 1882;. Granville 
 M., agent of the Fibre Ware Company; Frank 
 G., registrar of deeds for Cumberland County; 
 and Mrs. Starr, wife of Judge Starr, of Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 Their father, Samuel B. Stevens, was a de- 
 scendant of Benjamin Stevens, who purchased 
 a piece of land of Isaac Sawyer in Back Cove 
 in 1.738. Benjamin Stevens married Martha 
 Sawyer, and had a son, Isaac Sawyer Stevens, 
 who was born September 17, 1748, and died 
 October 23, 1820. He was a Sergeant in the 
 Revolutionary War. Isaac Sawyer Stevens 
 married Sarah Brackett, who was born October 
 17, 1748,* and died February 23, 1830. She 
 was the daughter of Zachariah Brackett, fifth 
 son of Zachariah Brackett and Judith Sawyer. 
 Isaac S. and Sarah (Brackett) Stevens had 
 a son, Zachariah Brackett Stevens, who was 
 born November 20, 1778, and died May 15, 
 1856. He married Miriam Bailey, who was 
 bom in 1778, and died December 13, 1865. 
 
 Samuel B. Stevens, son of Zachariah B. and 
 Miriam (Bailey) Stevens, was an old and re- 
 spected merchant of Portland. His wife, 
 Sally Briscoe Francis, who was born Novem- 
 ber II, 1799, and died July 6, 1890, traced 
 her ancestry back to the De Rivoires, a family 
 of noble lineage, who came originally from 
 Romagnieu, Vienne, and Saint-Jean, in the 
 south-eastern part of France. Certain mem- 
 bers of the family, who were Huguenots, fled 
 
 from France after the revocation of the Edict 
 of Nantes. The genealogy runs as follows: 
 "Jean de Riyoire married Magdeleine Mala- 
 perge; and they had a son Isaac, who'was mar- 
 ried in 1694 to Serenne Larnbert. Their son 
 Apollos, who was born in 1702, became a resi- 
 dent of Boston when about thirteen years of 
 age, and was apprenticed to a silversmith. 
 He changed his name to Paul Revere, because 
 the English tongue had trouble in pronouncing 
 it in its original form,, Apollos de Rivoire. 
 Paul Revere, first, died in 1754. He married 
 in 1729 Deborah Hitchborn, of Boston; and 
 they had twelve children, the third being Paul. 
 A daughter, Mary Revere, married first Ed- 
 mund Rose, second. Alexander Baker. She 
 had three children — Mary, Sarah, and Philip. 
 The latter died at sea. Mary, daughter of 
 Edmund and Mary (Revere) Rose, married 
 Caleb Francis; and they reared five children — 
 Mary, Isabel, Sally Briscoe (Mrs. Samuel B. 
 Stevens), Maria, and Harriet." 
 
 Augustus Ervin Stevens received a good 
 education in the common schools and the semi- 
 nary at Westbrook, and then- began the work 
 of life as a clerk in the establishment of Day 
 & Lyon, who were in the paper business on 
 Exchange Street, Portland. Subsequently he 
 entered the employ of Tinkham & Foss, whole- 
 sale grocers, with whom his father was asso- 
 ciated in business ; and he next formed a jDart- 
 nership with the Hoti. John Lynch, under the 
 firm name of Lynch & Stevens, for years con- 
 ducting a thriving wholesale grocery trade. Mr. 
 Stevens's next venture was in the iron trade, 
 in company with Mr. Little, their business 
 being transacted under the style of Little & 
 Stevens. Later the firm name was changed to 
 A. E. Stevens & Co., a name which for many 
 years has been prominent in the mercantile 
 annals of Portland. Mr. Stevens was success- 
 ful in all his business operations, and accumu- 
 lated considerable property. He established 
 a reputation for unblemished integrity in all 
 his dealings ; and, as an instance of his straight- 
 forward business ways, it may be mentioned 
 that a neighboring firm offered to pay him for 
 the wear and tear of his wharf occasioned by 
 their teams, and he refused, saying that it be- 
 longed to him to keep the wharf in repair. 
 He was a Director of the Casco Bank, the first 
 
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 129 
 
 Treasurer of the Portland & Ogdensburg Rail- 
 road, and Treasurer of the Westbrook Semi- 
 nary; and he held office in several benevolent 
 institutions. 
 
 In politics he was a stanch Republican. 
 He was in political office only two years, 
 1866-67, but during those two years held the 
 highest office within the gift of the city, being 
 Mayor of Portland. The first year he ran 
 against A. K. Shurtleff, the Democratic can- 
 didate, and received two thousand two hundred 
 and nineteen votes, his adversary receiving 
 but nine hundred and thirty-four, witTi one 
 hundred and thirty-two scattering. During 
 his Mayoralty the great fire occurred, and he 
 was nearly prostrated by the care it imposed 
 upon him. The next year he was re-elected 
 by a vote of one thousand six hundred and 
 three to seven hundred and fifty-seven. Mr. 
 Stevens died November 10, 1882, of heart dis- 
 ease. He was sitting in his easy-chair in the 
 parlor of his home, 97 Spring Street, talking 
 with his eldest son while awaiting the tea bell, 
 when his head suddenly fell backward. He 
 gave a few gasps, and all was over. He was 
 a citizen that Portland could ill afford to lose 
 — a thorough gentleman, kind, considerate, 
 benevolent, and withal a competent business 
 man. 
 
 Mr. Stevens was twice married. His first 
 wife was Jane Tyler, daughter of the late 
 Samuel Tyler, of Portland. She was the 
 mother of four daughters and two sons ; namely, 
 Samuel A., Almena, Mary Fletcher, Eliza- 
 beth Tyler, Julia Francis, and Paul Revere. 
 Samuel A. and Paul Revere are conducting 
 the business established by their father, using 
 the old firm name. Samuel A. Stevens mar- 
 ried Harriet P., daughter of Z. James and Mary 
 Jane (Pennewell) Belt, of Wilmington, Del. ; 
 and they have one daughter, Janet. They are 
 atteridants of St. Luke's Episcopal Church. 
 Paul R. Stevens married Lena H., daughter 
 of George and Annie (Hayes) Goldthwaite, of 
 Boston; and they have one son. Burrows 
 Goldthwaite Stevens. They attend the Uni- 
 tarian church.. By his second wife, Mary 
 Maling, daughter of Captain Moses C. Maling, 
 of Kennebunk, Mr. Stevens had one son, 
 Ervin Maling Stevens, who lives with his 
 mother. 
 
 M 
 
 AVID LAWRENCE, of West Gray, 
 Cumberland County, Me., a success- 
 ful farmer and a veteran of the Civil 
 War, was born in the town of Gray, 
 January 22, 1823. His parents were Ephraim, 
 Jr., and Fanny (Small) Lawrence; and his 
 paternal grandfather was Ephraim Lawrence, 
 Sr. , a native of Groton, Mass., whose ances- 
 tors were of English descent, he being a near 
 relative of the Hon. Amos and the Hon. 
 Abbott Lawrence, prominent citizens of Massa- 
 chusetts in the early part of the present 
 century. 
 
 Ephraim Lawrence, Sr. , married Sarah Sar- 
 telle, a native of Pepperell, Mass. ; and they 
 removed to the State of Maine about 1802, 
 living for a while in Harrison and Otisfield, 
 Cumberland County, and later removing to 
 Gray, where they passed the remainder of their 
 lives. Ephraim Lawrence, Sr. , was an indus- 
 trious farmer, and an honest, upright, and use- 
 ful citizen. He had a brother Asa who was 
 a Captain in the Revolutionary War. 
 
 Ephraim Lawrence, Jr., father of David, 
 was born in Groton, Mass., April 9, 1793, and 
 came to Maine with his parents in 1802. He 
 was reared to agricultural pursuits, and, when 
 a young man, settled on a farm in West Gray, 
 where he resided for several years, and latei: 
 purchased the farm now occupied by his son 
 David. He conducted farming prosperously, 
 and also engaged in lumbering; and he con- 
 tinued to pursue these industries nearly up to 
 the time of his death, which took place Sep- 
 tember 20, 1874. His energy and capacity as 
 a farmer and business man were of a high 
 order; and he occupied a prominent position 
 among the leading men of the town, holding 
 the office of Selectman for several years, and 
 serving as a Republican member of the legis- 
 lature of i860. He was also a Justice of the 
 Peace for many years, and during his life 
 settled many estates and did a large amount of 
 business pertaining to that office. He was 
 pre-eminently a self-made man, having at- 
 tended school but six weeks ; but by hard study 
 nights and spare moments he acquired a fair 
 business education. He was especially noted 
 for his genial and charitable disposition, and 
 was a friend to all. His wife, Fanny Small, 
 who died on November 25, 1861, was born in 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Gray, January 25, 1796, and was the daughter 
 of Isaac and Susan (Hobbs) Small. Her 
 grandparents were among the earliest settlers 
 in Gray, and her parents were natives of the 
 town where they were lifelong residents. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Lawrence, Jr., were 
 the parents of fourteen children, namely: 
 Sarah, who married William G. Orne; Susan, 
 who married A. H. Purrington ; James; 
 Charlotte, who married John Maxwell ; David, 
 the subject of this sketch; Nathaniel S., now 
 living in Portland, Me. ; Charles, who died 
 in early manhood ; Cyrene, who married J. G. 
 Skillings; Mary F., who married Isaac Libby; 
 Henry S., a resident and for many years a 
 prominent business man of Boston; Lucy A., 
 who resides with her brother David; Amanda, 
 who married Hugh Smith ; and two others who 
 died in infancy. Of this large family only 
 David, Nathaniel S. , Henry S. , and Lucy A. 
 are now living. 
 
 David Lawrence acquired his education in 
 the common schools of his native town. When 
 twenty-one years of age, he learned the trade 
 of a brickmaker in the village of Yarmouth ; 
 and' he followed that occupation in Portland 
 and in Lewiston, Me., for several years. 
 After his marriage he moved to the homestead 
 in Gray, where he engaged in farming until 
 1862; and in September of that year" he en- 
 listed as a corporal in Company C, Twenty- 
 fifth Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, under 
 Colonel Fessenden, for service in the Civil 
 War. His regiment did not take part in any 
 engagement, but was detailed to guard the 
 Long Bridge at Washington, and afterward to 
 do picket duty at Chantilly, near Centreville, 
 
 'Va. Corporal Lawrence was promoted to the 
 rank of Sergeant ; and he received his discharge 
 in Portland, July 10, 1863, after which he re- 
 turned to Gray, and resumed farming. He has 
 improved his property to a considerable extent, 
 having at the present time one of the best 
 farms in town. He makes a specialty of cul- 
 tivating grain and hay, but has devoted some 
 attention to stock-raising. He has applied 
 
 ■ himself diligently to his occupation, and his 
 prosperity is due to energy and perseverance 
 and good management. He is a Republican 
 in politics, but takes no active part in public 
 affairs beyond casting his vote. He is a com- 
 
 rade of George F. Shepley Post, No. 78, 
 Grand .^rmy of the Republic, of Gray. 
 
 In 1848 Mr. Lawrence was married to 
 Amanda M. Whitney, who was born in the 
 town of Cumberland, November 2, 1824. Her 
 father, Perez Whitney, who was a shoemaker 
 by trade, formerly resided in the eastern part 
 of Maine, but moved to Cumberland, where he 
 passed the rest of his life. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Lawrence have had eleven children, as fol- 
 lows: Charles H., wh^o married Elizabeth 
 Knight, 'of Gray, and now resides in Cumber- 
 land, Me.; Flelen M. , who lives at the 
 parental home; Cora Etta, who married Fred 
 Adams, and resides at Cumberland Centre; 
 Walter Scott, who has passed from earth ; 
 Harry L. , who married Ada Mountfort, of 
 Cumberland, and resides in West Gray, where 
 he carries on the business of a stone-cutter, 
 and marble-worker; Alice M., also departed; 
 Herman H., who assists his father on the 
 farrn ; and four others who died in infancy. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence are members of the 
 Universalist parish at Gray Corner. 
 
 I'APTAIN BENJAMIN J. WILLARD 
 is an old and esteemed resident of 
 Portland, who has followed the sea 
 for many years, and now is in busi- 
 ness as pilot and stevedore at 117 Commercial 
 Street. He was born at Salmon's Cove, Cape 
 Elizabeth, October 30, 1828, son of Samuel 
 and Elizabeth (Graffam) Willard. 
 
 The Willard family, it is said, settled in 
 Sussex, England, in the time of Edward III., 
 having come from Caen, Normandy, where 
 the name was called' Villard. A younger 
 branch settled later in the south-easterly part 
 of Kent, within a few miles -of the borders of 
 Sussex, and held an estate in the hundred of 
 Branchley and Horsmonden. There lived and 
 died the direct ancestor of Captain Willard, 
 Richard Willard, whose son. Major Simon 
 Willard, was the pioneer of the family in this 
 country. Richard Willard died' in February, 
 1616; and his third wife died in the same 
 month on the twenty-fifth day. Richard Wil- 
 lard was the father of ten children, seven of 
 whom survived him. His son Simon was born 
 in Horsmonden in 1605. 
 
BENJAMIN J. WILLARD. 
 
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 " The Willard Memoir," by Joseph Willard, 
 Esq., contains an interesting description of 
 the village, given by a descendant of Simon in 
 the seventh generation, who visited the place 
 in 1850. The church, which is two miles dis- 
 tant from the village, and quite on one side 
 of the parish, is a neat Gothic edifice of stone. 
 Its age is not known, but the style of the 
 architecture is that of five hundred years ago ; 
 and 'just at the entrance, in the floor of the 
 principal aisle, is a tablet to the dead, bearing 
 the date 1587. In this church Simon Willard 
 was baptized; and his American descendant 
 read with much interest in the parchment 
 register, in Old English characters, the record 
 of the baptism, which runs thus: "a.d. 1605. 
 The vijth day of April, Simon Willard, sonne 
 of Richard Willard, was christened. Edward 
 Alchine, Rector." Near the church is a 
 magnificent oak, of which the townspeople are 
 justly proud. The trunk is thirty feet in cir- 
 cumference at the base, and fully twenty feet 
 near the branches. This tree is known to be 
 fully three hundred years old, and is, un- 
 doubtedly, many years older. 
 
 From this quiet village, mantled with the 
 mellowing mists of bygone centuries, Simon 
 Willard, with his wife and family, started out 
 in the first part of the seventeenth century for 
 the almost unpeopled shores of the New World. 
 He landed in Boston in 1634, and soon estab- 
 lished a home in Cambridge, later locating in 
 Concord, of which town he was one of the 
 founders. He was a man of ample means, and 
 lived in some style, making use of the family 
 coat-of-arms, a copy of which is to be found in 
 the American Heraldic Historical Rooms; and 
 he was thirty-five years a member of the 
 General Court of the colony. Major Simon 
 Willard died in Charlestown, April 24, 1676, 
 in the seventy-second year of his age. 
 
 Samuel Willard, the father of Captain Ben- 
 jamin J., followed the sea for a livelihood. 
 He was for many years a fisherman, and died 
 at his post in his seventieth year, rupturing 
 a blood-vessel in his head while killing a hali- 
 but. He was the father of eleven children ; 
 namely, Samuel, William, Enoch, Benjamin 
 J., Charles, Henry, James, Mary, Elizabeth, 
 Charity, and Susan. Mary is yet living, in 
 her eighty-third year. 
 
 Benjamin J. Willard received his education 
 in the' public schools of his native place. 
 When a boy, he began to take part in the 
 fishing business carried on by his father, and, 
 when he reached his majority, went to sea with 
 his brother, with whom he was associated two 
 years. He then became master of the schooner 
 " Jerome " plying between Portland and Phila- 
 delphia, and in 1853 settled in Portland as pilot 
 and stevedore. Captain Willard has a good 
 memory, and relates in an inimitable manner 
 many interesting incidents which have come 
 under his personal observation. He tells how, 
 in 1826 or 1827, the first hard coal was 
 brought from Philadelphia to Portland by 
 Captain John Wait, stored in a hogshead 
 lashed on the quarter-deck of his vessel. He 
 brought also an open-grate stove in which to 
 burn it ; and, when he was ready to start the 
 fire, the neighbors from far and near gathered 
 to see the "rocks" burn. The next year he 
 brought several stoves for his neighbors and 
 sixty tons of coal. In 1853, when Captain 
 Willard began to discharge coal at the Port- 
 land wharves, only eleven thousand tons came 
 to the city; and in 1894 nearly seven hundred 
 thousand tons were discharged at the wharves. 
 As a pilot. Captain Willard has taken personal 
 part in events of historic moment. He guided 
 the ship "Hero" in i860, when she came to 
 Portland for the Prince of Wales and suite; 
 and he piloted the steamship "Monarch " into 
 Portland Harbor in 1870, when that vessel 
 brought the remains of George Peabody, the 
 great benefactor of American education. 
 Space failing here to relate all that might be 
 written of Captain Willard, the reader is re- 
 ferred to an interesting autobiographical work 
 which the Captain himself has recently com- 
 pleted, entitled "The Life History and Ad- 
 ventures of Captain B. J. Willard." 
 
 Captain Willard has been twice married. 
 His first wife was Lois.Goold, his second 
 Henrietta Gardiner, both now deceased. He 
 has no children by either union. 
 
 In politics Captain Willard is a Republican. 
 He has resided in Portland for forty-two years, 
 and is well known and highly esteemed among 
 the old residents and very popular with the 
 younger generation. He also has a cottage 
 on Peak's Island, that beautiful summer resort. 
 
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 where he enjoys his hours of well-earned 
 leisure. 
 
 rf;)1l"ARLAN M. RAYMOND, a repre- 
 sentative business man of Westbrook, 
 Me., who is developing one of the 
 best residential portions of the city, 
 was born in Charlestown, Mass., February 5, 
 1842, son of Samuel T. and Elizabeth (An- 
 drews) Raymond. His paternal grandfather, 
 John T. Raymond, was a native of Lyman, 
 York County, Me. He was a farmer by occu- 
 pation, and passed his whole life in Lyman. 
 Politically, he was an old-time Democrat ; and. 
 in religious belief he was a Congregationalist. 
 He married, and reared five children, all of 
 whom have passed from the scenes of earth. 
 
 Samuel T. Raymond was born in Lyman, 
 Me., and there grew to manhood. At nine- 
 teen years of age he left home, and found em- 
 ployment in a brickyard in Boston, but soon 
 became a clerk in a grocery store in Charles- 
 town, Mass., working wjth one employer five 
 years. The next five years he was there en- 
 gaged in the grocery business for himself. 
 Returning then to Maine, he bought the farm 
 on which his son, Harlan M., now lives. 
 Three or four years after making this purchase 
 Samuel T. Raymond engaged in the grocery 
 business as successor to Benjamin Harris' at 
 Cumberland Mills, and for four or five years 
 successfully managed both the store and his 
 share of the farm. He then became associated 
 with George and Lewis P.' Warren and Joseph 
 Walker in the grain trade in Saccarappa (now 
 Westbrook) ; but about five years later he dis- 
 posed of his interest in that business, and, 
 purchasing his brother's share in the farm, he 
 devoted the rest of his life to agriculture. He 
 was an enterprising man, always on the alert 
 for profitable investments. During the war 
 he furnishe4 large quantities of beef for the 
 army, killing on an average one hundred^ ani- 
 mals per week; and he built a number of 
 Cumberland Mills to rent. Politi- 
 favored the Democratic party. He 
 advanced in Masonry, belonging to 
 Commandery, Knights Templars, 
 Portland. He died in 1876, at the 
 
 houses in 
 cally, he 
 was well 
 Portland 
 No. 9, of 
 
 age of sixty-two. His wife, formerly Eliza- 
 
 beth Andrews, of Charlestown, Mass., died 
 April 20, 1892. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel T. 
 Raymond attended the Congregational church 
 in Westbrook. Three children were born to 
 them, two of whom are living: Harlan M., 
 the subject of this sketch; and Addie M., 
 wife of H. W. Gage, of Portland, Me. 
 
 Harlan M. Raymond received his early 
 education in the sch'ools of Westbrook, and 
 afterward took a two years' course at Gorham 
 Academy and one year at Fryeburg, Me. He 
 worked for a while on the Raymond farm, and 
 managed a milk route between Westbrook and 
 Portland for thrpe years. Then, entering the 
 establishment of J. Winslow Jones, of West- 
 brook, he learned to make cans for putting up 
 corn and other garden products; and, when his 
 term of apprenticeship was completed, he be- 
 came a regular employee, retaining his connec- 
 tion with the concern some eight years. At 
 the end of that time he entered the employ of 
 the Portland Packing Company of Westbrook, 
 with whom also he remained eight years. After 
 the death of his father he took charge of the 
 home farm; and in the fail of that year he 
 again renewed his connection with the Port- 
 land Packing Company, acting as superintend- 
 ent for four years, and at the same time raising 
 quantities of hay and sweet corn on his farm. 
 
 A Democrat like his father, Mr. Raymond 
 was esteemed by members of both parties; 
 and in September, 1884, he was appointed Post- 
 master at Cumberland Mills. Closing up his 
 other business, he gave hi? whole attention to 
 the duties of his office till April, 1889, when 
 he returned to his farm. His property origi- 
 nally comprised one hundred acres; but he has 
 cut it up into house lots, some of which he has 
 sold, and has made several new streets, includ- 
 ing State, Raymond, and Pearl Streets and 
 Warren Avenue. He has reserved about forty 
 acres of intervale and twenty acres of pasture 
 land. 
 
 In April, 1865, Mr. Raymond was united 
 in marriage with Hattie Swan, daughter of 
 Philip and Abbie Swan, of Brownfield, Me. 
 Mrs. Raymond's paternal grandfather, Will- 
 iam Swan, who was a native of Bethel, Me., 
 was a Drum-major in the Revolutionary army. 
 Eight children have brightened the wedded life 
 of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond, seven of whom are 
 
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 ■living: King, who is in the drug business at 
 Westbrook ; S. J., in the Warren Mills in this 
 city; and William W. , Frank E. , Herbert, 
 Richard G., and Minnie, all yet with their 
 parents, the three last named attending school. 
 Mr. Raymond belongs to a number of fra- 
 ternal organizations, including Temple Lodge, 
 A. F. & A. M., No. 86; Eagle Chapter, 
 Royal Arch Masons, of Westbrook; St. Albans 
 Cemmandery, Knights Templars, No. 8, of 
 Portland, Me. ; Pequacket Tribe, No. 16, of 
 Red Men, of Westbrook ; and Westbrook Com- 
 mandery, No. 289, of the Order of the Golden 
 Cross. With his wife and family he attends 
 the Universalist church. 
 
 ^f'^lYpVARESHA S. SPEAR, a prominent 
 bz I =y business man of Standish, Me., 
 
 J el|lj I was born in this town September 
 — ' 10, 1856. He is a son of Eli A. 
 Spear, who after many years of industrial 
 activity is now living in retirement. 
 
 Mr. Spear's grandfather, William Spear, fol- 
 lowed his trade of a cabinet-maker in Standish 
 a large part of his life, and in addition owned 
 a farm, which he managed successfully. He 
 worked hard at his trade, having little machin- 
 ery to help him. Among other things then 
 made by hand were coffins, which were made 
 to order after the death of a person. William 
 Spear made the first hearse used in this vicin- 
 ity, building it on a dead axle. He married 
 Rebecca Ayer; and of their six children five 
 are now living, namely: Eli A. ; Louisa, wife 
 of Isaac T. Boothby, of this town, who has 
 three children— Cyrus, Sarah L., and Frank 
 M. ; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Gardner, who first 
 married'William Lee, by whom she had two 
 children — George and Fredepick ; Frank, 
 whose wife, Sarah Fabyan, of Portland, died, 
 leaving five children— George, William, Mary 
 Ellen, Lizzie, and Benjamin; and Marilla, 
 now Mrs. William Dyer, whose first husband, 
 A. Files, died, leaving her four children, 
 two of whom are living— Hattie and Lizzie. 
 
 Eli A. Spear engaged in agricultural labors 
 during his earlier years in Standish, but sub- 
 sequently went into the grocery business at 
 North Buxton, continuing about seven years. 
 Oh moving back to his farm in this town, he 
 
 established himself in the undertaking busi- 
 ness, which he carried on successfully until 
 1879, when he sold out to his son Maresha, 
 with whom he now makes his home. In poli- 
 tics he has ever supported the Republican 
 ticket. To him and his wife, Mary Ann 
 Hamlin, daughter of Jacob Hamlin, of Buxton, 
 nine children were born, eight of whom are 
 living, named as follows: Etta, Augustus, 
 Anna, Ella, James F., Willard W., Maresha 
 S. , and Lizzie. Etta Spear, the eldest, has 
 been three times married, and is now a widow. 
 By her first husband, Darius Flood, she had 
 two children, Annie and Emma; and by her 
 third, John Ma^'o, she has three children — 
 Sadie, Preston, and George. Augustus A. 
 married Sarah Plodgdon, of Ossipee, N.H. ; 
 and they have one child, Lena. Anna, wife 
 of Andrew Palmer, of Buxton, has two chil- 
 dren — George and Clara. Ella, wife of 
 Alvin E. Fuller, of Steep Falls, has four ' 
 children — Charles W., William, Jennie, and 
 Edwinna. James F. married Marion Bond, of 
 Standish, and has four children — Fred B. , 
 Charles I., Roy, and Risper. Willard W. 
 married Laura Allen, of Westbrook; and they 
 have four children — Ola, Carroll, Hattie, and 
 Vernie. Lizzie, wife of B. M. Jenness, of 
 Springvale, Me., has one child, Delbert Jen- 
 ness. The mother, who died in 1873, was an 
 active member of the Methodist church, to 
 which her husband belongs. 
 
 Maresha S. Spear was brought up and edu- 
 cated in Standish; and, after leaving school, 
 he began working for his father. Intelligent, 
 diligent, and ambitious, in a few years he be- 
 came competent to take entire charge of both 
 the farm and the undertaking business, which 
 he bought of his father in 1879, and has since 
 conducted. With characteristic enterprise, in 
 1886 he built his present store, and besides 
 his former business took up carriage painting. 
 Succeeding well in his new venture, Mr. Spear 
 the next year added furniture to his stock in 
 trade, and has since put in an assortment of 
 crockery, carpets, wall paper, and other goods 
 kept in a general house-furnishing store, his 
 establishment being well patronized. Mr. 
 Spear is a member of the Methodist church of 
 North Buxton, and politically is a stanch 
 Republican. He is a member of Saco Valley 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Lodge, No. 43, Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows, of West Buxton. 
 
 On February ig, 1881, Mr. Spear was 
 united in marriage with Lydia O. Hamlin, 
 daughter of Cotton Hamlin, of this place. 
 They have two childl^en: Arthur G., born 
 March 23, 1883; and Walter M., born May 
 23, 1886. 
 
 /®Yo 
 
 EORGE SMITH ROWELL, A.M., 
 \ [5I editor and manager of the Portland 
 Daily Advertiser, through which he 
 has become widely known as a man of superior 
 ability and worth, was born in the town of 
 Hallowell, Me., on March 12, 1846, son of 
 Eliphalet and Ellen (Smith) Rowell. 
 
 Members of the Rowell family appear to 
 have been among the early settlers of Essex 
 County, Massachusetts, the records showing 
 that Thomas Rowell received a grant of land 
 in Salisbury in 1639. Some of this name 
 were among the pioneers of New Hampshire, 
 whence later on certain of the descendants re- 
 moved to Maine, Abijah Rowell, the grand- 
 father of George Smith Rowell, being one of 
 the first to settle in Livermore, Androscoggin 
 C&unty, where he became a successful agri- 
 culturist. He married Miss Sophia Warren, 
 a lineal descendant of the family of which 
 General Joseph Warren, of Ikmker Hill fame, 
 was a distinguished representative. Both Mr. 
 and Mrs. Abijah Rowell lived to an advanced 
 age, his death occurring in his ninetieth year, 
 and that of his wife when she was ninety-seven 
 years old. 
 
 Their son, Eliphalet Rowell, was born at 
 Livermore in May, 1822. He learned the 
 trade of a printer at Brunswick, Me., and then 
 went to Hallowell, where he began the pub- 
 lication of the Hallowell Gazette, an old es- 
 tablished weekly, prior to the Fremont cam- 
 paign an advocate of Whig principles, and 
 later one of the leading Republican papers of 
 Kennebec County. He continued to publish 
 the Gazette for a quarter of a century, a por- 
 tion of which time it was under the manage- 
 ment of his son; for at the opening of the 
 Civil War he was appointed by President 
 Lincoln asJBaymaster in the army, and served 
 in that capacity until the close of the Rebell- 
 
 ion. After his return to Hallowell, Eliphalet 
 Rowell received an appointment as Postmaster 
 under President Johnson, and by reappoint- 
 ments remained in that position for twelve 
 years. For several years he has been Manager 
 and Treasurer of the Maine Industrial School 
 for Girls at Hallowell, Me. He is President 
 of the Hallowell Savings Bank, Judge of the 
 Municipal Cpurts at that place, and has also 
 served a number of terms in the State legisla- 
 ture. Fraternally, he is a member of John 
 Hubbard Post, Grand Army of "the Republic, 
 of Hallowell, in which he holds the office of 
 Post Commander; and Rowell Camp, Sons of 
 Veterans, was named in his honor. His wife, 
 whose maiden name was Ellen Smith, was a 
 daughter of Samuel Smith, a sea captain. 
 Eight children were the fruit of their union, 
 although but two now survive, namely: George 
 Smith Rowell, the eldest child; and William 
 W. Rowell, who is now living in Minneapolis, 
 Minn., but was formerly business manager of 
 the Auburn Gazette. Both parents are active 
 and influential members of the Baptist church. 
 George Smith Rowell acquired his early ed- 
 ucation in the common schools of Hallowell, 
 completing his course of study in the high 
 school. As a boy, he learned the trade of a 
 printer, after which he became an associate 
 editor of the Hallowell Gazette, conducting the 
 paper during his father's absence in the war 
 until his owp enlistment in the Twenty-ninth 
 Maine Regiment. In 1865 he entered Colby 
 University in the class of 1869, and took the 
 first two years of the course, after which he 
 accepted a position as associate editor of the 
 Aroostook Pioneer at Presque Isle, Me., con- 
 tinuing with that paper a little over a year. 
 The Aroostook Pioneer then removed its office 
 to Houlton, Me. ; and he purchased an interest 
 in its rival, the Presque Isle Sunrise. This 
 paper, during his connection with it, was, so 
 far as is known to him, the first to put forth 
 the name of General Ulysses S.' Grant for the 
 Presidency. In 1868 Mr. Rowell came to 
 Portland, where until 1873 he filled the posi- 
 tion first of foreman, and later of business 
 manager of the ^^wr/^Vf^. He then returned 
 to Presque Isle, and for two years was engaged 
 in the apothecary business, when he again en- 
 tered the office of the Portland Daily Adver- 
 
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 tiser as business manager, and held that posi- 
 tion continuously until the death of H. W. 
 Richardson in 1889, since which time he has" 
 been the managing editor, the paper being 
 owned by an incorporated company. The State 
 Publishing Association, he holding the con- 
 trolling stock. It is the leading daily even- 
 ing paper of Portland. 
 
 On April 17, 1871, Mr. Rowell was joined 
 in marriage with Miss Lydia E. Gallagher, a 
 daughter of Michael Gallagher, of Presque 
 Isle. Among the numerous fraternal organi- 
 zations, both at Presque Isle and Portland, of 
 which Mr. Rowell is a member, are the fol- 
 lowing: Grand Army of the Republic; Trinity 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Presque Isle, of 
 which he is Past Master; and Mount Vernon 
 Chapter, in which he holds the office of 
 Scribe; the Portland Commandery; Yates 
 Lodge of Perfection; Portland Council, 
 Princes of Jerusalem; Dunlap Chapter of 
 Rose Croix; and Maine Consistory, he having 
 taken the thirty-second degree in the Ancient 
 and Accepted Scottish Rite. He is also con- 
 nected with the Portland Athletic Club, was 
 the first President of Portland Press Club, and 
 is now serving his second term as President of 
 the Maine Press Association, before which he 
 has been called upon to deliver addresses; and 
 he is also a member of the Fraternity Club 
 and the leading literary club of the city. In 
 1872 Colby University, Waterville, Me., con- 
 ferred upon him, out of course, the honorary 
 degree of A.M. 
 
 WILLARD W( 
 MAN, Princi 
 in Gorham, 
 
 WOODBURY WOOD- 
 rincipal of the high school 
 Cumberland County, 
 Me., was born in Hebron, in the adjoining 
 county of Oxford, January 18, 1865, son of 
 Mellen and Edith O. (Bearce) Woodman. 
 Mr. Woodman is a direct descendant, in the 
 ninth generation, of Edward Woodman, who 
 emigrated from England to America on board 
 the ship "James" in April, 1635, and settling 
 at Newbury, Mass., was for a long series of 
 years one of the leading men of the town. 
 From him the line of descent continues di- 
 rectly from father to son, as follows: Edward, 
 son of Edward, the original ancestor in Amer- 
 
 ica, to Archelaus, and from him through 
 Joshua, John, and John, second, to Isaiah 
 Woodman, Mr. Willard W. Woodman's grand- 
 father. 
 
 Isaiah Woodman was born in Minot, An- 
 droscoggin County, Me., and followed farm- 
 ing with good results in that town for many 
 years. He was a man who possessed intellect- 
 ual and moral qualifications which fitted him 
 to take a prominent part in public affairs. 
 He was a member of the Board of Selectmen 
 of Minot for several years, also serving one 
 term in the legislature as a representative 
 from that town. He later moved to Auburn, 
 Me., where his ability was once more called 
 into public use; and he was again elected a 
 representative to the legislature. He reared 
 a- family of five children, of whom Mellen was 
 the third. 
 
 Mellen Woodman was born in Minot, and 
 in his boyhood attended the common schools 
 of that town. He engaged in agriculture at 
 an early age, and made his home in Minot for 
 some time after his marriage, but is now re- 
 siding in Auburn. He is an energetic, indus- 
 trious, and thoroughly practical farmer, fully 
 alive to all modern improvements and progres- 
 sive ideas, and successful in the application of 
 his knowledge to his every-day work. He was 
 once elected a Selectman in the town of 
 Minot, but is not fond of office-holding, and' 
 has repeatedly refused public positions offered 
 him. He has ever been highly esteemed for 
 his straightforward course in life and his 
 many excellent traits of character. In his 
 religious views he is a Universalist. He 
 married Edith O. Bearce, daughter of Asa 
 Bearce, of Minot; and they reared a family of 
 six children, as follows: Willard Woodbury, 
 Laura O., Fred B., Arthur M., Grace M., and 
 John. 
 
 Willard Woodbury Woodman commenced 
 his education in the common schools of Minot, 
 later pursuing a course of study at Hebron 
 Academy, and then entering the Auburn High 
 School, from which he was graduated in 1883. 
 Possessing in a marked degree a taste and 
 faculty for learning, he was ambitious to ac- 
 quire a knowledge of the higher branches, with 
 the view of becoming a teacher of advanced 
 classes. He accordingly taught school in 
 
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 Minot for one year; and then, in order to 
 thoroughly perfect himself for the work, in the 
 autumn of 1884 he entered Bowdoin College, 
 from which he was graduated with the degree 
 of A.B. in 1888, three years later being 
 honored by his Alma Mater with the degree 
 of A.M. It is worthy of note that Mr. Wood- 
 man took. an important part in the Commence- 
 • ment exercises at the close of his Senior year, 
 his attainments during his four years' course 
 entitling him to this honor. 
 
 After his graduation he accepted a position 
 as instructor in Latin at Thayer Academy in 
 South Braintree, Mass., where he remained for 
 one year; and in the fall of 1889 he became 
 Principal of the Gorham High School. Well 
 fitted for his work, both by natural ability 
 and scholarly acquirements, by the power of 
 persistent endeavor he has met with signal 
 success in his calling. His advanced methods 
 of instruction are of a kind that foster the 
 mental activity of his pupils, who, being led 
 to think for. themselves, thoroughly understand 
 what they learn, and are strengthened in the 
 habit of self-reliance. Mr. Woodman is a 
 member of the Alpha Delta Phi and the Phi 
 Beta Kappa Societies, and was during his col- 
 legiate course one of the editors of the Bugle, 
 a class publication, and also one of the edi- 
 tors of the Bowdoin Orient, the organ of that 
 college. 
 
 Mr. Woodman was united in marriage with 
 Alice L. Paine, daughter of Phineas I. Paine, 
 of Gorham, on June 30, 1891, and by this 
 union has two sons — Willard Paine Woodman 
 and, Karl Ayer Woodman. Mr. Woodman is 
 of the liberal type in religion, and belongs to 
 the Unitarian church. 
 
 rri. 1ELVILLE W. CRESSEY, an 
 energetic and enterprising agri- 
 culturist of Gorham, Me., was 
 born in this town, February 2, 
 1867. Gorham was also the place of nativity 
 of his father, William W. Cressey, of his 
 grandfather, Joseph Cressey, second, and of 
 his great-grandfather, Joseph Cressey, first, 
 son of John Cressey, who came here from 
 Connecticut. Joseph Cressey, first, was born 
 in Gorham in 1,753. He was a private in 
 
 Captain Williams's company, and marched to 
 Cambridge with Colonel Phinney's regiment 
 in 1775, and; subsequently to Ticonderoga. 
 He married Hannah Ashley, of Connecticut, 
 by whom he had seven children, five sons and 
 two daughters. He is spoken of as a great 
 man for stock in those early days, and it is 
 said that at the time of his death he had over 
 one hundred cows rented out in the adjoining 
 towns. 
 
 Joseph Cressey, second, son of Joseph, first, 
 wa!s born March 14, 1788, He was twice 
 married, and by his first wife, Sarah Watts, 
 whom he wedded in January 21, 1817, had six 
 children, namely: Charles H., born November 
 21, 18 17; Joseph, third, October 30, 1820; 
 Emily, December 23, 1824; William W., 
 born October i, 1828; Mary E., October 29, 
 183s; Edward K., March 12, 1838. Only 
 one of these children is now living, Joseph 
 Cressey, third,' of Newfield, Me. ^By his 
 second wife, Sarah J. Harding, of Baldwin, 
 this State, grandfather Cressey had two chil- 
 dren — John H. and Sarah Ellen. He was an 
 extensive landholder, having a farm of two 
 hundred and fifty acres, from which be cleared 
 a good homestead. He kept a sort of tavern, 
 putting up a great many ox-teams and their 
 drivers in the days when the freight was car- 
 ried over the common roads. He was a Re- 
 publican in politics; and, religiously, he and 
 his family were Congregationalists. He was 
 among the men of prominence in this locality, 
 and for many years served as Town Collector. 
 
 William W. Cressey spent his entire life in 
 Gorham, where he was numbered among the 
 progressive and prosperous agriculturists, 
 being one of the first to engage in breeding 
 Jersey cattle. He was a member of Harmony 
 Lodge, No. 39, A. F. & A. M., of Gorham"; 
 and of the Patrcps of Husbandry of this place. 
 He died May 2, 1892. He was married on 
 January 26, 1854, to Miss Ellen F., daugbter.;» 
 of Robert Rounds, of Gorham; and three chil- 
 dren were born in their pleasant home, two of 
 whom are now living — Charles R. and Mel-, 
 ville W. 
 
 Charles R. Cressey, born December f, 1854, 
 received his early education in the schools of 
 Gorham. When quite young, he displayed a 
 taste for music; and, to cultivate his powers in 
 
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 this direction, he was placed under the instruc- 
 tion of Mr. George Marston, of Portland, Me. 
 While pursuing his studies, he was organist 
 at the Congregational church in Gorham for 
 about eight years. After completing his 
 musical course, he occupied a similar position 
 in the Free Street Church in Portland; and 
 he is now organist in the Warren Church at 
 -Westbrook. In 1885 he embarked in" business 
 for himself, opening a music store in the city 
 of Portland. This he conducted for a time 
 alone; but, the trade having rapidly increased, 
 he has since taken two partners, the firm name 
 being Cressey, Jones & Allen. Mr. Charles 
 R. Cressey married Annie C. Johnson, daugh- 
 ter of Thomas Johnson, of Gorham ; and they 
 are the parents of three children — Helen H., 
 William R., and George F. Both he and his 
 wife are members of the Second Parish Con- 
 gregational Church of Portland. Socially, he 
 is identified with various organizations, being 
 a member of Dirigo Lodge, No. 21, Knights 
 of Pythias, of Gorham ; Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows of Portland; also the Red Men; 
 and the Knights of the Golden Eagle of Port- 
 land. 
 
 Melville W. Cressey obtained a good com- 
 mon-school education, and, when but a lad, be- 
 came familiar with farm work. Following in 
 the footsteps of his progenitors, he became a 
 farmer by choice rather than necessity, and 
 has since continued in his peaceful and profit- 
 able occupation on the old homestead. Al- 
 though a general farmer, Mr. Cressey pays es- 
 pecial attention to dairying, having about 
 thirty grade and full-blood Jerseys, from 
 which he makes large quantities of excellent 
 butter. This he disposes of in Portland, hav- 
 ing regular customers who pay him the high- 
 est market price. 
 
 Mr. Melville W. Cressey and Miss Sarah J. 
 Fifield, daughter of James J. Fifield, of this 
 town, were married on December 8, 1890. 
 The only child of their union, Dwight Sturgis 
 ?Cressey, was born February 25, 1891, and 
 ^'ied August 30, 1893. Mr. Cressey, po- 
 litically, is identified with the Republican 
 party. Religiously, he attends the Congrega- 
 tional church, of which his wife is a member. 
 Socially, he belongs to Harmony Lodge, No. 
 39, A. F. & A. M., of Gorham; to the Gor- 
 
 ham Lodge, No. 98, Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows; and to the Patrons of Hus- 
 bandry of this place. 
 
 TT^HARLES S. CHASE, wholesale dealer 
 I Vx in lime, cement, and' belting material, 
 ^Hs 5 Canal Wharf, Portland, was born 
 
 in Portland, November 6, 1845. 
 His parents were Sewall C. and Mary (Trow- 
 bridge) Chase; and his paternal grandfather 
 was Timothy Chase, who was a mason by 
 trade. 
 
 Sewall C. Chase was a contractor and 
 builder. He erected in 185 1 the first brick 
 building on Commercial Street; and it was he 
 who built the Preble House, the City Build- 
 ing, and the Grand Trunk depot. For many 
 years he was associated with his brother Ed- 
 ward P., who is yet living, now retired from- 
 active work; and together they built most of 
 the brick buildings in Portland, including the- 
 Thomas Block, the Gait Block, the rolling- 
 mill, the Portland Kerosene Oil Works, the 
 Glass House, and the shovel factory. Sewall 
 C. Chase took an active part in public affairs, 
 serving several terms on the Common Council 
 of Portland and on the Board of Aldermen, 
 and was elected to the State legislature from 
 Portland on the Republican ticket. He died 
 in 1875. His wife was the daughter of Major 
 Trowbridge, a gallant soldier of the War of 
 1812. She died in 1887. Five children were 
 born to Mr. and Mrs. Sewall C. Chase, 
 namely: William Porter, who died in Ha- 
 vanna, Cuba, in 1867, leaving a widow and 
 one child; Francis E. ; Lois A., who mar- 
 ried Charles B. Bailey, and resides in Wash- 
 ington, D.C.; Etta M., who married E. C. 
 Goodhue, and lives in Danville, Canada; and 
 Charles S., our subject. 
 
 Charles S. Chase attended the public schools 
 and the high school of Portland, and was one 
 of the first six scholars who attended Bryant & 
 Stratton's Commercial College of Portland. 
 After leaving school, he worked in his father's 
 office four years, and in 1870 became estab- 
 lished in business in the building which he 
 now occupies, as a member of the new firm of 
 C. A. B. Morse & Co., succeeding the firm of 
 Beale & Morse. In 1884 Mr. Chase pur- 
 
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 chased Mr. Morse's interest, and since that 
 time has been sole proprietor of the enter- 
 prise. He has an extensive trade in Maine, 
 New Hampshire, and Vermont, and has pros- 
 pered to a remarkable degree, his promptness 
 in meeting the depiands of customers, and his 
 ability in the management of his business, 
 insuring quick and profitable returns for his 
 investments. 
 
 Mr. Chase married Louise K. Sawyier, 
 daughter of Moses K. and Caroline (Kimball) 
 Sawyier, and cousin of the late Charles Carle- 
 ton Coffin, the famous war correspondent of 
 the Boston Journal during the Southern Re- 
 bellion. Mr. and Mrs. Chase have one child, 
 Alice Sawyier Chase. In politics Mr. Chase 
 is a Republican. He is not an aspirant for 
 office. In religious belief he is a Congrega- 
 tionalist, attending with his wife and family 
 the church on High Street. He has a con^ 
 venient residence and pleasant home at 1 1 
 Carleton Street. 
 
 TT^HARLES EDWARD GOOLD, a 
 I 7| prosperous market gardener of Deer- 
 ^ ^ ^ ing, was born in Westbrook, Me., 
 August 26, 1842, son of Smith Cobb 
 and Catherine (Starbird) Goold. He comes 
 of an old Maine family, his grandfather, 
 Joseph Goold, being a native of Kittery. His 
 father. Smith Cobb Goold, was born in Port- 
 land, Me., December 14, 1818, and received 
 his education in the common schools of that 
 city. He learned the shoemaker's trade with 
 J. & C. J. Barber, of Portland, and, after 
 working at it for a few years, settled on the 
 farm which had belonged to his father, which 
 fronted on what is now Brighton Street, Deer- 
 ing, and included the estate owned by his 
 son, Charles Edward Goold. There he spent 
 the rest of his life, profitably engaged in farm- 
 ing. On November 30, 1841, he was married 
 to Catherine, daughter of Levi and Nancy 
 (Pennel) Starbird, of Westbrook, and three 
 children were born to them: Charles Edward, 
 the subject of this sketch; Annie Louisa, wife 
 of Edward K. Chapman, of South Portland, 
 Mc. ; and Henry Pennel Starbird Goold, who 
 is in the drug business in Portland. Both 
 attended the Universalist church. Smith 
 
 Cobb Goold died July 31, 1894, aged seventy- 
 five years. His wife is still living. 
 
 Charles Edward Goold received a good edu- 
 cation in the common schools of his native 
 town and at Westbrook Seminary. Succeed- 
 ing his father as manager of the homestead' 
 farm, he engaged in market gardening; and, 
 being a man of more than average intelli- 
 ■gence, with the faculty of turning everything 
 to the best account, he has been very success- 
 ful. He employs several men, and raises 
 large quantities of produce, which find ready 
 sale in the Portland markets. 
 
 Mr. Goold was married in 1882 to' Ada 
 Louisa, daughter of James S. and Comfort 
 Whitehouse (Jackson) Knowles, of Deering. 
 Mrs. Goold died April 10, 1891, leaving one 
 daughter, Heiirietta Knowles. 
 
 Mr. Goold was elected Alderman from 
 Ward 7, on the Republican ticket in 1894, 
 and served capably on the Committees on 
 Streets, Sidewalks and Bridges, Lights and 
 Water, Printing, and New Streets. He takes 
 an active interest in public affairs, and the 
 soundness of his views on all matters of 
 public policy has won for him general respect. 
 With his daughter be attends the Universalist 
 church, of which his wife was also an at- 
 tendant. 
 
 ON. HENRY B. CLEAVES, the 
 present Governor of Maine, was born 
 in Bridgton, Me. His father, 
 Thomas Cleaves, also a native of 
 Bridgton, was a man of great energy and dis- 
 tinguished for the strictest integrity. His 
 mother, Sophia Bradstreet Cleaves, a woman 
 of high worth, was the daughter of Daniel 
 Bradstreet, who came from Rowley, Mass., 
 and settled in Bridgton in the early days. 
 The family circle included five children — 
 Robert A., Nathan, Thomas P., Henry B., ' 
 and Mary S. Cleaves. The last-named is now 
 the wife of William W. Mason. Judg-e 
 Nathan Cleaves, the senior member of the 
 law firm of Nathan and Henry B. Cleaves, 
 died September 5, 1892. A resident of Port-" 
 land for more than thirty years, he wjis closely 
 identified with the best interests of this city. 
 He was graduated from.Bowdoin College in 
 
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 1858, attained eminence in his profession as 
 a lawyer, occupied many positions of honor 
 and public trust, was held in the highest es- 
 teem, and the sense of the loss caused by his 
 death was generally felt throughout the State. 
 Governor Cleaves was educated in the com- 
 mon schools of his native town and at the 
 academies of Bridgton and Lewiston Falls. 
 In the summer of 1862 he enlisted as a private 
 soldier in Company B, Twenty-third Maine 
 Volunteers, under Colonel William Wirt 
 Virgin, late a Justice of the Supreme Court 
 of the State of Maine. Having served out the 
 term of his enlistment at Poolsville on the 
 Potomac and at Harper's Ferry, during which 
 period he was promoted to the rank of Orderly 
 Sergeant, he was discharged when the regi- 
 ment was mustered out. However, influenced 
 by his patriotism, he immediately re-enlisted 
 for three years under General Francis Fessen- 
 den, a son of the Hon. William Pitt Fessen- 
 den, who was recruiting a veteran regiment 
 for active service in the Department of the 
 Gulf. Young Cleaves was appointed First 
 Lieutenant of Company F. On one occasion 
 in the course of the service, when the officers of 
 Company E had been either killed or disabled 
 in action, he acted as Captain. A portion of 
 his time was served in the Department of the 
 Gulf, where he participated in various engage- 
 ments under General Banks on the Red River 
 expedition, at Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, Cane 
 - River Crossing, and other places. After the 
 close of the campaign in Louisiana the regi- 
 ment was ordered to Virginia; and Lieutenant 
 Cleaves served during the remainder of the 
 war in the Army of the Potomac; and with 
 General Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley. 
 When the war ended, he was offered a commis- 
 sion in the regular army by Secretary of War 
 Stanton. Declining this, he returned to his 
 home in Bridgton, and was employed as a day 
 laborer in Perley & Styles's sash and blind 
 factory. While here, he studied law with such 
 assiduity that in September, 1868, he was ad- 
 mitted to the bar. After this he moved to 
 Portland, and formed a law partnership with 
 his brother, the late Judge Nathan Cleaves. 
 The. firm had a large and lucrative practice, 
 and was extensively known throughout the 
 State and New England. Governor Cleaves 
 
 is a director in many of the business corpora- 
 tions of the State. He is a prominent mem- 
 ber of the Grand Army and the Marine State 
 Veteran Association. In the practice of his 
 profession and in matters of charity he has 
 always shown a great friendship for the old 
 soldier. His successful defence of William 
 T. Best, a disabled veteran, in the extradition 
 proceedings brought against him by the Prov- 
 ince of New Brunswick, will be readily re- 
 called, as it excited great interest at the time. 
 
 Governor Cleaves, who has always been 
 a Republican, cast his first vote in a national 
 election for Abraham Lincoln, while still in 
 active service in Virginia in the fall of 1864. 
 He was a member of the legislature from Port- 
 land in 1876 and 1877, and served as Chair- 
 man of the Judiciary Committee. He was 
 elected City Solicitor of Portland in 1877, and 
 during his two years of office tried many impor- 
 tant cases for the city. He was elected Attor- 
 ney-General of Maine in 1880, and was twice 
 re-elected to this important office by the legis- 
 lature, serving five consecutive years. In this 
 period, besides trying some eighteen murder 
 cases, he prosecuted the important State tax 
 cases against the railroad and telegraph com- 
 panies to a successful termination, settling 
 conclusively the right of the State to levy a 
 franchise tax upon these corporations. Nomi- 
 nated for Governor at the Republican State 
 Convention held in Portland in June, 1892, he 
 was elected in September of the same year, 
 and inaugurated on January 5, 1893. His 
 nomination on this occasion without a dissent- 
 ing voice was unusual in the politics of Maine, 
 and evidenced his great popularity with the 
 people. His renomination by acclamation at 
 the large and enthusiastic convention held at 
 Lewiston, June- 5, 1894, was a deserved recog- 
 nition of the man and the citizen, of the faith- 
 ful and honest public officer, and of his able 
 administration of the affairs of the State during 
 his first term. At ehe September election in 
 1894 he was re-elected by nearly forty thou- 
 sand majority, the largest majority ever given 
 a Republican governor in Maine. 
 
 His inaugural addresses, which are models 
 of construction, and are such as only a scholar 
 and statesman can write, have elicited com- 
 mendation wherever noticed by the press. In 
 
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 the performance of his official duties he has 
 invariably guarded the interests of the State 
 with sedulous care. One of the leading papers 
 of Maine recently said: "To-day, throughout 
 the length and breadth of the good old State 
 of Maine, the name of Governor Cleaves is not 
 only known, but is also held in the highest 
 esteem. Political opponents even vie with 
 each other in paying tribute to his administra- 
 tive qualities, as well as to the goodness of his 
 great, big heart." 
 
 'LMON H. CRESSEY, a thriving agri- 
 culturist of Standish, was born in Gor- 
 ham, a few miles distant, on Septem- 
 ber 9, 1834, and is the worthy repre- 
 sentative of one of the original settlers of 
 Cumberland County, his great-grandfather, 
 John Cressey, having located here in early 
 times. 
 
 Joseph Cressey, son of John, was born, 
 reared, and spent his entire life in Gorham, 
 where he was prosperously engaged in cultivat- 
 ing the land, owning a large farm. His wife, 
 Hannah Ashley, of Connecticut, lived to the 
 venerable age of fourscore and eight years. 
 Noah Cressey, father of Aim on, was the 
 youngest child. 
 
 Noah Cressey was born in Gorham, July 28, 
 1798, and died in Standish, April 20, 1839. 
 In early life he was engaged in a mercantile 
 business in the place of his nativity, but after- 
 ward removed to Standish, where he continued 
 his former occupation for a short time. He 
 subsequently bought a farm here, and was 
 engaged in mixed husbandry until his death. 
 He was a Democrat in politics, differing in 
 his views from his father, who was a Whig. 
 Religiously, both he and his wife were mem- 
 bers of the Methodist church. He married 
 Hannah Watts, daughter of David and Mary 
 Watts, of Buxton, their union being solem- 
 nized January 21, 1817. Six children were 
 born to them, two of whom are living — George 
 F. and Almon H. George F., born May 24, 
 1829, married Harriet, daughter of Charles 
 Smith, of Scarboro, Me. 
 
 Almon H. Cressey finished his education at 
 the Standish Academy, and as soon as he was 
 out of school went to Buxton, where he was 
 
 employed for three years as a clerk in the 
 general store of J. Clay. He established him- 
 self in business on his own account in 1854, 
 manufacturing clothing for three years. De- 
 ciding to change his occupation, Mr. Cressey 
 then peddled Yankee notions throughout the 
 State of Maine, driving a team and having his 
 cart well stocked with articles useful to the 
 thrifty housewife. Some time later he became 
 agent for a lightning-rod company, and trav- 
 elled about the country selling rods for three 
 years. He then resumed the manufacture of 
 clothing, locating at first in Standish, but 
 later in Buxton. After five years of business 
 in Buxton Mr. Cressey purchased his brother's 
 interest in the old homestead property, which 
 he has since conducted with excellent results. 
 A man of great intelligence and ability, he has 
 ever taken a deep interest in the welfare and 
 advancement of his town, and for several years 
 served as Selectman, being first elected to the 
 office in 1877; and during the last six years of 
 his service he was Chairman of the Board. In 
 politics he affiliates with the Democratic party. 
 He is a prominent member of the Masonic fra- 
 ternity, belonging to Buxton Lodge, A. F. & 
 A. M., No. us, of Buxton. 
 
 On May 20, 1870, Mr. Cressey was united 
 in marriage with Abby M., daughter of George 
 W. Boothby, of Limington. Their only child, 
 Edwin B. Cressey, born July 30, 1871, mar- 
 ried Nettie O. Marean, daughter of William 
 Marean, of this town ; and they have one child, 
 Mildred L., born May 20, 1892. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Almon H. Cressey are liberal in their 
 religious views. 
 
 RANCIS EDWARD CHASE, in- 
 spector and acting Deputy Collector of 
 United States customs at Portland, was 
 born in this city, May 17, 1840, son of Sewall 
 C. and Mary A. H. (Trowbridge) Chase. His 
 family has for many years been well known in 
 this vicinity, his grandfather, Timothy Chase, 
 who was a mason and builder, having been 
 a respected resident of Yarmouth and Portland. 
 Sewall C. Chase lived in Portland for many 
 years, being a prominent contracting ma^son 
 and builder. A large number of the brick 
 buildings on Commercial and Middle Streets 
 
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 143 
 
 and many of the fine brick residences in Port- 
 land were built by him, and he was superin- 
 tendent of the City Building when that edifice 
 was erected. He was long associated in busi- 
 ness with his brother, Edward P. Chase, who 
 was one of the leading builders of the time. 
 In politics a Republican, Mr. Sewall C. Chase 
 was elected to the State legislature from the 
 city of Portland on the old Whig ticket, before 
 the party had changed its name, and served 
 his term with credit. In religious matters 
 also he took a prominent part, and was Deacon 
 in the High Street Congregational Church for 
 many years. He died on January 20, 1874. 
 His wife was a daughter of John Trowbridge, 
 of Portland, a Revolutionary soldier. They 
 reared the following children : William Porter, 
 who died in Cuba; Francis Edward, the 
 subject of this sketch; Lois Anna, wife of 
 Charles B. Bailey, of Portland formerly, now 
 of Washington; Charles S., of Portland; 
 and Etta, wife of Edward Goodhue, of Dan- 
 ville, P.Q. 
 
 Francis Edward Chase acquired his educa- 
 tion in Portland, graduating from the high 
 school in the class of 1858. He was engaged 
 as book-keeper for his father for two years, 
 and in i860 went into the wholesale grocery 
 business with Joshua Hobbs and his son John 
 P., under the firm name of- Hobbs, Chase & 
 Co. In September, 1862, he enlisted in Com- 
 pany A, Twenty-fifth Maine Volunteer In- 
 fantry, and was sent to Washington, where his 
 company was on duty at Long Bridge and 
 quartered at Arlington Heights, some time 
 later being ordered to Chantilly. In July, 
 1863, at the expiration of his term of enlist- 
 ment, he returned to Portland and resumed his 
 mercantile business, in which he was success- 
 fully engaged till 1869. In that year he was 
 appointed Inspector of Customs under Collector 
 Israel Washburn ; and he has efficiently filled 
 the position up to the present time, with the 
 exception of a short period beginning with 
 1887, when he was retired, being reappointed 
 by Collector F. N. Dow in 1891. During his 
 retirement he was employed on special work, 
 as he is one of the oldest men in the service. 
 Since Mr. Chase's last appointment he has 
 been Acting Deputy. Faithful to all the 
 details of his duty, Mr, Chase enjoys the con- 
 
 fidence and esteem of his fellow-officials, and 
 by his unfailing courtesy and his wise judg- 
 ment in matters of moment, has won gen- 
 eral respect and good will. 
 
 December 3, 1863, he was united in mar- 
 riage with Augusta Bradford, daughter of Free- 
 man and Maria H. (Hall) Bradford, of Port- 
 land. One child was born to them, March 4, 
 1865, who died in October, 1875. 
 
 Mr. Chase takes no active part in political 
 matters. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, 
 the first Lodge of which he became a member 
 being Atlantic, No. 81, of which he was Master 
 and is now Past Master. He was the first 
 Master of Deering Lodge, No. 183, which 
 was organized in 1878, and is its present Sec- 
 retary; is Past High Priest of Greenleaf Chap- 
 ter of Portland, of which he has been Secre- 
 tary since 1876; Past Thrice Illustrious 
 Master of Portland Council, Royal and Select 
 Masters; Past Eminent Commander of St. 
 Alban Commandery, No. 8, of which body he 
 is now Prelate ; a member of Yates Lodge of 
 Perfection and of the Portland Council of 
 Princes of Jerusalem. He has been conductor 
 of ceremonies in Rose Croix Chapter, of which 
 he is now Warden, and belongs to the Maine 
 Consistory. He is also a member of the 
 Grand Commandery of the State of Maine, and 
 was District Deputy Grand Master for the dis- 
 trict of Maine for two years, and has attended 
 the different conclaves. He belongs to Unity 
 Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; 
 Rocky Hill Lodge,. Knights of Pythias, of 
 Deering; is a member of the Samoset Tribe 
 of Red Men, of Portland ; and was Master of the 
 Ancient Order of United Workmen one term ; 
 he is a member of the Royal Arcanum, the 
 Royal Society of Good Fellows, and has been 
 Financial Secretary of the Portland Assembly 
 since its organization. While in Portland Mr. 
 Chase attended the High Street Congregational 
 Church, contributing to its support. 
 
 LBERT GREEN, who is engaged in 
 a general mercantile business at 
 Bridgton, this county, was born 
 March 16, 1841, in Berlin Falls, 
 Coos County, N.H., being a son of Edmund 
 and Hannah C- (Wiley) Green. The parental 
 
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 household included five children, three sons 
 and two daughters, of whom four are now liv- 
 ing, namely: Albert; Mary A.; Nelson A., 
 who was a private in the Thirteenth Maine 
 Volunteer Infantry, and died of diphtheria on 
 Ship Island, his remains being interred on 
 Southern soil; and Charles S., who served as 
 a private in Company H, First New Hamp- 
 shire Heavy Artillery, and is now residing in 
 Mechanic Falls, Me. 
 
 Albert Green was reared on the home farm, 
 remaining with his parents until his enlist- 
 ment, August 13, 1864, in the First New 
 Hampshire Heavy Artillery, Company H, 
 being mustered into service at Concord, that 
 State. With his regiment he was sent to 
 Washington, where he did guard duty until 
 receiving an honorable discharge, June 17, 
 1865. On his return home he settled in 
 Stark, Coos County, N.H., whither his pa- 
 rents had moved during his absence, and 
 where he remained until 1 866,' when he went 
 to Ridgway, Elk County, Pa., where he 
 worked in the woods and in a mill for 
 two years, having control of a lumber camp 
 during the winter. Returning to Stark, he 
 opened a store for the sale of general mer- 
 chandise, continuing until the spring of 1872, 
 when he came to Bridgton, and was engaged 
 here for four years and a half in the grocery 
 business. He then went to Lewiston, where 
 he remained two years. The following year 
 Mr. Green spent in Berlin Mills, N.H., after 
 which he paid a visit to his parents in Stark, 
 remaining with them a while, and assisting 
 them in their store. In 1883 he came again 
 to Bridgton, and, opening his present well- 
 equipped store, has since carried on a flourish- 
 ing trade in general merchandise, his stead- 
 fast aim being to please and satisfy the 
 demands of his large and increasing number 
 of patrons. 
 
 Mr. Green has been twice married, first in 
 1868 to Miss Kate M. Horr, who died two 
 years later; and second, in 1874, to Miss 
 Flora Plummer, who is the mother of one 
 child, Alice R, Socially, Mr. Green is a 
 member in high standing of the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows and of the Grand Army 
 of the Republic. Politically, he is a stanch 
 Republican. 
 
 t^TON. FRED EDGECOMB RICH- 
 IE ARDS, President of the Union 
 J^ I Mutual Life Insurance Company of 
 
 ^ — ' Portland, was born at Lincolnville, 
 Waldo County, Me., August 28, 1841, son of 
 Charles and Elizabeth P. (Smith) Richards. 
 The Richards family is one of the oldest in 
 New England, having settled in Massachusetts 
 in Colonial times. Thomas Richards, the 
 great-grandfather of the subject of this biogra- 
 phy, was a farmer in Stoyghton, Mass. 
 
 Charles Richards, son of Benjamin and 
 grandson of Thomas Richards, was born in 
 Sharon, Mass., January 7, 1800, and lived in 
 that town until twenty-five years- of age, being 
 by occupation a farmer. In 1825 he settled 
 on a farm in Lincolnville, Waldo County, be- 
 coming in course of time one of the influential 
 citizens of that town, actively interested in all 
 projects for the public good, especially for the 
 advancement of education. In politics he was 
 a Democrat until 1856, when he became an 
 ardent supporter of John C. Fremont ; and he 
 was a prominent member of the Methodist 
 Episcopal church. He died January 5, 1881. 
 His wife, to whom he was united when a 
 young man of twenty-three, was a daughter 
 of James and Mollie (Smith) Smith, of Can- 
 ton, Mass. She lived to be seventy-seven 
 years of age, passing from earth in 1877. 
 They were the parents of six children, five of 
 whom are still living. One son, Charles F., 
 is Treasurer of the Camden Savings Bank at 
 Camden, Knox County, Me. 
 
 Fred E. Richards attended the common 
 schools of Lincolnville and the high school at 
 Rockport, . Knojc County, where his parents 
 spent the latter part of their lives. He first 
 worked as a clerk for David Talbot, a large 
 ship-owner; but in 1862, on account of severe 
 lung trouble, he resigned his position and went 
 to California, travelling by way of Aspinwall. 
 He was in the employ of the Wells-Fargo Ex- 
 press Company for three years, at the end of 
 that time returning to Rockport and engaging 
 in the manufacture of lime. He carried on 
 an extensive and successful business till 1877, 
 shipping the commodity in vessels, of which he 
 was part owner, to Charleston, Wilmington, 
 and other Southern markets. 
 
 In the mean time he was prominently iden- 
 
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 147 
 
 tified with the interests of the Republican 
 party, and was elected to represent the town of 
 Camden in the State legislature in 1872, being 
 re-elected in 1873. Although his business 
 cares were great, he yielded to the earnest 
 solicitations of his townspeople, and in 1875 
 served as a member of the Executive Council 
 ■ of Governor Dingley, and in 1876 as a mem- 
 ber of Governor Connors's Council. The fol- 
 lowing year, 1877, he was appointed State 
 Land Agent, but resigned after a short term of 
 service. In 1878 he was appointed to the 
 Board of Trustees of the Maine Insane Hospital 
 at Augusta; and in 1880, Governor Davis-, 
 recognizing his sagacity, business ability, and 
 faithfulness to every trust, appointed him State 
 Bank Examiner, Governor Robie reappointing 
 him for the two succeeding terms. 
 
 The duties of this office included the exami- 
 nation of kindred institutions, trust companies, 
 loan and building associations, and all State 
 corporate companies intrusted with the money 
 of the people. Mr. Richards held the posi- 
 tion in all nine years, and during his incum- 
 bency effected some radical changes for the 
 better in banking systems, his motto being 
 "Safety first, profit second." While he was 
 Bank Examiner, the deposits in the savings- 
 banks of Maine increased from twenty million 
 to forty-three million dollars, the increase 
 being partly due to confidence in the banks, 
 inspired by his management. He resigned his 
 position as Bank Examiner in 1888, and subse- 
 quently established a private banking house 
 at 89 Exchange Street, Portland, in the Jose 
 Building. 
 
 In October, 1893, he was elected President 
 of the Union Mutual Life Insurance Company, 
 to fill the vacancy caused by the tragic death 
 of John E. DeWitt, at Chester, Mass., and, 
 disposing of his private banking interests, took 
 his seat in November of that year. Having 
 been connected with the corporation for eleven 
 years as Director and a member of the Finance 
 Committee, he was thoroughly acquainted with 
 the standing and workings of the company 
 when he took the President's chair. The 
 present condition of the enterprise is suc- 
 cinctly stated in the following paragraph from 
 the Daily Eastern Argus of Portland, dated 
 January 30, 1895: "To have been able to 
 
 make such an excellent gain in surplus as one 
 hundred and thirty thousand four hundred and 
 ninety dollars is one of the best results of the 
 past year, indicating as it does a substantial 
 growth in strength, although the statement 
 that not a single bond owned by the company 
 was in default of interest on the thirty-first 
 day of December seems to be even more re- 
 markable, in view of the fact that in financial 
 circles generally 1S94 was considered to be 
 a period of unusual depression, and many rail- 
 road properties were under the control of re- 
 ceivers. These results, and others fequally 
 valuable, speak volumes for the present ad- 
 ministration, indicating able, economical, and 
 judicious management." 
 
 The home offices of the company are in its 
 own building at the corner of Congress and 
 Exchange Streets, in the third and fourth 
 stories, accessible by an elevator. They are 
 well lighted and ventilated; and, while lavish 
 expenditure has been avoided, they are pro- 
 vided with every essential for the transaction 
 of business. The second story is given up to 
 lawyers' offices; and the ground floor is occu- 
 pied by the Union Safe Deposit and Trust 
 Company and the Portland National Bank, two 
 of the most flourishing institutions in the 
 State, making the building a most important 
 financial centre. 
 
 The Union Safe Deposit and Trust Com- 
 pany, of which Mr. Richards is President and 
 Director, was organized about a year ago, and 
 transacted business as a safe deposit company 
 only until April i, 1895, when it commenced 
 business under the trust provisions of its 
 charter. Its capital to the amount of two 
 hundred and fifty thousand dollars has already 
 been subscribed, and fully paid up for ''that 
 purpose. No part of this capital is invested 
 in the vault and fixtures used by the corpiora- 
 tion. " The plant is owned by the Union Mut- 
 ual Life Insurance Company ; and the company 
 has a clean cash capital of two hundred and 
 fifty thousand dollars, more than double the 
 amount of any trust company in Maine. With 
 the National Bank also Mr. Richards has been 
 connected since its inception, and was the 
 leading spirit in directing its course at its or- 
 ganization. In August, 1889, he was chosen 
 President, which position he still occupies. 
 
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 This institution has a capital stock of three 
 hundred thousand dollars, and has probably 
 as large a business as any bank in the 
 State, its deposits amounting on an average 
 to one million two hundred and fifty thousand 
 dollars. 
 
 Mr. Richards is prominently identified with 
 many other financial enterprises. He has been 
 a Director of the First National Bank since 
 1893; is a Director of the Limerick National 
 of Limerick, Me. ; the Rockland Trust Com- 
 pany of Rockland; the York Light and Heat 
 Company of Biddeford ; and a Director in the 
 Camden and Rockland Water Company. He 
 is intimately connected with the Rockland and 
 Thomaston Street Railway and other corporate 
 companies; was fiscal agent of the Maine Cen- 
 tral Railroad from 1889 to 1893, resigning when 
 elected President of the Insurance Company, 
 and has been fiscal agent and is a Director of 
 the Portland & Rumford Falls Railroad. In 
 short, he is a leader in all departments of the 
 realm of finance, winning by his integrity 
 and unimpeachable judgment the confidence 
 of all, and at the same time inspiring esteem 
 by his many admirable personal qualities. 
 
 In 1 87 1 Mr. Richards was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Caroline S. Piper, of Rock- 
 port, Me., daughter of Captain John D. Piper, 
 a representative of an old Rockport family. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Richards attend the High 
 Street Congregational Church. They occupy 
 a beautiful residence at 150 Vaughan Street, 
 which he erected in 1893-94. 
 
 "ON. SAMUEL M. BRACKETT, an 
 ex-member of the Maine legislature, 
 l}3 I who died at his residence in Cum- 
 berland, March 9, 1895, had served 
 the public faithfully for many years in various 
 positions of responsibility and trust, and was 
 highly esteemed for his practical ability and 
 sterling traits of character. 
 
 Mr. Brackett was born in Westbrook, Me., 
 March 2, 1820. His father, Reuben Brackett, 
 who was a native of Cumberland and a farmer 
 by occupation, after marriage settled in West- 
 brook, where he engaged successfully in agri- 
 cultural pursuits. Both he and his wife, 
 whose maiden name was Elizabeth Morrill, 
 
 and whose native place was Westbrook, lived 
 to an advanced age. 
 
 Samuel M. Brackett received a good educa- 
 tion in the schools of Westbrook, and, having 
 grown to manhood, early gave much attention 
 to public affairs, in the administration of 
 which he exhibited sound judgment and good 
 executive ability. He was Deputy Sheriff for' 
 twelve consecutive years,, and also served as 
 Coroner and in various town offices. In Janu- 
 ary, 185s, he moved tosthe town of Cumber- 
 land, where he resided for the rest of his life, 
 settling upon a farm of two hundred and fifty 
 acres, and devoting his attention with sys- 
 tematic energy to various branches of agricult- 
 ure. He was well versed in both State and 
 national politics, and was a sagacious man of 
 business. He was a^ member of the Maine 
 House of Representatives in 1870, and in 
 1879 was again called to the legislative coun- 
 cils of the State. 
 
 On January 4, 1855, Mr. Brackett was 
 united in marriage with Mrs. Harriet Sturdi- 
 vant, daughter of Joseph and Priscilla (Wil- 
 son) Russell, the former of whom was a native 
 of Gray, and the latter of Falmouth... Joseph 
 Russell was a house-joiner, and carried on his 
 trade in Falmouth in connection with farming. 
 He died at the age of sixty-eight years. His 
 wife was a daughter of Nathaniel Wilson, who 
 was one of the first settlers at Poplar Ridge. 
 She was the mother of nine children, five of 
 whom are living; namely, Eli, Sarah, Mrs. 
 Brackett, Mrs. Lucy'Leighton, and Mrs. Eunice 
 Loring. Mrs. Russell li-ved to reach the age of 
 eighty-four years. Mrs. Brackett's first hus- 
 band, whom she married in February, 1843, was 
 Gardner M. Sturdivant, who was born in Cum- 
 berland in July, 1820, and died Septembers, 
 1851, leaving four sons; namely, William, 
 Oscar R , Lyman P., and Alfred M., all of 
 whom are living. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Brackett have had five chil- 
 dren, as follows: Alma M., wife of Fairfield 
 Whitney, of Feeding Hills, Mass. ; Reuben 
 G., who resides at home; Phillips Russell, 
 who died at the age of twenty-eight ; Anne, 
 widow of Samuel K. Hitchings, also. residing 
 at the parental home; and Harriet, who died 
 at the age of seven years. 
 
 Samuel M. Brackett was liberal in his relig- 
 
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 ious views, and in politics he was a stanch 
 Democrat. He was a member of Ancient 
 Landmark Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Portland. 
 Mrs. Braciiett, an estimable woman, who 
 possesses the respect of the entire community, 
 still resides upon the Cumberland farm, which 
 is carried on by her son, l^euben G. Brackett. 
 
 OHN W. WARREN, a retired cotton 
 manufacturer and real estate owner of 
 Westbrook, was born at the old Warren 
 homestead in that city, January 16, 
 1847, son of Louis P. and Sarah (Turner) 
 Warren. The family is an old and prominent 
 one in Cumberland County, its ancestors hav- 
 ing settled in Westbrook previous to the in- 
 corporation of the town. 
 
 John Warren, second, Mr. Warren's grand- 
 father, was born at the homestead, May 23, 
 1776, the day on which his eldest brother 
 died, while serving as a soldier in the Revolu- 
 tionary War. Grandfather Warren, when a 
 young man, engaged in mercantile pursuits, 
 later founding a successful lumber business 
 in Westbrook, where he became prominent in 
 the early development of the town, figuring 
 conspicuously in its affairs as an able, indus- 
 trious, and worthy citizen. He died Septem- 
 ber 10, 1845. His wife, Eleanor Lamb, 
 whom he married on November 29, 18 10, was 
 born in that part of Falmouth which is now 
 included within the limits of Westbrook, July 
 5, 1785. Their three children were named as 
 follows: George, William L., and Louis P. 
 Mr. Warren's grandmother died January 13, 
 
 1835- 
 
 Louis P. Warren, Mr. Warren's father, 
 passed his boyhood and youth in Westbrook, 
 eventually taking up his permanent residence 
 at the homestead. His wife, Sarah Turner, 
 was born in Otisfield, May 21, 1818. She be- 
 came the mother of five children, namely: 
 John W., the subject of this sketch; Albert 
 F. ; Lelia A. ; Edna A. ; and Cora B. 
 
 John W. Warren commenced his education 
 in the public schools of Westbrook, supple- 
 menting his knowledge of the elementary 
 branches by advanced studies at the Gorham 
 Academy and Limington Academy, and finish- 
 ing with a business course at a commercial col- 
 
 lege in Portland. He began active life by en- 
 tering the grocery business in Westbrook as a 
 member of the firm of H. P. Murch & Co. ; and 
 he continued as a partner in that concern for 
 some seven years, when he withdrew. He 
 then associated himself with W. K. Dana, and 
 engaged in cotton manufacturing, four years 
 later becoming sole proprietor oi the establish- 
 ment, and conducting the business for twenty 
 years, or until his retirement in February, 
 1894, which was caused by failing health. 
 His connection with the manufacturing indus- 
 tries of Westbrook was characterized by a 
 steady advance, his business ability asserting 
 itself prominently in placing and maintaining 
 his enterprise upon a firm financial basis, and 
 his capital invested being made to yield the 
 most satisfactory returns. Since relinquish- 
 ing active business pursuits, he has given his 
 attention to the management and care of his 
 real estate interests, which embrace much val- 
 uable land, together with several tenement- 
 houses, from which he derives a handsome in- 
 come. 
 
 On November 7, 1872, Mr. Warren was 
 married to Martha J. Hawkes, of Medway, 
 Mass., daughter of Ahijah Hawkes, and has 
 two sons, namely: John Clifford, who was born 
 September 29, 1879; and Louis P., who was 
 born August 6, 1890. John Clifford, is now 
 attending the Westbrook High School, and 
 Louis P. has entered the primary grade. 
 
 Mr. Warren is connected with Saccarappa 
 Lodge, No. II, Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows, and Cummings Encampment. 
 Though not an office-seeker, he takes a lively 
 interest in public affairs, possessing a thor- 
 ough understanding of local. State, and na- 
 tional political issues; and his influence is 
 always used in securing the election of able 
 candidates for positions of responsibility and 
 trust. Mr. and Mrs. Warren are members of 
 the First Congregational Church. 
 
 'ONATHAN H. FLETCHER, senior 
 member of the firm of Fletcher & Co., 
 wholesale grocers, provision and flour 
 dealers, of Portland, Me., was born in 
 Westford, Mass., July 27, 1822, son of Adams 
 and Abigail (Davis) Fletcher. Mr. Fletcher 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 represents the seventh generation of his family 
 in this country, the line being traced as 
 follows: — 
 
 Robert Fletcher, who was born in York- 
 shire, England, in 1592, settled in Concord, 
 Mass., in 1630, in which year seventeen ships 
 arrived in Massachusetts Bay, swelling the 
 number of settlers to twenty-one thousand. 
 He was then thirty-eight years of age. His 
 name appears in the earliest records of the 
 town of Concord, Mass.; and in the court files 
 of Middlesex County it frequently occurs, ap- 
 pended to petitions for bridges, on jury lists, 
 and in other connections. He was a wealthy 
 and influential man. He died at Concord, 
 April 3, 1677, aged eighty-five years. He 
 reared five sons — Luke, William, Cary, Sam- 
 uel, and Francis. 
 
 William Fletcher, the second son, was born 
 in England in 1622, and was eight years old 
 when his father settled in Concord. He was 
 one of the first settlers in Chelmsford, Mass., 
 locating there in 1653, his tract of land em- 
 bracing what is now the city of Lowell. He 
 died November 6, 1677. His wife, Lydia 
 Bates, whom he married in Concord, October 
 7, 1645, survived him many years, dying Oc- 
 tober 12, 1704. They reared five children, 
 namely: Lydia, who married the Rev. John 
 Fiske; Joshua; Paul; Sarah; and William. 
 Joshua Fletcher was born March 30, 1648, and 
 died November 21, 171 3. May 4, 1668, he 
 was married to Grissies Jewell, who died Jan- 
 uary 16, 1682; and July 18, 1682, he was 
 united to his second wife, Sarah Willey. He 
 reared the following children: Joshua; Paul; 
 Rachel; Timothy; John; Joseph; Sarah, who 
 married March 14, 1709, Thomas Reed; Jon- 
 athan; Elizabeth; and Jonas. 
 
 Joseph Fletcher, who was commonly known 
 as Captain Fletcher, was born in Chelmsford, 
 Mass., June 10, 1689, and died October 4, 
 1772. He married November 17, 1712, Sarah 
 Adams, of Concord, Mass., who was born in 
 1691, and died April 24, 1761. They were 
 the parents of ten children, all of whom were 
 born in Westford, Mass., where the parents 
 settled soon after marriage, and spent the re- 
 mainder of their lives. These children were 
 named as follows: Joseph, Benjamin, Tim- 
 othy, Thomas, Sarah, Edith, Pelatiah, Joshua, 
 
 Ruth, and Mary. Pelatiah Fletcher, who also 
 was called Captain Fletcher, was born May 3, 
 1727, and died February 23, 1807. He was 
 twice married. His first wife, Dorothy Hil- 
 dreth, to whom he was united January 13, 
 1757, was born August 26, 1736, and was the 
 daughter of James Hildreth. She died June 
 14, 1782. The second wife, who became Mrs. 
 Fletcher October 13, 1782, was widow Betty 
 Keyes, born Hartwell. Captain Pelatiah 
 Fletcher was the father of twelve children, 
 namely: Betsey, born December 15, 1757; 
 Dorothy, born December 21, 1759; Joseph, 
 born November 6, 1761, who died December 
 25, 1765; Sarah, born August 12, 1763, who 
 died August 22, 1783; Lucy, born November 
 14, 1765, who died July i, 1766; Pelatiah; 
 Joseph; Lucy; Adams, born March 10, 1773, 
 who died September 27, 1775; Ezra; Polly; 
 and a second Adams, born August 17, 1779. 
 
 Adams Fletcher was by occupation a farmer, 
 and spent the greater part of his life in .West- 
 ford, Mass. He was twice married, his first 
 wife being Betsey Bateman, of Chelmsford, 
 Mass., to whom he was united May 27, 1806; 
 his second, Abigail Davis. Adams Fletcher 
 was the father of six children, namely: 
 Adams, born January 16, 1807; Betsey, born 
 September 12, 1808, who was married in 1834 
 to Levi Tufts, of Groton, Mass.; Elzina, born 
 April 17, 1 8 10, who was married March i, 
 1832, to James Robbins; Potter Kimball, 
 born December 28, 181 3; Abigail Davis, born 
 September 17, 1817, who was married Septem- 
 ber 24; 1842, to Theophilus C. Hersey, of 
 Portland, Me.; and Jonathan Hartwell, the 
 subject of this sketch. 
 
 Jonathan Hartwell Fletcher attended the 
 common schools of his native town, and grad- 
 uated from the academy. In 1841 he obtained 
 a position as clerk in the grocery store of 
 Smith & Hersey in Portland; and in 1843 he 
 was taken into partnership, the firm name be- 
 coming Smith, Hersey & Co. He subse- 
 quently bought Mr. Smith's interest; and busi- 
 ness was transacted thereafter in the name of 
 Hersey, Fletcher & Co. This partnership 
 lasted several years, the next change making the 
 firm name Fletcher & Co., Mr. Franklin Fox 
 becoming a partner. Some years later Mr. 
 Fletcher bought the share of Mr. Fox, and was 
 
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 iSi 
 
 joined in the enterprise by Mr. Edwin Tom- 
 linson. The latter subsequently sold his inter- 
 est, and the business is now entirely in the 
 hands of the Fletcher family. Mr. Fletcher 
 is a man of great business ability, shrewdness, 
 and foresight, who has made his way, step 
 by step, from a subordinate position to that of 
 head of one of the largest mercantile estab- 
 lishments in Portland. The business, which 
 was founded in 1835, commands a first-class 
 patronage; and the large stores at 241 Com- 
 mercial and 2, 4, and 6 Union Streets bear 
 every sign of good management and pros- 
 perity. 
 
 In September, 1852, Mr. Fletcher was 
 united in marriage with Mary J. West, daugh- 
 ter of Henry N. and Sarah J. (Gordon) West. 
 Their children are: George H., born October 
 I, 1854, who became associated in business 
 with his father on the retirement of Mr. 
 Tomlinson; Henry Adams, born January 29, 
 1858, who also is a member of the firm of 
 Fletcher & Co.; Clementine, born June i, 
 1862; Marion, born July 9, 1867, who died 
 August 26, 1868; and Mary, attending school 
 in Boston. 
 
 In politics Mr'. Fletcher favors the Repub- 
 lican party, but is a strong Cleveland man. 
 He served on the Common Council of Portland 
 two years. He is a prominent Odd Fellow, 
 belonging to Ligonia Lodge, Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows, and Eastern Star En- 
 campment. The family are members of the 
 Universalist church. They have a beautiful 
 home at 366 Spring Street. 
 
 ^^•^»- 
 
 T^HARLES B. KNEELAND, a well- 
 I V^ known resident of Bridgton, Cumber- 
 ^Hs^^ land County, Me., was born in 
 August, 1846, in the neighboring 
 town of Harrison, being the youngest son of 
 Simeon and Hannah (Richardson) Kneeland, 
 and one of a family of seven sons and three 
 daughters. 
 
 Mr. Kneeland was reared on a farm, where 
 he became familiar with the care of stock; 
 and, having a genuine Yankee shrewdness and 
 fondness for trade, he began life for himself 
 at the age of fifteen as a dealer in horses. He 
 subsequently removed to Waterford, in Oxford 
 
 County, where he remained four years, being 
 a portion of the time in the dry-goods busi- 
 ness, going thence to Connecticut, where 
 for about a year he had charge of one of the 
 departments of the Reform School. Return- 
 ing to the place of his nativity, Mr. Knee- 
 land remained there but a short time before 
 going to Worcester, where he was engaged as 
 a horse trainer for a year. He then engaged 
 in the same profitable business for ten consec- 
 utive years in Bridgton, buying horses, which 
 he shipped to the Boston market, and-at length 
 established a livery stable, which he has since 
 managed in connection with his other occupa- 
 tions, having purchased his present stand in 
 1 88 1. Besides buying and selling horses he 
 has made a thorough study of the care of the 
 animals, in which he has a large practice, and 
 has won a reputation as a skilful veterinary 
 surgeon. He has also invested in real estate 
 ih this vicinity, being the possessor of twenty- 
 eight acres of land, on which there is a val- 
 uable mineral spring. 
 
 Mr. Kneeland was married in 1871 to Miss 
 Sarah E. Griswokl, who has borne him three 
 children; namely, Lillie, Florence, and Amy. 
 Lillie is the wife of Byron Harnden, of this 
 town. In politics Mr, Kneeland is a zealous 
 advocate of the principles of the Republican 
 party. 
 
 (sTr^^^ON N. WATERHOUSE, a well- 
 tjA known farmer of Gorham, is a native 
 yj|g\ of Cumberland County, Standish 
 ^~^ being the place of his birth, and 
 January 2, 1830, the date thereof. He is the 
 worthy representative of one of the early 
 pioneers of the county, his great-grandfather, 
 Joseph Waterhouse, having removed from 
 Marljlehead, Mass., to Standish, prior to the 
 Revolutionary War, in which he fought for 
 American independence. He cleared a large 
 tract of land from the forest, improving a 
 farm, on which he spent his remaining days, 
 dying at the ripe old age of fourscore and 
 ten years. He was an old-time Whig in poli- 
 tics. 
 
 William H. Waterhouse, son of Joseph, was 
 born and reared in Standish, Me., becoming a 
 most successful farmer and lumberman and a 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 citizen of prominence. Pie married Sarah 
 Smith, a daughter of Ephraim Smith, of Gor- 
 ham; and they reared a family of nine chil- 
 dren, Thomas, Albion's father, being the 
 third son. Both grandparents were members 
 of the Baptist church. Jhe last years of the 
 grandfather's life were spent in Gorham. 
 
 Thomas Waterhouse, a native of Standish, 
 was born on April 4, 1802. In his early ac- 
 tive life he worked six years at the cotton-mill 
 in Little Falls, Windham, but subsequently 
 turned his attention to agriculture, buying a 
 farm of eighty acres in the town of Standish, 
 where he lived for fifty-five years, prosperously 
 engaged in tilling the soil. On the death of 
 his wife, in 1875, he removed to Gorham, mak- 
 ing his home with his son Albion until his 
 demise. May 9, 1888. His wife, Miriam 
 Estes, whom he married in 1828, was a daugh- 
 ter of John Estes, of Raymond, Me. Of the 
 four children born to them, two are now living 
 — Albion N. and Hannah E. The latter, 
 who was born in June, 1832, in Standish, is 
 the wife of Zachariah Gilman, and a faithful 
 member of the Baptist church. 
 
 Albion N. Waterhouse was reared on the 
 home farm and attended the district school. 
 He early chose farming as his chief occupa- 
 tion, although he has worked a good deal at 
 the carpenter's trade, being very skilful in the 
 use of tools. He remained with his parents 
 until 1869, when he purchased his homestead 
 property, where he has since lived. This farm 
 contains fifty acres of fertile land, which he 
 successfully manages, paying especial atten- 
 tion to manufacturing butter, some years mak- 
 ing and selling as many as fifteen hundred 
 pounds. He also retains sixty acres of wood 
 and timber land in Standish. In politics he 
 affiliates with the Democrats. 
 
 Mr. Waterhouse was married November 6, 
 1854, to Mary Ann Meserve, daughter of 
 Robert Meserve, of Westbrook. She was 
 born November 25, 1831, being the second 
 child in a family of five children. The union 
 of Mr. and Mrs. Waterhouse has been 
 brightened by the birth of six children — 
 George Howard, Mary Ellen, Almon N 
 Frank W., Fred T., and Harland R. George 
 Howard Waterhouse, born June 10, 1856, mar- 
 ried Tina B. Estes, of Gorham; and they have 
 
 two children— Ralph and Leon. He is s 
 Republican in politics, and his wife is a 
 member of the Baptist church. Mary Ellen 
 Waterhouse, born August 6, 1859, is the wife 
 of Albert H. Mosher of this town, and has 
 two children — Lydia M. and Albert E. She 
 is a member of the Congregationalist church, 
 and Mr. Mosher is a Republican in politics. 
 Almon N., born February 18, 1862, married 
 Annie Leighton, of' Cumberland Mills. He 
 is a Democrat in politics, as is also Frank W., 
 who was born February 2, 1867, and married 
 Dora Bickford, of Saccarappa. Fred T. and 
 Harland R., twins, were born April 4, 1871. 
 They are Democrats, and they still live be- 
 neath the parental roof -tree. These two young 
 men possess great native mechanical ingenu- 
 ity, and are continually at work with their 
 tools. In 1894 they built a workshop, where 
 they have a boiler and engine, and do all kinds 
 of wood and iron work. They are rarely sepa- 
 rated, finding their chief pleasure in each 
 other's company. 
 
 OSIAH HAYDEN DRUMMOND, 
 LL. D. , who is widely known as one of 
 the ablest lawyers in the State of Maine 
 and a distinguished leader in the Ma- 
 sonic fraternity, was born in Winslow, Kenne-' 
 bee County, August 30, 1827, son of Clark and 
 Cynthia (Blackwell) Drummond. His pater- 
 nal ancestors, who were Scotch-Irish Presby- 
 terians, emigrated to Maine and settled in 
 Georgetown, then including Bath, etc., in 
 1729, when that thriving port was hardly more 
 than a pioneer settlement; and in Georgetown 
 his great-grandfather, John Drummond, a 
 farmer and mariner, died in 1775. He was 
 the father of John, second, who was born a few 
 months later. 
 
 The childhood of John Drummond, second, 
 was passed in Georgetown, but during the 
 greater part of his mature life he was engaged 
 in farming in Winslow. He married Miss 
 Damans Hayden, whose father. Colonel Josiah 
 Hayden, moved to Winslow about 1785 pur- 
 chasing the farm adjoining the Drummond 
 homestead. Colonel Hayden was a man of 
 sterling worth, prominent in town affairs and 
 highly respected. He served during the Revo- 
 
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 lutionary War as a Major and afterward was 
 a Colonel in the State militia. Through him 
 the subject of the present sketch is eligible 
 as a member of the Sons of the American 
 Revolution. 
 
 Clark Druramond, son of John and Damaris 
 (Hayden) Drummond, was born in Winslow, 
 Me., July 5, 1796. He was a prosperous 
 farmer, owning and occupying the farm on 
 which he was born, and was an influential and 
 an esteemed citizen, taking an active part in 
 promoting the general welfare. He served 
 in various town offices, and for many years as 
 Justice of the Peace. He died in 1888, at the 
 advanced age of ninety-two years and five 
 I months. His wife, Cynthia Blackwell, was 
 born in Winslow, January 17, 1799, and died 
 in 1868. She was the daughter of Captain 
 Mordecai Blackwell, who had removed to 
 Winslow from Sandwich shortly before her 
 birth. Ten children were born to Mr. and 
 "" Mrs. Clark Drummond, eight of whom are 
 now living, Josiah H., David H., and Charles 
 L. being residents of Portland, and the other 
 five making their homes in Kennebec County. 
 Josiah Hayden Drummond passed his early 
 days on his father's farm at Winslow, making 
 the most of the limited educational facilities 
 offered by the district school and distinguish- 
 ing himself by his proficiency in mathematics. 
 He later attended Vassalboro Academy, where 
 he mastered Colburn's Algebra when thirteen 
 years old ; and he was subsequently assistant 
 teacher of mathematics at the Academy. 
 Entering Colby University, he there also 
 gained a high reputation as a mathematician, 
 and was graduated with honor in 1846, receiv- 
 ing three years later the degree of A.M. He 
 taught school for three years, in the mean time 
 studying law with Messrs. Boutelle & Noyes 
 at Waterville, and was admitted to the bar at 
 Augusta in 1850. That same year — the 
 period of the great exodus to the gold country 
 — he made a business trip to California, trav- 
 elling by way of the Isthmus, and became a 
 ' member of the bar in that State also. Return- 
 ing to Waterville in 1851, he rapidly rose to 
 prominence in his profession and in politics. 
 
 Though affiliated with the Democratic party 
 by family tradition and training, he left its 
 ranks in 1855 on -account of his antagonism to 
 
 slavery, and the following year did efficient 
 work in the interest of the Republicans, 
 spending nearly eight weeks on the stump and 
 speaking twice and often three times a day. 
 In 1857, while absent from home, he was 
 nominated by the Republicans for the lower 
 branch of the legislature, without his knowl- 
 edge, and was elected. The next year he was 
 re-elected and chosen Speaker, making a 
 record of ability that has never been surpassed 
 and, in the opinion of many, never equalled in 
 the State. In 1859 he was elected Senator 
 from Kennebec County, but resigned his seat 
 to accept the position of Attorney-general of 
 the State. He was re-elected in 1861, 1862, 
 and 1863; but the following year he declined 
 in order to devote himself entirely to the work 
 of his profession. In i860 he moved to Port- 
 land, and was from that city also elected to the 
 legislature, and subsequently chosen Speaker, 
 as a matter of course. He declined re-elec- 
 tion. In 1864 he was a member of the 
 Republican National Convention that renomi- 
 nated Lincoln; and he was also an active mem- 
 ber of the conventions that nominated Hayes 
 and Blaine. Since 1864 he has uniformly de- 
 clined to be a candidate for office, preferring 
 to devote his time to the demands of his pro- 
 fession. His name was prominently men- 
 tioned for Governor and United States Sena- 
 tor, and there is little doubt that he would 
 have received the nominations had he been 
 desirous o'f receiving them ; and a chair on the 
 Supreme Bench of the State might have been 
 his had he cared to take it. 
 
 He has been City Solicitor of Portland for 
 many years, and is the attorney of important 
 corporations. In 1851 he was connected with 
 the Androscoggin & Kennebec Railroad, and 
 in 1864 was elected Director of the Maine 
 Central Railroad, with which it became con- 
 solidated. He resigned his office in 1871 
 in order to facilitate the consolidation of the' 
 Maine Central with the Portland & Kennebec, 
 in which he took an active part, and soon after 
 became clerk of the corporation. This posi- 
 tion he still holds by virtue of successive 
 annual re-elections, and, as chief counsel of the 
 roads, has engaged in many legal contests both 
 before the courts and the legislature. In 1875 
 he was elected Director of the Union Mutual 
 
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 Life Insurance Company, was active in its re- 
 organization, and has been its general counsel 
 since, and shaped the legislation that moved 
 the company to Maine. He has been a 
 Director also of the Union Safe Deposit and 
 Trust Company of Portland since its organiza- 
 tion. 
 
 Especially noteworthy are his achievements 
 in behalf of the Masonic fraternity; for, after 
 Thomas Smith Webb, who gave form to 
 Masonry in this country, no man has done 
 more for the ancient craft than Mr. Drum- 
 mond. He joined the Waterville Lodge in 
 1849, and was its Master in 1858-59. From 
 i860 to 1863 he was Grand Master of the 
 Grand Lodge of Maine, and was for two years 
 at the head of the Grand Chapter and Grand 
 Commandery of Maine, and one year at the 
 head of the. Grand Council of Maine. In 
 1 87 1 he was elected to the chief position of 
 the General Grand Chapter of the United 
 States, and in 1880 was Grand Master of the 
 General Grand Council of the United States, 
 holding each office three years. He was Pro- 
 vincial Deputy Grand Master of the Royal 
 Order of Scotland under the late Albert Pike, 
 and since Mr. Pike's death has been Provincial 
 Grand Master. In 1859 and 1862 he received 
 the degree of the Scottish Rite, and in the 
 latter year the thirty-third degree was con- 
 ferred upon him, making him an honorary 
 member of the Supreme Council of the North- 
 ern Jurisdiction of the United States. He 
 was immediately elected Lieutenant Grand 
 Commander, and was re-elected in 1863 and 
 1 866. In 1867, upon the union of the Su- 
 preme Councils previously existing, he was 
 elected Grand Commander of the United Su- 
 preme Council, the highest office in the gift 
 of the fraternity. He was re-elected in 1870, 
 1873, and 1876, but declined further service. 
 This office was no sinecure, involving a large 
 amount of correspondence with all parts of the 
 world. As Chairman of the Committee on 
 Masonic Jurisprudence in the grand bodies of 
 Maine and in the national bodies, Mr. Drum- 
 mond has done more than any one else to shape 
 the polity of the Order in the State and nation. 
 In his own Grand Lodge he has for thirty years 
 performed the duty of reviewing the proceed- 
 ings of thf other Grand Lodges— over fifty in 
 
 number — his report often comprising more 
 than two hundred pages. He has also per- 
 formed a similar labor for the Grand Chapter, 
 Council, and Commandery. In these reports 
 questions of Masonic law, usage, polity, and 
 duty are discussed ; and the reviewers of other 
 Grand Lodges concede to Mr. Drummond the 
 first position as to ability and influence. Mr. 
 Drummond has filled other Masonic offices and 
 performed other dutj^ s that we have not space 
 to enumerater He is widely known and his 
 acquaintance eagerly sought by the brethren 
 in Europe and America, few of the hundreds 
 of thousands of Masons in this country being 
 unacquainted with his name. 
 
 Mr. Drummond is a working member of the 
 Maine Historical Society, of the Maine Gen- 
 ealogical Society, of the Old Colony Society 
 of Taunton, Mass., and of the New England 
 Historical Genealogical Society of Boston. 
 He is well versed in State and local history, 
 and has preserved much important historical 
 and genealogical data for the benefit of future 
 generations, as some extensive compilations to 
 be published shortly will bear witness. His 
 talents in this direction have also been exerted 
 for the benefit of the Masonic Order. He 
 wrote the history of the Portland Lodge, the 
 work containing about three hundred and fifty 
 pages; compiled .the Maine Masonic Text- 
 book; which for some years has been a stand- 
 ard work on Masonry and which has passed 
 into the fourth edition, each succeeding edition 
 being revised and enlarged; assisted in the 
 compilation of 'the Maine Royal Arch Text- 
 book; and compiled a large jDart of the ap- 
 pendix (two hundred and fifty pages) to Yor- 
 ston's edition of Gould's "History of Free 
 Masonry, ' ' which is a valuable and much quoted 
 work. He also edited, jointly with J. Ross 
 Robertson, of Toronto, Canada, the "History 
 of the Cryptic Rite," published by the latter 
 in 1888. Two articles, "Masonic Jurispru- 
 dence" and "Scottish Rite," he prepared for 
 a work entitled "History of Free Masonry and 
 Concordant Orders." 
 
 On December 10, 1850, Mr. Drummond was 
 united in marriage with Elzada Rollins Bean, 
 daughter of Benjamin Wadleigh. and Lucetta 
 (Foster) Bean. She was born March 2, 1829, 
 in Montville, Me.,' but at the time of her mar- 
 
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 riage was a resident of New York City. Her 
 father was a son of Phineas and Hannah (Clif- 
 ford) Bean, born in Candia, N.H., March 31, 
 1804. Phineas Bean was the son of Jonathan 
 and Mary (Leavitt) Bean, born in Candia, 
 July 25, 1763. He removed with his family 
 to Montville, Me., in 1808, and died there 
 October 16, 1838. Four children have 
 blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Drum- 
 mond, namely: Myra Lucetta ; Josiah Hayden, 
 Jr., associated with his father in legal work, 
 the name of the firm being Drummond & 
 Drummond; Tinnie Aubigne, wife of Wilford 
 G. Chapman; and Margelia Bean. 
 
 Mr. Drummond still keeps up his connec- 
 tion with his Alma Mater, Colby University, 
 which conferred upon him the degree of LL. D. 
 twenty-five years after graduation, the honor 
 being a complete surprise to him. He was 
 the first President of the D. K. E. Society, 
 and presided at its fiftieth anniversary in 
 July, 1895 ; and he has served on the Board of 
 Trustees of the institution longer than any 
 other member, except two, having been elected 
 in 1857. For many years he has been Vice- 
 President of the corporation and Chairman, 
 ex officio, of the Board of Trustees. 
 
 In religious belief Mr. Drummond is a 
 liberal Christian, attending and supporting the 
 Unitarian church. He is a man of great de- 
 termination, and yet is very kind-hearted, find- 
 ing it difficult to say "no" when his sym- 
 pathies are appealed to. Pie is especially kind 
 to young men; and he will drop his own work, 
 though ever so busy, to answer the appeal of a 
 young lawyer for help in a legal problem, not 
 only responding, but taking time to enlarge on 
 the theme. A man of large figure and com- 
 manding presence, his personality presents 
 a rare combination of physical, mental, and 
 moral gifts. 
 
 iORNELIUS N. MORRELL, a prac- 
 tical and successful agriculturist of 
 Windham, Cumberland County, 
 Me., son of the late Stephen Mor- 
 rell, was born in this town. May 17, 1837. 
 
 Jacob Morrell, father of Stephen, was born 
 in the town of Falmouth, whence in the latter 
 part of the eighteenth century he removed to 
 
 Windham, and, purchasing sixty-five acres of 
 wild land, cleared and improved a good farm, 
 residing on it until his death, which occurred 
 when he was about sixty-eight years of age. 
 He was twice married, his first wife, the 
 grandmother of Cornelius, being Hannah 
 Brackett. She bore him six children, Stephen 
 being the third child and the second son. 
 
 Stephen Morrell, a native of Windham, was 
 born December 31, 1803, and was here early 
 initiated into the various branches of labor 
 pertaining to tilling the soil and raising stock, 
 which occupations he followed through his 
 busy life of eighty-four years, dying here in 
 1887. He was a stanch supporter of the prin- 
 ciples of the Democratic party, and, religiously, 
 was a Universalist. On March 11, 1827, he 
 married Lydia Hawkes, daughter of Ebenezer 
 Hawkes, of Windham; and into their family 
 circle eight children were born, the four now 
 living being Catherine H., Cornelius N., 
 James K., and Martha L. Catherine II. 
 Morrell, born December 19, 1829, is the 
 widow of William Shaw, of Standish. 
 James K., born October 27, 1846, now living 
 in Boston, married Isabelle Field, of this town, 
 and they have two children — Elroy F., horn 
 August 20, 1876; and Marion, born in 1889. 
 Martha L., born April 4, 1849, is the wife of 
 Edward S. Thayer, of Westbrook, Me., and 
 has five children, namely: Stephen E., born 
 September 5, 1873, who married November 
 16, 189s, Nellie Rumery, of Biddeford, Me. ; 
 Edna L., born in October, 1875; Laban H., 
 born in February, 1877; Clifton, born in 
 February, 1879; and Henry L. , born in 
 April, 1888. 
 
 Cornelius N. Morrell having completed his 
 course of study at the Westbrook Seminary, 
 during the following year taught school in 
 Windham, and from that time until 1865 
 worked at agricultural pursuits. Deciding 
 then to try life on the Pacific Coast, he went 
 to California, where he worked four years in 
 the mines. Returning to the place of his 
 nativity, Mr. Morrell again worked for a while 
 at farming, and afterward went to North Gray 
 and bought a grocery store, remaining there 
 two years. In 1875 he purchased his present 
 farm, which under' his skilful management now 
 ranks as one of the best in its improvements 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 and appointments of any in the vicinity, 
 seventy-five acres of it being under culture. 
 
 His judgment and ability in administrative 
 affairs are well appreciated by his- fellow- 
 citizens, who have often placed him in official 
 positions, being sure that he would give them 
 most faithful and efficient service. In 1884 
 and 1885 he was Selectman of the town, being 
 Chairman of the Board the last year. In 1892 
 he was chosen Selectman to fill the unexpired 
 term of the late Charles Rogers, and was re- 
 elected to the same position the succeeding 
 year, being Chairman of the Board the last 
 year. In politics he is a zealous advocate of 
 the principles of the Democratic party, and in 
 his religious views he is liberal. Socially, 
 Mr. Morrell is a Mason, belonging to Pre- 
 sumpsCott Lodge, No. 127, A. F. & A. M., 
 of Windham ; a Royal Arch Mason of Eagle 
 Chapter, No. 11, of Westbrook; and is also a 
 Knight of Pythias, being a member of Ori- 
 ental Lodge, No. 17, of South Windham. Mr. 
 Morrell was united in marriage December 16, 
 1868, with Lydia A. Varney, daughter of Hiram 
 Varney, of this town. 
 
 TTSHARLES E. BOODY, a former resi- 
 I V^ dent of Westbrook and one of the best- 
 
 X^y ^ known citizens of his day, was born 
 at the old Boody homestead, June 22, 
 1819, son of Benjamin and Jane C. (Winslow) 
 Boody. Mr. Boody's father was an extensive 
 and practical farmer and a lifelong resident of 
 Westbrook, who figured quite prominently in 
 the town affairs. He was a man who could 
 be depended upon for the fulfilment of his 
 obligations, as he always adhered to his Quaker 
 precepts in his every-day life, his religious 
 views being in accordance with the teachings 
 of the denomination founded by George Fox. 
 He, however, availed himself of his citizenship 
 privileges by taking part in political affairs, 
 in which he supported the Democratic party; 
 and he rendered his share of service to the 
 town as Collector of Taxes. 
 
 Charles E. Boody commenced his education 
 in the public schools of Westbrook, and com- 
 pleted his course of study at the seminary. 
 At an early age he became familiar with farm 
 work by assisting in tbe lighter labors of the 
 
 home fields ; and in young manhood he taught 
 school at different places during the winter 
 season, his summers being sjoent in agricult- 
 ural pursuits. After the death of his father 
 he was employed during the summers for about 
 five years in brick-making, working in the 
 brickyards of Henry M. Minot, who conducted 
 the manufacture in that part of Westbrook 
 which is now included within the town of 
 Deering. Returning then to the old home- 
 stead, he continued to reside here for the rest 
 of his life. The Boody farm contains two 
 hundred acres of valuable and well-located 
 land, including tillage, pasture, and wood- 
 land ; and the late owner improved the prop- 
 erty to a considerable extent, increasing the 
 productiveness of the soil and making addi- 
 tions to the residence and out-buildings. He 
 was an able and energetic farmer, liberal and 
 progressive in his ideas, and a citizen of the ■ 
 highest repute, a man in whose integrity his 
 friends and neighbors placed the most implicit 
 confidence. 
 
 In politics he supported the Republican 
 party. His incumbency of the positions of pub- 
 lic trust in which he was called upon to serve 
 was characterized by a good understanding of 
 both local and State affairs and a careful con- 
 sideration of the people's interests. For fif- 
 teen years he served as a member of the School 
 Committee of Westbrook, a portion of which^ 
 he was Chairman of the Board. He was a 
 member of the Board of Selectmen for the 
 years 1876 and 1877, and represent!ed his 
 district in the legislature during the session 
 of 1878. He was connected with Saccarappa 
 Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
 previous to its reorganization, and was a mem- 
 ber of the Citizens' Relief Society of Portland. 
 In his religious belief he preserved the tradi- 
 tions of his ancestors and adhered to the 
 Quaker doctrine, his mother having been a, 
 member of the Society of Friends. He died 
 on April 9, 1895, at the Boody homestead, 
 where the greater portion of his life had .been 
 passed. His many exemplary qualities of 
 heart and mind are well remembered by his 
 wide circle of friends and acquaintances, wjio 
 recognized and appreciated in his lifetime his 
 genuine worth. 
 
 In 1849 Mr. Boody was united in marriage 
 
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 with Elizabeth W. Walker, the ceremony 
 taking place in Casco. Mrs. Boody was born 
 in Otisfield, Me., daughter of Daniel and 
 Elizabeth (Mayberry) Walker, who were pros- 
 perous farming people. Her parents reared a 
 family of seven children, Elizabeth W. being 
 the first-born. She has one brother and two 
 sisters now living, namely: Daniel H., a resi- 
 dent of Mechanic Falls, Me. ; Rebecca A., 
 widow of Spencer Decker, of Casco; and Mary 
 W., wife of James Jepson, of Casco. 
 
 Mrs. Boody still resides at the homestead, 
 and the farm is conducted under her manage- 
 ment. She harvests from fifty to seventy-five 
 tons of hay annually, and keeps seven head of 
 cattle and two horses, these facts showing that 
 under her direction the property has not been 
 allowed to deteriorate, the high standard of 
 cultivation being maintained which has 
 marked its history for so many years. 
 
 rOHN GOLDING BUNTING, M.D., 
 of Portland, one of the oldest physi- 
 cians in the State, who has practised 
 medicine for sixty years, is a native of 
 St. Johns, N.B., born September 4, 1820. His 
 parents were the Rev. Joshua and Elizabeth 
 (Golding) Bunting. His mother, born in 
 New Brunswick, was the daughter of Isaac 
 Gerow, who was a refugee from New York at 
 the time of the Revolution. Elizabeth grew 
 to womanhood in her native province, where 
 she was first married to Mr. Isaac Golding, and 
 some years later to the Rev. Joshua Bunting, 
 a minister of the Baptist denomination and a 
 native of Clifton, England. 
 
 Dr. Bunting acquired his early education in 
 the private schools of New Brunswick, after- 
 ward beginning the study of medicine with 
 Dr. Harding at the quarantine station on 
 Partridge Island. Having been under Dr. 
 Harding's instructions for about two years, he 
 ■ crossed the Atlantic and pursued his studies 
 successively at Edinburgh, Scotland, and the 
 Drummond Street Medical School in Glasgow. 
 He remained in the latter institution until 
 licensed to practise. After this he obtained 
 a position a;s ship physician on the "Britannia, " 
 one of the Cunard steamers, which were then 
 side-wheel boats, and held it for eighteen 
 
 months. Subsequently the Doctor attended 
 lectures at the Boston Medical School, while 
 in the city having an opportunity to listen to 
 many distinguished speakers, and attended the 
 famous murder trial of Professor Webster, who 
 killed Dr. Parkman in 1849. Going then to 
 New York, Dr. Bunting attended lectures 
 under Dr. Valentine Mott at the Crosby Street 
 School of Medicine. On his return to Boston 
 he was advised to open up practice in Bangor, 
 Me., which he did, and remained three years. 
 During that time he boarded in a house with 
 John A. Peters, now Judge Peters, and two 
 other young men who have since won the same 
 title. He next practised in Montreal, Canada. 
 While here he was one of the favored few al- 
 lowed to study the actual process of digestion 
 through an opening made in the stomach of St. 
 Martin. Dr. Bunting was then invited to 
 spend a week in New York by Dr. Delafield, 
 the celebrated physician and surgeon. He 
 afterward accompanied St. Martin on a tour 
 through the Central and Southern States, visit- 
 ing the hospitals and medical colleges in every 
 city of importance, and then went abroad with 
 him and visited in the same way the medical 
 colleges of London, Paris, Italy, Spain, Berlin, 
 Vienna, Belgium, and Russia. The succeed- 
 ing sixteen years the Doctor spent in travelling 
 in Europe, gaining valuable information in the 
 leading medical colleges, spending three years 
 in Paris and two years in London, and subse- 
 quently some time under the instructions of 
 the world-renowned physician. Dr. McKenzie, 
 of London. Returning to this country Dr. 
 Bunting first located in Cleveland. Thence 
 he went to Detroit, and afterward spent some 
 time at Niagara Falls and New York City. 
 He gave up his work there in May, 1891, to 
 come to Portland, where he has since acquired 
 an extensive practice. 
 
 'TEPHEN B. HAMILTON, a gen- 
 eral merchant at Chebeague Island, 
 in the town of Cumberland, Me., is 
 a native-born citizen, the date of 
 his birth being October i, 1841. He is de- 
 scended from one of the early settlers of the 
 island, his great-great-grandfather, Ambrose 
 Hamilton, having located here in 1760. He 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 was a thrifty and prosperous farmer, as were 
 his son, Ambrose, Jr., and later his grandson, 
 James Hamilton. 
 
 Simeon Hamilton, son of James, was born 
 on Chebeague Island, April 6, 1806. For 
 forty-five years he followed the sea, cruising 
 on the Maine coast between Portland and 
 Bangor. In his earlier years he was Captain 
 of a packet, carrying, besides general freight, 
 much granite. He afterward owned different 
 sloops, among them being the "Granite" and 
 the "Leader." In 1864 Captain Hamilton 
 gave up his seafaring life, and purchased a farm 
 of fifty acres, mostly under cultivation, and 
 there spent his remaining days, dying Decem- 
 ber II, 1880. He was twice married. His 
 first wife, formerly Sarah Bennett, died Octo- 
 ber 28, 1863, having been the mother of thir- 
 teen children. Nine of this family are now 
 living, the following being a brief record: 
 Elmira, born October 2, 1828, is the wife of 
 Alfred Cleaves, of Yarmouth, and has three 
 children — Alfred E., Emily S., and Myra 
 A.; Hiram K., born May 21, 1830, married 
 Margarette Anthoine, of Cape Elizabeth, and 
 they have four children living — Daniel A., 
 William H., Emily M., and Edwin D. ; Mar- 
 tha, born October 28, 1831, is the widow of 
 Ellis Mansfield, of the island, and has two 
 children living — Ellis F. and Mattie T. ; 
 Simeon was born March 19, 1833; Rachel, 
 born May 14, 1837, is the wife of Stephen a! 
 Woodbury, of South Portland, and has four 
 children living — Albert S., Henry D., Ger- 
 trude R., and Winfield; Stephen B. is the 
 subject of this sketch; Sumner E., born Oc- 
 tober 30, 1845, married Sarah J. Webber, of 
 the island, and they are the parents of three 
 children— Edna E., Mildred R., and Lin- 
 wood S.; Alonzo S., born February 2, 1848 
 married Angelette Long, of Chebeague Island, 
 and they have five children living— Myra 
 C, Emily M., Clifford S., Fanny G., and 
 Lewis R.; and Mary E., born February 21 
 1858, married Eldon Merrill, of Portland, and 
 has two children — William L. and Fanny M 
 On September 11, 1864, the father was again 
 married, Eleanor Stover, daughter of Elisha 
 Stover, becoming his second wife; but of this 
 union no children were born. 
 
 Stephen B. Hamilton at the age of four- 
 
 teen sailed with his father in the sloop 
 "Leader" through the summer season, and 
 during the winter months he attended school. 
 He continued on the sea, going as a common 
 sailor until attaining his majority, when he 
 bought an interest in the "Leader." After 
 having charge of this craft four years, sailing 
 her on the coast of Maine, freighting stone 
 principally, he purchased an interest in the 
 sloop "Rocky Mountain," of which he had 
 control for the next two years. He then set- 
 tled down on the island to mercantile life, 
 buying an interest in the general store of 
 Hamilton & Co., the partnership continuing 
 twenty-one years. In 1890 Mr. Hamjlton 
 purchased his present business, and has since 
 been prosperously engaged in the sale of 
 general merchandise, having a well-stocked 
 country store. In the same year he was ap- 
 pointed Postmaster at Chebeague Island, suc- 
 ceeding his father's second wife, who* had 
 charge of the office several years. In his 
 political principles Mr. Hamilton is a sound 
 Republican, and has served as Selectman of 
 the town of Cumberland, performing his duties 
 most satisfactorily to the public. He- is at 
 the present time a Director of the Cumberland 
 Fire Insurance Company of Cumberland. 
 
 Mr. Hamilton and Miss Harriet E. Webber, 
 daughter of Benjamin Webber, of Chebeague 
 Island, were united in marriage January 2, 
 1865. They have three children, namely: 
 Cora G., born November 27, 1867; Delia G., 
 born July 29, 1877; and Florence M., born 
 March 12, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton 
 are members of the Methodist church. 
 
 Wi 
 
 ILLIS F. STROUT. an influential 
 and esteemed citizen of South Port- 
 land, Cumberland County, was born 
 in the city of Portland, Me., August 30, 1857. 
 He is a descendant of one of the early fami- 
 lies of Cape Elizabeth, where his paternal 
 grandfather, Daniel Strout, Sr., was born 
 December 6, 1802. He there married Jane 
 G. Dyer, a native of the same place, the fruit 
 of their union being six children, of whom 
 tour are now living, namely: Joshua P., 
 keeper of the Portland Head Light; William, 
 U., a cooper, living at South Portland; Mary 
 
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 E., a maiden lady, and Eunice J., widow of 
 Captain John B. Waterhouse, both residing in 
 Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
 Daniel Strout, Jr., was the third son born 
 to his parents, Daniel, Sr., and Jane G. 
 Strout, the date of his birth, which occurred 
 in Cape Elizabeth, being September 8, 1830. 
 After leaving the common schools, he fol- 
 lowed for several years the trade of a house 
 carpenter, and built quite a number of dwel- 
 ling-houses on the Cape. In 1858 he opened 
 a grocery store in this town, where he contin- 
 ued in business until his death in 1886, build- 
 ing up an extensive local trade. He was held 
 in high regard by his fellow-citizens, whom he 
 represented from 1882 till 1885 in the State 
 legislature, being elected on the Democratic 
 ticket, which he uniformly supported. Ready 
 to espouse liberal views in religion as in other 
 matters, he was identified with the Univer- 
 salist church, both he and his wife holding 
 to the cheerful faith of that denomination. 
 He married Martha E. Lovett, daughter of 
 John Lovett, of Portland, Me., and they 
 became the parents of several children, of 
 whom but two are living; namely, Willis 
 F. and Carrie D., both of South Portland. 
 Mrs. Martha E. Strout died on March 3, 
 1896, aged sixty years, nine months, and 
 twenty-three days. 
 
 Willis F. Strout acquired a practical com- 
 mon-school education, afterward beginning his 
 active career in his father's store, which he 
 entered as a clerk when but sixteen years of 
 age. On the death of his father Mr. Strout 
 succeeded to the business, continuing it until 
 1889, and then selling out. He subsequently 
 became shipping clerk for the well-known firm 
 of Twitchell, Champlin & Co., of Portland, 
 remaining with them four years. In 1893, 
 in company with Sherman G. Willard, he 
 opened a grocery store in Cape Elizabeth, now 
 South Portland, where, under the firm name of 
 Willis F. Strout & Co., he carried on a large 
 retail trade until 1895, when he sold his inter- 
 est to his partner. At this time, in the 
 spring of 1895, by an act of the legislature, 
 Cape Elizabeth was divided, the part in which 
 Mr. Strout has resided for so many years being 
 named South Portland. Mr. Strout, who had 
 filled the office of Auditor of Cape Elizabeth 
 
 for three years, was elected a member of the 
 first Board of Selectmen of the new town. 
 
 On November 22, 1881, Mr. Strout was 
 united in marriage with Miss Eva Smith, a 
 daughter of Henry Smith, of Cape Elizabeth. 
 They have three children, namely: Daniel H., 
 born March 16, 1889; Albert D., born April 
 22, 1893; and Harry Willis, born November 
 27, 1894. Religiously, Mr. and Mrs. Strout 
 are identified with the Universalist church; 
 and, politically, he is a steadfast Democrat. 
 Socially, he is prominent in many fraternal 
 orders, having a membership in the following 
 organizations: Hiram Lodge, No. 180, A. F. 
 & A. M.; Unity Lodge, No. 3, I. O. O. T. ; 
 Portland Encampment, No. 119, I. O. O. T. ; 
 Mizpah, Daughters of Rebecca; Grand Canton 
 Ridgeley, I. O. O. T. ; and Bayard Lodge, 
 No. 44, Knights of Pythias. 
 
 Y^TENRY RIPLEY MILLETT, of 
 l-^-j Gorham, Cumberland County, Me., 
 II 9 I a gallant officer of the Fifth Maine 
 ^■~^' Regiment in the war of the Rebell- 
 ion, whose commission as Lieutenant Colonel 
 was dated January 8, 1863, was born in Leeds, 
 Androscoggin County, Me., September 23, 
 1832, son of Thomas and Elmira A. (Day) 
 Millett. He is a cousin of Frank D. Millet, 
 the artist, who was Director of Decoration of 
 the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago, 
 and, like him, is of the seventh generation in 
 descent from the original ancestor of the 
 family in America, Thomas Millet, born at 
 Chertsey, England, in 1605, who, with his 
 wife and son Thomas, came to this country 
 in the "Elizabeth" in 1635, and settled in 
 Dorchester, Mass., but later removed to Brook- 
 field, Mass. 
 
 Colonel Millett' s great-grandfather, Thomas 
 Millett, son of John of Gloucester, Mass., and 
 a great-grandson of the emigrant, was a 
 patriot soldier of the Revolution. He died in 
 Leeds, Me. His son Zebulon, the fifth in 
 direct line, a farmer in Leeds, reared nine 
 children, namely: Solomon; Asa, late a phy- 
 sician of East Bridgewater, Mass., father of 
 Frank D. ; David; Obed ; Thomas; Aaron ;^ 
 Lydia; Delia; and Polly. Thomas Millett, 
 son of Zebulon, was born in Leeds, January 
 
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 17, 1 801, and was engaged in early life in 
 farming and lumbering in that town. In 1833 
 he removed to Palmyra, Somerset County, 
 Me., and there spent his last years, dying in 
 February, 1874. He was twice married, his 
 first wife being Elmira A. Day, who was born 
 in Baron, Me., and died in Palmyra, January 
 29, 1857. She was the mother of twelve chil- 
 dren, namely: Mary D., who was born in 
 Baron, July 30, 1829; Samuel Z. , born in 
 Leeds, December 3, 1830; Henry R. ,. the 
 subject of this sketch; Matthias O., who was 
 born August 31, 1834, in Palmyra, which was 
 the birthplace of all the children following; 
 Josiah, born January 24, 1837, Lieutenant in 
 Company B, Thirtieth Maine Volunteer Infan- 
 try of the army during the late war, now agent 
 of one of the largest lumber companies in 
 Minnesota, and a resident of Stillwater; Jo- 
 seph C. , born January 21, 1839, who also 
 served the Union and was severely wounded; 
 Obed F., born March 17, 1841, who was killed 
 at the battle of Cold Harbor; Martha J., born 
 June 14, 1843; Thomas F., born September 
 8, 184s, now a Congregational minister and 
 Field Secretary of the Maine Sunday-school 
 Society, residing in Gorham ; Eliza A., born 
 February 24, 1848; Lesta P., born August 31, 
 1850; and Lester W., born September 17, 
 1853. Thomas Millett's second wife, Fanny 
 S. Gordon, of St. Albans, Me., was the mother 
 of six children — Addie D., George W., Sewall 
 B., Albert K., Annie M., and Nellie N. 
 
 Henry R. Millett acquired a good education 
 in the common schools of Palmyra and the 
 high school of St. Albans. He worked one 
 summer in a saw-mill on the Penobscot River, 
 and in 185 1, when he was nineteen years of 
 age, he went to Campello, Mass., where he 
 was employed in a shoe factory until 1858. 
 During the two years following he worked in 
 shoe factories in Gorham, Farmington, and 
 Rochester, Me., and then entered the employ 
 of Saunderson Brothers, bakers, of Cambridge, 
 Mass., as driver of a team. In i860 he took 
 charge of the manufacturing department of 
 Libby & Walker, boot and shoe manufacturers 
 of Little Falls, Gorham; and at the first call 
 for troops to defend the Union he resigned his 
 position and signified his readiness to serve. 
 He enlisted April 27, 1861, under Josiah 
 
 Heald in Company A, Fifth Maine Regiment, 
 Sixth Corps, Second Brigade, First Division, 
 and was mustered into the United States ser- 
 vice as First Sergeant of the company. He 
 served with distinguished bravery in some of 
 the most momentous engagements of the war, 
 including the first battle of Bull Run, West 
 Point, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Salem 
 Heights, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Rappa- 
 hannock Station, Spottsylvania Court-house, 
 Cold Harbor (where hjs brother Obed was 
 killed), the second battle of Bull Run, the 
 second engagement at Fredericksburg, and 
 Gaines's Mill. At the battle of Rappahan- 
 nock, November 7, 1863, he received a shell 
 wound in the right side ; and at Cold Harbor, 
 June 4, 1864, he was wounded in the left 
 forearm by a shell. He received his dis- 
 charge July 27, 1864, and returned home, 
 suffering from his wound and broken in health, 
 but loaded with honors. He was commis- 
 sioned Second Lieutenant, July 12, 1861; 
 Captain, August 14 of the same year; Major, 
 September 24, 1862; and Lieutenant Colonel, 
 January 8, 1863. 
 
 Colonel Millett was not able to work untiL 
 the winter of 1865. He then entered the 
 insurance business, which he has successfully 
 followed up to the present time, representing 
 now the ^tna and Home Companies, the 
 Phoenix and Hartford of Hartford, Conn., the 
 Insurance Company of North America, the 
 Phoenix of New York, and the Quincy of 
 Massachusetts (all fire insurance companies), 
 and the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance 
 Company. 
 
 Colonel Millett is a Republican in politics. 
 He was chosen Collector of Gorham in 1874, 
 and served two years. He was appointed Post- 
 master in 1 88 1, during Arthur's administra- 
 tion, and reappointed by Harrison in July, 
 1889, remaining in office till July, 1893. He 
 represented the town in 1894 in the legislature, 
 and has been Chairman of the Republican 
 Town Committee for twenty years. He is a 
 member and Past Commander of John R. 
 Adams Post, No. loi, of Gorham, of which 
 he has been Quartermaster and Adjutant and 
 is Past Assistant Inspector-general. He is 
 Treasurer of Harmony Lodge, No. 38, A. F. 
 & A. M., of Gorham, of which he was Master 
 
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 four years, and is now Past High Priest of 
 Eagle Chapter, No. 11, of the Royal Arch. 
 He is also a member of the Council of Royal 
 and Select Masters of Portland and of Portland 
 Commandery, Knights of Templars, No. 2, 
 and has held ofifice as Senior Grand Deacon in 
 the Grand Lodge of Maine and served as Grand 
 Marshal. He belongs to the military order 
 known as the Loyal Legion of the United 
 States, being a member of the Commandery of 
 the State of Maine, and is Worthy Patron of 
 the Pine Tree Chapter, No. 27, of the Order 
 Eastern Star. 
 
 Colonel Millett was married December 29, 
 1870, to M. Antoinette, only daughter of Free- 
 man Whitney, of Portland. She was born in 
 Pittsfield, N. H. ; but the greater part of her 
 childhood and youth was passed in Portland. 
 She is a lady of rare charm of manner and of 
 much intellectual ability and force of character, 
 and is very prominent in social circles, taking 
 an especial interest in Grand Army matters. 
 She is a member of Pine Tree Chapter, No. 
 27, of the Eastern Star, and of the Woman's 
 Relief Corps, Department of Maine. In 1888 
 she was elected President of the John R. 
 Adams Relief Corps, Department of Maine, and 
 in 1889 she was re-elected. She has served as 
 ' Department Aid several terms; was a delegate 
 to the National Convention in Detroit in 1891, 
 and was on the Executive Board in 1894; was 
 unanimously elected Department President at 
 the Convention in February, 1895, and is pres- 
 ent Aid on the national President's staff. She 
 is also a member of the "Home Board," which 
 devises ways and means for the support of the 
 inmates of the Maine Relief Corps Home, 
 which has not yet received government aid. 
 Mrs. Millett joined the Baptist church when 
 she was seventeen years of age, and is now a 
 member of the Second Church of that denomi- 
 nation in Portland. Colonel Millett and his 
 wife attend the Congregationalist church. 
 
 bPRANK W. BUCKNAM, a prominent 
 p] and promising young business man of 
 -*- Yarmouth, was born in this town, De- 
 cember 7, 1869, coming from an old and 
 worthy family. His great - grandparents, 
 Samuel and Phoebe (Chandler) Bucknam, were 
 
 pioneers of North Yarmouth, where their six 
 children were born, Captain William Buck- 
 nam, the grandfather of Frank W., being the 
 eldest child. 
 
 William Bucknam was born on December 
 22, 1806. He was almost brought up on the 
 sea, when but a lad making various trips with 
 his father, becoming so familiar with every- 
 thing pertaining to a sailor's life that at an 
 early age he was made master of a vessel, a 
 position which he filled for many years. He 
 married one of . Yarmouth's fair daughters. 
 Miss Elizabeth True, their nuptials being 
 celebrated February 19, 1835. After this 
 auspicious event the sea had no charms to 
 draw him from his fireside. He bought a 
 farm in Yarmouth, where he lived until his 
 demise, July 12, 185 1, while yet in the prime 
 of manhood. A man of exemplary Christian 
 character, he was a valued member of the 
 Baptist church. He and his wife had five 
 children, namely: Horace, born June 2, 1836; 
 Alvan F., born November 27, 1837, who was 
 graduated from Bowdoin College in i860, and 
 is now a practising physician in Warren, 111. ; 
 Lizzie T., born August 3, 1840, died Novem- 
 ber 10, 1858; William E., father of the 
 special subject of this biographical sketch, 
 born February 17, 1S44; and Mary Ellen, 
 born March i, 1846. 
 
 William Edward Bucknam succeeded to the 
 ownership of the parental estate, and is liv- 
 ing on the farm where his birth occurred a 
 half-century or more ago. An energetic and 
 progressive agriculturist, he owns one of the 
 best-managed and most productive farms in 
 the town of Yarmouth, his land being located 
 not far from the shore. During the late Civil 
 War he volunteered in his country's service, 
 going to the front September 17, 1862, as a 
 Corporal in Company G, Twenty-fifth Maine 
 Volunteer Infantry, and being honorably dis- 
 charged at the expiration of his term of enlist- 
 ment in 1863. His wife, whose maiden name 
 was Katie Mahoney, was born July 4, 1849, in 
 this town, daughter of Cornelius and Ellen 
 (Kelley) Mahoney, neither of whom is now 
 living. Mr. and Mrs. William E. Bucknam 
 have three children, as follows: Frank W. ; 
 Jennie Q., born July 8, 1873, who was gradu- 
 ated from the Normal School of Bridgewater, 
 
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 Mass., and is now engaged in teaching; and 
 Maud, born January 29, 1879. The parents 
 are both faithful members of the Congrega- 
 tional church. Politically, the father is a 
 stanch Republican; and, socially, he is a 
 member of the Grand Army of the Republic 
 and a Knight of Pythias. 
 
 Frank W. Bucknam acquired his early edu- 
 cation in the public schools of Yarmouth, after 
 which he took a course of study at Shaw's 
 Business College in Portland. He remained 
 on the ancestral homestead until about twenty- 
 one years old, when he secured a position in 
 the drug store of Mr. Cook at Yarmouthville, 
 where he remained three years, paying close 
 attention to the details of his work. Going 
 to Portland, in order to perfect himself in the 
 business to which he has since been devoted, 
 Mr. Bucknam became a clerk in the drug store 
 of Edward L. Foss, and at the end of a year 
 passed his examination in pharmacy, his di- 
 ploma bearing the date of February 14, 1894, 
 a most acceptable valentine. A month later, 
 on March 19, he purchased the stock of M. C. 
 Merrill, at the stand where he is now engaged 
 in a successful business, dealing in drugs, 
 paints, oils, and various other commodities, 
 including window glass and wall paper. 
 
 Mr. Bucknam is energetic and enterprising, 
 courteous and accommodating to his patrons, 
 and well merits his prosperous trade. In poli- 
 tics he is an active Republican, being at the 
 present time Town Clerk. Socially, he is a 
 Mason, belonging to Casco Lodge, A. F. & 
 A. M. He is faithful to the religious be- 
 liefs in which he was reared, being a Congre- 
 gationalist, though not a member of any 
 church. 
 
 fOSEPH H. HUTCHINS, a prominent 
 contractor of the city of Deering, was 
 born in Buxton, Me., October 8, 1843. 
 His parents were Solomon L. and 
 Phebe R. (Matthews) Hutchins, the former a 
 native of Pownal, Cumberland County, Me. 
 
 Solomon L. Hutchins was born in 1817, 
 and received his early education in the schools 
 of his native town. Mastering the carpenter's 
 trade, he worked for some years in Portland 
 as a journeyman, and then, removing to Bux- 
 
 ton, went into business as a contractor and 
 builder, employing a large number of men. 
 In 1 865 he removed to Deering, but four years 
 later returned to Pownal, where he purchased 
 a farm. There he spent the last twelve years 
 of his life, profitably engaged in agricultural 
 pursuits. He died in 1880. In 1841 he was 
 married to Phebe R., daughter of Joseph 
 Matthews, a farmer of Scarboro, Me. Three 
 children were born to them, namely : two 
 daughters who died ' in early womanhood, one 
 at the age of sixteen, the other nineteen; and a 
 son, the subject of this sketch. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Hutchins were active and devoted members of 
 the church. 
 
 Joseph H. Hutchins attended the common 
 schools of Camden, and finished his course of 
 study at Yarmouth Academy. He learned the 
 carpenter's trade of his father, and when 
 twenty-two years of age entered the employ of 
 A. D. Smith,, builder, of Portland, for whom 
 he worked about fifteen years. While in Mr. 
 Smith's employ he superintended the build- 
 ing of the Farrington and Storer Blocks, and 
 many other large buildings in Portland, Deer- 
 ing, and Westbrook. In 1880 he went into 
 business for himself; and he has since been 
 successfully engaged as a contractor and 
 builder, his extensive experience, honest deal- 
 ing, and prompt execution winning for him a 
 large and reliable patronage. Mr. Hutchins 
 •is recognized as one of the leading builders of 
 the locality, and is now serving his second 
 term as Vice-President of the Deering Build- 
 ing Loan Association. 
 
 On November 11, 1864, Mr. Hutchins was 
 married to Julia A., daughter of Emery Heal, 
 a farmer of Lincolnville, Me. Three chil- 
 dren blessed their unio^two of whom are liv- 
 ing—Mary E. and Frank L. The former is 
 the wife of Edward M. Cobb, a contractor and 
 builder of Deering. 
 
 A Republican in politics, Mr. Hutchins 
 served on the Deering Town Committee for 
 about eight years, and was elected to the 
 Board of Aldermen in 1892, having the honor 
 to be the first Chairman of that body. He 
 was elected Assessor of Deering in 1894 for 
 three years. He is a member of several prom- 
 inent social organizations, belonging to Maine 
 Lodge, No. I, Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
 
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 lows, of Portland, of which he has been Vice- 
 Grand; and Eastern Star Encampment; Ivy 
 Lodge, No. 5,' Daughters of Rebecca; Long- 
 fellow Lodge, No. 43, Knights of Pythias, in 
 which he has held all the offices, also repre- 
 senting the Lodge in the Grand Lodge; and 
 the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association. 
 With his wife and family he attends the Con- 
 gregational church, contributing liberally 
 toward its support. 
 
 'OHN CALVIN STEVENS, a promi- 
 nent architect of Portland, Me., was 
 born in Boston, Mass., October 8, 1855, 
 son of Leander and Maria J. H. (Win- 
 gate) Stevens. He is of pioneer ancestry and 
 of Revolutionary stock, his great-grandfather, 
 Jotham Stevens, who was a soldier of the Rev- 
 olution, having been born and bred in England. 
 When a young man he came to this State, lo- 
 cating in the town of Kennebunk, which was 
 then almost a wilderness. He cleared a tract 
 of land, on which he engaged in farming and 
 lumbering, living there until his death, which 
 was- caused by an accident while he was yoking 
 oxen to go to the woods for a load of lumber, 
 he being then ninety-eight years of age, but 
 remarkably hale and hearty. 
 
 Mr. Stevens's grandfather, Calvin Stevens, 
 son of the above-mentioned Jotham, was 
 reared to mature years in Kennebunk. He 
 subsequently learned the cabinet-maker's 
 trade in Concord, N.H., but established him- 
 self permanently in business at Standish, 
 where he resided until his demise in March, 
 1877, at the age of eighty-four years. He 
 married Lydia Moulton, daughter of Captain 
 Jonathan Moulton. She passed to the higher 
 life in 1856, leaving three children, one being 
 Leander, the father of John Calvin. 
 
 Leander Stevens, whose birth occurred 
 March 8, 1822, in Standish, learned the trade 
 of a cabinet-maker, as well as that of fancy 
 carriage and house painter. He spent his 
 boyhood days on the parental homestead, 
 about two miles from the village of Standish ; 
 and this property is now in his possession. 
 Desiring to enter upon a mercantile career, 
 he went to Boston when a young man and was 
 there employed as clerk in a grocery store for 
 
 three years, after which he spent two years 
 similarly employed in a hardware store in New 
 York City. Returning then to Boston, he 
 opened a hotel, which he successfully managed 
 for three years. His next venture was in con- 
 nection with Mr. Poland, they forming^ a part- 
 nership under the name of Poland & Stevens, 
 and selling groceries for the following three 
 years, when the partnership was dissolved. 
 Mr. Stevens was engaged as messenger for 
 the British American Express Company for 
 the next six years, running from Portland 
 to Montreal, via the Grand Trunk Rail- 
 way. On July 12, 1 86 1, he took charge of the 
 office of the Preble House in this city, resign- 
 ing the position in 1871 to take charge of the 
 Falmouth Hotel, then the largest hotel in the 
 State, continuing until it was closed in 1875. 
 During the year 1876 he had control of the 
 Poland Springs House office, being afterward 
 head clerk at the American House, Boston, for 
 twelve years. Going again to Poland Springs, 
 he had charge of that hotel for two years, when 
 he retired from active pursuits. ' He married 
 Maria Jane Hancock Wingate, daughter of 
 John Wingate, their nuptials being celebrated 
 in November, 1848. Four children were 
 born to them, namely: Leander L., who lives 
 on the old homestead; John Calvin; Lydia 
 Maria, wife of S. E. Winslow, of New York 
 City; and Henry Wingate, who is in the office 
 with his brother, John C. 
 
 John Calvin Stevens was but a year and a 
 half old when his parents removed to this city, 
 where he was educated, being graduated from 
 the high school in 1873. Having artistic taste 
 and mechanical ability, which he was desirous 
 of putting to practical use, he entered the 
 office of F. H. Fassett in the fall of 1873, 
 remaining with him as an assistant until 1880, 
 when he was taken into partnership, the firm 
 name being Fassett & Stevens. Having estab- 
 lished a reputation as one of the leading archi- 
 tects of this vicinity, Mr. Stevens decided to 
 try his fortune elsewhere. Going to Boston, 
 he opened a branch office there, remaining a 
 year and a half, and in that time built Hotel 
 Pemberton at Windmill Point, Hull In 
 1883 the partnership of Fassett & Stevens was 
 dissolved, Mr. Stevens opening an office for 
 himself in the First National Bank Building, 
 
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 he being the first tenant, and continuing alone 
 until 1887, when he entered into a copartner- 
 ship with Albert W. Cobb, the firm carrying 
 on a substantial business for eighteen months, 
 under the name of Stevens & Cobb. Mr. 
 Stevens has built many of the finest residences 
 in this and neighboring cities, as well as some 
 of the most prominent public buildings of the 
 State, including the Physical Laboratory at 
 Colby University, the Ricker Classical School 
 at Houlton, the new buildings at Hebron 
 Academy, and the Maine Eye and Ear Infirm- 
 ary at Portland. He also erected the Oxford 
 Building, where he has had his office for the 
 past seven years. Among the beautiful 
 private residences built by Mr. Stevens is that 
 of the Hon. F. E. Richards; and he is now at 
 work on the Biddeford City Hall and the new 
 Insane Hospital at Bangor, and supervising 
 the erection of some very handsome residences. 
 In his office he gives constant employment to 
 six competent draughtsmen, the largest force 
 in any similar office in the State. 
 
 In 1884 Mr. Stevens was made an honorary 
 member of the Architectural League of New 
 York, one of the leading organizations of the 
 kind in the Union, and three years later was 
 made a Fellow of the American Institute of 
 Architects. He belongs to many of the local 
 social societies, having been one of the half- 
 dozen men to organize the Portland Athletic 
 Club, of which he has since been one of the 
 Executive Committee, also being President of 
 the Portland Society of Art and one of its 
 Executive Committee since i88t. In 1889 he 
 was elected President of the Maine Charitable 
 Mechanic Association; and in 1883 he became 
 a member of the League of American Wheel- 
 men, which has a membership in Maine of four 
 hundred and thirty-two persons. He is promi- 
 nent in cycling circles, being President of the 
 Wheel Club; and he is a member of the Maine 
 Lodge of Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
 besides belonging to the Ancient Landmark 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Mount Vernon Chap- 
 ter, the Portland Council, Portland Command- 
 ery. Knights of Templars, and having taken 
 all the degrees up to and including the thirty- 
 second degree. 
 
 On December 24, 1877, Mr. Stevens was 
 united in marriage with. Martha Louise Wal- 
 
 dron, daughter of Howard D. Waldron, of. this 
 city. Their residence, pleasantly located at 
 52 Bovi^doin Street, is made cheerful arid home- 
 like by the presence of their four children — 
 John Howard, Caroline Maria, Margaret Lou- 
 ise, and Dorothy Wingate. 
 
 TT^ASSIUS L. KIMBALL, a thriving 
 I nX and intelligent farmer of Bridgton, is 
 ^U^___ a native of this town, his birth 
 having occurred February 7, 1847, 
 on the farm where he now resides. His grand- 
 father, Jediah Kimball, Sr. , whp was the origi- 
 nal owner of the farm, was a native of Rhode 
 Island, from which State he came to Cumber- 
 land County, Me., purchasing this property, 
 which then consisted of ninety acres of wild 
 land, on which not a tree had been cut. He 
 built a log cabin in typical pioneer style, 
 cleared a large portion of the land, and resided 
 here until his death, which occurred when he 
 had attained the age of seventy-five years. 
 His son, Jediah Kimball, Jr., was reared to 
 farming, in which honorable occupation he was 
 engaged during most of his life, although he 
 occasionally worked at the painter's trade. 
 After the death of his father he came into 
 possession of the homestead, which he man- 
 aged successfully until his own death, which 
 occurred at the age of forty-eight years. He 
 married Miss Mary Kitson, who bore him two 
 children — Cassius L., whose name prefaces 
 this sketch; and Florence, wife of Charles E. 
 Dawes, who likewise resides on the homestead. 
 The mother lived a widow many years, dying 
 in 1888, when seventy-one years old, and was 
 then laid to rest beside her husband in the 
 Lower Ridge Cemetery. 
 
 Cassius L. Kimball received a common- 
 school education, completing his studies at the 
 age of fifteen years, being called upon at that 
 early age to assume, the charge of the home 
 farm, which has since been underl his control. 
 The land is fertile and well adapted to the 
 growth of cereals and the fruits common to 
 New England, and his management of the 
 property has been accompanied by gratifying 
 results. Mr. Kimball has never taken any 
 active part in political affairs, but gives his 
 hearty support to the Democratic party. 
 
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 ILLIAM ROBERTS, an extensive 
 farmer of Westbrook, Me., a com- 
 rade of the Grand Army of the Re- 
 public, was born at the Roberts homestead, 
 in this town, March 29, 1843, son of Charles 
 and Eleanor J. (Chenery) Roberts, and was 
 named for his paternal grandfather. Ances- 
 tors of the Roberts family came to Maine from 
 Gloucester, Mass. 
 
 William Roberts, the elder, was born at 
 Cape Elizabeth, from which place his parents 
 moved to Gorham ; and he resided there until 
 he was twenty-one years old. He then came 
 to Westbrook, where he bought the property 
 which is now occupied by his grandson, and 
 engaged in farming during the rest of his life. 
 He was also a prominent contractor, a business 
 which he conducted in company with his son, 
 Charles ; and several important highways in that 
 section were built under his direction. He 
 was a Democrat in politics, and served as a 
 member of the Board of Selectmen three years, 
 1839, 1840, and 1 841. He was twice married; 
 and by his first wife, who was before her mar- 
 riage Betsy Hatch, and was a daughter of the 
 Rev. Nathaniel Hatch, of Falmouth, he had 
 three children. His second wife was Dorcas 
 Johnson, daughter of John Johnson, of Fal- 
 mouth, and by this union there was one 
 daughter. Of his four children, the latest 
 survivor was Charles, Mr. Roberts's father, 
 who was a son of his first wife. 
 
 Charles Roberts was born on January 20, 
 1804, in the house which adjoins his son's 
 present residence; and he always resided upon 
 this farm. In early manhood he engaged with 
 . his father in contracting for the construction 
 of highways and other public works. He 
 built sections of the road between Portland 
 and Woodford's Corner, that between Stroud- 
 water and Coalkilm, the new road leading from 
 Duck Pond to Pride's Corner; and he also 
 assisted in the construction of the first bridge 
 at Cumberland Mills. He possessed a strong 
 constitution, and was remarkably vigorous and 
 active until ninety-one years old, but after 
 that his strength failed. He died on March 
 18, 1896, in his ninety-third year, retaining 
 his senses till within a few hours of his death. 
 In politics he was early a Democrat, but later 
 supported the principles of the Republican 
 
 party; and he was twice nominated for the 
 Board of Selectmen during the days of the old 
 town government. In religious belief he was 
 a Congregationalist. He married on May 6, 
 1832, Eleanor J. Chenery, who was born on 
 April 26, 1 8 10, and has now nearly completed 
 her eighty-sixth year. She has been an ex- 
 cellent wife and mother. Her parents were 
 Joseph and Rebecca (Johnson) Chenery, whose 
 home was in that part of Falmouth which is 
 now Deering, her father having come there 
 from Watertown, Mass. Mrs. Chenery was a 
 daughter of John and Eleanor (Lamb) Johnson, 
 the former of whom lived to be ninety-six 
 years old, and the latter about fourscore. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Charles Roberts were the parents of 
 seven children, of whom four are living, 
 namely: Frances E., wife of Randall J. Elder, 
 of East Boston ; John, who resides in West- 
 brook ; William, the subject of this sketch; 
 and Charles, a resident of Harrison, Me. 
 
 William Roberts attended the public schools 
 of Westbrook in his boyhood, and completed 
 his studies at a commercial college in Portland. 
 He enlisted as a private in Company E, 
 Twenty-fifth Regiment, Maine Volunteers, 
 under Colonel Francis Fessenden, and was 
 stationed in Washington in defence of the 
 capital for six months. The regiment was 
 then ordered to duty at Chantilly, where it 
 remained for a time, and thence went back to 
 Washington, where its term of service expired ; 
 and Mr. Roberts was mustered out in Portland, 
 July 10, 1863. He then returned to the home- 
 stead, where be remained until i86g, when 
 he spent six months in the West. Later he 
 took another trip in the same direction, ex- 
 tending through a period of one year, since 
 which time he has devoted his attention to the 
 cultivation of the farm. The property, which 
 consists of about three hundred acres, is desira- 
 bly located and well improved, sixty acres 
 being set apart for the raising of hay, the an- 
 nual production of which amounts to fifty tons. 
 Mr. Roberts was married on May 19, 1886, 
 to Ellen A. Knight, daughter of Joseph 
 Knight, of Falmouth, and has one daughter 
 — Eleanor C, aged seven years. 
 
 In politics he is a Republican, and is 
 actively interested in local affairs, having 
 served as Overseer of the Poor in 1891, the 
 
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 first year under the city charter; and he was 
 elected a member of the Board of Assessors for 
 the years 1895-96. He is a comrade of Cloud- 
 man Post, No. 100, Grand Army of the Re- 
 public, of Westbrook. An able, industrious, 
 and successful farmer and a progressive, lib- 
 eral-minded citizen, he enjoys the esteem and 
 good will of the entire community. He at- 
 tends the Congregational church. 
 
 nJuSHA S. STOVER, Town Clerk of 
 R] Harpswell, Me., who has held his 
 ' — present office twenty-six years, was 
 
 born in the house whose roof still shelters 
 him on June 4, 1828. He is a son of Simeon 
 and Lois (Hinckley) Stover, and a represent- 
 ative of one of the oldest families of the town, 
 his great-great-grandfather, John Stover, who 
 was born in York, Me., in 1709, settling in 
 Harpswell in 1770, and dying there in 1786. 
 His great-grandfather, Alcott Stover, was born 
 in Harpswell and there spent his life, engaged 
 in farming; and his son Elisha, the grand- 
 father of our subject, also a native of Harps- 
 well and a farmer, lived for many years on 
 Goose Island. In 1821 Elisha Stover pur- 
 chased the farm now owned by his grandson 
 and namesake, and here spent the rest of his 
 life, dying at the age of eighty years. 
 
 Simeon Stover, father of our subject, was 
 reared on the farm on Goose Island, and re- 
 moved to Harpswell with his father. He 
 devoted his life to agriculture, tilling the 
 broad acres of the homestead with profitable 
 results. He was called to rest at the age of 
 sixty-five years. His wife, who was a native 
 of Lisbon, Me., daughter of Lemuel Hinckley, 
 a prosperous farmer of that town, lived to the 
 advanced age of eighty-two, spending her 
 last days with her son Elisha S. She was an 
 esteemed njember of the Baptist church. 
 Seven children completed the hdme circle of 
 Mr. and Mrs. Stover, five of whom are living 
 — Lemuel; Elisha S. ; Minerva Ann, wife of 
 Otis Vining, of Durham; Harriet, wife of 
 Edmund Wilson, of Harpswell; and Elizabeth 
 Jane, wife of Reed O. Johnson, of Orr's Island. 
 Elisha S. Stover attended the common 
 schools and academy of Harpswell, and after 
 finishing his course as a pupil presided at the 
 
 teacher's desk for three terms. He then 
 worked in the shipyard of the town ten years, 
 from 1849 to 1859, and when he was thirty- 
 two years of age turned to the ploughshare, 
 which had been the source of his forefathers' 
 prosperity. After his father's death he took 
 full charge of the home farm, and now has 
 a fine property of fifty-five acres in a high 
 state of cultivation. A Democrat in politics, 
 Mr. Stover has been Town Clerk of Harpswell 
 twenty-six years, havings, been elected twenty- 
 five times and appointed once to fill a vacancy. 
 This remarkable record is uriimpeachable evi- 
 dence of his efficiency, and also of the high 
 esteem in which he is held by his townsmen. 
 In 1872 Mr. Stover was married to Cordelia 
 R. Bishop, daughter of Captain John Bishop, 
 of Harpswell, a hardy mariner who attained 
 the advanced age of ninety-three years. They 
 have no children. Mrs. Stover is a member 
 of the Congregational Church of Harpswell; 
 and she and her husband are persons of culti- 
 vated literary taste, familiar with the standard 
 English authors. 
 
 ON. NATHAN CLEAVES was born 
 in Bridgton, Me., January 9, 1835, 
 son of Thomas and Sophia (Brad- 
 street) Cleaves. His boyhood days 
 were spent at Bridgton and in Portland. He 
 fitted for college at the Portland Academy, 
 and entered Bowdoin in 1854, graduating in 
 1858. Among his classmates were General 
 Francis Fessenden, of Portland; General J. P. 
 Cilley, of Rockland; the Hon. E. B. Nealley, 
 of Bangor; General Ellis Spear, of Washing- 
 ton, D.C. ; and the Rev. Frank Sewall. 
 
 Selecting the law as his profession, Mr. 
 Cleaves studied with the Hon. Joseph Howard 
 and the Hon. Sewall C. Strout, and was ad- 
 mitted to the bar in Cumberland County at 
 the April term, 1861, of the Supreme Judicial 
 Court. He opened an office in Bowdoinham, 
 Me., and subsequently removed to Portland, 
 forming a law partnership with the Hon. L. D. 
 M. Sweat, then a member of Congress from 
 the Portland district. This relation contin- 
 ued until July, 1864, when he formed a part- 
 nership with the late Hon. Joseph Howard, 
 under the firm name of Howard & Cleaves. 
 
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 This partnership continued until the decease 
 of Judge Howard, when the law firm of Nathan 
 and Henry B. Cleaves was formed, to which 
 firm subsequently Stephen C. Perry was ad- 
 mitted as a member. 
 
 In politics Nathan Cleaves was a Democrat, 
 loyal to his party, but "he subordinated his 
 political conduct to his manhood." He was a 
 man of very great personal popularity, and 
 was many times honored with jDublic office, 
 being City Solicitor of Portland in 1869, Rep- 
 resentative to the State legislature in 1871 
 and in 1875, Judge of the Probate Court from 
 1876 to 1880, surveyor of the port of Portland 
 for four years ; and -he was frequently a dele- 
 gate to conventions, both State and national. 
 At the State convention of the Democratic 
 party in 1892 he was unanimously selected as 
 a delegate at large to the Chicago convention 
 that nominated Cleveland and Stephenson, 
 being Chairman of the Maine delegation. 
 
 Judge Cleaves was connected with very 
 many business enter-prises and corporations. 
 He was President of the Ellsworth Water 
 Company, a Director in the Cumberland Na- 
 tional Bank of Portland, in the First National 
 Bank of Bar Harbor, the Westbrook Trust 
 Company, and other leading business and 
 financial corporations of the State. He was a 
 prominent member of the Masonic fraternity 
 and of the Odd Fellows, President of the So- 
 ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- 
 mals, and a member and officer of many char- 
 itable organizations, the treasuries of which 
 have many times felt the benefit of his quiet 
 but effective generosity. He was a faithful 
 and devoted member of St. Luke's Parish, and 
 for many years one of its Vestrymen. Judge 
 Cleaves was in active practice for a period of 
 more than thirty years. He attained great 
 prominence in the profe'ssion he loved so much, 
 and always enjoyed the confidence, respect, 
 and esteem of the bench and bar, and of the 
 entire community. 
 
 Nathan Cleaves married in May, 1865, 
 Caroline, the accomplished daughter of Judge 
 Howard. Mrs. Cleaves died at Augusta in 
 February, 1875, while her husband was there 
 as a Representative to the legislature from 
 Portland. 
 
 Judge Cleaves died at his residence in this 
 
 city o-n September 5, 1892. Memorial exer- 
 cises were held by the Cumberland Bar Asso- 
 ciation before the Supreme Judicial Court, 
 and the following appropriate resolution was 
 adopted and placed on the records of the 
 court : — ■ 
 
 '■'■Resolved, That the members of the Cum- 
 berland bar have heard with a deep sense of 
 personal grief and loss the news of the sudden 
 illness and death of their distinguished asso- 
 ciate member, the Hon. Nathan Cleaves, at 
 the very summit of his professional career; 
 that his contemporaries at the bar during their 
 lives will cherish the memory of his unvary- 
 ing courtesy, his dignity of professional bear- 
 ing and demeanor, his pure life and character, 
 his eminent legal attainments, his fine train- 
 ing and capacity in all matters pertaining to 
 his profession, his exceptionally good forensic 
 judgment, tact, and skill, and the rare and 
 excellent traits and qualities of his mind and 
 heart; and, cherishing this memory of him 
 ourselves, we write also this brief memorial 
 of him, that they who come after us in the 
 profession, to a late posterity, may remember 
 him as one of the models and ornaments of 
 his own times." 
 
 In speaking of Judge Cleaves a distin- 
 guished member of the bar says : " It is seldom 
 that the bar has been so affected as by the 
 death of Nathan Cleaves. For a long time he 
 had been one with us, one of us. He was 
 standing by our side, in our very midst: we 
 looked up, and he was gone. The good man, 
 whose life had become krrit with ours by long 
 mepiories and all fond associations, at the 
 meridian of his intellectual faculties, in the 
 robes of his profession, and in the midst of its 
 heaviest responsibilities and obligations, lay 
 dead at his post. He who labored without 
 rest to bring the best fruitage of life to its 
 harvest had fallen in his place when the 
 boughs hung heaviest, when his work needed 
 him most — had paused, and was still amid 
 the ripe wealth of autumn. The sickle still 
 gleamed in the harvest field, fallen from the 
 reaper's hand. In the sunlight rustled still 
 the ripened and ripening grain, which no hand 
 now shall ever gather into sheaves. All was 
 as it had been, but his work was done. All 
 was as before, but another companionship, 
 
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 prized and held dear, the charm of one friend- 
 ship more, had disappeared from our lives." 
 
 The words of eulogy bestowed upon the life 
 and character of the Hon. Nathan Cleaves by 
 the court and his brethren at the bar were a 
 just and merited tribute to an honorable and 
 noble life. The funeral services were held at 
 St. Luke's Cathedral, where Judge Cleaves 
 had been a constant attendant for many years, 
 and were most impressive. 
 
 ISAAC SKILLIN DUNN, who died at 
 his home in North Yarmouth, January 
 17, 1885, was a native of this town, 
 born July 6, 1822, son of James and 
 Lucy (Skillin) Dunn. His father was an 
 early settler in the locality, and was for many 
 years successfully engaged in farming, butcher- 
 ing, and conducting mercantile business. He 
 occupied a prominent position among his fel- 
 low-citizens. His religious opinions were 
 liberal, and in politics he supported the Whig 
 party. He owned a good farm, which he cul- 
 tivated energetically, and upon which he spent 
 his last years, dying at the age of fifty-nine. 
 His wife Lucy lived to the age of seventy-two. 
 Their family consisted of eight children; 
 namely, Samuel, James, William, Cyrus, 
 Isaac, Mary (all deceased), Lydia E. (now 
 Mrs. Chase), and Miss Sarah T. Dunn, the 
 two last named being residents of Portland. 
 
 Isaac Skillin Dunn was educated in the 
 schools of his native town, completing his 
 studies at the Westbrook Seminary. In early 
 manhood he engaged in mercantile pursuits, 
 in company with his brothers, the firm being 
 known as I. S. Dunn & Co. ; and he had a suc- 
 cessful business career of thirty-three years. 
 He was a prominent leader in local affairs, 
 being a stanch supporter of the Republican 
 party, and capably serving his town as a mem- 
 ber of the Board of Selectmen, besides holding 
 other town offices. Large-brained and gener- 
 ous-hearted, with broad views upon religion 
 and other vital subjects, he long wielded a 
 powerful influence among his fellow-towns- 
 men, his unswerving business honesty and 
 personal integrity commanding the respect 
 and esteem of all who knew him. The clos- 
 ing years of his life were spent in the midst 
 
 of his family, whose future welfare and pros- 
 perity he had labored diligently to insure; and 
 his death was the cause of widespread sorrow 
 and sincere regret. He was married January 
 20, 1859, to Miss Maria M. Loring, who was 
 born in Falmouth, September 26, 1836, a 
 daughter of Captain Charles and Dorcas Lor- 
 ing, her father being an e'arly settler and a 
 highly respected resident of North Yarmouth. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Dunn had three sons, namely: 
 William T., who was born September 7, 1863, 
 and is now studying law in Portland; Ansel 
 Loring, born July i, 1865, who is now a suc- 
 cessful merchant of North Yarmouth; and 
 Charles Loring, who was born August 7, 1873, 
 and resides on the old homestead. Mrs. Dunn 
 died February 8, 1896, at the age of fifty-nine 
 years. She was a devoted wife, and a kind, 
 affectionate mother; and her death was an irrep- 
 arable loss to her family and the community. 
 
 The Dunn family is an old and prominent 
 one in North Yarmouth, its members having 
 long been known as able, successful business 
 men; and Ansel L. Dunn, who conducts the 
 business formerly carried on by his father, is 
 a representative of the third generation to 
 engage in mercantile pursuits in this town. 
 He is a young man of good business ability 
 and a worthy successor to his father, being 
 closely identified with the public affairs of the 
 town as First Selectman, and is also Assistant 
 Postmaster. He married Miss Maria O. Law- 
 rence, a daughter of J. N. S. Lawrence (now 
 deceased), who was a prominent resident of 
 Pownal, Me. He and his wife occupy a 
 pleasant home in East North Yarmouth, where 
 his business is located. 
 
 
 RTHUR H. BENOIT, an enterprising 
 dealer in clothing and gentlemen's 
 furnishing goods, of Westbrook, 
 . Me., was born in St. Dominique, 
 P.Q., May 12, 1865, son of Charles and Amelie 
 (Clement) Benoit. His immediate ancestors 
 were natives of Canada; and his father was 
 born in St. John Baptist de Ranville, April 28, 
 1828, being one of a family of eight children. 
 Charles Benoit learned the trade of a black- 
 smith, which he followed in St. Dominique 
 and Biddeford, Me., until some years ago, 
 
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 when he returned to St. Dominique, where he 
 is now engaged in carrying on a farm. His 
 wife, Amelie Clement, who is also a native 
 of Canada, was born in St. Andr6 des Equart, 
 Ontario, August 14, 1832. She has been the 
 mother of nine children, six of whom are liv- 
 ing, namely: Albert, who resides in Corn- 
 wall, Province of Ontario; Clement, a resi- 
 dent of St. Hyacinthe, P.Q. ; Arthur H., the 
 subject of this sketch; Maria; Charles A., 
 who is employed by his brother Arthur; and 
 Annie, who resides with her parents. 
 
 Mr. Benoit's grandfather on his father's side 
 was Toussaint Benoit, and his grandmother 
 on the same side was Rosalie Laperche dit 
 Sabourin. On his mother's side Mr. Benoit's 
 grandfather was John Clement, who was born 
 at La Pointe Claire; and his grandmother, 
 Tasette Lefebre, born at Vaudreuil. His 
 uncles on his father's side of the family are 
 Toussaint, Venaut, and Julien; his aunts, 
 Desauges, Henriette, Catherine, and Rosalie. 
 His uncles on his mother's side are Edward, 
 Oliver, Alexander, and Francis; his aunts, 
 Philamene and Julie. 
 
 Arthur H. Benoit commenced his education 
 in the schools of St. Dominique, and after 
 his removal to Biddeford he pursued a course 
 of English studies in the public schools of 
 that city. After leaving school he was em- 
 ployed at the York Mills in Saco for about 
 four years, and then entered mercantile busi- 
 ness as a clerk for C. H. Weffer, a clothing 
 dealer of Saco. He continued in that capacity 
 for six years, during which time he became 
 familiar with every detail of the business; 
 and about the year 1890 he formed a copartner- 
 ship with Mr. Weffer for the purpose of estab- 
 lishing a store in Westbrook, which was 
 opened under his personal supervision. In 
 1893 he purchased Mr. Weffer's interest in 
 the Westbrook store, since which time he has 
 conducted trade solely upon his own account, 
 having created a thriving business. He also 
 opened a branch store in Biddeford, Me., in 
 1896. He carries in both stores a varied 
 line of ready-made clothing, hats, caps, and 
 gentlemen's furnishing goods of every de- 
 scription, and is regarded as one of the most 
 enterprising and successful young merchants 
 of Westbrook. 
 
 In 1890 Mr. Benoit was united in marriage 
 to Marie Philamene Anna Brodeur, born Feb- 
 ruary 28, 1868, daughter of Samuel and Emma 
 Cussou Brodeur, of Montreal. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Benoit have three children, namely: Henry, 
 born December 16, 1891; Romeo, born June 
 27, 1893; and Robert, born September 25, 
 1895. In all matters relating to the general 
 welfare of the community Mr. Benoit takes 
 a deep interest; and, although not active in 
 public affairs, he evinces a desire for a pro- 
 gressive administration of the municipal gov- 
 ernment. He is a member of Court City of 
 Westbrook, No. 8140, Ancient Order of For- 
 esters, of which he has been a Trustee; and 
 he attends the Roman Catholic church. 
 
 'OHN MORRISON, a resident of Bridg- 
 ton for a quarter of a century, is closely 
 identified with the agricultural inter- 
 ests of this part of Cumberland County, 
 being the owner of a good and well-appointed 
 farm. A native of this town, he was born 
 June 26, 1827, being a son of William Morri- 
 son, Jr. His grandfather, William Morrison, 
 Sr., was born in Gilmantown, N.H., and re- 
 moved thence to Cumberland County, Me., in 
 1795, being among the pioneer settlers of 
 Bridgton. He was twice married, and reared, 
 by the two wives, a family of fourteen chil- 
 dren. 
 
 William Morrison, Jr., father of John, was 
 a farmer throughout the active period of his 
 lif.e. He moved from Bridgton to the town 
 of Sweden in 1835, and there purchased a 
 tract of unimproved land. Ere long the ring- 
 ing blows of his axe were heard as he felled 
 the trees which were to be used in building 
 the log cabin in which he and his family were 
 to live. He cleared a good-sized farm, on 
 which he carried on mixed husbandry and 
 lumbering until his demise in 1849. While 
 living in Bridgton, he married Miss Balinda 
 Ingalls, who survived him many years, dying 
 in 1885. They had a large family of children, 
 of whom the following is recorded: William 
 A. lived until sixty-six years of age; Joanna 
 died at the age of sixty-two; John is the sub- 
 ject of this biographical sketch; Charles G. is 
 engaged in farming in Bridgton; Lucy J.; 
 
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 Sarah M. died when fifty-nine years old; 
 Reuben resides in this town; Mary P. is the 
 wife of Aaron Brigham; and Julia S. married 
 Frank A. Libby, a farmer living in Bridgton. 
 
 John Morrison was but eight years of age 
 when his parents removed to the town of 
 Sweden, where, as soon as old enough, he 
 assisted in the pioneer labor of developing a 
 farm from the forest. After his father's death 
 he assisted in the management of the home- 
 stead property for some years. In 1866 he 
 removed to Newton, Mass., where he was over- 
 seer of a gang of men, remaining thus em- 
 ployed for four years. In 1870 Mr. Morrison 
 returned to Bridgton, here purchasing one 
 hundred and ten acres of land, which are in- 
 cluded in his present farm. He carries on 
 general farming most successfully, and has 
 since added other land to his original pur- 
 chase, his estate now containing one hundred 
 and thirty acres, some of it being heavily 
 timbered. In addition to his other work, he 
 is an extensive dealer in lumber, this business 
 being quite profitable. In politics Mr. Mor- 
 rison affiliates with the Democratic party; and, 
 socially, he is a member of the Odd Fellows 
 Lodge. 
 
 Mr. Morrison was first married in 1850, 
 Miss Adelaide Nevers becoming his wife. 
 She died in 1853, leaving one son, Samuel N. 
 In 1855 the union of Mr. Morrison with Miss 
 Louise B. Nevers was solemnized. Of this 
 marriage four children have been born, 
 namely: Francella, who died in infancy; 
 Granville W. ; John W., a resident of Bridg- 
 ton; and Jennie, who married Frederick 
 Ingalls, and has one child, Gladys L. 
 
 iHARLES VVILBUT FOSTER, 
 M.D. , of Deering, who was the first 
 physician to settle at Woodlord's 
 Corner, was born at Unity, Waldo 
 County, Me., April 29, 1850, and is a son of 
 Thomas Albert and Eliza (McManus) Foster. 
 Thomas A. Foster was born at Montville, Me., 
 February 20, 1827. When a young man he 
 taught school, and was also engaged in farming 
 for a while. In 1856 he began to practice 
 medicine at Waterville, and two years later 
 moved to Portland, where he was in active 
 
 practice until within a few years. He is now 
 Medical Director of the Union Mutual Life 
 Insurance Company of Portland, and has re- 
 tired from other professional work. 
 
 Charles Wilbut Foster was graduated from 
 Westbrook Seminary in 1867 and from Colby 
 University in 1871. He then entered the 
 employ of the Maine Central Railroad, and 
 worked as a fireman fifteen months; but, his 
 father wishing him to adopt a profession, he 
 entered the Portland School for Medical In- 
 struction, which prepared students for other 
 institutions during the regular school vaca- 
 tions. In the winter of 1872-73 he attended 
 the Medical School of Maine, at Brunswick, 
 in the fall of 1873 studying at the Medical 
 College of Detroit, Mich., and then returning 
 to Brunswick, taking two full terms at each 
 college. He received his diploma from the 
 Detroit Medical College, March 4, 1875, and 
 shortly afterward opened an office in Auburn, 
 Me., where he remained fifteen months. He 
 then removed to Deering, where he began to 
 practise December 25, 1876; and during the 
 years of his professional work in this town he 
 has established a reputation for skill and sym- 
 pathetic treatment that is continually adding 
 new names to his visiting-list, and has made 
 of his old patients lifelong friends. 
 
 July 6, 1876, Dr. Foster was united in mar- 
 riage with Esther B. Parker, daughter of 
 Nathaniel Parker, of West Buxton, Me. Two 
 daughters have brightened their home — Rachel 
 Jones and Esther Perley. Dr. Foster is a 
 member of the Portland Medical Club, the 
 Maine State Medical Association, the Ameri- 
 can Academy of Medicine (the most erudite 
 medical body in the United States), the 
 American Medical Association, and the Maine 
 Academy of Medicine and Science. He was 
 the third Vice-President of the American 
 Academy of Medicine in 1893, and has been 
 President of the Portland Club, an important 
 medical association. For the past five years 
 Dr. Foster has been delegate from the Maine 
 State Medical Association to the American 
 Medical Association. 
 
 In politics Dr. Foster is Republican. He 
 is a member of the Auditing Committee of the 
 Deering Building and Loan Association, but 
 has little time for other affiliations outside of 
 
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 175 
 
 his medical and fraternal interests. He is 
 Past Master of Deering Lodge, No. 183, A. F. 
 & A. M., and by virtue of his ofifice a repre- 
 sentative to the Grand Lodge of the State. 
 He is Past Grand of Harmony Lodge, No. 19, 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows; a past 
 officer of Falmouth Encampment, No. 1 1 ; be- 
 longs to Grand Canton Ridgely, and is a mem- 
 ber of General Whitten's staff. He is Past 
 Chancellor of Rocky Hill Lodge, No. 51, and 
 a representative to the Grand Lodge, Knights 
 of Pythias; was Past Great Chief, of Records 
 for five years of Cogawesco Tribe of Red Men, 
 No. 5, which gave him the honors of Past 
 Great Sachem ; is Past Master of Deering 
 Lodge, No. 17, Ancient Order of United 
 Workmen ; a member of Grand Lodge, U. O. 
 G. C. ; and Past Noble Commander of Wood- 
 ford's Commandery, No. 235. Dr. Foster has 
 a fine residence at the corner of Deering 
 Avenue and Pearl Street. 
 
 'AMUEL STILLMAN FULLER, 
 who is living in Bridgtdn, Me., re- 
 tired from the active pursuits of 
 business, was born in the town of 
 Sumner, Oxford County, December 17, 1824. 
 He comes from an old Colonial family of Eng- 
 lish origin, the immigrant progenitor having 
 been John Fuller, a native of England, who 
 settled in Cambridge, Mass., his home being 
 in what is now Newton, about 1644. 
 
 John Fuller reared six sons and two daugh- 
 ters; and it is said that twenty-two of his de- 
 scendants went into the Revolutionary army 
 from Newton, Mass. His third son, Joseph 
 Fuller, married in 1680, Lydia, a daughter of 
 Edward Jackson, and afterward continued his 
 residence in Newton. (See "History of New- 
 ton, Mass.," by the late Rev. S. F. Smith, 
 D.D.) Captain Jonathan Fuller, son of 
 Joseph and Lydia, born January 7, 1686-7, 
 married Sarah, daughter of John Mirick, the 
 line being continued through their son Elisha, 
 born March 15, 17 19, who in 1750 married 
 Esther, daughter of David Richardson, and 
 became the father of Aaron Fuller, the grand- 
 father of Samuel S., the subject of the pres- 
 ent sketch. 
 
 Aaron Fuller removed from Massachusetts 
 
 to what is now Paris, Oxford County, Me., 
 in 1786, making the journey across the 
 country with teams. He took up timbered 
 land, and cleared a farm, on which he lived 
 until after the death of his first wife, when he 
 removed to Otisfield, where his death occurred 
 October 18, 1841. His first wife, whom he 
 married November 20, 1783, was Hannah 
 Pond, who was born September 14, 1764, 
 daughter of Simeon and Mary Pond. She 
 died on January 7, 1836. She had reared 
 seven children, one of them a son named 
 Artemus Fuller, born October 16, 1784. 
 
 Artemus Fuller carried on general farming 
 in the town of Sumner for several years after 
 his marriage, going from there to North Paris, 
 where he engaged in repairing and selling 
 clocks. He subsequently settled in Lowell, 
 Mass., where he remained until his death, 
 eighteen years later, on April i, 1863. His 
 wife, formerly Irena Shaw, was born October 
 16, 1788, in Hebron, Me., and died October 
 29, 1848, in Lowell. She was the mother of 
 six children; namely, Elvira J., Alonzo F., 
 Olive F., Samuel Stillman, Sabrina H., and 
 Melvina F. 
 
 Samuel S. Fuller attended the district 
 school during the winter seasons, and worked 
 on the homestead farm during the summers 
 until nineteen years of age, when he went to 
 Bethel, where he learned the carriage-maker's 
 trade, serving an apprenticeship of two years. 
 Going then to Lowell, Mass., he engaged in 
 carpentering for a year; and after that he en- 
 tered the Middlesex Mill as a section hand in 
 the weaving-room, where he remained three or 
 more years. Returning to this State, Mr. 
 Fuller was employed for the succeeding three 
 years in the Frye Mills at Lewiston, having 
 charge of the weaving-room. His next posi- 
 tion was that of second hand in the Bay State, 
 now the Washington, Mill at Lawrence, Mass. 
 In 1857 that mill was closed; and he returned 
 once again to Maine, and spent two years on 
 the farm of his father-in-law in Madison, at 
 the end of that time resuming work in the Bay 
 State Mill in Lawrence, having charge of the 
 weaving-room the following eighteen months. 
 He afterward occupied a similar position in 
 the woollen-mill at Vassalboro, Me., for five 
 years, going thence to Lowell, Mass., where 
 
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 he was given the care of three weaving-rooms 
 and the dressing-room. Four years later Mr. 
 Fuller was appointed assistant superintendent 
 of the woollen department of the Washington 
 Mill in Lawrence, and in the course of three 
 years was appointed superintendent, having 
 the entire charge of the woollen department 
 for six months. FVom 1875 until 1879 he had 
 charge of the finishing-rooms of the Pemberton 
 Mills in Lawrence, coming from there to 
 Bridgton to acce'pt the position of designer for 
 the Forest and the Pondicherry Mills, in which 
 capacity he was employed until 1890, when he 
 retired with an honorable record for industrial 
 achievement, his successive promotions having 
 been well earned. 
 
 Mr. Fuller was married July 20, 1850, to 
 Miss Elizabeth N. Reed, a daughter of Dean 
 and Elizabeth (Norton) Reed. One child 
 was born of this union, a daughter, Mary 
 Ellen, who died May 17, 1875, aged twenty- 
 two years, two months. Mrs. Elizabeth N. 
 Fuller was born on February 26, 1824, in the 
 town of Madison, Somerset County, and died 
 at the age of seventy-one years, May 7, 1895. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Fuller united with the Congre- 
 gational church at Lawrence, during their 
 residence in that city, their membership being 
 afterward transferred to the Bridgton Congre- 
 gational Church. 
 
 T^HARLES L. RANDALL, M.D., a 
 V Jl ^"^'^^^^^"^ physician of Standish, 
 ~ >s!l_^ Cumberland County, Me., was born 
 in Limington, York County, Janu- 
 ary 13, 1858. The family is of English ori- 
 gin, several emigrants of this name having 
 come from England to America in Colonial 
 times. They were early settlers in Massachu- 
 .setts, Rhode Island, and Maine, whence their 
 descendants have scattered themselves through- 
 out the United States. 
 
 Dr. Randall's grandfather, Noah Randall, 
 Sr., spent his early years in the town of Bald- 
 win, Cumberland County, Me., being a tiller 
 of the soil. For a time he was engaged in 
 trade in Buxton, York County, but spent his 
 last years in the town of Auburn, Androscog- 
 gin County, where he was known as a hard- 
 working farmer, his death occurring in 1868, 
 
 at the age of sixty-six years. His wife was 
 Ruth Haley, a sister of the well-known Deacon 
 Haley, of Sebago. They reared six children, 
 four of whoni are now living, as follows: 
 Noah, Jr., the Doctor's father; Charles E., a 
 resident of Hollis, Me., who married Isabelle 
 Maddock; Mary Jane, wife of Jacob Town- 
 send, of Hollis, who has three children — 
 Wilbur, Loring, and May Dora, wife of James 
 Pillsbury, of Limington; and Daniel, who 
 married Ella Carl, of j^ollis, and has two 
 children — Frank and Fred. The grandfather 
 was a Republican in politics, and his wife, 
 religiously, was a strong Universal ist. 
 
 Noah Randal], Jr., a native of Baldwin, 
 was born December i, 1825. He is a farmer 
 by occupation, owning a good property in Lim- 
 ington, which has been his home the larger 
 part of his life. He is quite prominently 
 identified with the affairs of that town, having 
 served as Selectman many years, being elected 
 to office on the Republican ticket, which he 
 always supports. In 1848 he married Susan 
 Huntress, daughter of Temple Huntress, of 
 Hiram, in this State; and they reared seven 
 children — John J., Emily J., Benjamin, 
 Eunice, Simeon, Charles L., and Jesse A., all 
 of whom became teachers in the public schools. 
 John J. Randall, born October 10, 1849, mar- 
 ried Sarah Lane, of Amesbury, Mass., by whom 
 he has three children — Mabel, wife of Charles 
 Wardrop, of Amesbury; Lena; and Edward. 
 Emily J. Randall, born in 1851, is now the 
 widow of the Rev. Henry Wentworth. She 
 was formerly the wife of Alvin C. Moulton,. 
 who died, leaving her with three children — 
 Hardie A., who married Grace Wheeler, of 
 Boston; Hattie, the wife of George Roberts, 
 of Gorham, who has one child, Evelyn; and 
 Olin C. Moulton. Benjamin F. Randall, 
 born in August, 1853, married Emma J. 
 Scammon, of Hollis, by whom he had two 
 children, Susie and Albert, and died in 1882. 
 Eunice A., born in 1855, is the wife of 
 Charles Scammon, of Hollis, and has three 
 children —John, Alice, and Benjamin. Sim- 
 eon, born in 1856, married Evelyn Smith, of 
 Tewksbury, Mass., and has three children — 
 Marion, George, and an infant. Dr. Jesse 
 A. Randall, born in December, 1863, married 
 Mrs. Lillian Small, nh Libby, and is now 
 
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 practising medicine at Old Orchard, Me. 
 Mrs. Susan H. Randall was a member of the 
 Free Will Baptist church. 
 
 Charles L. Randall obtained his early edu- 
 cation in Limington, attending the common 
 school and the academy, and then taught school 
 several terms, being employed in Limington 
 and the surrounding towns. He subsequently 
 took a course of medical study, and was grad- 
 uated from the College of Physicians and Sur- 
 geons at Baltimore, Md., in 1889. Going then 
 to Tewksbury, Mass., Dr. Randall practised at 
 the Massachusetts State Hospital for a year, 
 coming from there to Standish in 1890. He 
 has met with deserved success in his pro- 
 fession, having already secured an excellent 
 practice in this vicinity. 
 
 Dr. Randall was married October 14, 1889, 
 to Sophia Tuckfield, daughter of Charles 
 Tuckfield, of North Branch, N.Y. In politics 
 Dr. Randall affiliates with the Republicans. 
 He is much interested in advancing the edu- 
 cational interests of the town, and for the past 
 two years has been a member of the School 
 Committee. Socially, he is a Mason, being a 
 member of Adoniram Lodge, No. 27, of Lim- 
 ington. 
 
 ILLIAM TRICKEY, one of the old- 
 est residents of Westbrook, Cum- 
 berland County, and a highly re- 
 spected citizen, was born May 2, 18 13, son of 
 Daniel and Sarah (Johnson) Trickey. The 
 family is of English origin; and its present 
 representatives are the descendants of ances- 
 tors who settled in York, York County, Me. 
 Mr. Trickey's grandfather, John Trickey, who 
 was an early pioneer in the lumbering indus- 
 tries of the Pine Tree State, followed that 
 business with prosperity, and was a well- 
 known lumberman in his day. He reared a 
 large family. 
 
 His son, Daniel Trickey, Mr. Trickey's 
 father, was born in Westbrook, and was a life- 
 long resident of this town. He engaged in 
 both farming and lumbering, his summers 
 being spent in cultivating his land, and the 
 winters in hauling logs, which he manufact- 
 ured into lumber and marketed. He was an 
 industrious and energetic business man, a 
 
 worthy member of the community; and in his 
 political affiliations he was a Democrat. He 
 attended the Congregational church. His 
 wife, Sarah Johnson, who was a native of 
 Westbrook, became the mother of seven chil- 
 dren, two of whom are living, namely: Ellen, 
 widow of the late S. G. Pike, of Calais, Me. ; 
 and William, the subject of this sketch. 
 
 William Trickey was educated in the public 
 schools of Westbrook, and early began to make 
 himself useful to his father in the work of the 
 farm and in the lumber operations. After 
 completing his studies he adopted agriculture 
 as his occupation for life. When a young 
 man he bought the old Longfellow farm in the 
 adjoining town of Gorham, where he settled; 
 and for a period of forty years he cultivated 
 his land with ability and profit. He then re- 
 turned to Westbrook, where he purchased the 
 residence of the late Joseph Walker, and has 
 since continued to reside here. 
 
 Mr. Trickey was united in marriage with 
 Sarah M. Marr, daughter of Robert P. Marr, of 
 Scarboro, in 1842, and has had two children, as 
 follows: Kate P., who resides with her father; 
 and Etta S., wife of Herbert H. York, of 
 Deering, Me. 
 
 As an able and successful farmer Mr. 
 Trickey has made a record which but few resi- 
 dents in his locality can equal. He has al- 
 ways devoted his undivided attention to his 
 own private business ; and, although a stanch 
 supporter of the Democratic party, he has 
 never allowed political aspirations to interfere 
 with his occupations. He is to-day next to 
 the oldest native resident of Westbrook, hav- 
 ing now reached the advanced age of eighty- 
 three years, and is still smart and active, both 
 mentally and physically. He is well informed 
 upon all current political issues, is a great 
 admirer of President Cleveland; and in his 
 religious views he is a Congregationalist. 
 
 (^IVRTHUR WHITING PIERCE, Secre- 
 p\ tary of the Deering Building Loan 
 Jj\\ Association and one of the most 
 ^~^ prominent young business men of 
 that place, was born in Providence, R.I., Au- 
 gust 5, i860, and is a son of William G. and 
 Almira F. (Metcalf) Pierce. 
 
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 William G. Pierce was also a native of 
 Providence, born December 19, 1825. After 
 attending the common schools of that city, he 
 entered Brown University, from which he was 
 subsequently graduated. He then went to 
 China, where he spent six years in the employ 
 of an American house. On his return to 
 America, in company with another gentleman, 
 he established a grocery business in Provi- 
 dence, R.I., and was thus successfully engaged 
 until he retired from a mercantile life. He 
 was also President of the Northern Bank of 
 that city. -He died at the age of fifty years, 
 December 25, 1875. His wife, Almira F., 
 is a daughter of Whiting Metcalf, a well- 
 known business man of Providence. Their 
 union was blessed by the birth of an only son, 
 Arthur Whiting Pierce. Mrs. Pierce is still 
 living, and is a member of the First Baptist 
 Church of Providence. 
 
 Arthur Whiting Pierce received his element- 
 ary education in a private school, after which 
 he entered the Providence High School, and 
 further pursued his studies under a private 
 tutor. He began his business career in the 
 employ of Twitchell & Champlin, wholesale 
 grocers of Portland, Me., remaining with them 
 for about two years. Following that he was 
 interested in various lines of business until 
 1893, when he became Secretary of the Deer- 
 ing Building Loan Association, which posi- 
 tion he still holds. He was married on Octo- 
 ber 6, 1886, to Miss Harriet W. Bolster, 
 daughter of Mellen E. Bolster, of Portland. 
 Their home has been brightened by the birth 
 of a son, William B. Pierce. 
 
 Mr. Pierce, who takes an active interest in 
 public affairs, was recently elected an Alder- 
 man of the city of Deering from Ward 5, and 
 is now serving on the Finance Committee, 
 and on the Committee in charge of Sidewalks, 
 Streets, Bridges, Lighting, Water, and Sewer- 
 age. He is well known in Masonic circles as 
 a member of Atlantic Lodge, A. F. & A. M., 
 of Deering; Greenleaf Chapter, Royal Arch 
 Masons; the Portland Council; and St. Alban 
 Commandery, Knights Templars. Among 
 the other fraternal orders with which he is 
 affiliated are Beacon Lodge, Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows, Portland Encampment, 
 and Ivanhoe Lodge, Knights of Pythias. Mr. 
 
 and Mrs. Pierce are regular attendants of 
 the Woodford's Congregational Church. 
 
 ABEZ MARRINER, who' is carrying 
 on an excellent grocery business at 
 South Portland, was born January 14, 
 1829, in Cape Elizabeth. His parents, 
 James and Sarah (Dyer) Marriner, were both 
 of pioneer stock, the Dyers having settled here 
 at an early period, and Joseph Marriner, the 
 paternal grandfather, having been engaged in 
 agricultural pursuits in this vicinity for many 
 years. He was a man of prominence in his 
 day, and for several years served as Selectman 
 of the town. His son James was the father of 
 Jabez, the subject of this sketch. 
 
 James Marriner was born and bred in the 
 town of Cape Elizabeth, learning in his 
 younger days the trade of ship carpentry, 
 which was his principal occupation for many 
 years. He spent his last years living retired 
 in Portland. He was deeply interested in the 
 cause of religion, being an active member of 
 the Methodist church. In politics he was 
 formerly a Democrat, but joined the ranks of 
 the Republican party, when it was formed. 
 Of his union with Miss Dyer seven sons and 
 one daughter were born, Jabez being the only 
 one now living. 
 
 Jabez Marriner obtained his education in 
 the schools of his native town and Portland, 
 after which he served an apprenticeship with 
 Thomas F. Roberts, a boat builder in Port- 
 land, continuing to work at this trade until 
 1855, when he went to Saccarappa, being 
 there employed by his brother James as a house 
 and carriage painter. In 1862 Mr. Marriner 
 enlisted as a soldier in the late Civil War, 
 joining Company H, Seventeenth Maine Vol- 
 unteer Infantry, under command of Captain 
 Almon Fogg, of Gorham, Me., serving as a 
 private for two years and six months. With 
 his regiment he was at the front in several 
 engagements, including the battle of Chan- 
 cellorsville, May 2, 1863, when Stonewall 
 Jackson received his death wound. In 1864 . 
 Mr. Marriner was honorably discharged from ' 
 the service; and, returning to Saccarappa, he 
 resumed his former work. In 1866 he came 
 to South Portland (then a part of Cape Eliza- 
 
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 beth), which has since been his place of resi- 
 dence. Prior to his enlistment he had served 
 as assistant messenger to the Maine Senate, and 
 in 1865 was a clerk in the Adjutant -general's 
 office, under John L. Hodgson. From 1866 
 until 1870, inclusive, Mr. Marriner was mes- 
 senger of the Senate, serving until his ap- 
 pointment as census taker at Cape Elizabeth 
 in 1870. He continued working at the 
 painter's trade until 1874, when he was ap- 
 pointed by High Sheriff William L. Pennell 
 as Deputy Sheriff, his especial duty being to 
 assist in the enforcement of the liquor law, 
 an office in which he served seven years. In 
 1 88 1 he established himself in the grocery 
 business, meeting with such encouraging suc- 
 cess that in 1889 he built his present com- 
 modious store; and the same year he was ap- 
 pointed Postmaster, the office being located 
 in his store, he retaining the position three 
 years. Since that time Mr. Marriner has de- 
 voted himself to his mercantile interests. He 
 has ever been a strong worker in the cause of 
 temperance ; and his very first vote was cast for 
 Neal Dow, the candidate for Mayor in 1851. 
 Mr. Marriner was united in marriage Sep- 
 tember 7, 1856, with Jane R. Libby, daughter 
 of Nathan Libby, of Saccarappa, Me. Their 
 union has been blessed by the birth of two 
 children —James E. and Mary W. James E. 
 Marriner, born May 14, i860, now a resident 
 of Berlin Falls, N.H., married Hattie Thorpe, 
 of Portland; and they have one child, James 
 Theodore. Mary W. Marriner, born January 
 9, 1865, lives at home with her parents. 
 
 -OHN F. PROCTOR, a long-established 
 dealer in real estate and mortgages, 
 whose office is at 93 Exchange Street, 
 Portland, was born in this city, October 
 18, 1839, son of John C. and Lucinda P. 
 (March) Proctor. His paternal grandfather 
 was William Proctor, of New Gloucester, 
 Me., proprietor of a hotel known as "The 
 Travellers' Home." John C. Proctor, father 
 of John F., was a pioneer in the real estate 
 business in Portland, starting in 1852, and 
 conducting a prosperous business up to the 
 time of his death, which occurred July 28, 
 1891. His wife, who is still living, at the 
 
 age of eighty-two years, is the daughter of a 
 Revolutionary patriot, who was the youngest 
 enlisted recruit in the United States Army, 
 being only twelve years of age when he joined 
 the ranks as fifer. He subsequently became 
 High Sheriff of Cumberland County. Mrs. John 
 C. Proctor was the mother of nine children. 
 
 John F. Proctor received his education, in 
 the common schools and high school of Port- 
 land, and first worked as a clerk in a shoe 
 store, remaining two years. He then entered 
 into business with his father, and spent four 
 or five years in Vera Cruz, Mexico, where his 
 brother Charles M. Proctor, who was United 
 States Consul at that place, died in i86r. 
 Mr. Proctor has been in his present business 
 for about thirty-five consecutive years, having 
 had charge of it since the death of his father, 
 with whom he was associated some thirty 
 years of that period. He is a competent and 
 painstaking business man, and his sterling 
 integrity and careful attention to the wants 
 of his patrons have won for him an enviable 
 reputation. 
 
 Mr. Proctor married P""annie L., daughter of 
 John (Haskell) Easterbrook, of Cambridge, 
 Mass., and seven children have blessed their 
 union, namely: Alma Louisa, who married 
 Edward E. James, of Deering; Stella Ger- 
 trude; Charles F. ; Annie E. ; Mabel F.;- 
 Josephine H.; and Marion. Mr. Proctor's 
 only son, Charles F., was married September 
 18, 189s, to Eleanor, daughter of Edwin 
 Griffin, of Portland. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Proctor favors the Repub- 
 lican party. He is well advanced in Masonry, 
 belonging to Green leaf Chapter, A. F. & 
 A. M. He and his wife are members of the 
 First Unitarian Church of Portland. They 
 have a pleasant home on Congress Street in 
 Deering. 
 
 fs^OHN J. SYMONDS, the owner and 
 occupant of one of the oldest farms in 
 the town of Raymond, Me., near the 
 north-western border of Cumberland 
 County, was born here on October 8, 1822. 
 His parents were Samuel J. and Elsa (Small) 
 Symonds; and his paternal grandfather was 
 Francis Symonds, a native of Salem, Mass. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Representatives of the Symonds family, 
 which is of 'English origin, were, among the 
 original colonists of Essex County, Massachu- 
 setts, the name of John Symonds occurring in 
 the Salem records as long ago as 1637. 
 Francis Symonds removed from Salem, Mass., 
 to Raymond in the early days of this town, 
 and purchased the farm now occupied by his 
 grandson. Here he built a log house, which 
 served as a home for hitnself and his family 
 until circumstances permitted of the erection 
 of a more modern structure. He lived to 
 the advanced age of ninety-one years. The 
 maiden name of his wife was Mary Jordan. 
 
 Their son, Samuel J. Symonds, lived in a 
 part of his father's house, and here spent his 
 days, successfully engaged in farming, in con- 
 nection with which he did a profitable lumber 
 business. He died on March 17, 1862, in the 
 sixty-eighth year of his age, the date of his 
 birth being August 12, 1794. His wife, Elsa 
 Small, was born in Raymond, February 23, 
 1795, daughter of James and Peggy Small. 
 After her husband's decease she resided with 
 her son, John J. Symonds, until she, too, was 
 called to pass from earth, October 12, 1875. 
 She bore her husband nine children, namely: 
 Mary J., born March 29, 1819, who married 
 Ephraim L. Brown, of Raymond (both now 
 deceased); Orsamus, born November 5, 1820, 
 who married Miss Mary Ann Whiting (now 
 deceased), and lives in Poland, Me.; John J., 
 a sketch of whose life appears below; Almina, 
 born January 7, 1825, who married Marville 
 White, and died August 23, 1851; Irene F., 
 born November 30, 1827, who married Ben- 
 jamin Davis, of Poland, and died May 25, 
 1857; Clarinda J., born March 27, 1830, now 
 the wife of Louis Shurtleff, of New Glouces- 
 ter, Me.; Eliza J., born October 29, 1832, 
 who married Nathaniel Shurtleff, of Walnut- 
 ville. Me.; Francis, born January 27, 1836, 
 who married Miss Martha Hall, and died on 
 October 10, 1875, his wife now living in Nor- 
 way; Phoebe N., boin March 17, 1841, who 
 married George Hatch, of New Gloucester, 
 and is now deceased. 
 
 John J. Symonds grew to manhood in his 
 native town, living with his grandfather 
 Symonds, and in his childhood obtaining a 
 common-school education. At fourteen years 
 
 of age he took up the active duties of life, and 
 was soon able to do a'man's work on the farm. 
 Thirty acres with the old buildings fell to him 
 from his grandfather. The rest of his estate 
 of two hundred and fifty acres is of his own 
 purchasing, and the buildings were all erected 
 by him. As a result of his well-directed 
 energy and faithful attention to business, he 
 now has one of the finest farms in Raymond. 
 He makes a specialty of dairying, keeping 
 twenty cows, from which hq sells milk. He 
 also gives some attention to stock raising, and 
 he keeps five horses. The principal products 
 of his farm are hay, corn, grain, and fruit. 
 
 On June 18, 1843, he was married to Miss 
 Jane Strout, who was born in this town, July 
 IS, 1823, a daughter of Elias and Rhoda 
 (Strout) Strout. Her father was one of the 
 pioneers of the town, and an honored and re- 
 spected citizen, by occupation a farmer. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Symonds are the parents of four chil- 
 dren, two sons and two daughters, briefly 
 mentioned as follows; Rhoda, the wife of 
 Almon Brown, of Aroostook County, Maine, 
 has a son and two daughters — Emma Barbfer, 
 Ina Leavitt, and John Brown; Warren, living 
 near the old homestead, married Miss Mary 
 E. Spiller, who has borne him four children 
 
 — Louis, John J., Ruth I., and Maude E. ; 
 Charles F., residing with his parents, married 
 Miss Elvena S. Allen, of Raymond, and has 
 a daughter, Etta W.; Arabelle, the wife of 
 Elmer Riggs, of Raymond, has two children 
 
 — Jennie L. and Anna Eliza. The Demo- 
 cratic party numbers Mr. Symonds among its 
 faithful supporters. He and his family attend 
 church at East Raymond. 
 
 m 
 
 LLIAM H. McLELLAN, a black- 
 ith and farmer, residing in Gor- 
 ham, is a native-born citizen, his 
 birth having occurred here, May 10, 1845. 
 His great-great-grandfather, Hugh McLellan, 
 was the original ancestor in this country, com- 
 ing to Cumberland County from Ireland, the 
 place of his birth. He was one of the earliest 
 settlers of Gorham, building the first brick 
 house ever erected within its limits. This 
 house is still standing on the Fort Hill road, 
 being in a good state of preservation. The 
 
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 next in line of descent was Carey McLellan; 
 and then came William McLellan, Sr., grand- 
 father of William H. William McLellan, 
 Sr., was a lifelong resident of Gorham and a 
 farmer by occupation. He married Mehitabel 
 Harmon, who bore him eight children, two of 
 whom are now living — John, a resident of 
 New Orleans; and Eunice, wife of Henry 
 Harmon, of Scarboro. 
 
 William McLellan, Jr., father of William 
 H-., wasthe fourth child of the parental house- 
 hold. On arriving at man's estate, he settled 
 down to farming on the old homestead, where 
 he continued until his death in 1851. His 
 wife, Mary Jane, daughter of Nathaniel 
 Meserve, of New Hampshire, survived him ten 
 years, dying in 1861. Both were Baptists in 
 religion, and the father was a Democrat in 
 politics. Of the seven children born to them, 
 six are living, the following being their rec- 
 ord: Eliza Ann, widow of Ezekiel Harmon, of 
 Hollis, Me., has two children — Merrow and 
 Jane; Mary W., wife "of Alexander Allen, of 
 Gorham, has four children — ■ Elmira, Delia, 
 Frank, and Edgar; Charles I. married the 
 late Clara Libby, who died January i6, 1888, 
 leaving three children — Mary, Charles, and 
 Albert; William H. is the chief subject of 
 this sketch; Winifred, wife of George Doug- 
 las, has five children — Orman, Adma, Frank, 
 Clifford, and Alverdo; John married Cassan- 
 dana Haskell, of Windham, and has six chil- 
 dren — Eva, Herbert, Mellen, Annie, Bertha, 
 and Hugh. 
 
 William H. McLellan attended the public 
 schools of Gorham during his boyhood, and 
 afterward went to Saco, where he worked four- 
 teen months for Littlefield & Towle, learning 
 the blacksmith's trade. Going from Saco to 
 Portland, he worked at his trade five years, 
 first with Martin Pennell, and then with J. M. 
 Kimball. On account of ill health he gave 
 up all work for a time, remaining unemployed 
 until 1874, when he went to Little Falls vil- 
 lage, in the town of Gorham, where he 
 resumed blacksmithing, working with his 
 brother, John McLellan. In 1876 he estab- 
 lished himself in business in Gorham, build- 
 ing up an extensive patronage in this locality. 
 In 1887 he bought his farm of sixty acres, on 
 which he has since resided, carrying on gen- 
 
 eral husbandry. As soon as well settled on 
 his farm he erected his present blacksmith's 
 shop, and now divides his attention between 
 the plough and the forge, being very success- 
 ful in both branches of industry. 
 
 On September 24, 1876, Mr. McLellan was 
 united in marriage .with Ella M., fourth 
 daughter of Oliver P. Haskell, of Windham. 
 Her parents reared nine children, seven girls 
 and two boys. They are both members of the 
 Baptist church, of North Gorham. Mr. and 
 Mrs. McLellan have three children, as fol- 
 lows: George W., born February 18, 1878; 
 Ada N., born July 6, 1882; and Mary J., 
 born July 28, 1884. Mr. and Mrs. McLellan 
 attend the Baptist church. In politics Mr. 
 McLellan is independent; and, socially, he 
 is identified by membership with Gorham 
 Lodge, No. 98, Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
 lows; Oriental Lodge, No. 17, Knights of 
 Pythias; and with Nagwaumquay Tribe, No. 
 36, of South Windham. 
 
 
 SAPH TRUE, who was born April 20, 
 849, at Freeport, this county, on the 
 old True homestead, where he now 
 resides, is the only living male rep- 
 resentative of his family, which has long held 
 an honored place in this neighborhood. Mr. 
 True's farm of eighty-four acres is in an excel- 
 lent state of cultivation, bearing strong evi- 
 dence of the great labor which has been be- 
 stowed upon it since the year 1802, when his 
 paternal grandfather, William True, settled 
 here in the wilderness, cutting the first tree 
 from the dense forest, and building the origi- 
 nal dwelling, which is now a part of the family 
 residence. ' The grandfather was a man of 
 shrewd intelligence, a Whig in politics and 
 among the foremost citizens of his day, serv- 
 ing for many years as Selectman. Religiously, 
 both he and his wife, Eunice Sawyer, who came 
 with him to Freeport, were consistent mem- 
 bers of the Baptist church, rearing their chil- 
 dren to the same faith. William True was 
 one of four sons of Israel and Mary (McEntire) 
 True, and was born at North Yarmouth, Au- 
 gust 10, 1776. 
 
 His son, Joseph True, was born on May 2, 
 1 81 3, and was reared to pioneer life on the 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 family homestead, attending the district 
 school, and assisting in clearing and improv- 
 ing the land until of age. He then learned 
 the trade of ship carpentry, after which he 
 went to sea, being first mate of a vessel for 
 several years, following this life until his re- 
 tirement to the old homestead, where his death 
 occurred in 1888. He married Jane R Wins- 
 low, daughter of Philip and Bethiah (Rideout) 
 Winslow. She was born May i, 1815, in New 
 Gloucester, and is now living on the home- 
 stead farm, a hale and hearty woman, bearing 
 with ease her burden of years. Four children 
 were born to her and her husband, as follows: 
 Josephine, the wife of Smith Johnson, of 
 Freeport; Asaph, the subject of this sketch; 
 Jane R., widow of Newell M. Ricker, residing 
 in Portland, Me. ; and Hattie J., who resides 
 with her mother and brother. 
 
 Asaph True was educated in the F'reeport 
 schools, likewise being well drilled in the 
 days of his youth in agricultural labors, in 
 which he is still successfully employed. He 
 carries on 'mixed husbandry, besides which he 
 is extensively engaged in dairying, making 
 that profitable industry quite a specialty. 
 Politically, he is a stanch Republican: and, re- 
 ligiously, he is liberal in his views. With 
 his mother and sister he lives a pleasant and 
 useful life, enjoying himself and contributing 
 his share toward making others happy. 
 
 /WeORGE RUSSELL, a retired ship- 
 \pY builder, living in East Deering, 
 ^~— ■" Cumberland County, Me., was born 
 June 16, 182s,' in Hopewell, Westmoreland 
 County, N.B., son of Stewart and Abigail 
 (Cutler) Russell. On the paternal side 
 Mr. Russell is of Irish antecedents, his 
 grandfather, Robert Russell, having emigrated 
 from Ireland to Nova Scotia, where he taught 
 school for several years, later settling on a 
 farm in Hopewell, N.B. On the maternal 
 side Mr. Russell is descended from Ebenezer 
 Cutler, a native of Dorchester, Mass., and a 
 graduate of Harvard College. -In 1776, dur- 
 ing the Revolutionary War, Mr. Cutler's 
 father, being loyal to the British- Crown, 
 moved with his family to Nova Scotia, settling 
 in the town of Annapolis. 
 
 Stewart Russell was born and reared in 
 Hopewell, N.B. He learned t^ ship car- 
 penter's trade when a young man, an pceupa- 
 tiOn which he followed much of his active life, 
 although he made several voyages on the 
 ocean as master of a sailing-vessel. His wife, 
 Abigail Cutler, daughter of the above-men- 
 tioned Ebenezet Cutler, bore him ten chil- 
 dren, eight of whom grew to mature years, 
 George, the subject of this sketch, being the 
 second son. « j, 
 
 George Russell acquired his early education 
 in the place of his nativity, finishing his 
 studies at a private school in Moncton, N.B. 
 Possessing native mechanical ability, he early 
 learned the use of tools, but never served an 
 apprenticeship at any trade. When about 
 eighteen years old, he commenced life as a 
 sailor, shipping on the "Agenoria," which 
 was built and owned by Stewart Russell and 
 by his brother Robert, and was commanded by 
 the latter. Adam Russell, a son of Captain 
 Russell, was also one 'of the crew of this 
 vessel, and continued on it until a few years 
 later, when both craft and crew were lost, no 
 tidings ever coming from the ill-fated vesse'l^ 
 or the sturdy mariners who manned her. 
 
 A feiy trips convinced" Mr. Russell that he 
 was not adapted to a seafaring life; and when 
 on a certain voyage he visited a shipyard in 
 Lubec, where he found the men layirrg-\the ' 
 keel of a ship, he immediately left his vessel, 
 and there secured work as a carpenter. After 
 the vessel upon which he was working was 
 launched, he returned to his home in New 
 Brunswick, and remained there until 1846, 
 when he dame again to Maine, working through 
 that summer as a ship carpenter, at a place 
 known as Bailey's Mistake. In the fall, he 
 entered the employment of Captain John 
 Walls, a ship-builder in Pembroke, where he 
 worked six years, being superintendent of the 
 shipyard the most of the time. 
 
 In 1851 Mr. Russell started in business on 
 his own account, buying and fitting up a yard, 
 which he managed several years, building 
 over twenty vessels. With characteristic en- 
 terprise he established at the same time a 
 store of general merchandise, continuing that 
 also until 1864, when he sold both the store 
 and the yard. Coming then to Deering, Mr. 
 
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 Russell opened a shipyard, and here built 
 more than fifty sail of vessels, being in active 
 business until 1891, when he retired to the 
 enjoyment of a well-earned competency. He 
 has always supported the Republican ticket, 
 and since 1892 has served on the Board of 
 Health, the present being his second term in 
 this office; and he has also served on the 
 School Board from 1893 to 1896. Socially, 
 he is a member of Deering Lodge, A. F. & 
 A. M. ; Greenleaf Royal Arch Chapter, No. 
 13, Portland; and was a member of the Good 
 Templars, and likewise of the Sons of Temper- 
 ance, in the early organization of these orders. 
 On October 28, 1847, Mr. Russell was 
 united in marriage with Mary Skofield Childs, 
 a daughter of Otis Childs, of Eastport, Me., 
 where her birth occurred, January 9, 1821. 
 Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Russell, namely: George Edward, deceased; 
 Abigail S. ; Ednah A., the wife of the Hon. 
 W. W. Morrill, ex-Mayor of this city; Eben 
 G., all of whom reside in Deering; and 
 Martha B., preceptress of the Ricker Classical 
 Institute at Houlton, Me. Mr. and Mrs. Rus- 
 sell are active members of the Free Street 
 Baptist Church of Portland. Mr. Russell has 
 always maintained a deep interest in religious 
 movements; and on May 15, 1869, he helped 
 organize a union Sunday-school in the village 
 where he resides — at that time "a part of the 
 town of Westbrook, but now city of Deering 
 — and served as superintendent of this school 
 for seventeen years. 
 
 'OSEPH HALL CARLETON, the only 
 resident member of the well-known 
 firm of Carleton Brothers & Co., of 
 Portland, wholesale and retail dealers 
 in lime, cement, plaster, hair, brick, etc., was 
 born at Rockport, Knox County, Me., March 
 31, 1859. He is of English antecedents, his 
 first ancestor in this country having settled in 
 Methuen, Mass., from, which place Mr. Hall's 
 paternal grandfather came to this State, locat- 
 ■jng in Camden, Knox County. There on 
 December 22, 1825, occurred the birth of our 
 subject's father, Philander J. Carleton.- He 
 was born in that portion of Camden now 
 known as Rockport, and is now one of its inost 
 
 prosperous business men, being actively en- 
 gaged as a ship-builder and a lime manufact- 
 urer. He is senior member of the firm of 
 Carleton, Norwood & Co., and also a member 
 of the firm of Carleton Brothers & Co. of this 
 city. His wife, whose maiden name was 
 Sarah Babb, was a native of Westbrook, Me. 
 She was born in 1826, and died September 8, 
 1894, leaving four sons — Frank P. J., Henry 
 B., Ralph W., and Joseph Hall. 
 
 Joseph Hall Carleton was educated in the 
 common and the high schools of his native 
 town. At the age of eighteen years he began 
 business life as a clerk in the grocery store of 
 Carleton, Norwood & Co., remaining until 
 1882, nearly four years, and becoming thor- 
 oughly acquainted with the details of the busi- 
 ness. He then became a member of the firm 
 of Carleton, Pascal & Co., in which he still 
 holds an interest. In 1887 Mr. Carleton 
 came to Portland, and, in partnership with his 
 father. Philander, and his brother Ralph W., 
 bought the business of L. C. Cummings & 
 Co., in which he is now engaged, tne firm 
 name being changed to its present style in 
 January, 1888, and the members being Joseph 
 H., Ralph W., and Philander J. Carleton. 
 They carry on an extensive business, their 
 manufactures being widely and favorably 
 known, and finding a ready market in Rock- 
 port and the vicinity. 
 
 As yet Mr. Carleton is not bound by 
 hymeneal ties; but his social duties engross 
 a portion of his time, as he is a member of 
 several organizations, belonging to St. Albans. 
 Commandery, in which he has taken the 
 thirty-second degree of Masonry; to the 
 Mount Battle Lodge, No. 102, Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows, of Camden; to the Fal- 
 mouth Club; to the Portland Athletic Club; 
 to the Young Men's Democratic Club; and to 
 the Portland Yacht Club. He is an unswerv- 
 ing Democrat in politics, and, religiously, is 
 an active member of the Episcopal church. 
 
 jEANDER L. HAWKES, a successful 
 business man of Westbrook, dealer in 
 wood, coal, and ice, was born in 
 Windham, Me., July 30, 1850. 
 He is a son of Joshua L. and. Sarah K. (May- 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 berry) Hawkes, both his parents being natives 
 of Windham, in which place his paternal 
 grandfather resided for many years, engaged 
 in the pursuit of agriculture. The grand- 
 father was an old-time Democrat in politics, 
 and always took an active interest in the public 
 weal. In religious belief he was a Quaker. 
 
 Joshua L. Hawkes, father of Neander L., 
 was born in Windham, and there spent his 
 life, engaged in farming. In religious belief 
 he was a Methodist, and in politics a Repub- 
 lican, though never an aspirant for public 
 honors. His death occurred in 1878. His 
 wife Sarah was a daughter of Andrew May- 
 berry, of Windham. Seven children were 
 born to them, six of whom are living, 
 namely: Abner L., a brick manufacturer in 
 Westbrook; Joseph, now a resident of Dakota 
 Marietta, who resides in Portland, Me. 
 Clarissa, wife of F. D. Winslow, of Portland 
 Sarah, wife of A. D. Woodbury, of West 
 brook; and Neander L., whose name prefaces 
 this article. 
 
 Neander L. Hawkes received his education 
 in the public -schools of Windham, at Gorham 
 Academy, and in the Westbrook High School. 
 He helped his father about the farm until 
 reaching the age of twenty years, and then 
 entered the employ of Sumner Bolton, of Gor- 
 ham, to learn the trade of a clothing pressman. 
 Mr. Bolton manufactured clothing for Boston 
 firms, and had a large and flourishing business. 
 Mr. Hawkes remained in his employ about six 
 months; and then, after four months' experi- 
 ence in a plaster and grain mill, returned to 
 the home farm at Windham, where he re- 
 mained until 1885. In that year he en- 
 gaged in the ice business in Westbrook, in 
 company with his brother, Abner L. ; and in 
 1887 he purchased his brother's interest, be- 
 coming sole proprietor of the business. He 
 was eminently successful, being for about six 
 years the only ice dealer in Westbrook. 
 About two years ago he added coal and wood 
 to his stock in trade, and he has also trans- 
 acted a considerable amount of business in 
 real estate. Besides a share in the home- 
 stead he owns some twenty-five acres of land 
 on Stroudwater Street, Westbrook, which he 
 has improved and cut into house lots, making 
 two new streets, and building a number of 
 
 houses; and in company with his brother, 
 Abner L., he erected a brick manufacturing 
 plant. Mr. Hawkes's private estate, which in- 
 cludes a substantial brick house and commodi- 
 ous barn, is one of the finest in Westbrook. 
 
 In September, 1879, Mr. Hawkes was 
 united in marriage with Clara, daughter of 
 Peter Morrison, of New Brunswick. . 
 
 Mr. Hawkes's political affiliations are with 
 the Republican party. Socially, he belongs 
 to the Improved Order o| Red Men, being a 
 member of S. D. Warren Tribe of Cumberland 
 Mills; and in religious belief he is a Meth.- 
 odist. 
 
 RS. DORCAS HOPKINS BANKS 
 is the widow of Elias Banks, who 
 at one time was a merchant of 
 Portland. She was born in this 
 city in an old-fashioned house that stood on 
 the corner of Brackett and Danforth Streets, 
 November 29, 1815. Her parents were James 
 Dean and Dorcas (Tucker) Hopkins ; and she 
 is of English descent, her father having been 
 born in England. Her paternal grandfather, 
 whose name was Thomas Hopkins, was a na- 
 tive of Axminster, Devonshire, England. He 
 came to this country with his family in 1784, 
 and purchased property in Portland on Con- 
 gress and Middle Streets, which is still in 
 the family. 
 
 James Dean Hopkins was twelve years of 
 age when his parents settled in Portland; and 
 he received the greater part of his education in 
 this city. He studied for the bar, and in 
 time became one of the most prominent 
 lawyers of Portland, where he was in active 
 practice for many years. He was at one time 
 President of the Cumberland County Bar; and 
 he numbered among his personal friends Judge 
 Mellon, Professor Simon Greenleaf, and 
 Stephen Longfellow, the father of the poet. 
 The house in which Mrs. Banks now resides 
 was erected by her father in 1823.. His wife, 
 Dorcas Tucker Hopkins, the motfier &f Mrs. 
 Banks, was the daughter of Captain Daniel 
 Tucker, who long followed the sea as a master 
 mariner. The last fifteen years of Captain 
 Tucker's life were passed in Gorham, retired 
 from active work. ,s 
 
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 Dorcas Hopkins received a good education 
 in the schools of Portland, and resided with 
 her parents until her marriage, which occurred 
 in 1845. Her husband, Elias Banks, was 
 identified with the mercantile life of Portland 
 up to the time of his death in 1882. Four 
 children were born to them, but one of whom, 
 a daughter named Elizabeth H., is now liv- 
 ing. She has been twice married. By her 
 first husband, George Whittier, of Portland, 
 she had one child, Margaret Dean Whittier; 
 and by her second husband, Edward H. Toby, 
 of Brooklyn, N.Y., she has one son, Donald-] 
 Banks Toby. Mr. and Mrs. Toby reside in 
 Brooklyn. Mary Banks, the second child of 
 Mr. and Mrs. Elias Banks, passed but five 
 brief summers on earth. Edward Prince 
 Banks, the elder son, who was born in 1848, 
 and was a clerk in the First National Bank of 
 Portland, died in 1893, at the age of forty- 
 four. The younger son, William Seward 
 Banks, who was born in 1854, and was a well- 
 known druggist in Portland, died in 1890. 
 
 Mrs. Banks is a member of the Congrega- 
 tional church on High Street, to which her 
 husband also belonged, and of which her chil- 
 dren Elizabeth and Edward were members. 
 Her residence, which was built over seventy 
 years ago, is one of the substantial homes of 
 Portland, and suits well the owner, who bears 
 gracefully the burden of her fourscore years, 
 appearing much younger than she acknowl- 
 edges herself to be. 
 
 B 
 
 ANIEL R. STOVER, superintendent 
 of schools at Harpswell, Me., was 
 S J born near his present residence in 
 West Harpswell, January 5, 1846, 
 son of Paul and Lydia (Dinsmore) Stover. 
 His great-great-grandfather, Johrj Stover, was 
 born in York County, Maine, and was one of 
 the pioneers of Harpswell, locating here as 
 early as 1727. He died in 1786. His son, 
 Johnson Stover (great-grandfather), was born 
 in Harpswell, and was one of the prominent 
 farmers of the locality, owning Upper Goose 
 Island and a tract of land on Harpswell Neck, 
 then known as Merryconeag. He died in 
 1828 at the age of seventy-nine. 
 
 Norton Stover, son of Johnson and the 
 
 grandfather of Daniel R., was also a native 
 of Harpswell and a farmer. He married 
 Huldah, only child of Daniel Randall, who 
 had purchased- on December 8, 1773, of 
 Thomas and Susannah McGray the farm on 
 which, Daniel R. Stover now resides. At the 
 time of his death Daniel Randall owned seven- 
 teen hundred acres of land in different parts 
 of the State. Grandfather Stover died at the 
 age of seventy-five. His wife was born and 
 married, lived and died, in her father's house, 
 now standing on the old homestead. She 
 passed away in her sixty-ninth year, having 
 been the mother of a large family. 
 
 Paul Stover, son of Norton and Huldah 
 (Randall) Stover, acquired what knowledge 
 the common schools afforded, and early be- 
 came familiar with the details of farm work. 
 He built in 1849 the house now occupied by 
 his son, and obtained a comfortable living 
 from the soil which had afforded generous sus- 
 tenance to his forefathers. Actively inter- 
 ested in public affairs, he was Captain of the 
 local militia; and his sword, now in the pos- 
 session of his son, is still bright, though the 
 hand that bore it is crumbled to dust. He 
 died at the age of seventy-five. His wife, 
 who was born in the year marked by the birth 
 of Queen Victoria, was a daughter of Thomas 
 Dinsmore, of Anson, Me., where she was 
 born. Mr. Dinsmore was a lumberman, and 
 was a Major in the militia. His daughter, 
 Mrs. Stover, died at the age of sixty-four. 
 She was a zealous member of the Baptist 
 church, in which her husband was Deacon. 
 Five children blessed their union, all except 
 one of whom reached maturity; but at present 
 Daniel R. is the only one living. 
 
 Daniel R. Stover attended the common 
 schools of his native town, prepared for col- 
 lege at Westbrook Seminary, and entered 
 Colby University, intending to complete the 
 course; but after three years' close study he 
 was obliged to leave his class on account of 
 ill health. Although he did not receive a 
 diploma, he was well grounded in the various 
 branches of knowledge, and became a most 
 successful teacher. He taught for over twenty 
 years in different grades, including the high 
 school; in 1888 was appointed supervisor of 
 schools ; and when the town system was 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 adopted he was made superintendent of schools 
 in Harpswell. This is a position of great re- 
 sponsibility, entailing among other duties the 
 examination and selection of teachers and the 
 supervision of school supplies. The schools 
 in the town are far apart, and it often hap- 
 pens that Mr. Stover is obliged to rise at 3 
 A.M. in order to be at certain schools at nine 
 o'clock. He attends closely to the duties of 
 his position, to which he devotes the greater 
 part of his time; and he also keeps the home 
 farm in a high state of cultivation. 
 
 Mr. Stover is a prominent member of the 
 Democratic party. He was in the legislature 
 in 1876 and 1877, serving with distinction 
 as a member of the Committee on Education, 
 and was twice nominated State Senator. He 
 is now a member of the Democratic County 
 Committee, and was a member of the Town 
 Committee for many years. He belongs to 
 but one social organization, the Good Tem- 
 plars. Mr. Stover has long been an attendant 
 of the Baptist church in Harpswell, and has 
 taught in the Sunday-school for many years. 
 He has never married, but is content to be 
 sole ruler in his home kingdom, finding in 
 books alone a congenial and satisfying com- 
 panionship. 
 
 He has given attention to archaeology, and 
 was greatly interested, when, in the fall of 
 1895, his nephew, Charles, in ploughing on 
 the home farm, disinterred from an ancient 
 shell-heap a quantity of human bones, both of 
 young children and of very old persons. The 
 larger bones were split, like those found asso- 
 ciated with flint implements in the prehistoric 
 caves of Europe, indicating that this was once 
 the site of cannibal feasts. 
 
 "ENRY M. STONE, who sold tickets 
 at Falmouth, Me., for the first rail- 
 way train that passed through the 
 town between forty-five and fifty 
 years ago, and has since been in charge of the 
 office at that point, is probably the oldest 
 station agent east of Boston, in length of ser- 
 vice, if not in years. He was born in Cum- 
 berland, Me., January 31, 1823, son of the 
 Rev. Samuel and Cynthia (Hawley) Stone. 
 Samuel Stone was a Congregational minis- 
 
 ter. His first parish was at Cumberland 
 Centre, where he settled about 1820. Two 
 years later he went to Warren, but had only 
 preached there about a year when failing health 
 caused him to give up ministerial labors for a 
 time. He returned to Cumberland, where he 
 owned a place, and went into trade, carrying 
 on a general store for two years. After that 
 he was engaged in the same business in Au- 
 burn, Me., for about three years. In the 
 mean time he had exchanged his place in 
 Cumberland Centre for one in Falmouth, 
 Me., to which he now removeid, first selling 
 out his store. From Falmouth he went to 
 old York, Me., where he resumed his pastoral 
 work, having charge of the Congregational 
 church in that place between two and three 
 years. He then removed to Tunbridge, Vt., 
 which was his last regular parish. A year or 
 two later he returned to Falmouth, and lived 
 there until his death, preaching only occasion- 
 ally. The Rev. Samuel Stone died in 1874 
 at the advanced age; of eighty-six years. His 
 wife, whose maiden name was Cynthia Haw- 
 ley, bore him six children, three of whom are 
 now living: Henry M. Stone; Samuel D. 
 Stone, of South Framingham, Mass. ; and 
 Cynthia E., the widow of Major F. Bowie, 
 of Boston. In politics Samuel Stone was a 
 Whig until the formation of the Republican 
 party, which he afterward supported. 
 
 Henry M. Stone received his education in 
 the public schools of Cumberland, Falmouth, 
 Auburn, and York, Me. After leaving school 
 he went to Windham, Vt., to learn shoemak- 
 ing with J. & R. Mansfield, manufacturers of 
 ladies' shoes. Six years later he came to Fal- 
 mouth, Me., and was engaged at shoemaking 
 and repairing during the succeeding three 
 years, up to 1849. At that time he obtained 
 the position of station agent on the Atlantic 
 & St. Lawrence Railroad, now the Grand 
 Trunk Railroad, at Falmouth; and he has 
 been here continually ever since. 
 
 Over fifty years ago, on January 18, 1846, 
 Mr. Stone was united in marriage with Miss 
 Catherine L. Blake, a daughter of Enoch J. 
 Blake, of Cabot, Vt. Six children have been 
 born of their union, of whom four are still 
 living: Celia A., the wife of Charles F. Dun- 
 lap, of Portland, Me.; Elmer D. Stone, the 
 
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 proprietor of the Auburn Last Company at 
 South Framingham, Mass. ; E. Miriam Stone, 
 a resident of Portland; and Kate E., the wife 
 of John Garland, of Marlboro, Mass. 
 
 On Saturday, January 18, 1896, Mr. and 
 Mrs. Henry M. Stone celebrated their fiftieth 
 wedding anniversary, children, grandchildren, 
 and great-grandchildren uniting in the festiv- 
 ities. The home was tastefully decorated with 
 plants and flowers, among them a bouquet of 
 fifty pinks. After dinner, which was served 
 at two o'clock, remarks were made by the Rev. 
 J. A. Flint, followed by instrumental and 
 vocal music, and a poem written by William 
 P. Merrill. The numerous presents, includ- 
 ing one hundred dollars in gold, left with the 
 worthy couple, testified to the good will and 
 generosity of many friends. 
 
 Mr. Stone cast his first Presidential vote for 
 James K. Polk, the Democratic nominee who 
 was elected in 1844, and continued to vote 
 that ticket until the organization of the Re- 
 publican party, which he supported until 
 President Cleveland's second nomination, 
 when he voted for him. He is a member of 
 Presumpscot Lodge, No. 91, Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows, of Falmouth, in which 
 he has served in the various chairs ; and during 
 the past seven years he has filled the office of 
 Treasurer. Although Mr. Stone has passed 
 the threescore years and ten milestone, he 
 still enjoys rugged health. He is one of the 
 most popular residents of the town and an 
 attendant of the Congregational church. 
 
 T^APTAIN JOSEPH YOUNG, a re- 
 I V^ tired navigator, occupying the home- 
 ^lU^ stead of which his great-grand- 
 father, Solomon Loring, was the 
 original proprietor, is one of Yarmouth's most 
 respected citizens. His birth occurred not far 
 from the spot where he now resides, September 
 24, 1825, he being the eldest of the children 
 born to John and Sophronia (Davis) Young. 
 Among the very early settlers of this seaport 
 town was a Joseph Young, who, with his 
 young wife,-* Sarah Drinkwater, located here 
 in Colonial days, and here reared their family, 
 among their children being Bazaleel Young, 
 the grandfather of Captain Young. 
 
 Bazaleel Young was born in 1764, and lived 
 to the age of fifty-seven years, dying in Yar- 
 mouth, July 26, 182 1. He spent his years of 
 active life on the seas, being a ship com- 
 mander a large part of the time; and during 
 our war with England he and his vessel's crew 
 were captured, and held as prisoners three 
 months. He was a very successful business 
 man, and' held in high regard by his fellow- 
 townsmen. He was a Whig in politics, and 
 a member of the Congregational church. He 
 married Mary Loring, a descendant of the 
 Lorings of Yarmouth and the daughter of the 
 above-mentioned Solomon Loring and his 
 wife, Alice Cushing. They reared the follow- 
 ing children: Hannah, William, John, Joseph, 
 Mary Ann, Charles, Theodocia, Sarah Jane, 
 and Elizabeth L. 
 
 John Young followed the sea during his 
 early years, and was master of a vessel for a 
 long time. He subsequently turned his at- 
 tention to agriculture, becoming owner of the 
 old Loring farm, living on this place till his 
 death, January 19, 1881. He was a man of 
 marked intelligence and ability, active in 
 town affairs, and served in various official ca- 
 pacities, being Selectman several terms; and 
 in 1850 he was census taker for Yarmouth 
 and North Yarmouth. His wife, Sophronia 
 Davis, was born April 2, 1802, in Conway, 
 N.H., and died on this homestead, July 5, 
 1867. She was the descendant of one of the 
 early families of New England, and was the 
 daughter of John Davis, a Revolutionary pa- 
 triot, who served throughout the entire 
 struggle, being in the battle of Bunker Hill, 
 as well as in many other important and deci- 
 sive engagements, and bearing with him to 
 the grave the scar of a dangerous wound re- 
 ceived 'in service. Mr. Davis subsequently 
 removed to this State, spending his last days 
 in the town of Norway, where both he and his 
 wife, whose maiden name was Martha Walker, 
 died, full of years and honor. 
 
 John Young and his wife reared a family of 
 eight children, four of whom have passed to 
 the bourne from which no traveller returneth, 
 namely: Captain Francis E., born April 6, 
 1829, a ship-master, who died May 12, 1856, 
 in South America; John W., born May 16, 
 1831, died in Chelsea, Mass., in 1857; Alice 
 
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 Gushing Young, born November 3, 1836, 
 died January 20, i860; and Martha Walker 
 Young, born June 29, 1838, died August 27, 
 1855. The four living are: Captain Joseph; 
 Mrs. Caroline Howard Russell, of this town, 
 born August 10, 1833, now the widow of the 
 late William Russell, who died in 1888; 
 Charles, born June 16, 1840, now residing in 
 Eureka, Cal. ; and Addin, born December 7, 
 1843, a hardware merchant in West Somer- 
 ville, Mass. 
 
 Joseph Young was reared a farmer's boy, re- 
 ceiving his education in the district schools, 
 afterward spending a short time at the North 
 Yarmouth Academy. At the age of seventeen 
 years he shipped before the mast on board the 
 schooner "Boston," commanded by Captain 
 David Seabury; and after three years he was 
 made mate of a vessel, serving first under Cap- 
 tain Jerry Buckman, afterward going with 
 Captain Joseph Drinkwater on the " Lucy 
 Ann " to the West Indies. He subsequently 
 was given command of the "Petrel," and for 
 many years was engaged in the West India 
 trade, which was then the principal business 
 of this section of the State, he being Captain 
 of the following vessels: the "A. G. Hill^" 
 a bark; "Samuel Fales," a ship which he 
 commanded six years; "Eureka," a bark; 
 "Abyla," a bark; "Alice Vanard," a ship;' 
 and the "P. C. Merryman," a bark, which was 
 under his command for a number of years. 
 During the twoscore years that Captain 
 Young sailed the seas he visited many of the 
 more important ports of the world, and in his 
 various voyages met with great prosperity, 
 winning an excellent record for seamanship. 
 The only accident causing loss that ever befell 
 him was during a voyage across the Indian 
 Ocean, when his ship was struck by a cyclone, 
 and a few spars were sent overboard, the valu- 
 able cargo being entirely saved through his 
 energetic efforts. The owners afterward com- 
 plimented Captain Young very Highly for his 
 wise and heroic management, as in that storm 
 many vessels were wrecked. 
 
 Captain Young retired from the sea in 1885, 
 and has since lived on the old home farm, 
 where, in a situation commanding a fine view 
 of Portland Harbor and the islands within, he 
 has built a fine residence. This place is rich 
 
 in historical associations, as on the very spot 
 occupied by the Captain's dwelling the first 
 meeting-house in the town was built, its pul- 
 pit being occupied for forty years by Parson 
 Oilman, a preacher of note, who was succeeded 
 by Francis Brown, also a prominent divine of 
 olden times; and here George Whitefield, the 
 English evangelist, held his hearers spell- 
 bound one Sunday, in years long gone by. In 
 that old meeting-house never a fire was built, 
 neither was it desecrated by, artificial light 
 of any kind. Not far from the farm-house 
 stood the old garrison, or fort, used by the 
 early settlers as a refuge from the savages, who 
 were distrustful of the new-comers, the latter 
 being obliged to go armed, even to attend 
 public worship, Massachusetts having passed a 
 law to that effect, saying that every man' should 
 "take to meeting on Lord's days his arms with 
 him, with at least five charges of powder and 
 shot." 
 
 On June 26, 1855, Captain Young was mar- 
 ried to Mahala A. Hill, who is a native of this 
 town. She was born January 3, 1830,. daugh- 
 ter of James and Lucinda (Anderson) Hill, 
 both descendants of pioneers of Cumberland 
 County. Five children have been born to 
 Captain and Mrs. Young, three of whom are 
 living, namely: Frank E., whose birth date 
 was April 4, 1857; Grace H., born June 16, 
 i860; and Joseph A., born May 20, 1871, the 
 last two being at home with their parents. 
 The others were: Hattie L., born July 10, 
 1867, died August 20, 1869; and Helen, who 
 was_ born November 14, 1873, on the South 
 Pacific Ocean, died February 23, 1874, on the 
 South Atlantic, and was buried at Cardiff, 
 Wales. 
 
 In politics the Captain is a stanch Repub- 
 lican; anfl, socially, he is a Mason, belonging 
 to Casco Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and likewise 
 to the Royal Arch Chapter. Religiously, 
 both he and his wife are valued members of 
 the Congregational church. 
 
 OHN H. DAVIS, of Standish, Me., 
 was born within the limits of this town, 
 October 21, 1833, son of Isaac and 
 Abigail (Whitney) Davis. His pro- 
 genitors were of English origin, the first of his 
 
WILLIAM WIDGERY THOMAS, Sr. 
 
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 branch of the Davis family to land on Ameri- 
 can soil having, been Robert Davis, who left 
 England in 1643. He. settled in Yarmouth, 
 on Cape Cod, Mass., but afterward changed 
 his place of residence to Barnstable. The 
 line was continued through Joseph Davis, and 
 then his son, Gershom Davis, who was born 
 in Barnstable, and next, Samuel Davis, son of 
 Gershom, born in Barnstable. Samuel's son, 
 Samuel Davis, Jr., grandfather of John H., 
 was born in Barnstable, July 4, 1762, and 
 moved with his parents to Gorham, Me., about 
 1772. He was a land-owner in Gorham until 
 1803, when he removed to Standish, buying a 
 tract of wild land containing ninety-iive acres, 
 from which he redeemed a homestead. He 
 was a strong, energetic man, and cleared a 
 good farm, doing a large part of the cutting of 
 the timber himself. He was a soldier of the 
 Revolution, and drew a pension until his 
 death, in January, 1856, at the advanced age 
 of ninety-three years. The 'family are some- 
 what noted for their longevity, his children 
 all living to be quite old, one daughter attain- 
 ing the age of ninety-one years, while another 
 lacked but three years of reaching the century 
 mark. He and his wife, Mary Skillins, 
 daughter of Levi Skillins, of Cape Cod, be- 
 came the parents of sixteen children, Isaac 
 being the fourth child and the eldest son. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Davis, Jr., were mem- 
 bers of the Congregational church, while 
 he was a Whig in politics. 
 
 Isaac Davis was born March 13, 1790, in 
 Gorham, and was a lad of thirteen years when 
 he came to Standish to live. He commenced 
 teaming when a young man, carrying goods 
 from Standish to Portland, but later in life 
 turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, 
 continuing thus employed until his demise in 
 1867, on September 15. His first wife, 
 Hadassah Shaw, daughter of Thomas Shaw, of 
 this town, bore him three children, two of 
 whom are now living; namely, Daniel S. and 
 Levi S. The latter married Mary, daughter 
 of Theodore Hutchins, of Standish, and has 
 two children — Joshua H. and Abbie S. 
 Amos S. Davis, eldest son of Isaac and 
 Ha;dassah Davis, married Apphia D., daugh- 
 ter of Asa Cobb, of Westbrook, Me. They 
 had eight children, seven of whom are living. 
 
 Amos S. was a soldier in the war of the Re- 
 bellion. He died in July, 1882. 
 
 Mr. Isaac Davis's second wife, Abigail 
 Whitney, daughter of Joshua Whitney, of 
 Buxton, Me., bore him three children, as fol- 
 lows: Emily D., Mrs. John Hooper, a widow, 
 who has four children living — Jason C, 
 Emma F., Georgia, and Lillian; John H. ; 
 and Joshua W. The father was a Democrat 
 in politics, and both he and his wife were 
 liberal in religion. Joshua W. Davis, young- 
 est son of Isaac and Abigail Davis, was an 
 officer in Company L, Tenth New York Cav- 
 alry, and served throughout the war. After 
 the war he married, and has since lived in 
 Chicago, 111. 
 
 John H. Davis was brought up and educated 
 in the town of his birth, and on the home farm 
 acquired a practical knowledge of agriculture. 
 On leaving school he learned the carpenter's 
 trade, at which he worked several years. He 
 is now devoting himself principally to his 
 farm, which consists of forty acres, and yields 
 him excellent crops. Mr. Davis is a steadfast 
 Democrat, popular with his party and promi- 
 nent in town matters. In 1879 he was 
 elected Selectman of the town, and served ac- 
 ceptably two years. He has since for several 
 terms faithfully filled the positions of Town 
 Clerk and Town Treasurer. Socially, he is a 
 Master Mason, belonging to Standish Lodge, 
 No. 70, A. F. & A. M., of which he has been 
 Master three years, besides holding minor 
 offices. 
 
 On December 22, 1873, Mr. Davis was 
 united in marriage with Alinda Shaw, daugh- 
 ter of Daniel Shaw, of this town. Both Mr. 
 and Mrs. Davis are liberal in their religious 
 views. 
 
 ON. WILLIAM WIDGERY 
 THOMAS, whose portrait appears 
 on a neighboring page of this vol- 
 ume, was born in Portland, Me., 
 November 7, 1803, and is therefore now 
 (1896) in his ninety-third year. He is a di- 
 rect descendant in the eighth generation of 
 George Cleeve, the first settler on the Neck, 
 now Portland, and includes in his ancestry the 
 Rev. George Burroughs, a graduate of Harvard 
 
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 College and an early preacher in Falmouth, 
 and John Proctor, both of whom were victims 
 of the witchcraft delusion in Salem, Mass. 
 
 Mr. Thomas's father, Elias Thomas, was 
 born in Portland, January 14, 1772. In early 
 manhood he engaged in mercantile pursuits, 
 and in 1823 was Treasurer of the State of 
 Maine, which office he held for seven years. 
 He was also a Director of the Cumberland 
 Bank. He died in Portland after a long, use- 
 ful, and honorable life, at his hbme, corner of 
 State and Danforth Streets, August 3, 1872. 
 aged one hundred years and six months. The 
 Thomas Block on Commercial Street was 
 named in his honor. 
 
 Mr. Thomas's mother, Elizabeth Widgery, 
 was the daughter of the Hon. William Widgery. 
 She was married to Elias Thomas in 1801, 
 and died in Portland in July, 1861, at the age 
 of eighty three years, greatly beloved and re- 
 spected. Her father, the Hon. William Widg- 
 ery, died in Portland in 1822 at the age of 
 seventy years. In 1788 he was elected dele- 
 gate to the, Massachusetts Convention which 
 adopted the Constitution of the United States. 
 He was chosen in 1787 the Representative 
 from New Gloucester to the General Court of 
 Massachusetts, which office he held by virtue 
 of repeated elections for eight years. In 1794 
 he was elected Senator to the Legislature of 
 the State of Massachusetts from Cumberland 
 County. He was chosen Representative to 
 Congress in 18 10 from Cumberland district, 
 and earnestly supported the measures of Presi- 
 dent Madison's administration, casting his 
 vote in favor of commencing hostilities against 
 Great Britain in the War of 1812, though 
 against the wishes of his constituents. 
 
 A gentleman, in writing of Mr. Widgery 
 to a friend in this city says, "Mr. Widgery was 
 in Congress a moral hero, proving himself a 
 man of moral firmness and unbending integrity 
 and self-sacrificing patriotism by taking on 
 himself the memorable position and dangerous 
 responsibility of voting against the expressed 
 will of his constituents for a hazardous and 
 unequal war, with the best part of his wealth 
 (his shipping) uninsured, on the ocean, while 
 his town property, just recovering from the 
 desolation of the embargo, worse for the infant 
 seaport than the war, must become unproduc- 
 
 tive, furnishing his declining years ■ with a 
 precarious support, while he would have to 
 buffet the storm of popular indignation, which 
 he did." 
 
 Widgery Block on Exchange Street was 
 named in honor of his memory, and is on the 
 site of his former residence. 
 
 At an early age Mr. Thomas became a clerk 
 in a dry-goods store, located near the site of 
 the Cumberland Bank on Exchange Street, 
 and in 1822, when nofr quite nineteen years 
 old, went into the dry-goods, business for him- 
 self on the north-easterly side of that street, 
 on the site now occupied by the First National 
 Bank. He left this business in 1835 after a 
 successful career, and has been actively en- 
 gaged in various pursuits, as merchant, 
 banker, and real estate owner up to the pres- 
 ent time. He has been for many years one 
 of the largest real estate owners in Portland, 
 and to him the city is indebted for many 
 of the substantial buildings which adorn its 
 streets. 
 
 Mr. Thomas was married March S, 1835, to 
 Elizabeth White Goddard, who was born in 
 Portsmouth, May 25, 1812, daughter of Henry 
 Goddard, for many years a merchant in Port- 
 land. Mrs. Thomas died in Portland, April 
 27, 1884, lamented by all who knew her, be- 
 loved for her many virtues. Of Mr. Thomas's 
 children there are living: General Henry G. 
 Thomas, United States Army; William Widg- 
 ery Thomas, Jr., ex-Minister to Sweden and 
 Norway (see sketch published elsewhere in 
 this volume); and Elias Thomas, merchant. 
 
 Mr. Thomas represented the city of Port- 
 land at Augusta as a member of the House in 
 1855 and of the Senate in 1856. He was 
 elected State Treasurer in i860, but declined 
 to serve. He has been a member of both 
 branches of the city government, and is, per- 
 haps, best known as the first war Mayor, in 
 1 86 1 and 1862, when he was very active in his 
 support of the Federal authority and in caring 
 for the soldiers and their families. He wag a 
 friend of Edwin Stanton, Lincoln's famous 
 Secretary of War, and named a block on Ex- 
 change Street "Stanton Block" in his honor. 
 He was for twenty years one of the Board. of 
 Overseers of Bowdoin College and for mor^ 
 than thirty years a corporate member of the 
 
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 American Board of Commissioners of Foreign 
 Missions, both of which places he resigned on 
 account of increasing years. He has been one 
 of the managers of the Portland Benevolent 
 Society for more than thirty years, and Presi- 
 dent for more than twenty years, which posi- 
 tion he still holds. He is a Director of the 
 Maine General Hospital, which place he has 
 held for more than twenty years. He was 
 elected in October, 1836, a Director of the 
 Canal Bank, then a State bank, and in 1849 
 its President, to which position he has been 
 annually elected ever since, and has, therefore, 
 been a Director of the bank sixty years and 
 its President for forty-seven years. He still 
 daily attends to the duties of the ofifice. 
 
 In 1876 Mr. Thomas was chosen one of the 
 Presidential electors at large, and at the meet- 
 ing of the State electors at Augusta was made 
 President of the Electoral College of Maine. 
 He voted in favor of the election of Mr. 
 Hayes. 
 
 Mr. Thomas, Neal Dow, W. D. Little, and 
 others organized in 1827 the Portland Tem- 
 perance Society, which was one of the earliest 
 temperance societies in the State; and he has 
 now in his possession the Secretary's book, 
 containing the preamble and a long list of 
 signers, among them some very prominent 
 names. He has always been an earnest sup- 
 porter of the cause of temperance, and has 
 never used intoxicating drinks or tobacco in 
 any form during his long life. In 1827 Mr. 
 Thomas united with the Second Parish Con- 
 gregational Church, Dr. Payson, pastor, and 
 is now the oldest living member. 
 
 For seventy-four years Mr. Thomas has 
 taken an active part in the business life of his 
 native city. In the course of this long busi- 
 ness career he has accumulated a large fort- 
 une; but he has acquired every dollar of it by 
 fair, open, and honorable dealing. He has 
 also ever been a cheerful giver. As his fort- 
 une has increased, so also have his benefac- 
 tions. Many are the institutions that have 
 been helped, and hundreds the homes that 
 have been brightened by the largess of his 
 hand and the benediction of his heart. 
 
 Mr. Thomas is to-day the oldest merchant 
 and banker, and he is also the most venerable 
 and highly respected citizen .of Portland. So 
 
 true are the words of ancient Scripture, "The 
 hoary head is a crown of glory if it be found 
 in the way of righteousness." 
 
 ^gJDWARD W. DOLLOFF, Deputy Sheriff 
 R of the County of Cumberland, Me., is 
 ■^ — a native of Standish, the date of his 
 
 birth being October 14, 1857. His grand- 
 father, William Dolloff, was for many years 
 a farmer in Carroll County, New Hampshire, 
 living in the towns of Jackson and Bartlett. 
 In 1850 he came to Maine, purchasing a farm 
 of seventy-five acres in Standish, where he car- 
 ried on general husbandry until his death, at 
 the age of fifty-six years. He married Lucy 
 Nute, of Jackson, N.H.; and they became the 
 parents of four children, two of whom are now 
 living — Geneva and Charles. Geneva Dolloff 
 is the wife of Almon Marean, of Standish, and 
 has five children — Fred, Albert O., Theodore 
 B., Walter E., and Robie C. Charles Dolloff 
 married Julia Cousins, and has six children — 
 Lottie, Lucy, William, Almeda, Annie, and 
 Henry. Grandfather Dolloff was a sound 
 Democrat in politics, and he and his wife at- 
 tended the Baptist church. 
 
 William Dolloff, Jr., son of William and 
 Lucy, and father of Edward W., was the eldest 
 child of the grandfather's family, his birth 
 having occurred in New Hampshire, January 
 II, 1831. In his early manhood he was em- 
 ployed in driving a team from Cornish to Port- 
 land, taking three days to make the round 
 trip, afterward changing his route from Stand- 
 ish to Portland, being engaged in this business 
 some five years. He then learned the cooper's 
 trade, which he followed in Standish fifteen 
 years, when he settled on the farm that he had 
 previously bought. After the death of his 
 first wife he sold his farm, and removed to 
 Gorham, going into trade with Fred Marean, 
 under the firm name of Dolloff & Marean, con- 
 ducting a general store for three yeai^s. Dis- 
 posing of his business, he then went to North 
 Windhamj and there engaged in agricultural 
 pursuits until his demise in 1893. He was 
 twice married. His first wife, Ann M. 
 Warren, of Standish, whom he espoused Janu- 
 ary II, 1857, died in 1884, leaving two chil- 
 dren — Edward W. and Hattie M., the latter, 
 
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 born September 2, 1865, being now the wife 
 of Horace Buzzell, of Portland. The father 
 and mother were members of the Orthodox 
 church. After the death of his first wife 
 William Dolloff married Mrs. Martha (Man- 
 chester) York. In politics he was a steadfast 
 Republican. 
 
 Edward W. Dolloff acquired his elementary 
 education in the place of his nativity, after- 
 ward completing his course of study at the 
 Portland Business College. In 1879 he 
 started West to seek his fortune, going to 
 California, where he worked two years for the 
 North Beach & Mission Railway Company. 
 Returning in 1881 to Standish, Mr. Dolloff 
 began coopering, and a year and a half later 
 purchased a farm of forty acres, carrying it on 
 two years. Then selling his farm, he re- 
 moved to Michigan, but did not stay there 
 very long. Again coming to his native town, 
 he resumed work at coopering, continuing 
 until 1887, when he bought a half- interest in 
 the general store of William H. Libby, with 
 whom he remained in partnership three years. 
 In 1890 he bought out Mr. Libby; and he has 
 since conducted the business alone, having in 
 the mean time built up an extensive and profit- 
 able local trade. 
 
 In politics Mr. Dolloff is an earnest sup- 
 porter of the principles of the Republican 
 party, and has been prominent in town affairs, 
 serving most acceptably in various offices of 
 importance. He was Selectman of Standish 
 in 1 89 1 and 1892, being Chairman of the 
 Board the last year; and in 1894 he was 
 elected Town Clerk and Treasurer, offices to 
 which he was re-elected the following year, 
 and re-elected again this year for 1896. In 
 189s he was appointed to his present position 
 of Deputy Sheriff. Socially, he is a member 
 of Crescent Lodge, No. 20, Knights of 
 Pythias, of Steep Falls, Standish, and Knights 
 of Honor, No. 3333, Watch ic Lodge. 
 
 Mr. Dolloff was married October 12, 1882, 
 toAddie J., daughter of Wesley Spear, of 
 this town. They have four children, namely: 
 Harold W., born March 25, 1884; Ethel M., 
 born March 11, 1886; and Orin P., born July 
 13, 1890; and Philip E., born January 20, 
 1896. Mrs. Dolloff is a conscientious mem- 
 ber of the Congregational church. 
 
 
 ILLIAM HENRY BLANCHARD, 
 who conducts general farming suc- 
 cessfully in North Yarmouth, Me., 
 was born- in Pittsfield, Somerset County, in 
 this State, November 18, 1832, son of Reuben 
 and Mary E. (Johnson) Blanchard. Mr. 
 Blanchard's great-grandfather, Joshua Blanch- 
 ard, was one of the very first settlers in North 
 Yarmouth; and his grandfather, William 
 Blanchard, was a lifelong resident of this 
 town. He was a successful farmer, owning a 
 good farm; and he was a worthy and esteemed 
 member of the community. He died at the 
 age of seventy-four, and his wife lived to 
 reach the age of eighty years. Their family 
 consisted of five children, four of whom lived 
 to attain a good age. 
 
 Reuben Blanchard was born upon the farm 
 where his son William Henry now lives, and 
 at an early age he engaged in agricultural 
 pursuits. He succeeded to the ownership of 
 the property, upon which he continued to re- 
 side; and he always maintained a comfoi-table 
 prosperity, being a good practical, industrious 
 farmer. His death took place in 1864, at the 
 age of fifty-eight years. He was a Republican 
 in politics. His wife, Mary E. Johnson, who 
 was a native of North Yarmouth, became the 
 mother of four sons and two daughters, and of 
 these two are now living, namely: William 
 Henry, the subject of this sketch, who is the 
 elder; and Payson N., a prosperous farmer, of 
 Cumberland. The others were: Emma, Mary 
 P., and Albert A. Mrs. Mary E. Blanchard 
 died November 7, 1877. Mr. Blanchard's 
 parents were members of the Congregational 
 church. 
 
 William Henry Blanchard acquired his ele- 
 mentary education in the common schools of 
 North Yarmouth, and pursued more advanced 
 studies at the academy. He grew to manhood 
 upon the home farm ; and at the age of twenty 
 he began to learn the trade of a mason, which 
 be followed as an occupation steadily for 
 twelve years. He then made three voyages as 
 a sailor, and, returning, finally settled upon 
 the home farm, which he now owns and occu- 
 pies. His property contains one hundred 
 acres of land, which he has greatly improved 
 by judicious management; and he conducts 
 general farming with satisfactory results. 
 
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 On January i, 1870, Mr. Blanchard was 
 married to Emma H. Howe, who was born in 
 Boston, Mass., December 25, 1843, daughter 
 of Enos and Martha (Libbie) Howe. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Blanchard have had three children, 
 namely : Cora Mayne, who was born January 
 27, 1 87 1, and is now residing in North Yar- 
 mouth; Albert L., who was born November i, 
 1875, 'ind died in North Yarmouth on Febru- 
 ary I, 1896; and Selden F., who was born 
 May 28, 1879, and died January- 17, 1888. 
 
 Mr. Blanchard is a representative of one of 
 the oldest families in his part of the town, and 
 is well and favorably known as an energetic 
 farmer and a kind-hearted neighbor. He sup- 
 ports the Republican party in politics, and at- 
 tends the Congregational church, of which 
 Mrs. Blanchard is a member. 
 
 CJZEKIEL JORDAN SYLVESTER, a 
 P prominent resident of Otisfield, in the 
 ' — extreme northern part of Cumberland 
 
 County, was born in Casco, Me., October 8, 
 1823, son of Zadoc and Mary (Jordan) Sylves- 
 ter. The family is well known in Cumber- 
 land County, and Mr. Sylvester traces his 
 ancestors back for seven generations. 
 
 Zadoc Sylvester was a native and lifelong 
 resident of Casco, where he followed the trade 
 of a carpenter in connection with farming dur- 
 ing the active period of his life, and where he 
 died in 1879. His wife, whose maiden name 
 was Mary Jordan, was born in Casco. They 
 were the parents of five children, as follows: 
 Martha A., who married Charles Perkins, of 
 Vermont, and is no longer living; George B., 
 late a carpenter and contractor of Lowell, 
 Mass., who married Nancy R. Howard, and 
 died October 8, 1894; Ezekiel J., the subject 
 of this sketch; Zadoc, who married a Miss 
 Lagro, and lives in Windham, Me. ; and 
 Eliphalet, his twin brother, who married a 
 Miss Robinson, and is now residing in Loui- 
 siana. The mother died in 1825. 
 
 Ezekiel Jordan Sylvester had the misfortune 
 to lose his mother when he was but two years 
 old, and he resided with his father and friends 
 in Casco until he reached the age of eight. 
 After spending a short time with an aunt in 
 Bridgton, he lived with his uncle in Turner 
 
 for two years, and at the age of eleven came 
 to Otisfield, where he found a home in the 
 family of Joseph M. Knight, with whom he 
 remained until he was nineteen. He then 
 went to Lowell, Mass., and entered the em- 
 ploy of the Lawrence Manufacturing Com- 
 pany, continuing there for seventeen years, 
 and for a number of years was overseer of 
 weaving. His health becoming impaired, he 
 returned to Cumberland County, and settled 
 upon his present farm in Otisfield. He en- 
 gaged in agricultural pursuits with energy, 
 making the best of his means and opportuni- 
 ties; and in 1855 he purchased the property, 
 which consists of one hundred and twenty-five 
 acres of productive land, upon which he has 
 made all the improvements. Of late years he 
 has devoted special attention to the cultiva- 
 tion of fruit, onions, hay, and grain, with 
 gratifying success. He was formerly quite an 
 extensive stock raiser, but has relinquished 
 that branch of agriculture. 
 
 He was originally a Whig in politics, but 
 since the formation of the Republican party 
 has zealously supported its principles, and was 
 for many years a political leader in his local- 
 ity. He has served with ability as a member 
 of the Board of Selectmen, has been Town 
 Agent and Constable for the town, and has 
 acted as a Justice of the Peace, and of the 
 Quorum for twenty years, being still in office, 
 in his seventy-third year. 
 
 On November 15, 1846, Mr. Sylvester was 
 united in marriage with Mariam T. Sargent, 
 who was born in Strafford, Vt., May 18, 1823. 
 Mrs. Sylvester's parents, Robert and Lucinda 
 (Tuttle) Sargent, who are no longer living, 
 were natives of Vermont, and always_ resided 
 in that State, the former a blacksmith and 
 farmer by occupation. Mr. and Mrs. Sylves- 
 ter have one son, Herbert Milton, who was 
 born February 20, 1849, and is now an attorney 
 and counse!lor-at-law in Boston. He mar- 
 ried Clara M. Elder, of Portland, August 5, 
 T872, and has one son, named Robert Elder, 
 who is now in his office. Herbert M. Sylves- 
 ter is a successful lawyer and a prominent 
 Mason, having advanced to the thirty-second 
 degree. Mr. Sylvester is a self-made man, 
 his prosperity as here shown being due to his 
 own unaided exertions. He is a charter mem- 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 ber of Crooked River Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; 
 and both he and his wife are united with the 
 Congregational church, of which for a number 
 of years he was clerk. 
 
 WILLIAM HALEY. Among the 
 prominent residents of Sebago, 
 Cumberland County, Me., is Will- 
 iam Haley, who is well and favorably known 
 for his able service in the public affairs of the 
 town as a member of the Board of Selectmen 
 and of the School Board. His residence in 
 Sebago dates from his birth, which took place 
 July 2, 1825. 
 
 He was named for his father, William 
 Haley, Sr., who followed the trade of a black- 
 smith in connection with farming, and was 
 known as an energetic, industrious man and 
 a worthy citizen. His wife, Mary Johnson, 
 became the mother of eleven children, eight 
 of whom lived to reach maturity. 
 
 William Haley, son of William and Mary 
 (Johnson) Haley, attended the schools of his 
 native town in his early years; and after fin- 
 ishing his studies he assisted in conducting 
 the farm, also working with his father in the 
 smithy. He remained at home until his mar- 
 riage, when he settled upon a farm formerly 
 owned by his wife's father, and applied him- 
 self steadily to agricultural pursuits for some 
 years. On December 30, 1863, he enlisted as 
 a private in Company I, Thirtieth Regiment, 
 Maine Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered 
 into the service of his country at Augusta. 
 The regiment was ordered to join the Depart- 
 ment of the Gulf at New Orleans; and Mr. 
 Haley \yas among those who participated in 
 military operations upon the Mississippi 
 River, accompanying the regiment as far as 
 Alexander, when he was sent to the hospital 
 in New Orleans, where he was confined for two 
 months. He was then given a furlough, dur- 
 ing which he visited his home; and while he 
 was there his leave of absence was extended 
 one month. Upon reporting for duty he was 
 ordered to rejoin his regiment in the Shenan- 
 •doah Valley; and he continued in active ser- 
 vice until the close of the war, when he was 
 mustered out with his company, August 20, 
 1865. Having completed an honorable term 
 
 of service, he resumed his former occupation 
 at the farm, and has continued to reside here. 
 His property consists of one hundred and 
 twenty-five acres of good land, which he de- 
 votes to general farming; and by diligent ap- 
 plication of his energies he has derived a good 
 income therefrom. 
 
 On May 14, 1849, Mr. Haley was united in 
 marriage with Miriam S. Pugsley, who was 
 born upon this farm, her father, John Pugsley, 
 having settled here in 181 7, and made most of 
 the improvements in the property. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Haley have four children, as follows: 
 Elzira, wife of O. A. Douglas; John F. ; 
 Sarah D.; and William W., the sons both re- 
 siding at home. 
 
 In local affairs Mr. Haley has always 
 evinced a lively interest, and has rendered his 
 share of service to the town whose welfare he 
 guarded with ability for five years as a mem- 
 ber of the Board of Selectmen. He also 
 served upon the School Board for one year, 
 and has in other ways proved his usefulness 
 to the community. In politics he supports 
 the Republican party. He is a member of 
 the Masonic fraternity and a comrade of the 
 Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 bpRANK A. LIBBY, an enterprising and 
 Pl^ progressive agriculturist of the town of 
 Bridgton, was born December 28, 1845, 
 in the town and county of Oxford, Me., being 
 one of eight children, three sons and five 
 daughters, born to Thomas and Nancy (Hil- 
 bourne) Libby. ' Mr. Libby had the misfort- 
 une when but five years old to lose his father 
 by death. He continued to live with his 
 mother until a boy of fourteen, when he left 
 the district school, which he attended rather 
 irregularly, in order to learn the blacksmith's 
 trade. He worked at his trade until 1864, 
 when, on September 6, he enlisted as a pri- 
 vate in Company A, Thirtieth Maine Volun- 
 teer Infantry. His regirpent w^s ordered to 
 Virginia, where it was stationed* before Win- 
 chester for some months, being afterward em- 
 ployed to guard Washington, w^here Mr. 
 Libby and his fellow-comrades remained until 
 June, 1865. They then returned to Maine, 
 and were mustered out of service at Lewiston. 
 
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 Taking up once more the duties of civil 
 life, Mr. Libby resumed his former occupation 
 for a tirrie, giving it up in November, 1865, 
 when he moved on to his present farm. The 
 lot, which he at first purchased, consists of 
 one hundred acres of rich and fertile land, 
 which under his management yields bounti- 
 fully of the crops common to this section of 
 the country. He has since bought other real 
 estate, his property including two hundred 
 and fifty acres of land, some of it being 
 covered with valuable timber. In addition to 
 general agriculture, he carries on an extensive 
 lumber business, meeting with much success 
 in all of his operations. Socially, Mr. Libby 
 is a member of the Grand Army of the Repub- 
 lic; and, politically, he is a sturdy Democrat. 
 In 1864 Mr. Libby was married to Miss Julia 
 S. Morrison, a daughter of William A. and 
 Malinda (Ingalls) Morrison, and sister of 
 John Morrison, an account of whose life will 
 be found elsewhere in this work. The union 
 of Mr. and Mrs. Libby has been perfected by 
 the birth of four children, as follows: George 
 A., who married the only daughter of Joseph 
 L. Parker, of Lovell, Me., a highly respected 
 young lady; Linnie M., a graduate of Bridg- 
 ton High School, class of 1887, and one of 
 Bridgton's most successful school teachers; 
 Warren S., a graduate of Shaw's Business 
 College, now employed at George C. Shaw & 
 Co. 's grocery store, Portland; and Myron L., 
 the youngest of the family, who continues to 
 live with his parents. 
 
 Y^TERMAN M. CASTNER, proprietor 
 L^ of the West End Hotel, Portland, 
 _|_5"l and Secretary of the G. F. Quinn 
 — ^ Refrigerator Company, was born in 
 Damariscotta, Me., September 24, i860, his 
 parents being Joseph W. and Sarah (Mere) 
 Castner. His father is now a resident of 
 Damariscotta, where he follows the occupation 
 of a spar-maker. He and his wife reared a 
 family of six children, namely: Herman M., 
 the subject of this sketch; Laura, who mar- 
 ried Kendall Dunbar; Frank, who is cashier 
 at the West End Hotel; Edward; Helen; and 
 Walter A., who is clerk at the hotel. 
 
 Herman M. Castner received his education 
 
 in the common and high schools of his native 
 town; and, after completing his studies, he 
 entered the grocery store of George W. Brown 
 in Damariscotta as a clerk, remaining in that 
 business for two years. He then served an 
 apprenticeship at spar-making; and, after 
 finishing his trade, he entered into partnership 
 with his father in the manufacturing of spars, 
 and continued in the business for twelve 
 years. He next engaged in the restaurant 
 business, which he conducted for seven years; 
 and during the years of 1890, 1891, and 1892 
 he was quite largely interested in the ice busi- 
 ness. In May, 1892, he acquired possession 
 of the West End Hotel in Portland, which at 
 that time contained but forty-three rooms, and 
 was not in favor with the travelling public. 
 His first day's receipts amounted to three dol- 
 lars and seventy cents; but business rapidly 
 improved under his 'capable management, and 
 in 1894 he was obliged to build an addition to 
 the hotel, which increased his capacity to one 
 hundred and twenty-two rooms. The West 
 End has become a favorite with travellers, 
 being especially desirable on account of its 
 close proximity to the Union Station. Mr. 
 Castner has a farm of fifteen acres, which is 
 situated just beyond the city limits; and here 
 he keeps cattle, swine, and poultry, and raises 
 farm products for his table, having on the 
 place at the present time about one hundred 
 and thirty-two hogs, five cows, three horses, 
 and a large flock of hens. Aside from -his 
 hotel business he is interested in the G. F. 
 Quinn Refrigerator Company of Portland, 
 being Secretary, Treasurer, and General 
 Agent of that thriving concern. 
 
 In politics Mr. Castner is a Republican, 
 and has frequently been solicited to accept 
 nominations to public office, but has been 
 forced to decline, as his business interests 
 demand his undivided attention. He is prom- 
 inent in Masonic circles, being a member of 
 Portland Commandery, and of Kora Temple of 
 the Mystic Shrine of Lewiston, Me. 
 
 He is an active and progressive young busi- 
 ness man, a great favorite with the travellers 
 who frequent his hostelry and highly es- 
 teemed by his numerous friends and acquaint- 
 tances at home. Mr. Castner married Allura 
 Sanborn, daughter of Dexter and Eliza San- 
 
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 born; and she shares largely in her husband's 
 popularity. 
 
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 AVID P. SINNETT, of Bailey's 
 
 Island, Harpswell, Me., grocer, boat 
 
 builder, and wholesale dealer in fish, 
 
 was born on this island, October 19, 
 
 He is the son of Hugh and Margaret 
 
 Sinnett and grandson of James and 
 
 1843- 
 
 (Perry) 
 
 Mary (Johnson) Sinnett, all lifelong residents 
 
 of Harpswell. 
 
 James Sinnett was born on Orr's Island, but 
 resided for many years on Bailey's Island, 
 where he was one of the pioneer settlers. Be- 
 sides clearing and cultivating a farm, in the 
 season for fishing he spent much of his time 
 on the sea, obtaining large quantities of fish, 
 which he cured and disposed of to good advan- 
 tage. He lived to be ninety-two years of age. 
 His wife, Mary Johnson, was the daughter of 
 one of the original owners of Bailey's Island, 
 her father and two others building the first 
 houses here. She lived to be sixty-nine years 
 of age, spending her life, from the time of her 
 birth until she closed her eyes forever, on the 
 island. 
 
 Hugh Sinnett was ojae of the nine children 
 born to James and Mary Sinnett. He learned 
 to cure fish with his father when a boy, and in 
 his mature manhood owned a number of fish- 
 ing-vessels. He is yet living on Bailey's 
 Island, which has been his home from the time 
 of his birth, and at the advanced age of eighty- 
 one is remarkably active, in full possession of 
 all his faculties. Though exposed to all kinds 
 of weather in the pursuit of his arduous call- 
 ing, he has never known what it is to be ill; 
 and his cheek to-day has the ruddy glow of 
 perfect health. His wife Margaret is a daugh- 
 ter of Captain David Perry, a native of 
 Thomaston, Me., who also was a seafaring 
 man, master of a vessel. Captain Perry died 
 at the age of thirty-five, leaving eight chil- 
 dren, only one of whom, Mrs. Sinnett, is liv- 
 ing to-day. She is eighty years of age, and, 
 like her husband, is in perfect health and in 
 "possession of all her faculties. A remarkable 
 couple, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Sinnett have 
 lived together fifty-seven years, exempt from 
 sickness. Alert and intelligent, they are fine 
 
 types of a class which forms one of the pecul- 
 iar features of the State of Maine — old 
 people who know not the decrepitude of senil- 
 ity. They attend the- Union Church on the 
 island. Two children only blessed their 
 union — Charles N. and David P. Charles 
 N. Sinnett, who is a Congregational minister, 
 is at present settled in New Hampshire. 
 
 David P. Sinnett received a good common- 
 school education, and early acquired a knowl- 
 edge of the fishing business, accompanying hi6 
 father on fishing trips and- aiding him in cur- 
 ing the fish. About 1876 he purchased a 
 store on Bailey's Island, about a quarter of a 
 mile farther up the bay than his present loca- 
 tion; and he was there successfully engaged 
 in the grocery business seven years. He then 
 built what is now known as Sinnett's Wharf, 
 and started in the wholesale fish trade, buying 
 from the fishermen of the locality and ship- 
 ping large quantities to Portland, Boston, and 
 New York. This venture also was a success. 
 Some idea of the extent of his transactions 
 may be gained from the statement that in 1892 
 he bought and sold three thousand quintals of 
 fish. Mr. Sinnett's present store on Bailey's 
 Island is stocked with a full line of groceries 
 and with fishermen's supplies of all kinds. 
 He is also engaged in boat building, produc- 
 ing various kinds of boats for fishing and 
 pleasure parties; and with all his other inter- 
 ests he deals extensively in wood and coal. 
 
 Mr. Sinnett was married in i86'8 to Mary 
 Alexander, daughter of Perry Alexander, a 
 fisherman who was a native and lifelong resi- 
 dent of Bailey's Island- Mrs. Sinnett died 
 in 1886, at the age of forty-five, leaving three 
 children ^ — Chester, a fisherman, who married 
 Jennie Stetson, of Auburn, Me. ; Herbert P., 
 in the same business, married to Bessie Baker, 
 of Auburn, Me.; and Maggie, who superin- 
 tends her father's household. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Sinnett is independent. 
 Socially, he.is a member of the Independent 
 Order of Red Men and of the United Order 
 of the Golden Cross, belonging to the Lodge 
 of each of these societies on Orr's Island; 
 and in the Golden Cross Lodge he has held 
 all the oflfices and been through all the chairs. 
 He attends the Union Church on Bailey's 
 Island. Gifted with rare intelligence and 
 
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 ability, Mr. Sinnett has the genial and hearty 
 disposition that the sea seems to bestow upon 
 its votaries, and is very popular on Orr's 
 Island as well as on Bailey's Island, where 
 his family has lived so long. 
 
 'TEPHEN SCAMMAN, a citizen of 
 South Portland (formerly Cape 
 Elizabeth), is a native of Maine, 
 having been born in Saco, York 
 County, October 29, 1831. He is a direct 
 descendant in the sixth generation from Hum- 
 phry Scam man, who was born about 1640, 
 and was "accepted into the town of Saco as 
 an inhabitant," June 12, 1680. Humphry 
 Scamman and his family were captured by the 
 Indians in 1697, and kept prisoners in Canada 
 until the close of King William's War, when 
 he returned to Saco, where he died on Janu- 
 ary I, 1727. 
 
 Freeman Scamrnan, the grandfather of 
 Stephen, was a pioneer of Saco. He was 
 born May i, 1750, and was married June 2, 
 1772, to Elizabeth Kimball, of Wells, this 
 State. Very soon after their union they set- 
 tled in Saco, taking up a large tract of heav- 
 ily timbered land, which they partly cleared, 
 he becoming one of the leading farmers of that 
 locality. Their eleven children were born on 
 the Saco homestead, Richard, Stephen's father, 
 being the second child and the eldest son. 
 
 Richard Scamman was a lifelong resident of 
 Saco, and was numbered among the able and 
 prosperous farmers and most prominent citi- 
 zens of the community in which he lived and 
 died. He was twice married. His first wife, 
 Elizabeth Small, of Biddeford, with whom he 
 was united on January i, 1799, died March i, 
 1814, leaving seven children, none of whom 
 are now living. On March 13, 181 5, he mar- 
 ried Mrs. Mary Moon, nie Brown; and she 
 also bore him seven children, two of whom 
 have passed to the life immortal. The record 
 of the others is as follows: Thomas M., born 
 March 13, 1823, now a blacksmith in Yar- 
 mouth, married Elizabeth M. Grant, and they 
 have four children; Daniel F., of South Port- 
 land, born August 7, 1826, married Martha J. 
 Parsons, and they are the parents of two chil- 
 dren; Stephen is the special subject of this 
 
 sketch; Emily R., born December 28, 1838, 
 was married January i, 1881, to John E. 
 Small, who is a conductor on the Boston & 
 Maine Railway, and resides at Portsmouth, 
 N.H.; and Elizabeth, born January 5, 1817, 
 is the widow of Albert Sawyer, of Saco, and 
 has three children. 
 
 On leaving the Saco schools, Stephen 
 Scamman became a clerk for Ezra Scamman, 
 who was engaged in the trucking business in 
 Portland, continuing in that capacity until 
 admitted to a partnership in the business, 
 which was carried on successfully until i860. 
 In that year Mr. Scamman established himself 
 in the grocery business on Market Street, 
 Portland, being senior member of the firm of 
 Scamman & Colby. A short time afterward 
 he sold his interest, and opened a store on 
 Congress Street, where he remained until 
 1868, when he disposed of that establishment 
 in order to establish himself in business at 
 Cape Elizabeth, where he had resided for 
 eight years. Here, near the rolling-mills, 
 he opened a store for the sale of groceries, 
 in which he had an excellent trade until 
 1875, when he sold out, and retired to his 
 present homestead, and has since devoted his 
 time to the care of his personal interests. 
 He has been conspicuously identified with 
 the affairs of the town during his residence 
 here, serving with ability in various official 
 capacities, including that of Selectman for 
 nine consecutive years, from 1876 until 
 1885; Town Treasurer during the years of 
 1893 and 1895; and in 1887 representing 
 his Democratic constituents in the State 
 legislature. 
 
 The maiden name of Mr. Scamman's wife, 
 to whom he was married November i, 1855, 
 was Ellen S. Dyer. She was born in Port- 
 land, December 22, 1837, daughter of Nathan 
 and Mercy Dyer. The home of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Scamman has been brightened by the birth of 
 five children. 
 
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 ERRANUS C. HANSON, after thirty 
 Vfe years and more of city life, years of 
 '^ activity and responsibility, has re- 
 turned to the home of his boyhood, Windham, 
 Me., and is here engaged in farming and lum- 
 
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 bering. He is a native of Cumberland 
 County, having been born December 21, 1839, 
 in Bridgton. 
 
 His grandfather, Ezekiel Hanson, was an 
 early settler of Windham, coming here when 
 a young man, and buying one hundred acres of 
 land, and engaging in mixed husbandry, living 
 on his farmj which was located near Duck 
 Pond until his demise at the age of eighty 
 years. His wife, whose maiden name was 
 Mary Plumnier, bore him eleven children, five 
 of them being sons ; and of these Edmund, the 
 third son, was the father of Verranus. In 
 politics Ezekiel Hanson was an old-time 
 Whig, and both he and his wife attended the 
 Congregational church. 
 
 Edmund Hanson was born on the old home- 
 stead in Windham, March 19, 1808, and, as 
 soon as old enough, began working on the 
 home farm. Some time later he removed to 
 Bridgton, where he carried on farming until 
 184s, when he returned to the. place of his 
 birth, and here engaged in the livery business. 
 He died in 1884. In politics he was a strong 
 Republican and an earnest worker for his 
 party. He married in April, 1833, Rachel 
 Smith, daughter of Daniel Smith. She was a 
 native of Bridgton, born December 19, 1813. 
 They became the parents of six children, five 
 of whom are now living — Franklin D., Newell 
 P., Mary E., Verranus C, and Melvin H. 
 Franklin D. Hanson, born September 13, 
 1834, was twice married. His first wife, 
 Loretta Hilton, of Bridgton, died, leaving one 
 child, Annie; and his second wife, Alice 
 Foster, of Sweden, Me., bore him five chil- 
 dren—Minnie, Howard, Fred, Ethel, and 
 Albert. Newell P. Hanson, born May 14, 
 1836, married Charlotte Freeman, of Wind- 
 ham, and has seven children, five being now 
 living — Frank, Fred, Henry, George, and 
 Howard. Mary E. Hanson, born April 11, 
 1838, has been twice married, her first hus- 
 band having been George Dennett, of Brown- 
 field, and her last, Thomas Nelson. She has 
 had two children, but one of whom, Charles 
 Dennett, is now living. Melvin H., born 
 October 11, 1851, married Hermie Jackman, 
 of Portland, and has two children — Edmund 
 and Bertha. The mother was a member of the 
 Congregational church. 
 
 Verranus C. Hanson was educated in Wind- 
 ham. In early manhood he went to the city of 
 Portland, where he learned the blacksmith's 
 trade, at which he worked for eleven years. 
 Going thence to Boston, Mass., he continued 
 his trade in that city for five years ; and on 
 April 28, 1873, he was appointed on the city 
 police force. He continued in active service 
 until January 3, 1892, when he was retired on 
 a pension, which he will receive annually as 
 long as he lives. On November i, the same 
 year, Mr. Hanson returned to Windham, and 
 has since lived on his farm. A man of great 
 energy and enterprise, in addition to general 
 farming, he is engaged in the lumber, wood, 
 and coal business, and on his farm has a cider- 
 mill and a threshing machine, both of which 
 he makes good use of in their seasons. In 
 politics he is a steadfast Republican, support- 
 ing the principles of his party by voice and 
 vote. 
 
 Mr. Hanson has been twice married. His 
 first wife, Annie Grossman, of Portland, left 
 two children — Andrew E. and Verranus C. 
 On November 26, 1890, Mr. Hanson married 
 his present wife, Edna Leavitt, . daughter of 
 Judge George Leavitt, of Machias, Me. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Hanson are liberal in their religious 
 views. 
 
 g^AMES A. MILLIKEN, of Westbrook, 
 Me., foreman of the Portland Wooden- 
 ware Company's mills at Duck Pond, 
 was born in the adjoining town of Scar- 
 boro, May 7, 1852. His parents were Joseph 
 L. and Mary (Goodrich) Milliken. His pa- 
 ternal grandfather, Frederick R. Milliken, 
 who was a practical farmer, was a Democrat 
 in politics and a Methodist in religious belief. 
 He was twice married, and by his first union 
 had five children, two of whom — namely, John 
 and Samuel — are still living. He married for 
 his second wife Phebe Foss, and reared one 
 son, Frederick, who still survives. 
 
 Joseph L. Milliken, Mr. Milliken's father, 
 was born in Scarboro, and in his early years 
 there followed the trade of shipwright. Later- 
 in life he moved to Aroostook County, where 
 he purchased a farm, and engaged in farming 
 for several years. Afterward he returned to 
 
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 his native town. He was an industrious and 
 temperate man, leading a useful life. He 
 was a supporter of the Democratic party, and 
 had no religious preference. His wife, Mary 
 Goodrich, became the mother of nine children, 
 and, of these, three are living, namely: Fred 
 W. ; Samuel K. ; arid James A., the subject 
 of this sketch. 
 
 James A. Milliken received his education 
 in the public schools of Scarboro and Wind- 
 ham ; and when a young man he became a 
 fireman on board one of the steamers plying 
 between Portland and Boston. After being 
 thus employed for two years, he went to the 
 boiler works of Quinn & Co., of Portland, 
 where he remained for five years. For the 
 next year and a half he worked at the Portland 
 stove foundry; and he then became a partner 
 in the Co-operative Stove Company of Port- 
 land, which concern later moved to Riddeford, 
 Me., where he remained in their employ for 
 two years. He was next engaged in the 
 foundry business in Massachusetts two years, 
 at the expiration of which time he returned to 
 Portland. Twelve years ago he became en- 
 gineer at the Portland Woodenware Company's 
 factory, a position which he ably filled for ten 
 years; and some two years since he was ad- 
 vanced to the post of general foreman. The 
 factory is situated at Duck Pond in West- 
 brook, and employs from thirty-five to forty 
 men, who are engaged in manufacturing pails 
 and tubs in large quantities, producing an 
 average of twelve hundred pails per day, which 
 find a ready market in Boston, New York, and 
 Philadelphia, their tubs being sold principally 
 in Maine. 
 
 Mr. Milliken was married to Rhoda Cannell, 
 daughter of Heman Cannell, of Gorham, Me., 
 in 1871, and has had eight children, six of 
 whom are living; namely, Maggie M., Daisy 
 G., James R., Grace, Carrie, and Joseph C. 
 
 Mr. Milliken is a thoroughly capable and 
 reliable steam engineer, and his present posi- 
 tion at the Portland company's factory bears 
 testimony to his complete mastery of the busi- 
 ness in which he has had so many years of ex- 
 perience. He support's the principles of the 
 Republican party in politics, and attends the 
 Union Church, like his father having no relig- 
 ious preference. 
 
 H^LIAM T. STUDLEY, wholesale 
 dealer in fish, 30 Commercial 
 Street, Portland, was born on the 
 island of Monhegan, Lincoln County, Me., 
 January 2, 1828, son of William and Nancy 
 (Trefetheren) Studley. William Studley was 
 a prosperous farmer, and was also engaged to 
 some extent in fishing. He died at the age of 
 eighty-three years. His wife, Nancy Trefeth- 
 eren, was the great-grand- daughter of Henry 
 Trefetheren, originally from New Hampshire, 
 who settled on the island of Monhegan, and 
 became its sole proprietor. At his death he 
 divided the island between his son and his 
 two sons-in-law. William Studley and his 
 wife were the parents of a large family, ten of 
 whom grew to maturity. 
 
 William T. Studley received a common- 
 school education on the island, and worked for 
 his father until of age, when he went to 
 Gloucester, Mass., and engaged in the fishing 
 business, remaining four or five months. 
 While there he encountered many of the 
 dangers that seem to lie in wait for Gloucester 
 fishermen in particular, being lost once in a 
 dory, but fortunately rescued by a fishing- 
 vessel. Mr. Studley eventually returned to 
 Monhegan, and was there engaged for some 
 time in fishing with his father. In the fall of 
 1866, a few months after the great fire in 
 Portland, he removed to Cumberland County, 
 taking up his residence in South Portland, 
 where he has ever since made his home. 
 During the next two years he was actively 
 engaged in the fisheries, being Captain and 
 owner of the "Moneda." In July, 1868, he 
 sold his vessel and fishing tackle, and opened 
 the establishment on Commercial Wharf, of 
 which he is now the proprietor, trading in salt 
 and fresh fish, and shipping lobster to other 
 ports. He has a large line of local custom, and 
 also an extensive trade in New York City and 
 State, his business having grown with the new 
 growth of the city. He is a plain business 
 man, who has won success by the exercise of 
 a thorough knowledge of his line of trade and 
 honest dealing with all with whom he is asso- 
 ciated. He has some financial interests out- 
 side his regular business, and is now Presi- 
 dent of the Loan and Building Association of 
 South Portland. 
 
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 Mr. Studley and Lucy F. Pierce, of China, 
 Me., daughter of Rufus and Nancy (Studley) 
 Pierce, were married in October, 1852, and 
 first kept house on Monhegan. Seven chil- 
 dren were born to Mr. and Mrs. Studley, of 
 whom four are living; namely, Charles A., 
 Willie A., James E., and George W. The 
 youngest son, George, is studying medicine 
 in Portland, having completed a course of 
 study at Bowdoin College. The three elder 
 sons are in business with their father. 
 
 In politics Mr. Studley is a Republican, 
 and takes an active interest in public affairs, 
 but is not an aspirant for office, his business 
 cares engrossing his time and energy. He 
 is a member of Ligonia Lodge, Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows, Portland, and of Mich- 
 igan Encampment, and belongs to South 
 Portland Lodge of Knights of Pythias, of 
 which he was a charter member'; and he was 
 also a charter member of the Order of the 
 Golden Cross. Mr. and Mrs. Studley are 
 strong supporters of the Methodist Episcopal 
 church, of South Portland, to which they be- 
 long, Mr. Studley having been on the church 
 Board of Trustees for a number of years ; and 
 they are also interested in promoting the 
 Christian religion in a broader sense. Mr. 
 Studley is an ardent advocate of prohibition, 
 and lives up to his principles, never using 
 tobacco or any kind of intoxicating liquor. 
 A man of high moral character, honest and 
 progressive, he is a citizen of whom Portland, 
 may well be proud, the sort of man that makes 
 the best fibre and sinew of the Commonwealth. 
 
 ON. WILLIAM WIDGERY 
 THOMAS, Jr., of Portland, Me., 
 ex-Minister to Sweden and Norway, 
 is a gentleman who has acquired 
 distinction in the diplomatic service, and has 
 won laurels as an author and public speaker. 
 He is a son of the venerable Hon. William 
 W. Thomas, Sr., of whom a special sketch 
 with portrait and some account of his ancestry 
 appears in this volume, and a brother of Gen- 
 eral Henry G. Thomas, United States Army. 
 On his mother's side he is descended from 
 Dr. John Goddard, of New Hampshire, who 
 declined a United States Senatorship. 
 
 William W. Thomas, Jr., was born in Port- 
 land, Me., in 1839. ^^ received his earlier 
 education in the public schools of this city; 
 entered Bowdoin College in 1856, and was 
 graduated with the highest honors in i860. 
 During his college course, at the age of eigh- 
 teen he taught a winter district school for 
 three months and a half in a little red school- 
 house near the shore of Cape Elizabeth. 
 
 Immediately after graduation he commenced 
 reading law, but in the, spring of 1862 left 
 his studies, and, as United States Bearer of 
 Despatches, carried a treaty to Turkey. He 
 became Vice-Consul-general at Constanti- 
 nople, then Acting Consul at Galatz in the 
 Principality of Moldavia, and before the close 
 of the year was appointed by President Lin- 
 coln one of the thirty "war consuls" of the 
 United States, and sent to Gothenburg, 
 Sweden. For his services as Consul he re- 
 ceived from Secretary William H. Seward 
 "the special thanks of the Department of 
 State." Resigning his Consulship, he re- 
 turned to America in the autumn of 1865, 
 was admitted to the bar in 1866, and at once 
 won distinction as an advocate. 
 
 Mr. Thomas, during his three years' resi- 
 dence in Sweden, acquired the Swedish lan- 
 guage, and became familiar with the history, 
 manners, and customs of the people. On his 
 return to his native land he persistently ad- 
 vocated Swedish immigration to Maine, and 
 presented the first definite, practical plan for 
 the purpose. The legislature of 1870 passed 
 an act authorizirig this plan to be tried. Mr. 
 Thomas, receiving the appointment of Com- 
 missioner of Immigration, proceeded to carry 
 it into effect. He visited Sweden, recruited a 
 colony of fifty-one Swedes, sailed with them 
 over the ocean, led them up the St. John 
 River in flatboats, and on July 23, 1870, 
 founded the prosperous settlement .of New 
 Sweden in the primeval forest of his native 
 State. Here he lived in a log cabin with his 
 Swedish pioneers for the better portion of four 
 years, directing all the affairs of the colony 
 until its success was assured. The colony 
 has rapidly increased, and has constantly at- 
 tracted Swedish immigration into Maine and 
 the other New England States. In 1895 
 Maine's Swedish colony numbered fifteen 
 
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 hundred souls, owning real and personal prop- 
 erty worth three-quarters of a million dollars, 
 while fifteen hundred more Swedish immi- 
 grants were settled in other parts of the State. 
 New Sweden appropriately celebrated the de- 
 cennial and the quarter-centennial anniversa- 
 ries of its settlement, and on both occasions 
 Mr. Thomas was the orator of the day. 
 
 The city of Portland elected Mr. Thomas a 
 member of the Maine legislatures of 1873, 
 1874, and 1875. In the first session he made 
 his mark as an able and courageous debater, 
 and in the two later sessions he presided over 
 the House as Speaker. He was also Senator 
 from Cumberland County in 1879, but de- 
 clined a renomination. In 1875 he was Presi- 
 dent of the Maine State Republican Conven- 
 tion, and in 1880 a delegate to the memorable 
 Republican National Convention at Chicago, 
 which nominated General Garfield for the 
 Presidency. On July 4, 1883, he delivered 
 the oration at the quarter-millennial celebra- 
 tion of the founding of Portland by his own 
 ancestor, Cleeve. Mr. Thomas had already 
 been appointed Minister Resident to Sweden 
 and Norway; and on July 19, the eve of his 
 departure for his foreign post of duty, the 
 sympathy and good will of his fellow-citizens 
 found expression in a public dinner given to 
 "him under the auspices of the Cumberland 
 bar and the merchants of Portland. 
 
 Mr. Thomas resided at Stockholm as Amer- 
 ican Minister until the close of President 
 Arthur's administration in 1885. He was the 
 first Minister to Sweden to address the King 
 in his own language, the first to hoist the 
 American flag at Stockholm,, and the first to 
 effectively assist in starting a line of direct 
 steamships between Sweden and the United 
 States. 
 
 On leaving the Northland, Mr. Thomas was 
 honored by a public farewell banquet given 
 him by many of the first citizens of the Swed- 
 ish capital at the Pavilion of Hasselbacken in 
 the Royal Deer Park. The Pavilion was 
 decorated with American flags, and the band 
 of the Royal Second Life Guards played 
 American national airs. 
 
 In 1887 he again visited Sweden, and mar- 
 ried Dagmar Elizabeth, daughter of Ragnar 
 Tornebladh, Knight and Nobleman, Member 
 
 of the Upper House of the Swedish Parlia- 
 ment, and Manager of The National Bank of 
 the Kingdom of Sweden. The year after, 
 Mr. Thomas was orator at the great Swedish 
 celebration at Minneapolis, where more than 
 forty thousand Swedes assembled to commem- 
 orate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary 
 of the first Swedish settlement in America, 
 New Sweden on the Delaware, founded by 
 Gustavus Adolphus. This was the largest 
 gathering of the Swedish race that has ever 
 taken place on the American continent. 
 
 In March, 1889, Mr. Thomas was appointed 
 by President Harrison Envoy Extraordinary 
 and Minister Plenipotentiary to Sweden and 
 Norway. He and his young Swedish wife 
 were welcomed back to the Northland with 
 distinguished honors by both King and people. 
 During his second term he helped secure the 
 appointment of a Swedish jurist as Chief Jus- 
 tice of Samoa under the Treaty of Berlin, and 
 a Norwegian statesman as member of the Trib- 
 unal of Arbitration between the United States 
 and Great Britain on the question of the fur- 
 seal fisheries in Behring Sea. On September 
 14, 1890, on the deck of the American man- 
 of-war "Baltimore," lying in the harbor of 
 Stockholm, Minister Thomas, in an eloquent 
 address, delivered the honored ashes of the 
 great Swedish-American, John Ericsson, to 
 the King and people of Sweden. 
 
 During Mr. Thomas's second term a freer 
 market for American products was opened in 
 Sweden, the Riksdag voting in 1892 to reduce 
 the duties on both grain and pork by one-half. _ 
 It was at his own suggestion, made to the De- 
 partment of State in 1890, that Mr. Thomas 
 received instructions under which he com- 
 menced negotiations with the governments of 
 the United Kingdoms that resulted in the 
 full and satisfactory extradition treaties of 
 1893 between the United States and both 
 Sweden and Norway. 
 
 Mr. Thomas is an attractive public speaker, 
 and from the political "stump " or lecture plat- 
 form has addressed large audiences in nearly 
 all the Northern States in both the English 
 and Swedish languages. He is also widely 
 known as an entertaining writer. He pub- 
 lished in 1869 a translation qf an historical 
 novel, "The Last Athenian," from the Swed- 
 
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 ish of Victor Rydberg, for which he received 
 the special thanks of the King of Sweden and 
 Norway; and he has written many spirited 
 articles for Harper's Monthly, the Cosmopoli- 
 tan, and other magazines and periodicals. His 
 greatest literary work, however, is "Sweden 
 and the Swedes," a richly illustrated volume 
 of seven hundred and fifty pa^es, published in 
 1892 in both America and Sweden, printed in 
 both the English and Swedish languages. 
 This book has met with a flattering reception 
 and large sales on both sides the Atlantic, and 
 is characterized by the Swedish press as "the 
 most correct and at the same time the most 
 genial description of Sweden and its people 
 ever published in any language." 
 
 Mr. Thomas is a keen follower of the chase 
 and a lover of all outdoor manly sports. He 
 has laid low the bear in the backwoods of 
 Canada and the elk in the forests of Sweden. 
 On September 29, 1893, when hunting in 
 company with the Emperor of Germany and 
 King Oscar on Hunneberg Mountain in 
 Sweden, Mr. Thomas had the good luck to 
 shoot four noble elk, as large and grand as the 
 moose of America. During this hunt Em- 
 peror William was exceedingly gracious 
 toward the American Minister, frequently 
 chatting and je§ting with him in the most un- 
 conventional and democratic manner; and soon 
 after his return to Berlin the Emperor sent to 
 Mr. Thomas his portrait "as " (to use the Em- 
 peror's own words) "a token of special sym- 
 pathy and a souvenir of the personal meeting 
 with you on the Hunneberg hunt." ' The 
 painting is inscribed by the Emperor's own 
 hand, " Wilhelm, Imperator Rex." 
 
 Mr. Thomas was recalled from the Swedish 
 and Norwegian mission by President Cleve- 
 land in 1894. At a farewell audience Mr. 
 Thomas was presented by King Oscar with his 
 portrait, a magnificent life-size painting, per- 
 sonally inscribed by the King. On his return 
 to America in October, he was welcomed back 
 to his native land by a public reception and 
 banquet, given in his honor by the leading 
 Swedish-Americans of the State of New York 
 at the house of the Swedish Engineers' Club 
 in Brooklyn. 
 
 During the winter of 1894-95 he delivered 
 addresses upon "Sweden and the Swedes" in 
 
 more than fifty cities and towns, in sixteen 
 different States of the Union. He was every- 
 where greeted by large and enthusiastic 
 audiences, frequently numbering several thou- 
 sands. In many cities he was honored by 
 public receptions and banquets, United States 
 Senators and Governors of States presided at 
 his meetings, and his entire lecture tour from 
 the Atlantic to the Rocky Mountains was one 
 continued ovation. 
 
 Of Mr. Thomas it can with, truth be said 
 that no other native American ever acquired 
 so intimate a knowledge of Sweden and the 
 Swedes. None ever accomplished so much by 
 both tongue and pen in making Sweden and 
 the Swedes known and honored throughout 
 America, and none is more widely known or 
 more highly respected by the Swedes in both 
 the Old World and the New. 
 
 Mr. Thomas is a member of the Maine His- 
 torical Society, the Swedish Geographical So- 
 ciety, His Majesty King Oscar's Shooting 
 Club, the Royal Swedish Yacht Club, the 
 Idun (a Swedish literary club), the Portland 
 Fraternity Club, and he was one of the 
 founders of the Portland Yacht Club. 
 
 Mr. Thomas has led a life of many-sided ac- 
 tivity and of honorable achievement. Though 
 but of middle age, he has been lawyer, legis- 
 lator, founder of a community. Consul, dip- 
 lomat, orator, and author; and in all he has 
 been a success. He has contributed to the 
 common weal, and has been an important 
 factor in social advancement. 
 
 An excellent portrait of this practical hu- 
 manitarian may be seen on a preceding page. 
 
 Y^EON L. HALE, M.D., an active prac- 
 IJT titioner of medicine, surgery, and 
 -^~>^ _ ^ dental surgery on Chebeague Island, 
 in the town of Cumberland, Me., 
 was born in Westbrook, Cumberland County, 
 June 26, 1854. He is of Colonial stock, 
 whose progenitor came to this country from 
 England at an early period, and settled in Es- 
 sex County, Massachusetts. A more extended 
 notice of the immigrant ancestor may be found 
 in the History of Newburyport, Mass " 
 
 Nathaniel Hale, Dr. Hale's great-grand- 
 father, came to Portland from Newburyport 
 
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 some time previous to 1775, as he is men- 
 tioned in Willis's "History of Portland" as 
 one of those who lost property in that year by 
 the British at the time that Portland was 
 bombarded by Captain Mowatt. Nathaniel 
 Hale was born in 1744, and died April 23, 
 1808. His wife, Mary Lawrence, only child 
 of Joshua and Sarah Lawrence (the former of 
 whom was born in 17 19, and died in 1802, 
 and the latter born in 1731, and died in 
 1783), was born in 1752, and died October 
 10, 1820. They were the parents of nine 
 children, as follows, all natives of West- 
 brook, Me.: Joseph, born May 29, 1773, died 
 October 2, 1803; Polly, born February 21, 
 1775; Sarah, born February 19, 1778, died 
 December 23, 1780; Sarah, born November 
 27, 1780, died November 21, 1786; Nathan- 
 iel, born May 23, 1783; Anna, born May 3, 
 1786; Phebe, born January 2, 1788; George 
 (grandfather of Dr. Hale), born July 15, 
 1793, died July 15, 1850; Louisa, born No- 
 vember 9, 1 795, died December 21, 1820. 
 
 After being burned out by the British, Na- 
 thaniel Hale, with his wife and the Law- 
 rences, went to Westbrook, near Pride's 
 Corner, where he bought a large tract of land, 
 now consisting of several farms, upon which 
 they built and kept an inn for many years, or 
 till he died. His son George then came into 
 possession of the estate and business. The 
 elder son of George Hale now still retains 
 about one hundred acres of the original home- 
 stead. George Hale was in the War of 1812- 
 14, holding the rank of Captain in Colonel 
 Hobbs's regiment. On January 18, 18 16, he 
 married Martha Roberts, daughter of James 
 Roberts, whose wife was a Cushman. Their 
 children were eight in number, as follows, all 
 born at the old Hale homestead: Alpheus, 
 born May 21, 18 17, living, unmarried; Na- 
 thaniel, born October 24, 18 19, married 
 Lovina Knight; George R. (father of the sub- 
 ject of this sketch), born December 14, 1821, 
 died August 26, 1862; Louisa, born March 
 10, 1824, married Abial Cutter, of West- 
 brook, and died in October, 1864; Josiah, 
 born November 16, 1827, now living, mar- 
 ried Harriet White, of Gorham, Me.; Sabra, 
 born February 15, 1830, married Horace 
 Pride of Westbrook, and died in September, 
 
 1863; Martha, born April 8, 1834, married 
 Jason Leighton, of F"almouth, Me. ; Phebe, 
 born February 2, 1838, married Charles Pride, 
 of Westbrook. 
 
 George R. Hale, when a young man, went to 
 New Hampshire, and learned the trade of a 
 shoemaker, at which he continued to work for 
 a while. On April 3, 1853, he married Lucy 
 K. Gammon, of Westbrook, daughter of 
 Stephen and Sarah (Knight) Gammon; and 
 soon after he became engaged in the wholesale 
 beef business, finding a market mostly in those 
 days in Portland and Boston. In i860 he took 
 into partnership William Morrill, of Wind- 
 ham, Me., who was associated with him at the 
 time of his death. George R. Hale left two 
 children — Leon L. ; and Jason L., who was 
 born January 24, 1856, and died April 22, 
 1887. Jason L. Hale married Harriet Saw- 
 yer, of Knightsville, Me., and left one son, 
 now living, George by name. 
 
 Leon L. Hale was educated in the common 
 schools of Westbrook, at the Pride's Corner 
 High School, and at Gray's Business College, 
 Portland, Me. After obtaining a business ed- 
 ucation he first became employed in the large 
 dry-goods establishment of Jordan, Marsh & 
 Co., of Boston, but soon returned to Maine, 
 where in June, 1875, he was engaged by 
 Royal Leighton, of Woodford's, Deering, as 
 book-keeper and cashier. This merchant then 
 held the appointment of Postmaster at Wood- 
 ford's, wherefore young Hale was duly sworn 
 in as Assistant Postmaster, assuming full 
 charge of the office, and conducting it in a 
 satisfactory manner to the public'for one year. 
 Resigning his position at the end of that time 
 he entered into the employ of Samuel W. 
 Wilson, who was then, in 1876, about to 
 start, 'the first store in Deering Centre, a 
 new and rapidly growing section of the town. 
 Mr. Wilson being a man well advanced in 
 years and without a knowledge of the busi- 
 ness, .his clerk became general manager of 
 this enterprise, and was successful in build- 
 ing up a large and lucrative business, which 
 in 1877 was sold to other parties. 
 
 In November, 1877, a few months after his 
 marriage, Mr. Hale commenced the study of 
 dentistry with Dr. Samuel A. Packard, of 
 Portland, Me., at his office, corner of Temple 
 
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 and Middle Streets, remaining with him until 
 July, 1879. ^^ '^'^sri removed from Wood- 
 ford's, Me., to Boothbay Harbor, and opened 
 an office, being the first dentist to permanently 
 locate in that thriving town, where he at once 
 began the study of medicine with Dr. Charles 
 W. Price. During his stay there of one year, 
 in connection with his practice and medical 
 studies, Dr. Hale was reporter for the Booth- 
 bay Register, and wrote occasional continued 
 articles for that paper. In 1880 he removed 
 to Boston, and, opening an office on Kneeland 
 Street, there practised dentistry, in 1882 re- 
 moving with his family again to Westbrook, 
 Me., for the purpose of entering theBowdoin 
 Medical School at Brunswick. In 1883 he 
 returned to Boston, and entered the College 
 of Physicians and Surgeons, graduating with 
 honors from this institution in May, 1884. 
 He immediately opened an office on Tremont 
 Street, where he practised until he removed to 
 Chebeague Island, having in the mean time 
 received the appointment of Superintendent of 
 Essex Street Dispensary, now known as the 
 North End Dispensary and Hospital. In 
 1886 Dr. Hale came to Casco Bay, and settled 
 on Chebeague Island, where he has built up a 
 large and successful practice, being highly 
 esteemed and popular with all classes. 
 
 Dr. Leon L. Hale has been twice married. 
 His first wife, with whom he was united on 
 July IS, 1877, was Josephine Mallard, daugh- 
 ter of John Mallard, of Portland, Me. She 
 passed away August 16, 1883, leaving one 
 child, Leona J. His present wife, to whom 
 he was married May 5, 1894, was formerly 
 Mrs. Alice M. Hamilton. She is a daugh- 
 ter of Joshua L. Curit, of Chebeague Island. 
 By this union there has been one child, Leon 
 S. Hale, who was born May 14, 1895, and 
 died December 10, 1895. 
 
 In politics Dr. Hale affiliates with the 
 Democratic party. He is a man of broad 
 views on the leading questions of the day, in- 
 cluding religious subjects. Socially, he 'is a 
 member of Falmouth Encampment, No. 11, 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Port- 
 land, Me.; member of the Alumni of the 
 College of Physicians and Surgeons, Boston, 
 Mass. ; and Fellow of the Maine Academy of 
 Medicine and Science. 
 
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 AMUEL L. PAINE, a veteran 
 the Civil War, now living in re- 
 tirement in Sebago, was born in 
 Baldwin, Cumberland County, Me., 
 March 28, 1821, son of David and JBetsey 
 (Lamb) Paine. Mr. Paine's father, who fol- 
 lowed the carpenter's trade in connection with 
 farming, was a well-known and highly es- 
 teemed resident of Baldwin. His wife, 
 Betsey Lamb, became the mother of eleven 
 children, four sons and seven daughters, two 
 of whom are now living. 
 
 Samuel L. Paine received his education in 
 the schools of his native town, and worked 
 upon the farm until he was eighteen years old. 
 He then began to learn the trade of a carpen- 
 ter with his father, and subsequently practised 
 it as a journeyman until September 19, 1864,. 
 when he enlisted as a private in Company D, 
 Ninth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry, 
 being mustered into service at Portland. His 
 regiment was assigned to duty in Virginia and 
 North Carolina, and took part in the conclud- 
 ing military operations of the Rebellion, he 
 being discharged at Newbern, N.C., on June 
 3, 1865. He returned to Baldwin, where he 
 remained until 1876, at which time he took 
 up his residence in Harrison, and three years 
 later removed to Mapleton, Aroostook County,, 
 Me. In 1885 he returned to Cumberland 
 County, and, settling in the town of Sebago, 
 has since resided here, retired from active 
 labor. On October 4, 1849, Mr. Paine was 
 united in marriage to Eliza A. Davis, and can 
 now point with pride to three children, eight 
 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. In 
 politics Mr. Paine is a Republican. He has 
 led a busy and fairly prosperous career, and is 
 now enjoying a well-earned rest from the 
 cares and responsibilities of active life, with 
 the knowledge that he has faithfully per- 
 formed his duties, both as a citizen and as a 
 soldier. 
 
 ^t^y^^YRON EASTMAN MOORE, of 
 1=1=^ Deering, Me., a successful con- 
 ^ eJU ^^^^ tractor and builder, is a son of 
 Adams and Jane (Curry) Moore, 
 of Lisbon, N.Y., where his birth occurred on 
 September 30, 1852. 
 
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 Adams Moore was born in Lisbon, St. Law- 
 rence Couqiy, N.Y., and received his educa- 
 tion in the public schools of that town. He 
 has always followed the vocation of a farmer, 
 at which he has been fairly successful, dairy- 
 ing being his specialty. His wife, Jane 
 Curry, is a native of Toronto, Canada. Of the 
 eleven children born of their union nine are 
 living, namely: Agnes, the widow of John 
 Mercer, of Warsaw, Wis. ; Martha, who mar- 
 ried Edward C. Coffin, of Syracuse, N.Y 
 Albert W., a banker in Washington, Kan 
 Melissa, the wife of Charles Howard, of 
 Somerville, N.J.; Alzina, who married a Mr. 
 Bird, of Syracuse, N.Y. ; Myron Eastman; 
 Jud.son D.; John D. ; and Franklin A., the 
 last three of whom are residents of Lisbon, 
 N.Y. Both parents are still living at the age 
 of eighty and seventy-eight years respectively. 
 They are members of the Congregational 
 Church of Lisbon, N.Y., ■ of which he is 
 Deacon. 
 
 Myron Eastman Moore acquired a good 
 practical education in the common schools of 
 his native place. He then learned the trade 
 of a carpenter, and for a number of years he 
 was employed as a journeyman. In 1873 he 
 came to Deering, where, shortly after, he es- 
 tablished himself in business as a contractor 
 and builder; and during the past twenty-two 
 years he has erected a large number of build- 
 ings in Portland and vicinity. He was mar- 
 ried on March 4, 1874, to Miss Sarah A. 
 Guptill, a daughter of Daniel Guptill, of 
 Milton Mills, N.H. They have one child, a 
 daughter named Stella E. 
 
 Mr. Moore has served on the Town and City 
 Committee for a number of years. In 1891 
 and 1892 he was elected Assessor of the city 
 of Deering; and he represented the city in the 
 State legislature in 1894 and 1895, during 
 which time he served on the Committee on 
 Interior Waters, and has held other offices 
 of responsibility and trust, discharging the 
 duties of each in a faithful and business-like 
 manner. Fraternally, he is affiliated with 
 Deering Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and is now 
 connected with the Maine Charitable Me- 
 chanic Association. He is an attendant and 
 supporter of the Methodist Episcopal church, 
 of which his wife is a member. 
 
 fHADDEUS L. D.ODGE, the genial and 
 popular station agent in Westbrook, of 
 the Portland & Rochester Railroad, 
 was born in Woolwich, Me., April 5, 1865, 
 son of Alpheus and Margaret J. (Buker) 
 Dodge. His ancestors were early settlers in 
 Woolwich, of which place his paternal grand- 
 father was a prosperous farmer. He died 
 there in 1865. He gave his adherence to the 
 Republican party, and attended the Congrega- 
 tional church. Of his six chiftlren five are 
 now living, namely: George W., residing in 
 Woolwich ; Wilmot, a resident of Bath, Me. ; 
 Mary, wife of Woodbury Hall, of Vienna, 
 Me. ; Sarah, who married Stephen Webb, of 
 Scituate, Mass; and Alpheus, father of Thad- 
 deus L. 
 
 Alpheus Dodge, who was born in Woolwich, 
 in early life learned the trade of a mason. 
 He resided in Bowdoin, Me., for some years, 
 and spent about five years in Boston, where he 
 followed his trade. He finally settled in 
 Bath, where he has since carried on business 
 as a contractor and builder, having assisted in 
 the erection of many fine buildings, including 
 the post-office, custom-house, and high school. 
 He is a Democrat in politics, and, while resid- 
 ing in Woolwich, served as a member of the 
 Board of Selectmen. In his religious views 
 he is a Baptist, and, socially, was formerly 
 connected with the Knights of Pythias Lodge 
 in Bowdoinham. His wife, Margaret J. 
 Buker, is a daughter of Isaac Buker, of Bow- 
 doin. She was the mother of seven children, 
 four of whom are living, namely: Charles F., 
 of Boothbay, Me. ; Fanny W., who resides at 
 home; Hattie L., wife of James Murray, of 
 Bath ; and Thaddeus L., the subject of this 
 sketch. 
 
 Thaddeus L. Dodge attended the public 
 schools of Bowdoin, and after a course of study 
 at the high school became a railroad employee. 
 He acquired a knowledge of telegraphy, and 
 after perfecting himself in general station 
 work at Lisbon Falls, Me., where he remained 
 for a year, he went to Westbrook Junction to 
 take the position of clerk at the Maine Cen- 
 tral station, capably performing his duties 
 there for three years and a half. After a ser- 
 vice of four months as station agent in 
 Corinna, Me., he was placed in charge of the 
 
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 Portland & Rochester- station in Westbrook, 
 where he has since remained. He possesses a 
 genial disposition, which makes him de- 
 servedly popular as a railroad official; and his 
 management of the affairs of the Westbrook 
 station is systematic and thorough. On De- 
 cember 1 8, 1895, he was united in marriage 
 with Grace F. Buck, of Deering, Me. 
 
 In politics Mr. Dodge is a supporter of the 
 Democratic party, and as a candidate for 
 Alderman from Ward 3 in 1894 he polled a 
 large vote, but was defeated by his Repub- 
 lican opponent. In his religious views he 
 is a Methodist. * 
 
 OHN H. WARD, the possessor and 
 manager of Side Hill Farm, as it is 
 familiarly known in New Gloucester, 
 Cumberland County Me., was born in 
 Greenville, Piscataquis County, at the south 
 end of JVToosehead Lake, on August 25, 1839, 
 son of John and Mary (Gerrish) Ward. 
 
 John Ward was a native of Gorham, Cum- 
 berland County. He was the son of Jesse 
 Ward, of that town, whose father, John Ward, 
 came to Gorham from Cape Cod, in the colony 
 of Massachusetts, the latter being a son of 
 General 'Ward of Revolutionary times and 
 fame. 
 
 When John Ward, of Gorham, started out in 
 life for himself, he engaged in farming in his 
 native town, living there until he was twenty- 
 six years of age, after which he removed to 
 Moosehead Lake, and during the subsequent 
 thirty years was there successfully engaged in 
 agricultural pursuits. He next settled in 
 Gorham, and resided in that town until eighty- 
 four years of age, coming then to his son's 
 home in New Gloucester to pass his remaining 
 years, living to the age of eighty-nine. His 
 wife, Mary Gerrish, was born in Windham, 
 They reared eight children, but John 
 
 Me. 
 
 H. is now the only one living. 
 
 John H. Ward continued to live with his 
 parents until he was twenty years of age. He 
 then engaged in farming on the Magal Road 
 in the western part of New Gloucester, and 
 after ten years spent there he removed to the 
 farm on which he now resides. It contains 
 one hundred and sixteen acres of land, and is 
 
 proportionately divided between pasturage and 
 tillage. He usually keeps about fifteen milch 
 cows, from which he gets a daily average of 
 eighteen gallons of milk, which is sold to the 
 dealers in Portland, Me. He also carries on 
 general farming with excellent results, and is 
 known throughout the county as a diligent 
 worker and a thoroughly reliable man, one 
 who by his personal efforts has met with a 
 good degree of success. 
 
 He was married on June 29, 1861, to Miss 
 Mary S. Russell, of Gray, Me., a daughter of 
 Charles R. and Susan (Shaw) Russell. Her 
 father was a successful agriculturist of Wel- 
 lington and Gray, Me., his last days being 
 spent in the latter place, where his wife ^Iso 
 died. Mr. and Mrs. Ward's union has been 
 blessed by the birth of* nine children, as fol- 
 lows: Mary Ella, the widow of John P. 
 Bailey, residing in New Gloucester; Eliza J., 
 who married Frank Tufts, and lives on the old 
 Penney Road in New Gloucester; Hannah, 
 who died when two years old; Rosa Belle, the 
 wife of G. A. Bowie, and now living in 
 North Yarmouth, Me. ; Sarah Maria, who is 
 employed at the Hebron Academy; Lucy C, 
 residing in Boston, Mass. ; Charles G., . a 
 farmer of New Gloucester; John R. and 
 Harriet E., both of whom are at home. The 
 children all received a good practical common- 
 school education. 
 
 Mr. Ward is numbered among the faithful 
 adherents of the Republican party. He and 
 his wife are members of the First Congrega- 
 tional Church of New Gloucester. 
 
 ( PJEORGE N. AND FRANK H. 
 \teT BURNHAM, of Bridgton, organ- 
 ^-'^ izers of the Bridgton Machine Com- 
 pany, are both natives of this, village, the 
 birth of the former having occurred February 
 22, 1853, while the latter was born August 6, 
 1856. They are of English extraction and of 
 excellent pioneer ancestry, their paternal 
 grandfather, Nathaniel Burnhaim, having been 
 a native of the town of Cumberland, of which 
 his parents were early settlers. Nathan Burn- 
 ham, father of George and Frank, was born in 
 Bridgton, and here married Miss Hannah A. 
 Perry, who bore him five children, namely: 
 
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 Lizzie (deceased); Nellie E., wife of Frank 
 P. Bennett; George N.; Frank H.; and 
 Alice (deceased). 
 
 George N. and his brother, Frank H. Burn- 
 ham, acquired their education in the public 
 schools of their native town. In 1871 they 
 entered upon a three years' apprenticeship 
 with S. A. Miller & Co., to learn the 
 founder's and machinist's trade, in both of 
 which they became proficient, working for the 
 above-mentioned firm until 1887. The Bridg- 
 ton Machine Company was then organized, 
 Mr. Burnham and his brother becoming co- 
 partners. They are engaged in the manufact- 
 ure of turbine water-wheels, shingle and 
 heading machines, and carry on a substantial 
 and lucrative business in general mill work 
 of all descriptions, giving universal satisfac- 
 tion to their numerous customers and patrons. 
 George N. Burnham was married April i, 
 1877, to Miss Ella M. Brackett, a native of 
 Casco, Me. In politics he is a Democrat, 
 and, socially, is a member of the Masonic 
 Order, of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
 lows, and of the Knights of Pythias. Frank 
 H. Burnham was united in marriage August 
 8, 1884, to Miss Addie Tucker, of Scarboro, 
 Me. ; and their wedded life has been bright- 
 ened by the birth of one daughter, Myrtle 
 A. Socially, Mr. Burnham, like his brother, 
 belongs to the Masons and to the Odd Fel- 
 , , , lows, being a popular member of both organ- 
 izations. 
 
 Chester, 
 German 
 
 •Tt:^ICHARD R. SCHONLAND, a mem- 
 I <^ ber of the wide-awake firm of Schon- 
 _|b\ land Brothers, of 8 and 10 Union 
 ^"^ Street, Portland, was born at Man- 
 N.H., March 8, 1861. He is of 
 parentage, his father and mother, 
 Charles Henry and Julia (Hoppe) Schonland, 
 having been natives of the Fatherland. The 
 father, who is now a sausage manufacturer in 
 Lawrence, Mass., learned the business from 
 his father in Germany, and in turn taught his 
 sons the mysterious art. 
 
 Richard R. Schonland was educated in 
 Lawrence, and under the instruction of his 
 father, for whom he worked several years, be- 
 came familiar with his present business. He 
 
 was also employed for a time in some of the 
 leading markets of that city, where he became 
 an expert in meat-cutting, being subsequently 
 employed as a meat-cutter in one of the large 
 markets of Charlestown, Mass. After leaving 
 Charlestown, Mr. Schonland worked for some 
 time in a Lawrence market, and was also 
 for a while in the employ of his brother 
 Henry. In September, 1891, the two brothers, 
 Charles an,d Richard, who had investigated 
 different cities in search of a favorable loca- 
 tion, decided to establish themselves in busi- 
 ness in Portland. Leasing a store at 485 Fore 
 Street, they telegraphed to Lawrence for ma- 
 chinery previously purchased, and at once 
 commenced operations, continuing at that 
 stand for several years. Being prosperous in 
 their venture, they purchased land from Gen- 
 eral Fessenden for the site of their present 
 factory, which was completed in 1894, and 
 into which they moved in January, 1895. 
 They were pioneers in their branch of indus- 
 try; and they have established a high and 
 wide reputation for their products, which are 
 invariably pure, healthful, and of standard 
 quality. 
 
 Mr. Schonland is independent in his polit- 
 ical views, voting, according to his light, for 
 the best men and best measures. Socially, 
 he is a member of the Order of Elks, being at 
 present Esquire of the Order. He likewise 
 belongs to the Portland Athletic Club, and is 
 a member of the Turn Verein of Lawrence. 
 
 Mr. Schonland married Miss Helen L. 
 Geisler, daughter of Henry and Wilhelmina 
 (Eichler) Geisler, the children of their union 
 being three in number; namely, Carl F., 
 Helen, and Mildred. The family have a win- 
 ter residence at 18 Stone Street, Portland, but 
 spend their summers at their cottage on Long 
 Island. 
 
 'ACOB R. PRATT, a retired farmer and 
 lifelong resident of Yarmouth, Cum- 
 berland County, Me., was born in this 
 town, September 16, 18 17, son of 
 David and Mary (Russell) Pratt. He is a de- 
 scendant of Sherebia Pratt, who settled in 
 Cumberland considerably over a century ago, 
 and became an extensive land-owner both in 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Maine and in Canada. This pioneer ancestor 
 reared a family of eleven children, all of whom 
 grew to maturity. He died in Portland, Me., 
 in 1819. 
 
 David Pratt, Mr. Pratt's father, was born 
 in North Yarmouth, previous to the separa- 
 tion of Maine from Massachusetts. He en- 
 gaged in farming and lumbering, which he 
 followed with ability and with good financial 
 success, and became quite well-to-do in the 
 world. In his religious faith he was a 
 Baptist, and he supported the Whig party in 
 politics. He resided upon a farm in the vicin- 
 ity of his son's present property, which is a 
 part of the original Pratt estate; and he died 
 there on February 28, 1850, at the age of 
 seventy-four years. His wife, Mary Russell 
 Pratt, became the mother of thirteen chil- 
 dren, of whom Jacob R., the subject of this 
 sketch, is the only survivor. She died on 
 January 4, 1857, aged seventy-three years. 
 
 Jacob R. Pratt attended the district school 
 of Yarmouth, and at an early age he engaged 
 in agricultural pursuits with his father. He 
 succeeded to the possession of a portion of the 
 old homestead in 1839, and has since contin- 
 ued to reside here. For many years he culti- 
 vated his farm of fifty acres with diligence 
 and skill, always enjoying a bountiful pros- 
 perity as the fruits of his labor. He is well 
 known and highly esteemed, being one of the 
 oldest residents of Yarmouth. In religion he 
 entertains liberal views, and in politics he 
 supports the principles of the Republican 
 party. 
 
 Shortly after taking possession of his prop- 
 erty, Mr. Pratt married Sarah A. Barbour, of 
 North Yarmouth. She died March 20, 1848, 
 aged twenty-eight years, leaving one child'; 
 and he wedded for his second wife, Clarinda 
 S. Sparrow, who was born in Hartford, Me., 
 in 1820, daughter of William Sparrow, a pros- 
 perous resident of that town, and died January 
 23, 1876. Mr. Pratt has one child by each 
 union, namely: Helen M., who was born 
 March 25, 1846; and Eugene H., who was 
 born August 29, 1853, and is now managing 
 the farm. ^ ^ 
 
 Eugene H. Pratt was educated ill the schools 
 of Yarmouth, and since completing his studies 
 he has devoted his attention to agricultural 
 
 pursuits. He conducts the home farm irl an 
 enterprising and progressive manner, and oc- 
 cupies a prominent position among the active 
 and successful farmers of this locality. He 
 supports the Republican party in politics, and 
 is a member of the Baptist church. 
 
 On June 16, 1885, he was united in mar- 
 riage with Carrie E. True, who was born in 
 North Yarmouth, October 16, 1856, daughter 
 of William and Jane (Pratt) True. Her 
 father is a prosperous farmer of North Yar- 
 mouth, but her mother is no longer living. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Pratt have been 
 called to part with their only child, Alice H., 
 who died May 15, 1895, aged seven years and 
 two months. 
 
 TJ^HARLES OLIN FILES, M.D., a 
 ( Vr-^ leading physician of Portland, whose 
 
 ^U ^ specialty is the treatment of nervous 
 diseases, was born in this city, Feb- 
 ruary 12, 1847. His parents, Wentworth P. 
 and Anna CLombard) Files, were both born in 
 Gorham, Me. , which was the native place of 
 many generations of the Files family. One of 
 his ancestors on the maternal side, Solomon 
 Lombard, was graduated from Harvard Col- 
 lege in 1723. The subject of this sketch re- 
 ceived his early education in the Portland 
 schools and the Dwight School in Boston, 
 where his parents resided in 1858-^59. The 
 family removed to Portland in the fall of 1859; 
 and he at once entered the Portland High 
 School, from which he was graduated in 1863. 
 The high school was at that time under the 
 charge of Dr. James H. Hanson, one of the 
 ablest teachers the State ever produced; and 
 Miss Sarah Gilpatrick had been for some years 
 one of the assistants. The Hon. Thomas B. 
 Reed was assistant master during o,ne year, 
 1860-61. In the fall of 1863 young Files 
 entered Harvard College, as a member of the 
 class of 1867. His chum and room-mate for 
 the Freshman year was Edward Winslow Fox, 
 only son of the late Judge Edward Fox. The 
 boys had been intimate friends- during the 
 whole course at the high school; and the close 
 friendship was only broken in 1880 by the 
 death of Mr. Fox, who was apparently at that 
 time at the beginning of a most brilliant 
 
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 219 
 
 professional and literary career. Near the 
 close of the Freshman year the health of Mr. 
 Files broke down so completely that he was 
 advised to give up all thought of completing 
 his college course. He then began the study 
 of medicine, which he pursued for a year, 
 when his health was so much improved that he 
 determined to re-enter college, in the class of 
 1868. Just at this time Dr. Hanson, who was 
 principal of Portland Academy, having re- 
 ceived an offer to return to Waterville and take 
 charge of the Coburn Classical Institute, 
 asked Mr. Files to take his place as principal 
 of the Portland Academy. 
 
 Though then but little over eighteen years 
 of age, Mr. Files accepted the position, and 
 remained at the head of the academy through 
 the summer and fall of 1865, through the year 
 1866, and the spring and summer of 1867. 
 In tRe mean time he kept up with the class of 
 1868 at college; and in the fall, after passing 
 his examination, he entered the class at the 
 beginning of the Senior year. He was gradu- 
 ated, in the regular course, and immediately 
 entered the Portland School for Medical In- 
 struction. In the fall of 1868 he matriculated 
 at the medical department of the University 
 of Pennsylvania; and in the fall of 1869 he 
 entered the College of Physicians and Sur- 
 geons, New York City, graduating in March, 
 , ^ 1870. In April of that year Dr. Files opened 
 his office in Portland, and has continued here 
 in practice till the present time, except for a 
 period of two years, when he was incapacitated 
 for professional work by ill health. He has 
 established a reputation for skill in the treat- 
 ment of nervous diseases that makes him one 
 of the foremost specialists of the city. 
 
 On October 12, 1871, Dr. Files was mar- 
 ried to Julia E., youngest daughter of Captain 
 J. B. Coyle, manager of the Portland Steam 
 Packet Company and one of the founders of 
 the International Steamship Company and the 
 Maine Steamship Company. Dr. and Mrs. 
 Files have two children — Nina N., born Oc- 
 tober II, 1872; and Charles Edwin, born Au- 
 gust 30, 1874. 
 
 In politics Dr. Files is a Republican. He 
 and his wife attend the Chestnut Street Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church, of which the Doctor 
 has been organist for many years. They have 
 
 a handsome residence at 120 Free Street, Port- 
 land. 
 
 ENJAMIN F. STANLEY, who con- 
 ducts a good farm in the town of 
 Harrison, was born in York County, 
 Maine, December 5, 1830, son of 
 Benjamin and Lydia E. (Thompson) Stanley. 
 His father was a native of Sanford, Me., born 
 July 26, 1799. In early manhood he worked 
 for a time in Cambridge; but in 1832 he set- 
 tled upon a farm in Harrison, where he fol- 
 lowed agricultural pursuits until 1863, when 
 he enlisted as a private in Company G,,-. 
 Twenty-ninth Maine Volunteers. He died 
 June 29, 1864, while on his way home from 
 New Orleans by water, and was buried at sea. 
 His death was a loss to the town as a useful 
 and esteemed citizen. His wife, Lydia E. 
 Thompson, who was a native of Sanford, be- 
 came the mother of five children, as follows: 
 Benjamin F., the subject of this sketch; 
 Harriet, born October 27, 1832, married I. P. 
 Roberts, and resides in Milwaukee, Wis. ; 
 Cyrus K., born February 10, 1835, is now de- 
 ceased; Lydia, born March 4, 1839, died Feb- 
 ruary 28, 1855; and Martha L., who was born 
 April 18, 1841, married J. F. Wight, and re- 
 sides in Wellesley Hills, Mass. The mother 
 died November 22, 1889. 
 
 Benjamin F. Stanley obtained his education 
 in the common schools of Harrison, and at the 
 age of eighteen found employment as a hotel 
 clerk in Harmony, Me. In 1851 he went to 
 Bangor, this State, where he was employed in 
 the saw-mills upon the Penobscot River, re- 
 maining there until 1853, when he returned to 
 Harrison, and, with his father, settled upon 
 his present farm. They considerably im- 
 proved the property before his father's death; 
 and Mr. Stanley now owns one hundred acres 
 of valuable land, which he devotes principally 
 to the cultivation of hay and corn. He is an 
 admirer and breeder of good stock, raising 
 some fine specimens of Hereford and Durham 
 cattle. 
 
 On September 21, 1851, Mr. Stanley was 
 united in marriage to Elizabeth Graves, who 
 was born in Athens, Me., daughter of Thomas 
 Graves, her father being no longer living. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Stanley have two children, 
 namely: Fanny L., born December 19, 1852, 
 resides with her parents; George F., born De- 
 cember 10, 1854, married a Miss Burke, of 
 Rowley, Mass., and also at this date resides 
 at home. 
 
 Mr. Stanley is widely known and equally 
 esteemed by his fellow-townsmen, among 
 whom he occupies a prominent position; and 
 he is a leader in all matters relative to the 
 genera] welfare of the community. Though 
 not an aspirant for political honors, he takes 
 a lively interest in public affairs, and supports 
 the Republican party at the polls. 
 
 tLFRED B. WINSLOW, Treasurer and 
 Collector of Westbrook, is a native of 
 this city, being born here, October 
 ^"^ 24, 1858, son of Stephen R. and 
 Hannah (Hacker) Winslow. Mr. Winslow's 
 grandfather, Josiah Winslow, was a native of 
 that part of Falmouth which is now included 
 within the limits of Westbrook, and a lifelong 
 resident of the locality, being well and favor- 
 ably known as an upright, conscientious man 
 and an exemplary citizen. He died in 1880, 
 aged eighty-eight years. He reared a family 
 of six children, of whom three are living, 
 namely: Stephen R., father of Alfred B. ; Ed- 
 ward B., who resides in the State of Kansas; 
 and Lydia M., wife of I. N. Hacker, of West- 
 brook. 
 
 Stephen R. Winslow was born in West- 
 brook, and, when a young man, learned the 
 shoemaker's trade, which he has since followed 
 with profitable results. Some time ago he 
 moved to Lynn, Mass., where he now resides. 
 He is a Republican in politics, and in relig- 
 ion is a member of the Society of Friends. 
 His wife, Hannah Hacker, who is a native of 
 Westbrook, has had four children, two of 
 whom are living, namely: Alfred B., the sub- 
 ject of this sketch; and Ellen A., who resides 
 at Mount Holyoke Seminary. 
 
 Alfred B. Winslow received his education 
 in the public schools of Westbrook; and after 
 a course of study at the high school he en- 
 tered mercantile business as a clerk in the 
 grocery store of H. P. Murch, continuing in 
 that capacity for six years. At the end of 
 
 that time he formed a coparthership with 
 James L. Brown, purchasing his employer's 
 business; and for twelve years the firm of 
 Winslow & Brown conducted a profitable 
 trade. Mr. Winslow then sold his interest 
 to his partner, and accepted the oflfice of City 
 Treasurer and Collector, being appointed by 
 Mayor Cordwell in January, 1894, to fill the 
 unexpired term of G. Fred. Murch. In March 
 of the same year he was appointed by Mayor 
 Cutter to that office fqx the years 1895 and 
 1896. In politics he is an active supporter of 
 the Republican party; and he rendered valu- 
 able service to the city as a member of the 
 Board of Aldermen from Ward 3 in 1892 and 
 1893. 
 
 On September i, 1882, Mr. Winslow was 
 united in marriage to Hattie M. Swett, daugh- 
 ter of William H. Swett, of Westbrook, and 
 has three children — Earle C , twelve ; Evelyn, 
 ten; and F^rank W., seven years of age. - 
 Mr. Winslow is a worthy representative of 
 several fraternal Orders, and has taken an ac- 
 tive part in developing their- usefulness. He 
 is a member of Temple Lodge, No. 86, A. F. 
 & A. M., Westbrook Lodge, No. 27, Knights 
 of Pythias, of which he has filled all of the 
 chairs, being at the present time Past Chan- 
 cellor and a Trustee, and is Treasurer of 
 Tribe 35 of the Order of Red Men. Both 
 Mr. and Mrs. Winslow attend the Universalist 
 church. 
 
 "Cdu/OODBRIDGE G. OSBORNE, who 
 YSV/ is living retired from active busi- 
 '^ '^ ness, is a native of Cumberland 
 County, Maine, his birth having occurred 
 July 14, 1837, in the town of Scarboro. His 
 father, the Rev. Charles F. Osborne, and his 
 grandfather, the Rev. John B. Osborne, were 
 faithful ministers of the Free Will Baptist 
 denomination. 
 
 John B. Osborne was a native of Lee, 
 N.H., where, when but a boy, he became im- 
 bued with religious zeal, and determined to 
 consecrate his life to the cause of Christian- 
 ity.^ He was ordained to the ministry in -his 
 native town, arid became one of the most suc- 
 cessful and influential preachers of that faith 
 in New Hampshire. He was twice married. 
 
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 His first wife, Abigail Smith, bore him three 
 children. His second wife, Mary Frost, 
 -mother of the Rev. C. F. Osborne, was born 
 in Epping, N.H. She bore him fourteen 
 children; and of these Jerry Jackson Osborne, 
 the youngest child, is the only one now liv- 
 ing. He is a farmer in Gorham, owning one 
 hundred and fifty acres of land, about one- 
 third of it being under cultivation. 
 
 Charles F. Osborne, born March 15, 1800, 
 in Lee, N.H., was there reared to man's es- 
 tate. For some years he was engaged mostly 
 in surveying in Portland, being employed a 
 portion of the time as a clerk in a store. He 
 subsequently started in mercantile business 
 for himself, opening a general store, but gave 
 up this in order to fit himself for the ministry, 
 for which he was eminently adapted. He 
 was ordained as pastor of the Free Will Bap- 
 tist church at Fort Hill, Gorham, in 1837; 
 and he continued his pastoral labors until his 
 death, January 24, 1854, his last charge being 
 at the Limerick and Limington Church in 
 Parsonsfield, quarterly meeting, York County. 
 The Rev. Charles F. Osborne married Susan 
 C. Leavis, a daughter of Thomas Leavis, of 
 Portland, and of their nine children the follow- 
 ing are living; namely, Harriet S., Ellen M., 
 Charles H., Ervine D., Lillia, and Wood- 
 bridge G. Harriet S., born in September, 
 1820, is the wife of Hanover S. Nickerson, 
 of Pittsfield, Me., where both attend the Free 
 Will Baptist church. Ellen Maria, born in 
 March, 1831, makes her home with her sister 
 Harriet in Pittsfield, and is 'there a member of 
 the Free Will Baptist church. Charles H., 
 who was one of triplets, born in December, 
 1833, owns a farm of one hundred acres in 
 Gorham, where he makes a specialty of early 
 fruits. He married in November, 1868, Mrs. 
 Sarah' Haywood, born Holmes; and their eld- 
 est child, Sumner C. Osborne, married Isa- 
 belle Durrell, of Hyde Park, Mass. Ervine 
 D., a graduate of Bowdoin College, is now 
 engaged in teaching in Winthrop, Mass. 
 Lillia is a professional nurse of Brookline, 
 Mass. They are Congregationalists in their 
 religious belief. 
 
 Woodbridge G. Osborne was educated at 
 the Limerick and Limington Academies, 
 being graduated from the latter when but 
 
 sixteen years old. He at once began teaching 
 school, first in Sebago, in the following winter 
 at Baldwin; and the next fall he had charge of 
 the tuition school at Emery's Corner in Lim- 
 ington. In 1855 he taught the winter term of 
 the North Gorham school; and just afterward 
 he assumed charge of the school at Gorham 
 Corner, where he remained a year. He had 
 confined himself so closely to the duties of 
 •his calling that he was now forced to abandon 
 his profession for a while. He came to Port- 
 land, and was subsequently employed as a 
 clerk in a store for a short time. In 1859 he 
 established himself in a mercantile business 
 in company with J. F. Dearborn, the firm 
 being Osborne & Dearborn. The following 
 year he sold his share to his partner, and 
 began travelling for Shaw Brothers, wholesale 
 grocers of Portland. When the Shaws gave 
 up business in i860, Mr. Osborne opened a 
 store for the sale of grain and gr^eries on 
 Market Square in this city, formirfg a partner- 
 ship with O. W. Eldredge, whom he after- 
 ward bought out. He continued this business 
 successfully until the summer of 1862, when 
 he sold out, in order that he might be free to 
 enter the service of his country. On July 28 
 he enlisted under Captain Ellis M. Sawyer in 
 Company E, Seventeenth Maine Volunteer In- 
 fantry; and for three months he was employed 
 as mail messenger. He was then taken sick, 
 and, being incapacitated for active duty, was 
 assigned to look after the Quartermaster's 
 stores. He was subsequently promoted, and 
 given charge of the Quartermaster's store at 
 Blue Ridge Mountain. Another promotion 
 placed him in the office of book-keeper at the 
 Brigadier Quartermaster's department. His 
 health remaining impaired, he was from there 
 sent to Washington, where he was honorably 
 discharged April 30, 1863. By virtue of his 
 patriotic services Mr. Osborne receives a pen- 
 sion ; and he is a member of Bosworth Post, 
 No. 2, Grand Army of the Republic, of 
 Portland. 
 
 After regaining his health, Mr. Osborne 
 resumed teaching, being employed successively 
 at Gorham, Buxton, and Cape Elizabeth, re- 
 tiring from this work in 1874, his last school 
 being the Ligonia at the Rolling-mills in 
 Cape Elizabeth. In 1875 he began travelling 
 
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 for the wholesale grocery house of W. E. 
 Donnell & Co., with whom he remained five 
 years. He was subsequently employed in a 
 similar capacity by Charles McLaughlin & 
 Co., and then by Thomas Dana & Co., of 
 Boston. While working for the latter firm, 
 through some business transaction Mr. Os- 
 borne took possession of a grocery store in a 
 New Hampshire town, where he remained en- 
 gaged in business for six or seven years before 
 he could dispose of the store at- an advantage. 
 Returning then to Maine, he worked a year for 
 Twitchell, Champlin & Co. of Portland, 
 going in 1894 to the store of Shaw, Harmon 
 & Carney, by whom he was employed until 
 December of that year, when he retired from 
 active life. Mr. Osborne has a farm of sixty- 
 five acres, which he has bought in small lots, 
 at South Portland; and here he spends the 
 warmer months of the year, residing in the 
 winter season in Portland. 
 
 On August 29, i860, Mr. Osborne was 
 united in marriage with Mary Ellen Anthoine, 
 daughter of Deacon Daniel Anthoine, of Cape 
 Elizabeth. Their only child, Woodbridge 
 G, Osborne, Jr., was born April 5, 1880. 
 In politics Mr. Osborne is a steadfast and 
 loyal Republican. Religiously, both he and 
 his wife are members of the Free Will Baptist 
 church. Socially, he is identified with 
 several of the leading organizations of the city, 
 being a member of Beacon Lodge, No. 67, 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows; of Bram- 
 hall Lodge, No. 3, Knights of Pythias; of 
 Portland lincampment. No. 19, Incfependent 
 Order of Odd Fellows; and Oasis Command- 
 ery. No. 241, of the Golden Cross of Knight- 
 ville. 
 
 ILLIAM R. LINCOLN, a promi- 
 nent factor in the business life of 
 Brunswick, Me., owner of a large 
 mill and an extensive dealer in grain, was 
 born in Litchfield, Me., January 3, 1834.' He 
 is the son of Daniel and Olive (Baker) Lin- 
 coln, the former a native of Scituate, Mass., the 
 latter born in the vicinity of Cape Cod. Mr. 
 Lincoln's paternal grandfather was Solomon 
 Lincoln, a farmer, the greater part of whose 
 life was spent in Scituate, where he died at an 
 
 advanced age. His son, Dariiel Lincoln, re- 
 moved from Scituate to Freeport, Me., when a 
 young man, and there worked at shoemaking 
 for some time; and he then purchased a farm 
 in Brunswick, and devoted the rest of his life 
 to agricultural pursuits, dying at the age of 
 seventy-six. His wife lived to be eighty-two 
 years of age. She was a member of the Free 
 Will Baptist church. Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln 
 were the parents of seven children, only two 
 of whom are now livipg -^ William R., the 
 subject of this sketch; and Edward S., a baker, 
 also a resident of Brunswick. 
 
 William R. Lincoln went to work when but 
 twelve years of age, obtaining a position in a 
 store, which he retained six years. He then 
 went to California, at that time the Mecca of 
 Mammon worshippers, and worked in the gold 
 mines for a while, soon, however, returning tcJ 
 the East. His next venture was in the livery 
 business at Gardiner, Me; and after that he 
 established a bakery at Bath, which he man- 
 aged for thirty years. In 1886 he built the 
 mill of which he is now owner, and has since 
 conducted a growing and prosperous business, 
 selling feed of all kinds. Mr. Lincoln is a 
 most competent miller, his long experience as 
 a baker making him an expert in the require- 
 ments of the trade. 
 
 In 1857 he was united in marriage with 
 Fannie M. Oliver, a native of Brunswick, 
 daughter of Amos Oliver, a lumberman of this- 
 town. She died at the age of twenty-nine, 
 leaving one child, a daughter named Fannie, 
 who is now the wife of the Rev. F. H. Gile, 
 a clergyman of the Unitarian church. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Gile have five children — Nellie, 
 William, Harry, Lucy, and Richard. Mr. 
 Lincoln married for his second wife his first 
 wife's sister, Harriet A. Oliver; and by this 
 union he has one daughter, Alice Velma. 
 
 Politically; he favors the Democratic party. 
 He takes an active interest in the town 
 government, and has served on the Board of 
 Selectmen two years. He belongs to Polar 
 Star Lodge, No. 114, A. F. & A. M., of 
 Bath; to the Royal Arch Chapter of Bath; 
 St. Bernard, No. 2; and to the Order of the 
 Golden Cross. His wife is a member of the 
 Congregational church in Brunswick. His 
 first wife belonged to the church of that de- 
 
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 nomination in Bath. Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln 
 are highly esteemed in Brunswick, where they 
 are prominent members of society. 
 
 tUGUSTUS FREEDOM MOULTON, 
 attorney and counsellor-at-law, resid- 
 ing at Portland, who was born May 
 ^~^ I, 1848, at Jay, Franklin County, 
 comes from excellent English stock. The 
 emigrating ancestor of the family was William 
 Moulton, who left Ormsby, Norfolk County, 
 England, in 1638, and subsequently settled at 
 Hampton, N.H., where he served as Select- 
 man, and was otherwise identified with the 
 settlement of the town. He and his descend- 
 ants retained their citizenship in that section 
 of the Granite State until 1745, when Cap- 
 tain Daniel Moulton, who was fourth in de- 
 scent from William, the emigrant, removed to 
 this county, locating at Scarboro. A more 
 extended sketch of the early ancestors of the 
 family may be found in the " Moulton Gen- 
 ealogy," compiled and published by Augustus 
 Freedom Moulton in 1892. 
 
 Captain Daniel Moulton was quite an ex- 
 tensive landholder in Scarboro and vicinity. 
 His wife was a grand-daughter of Charles 
 Pine, the celebrated Indian fighter, of whom 
 he was an especial favorite, and who endeav- 
 ored to entail a tract of land upon him and 
 his issue. He was active in the Revolution- 
 ary War, being a member of the Committee of 
 Safety for most of the time. The line of de- 
 scent continued through his son Charles, 
 through Captain Joshua Moulton, the grand- 
 father of Augustus, and through his son 
 p-reedom, father of Augustus. 
 
 Freedom Moulton, a native of Scarboro, 
 born October 31, 1808, was educated for a 
 professional life. In his earlier years he was 
 a teacher at Scarboro and Gorham. P""rom 
 1842 until 1853 he lived at Jay, being em- 
 ployed as a teacher a portion of the time, and 
 devoted to agricultural pursuits when not 
 otherwise engaged. While there he was a 
 member of the superintending School Com- 
 mittee. Returning to Scarboro, he purchased 
 of Ezra Carter, his father-in-law, the old 
 homestead, where he thereafter resided until 
 his death, July 31, 1857. He married on 
 
 June 13, 1842, Miss Shuah Coffin, daughter of 
 Ezra and Sarah (Faybyan) Carter. She is a 
 native of Scarboro, born December 20, 181 1, 
 and is still living on the old homestead, active 
 in body and mind. They were the parents of 
 four children, as follows: Martha Carter, who 
 married Lewis O. Hills, of Arlington, 111., 
 and died in 1889; Sarah Carter, a graduate of 
 the-Portland High and of the Oswego, N.Y., 
 Normal Schools, who is a successful teacher, 
 and resides on the old homestead ; Augustus 
 Freedom, the subject of this notice; and 
 Lydia Frances who after an attendance at the 
 Westbrook Seminary was graduated from the 
 Normal Training School at Oswego, N.Y., 
 and is now one of the corps of instructors at 
 the Jackson School in this city. 
 
 Augustus Freedom Moulton received the 
 rudiments of his education in the public 
 schools. He subsequently attended the West- 
 brook Seminary, from which he received his 
 diploma in 1869. He then entered Bowdoin 
 College, where he was popular among his 
 classmates, and belonged to both the Delta 
 Kappa Epsilon and the Phi Beta Kappa So- 
 cieties. After a four years' course he gradu- 
 ated at the head of his class, being class orator 
 for that occasion. During the year 1874 Mr. 
 Moulton was a tutor in Bowdoin College. In 
 the following year he began his law studies 
 with William L. Putnam, now Judge of the 
 United States Court of Appeals, remaining 
 with him until admitted to the bar of Cumber- 
 land County in October, 1876. Mr. Moulton 
 still continues his residence at Scarboro, 
 which he represented in 1878 and 1879 in 
 the State legislature, being a member of the 
 Judiciary Committee both years. Beginning 
 the practice of his profession in Portland, Mr. 
 Moulton has since had an abundance of ex- 
 perience, both in corporation and general 
 work, his practice being extensive and lucra- 
 tive, and his legal knowledge and ability un- 
 surpassed. Twice has he been nominated on 
 the Democratic ticket for Judge of Probate 
 and for County Attorney. He is one of the 
 most influential members of his party, with 
 a brilliant record as a stump speaker and 
 lecturer. 
 
 Mr. Moulton spends his summers at the old 
 homestead in Scarboro, where he has served as 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 School Committee for fifteen years. During 
 the winter season he is usually a guest of the 
 Preble House, this city. He is prominent in 
 the Masonic Lodges of Portland, belonging to 
 the Ancient Landmark Lodge, Mount Vernon 
 Chapter, Portland Council, and Portland Com- 
 raandery. He is also a leading member of the 
 Fraternity Club, a literary society composed 
 of well-known men, each of whom presents a 
 paper on some scientific subject at least once 
 each season, and likewise entertains the mem- 
 bers of the club once a year. He has also 
 been for some years one of the Trustees of 
 Westbrook Seminary. Mr. Moulton, who is 
 interested in the early history of the State, 
 and devotes much of his time to' the study of 
 early records, is a prominent member of the 
 Maine Historical and the Maine Genealogical 
 Societies. 
 
 Wi 
 
 ILLIAM TRUE, a prosperous farmer 
 of North Yarmouth, son of Samuel 
 and Mary (Titcomb) True, was born 
 upon his present homestead, December 5, 
 1819. The family is of English origin; and 
 Mr. True traces his lineage back to Henry 
 True, who, with his brother Richard, emi- 
 grated to America in .1635 oi' 1640. Mr. 
 True's great-grandfather,' Nathaniel True, 
 was one of the first settlers of North Yar- 
 mouth, and followed the occupation of a 
 clothier at the Falls for many years. His 
 wife was before marriage Sarah Brown. 
 
 Their son, William True, first, cleared and 
 improved the farm upon which his grandson 
 and namesake now resides. Grandfather True 
 was a sturdy and industrious pioneer, who 
 prospered in spite of the many difficulties to 
 be met with and hardships to be endured in 
 those early days; and he lived to a ripe old 
 age. He married Susan Brown; and they 
 reared a family of three sons and seven daugh- 
 ters, all of whom became heads of families and 
 have ^passed away. Of these Samuel, Mr. 
 True's father, was the youngest son. He was 
 born in North Yarmouth, was reared to agri- 
 cultural pursuits, and always resided upon the 
 home farm, which he cultivated energetically 
 and with prosperous results during the active 
 period of his busy life, attaining the age of 
 
 sixty-two years. He was liberal in his relig- 
 ious views and a Whig in politics. His 
 wife, Mary Titcomb, who was a native of 
 North Yarmouth, became the mother of five 
 children, as follows: Moses, who died at the 
 age of seventy; William, the subject of this 
 sketch; Sarah, wife of Captain E. R. York, of 
 Yarmouth; Cornelia K., ^ wife of Hiram 
 Tuttle, of Yarmouth; and Samuel, who is no 
 longer living. Mrs. Mary T. True lived to 
 reach the age of over eighty years. 
 
 William True grew to manhood upon the 
 home farm, and received both a common- 
 school and an academic education. Adopting 
 agriculture as an occupation, at the age of 
 twenty-two he purchased the homestead prop- 
 erty, where he still continues to reside, hav- 
 ing remodelled and otherwise improved the 
 buildings. His farm consists of one hundred 
 acres of unusually good grass land, and is 
 among the very best in the town. He has 
 brought the place to its present condition of 
 neatness and thrift by hard work and close at- 
 tention to every detail. He is not only a 
 good manager at home, but has given his share 
 of time and attention to public affairs. He 
 served as a member of the Board of Selectmen 
 in 1862; and he has for many years been 
 actively interested in the progress of educa- 
 tion, serving as President of the School Board 
 for a number of years, and is at the present 
 time a Trustee of the School Fund. Pie is a 
 Republican in politics. 
 
 On December 10, 1845, Mr. True married 
 Jane Y. Pratt, who was born June 29, 1822, - 
 daughter of Levi H. Pratt, and died Septem- 
 ber 5, 1888; and on June 7, 1894, he married 
 his present wife, whose maiden name was 
 Phoebe Gray Loring, and was then a widow, 
 Mrs. Barstow. She was born in North Yar- 
 mouth, January 24, 1828, daughter of Jeremiah 
 and Marjana (Leonard) Loring, both of whom 
 were natives of North Yarmouth, the father 
 being a prosperous farmer. Jeremiah Loring 
 died at the age of seventy, and his wife lived 
 to reach the age of seventy-eight years. They 
 reared a family of nine children, four of whom 
 are living, namely: Phoebe, Mrs. True, who is 
 the eldest; Dorcas, who is now Mrs. Hicks, 
 and resides in Hampden, Me. ; Charles R., of 
 Livermore Falls; and Edna A., who is now 
 
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 225 
 
 Mrs. Marston, of North Yarmouth. By her 
 previous union with Hatherly Barstow, who 
 died September 11, 1872, Mrs. True had five 
 children, namely: Emma Estelle, wife of Ed- 
 ward W. Knight, of Deering; Arabelle Gray, 
 wife of Henry F. Dowst, of Bangor; Flor- 
 ence, who died November 11, 1862; Hattie 
 Loring, wife of James F. Hamilton, of Ban- 
 gor; and Charles H., who was born March 20, 
 1866, and is also a resident of Bangor. 
 
 Mr. True has had six- children, as follows: 
 Alice J., who is now the wife of William H. 
 Mitchell, of Saco, Me. ; Carrie E., wife of 
 Eugene Pratt, of Yarmouth; Lois P., born No- 
 vember s, 1847, and died November 30, 1866; 
 Mary B., born March 27, 1851, and died April 
 I, 1876; Abbie Florence, born December 15, 
 1863, and died November 27, 1864; and one 
 who died in infancy. 
 
 Mr. True is a member of the Baptist church, 
 of which he has 'been a Deacon for many years. 
 
 |DWIN MANSON JILLSON, a well- 
 known blacksmith of Otisfield, who 
 follows his trade in connection with 
 farming, was born at the Jillson homestead, 
 in this Cumberland County town, on Febru- 
 ary 12, 1852, son of David C. and Ellis B. 
 (Scribner) Jillson. Mr. Jillson's great-grand- 
 father emigrated from England; and his son 
 Stephen, Mr. Jillson's grandfather, settled in 
 what was formerly the town of Randolph. 
 He later moved to Casco, where he engaged in 
 trade, and also carried on agricultural pursuits 
 on what is known as the Mayberry farm. 
 
 David C. Jillson, son of Stephen, was born 
 in Casco, and was reared to farm life. He re- 
 mained at home with his parents until reach- 
 ing the age of eighteen, when he took up his 
 residence in Otisfield; and in 1835 he settled 
 upon the farm where he still resides. He has 
 always followed farming and stock-raising 
 with energy and success, and is known as a 
 good neighbor and a worthy citizen. He has 
 never aspired to political prominence, but has 
 always maintained a lively interest in the 
 general welfare of the community; and he 
 acted as Justice of the Peace for many years. 
 His wife, Ellis B. Scribner, became the 
 mother of five children, as follows: Lester L., 
 
 who married Thirza Smith, and is now con- 
 ducting a prosperous mercantile business in 
 South Otisfield; David C, Jr., who married 
 for his first wife Sally Morse, and for his 
 second Flora Chaplin, of Naples, Me., and 
 lives in Otisfield; Elsie Jane, wife of James 
 Mains, a farmer of Otisfield; Edwin M., the 
 subject of this sketch; and Electa M., wife of 
 Atwood Holden, a blacksmith of Portland. 
 Mrs. Ellis B. Jillson died in August, 1888. 
 
 Edwin Manson Jillson received his educa- 
 tion in the common schools of Otisfield, and 
 resided with his parents until after his mar- 
 riage. When a young man he engaged in sell- 
 ing sewing machines, travelling about the 
 country for that purpose; but, having learned 
 the blacksmith's trade, he has since made that 
 his principal occupation. He likewise culti- 
 vates the liomestead farm of one hundred and 
 fifty acres, raising good crops of potatoes and 
 other vegetables, grain, and fruit; but his own 
 time is mostly spent in his blacksmith shop, 
 where he is conducting a profitable -business. 
 In politics he is a Democrat, though not in 
 any way a partisan, preferring to support the 
 candidate he most approves ; and he has served 
 with ability as a member of the Board of 
 Selectmen for two terms. 
 
 On February 16, 1875, Mr. Jillson was 
 married to Amanda M. Walls, of Biddeford, 
 Me., daughter of Thomas and Susan J. Walls, 
 the former of whom was employed in a factory 
 and died from the result of wounds received 
 in the Civil- War. His wife, who still sur- 
 vives, is now living with her daughter. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Jillson have two children, 
 namely: Edwin P., who was born July 25, 
 1880; and Alice W., who was born April 18, 
 1885. Mr. Jillson is connected with the In- 
 dependent Order of Odd Fellows, the Order 
 of American Mechanics, and the Good Tem- 
 plars, with which his wife is also associated; 
 and both are members of the Union Church. 
 
 ERTRAND F. MARSHALL, M.D., 
 a rising young physician of Gorham, 
 this county, son of the late Dr. Al- 
 bert Q. Marshal], was born October 
 31, 1866, in the town of Oxford, Oxford 
 County, Me. • His^ grandfather, Moses Mar- 
 
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 shall, was born, lived, and died in Hebron, 
 Oxford County, where he was numbered 
 among the leading citizens of the town, being 
 prominent in business and in public life. 
 He was the owner of a saw-mill, and carried 
 on an extensive business in lumber. To him 
 and his wife, whose maiden name was Ruth 
 Whittemore, eight children were born, five of 
 whom are yet living; namely, Isaac, Miranda, 
 Joseph, Moses, and Frank. 
 
 Isaac Marshall has been twice married. His 
 first wife, Mahitable Carr, died, leaving one 
 child, Carr; and he subsequently married 
 Lydia Keene, who bore him four children, of 
 whom two are living — Dr. N. M. Marshall 
 and Mrs. Lizzie Scribner. Miranda, wife of 
 Robert Glover, has six children — Anne, Ed- 
 ward, Albert, Frank, Carrie, and Nellie. Jo- 
 seph Marshall married Vilona Jones, and has 
 one child, Abby. Moses Mason Marshall 
 married Caroline Newton, and has three chil- 
 dren — Sylvester, Marion, and Elba. Frank 
 Marshall married Anna Stowe, of Marlboro, 
 Mass., and has two children — Edith and 
 Fanny. 
 
 Albert Q. Marshall was born in Hebron, 
 August 12, 1837, and there received his ele- 
 mentary education. After teaching school 
 a number of terms, he attended Colby Univer- 
 sity in Waterville' four years, receiving his 
 diploma in August, 1862. He was then em- 
 ployed as a clerk in the Ordnance Office of the 
 War Department in Washington, D.C. ; and, 
 after leaving Washington, he entered the 
 medical department of Bowdoin College, tak- 
 ing two courses there and one at Harvard, 
 graduating from Bowdoin in 1867. He at 
 once began the practice of his profession at 
 New Gloucester, Me., and met with such good 
 success that he there continued his labors until 
 his death, May 3, 1880. He was married to 
 Miss Helen L, Dunn, daughter of James 
 Dunn, of Poland, in 1862, and of their four 
 children — Louis A., Harry F., Bertrand -F., 
 
 and Gertrude — two are now living Dr. Ber'- 
 
 trand F. ; and his sister, Gertrude A. The 
 latter was born March 13, 1869, and is now 
 the wife of the Rev. C. D. Boothby, of Thom- 
 aston. Me. The father was a Republican in 
 politics, and, religiously, a member of the 
 Congregational church. His wife, however 
 
 was a Methodist in belief, belonging to the 
 church of that denomination in Poland, this 
 State. 
 
 Bertrand F. Marshall learned his early 
 lessons in the New Gloucester schools, after- 
 ward pursuing his higher studies at Hebron 
 Academy. Going then • to Marlboro, Mass., 
 he was there employed as a book-keeper about 
 four years, but utilized his spare moments in 
 studying medicine, for which he had a predi- 
 lection. He took his first course at the Port- 
 land Medical College, afterward spending two 
 years at Bowdoin College, going thence to 
 Dartmouth, from which he was graduated in 
 1887. Dr. Marshall began his professional 
 career at Moultonboro, N. H. , where he re- 
 mained a year. In 1888 he came to Gorham, 
 where he has built up a good practice, at the 
 same time winning the confidence and esteem 
 of the community. Socially, he is a member 
 of Oriental Lodge, No. 17, Knights of Pythias, 
 of Windham, and of the Improved Order of 
 Red Men, Nagwaumkeag Tribe, No. 36, of 
 Gorham. 
 
 Dr. Marshall has been twice married. His 
 first wife, with whom he was united on Janu- 
 ary I, 1888, was Minnie D., daughter of John 
 Smith, of West Gray, Me. She died Decem. 
 ber 23, 1892, leaving two children — Gladys 
 v., born April 17, 1891 ; and Orland S., born 
 November 30, 1892. On June 4,' 1894, the 
 Doctor was married to Miss Eva A. Smith, 
 a sister of his former wife. She is a member 
 of the Free Will Baptist Church of Auburn, 
 Me., as was her sister, the first wife of Dr. 
 Marshall. 
 
 DWIN L. POOR, attorney -at-Iaw and 
 one of the leading citizens of Sebago, 
 — ^ Me., is a native of this town. He 
 was born August 9, 1839, son of Tyler P. and 
 Almira (Barker) Poor, who reared a family of 
 eight children, four sons and four daughters. 
 Edwin L. Poor spent his early boyhood on 
 his father's farm, acquiring during that time 
 a rudimentary education in the district school 
 near by, after which he attended the North 
 Bridgton Academy. When sixteen years of 
 age he started out in life for himself, going to 
 Lynn, Mass., where he worked for two years. 
 
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 At the end of that time he returned to Sebago, 
 and .engaged in lumbering and such other 
 work as he was able to secure. Soon after he 
 was nineteen years old he engaged in school 
 teaching, which he followed at intervals until 
 he had taught thirty-one terms all together. 
 About 1865 he began- the study of law in the 
 office of the Hon. N. S. Littlefield, of Bridg- 
 ton, with whom he remained about three years ; 
 and in March, 1870, he was admitted to the 
 bar. He then opened his office in Sebago 
 Centre, and he has since been successfully 
 engaged in the practice of his profession. In 
 addition to this, during the past fifteen years 
 Mr. Poor has conducted a thriving mercantile 
 business here, and for twenty-five years has 
 done quite a fine insurance business. 
 
 In 1864 he was joined in marriage with Miss 
 Amanda M. Whitney, of Bethel. A son and 
 two daughters have been born of their union, 
 namely: Leland H., a practising physician of 
 Casco, Me. ; Lillian and Lenette (twins), ac- 
 complished young ladies still living at home, 
 who are engaged in school teaching 
 
 In politics Mr. Poor is a Democrat. He 
 was a representative from this district in 1879 
 and 1889, and during both terms was on the 
 Committee of State Education, and the first 
 term also on legal affairs. Since he was 
 twenty-one years of age, he has held the office 
 of Justice of the Peace. He is the present 
 Postmaster of Sebago, and also held this office 
 during President Cleveland's first Presidential 
 term. The other official capacities in which 
 Mr. Poor has served are: Selectman of Sebago 
 one term, Supervisor of Schools about twenty 
 years. Collector of Taxes about six years, and 
 Town Clerk for five years. He is a member 
 of Denmark Lodge, No. 50, Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows. 
 
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 ILLIAM DAVIS, superintendent of 
 the Portland Steamship Company, 
 with which he has been connected 
 nearly a quarter of a century, was born at 
 Durham, Me., January 5, 1827, son of Joseph 
 and Sally (*Vining) Davis. His paternal 
 grandfather, Isaac Davis, was a prominent 
 member of the farming community of Durham. 
 He held many offices within the gift of the 
 
 town, and at the breaking out of the Revolu- 
 tionary War he joined the Continental army 
 and fought in his country's defence. He died 
 in Durham at an advanced age. 
 
 Joseph Davis, son of Isaac, was also a native 
 of Durham; and, like his father, he tilled the 
 soil for a livelihood. He died in March, 
 1872. His wife was a daughter of B. Vining, 
 of Durham, a well-to-do farmer. She lived 
 twenty years longer than her husband, dying 
 in her eighty-fifth year, in 1892. She was 
 a member of the Methodist church, of which 
 her husband was Steward and class leader 
 for many years. They reared five children — 
 William, Wesley, Willard, Wendell, and 
 Wiley. 
 
 William Davis received a fair education in 
 the common schools of Durham. In 1846 he 
 began to learn the carpenter's trade in Port- 
 land, serving as an apiDrentice under John 
 Swett, who was then the carpenter for the 
 Portland Steam Packet Company, which was 
 organized in 1844. Mr. Davis was eighteen 
 years of age when he entered the employ of 
 Mr. Swett; and three years later he established 
 a business of his own, taking contracts for 
 joiner work on vessels. He finished the 
 steamer "City of Portland " in 1866, and after 
 she was wrecked it was Mr. Davis who re- 
 paired and refitted her. In 1866 also he took 
 the contracts of the International Steamship 
 Company, doing the work on their vessels. In 
 1872 he entered the employ of the Portland 
 Steamship Company; and up to the present 
 time he has had supervision of all that com- 
 pany's carpenter work, making extensive re- 
 pairs, and building the "Bay State," the finest 
 steamer running east of Portland. In the con- 
 struction of this vessel he took a keen interest, 
 superintending the work from the time the 
 keel was laid till the steamer was put in com- 
 mission. Mr. Davis is a first-class workman, 
 and takes pleasure in seeing that every detail 
 is finished with perfection. 
 
 He has been twice married. His first wife 
 was Ann Doughty, of Windham, who became 
 Mrs. Davis in 1856. She died in 1881, leav- 
 ing three children — Effie J., wife of James 
 Skilton, of Bowdoinham ; Herbert W. , an 
 apothecary in Boston; and Velzora, wife of 
 Edward Doughty, also of Boston. In 1892 
 
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 Mr. Davis was united to his second wife, Lu- 
 cretia (Rook) Robinson, daughter of William 
 Rook, of Durham, Me. 
 
 In political matters Mr. Davis favors the 
 Republican party. He attends the Congrega- 
 tional church and contributes to its support. 
 He has a comfortable home on Munjoy Hill, 
 which he erected in 1864, and which has be- 
 come dear to him through the associations of 
 over thirty years. 
 
 TT^APTAIN LEMUEL H. STOVER, 
 ( Y^ Cashier of the Pejapscot National 
 ^^ ^ Bank of Brunswick, Me., formerly 
 a master of merchant vessels, was 
 born in Harpswell, Me., March 6, 1825, son 
 of Simeon and Lois (Hinckley) Stover. 
 
 Elisha Stover, the father of Simeon, was 
 born, it is thought, in Harpswell. He was 
 a son of Alcott Stover, who was probably a 
 native of old York, York County, Me., but 
 spent the greater part of his life in Harpswell. 
 Grandfather Stover followed farming in Harps- 
 well, attaining the age of eighty years. His 
 son,- Simeon Stover, also engaged in agricult- 
 ure on the old homestead in Harpswell, where 
 he died at sixty-six years of age. His wife, 
 whose maiden name was Lois Hinckley, was a 
 daughter of Lemuel Hinckley, a prosperous 
 farmer of Lisbon, Me. They were the parents 
 of seven children, five of whom are now living. 
 Mrs. Lois H. Stover died in Harpswell at the 
 advanced age ef eighty years. Both she and 
 her husband were communicants of the Baptist 
 church. 
 
 Lemuel Hinckley Stover spent his early 
 boyhood with his parents. At fourteen years 
 of age he left home to follow the sea, and at 
 first secured a place on a coaster. By his 
 faithful performance of the duties intrusted to 
 him he won the attention of his employers, 
 and he was promoted from time to time until 
 he became master of a vessel running between 
 Portland and the West Indies. He held this 
 position for a number of years, after which he 
 was placed in charge of a merchantman, mak- 
 ing trips from New York to Europe, Antwerp 
 being one of the points of destination on some 
 of these trips. After twenty years' service as 
 Captain, in 1859 he retired from the sea and 
 
 took up his residence in- Flarpswell. In 1871 
 he was elected Cashier of the Pejapscot Na- 
 tional Bank in Brunswick, a position that he 
 has since continued to fill with credit and 
 honor. 
 
 On June i, 1851, Captain Stover was mar- 
 ried to Miss Jane J. Sinnett, who was born in 
 Harpswell, and is a daughter of Captain J. 
 Sinnett, a ship-master. By this union Captain 
 Stover has two daughters, namely: Mary L., 
 who married J. L. Orr, Captain of a fishing- 
 vessel, and has one child — Ethel; and Lizzie 
 M., the wife of Captain S. S. Dunning, who 
 runs regularly to the East Indies, but has 
 recently completed a tour of the globe. Th.ey 
 have two sons — Herbert S. and Willis. 
 After his first wife's death Captain Stover 
 formed a second union with Miss Mary A. 
 Stover, a lady of the same name, but not of 
 the same family. This union has-been blessed 
 by the birth of two sons, namely: George H., 
 sixteen years of age, a student in the high 
 school; and Herman L., also a pupil of the 
 high school, in the class of 1900. 
 
 In political afifiliation Mr. Stover is a Demo- 
 crat. He was Town Clerk of Harpswell for 
 ten years, and he served four terms as a Rep- 
 resentative in the State legislature. He re- 
 moved to Brunswick in 1871, and has lived 
 here ever since. He is a Trustee of the Pub- 
 lic Library and a member of the Historical 
 Society. Captain Stover is Secretary of 
 United Lodge, No. 8, A. F. & A. M., which 
 was chartered in i8oi,and of which he has 
 been a member since 1872; is also a member 
 of St. Paul's Chapter, No. 14, Royal Arch 
 Masons; and of Dunlap Commandery, Knights 
 Templars, of Bath. He is a communicant 
 of the Congregational church. 
 
 ILAS M. RIDEOUT, a retired car- 
 riage-maker, one of the oldest resi- 
 dents of Cumberland, Me., was born 
 in this town, February 7, 1807. 
 His parents were Reuben and Priscilla (Mer- 
 rill) Rideout. Mr. Rideout is a descendant 
 of Abraham Rideout, who emigrated from 
 England at an early date in Colonial history. 
 His son, Nicholas Rideout, was father to Will- 
 iam Rideout, who was Mr. Rideout's grand-" 
 
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 father, who was born in Falmouth, Me., 
 August 24, 1733, was the first ancestor of the 
 family to settle in Cumberland, which was 
 then a part of North Yarmouth. He was a 
 farmer, and passed the rest of his life in Cum- 
 berland, where he died May 26, 1799. His 
 wife, Mary Blackstone, whom he married De- 
 cember 15, 1756, was a native of Falmouth. 
 Reuben Rideout, Mr. Rideout's father, was 
 born in Falmouth, October 10, 1775. He en- 
 gaged in agricultural pursuits, and, inheriting 
 the homestead farm in Cumberland, resided 
 there until his death, which took place Sep- 
 tember 8, 1838. He was an industrious and 
 practical farmer and a worthy citizen. In his 
 latter years he supported the Whig party in 
 politics. His wife, Priscilla Merrill, whom 
 he married January 8, 1801, was a native of 
 Falmouth. She became the mother of nine 
 children, three of whom are living, namely: 
 Silas M., the subject of this sketch; Luther, 
 who was born December 5, 1808, and now re- 
 sides in Garland, Me. ; and Hannah M., born 
 January 22, 181 1, who is now the widow of 
 Franklin Taylor and resides in Garland. The 
 others were: Joshua M., Reuben, Dolly, Mary 
 A., John M., and Nathaniel. Mr. Rideout's 
 parents attended the Congregational church. 
 Silas M. Rideout received his education in his 
 native town, considering himself fortunate in 
 being able to attend school six weeks out of 
 the year. He lived for a time with his uncle, 
 and at the age of sixteen commenced work as 
 a wagon-maker and a joiner; and, though never 
 serving an apprenticeship at these trades, his 
 natural genius for mechanical pursuits enabled 
 him to become a proficient workman. In 1830 
 he settled in Cumberland, where he engaged 
 in the manufacturing of wagons and carriages, 
 making every part in his shops from the raw 
 material ; and, in company with his sons, he 
 conducted that business successfully for many 
 years. During his long period of activity he 
 industriously applied himself to his calling, 
 and has worked hard for the prosperity he now 
 enjoys. In politics he supports the Republi- 
 can party, and he is a member of the Congre- 
 gational church. 
 
 Mr. Rideout has been three times married. 
 Abigail S. Merrill, his first wife, with whom 
 he was united on November 4, 1832, died in 
 
 1850. By this union he had four children, 
 namely: Joseph M., a private in Company E, 
 Seventeenth Regiment, Maine Volunteers, who 
 died in the service from wounds received at 
 the battle of the Wilderness; Silas W., who 
 died in infancy; Edward H., who was born 
 August 27, 1833, and is now a carpenter re- 
 siding in Herndon, Va. ; and Mary Matilda, 
 who was born' November 17, 1836, and married 
 Charles A. Merrill, a prosperous farmer of 
 Cumberland. 
 
 Mr. Rideout is now, March, 1896, in his 
 ninetieth year, and is remarkably active and 
 capable for this advanced age. Skilful in fine 
 cabinet work, he made his last table when he 
 was eighty-seven years old, and still employs 
 himself to some extent in making fancy boxes. 
 A unique specimen of his ingenuity and taste 
 in this direction is a table whose inlaid top 
 of different kinds of wood is a map of the 
 United States. 
 
 tDELBERT C. CHUTE, who was for 
 several years engaged in the paper 
 manufacturing industry at Cumber- 
 ^•"^ land Mills, later serving as Deputy 
 Sheriff of Cumberland County, was born in 
 the town of Naples, Me., north of Sebago 
 Lake, February 4, 1848, son of Captain James 
 and Mary (Hoyt) Chute. 
 
 Ancestors of the family were early settlers 
 in this county; and Mr. Chute's grandfather, 
 Thomas Chute, was born in Windham, Febru- 
 ary 19, 1762. He was a farmer by occupation 
 during the active period of his life. He died 
 September 4, 1816, aged fifty-four years. He 
 married Mary Mayberry, January 2, 1782, and 
 reared a family of eleven children, of whom 
 there are no survivors. They were named as 
 follows: Francis; Sally; William C. ; James; 
 Fanny; Margaret; Daniel; Mary; James, sec- 
 ond; Thomas; and Curti.s. 
 
 Captain James Chute, Mr. Chute's father, 
 was a native of Windham ; and in his early life 
 he followed the trade of a cooper in Naples, 
 Me. He later engaged in farming, an occupa- 
 tion which he continued successfully until his 
 death; and he was highly esteemed as a worthy 
 and useful citizen. He served as a Captain 
 in the State militia, and at one time was a 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 member of the Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows. In politics he was a I^epublican, 
 and he attended the Congregational church. 
 He died July 30, 1884, aged eighty-two years. 
 His wife, Mary Hoyt, who was a native of 
 Salem, Mass., became the mother of nine 
 children, of whom six are living, namely: 
 Catherine, wife of Roscoe Mayo, of Naples; 
 Charles A., who resides in Lowell, Mass. ; 
 Andrew, Deputy Sheriff at Naples; Adelbert 
 C, the subject of this sketch; Warren B. and 
 Mary A., both residing in Naples. 
 
 Adelbert C. Chute obtained his education 
 in the public schools of Naples, finishing his 
 studies at the age of eighteen years. He then 
 went to the Alleghany Mountain region in 
 Pennsylvania, where he was engaged in the 
 lumbering business for two years, at the end 
 of which time he returned to Naples. He 
 next became employed in the S. D. Warren 
 paper manufactory at Cumberland Mills, there 
 rapidly familiarizing himself with the different 
 departments of the industry, and for twenty 
 years was connected with that enterprise in 
 positions of responsibility, being engineer at 
 the time of his retirement. He was appointed 
 Deputy Sheriff under Sheriff True, was reap- 
 pointed under the administration of Sheriffs 
 Webb and Cram, and spent the last four years 
 of his service in Portland, where he was sta- 
 tioned especially to enforce the prohibitory 
 liquor law. He was the officer who arrested 
 James L. Welch, the Gorham homicide, in 
 1894, and was the principal one employed to 
 work up the case for the government. 
 
 On January n, 1873, Mr. Chute was united 
 in marriage with Lizzie M. Jordan, daughter 
 of Barzillai Jordan, of Cape Elizabeth, now 
 South Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Chute have 
 been bereft of one child, and now have one son 
 — Herbert E. , who resides at home. 
 
 In social and fraternal circles Mr. Chute is 
 very popular. He was a member of Temple 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of which he was 
 Master for two years ; is a charter member of 
 Warren Phillip's Lodge at Cumberland Mills, 
 of which he served as Treasurer; and he is 
 connected with Eagle Chapter, Royal Arch 
 Masons. He was formerly Noble Grand of 
 Saccarappa Lodge, Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows, of Westbrook, but withdrew from 
 
 that body to become a member of the Lodge at 
 Cumberland Mills, being elected to the prin- 
 cipal chair during the first year; and he has 
 been its Treasurer for the past thirteen years- 
 He is also a member of Presumscott Valley 
 Lodge, No. 4, of Cumberland Mills. Politi- 
 cally, he acts with the Republican party. 
 
 Ji 
 
 ARWIN INGALLS, for many years 
 an esteemed and influential citizen 
 *5)y of Bridgton, Me., his native place, 
 owner of the Ingalls homestead, 
 which lies about five miles south-west of 
 Bridgton Centre, was born on July 11, 1822. 
 He was a son of Asa and Phoebe Ingalls, both 
 natives of Bridgton. 
 
 His paternal grandfather, Phineas Ingalls, 
 who was born in Massachusetts, in the town 
 of Middleton, Essex County, November 14,' 
 1758, was the first of the family to locate in 
 Cumberland County. While residing in 
 Massachusetts, he joined the Continental 
 army; and after the close of the Revolution, 
 about 1783, he removed to the State of Maine, 
 purchasing some five hundred acres of wild 
 land in Bridgton. He devoted the rest of his. 
 life to clearing and improving this land, and 
 established a fine hopestead, which is yet in 
 the family, haying been handed down from 
 father to son. Grandfather Ingalls was mar- 
 ried in Bridgton, in 1783, to Elizabeth 
 Stevens. They reared nine children, four 
 sons and five daughters. 
 
 Asa Ingalls, son of Phineas, was born on 
 the Ingalls homestead, January 14, 1787. 
 He, too, devoted his life ta agriculture, the 
 broad acres of his heritage affording him an 
 ample income. He regularly visited the polls 
 on election days, depositing his ballot in the 
 interest of the Democratic party, but was not 
 an aspirant for public office. He died in 1852. 
 In 1 8 16 he was married to Phoebe Berry, 
 daughter of Elias and Jane Berry. She died 
 in 1864. Mr. and Mrs. Asa Ingalls attended 
 the Congregational church. They were the 
 parents of the following children: Clarissa, 
 who married Colonel John P. Parley; Henry, 
 a practising attorney-at-law, residing in Wis- 
 casset, Me. ; Edwin P. (deceased) ;. Darwin, 
 the subject of this sketch; Mary, wife of 
 
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 Benjamin B. Frost, of Ohio; Aaron H. (de- 
 ceased); Laura B. , widow of Edwin Fessen- 
 den, of South Bridgton ; Aldana T. (de- 
 ceased) ; Phineas B. (deceased) ; and a child 
 who died in infancy. 
 
 Darwin Ingalls acquired his education in 
 the district schools and the academy of his 
 native town. Shortly after leaving school as 
 a student, he engaged as a teacher; and for six 
 years he divided his time between teaching 
 and farming, spending the winter days in the 
 school-house, the summer in the pursuit of 
 agriculture. In 1850 he went West and re- 
 mained a few months in Minnesota and Wis- 
 consin, purchasing real estate in St. Paul and 
 timber land elsewhere, which proved a good 
 investment. During his after life he made 
 many trips to the West, both on business and 
 pleasure. After his father's death he took 
 charge of the homestead in Bridgton, and de- 
 voted much of his time to general farming; 
 and under his intelligent management the an- 
 cestral estate was at its best. Mr. Ingalls was 
 a man of liberal and progressive ideas, which 
 were further developed by his travels in the 
 West; and he was a recognized authority on 
 agricultural subjects. 
 
 In politics also he took a leading part as a 
 Democrat. He represented the district in the 
 legislature two terms, was Selectman of the 
 town of Bridgton a number of years, and held 
 other offices of trust. His death, which oc- 
 curred January 27, 1890, caused a sense of 
 irreparable loss in the community. 
 
 On May 30, 1852, Mr. Ingalls was united 
 in marriage with Mary J. Patrick, a native of 
 Denmark, Me., daughter of James and Huldah 
 (Berry) Patrick, and the following children 
 blessed their union: Aldana T., a civil engi- 
 neer residing in Wisconsin, who married 
 Fannie Berry, and has one child, Marian E. ; 
 George A., a real estate broker in Boston; 
 Albert A., the father's successor as manager 
 of the home farm, who married September s> 
 1895, Miss Laura E. Johnson, of Bridgton; 
 and three children that died in infancy. Mrs. 
 Ingalls is still living in the home where her 
 children were born and reared. She attends 
 the Congregational church, to whose support 
 her husband liberally contributed. 
 
 A portrait of Mr. Darwin Ingalls is shown 
 
 in connection with the foregoing sketch. He 
 was a worthy scion of old Colonial stock, be- 
 longing to a family whose progenitors were 
 among the earliest white inhabitants of Essex 
 County, Massachusetts, and were connected by 
 marriage with other leading families of the Bay 
 State. 
 
 KRANK WILLIAM SEARLE, M.D., 
 a physician and surgeon of Portland, 
 where, though his professional career 
 has thus far been a brief one, he is meeting 
 with excellent success, is a native of Massa- 
 chusetts, having been born in the city of 
 Lowell, September 8, 1854. His parents 
 were Charles J. and Angeline (Scarlett) 
 Searle, his father being a native of Cambridge, 
 Mass. 
 
 Charles J. Searle, who is now sixty-eight 
 years of age, is an old "forty-niner," having 
 been one of a party of adventurous spirits who 
 made the long voyage around Cape Horn to the 
 new El Dorado in search of speedy fortune 
 during the first year of the gold excitement. 
 He had previously served in the navy depart- 
 ment during the Mexican War. After his 
 return East, he married and settled in Lowell, 
 Mass., of which place he is a highly respected 
 citizen, having served for many years in 
 various official capacities. His wife died in 
 1866, leaving two children — Frank William 
 and Charles J. Searle, Jr. 
 
 Frank W. Searle acquired his early educa- 
 tion in the schools of Lowell, being graduated 
 from the high school in the class of 1872. 
 He then entered the City Clerk's office as 
 assistant of that official, remaining thus en- 
 gaged during the greater part of the succeed- 
 ing ten years. He was subsequently elected 
 City Clerk, which position he held until there 
 was a change in the controlling political party. 
 
 In 1883 he came to Portland and entered 
 the Portland School for Medical Instruction, 
 and later on took a course of lectures at Bow- 
 doin College, the State Medical School, from 
 which he received his diploma with the class 
 of 1889 after four years of study. Shortly 
 after he went to Freeport, this county, and 
 began the practice of his profession, remaining 
 there three years. He then sold out and 
 
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 moved to Portland, and now enjoys a thriving 
 practice in tiiis city. His marriage with Miss 
 Janet Johnson, a daughter of Archibald John- 
 son, of Robbinston, Me., was solemnized in 
 Portland, December ii, 1889. Dr. and Mrs. 
 Searle have had one child, who is no longer 
 living. 
 
 Dr. Searle is a member of the Maine Medi- 
 cal Association, the Maine Academy of Medi- 
 cine and Science, ^nd member and Secretary 
 of the Portland Medical Club. He and his 
 wife are regular attendants and supporters of 
 the Methodist Episcopal church. 
 
 -OHN T. MERRILL, who is success- 
 fully engaged in operating a saw-mill 
 in the village of Gray, was born in 
 Poland, Androscoggin County, Me., 
 February 6, 1832, son of John and Deborah 
 (Atwood) Merrill. Mr. Merrill's paternal 
 grandparents, John T. and Hannah Merrill, 
 were early settlers and well-known residents of 
 Poland. Their children were: John, Char- 
 lotte, and James Hooper, all of whom are now 
 deceased. 
 
 John Merrill, father of John T. , resided in 
 Poland until fifty-six years of age, when, with 
 his son, the subject of this sketch, he removed 
 to Gray. He was an industrious, energetic, 
 and useful member of the community, and 
 highly respected for his many commendable 
 qualities. He continued to reside- with his 
 son for the remainder of his life, and died in 
 1873 at the age of eighty-one. His wife, 
 Deborah Atwood, whom he married in the 
 town of Poland, was a native of New Glouces- 
 ter, Me. She became the mother of eight 
 children, as follows: Mayhew C, who was 
 born December 24, 1815, and now resides in 
 Connecticut; George T., who was born Feb- 
 ruary 28, 1 81 7, and is no longer living; Char- 
 lotte, who was born April 28, 1819, and died 
 at Spirit Lake, la., in 1895; William D., 
 born May 13, 1824, and now living in Solano 
 County, California; Charles Atwood, born 
 April 20, 1826, and died in Springfield, 
 Mass., in 1896; James H., born November 2, 
 1830, and now a resident of Chicago; John 
 T., the subject of this sketch; and Francis 
 A., born July 5, 1834, and also residing in 
 
 Chicago. Mrs. Deborah A. Merrill -died in 
 1866, aged seventy-four years. 
 
 John T. Merrill was educated in the com- 
 mon schools ; and at the age of eighteen he 
 went to Portland, where he learned the carpen- 
 ter's trade, serving an apprenticeship of two' 
 years and receiving fifty dollars per year. In 
 1854 he settled in Gray, where he bought a' 
 farm and engaged in agricultural pursuits, 
 which he followed in connection with his 
 trade. until 1875. He then moved to the vil- 
 lage and commenced operating a saw-mill, 
 at the same time continuing to do carpenter 
 work until 1880, when he established himself 
 in a general mercantile business. After con- 
 ducting both the store and the mill for twelve 
 years, he retired from trade, and since 1892 
 has given his whole time to the milling in- 
 terests. He operates the only steam saw-mill 
 in the village; and consequently he handles a 
 large amount of business, and with profitable 
 results. He is a staunch supporter of the Re- 
 publican party, with which he has always 
 voted ; and, though not an aspirant for public 
 office, he is interested in political affairs and 
 is well informed upon the important issues of 
 the day. He is a member ef Silgam Lodge, 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Gray, 
 and maintains a lively interest in the affairs 
 of that Order. 
 
 On July I, 1852, Mr. Merrill was married 
 to Frances H. Young, daughter of Nathaniel 
 Young, a former resident of Gray. Mrs. 
 Merrill's parents, who were prosperous farm- 
 ing people, are no longer living. Mr. and 
 Mr,s. Merrill have had six children, namely: 
 Ella Frances, who died in infancy; Ella 
 Susan, who died at the age of eighteen; Jennie 
 Wilma, who is the wife of Henry C. Doughty, 
 and resides in Gray; Willard L., who married 
 Elizabeth Tufts, and is a successful farmer 
 of Gray; Emma M., who married. Dr. L. T. 
 Gushing, and resides with her parents; and 
 Alice S., who married Charles L. Dow, and 
 lives in West Pownal, Me. These children 
 have been well educated and are useful mem- 
 bers of society. The family attend the Con- 
 gregational church, of which Mr. and Mrs. 
 Merrill are active members; and he has had 
 charge of the choir for more than twenty-five 
 years. 
 
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 23s 
 
 kERRILL T. FILES, general mer- 
 chant in the village of White 
 Rock, Gorham, Me., was born in 
 this town, January 31, 1823. Mi". 
 Files is of English extraction, his paternal 
 grandfather, William Files, having been the 
 emigrant ancestor of the family. 
 
 William Files left old England for New 
 England about 1750, coming soon after to 
 Cumberl'and County, which was then included 
 within the limits of Massachusetts. He 
 settled near Fort Hill in Gorham, being one 
 of the pioneers of the place. Buying one hun- 
 dred acres of land, which was in its primeval 
 wildness, he labored with persevering energy 
 to clear a farm, residing here until his death, 
 at the venerable age of ninety-five years. In 
 politics he was an old-time Federalist, and, 
 religiously, was a communicant of the Episco- 
 pal church. To him and his wife, whose 
 maiden name was Gordon, nine children were 
 born, Joseph, father of Merrill, being the 
 youngest child. 
 
 Joseph Files was born in Gorham in Decem- 
 ber, 1767, was here reared to manhood, and 
 here spent his active life, dying in 1855. He 
 was a farmer, owning a large tract of land, 
 which he tilled most faithfully, working early 
 and late. He was an active member of the 
 old Whig party and an influential citizen of 
 this town. He married Annie Haskell, 
 daughter of John Haskell, of Gorham, their 
 union being solemnized in 1799. Thirteen 
 children were included in their family circle, 
 but of these only two now survive; namely, 
 Ruth and Merrill T. Ruth Files, widow of 
 Francis Small, of Raymond, reared four chil- 
 dren, of whom three are living— Davis R., 
 Howard T., and Jane. The mother died in 
 1862. Both parents were members of the 
 Free Will Baptist church. 
 
 Merrill T-. Files obtained his early educa- 
 tion in the district schools of Gorham, and ad- 
 vanced in learning by a course of study at 
 Limerick, in this State. In his boyhood he 
 received practical training in agricultural 
 labors, and after leaving school he worked on 
 the homestead farm for many years. In 1865 
 Mr. Files abandoned farming in favor of a 
 mercantile life in the city of Portland, where 
 he, in company with J. M; Plummer, opened 
 
 a grocery store, which they managed for two 
 years under the firm name of Plummer & 
 Files. In 1868 Mr. Files returned to Gorham 
 and established a general store at White 
 Rock, carrying a complete assortment of the 
 merchandise desired by his country customers. 
 
 In the same year, under the administration 
 of President Grant, he was appointed Postmas- 
 ter, holding the office until 1875. He is a 
 true-blue Republican, prominent in local 
 affairs, and has often served his fellow-towns- 
 men in official capacities. In i860 and 1861 
 Mr. Files was one of the Selectmen of the 
 town, besides which he was a member of the 
 School Committee, and was again elected to 
 serve on that Board. In 1873 and 1874 he 
 represented his constituents in the State legis- 
 lature at Augusta. 
 
 Mr. Files has been twice married. In 1853 
 he was united in wedlock with Martha Libby, 
 of the town of Naples. She passed to the 
 higher life in 1858, leaving one child, George 
 Evans, who was born May 18, 1854; and on 
 November 10, 1861, Mr. Files was again mar- 
 ried to Mrs. Mary E. Merrill, a daughter of 
 Deacon Samuel Meserve, of this town. Their 
 union has been blessed by the advent of one 
 child — Annie E., born January 2, 1864. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Files are active in church work, 
 being connected by membership with the Free 
 Baptist Church of White Rock. 
 
 OHN Q. A. JORDAN, who is actively 
 and prosperously engaged as a tiller of 
 the soil at Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland 
 County, Me., was born in this place 
 July 3, 1849, being a son of John and Abigail 
 (Fickett) Jordan. 
 
 Mr. Jordan's paternal grandfather, Thomas 
 Jordan, was a lifelong resident of this State. 
 He was bred to the occupation of farming, 
 which he followed through life, after his mar- 
 riage purchasing a farm in Cape Elizabeth, 
 where he lived to a ripe old age. The maiden 
 name of his wife, who was a native of this 
 place, was Martha Fickett. She bore him 
 four children. John Jordan, son of Thomas 
 and Martha, was born on the old Jordan home- 
 stead at Cape Elizabeth, and, with the excep- 
 tion of a few years, when he went to sea, en- 
 
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 gaged in the West India trade, diligently fol- 
 lowed the independent calling of his father, 
 to which he was reared. On October 3, 1835, 
 he was united in the bonds of matrimony with 
 Abigail Fickett, who became the mother of 
 eleven children, of whom the following four 
 yet survive: Simon F. , born October 12, 1837, 
 a well-known farmer of this town; Melvin F. , 
 born November 24, 1840, who subsequently 
 had his name legally changed to Sawyer, the 
 name of his mother's sister's husband, and is 
 now a resident of the Cape; John Q. A., the 
 direct subject of the present sketch ; and 
 Alvin A., born November 17, 1853. 
 Lewis G. Jordan, who was born March 29, 
 1836, and married Susan R. Bragdon, of 
 Poland, Me., has recently died. 
 
 John Q. A. Jordan spent his early years in 
 school; and on the completion of his educa- 
 tional course he turned his attention to agricult- 
 ural pursuits, in which he has met with emi- 
 nent success, having by tireless energy and 
 progressive enterprise won position among the 
 leading farmers of this locality. In politics 
 Mr. Jordan is a sound Democrat. Relig- 
 iously, free and liberal in his views, he is not 
 connected with any church organization. 
 
 Y^JVTJOSES M. CHAPMAN, a prosperous 
 1 1 =J farmer and an old resident of West- 
 ^ eJL ^^^ brook, son of John and Hannah 
 (McKenney) Chapman, was born 
 in Dexter, Penobscot County, Me., January 25, 
 1833. Mr. Chapman's great-grandfather, Ed- 
 ward Chapman, was a native of Ipswich, 
 Mass., who married Eleanor Small, of Lim- 
 ington. Me., and, settling in Westbrook, 
 became identified with the early settlement 
 and growth of the town. Among his children 
 were: Nathaniel, who served in the Conti- 
 nental army during the Revolutionary War; 
 and Simon, Mr. Chapman's grandfather. 
 
 Simon Chapman was born in Westbrook, 
 and in young manhood he studied law, which 
 he practised to some extent; but the greater 
 part of his life was passed as a farmer in his 
 native town, where he died in 1845. He was 
 an old-time Democrat in politics. He mar- 
 ried Polly Jose, sister of Jonathan Jose, of 
 Scarboro, and reared a family of seven chil- 
 
 dren, three of whom are living, namely: 
 Mary, who married, and is now a widow; 
 Harris, who resides in Philadelphia, Pa. ; and 
 Hero, a resident of Passadumkeag. 
 
 John Chapman, son of Simon, was born in 
 Westbrook; and when reaching manhood he 
 engaged in the lime-burning business, which 
 formed his principal occupation through life. 
 He resided in Dexter for some time, later 
 moving to Danville, now Auburn, Me. ; and he 
 finally settled in Piscataquis County. He was- 
 an industrious, energetic, and worthy citizen, 
 who applied his resources to the best advan- 
 tage, and always enjoyed a comfortable pros- 
 perity as the fruits of his labor. He died in 
 1877. He voted with the Democratic party, 
 and in his religious views was a Universalist. 
 His wife, Fanny McKenney, was a daughter 
 of Moses McKenney, of Scarboro., She be- 
 came the mother of ten children, six of whom 
 are living, and are as follows: William'; 
 Mahala; Hannah; Moses M., the subject of 
 this sketch; Joshua; and Jerome. 
 
 Moses M. Chapman was educated in the 
 schools of Scarboro, Dexter, and Danville. 
 After completing his studies he was engaged 
 in the construction of the southern portion of 
 the Great Falls & Conway Railroad, upon 
 which he worked for three years; and he then 
 settled in Westbrook, where he has since given 
 his attention to farming. For the past forty 
 years he has made agricultural pursuits a suc- 
 cessful business, and at the present time owns 
 some two hundred and twenty-seven acres of 
 valuable land situated in Westbrook and Scar- 
 boro, his property being finely located and ex- 
 ceedingly productive. He makes a specialty 
 of breeding blooded Durham and Holstein 
 stock, and also raises cattle for market con- 
 sumption, to the extent of about thirty-five 
 head annually. Besides these he raises some 
 fine horses of Norman stock, having at the 
 present time several good specimens; and he 
 has secured a high reputation in that direction. 
 He devotes some time to general farming, 
 producing one hundred tons of superior hay 
 yearly, and deals quite largely in milk. 
 
 Mr. Chapman was married to Lydia B. 
 Jordan, daughter of Captain Ebenezer Jordan, 
 of Danville, on November 27, 1862, and has 
 five children, four of whom are living, namelyi 
 
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 237 
 
 Napoleon B., who is in the grocery business 
 in Portland; Geneva B., wife of George Tal- 
 bot, of South Portland; Manetta G. and 
 Mason M., who reside at home. 
 
 In politics Mr. Chapman supports the Dem- 
 ocratic party, but has never sought for politi- 
 cal prominence. He is deeply interested in 
 the general welfare of the community, the 
 moral and social improvement of which he is 
 always ready to aid; and he attends the Uni- 
 versalist church. 
 
 jLARENCE E. ALLEN, proprietor of 
 the baggage transfer from the Union 
 Station, Portland, was born in Gor- 
 ham, Cumberland County, Me., 
 April 15, 1853. He is the son of George W. 
 and Lydia (Lambert) Allen. His grandpar- 
 ents were William and Maria (Chatty) Allen, 
 of Falmouth, Me. 
 
 William Allen was a well-to-do farmer in 
 Falmouth, who lived to be seventy-six years 
 old, his wife dying at the age of seventy-two. 
 She was a daughter of Captain John Chatty, 
 a soldier in the French War. Their son, 
 George W. Allen, was born in Falmouth, Jan- 
 uary 18, 1822, and there grew to manhood. 
 In 1849 he removed to Gorham, where for 
 some time he was engaged in farming, return- 
 ing in 1 86 1 to Falmouth, where he is now 
 living. He is a veteran of the Civil War, 
 having enlisted in the Twenty-fifth Maine 
 Volunteer Infantry. His wife was born De- 
 cember 5, 1826, daughter of John and Eliza- 
 beth (Alexander) Lambert, old residents of 
 Falmouth. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Allen 
 reared four children, of whom Clarence E. is 
 the only one now living. In religious belief 
 Mr. George W. Allen is a Baptist, while his 
 wife is a member of the Congregational church. 
 . Clarence E. Allen attended the common 
 schools of his native town and Westbrook 
 Seminary, and finished his schooling with a 
 course of study at Gray's Business College, 
 Portland. When nineteen years of age he 
 went to work for M. Y. Knight, a grocer on 
 Oxford Street, in whose employ he remained 
 four years; and he then engaged for a while in 
 the milk business. In 1879 he went to Boston 
 to enter the employ of the Highland Street 
 
 Railway. In 1884 he returned to Portland, 
 and engaged in the express business on a 
 small scale; and the following year he bought 
 out James Neal, who had the Maine Central 
 Railroad trade. This business was then easily 
 handled, and Mr. Allen's single horse was 
 able to accomplish all that was necessary. 
 After the Union Station was built, the busi- 
 ness increased, and another firm took up the 
 same line; but they dropped out within a year, 
 leaving Mr. Allen in sole possession of the 
 field. From that time to the present his trade 
 has yearly increased, and he now owns the 
 largest transfer business in the city. Mr. 
 Allen is a persevering and energetic man, who 
 knows how to use to the best advantage the 
 capabilities that win success. Fie has at- 
 tained prosperity through his own efforts 
 alone, and is deserving of the success which 
 he has achieved. 
 
 October 17, 1876, he was united in mar- 
 riage with Alice E. True, daughter of Calvin 
 S. and Alice M. (Anderson) True, of Port- 
 land. They have three children — Ernest, 
 Ethel, and Calvin. 
 
 Mr. Allen is a Mason, belonging to Ancient 
 Landmark Lodge, No. 17, A. F. & A. M., 
 of Portland. He and his family attend St. 
 Stephen's Church (Episcopal), to whose sup- 
 port he contributes. They have a pleasant 
 home at Deering. 
 
 (^Tr-URELIUS SCOTT JONES, a practi- 
 fJA cal and well-to-do farmer of Scarboro, 
 Jj\\ Me., was born in this town Novem- 
 ^"■^ ber 8, 1838, coming from pioneer 
 antecedents. His grandfather, John Jones, 
 was a native of Scarboro, his birth occurring 
 November 6, 1775. He spent a part of his 
 earlier life in Pownal, another Cumberland 
 County town, but subsequently purchased a 
 farm in this locality, and here carried on 
 mixed husbandry throughout his years of ac- 
 tivity, dying in 1856. He was a man of 
 robust constitution, and never afraid of hard 
 work. He was active in advancing the relig- 
 ious and moral interests of the community, 
 and for more than forty years was a Deacon in 
 the Congregational church. On October 20, 
 1797, he married Lydia Westcott, of Cape 
 
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 Elizabeth; and they reared a family of six 
 children, William, the father of Aurelius S., 
 being the fourth child. 
 
 William Jones was born January 23, 1808, 
 in the town of Pownal, where he resided until 
 a young man, when he came to Scarboro, 
 where he afterward engaged in general farm- 
 ing, meeting with signal success in his under- 
 takings. He was influential in local matters, 
 serving as Selectman for some years. In re- 
 ligion he was a Congregationalist, and con- 
 tributed generously toward the support of that 
 church. He was twice married, his first wife, 
 Jane W. Sawyer, dying in 1857, and leaving 
 two children — Aurelius Scott and Henry S. 
 Of his union with his second wife, Mrs. 
 Catherine F. Moody, nh Li-bby, no children 
 were born. Henry S. Jones, now a resident 
 of Scarboro, was born here, April 27, 1842. 
 He married Jane W., daughter of Ebenezer 
 'Libby, of this town; and they have one child, 
 Florence Ada, born August 25, 1871. He is 
 a Republican in politics, and both he and his 
 wife are members of the Congregational 
 church. Aurelius Scott Jones was reared and 
 educated in the place of his nativity, and on 
 the home farm was thoroughly instructed in 
 the agricultural arts, continuing beneath' the 
 parental roof-tree until the breaking out of the 
 late Rebellion. In 1861 he enlisted as a pri- 
 vatejn the Twelfth Maine Volunteer Infantry, 
 joining Company C, which was commanded by 
 Captain Thornton, of Scarboro. Mr. Jones 
 served in New Orleans on guard duty for nine 
 months, and during that time was promoted to 
 the rank of Corporal. On his return to Maine 
 he located in Portland, where he was engaged 
 in the trucking business for eight years, after 
 which he came back to the scenes of his child- 
 hood, and here took up farming on the old 
 homestead. He has a snug farm of sixty-five 
 acres, the larger portion of which is under 
 good cultivation. It is amply supplied with 
 substantial farm buildings and all the neces- 
 sary equipments for carrying on farming oper- 
 ations after the most improved methods. Mr. 
 Jones is active in the Grand Army circles, 
 being a member of Thatcher Post, No. 1 1 1. 
 
 Mr. Jones was first married January i, 1864, 
 to Martha Ellen Robin§on, daughter of John 
 Robinson, of this place; but their happy 
 
 wedded life was of brief duration, her death 
 occurring November 21 of that year. On 
 January 15, 1867, he was married to her sister, 
 Elizabeth L. Robinson. Two children are 
 the fruit of this marriage*, namely: Martha 
 Ellen, born February 18, 1869; and John 
 Howard, born September 9, 1870. Martha 
 Ellen married Royal E. Hudson, of this 
 town; and they are the parents of three chil- 
 dren — Arthur Scott, Mary E., and Cora 
 Belle. Mr. and Mrs.^ Jones are members of 
 the Congregational church, in which he has 
 served for some time as superintendent of the 
 Sunday-school. 
 
 ;OSEPH W. READ, who owns and oc- 
 cupies a portion of the original home- 
 stead in South Windham, Me., on 
 which his grandfather, Noah Read, 
 settled in the latter part of the eighteenth 
 century, was born in the town of Windham, 
 November 9, 1835. He is of English ante- 
 cedents, being the lineal descendant of John 
 Read, the son, presumably, of William and 
 Lucy (Henage) Read, of England.. John 
 Read sailed from England with the large fleet 
 that came to New England m. 1630, and set- 
 tled at first in Weyniouth, Mass.j but after- 
 ward removed to Rehoboth, Mass., buying 
 property there in 1643. He was a large land- 
 holder, and quite prominent in local affairs, 
 for some years holding the office of Constable, 
 which was then the chief executive office. = 
 
 His son, Daniel Read, the next in line of 
 descent, was born in Rehoboth in March, 
 1655. He married Hannah Peck on August 
 27, 1677; and they reared six children. 
 Daniel, Jr., their second child and first son, 
 was born in Rehoboth, January 20, 1680. He 
 and his wife, Elizabeth Bosworth, were the 
 parents of sixteen children, Noah, Sr., great- 
 grandfather of Joseph W., being the eighth 
 child. 
 
 Noah Read, Sr., a native 
 Mass., born December 17, 
 Abigail Baldwin, who became 
 
 eleven children. The eighth , ^ 
 
 the father's name Noah, as noted above, was 
 born September 21, 1755, in Attleboro. He 
 married Mary Robinson, of Windham, Me., 
 
 of Attleboro, 
 1 71 8, married 
 the mother of 
 child, bearing 
 
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 Noveihber 26, 1788, and they became the par- 
 ents of ten children. Fie was for many years 
 a teacher of the younger members of the So- 
 .ciety of Friends in Falmouth. He was very 
 religious, and in 1800 was appointed an Elder 
 in the ehurch, an office which he filled until 
 his death, which occurred April 4, 1844. 
 
 Nathan Read, son of Noah and Mary 
 (Robinson) Read, and father of Joseph W., 
 was a native of Windham, born March 2, 
 1795, and lived to the good old age of eighty- 
 four years. He married January 28, 1824, 
 Ruth Horton, a daughter of John Horton, of 
 Portland. Of the five children who were the 
 fruit of this union three are now living; 
 namely, the subject of the present sketch and 
 his two sisters'. Emily H. Read, the elder of 
 these, born August 30, 1826, is the wife of 
 Isaiah Jones, and has three children — Charles 
 W., Elmer H., and Frank; Julia W. Read, 
 born September i, 1831, is the wife of Nathan 
 R. Dyer, of South Portland. 
 
 Joseph W. Read acquired his elementary 
 education in Windham, this being supple- 
 mented by an attendance at Westbrook Semi- 
 nary. In 1855 he went to Portland, where he 
 worked for a time as a clerk in a retail grocery 
 store, and then became clerk in the wholesale 
 grocery store on Commercial Street of T. & 
 W. H. Shaw, remaining with them during the 
 year 1857. He was next employed for three 
 years in the wholesale flour and grain estab- 
 lishment of William L. Southard. In i860 
 Mr. Read, still remaining in Portland, estab- 
 lished himself in business, and carried on a 
 substantial wholesale trade in groceries until 
 1876. In that year he returned to Windham, 
 moving on to the old homestead. In 1889 he 
 was appointed Postmaster for South Windham, 
 retaining the office four years, two and one- 
 half months; and in 1880 he was elected a 
 member of the Board of Selectmen, in which 
 office he served four consecutive years, being 
 Chairman of the Board the last two years. 
 Politically, he is a stanch Republican. 
 
 Mr. Read was married July 9, 1863, to 
 Ellen F. Jordan, daughter of William Jordan, 
 of Portland. They have had seven children, 
 but have been called to part with five. The 
 two now living are: Charles W., born Febru- 
 ary 13, 1866, employed by Chisholm Brothers 
 
 in Portland; and Elizabeth Horton Read, 
 born May 22, 186S, and now residing at South 
 Windham with her parents. 
 
 TT^HARLES PRITHAM, an enterprising 
 I Ky general farmer, residing in the town of 
 ^^1^ Freeport, was born in Old Orchard, 
 
 Me., November 30, 1S39, the son 
 of Samuel and Matilda Pritham. He spent 
 his early years in Old Orchard, receiving a 
 good common-school education, and in 1859 
 accompanied his parents to Freeport. Like 
 his father, he adopted the vocation of a farmer, 
 which he has since followed. On November 
 4, 1876, he was married to Mrs. Eleanor 
 Robinson; and they have two children — C. H. 
 Pritham and F. J. Pritham. In politics Mr. 
 Pritham is a Republican. 
 
 M. STAPLES, one of the solid 
 business men of Bridgton, was born 
 February 8, 1855, in the town of 
 Naples, Cumberland County, Me., being a son 
 of Charles M. Staples. The father, for many 
 years a resident of Naples, removed to South 
 Bridgton in 1865. He married Miss Sarah N. 
 Center, who became the mother of five chil- 
 dren, two of whom died in infancy. The 
 others were: the subject of this sketch and his 
 two sisters, Mary E. and Annie M. 
 
 Mr. Staples acquired his elementary educa- 
 tion in the district schools of his native town, 
 it being supplemented by an attendance at the 
 Bridgton Pligh School and the Bridgton Acad- 
 emy. He remained beneath the parental r.oof 
 until attaining his majority, when he was en- 
 gaged for a short time in teaching. Two years 
 later Mr. Staples came to Bridgton, entering 
 the store of an uncle, by whom he was engaged 
 as a clerk until 1881. Having paid faithful 
 attention to his duties while thus employed, 
 he had become familiar with the details of 
 mercantile business, and then started in trade 
 for himself, opening a store for the sale of 
 general merchandise and continuing about five 
 years. Wisely investing his money in real 
 estate, he during the first administration of 
 President Cleveland greeted the fine building 
 in which the Knights of Pythias have their 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 headquarters, and in which the post-office is 
 located. In this block he has also established 
 a store, which he devotes to the sale of gro- 
 ceries and general merchandise, conducting 
 therein a thriving and extensive business. 
 During the summer season Mr. Staples, who 
 is ever wide-awake and active, runs a steamer, 
 the "Lady of the Lake," carrying pleasure 
 parties on lake excursions. 
 
 On November 20, 1881, the union of Mr. 
 Staples with Miss Idalyn M. Gove was sol- 
 emnized. Politically, Mr. Staples is a firm 
 supporter of the Republican party, and for 
 some time did excellent and appreciated service 
 as Chairman of the Board of Selectmen ; for 
 three years also he was Town Treasurer. He 
 is prominent in social organizations, being 
 a member of the Free Masons, the Odd Fel- 
 lows, and the Knights of Pythias. He is an 
 active worker in the Congregational church, 
 of which both he and his wife are faithful 
 members. Generous and public-spirited, he 
 is ever ready to lend a helping hand toward 
 promoting the advancement and prosperity of 
 the community in which he now lives, and of 
 which he is a respected member. 
 
 JAPTAIN JACOB B. PINKHAM, a 
 popular member of the farming 
 community of Harpswell, Me., 
 formerly master of a vessel in the 
 West India trade, ,was born near his present 
 home, July 5, 1823. His parents, Elijah and 
 Lydia (Willson) Pinkham, were natives of 
 Harpswell, where his grandparents on both 
 sides of the house were early settlers. 
 
 His paternal grandfather, Nathaniel Pink- 
 ham, was a native of New Hampshire, and 
 was a farmer by occupation. Many years of 
 his life were spent in Harpswell; and here his 
 son, Elijah Pinkham, likewise followed agri- 
 culture for a livelihood, also taking part in the 
 fishing industry peculiar to the place. He 
 built a comfortable house and rounded out a 
 useful life of ninety years, his wife having 
 been called to rest at the age of sixty-eight 
 years. Mr. and Mrs. Pinkham attended the 
 Methodist church. They were the parents of 
 eight children, seven of whom are now living, 
 namely: Joseph; Ann, wife of John Rogers'; 
 
 Nathaniel; Jacob B., the subject of this 
 sketch; Jane, wife of Ralph Sinnett; Almira; 
 and Elijah J. Susan M. Pinkham died some 
 years ago. 
 
 Jacob B. Pinkham remained with his parents 
 until twenty-one years of age, aiding his 
 father about the farm and going with him on 
 his fishing expeditions. When he attained 
 his majority, he went to sea, soon rising to be 
 master of a vessel. He was for thirty years 
 Captain of a West Indiaihan, spending the 
 greater part of his time at sea; and after a few 
 years passed on the land he took charge of 
 another vessel in the same trade, which he 
 commanded until. 1887. In that year he re- 
 signed his position and settled in his present 
 pretty residence, which he planned and 
 erected. He has a fine farm of fifty acres- at 
 West Harpswell, overlooking the sea, where 
 he can still enjoy the ocean breezes, and at the 
 same time is surrounded by all the comforts of 
 home life. 
 
 On December 19, 1853, Captain Pinkham 
 was married to Hannah A. Bartlett, daughter 
 of Ballard and Annie (Rogers) Bartlett, of 
 Phippsburg, Me., where she was born-. Bal- 
 lard Bartlett was a well-to-do farmer. He 
 died at the age of seventy-four, and his wife 
 lived to be ten years older. Seven children 
 were born to Captain and Mrs. Pinkham, four 
 of whom are living: J. Seymour, Captain of a 
 one - thousand - two - hundred -and-thirty-seven- 
 ton vessel, married Fannie Pennell, of North 
 Harpswell, and has three children — Seymour 
 L., Nellie F., and Mabel; William F., a 
 carpenter and joiner, married Carrie Riggs, 
 of Lewiston, Me., and has four children — 
 Florence A., Lloyd, Elsie, anH Dwight; 
 Howard assists his father on the farm; Or- 
 ville S., Captain of a nine-hundred-and-three- 
 ton vessel, makes his home with his father. 
 He married Helen Savage, of Dresden, Me., 
 and has two children — Millard B. and Ber- 
 nard Orville. 
 
 Captain Jacob B. Pinkham is a prominent 
 man in the ranks of the Republican party. 
 Though in a Democratic locality, he was 
 elected to the legislatures of 1895 and 1896, 
 served on the Board of Selectmen from 1890 
 through 1892, and on the Board of Assessors 
 and Overseers of the Poor for the same length 
 
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 of time, being Chairman of the last-named 
 body in 1891 and 1892. He is a member of 
 the Try Again Lodge of Good Templars of 
 Harpswell. In the Methodist church he has 
 long been Steward and class leader and 
 superintendent of the Sunday-school; and his 
 wife, who was a public-school teacher before 
 her marriage, is one of the ablest Sunday- 
 school teachers in the parish. Captain Pink- 
 ham has all the characteristics of a genial and 
 hearty seaman, and is very popular with his 
 townsmen. 
 
 kHARLES B. COTTON, an enterpris- 
 ing and progressive agriculturist of 
 Gorham, is a native of this town, 
 the date of his birth being Novem- 
 ber 5, 1836. His father, William Cotton, 
 born in 1801, was a lifelong resident of Gor- 
 ham, being the second son of John and Eliza- 
 beth (Chase) Cotton, members of the farming 
 community. 
 
 William Cotton industriously followed for 
 many years his trade of cooper, but subse- 
 quently engaged in tilling the soil, living on 
 a farm during his last days. He married 
 Maria, daughter of Joseph Sturgis, of Gorham ; 
 and they reared two children, Charles B. and 
 Howard. The parents were members of the 
 Baptist church, and the father was a Republi- 
 can in politics. Both lived beyond the ap- 
 pointed seventy years of man's life, the father 
 dying in 1876, and the mother in 1885. 
 Howard, the younger son, born in December, 
 1843, is a resident of Cumberland Mills and 
 an active member of the Republican party. 
 He married Hannah E. , daughter of Daniel 
 Billings, of this town ; and they have four chil- 
 dren — Helen L., Carioll H., Maria A., and 
 Ralph H. His wife and eldest daughter are 
 members of the Methodist church. 
 
 Charles B. Cotton obtained his education in 
 the place of his nativity, and was subsequently 
 engaged in teaching for several terms, being 
 an instructor in schools at Standish, Wind- 
 ham, a-nd Gorham. Since that time, however, 
 he has given his time and attention to agricult- 
 ure in its various branches. Much of his land 
 is under cultivation, and his farm is well 
 stocked and well equipped for carrying on his 
 
 extensive business after the most approved 
 modern methods. His apiary, containing 
 about one hundred and seventy hives of bees, 
 yields him vast quantities of honey, which he 
 markets in Portland and adjoining towns. 
 He has a choice dairy, from which he manu- 
 factures a superior quality of butter, selling 
 it to regular family customers. 
 
 Mr. Cotton was married October 25, 1862, 
 to Lizzie E. Douglas, daughter of Freedom 
 Douglas, of Gorham, where her birth occurred 
 September i, 1845. Of *^he eight children 
 born to Mr. and Mrs. Cotton, seven are living 
 — Elmer S. , Charles S. , Bertha, William, Inez 
 C, Walter M., and Ernest L. Elmer S. 
 Cotton, born March 30, 1863, married in 
 1 886 May T., daughter of Edmund Clement, 
 of Cumberland Mills; and their only child is 
 a son, Edmund C, born August 30, 1890. 
 Charles S. Cotton was born March 5, 1866. 
 Bertha, born February 9, 1871, is the wife of 
 Dr. Bertelle F. Worthing, of Augusta. Will- 
 iam Cotton was born February 20, 1873. 
 Inez C. was born November 30, 1875. Wal- 
 ter M. was born June 10, 1879. Ernest L. 
 was born January 22, 1881. In politics Mr. 
 Cotton is independent, having the courage of 
 his convictions, voting for the best men and 
 measures irrespective of party lines. In 
 religious matters he exercises the same right 
 of private judgment, being in faith a strong 
 Second Adventist. 
 
 ,HARLES STANWOOD, shipsraith, 
 an esteemed resident of Woodford's, 
 is busily engaged in all kinds of 
 ship work belonging to his calling, 
 his smithy being located at 310 Commercial 
 Street, at the head of Merchant's Wharf, Port- 
 land, Me. A native of Brunswick, this State, 
 he was born June 17, 1828, son of William, 
 second, and Nancy (Woodside) Stanwood. 
 He is of English antecedents, his grandfather, 
 William Stanwood, first, having been a son of 
 Samuel and grandson of Ebenezer Stanwood, 
 the emigrant ancestor. 
 
 William Stanwood, second, was born in 
 Brunswick, where he learned the trade of a 
 ship carpenter, and was also engaged in farm- 
 ing. He died in 1853; and his wife Nancy, 
 
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 who was likewise a native of Brunswick, Me., 
 and a daughter of Adam Woodside, lived until 
 1880. They had a family of six children, the 
 following being a brief record : Charles is the 
 subject of this brief biographical sketch; 
 Hugh Dunlap, who was master of the barque 
 "Sea Duck," was lost at sea; William Henry 
 died in 1893 in California; George resides at 
 Cape Elizabeth ; Robert, also one of the crew 
 of the "Sea Duck," was lost during a voyage; 
 and James died in infancy. 
 
 Charles Stanwood acquired a good common- 
 school education in his boyhood, attending 
 school in Brunswick and working on the farm 
 until sixteen years old. He then began to 
 learn the blacksmith's trade with Mr. Thomas 
 Knowlton, agreeing to stay with him two 
 years for thirty dollars per year and one 
 month's schooling. Running away, however, 
 before he had served his full time, he went to 
 Bath, where he secured work with Anderson 
 & Smith, shipsmiths, for whom he worked 
 several months, receiving twelve dollars a 
 n^onth wages. He subsequently worked a 
 short time for a Mr. Babb, who gave him 
 eighteen dollars a month, being later employed 
 by William Donnell, of the same town. Re- 
 turning to Brunswick, Mr. Stanwood began 
 work for Mr. George Woodward, at Schofield's 
 shipyards, on the ship "Brandywine," con- 
 tinuing there until the vessel was launched. 
 He then came with Mr. Woodward to Portland 
 to assist in finishing the ship, remaining here 
 until the following winter, when he went to> 
 Bath to iron a ship, the "Ellen E. Stevens," 
 for Thomas Winslow, in Larrabee & Allen's 
 yard. Going thence to Harpswell, Mr. Stan- 
 wood ironed the brig "Mantanzas," for Nor- 
 ton Stover, afterward returning to Scovill's 
 yard, where he ironed the "Sciota," when that 
 was finished going again to Stover's yard to 
 iron the barque "Panama" and the schooner 
 "Mayflower." Mr. Stanwood was next em- 
 ployed on the Brunswick River, ironing the 
 "Singapore" and the "Annie H. Kimball," 
 later going to Bath to iron the ship "Union" 
 for Thomas Howard. From there he went 
 South in 1852, taking his crew with him 
 and ironed the ship "Neptune " for Carr Pae-e 
 & Allen in Virginia. ' 
 
 In 1853 Mr. Stanwood returned to Bruns- 
 
 wick, where he worked for different people, 
 ironing many ships, among them being the 
 "Redwood," "William , Woodside," "Sam 
 Dunning," the "Daniel Elliott," and after- 
 ward worked on various vessels, including the 
 "Joseph Badger," the "State of Maine," 
 and two schooners. In 1856 Mr. Stanwood 
 settled in Portland, working for three years 
 for the Portland Company. In i860 he went 
 to Aspinwall, South America, and was em- 
 ployed for a time on the Panama Railway. 
 Returning in 1863 to this city, he at once 
 bought a half-interest in the blacksmith busi- 
 ness of Fred K. Hatch; and a year and a half 
 later he bought out the other half, continuing 
 the business alone at the same location, 162 
 Commercial Street, for a score of years. In 
 1870 he tore down the old shops, and, in com- 
 pany with his brother George, built the new 
 ones. He has here ironed many barques, 
 ships, schooners, and brigs, working for 
 N. Stover, R. Lewis & Co., J. S. Winslow & 
 Co., and Charles H. Chase; and in many of 
 these vessels (here designated by a *) he has 
 had an interest: "Manuela," the "Ella and 
 Anna,"* "Ellen," "Tattay,"* "Archer," 
 "Ella," "Sarmento," "Samuel B. Hale," 
 "Selina," "Clara M. Goodrich," "Bruns- 
 wick," "Samuel E. Spring,"* "Isaac Jack- 
 son,"* "Rufus E. Wood,"* "Portland 
 Lloyds,"* "Philena Winslow,"* "Carrie 
 Winslow,"* "Ellen Crusoe," the "Annie 
 Lewis," and the "Charles R. Lewis." 
 
 Of Mr. Stanwood's union with Maria Ross, 
 daughter of Robert and Jane (Woodside) Ross, 
 seven children have been born, as follows: 
 Charles W., a blacksmith; Robert R. ; Jane 
 R., who died in young womanhood; Richard 
 M.; Georgie; Janie; and Allie. In his po- 
 litical affiliations Mr. Stanwood is an uncom- 
 promising Democrat. In 1870 he served as 
 a member of the City Council. In religioi 
 he is a liberal Christian, attending the Uni 
 versalist church. 
 
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 HARLES C. WIGGIN is well 
 qualified for the position of Town 
 Treasurer, which office he has held 
 in Freeport since 1891, being a man 
 of good business ability, sagacious, and pru- 
 
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 dent, and one whose cordial manner has won 
 him many friends. He was born in Scarboro, 
 Me., on January 26, 1844, son of Ethan and 
 Abigail (Prout) Wiggin. 
 
 Benjamin Wiggin, his paternal grandfather, 
 was a native of New Hampshire, where the 
 family name has been prominent from the 
 early settlement of the State. He removed 
 to Maine, and was among the successful 
 farmers of his day. He resided at Cape Eliza- 
 beth for several years near the close of his life, 
 and died there at the advanced age of eighty- 
 one years. During the Revolutionary War 
 he was a patriot soldier, rendering service for 
 seven years. He was the father of three chil- 
 dren — two sons and a daughter — all of whom 
 grew up and two married. Ethan Wiggin, his 
 eldest son, became a seafarer in early man- 
 hood ; and during the forty years in which he 
 followed his vocation he was commander on 
 different vessels and visited many of the prin- 
 cipal ports of the world. ~He then retired and 
 spent his last years on a farm in Scarboro, 
 Me., where he died in July, 1879, at upward 
 of eighty years of age. In his younger days 
 he was a Whig, but after the formation of the 
 Republican party he became a supporter of. the 
 latter. Liberal in his religious views, he was 
 an occasional attendant of the Congregational 
 church. His wife, Abigail Prout, survived 
 him just one year, dying in July, 1880, at 
 eighty-one years of age. Nine children were 
 born to them, eight of whom grew to maturity, 
 and five are still living, as follows: George 
 Wiggin, who during the Civil War served in 
 the United States Navy, being the Captain of 
 the "Tennessee," one of the ships in Admiral 
 Farragut's fleet, also Captain of the "Colonel 
 Kinsman," now residing in Townsend, Del. ; 
 John Wiggin, of Scarboro, Me. ; Charles C. 
 Wiggin ; Mrs. Mary Means, the widow of 
 Cyrus Means, residing at Old Orchard, Me. ; 
 and Abbie P., the wife of Captain William A. 
 McNulty, an ofificer in the late war, now resid- 
 ing in Washington, D. C. 
 
 Charles C. Wiggin remained with his 
 parents until after he attained his majority, 
 acquiring his education in the public schools 
 of Scarboro. In 1868, at twenty-four years of 
 age, he went to Culpeper, Va., and for two 
 years was profitably engaged in mercantile 
 
 business. Returning to Maine at the end of 
 that time, he was engaged in various lines of 
 business in Scarboro until 1880; and about 
 two years later he settled in Pownal and was 
 engaged in farming for three years. In 1885 
 he removed to Freeport village, where he still 
 resides, having since then for the most part 
 been engaged in general farming, carrying on 
 the land which he owns in Freeport. He was 
 married at Pownal, Me., on January 10, 1882, 
 to Miss Mary A. Curtis, who was born in 
 Pownal and is a daughter of Franklin and 
 Statira B. (True) Curtis. Her ancestors were 
 among the early settlers of Cumberland 
 County. 
 
 Mr. Wiggin is a loyal supporter of the Re- 
 publican party. He is a member of Freeport 
 Lodge, No. 23, A. F. & A. M., and of Harra- 
 seeket Lodge, Knights of Pythias. In relig- 
 ious views he is liberal, and his wife is a com- 
 municant of the Baptist church. They reside 
 in their fine residence in the village of Free- 
 port. 
 
 DWIN A. BODGE, a public-spirited 
 citizen of Windham, Me., his native 
 place, has done much to promote the 
 interests of this town, more especially of the 
 village of South Windham. He was born on 
 May 1-8, 1835. His father, the late Josiah 
 Bodge, and his grandfather, Thomas Bodge, 
 were both lifelong residents of Windham. 
 
 The grandfather was a farmer by occupation, 
 and in this healthful labor passed the active 
 part of his seventy-five years. He married 
 Betsey Mayberry, of Windham, and they be- 
 came the parents of ten children, of whom four 
 are now living, namely: Susan, wife of Thomas 
 Smith, who has six children — Josiah William, 
 George T., Melissa J., John A., Charity Ann, 
 and Abner T. ; Andrew, who married Sarah 
 Manson, of Standish, and has six children — 
 Peter A., Susan J., Betsey, Sarah, William, 
 and Clinton; John A., who married Esther A. 
 Harmon, of Standish, and has four children — 
 George M., Emily J., Henry W., and Edward 
 M. ; and Eunice. The latter has been twice 
 married. Her first husband, Joseph Hawkes, 
 of Windham, left her with one child, a daugh- 
 ter, Harriet A. Hawkes ; and by her second 
 
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 husband, William F. Sawyer, she also has a 
 daughter, Ella J. Sawyer. 
 
 Josiah Bodge was born March 29, 1805, and 
 died in 1886. During his years of active life 
 he was successfully engaged in agricultural 
 pursuits, owning about forty acres of land. 
 He was respected as an industrious and up- 
 right man and a useful citizen. His first 
 wife, Isabel Richards, of Cape Elizabeth, 
 whom he wedded on August 16, 183 1, died 
 February 10, 1864. Four children were 
 born of their union, two of whom are 
 now living, namely: Edwin A., the sub- 
 ject of this sketch ; and Ann E- Ann E. 
 Bodge, born May 15, 1842, is the wife of 
 Frank A. Cloudman, of Westbrook, Me., and 
 has three children — Frank H., Cora B., and 
 Andrew C. On August 8, 1865, Josiah 
 Bodge married Mrs. Eunice F. Emery, widow 
 of David Emery and a daughter of Elias 
 Means, of Saco. Three children were born of 
 this union, one of whom is now living, Joseph 
 F. Emery. He was born in Clinton, Me., 
 and after his marriage with Miss Annie Davis, 
 of Portland, removed to Savannah, Ga., where 
 he is now a resident. 
 
 Edwin A. Bodge acquired his education in 
 the public schools of his native town, and, 
 like the majority of farmers' boys, early began 
 to make himself useful at home. After learn- 
 ing the shoemaker's trade, he followed it in 
 connection with farm labors for nearly fifteen 
 years, but has since given his whole attention 
 to agriculture. An active member of the Re- 
 publican party, Mr. Bodge has been identified 
 with the best interests of the town since at- 
 taining manhood, and has served his fellow- 
 citizens in various capacities. From 1878 
 until 1880 inclusive he was Town Collector, 
 and the two succeeding years he was one of 
 the Board of Selectmen. Socially, Mr. Bodge 
 is a Knight of Pythias, belonging to Oriental 
 Lodge, No. 17, of Windham. Religiously, 
 he is a valued member of the Free Will Bap- 
 tist church. 
 
 Mr. Bodge was first married in January, 
 1854, to Mary, daughter of Amos Hanson, of 
 this place. She passed to the higher life 
 beyond April 28, 1864, leaving no issue. 
 Mr. Bodge was united in wedlock with Esther 
 C. Haskell, daughter of Oliver Haskell, of 
 
 Windham, on January 13, 1867, and they 
 have two children, as follows: Mary E., who 
 was born July 10, 1868, is the wife of Eugene 
 Hawkes, of Gorham, and has one child, 
 Esther M., born July 20, 1895; and Charles 
 A. Bodge, born March 28, 1870^ 
 
 DWIN L. CODING, the well-known 
 Treasurer and Manager of the Shaw, 
 Coding Shoe Company of Portland, 
 Me., was born in North Livermore, Andro- 
 scoggin County, March 6, 1 851, son of Ephraim 
 and Harriet (Bumpus) Coding. His father, 
 who was a native of Livermore, was born July 
 g, 1820, the year when the Missouri Com- 
 promise Bill was passed, and Maine became a 
 State. 
 
 After moving to Portland in 1850, Mr. 
 Ephraim Coding carried on the grocery busi- 
 ness and afterward the fruit business for many 
 years. He still lives in Portland, but has 
 retired from mercantile activities. His wife 
 was a native of Mercer, Me. She died in 
 1892, leaving three sons, of whom the subject 
 of this sketch is the eldest. M. R. Coding, 
 the second son, is Cashier of Casco National 
 Bank of this city. H. F. Coding, the third 
 son, is now employed by the same bank. 
 Jonathan . Coding, the grandfather, was a 
 farmer, who spent his life at Livermore, but 
 his ancestors came from Watertown, Mass. 
 
 Edwin L. Coding, the special subject of 
 this biographical sketch, was graduated from 
 the Portland High School in the class of 1867, 
 and was then employed by C. H. Breed & 
 Co., wholesale manufacturers of boots and 
 shoes on Union Street, with whom he re- 
 mained during their continuance as a firm. 
 Mr. Coding has followed this business enter- ' 
 prise through successive changes. The firm 
 name first changed to Walden & Shaw, and 
 later to Shaw, Coding & Co. In December, 
 1873, they moved to the present location on 
 Middle Street. In August, 1895, the Shaw, 
 Coding Shoe Company was incorporated with 
 a capital stock of one hundred thousand dollars. 
 
 Mr. Coding, having been connected with the 
 business since its foundation, is thoroughly 
 conversant with all its details, and has proved 
 efificient manager. This corporation 
 
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 employs one hundred and fifty hands, besides 
 eight travelling agents; and their product 
 supplies the best retail trade east of the Rocky 
 Mountains. Mr. Coding is also Treasurer and 
 Manager of the Casco Paper Box Company, a 
 growing enterprise, which he in connection 
 with other business firms organized. Besides 
 this he is President of the Diamond Island 
 Association, and is actively engaged in pro- 
 moting its interests. He owns a beautiful 
 summer residence there and a number of 
 cottages and lots. 
 
 Mr. Edwin L. Coding is a member of 
 Beacon Lodge, Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows, and was one of the charter members 
 of the Portland Encampment. His wife, whom 
 he married in August, 1882, was Marion S. 
 Longley, daughter of John H. Longley, of 
 Macon, Ca. Mr. and Mrs. Coding have three 
 interesting children — Florence, Emily, and 
 Margaret Coding. The family attend the 
 State Street Congregational Church, of which 
 Mrs. Coding is a member. 
 
 RECORY CROSTON, late an es- 
 teemed citizen of Standish, Me., 
 where his widow, Mrs. Lucinda 
 Paine Croston, still makes her home, was born 
 in Ireland, October i, 1829, and was a son of 
 William and Sarah (Hawkes) Croston. He 
 came to America when fifteen years of age, 
 locating in Ellsworth, Me., and for many years 
 followed the sea. He sailed at first as a com- 
 mon sailor before the mast, but afterward be- 
 came master of a vessel, and made many long 
 voyages, going to nearly every quarter of 
 the globe, becoming especially familiar with 
 French and Spanish ports, much of his trad- 
 ing being confined to the Mediterranean 
 shores, but likewise visiting the important 
 harbor towns of Cuba and South America. 
 
 Mr. Croston was first married in 1857 to 
 Anna Clark, of Ellsworth. They settled in 
 Portland, where two children, neither of whom 
 is now living, were born, and where his first 
 wife, Mrs. Anna C. Croston, died in 1861. 
 Four years later, on April 18, 1865, he married 
 Miss Lucinda Paine, a daughter of William 
 Paine, who was a lifelong resident of Standish. 
 Mr. Paine was born on January 12, 1796, 
 
 and died November 8, 1881. For many years 
 he was engaged in the cooper's trade. He 
 was one of the foremost politicians of the 
 town, being a prominent factor of the Repub- 
 lican party, very active in town and county 
 affairs, serving as County Commissioner from 
 1854 until 1857, and during and after the war 
 as Town Clerk and Treasurer for two years. 
 For fifteen years thereafter he filled the office 
 of Deputy Sheriff, being likewise a member 
 of the Board of Selectmen; and from 1866 
 until his demise he was Postmaster at Stand- 
 ish. Religiously, he was a Unitarian. He 
 married Louisa, daughter of David Otis, of 
 Limington. Of their four children two are 
 now living — Lucinda P. (Mrs. Croston); and 
 Marcia A., wife of John D. Higgins. Mrs. 
 Paine, now eighty-nine years of age, lives 
 with her daughter, Mrs. Croston. She is a 
 member of the Congregational Church of 
 Standish. 
 
 After his second marriage Mr. Croston, who 
 continued his sea voyages, removed to Stand- 
 ish, where he purchased the residence now oc- 
 cupied by Mrs. Croston. Of this union two 
 children were born, but both have passed to 
 the life immortal. Mr. Croston died in 1886. 
 In politics he was a stanch Republican. Re- 
 ligiously, he attended and contributed toward 
 the support of the Congregational church, of 
 which Mrs. Croston is a member. He was a 
 Master Mason, belonging to the Standish 
 Lodge, and was also a member of the Marine 
 Association of Portland. 
 
 KRANKLIN A. SKILLINS, an able 
 and successful agriculturist, owning 
 and occupying a large farm at South 
 Portland, Me., formerly a part of Cape Eliza- 
 beth, is a native-born citizen, the date of his 
 birth being August 22, 1853. 
 
 Among the original settlers of Cape Eliza- 
 beth were a family of the name of Skillins; 
 and here Daniel Skillins, the paternal grand- 
 father of Franklin A., was born May 31, 
 1764, he being the fifth child and the eldest 
 son of his parents. He continued to reside on 
 the Cape during his entire life, becoming one 
 of the well-to-do farmers and a valued citi- 
 zen, doing his part toward promoting the 
 
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 growth and prosperity of this section of Cum- 
 berland County. He was an old-time Whig 
 and a regular attendant of the Methodist 
 church. His wife, Jane Johnson, bore him 
 eight children, Silas, father of Franklin, 
 being born on the present homestead, May 17, 
 1801. 
 
 Silas Skillins attended the pioneer schools, 
 and from his earliest boyhood days worked 
 on the farm, eventually succeeding to the 
 ownership of the old homestead property. In 
 1845 he erected a saw-mill on his place, and 
 for ten years or more he carried on the manu- 
 facture of lumber in conjunction with general 
 farming. He followed the faith of his father 
 in religion, but became a Democrat in his 
 political affiliations. He married on Novem- 
 ber 24, 1835, Miriam Ward, daughter of Na- 
 thaniel Ward, of Kennebunkport, Me. Of 
 their eight children that grew to years of dis- 
 cretion, five are now living, Franklin A. 
 being the youngest child. The eldest, Lucy 
 Ward Skillins, born August 18, 1836, died 
 November 23, 1840; Daniel Ward Skillins, 
 now a resident of Medford, Mass., was born 
 August II, 1838, and married Adelaide Gould, 
 of Kennebunkport; John Johnson, born Oc- 
 tober 29, 1840, learned the trade of a house 
 carpenter, and is now residing in Westbrook, 
 Me., where he married Mary Ellen Trickey; 
 Edwin Augustus, born June 23, 1846, died. 
 September 11, 1847; Hezekiah, born April 19, 
 1847, died September 14, the same year; 
 Silas Edwin, now of Richmond, Me., was born 
 November 12, 1848, and married Eunice Pur- 
 rington, of Bowdoin; Augustus Eugene, a 
 resident of Hartford, this State, born Febru- 
 ary 8, 1851, married Lois Anna Thompson, 
 of the Cape. 
 
 Franklin A. Skillins was the seventh son 
 born to the parental household. He received 
 his elementary education in the district schools 
 of the Cape, being further advanced in learn- 
 ing by an attendance at the Westbrook Semi- 
 nary. Mr. Skillins has since been busily 
 employed in agricultural pursuits on the home- 
 stead farm. The estate contains one hundred 
 and forty acres, of which over fifty are in a 
 good state of cultivation, yielding abundantly 
 of the crops common to this part of the coun- 
 try. By his personal integrity and his up- 
 
 right dealings with all with whom he has 
 business transactions Mr. Skillins has won 
 the confidence of his fellow-townsmen, and is 
 everywhere" held in high respect. Socially, 
 he is a rnember of the Golden Cross, No. 379, 
 and of Stroudwater Commandery, Knights 
 Templars; and, politically, he is a supporter 
 of the Democratic party. 
 
 Mr. Skillins and Anna Belle Chaplin, 
 daughter of Alonzo C. Chaplin, of this place, 
 were united in marriage on November 17, 
 1880; and their wedded life has been cheered 
 by the advent of three bright and interesting 
 children, namely: Harry Alonzo, , born No- 
 vember 12, 1881; Silas Franklin, born May 
 S, 1888; and Howard Chaplin, born June 11, 
 1893. 
 
 EDEDIAH AUGUSTINE PRATT, of 
 
 the Portland Paper Box Company, is a 
 native of Poland, Androscoggin County, 
 Me. He was born March 3, 1841, son 
 of Jedediah and Sarah (Partridge) Pratt. His 
 father was born and reared in Middleboro, 
 Mass. He came to Oxford, Oxford County, 
 this State, with his parents, and when only 
 sixteen years old he enlisted as a soldier in the 
 War of 18 12. His father, Aberdeen Pratt, 
 tried to have him released from service, but, 
 being unable, enlisted in the same company, 
 both serving until the close of the war, after 
 which they returned to Oxford. 
 
 Jedediah Pratt was a cooper by trade, carry- 
 ing on a substantial business at Poland for 
 many years. He was much respected for his 
 many sterling virtues, becoming quite active 
 in local affairs, and served his fellow-toWns- 
 men in many ways, being Selectman, Justice 
 of the Peace, and a Representative to the 
 State legislature one term. His wife was a 
 daughter of David Partridge, whose father was 
 one of the original settlers of Poland. Six 
 children were born to them, four, of whom 
 grew to mature years, namely : Louisa, wife of 
 David Small, of Gray, Me. ; Jedediah Augus- 
 tine; Aratus E., who removed from Maine to 
 Massachusetts, and in 1885 returned to Port- 
 land, where he died April 30, 1895, leaving a 
 family of children; and Mrs. Climena Leigh- 
 ton, who died, and also left a family. 
 
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 Neither of the parents is living, the father 
 having passed away when comparatively young, 
 in 1847, the mother surviving him thirty 
 years. Both were valued members of the Free 
 Will Baptist church. Jedediah Augustine 
 was but a child when his father died. He 
 soon afterward removed to Falmouth, where 
 he received good educational advantages, 
 later serving an apprenticeship at the wheel- 
 wright's trade. For some years Mr. Pratt 
 worked at various mechanical pursuits, start- 
 ing in business on his own account as a 
 wheelwright or carriage-maker, locating at 
 first at the foot of Deer Street and afterward 
 on Federal Street. He was next employed by 
 the government, having charge of the carpenter 
 department of forts in Maine and New Hamp- 
 shire, acting for five years as foreman of the 
 men employed. Resigning his government 
 position in 1876, he formed a partnership with 
 J. P. Libby, with him engaging in the manu- 
 facture of paper boxes under the present name, 
 continuing about a year, carrying on the busi- 
 ness in a modest way. Mr. Pratt then bought 
 out his partner's interest, and soon afterward, 
 in July, 1877, consolidated with his competi- 
 tors, Ayer & Dodge, these three men being 
 still associated at the present time, carrying 
 on an immense business. This company has 
 the oldest established box factory in the State, 
 and during its existence has made many tons 
 of boxes, which have found their way to every 
 part of the United States. Mr. Pratt has ac- 
 cumulated considerable wealth. He invests 
 his means judiciously, being the owner of val- 
 uable real estate; and recently he has pur- 
 chased the large, double brick house at the 
 corner of India and Newberry Streets. In 
 politics he is a steadfast Democrat, but not 
 an aspirant for official honors. 
 
 iDWIN C. TOWNSEND, a well-known 
 business man of Cumberland County, 
 prominent also in public affairs, has 
 spent the larger part of bis life in Freeport, 
 where his birth occurred, January 23,, 1834. 
 His paternal grandfather, Seth Townsend, a 
 native of the old Bay State, was a pioneer 
 settler of Freeport, and for many years served 
 in the State militia, holding a Major's com- 
 
 mission. He was a shipwright and calker by 
 trade, continuing in this occupation as long as 
 able to work, attaining a ripe old age. His 
 wife, Anna Curtis, to whom he was married 
 January 10, 1801, bore him eight children, five 
 sons and three daughters, whose names were : 
 Enos, Earl, Seth, Addison, Relief, Roxanna, 
 Caroline, and Ira C. , of whom but one is now 
 living — Mrs. Caroline Knight, of Woodford's. 
 Major Townsend was a Whig in politics and 
 a Congregational ist in religion. 
 
 Addison Townsend, father of Edwin C. , was 
 a lifelong resident of Freeport, where he owned 
 a good farm, and. was one of the leading busi- 
 ness men of his day. He was an extensive 
 dealer in wool and other merchandise, in 
 addition to which he marketed all kinds of 
 farm produce. He died March 8, 1891, at the 
 age of eighty-three years, six months, and 
 twenty-eight days, his wife, whose maiden 
 name was Harriet B. Jordan, surviving him 
 four years. She was born in this town De- 
 cember 8, 1802, being the second child of 
 William Jordan by his wife, Rebecca Orr, of 
 Harpswell, and died on the farm where she 
 was born, March 30, 1895, aged ninety-two^ 
 years, three months, and twenty-two days. 
 
 Four children, three sons and a daughter, 
 were born to the parental household. One 
 son, Emore T. , died January 21, 1887; 
 and Abbie A., the only daughter, died 
 October 12, 1887. The living are: Edwin 
 C. , the special subject of this sketch; 
 and David J., who occupies the old Jordan 
 homestead, which has been continuously in 
 possession of the family since July 8, 1778. 
 
 Edwin C. Townsend completed his educa- 
 tion in the old North Yarmouth Academy, 
 which has a more than local reputation, after- 
 ward fitting himself for a civil engineer and 
 land surveyor. He studied civil engineering 
 with Professor Smythe, of Bowdoin College, 
 and had early practice with Charles J. Noyes, 
 a civil engineer on the Kennebec & Portland 
 Railroad. Mr. Townsend has done much 
 surveying in this part of the county. He is 
 also widely known as one of the early teachers 
 of the county, having taught with great success 
 for sixty terms, numbering among his pupils 
 many who have since attained places of impor- 
 tance in the literary world, in business, and in 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 the professions. Mr. Townsend, who has 
 always labored to promote the cause of popular 
 education, has but recently resigned his posi- 
 tion on the School Board, of which he had 
 been'a member for fifteen years. In this his 
 native town he has held all of the local 
 ofifices excepting that of Treasurer, having 
 been Clerk, Selectman, and Moderator many 
 years and a member of the Board of County 
 Commissioners in 1872, 1873, and 1874. At 
 the present time he is a Trial Justice, and is 
 also devoting his attention to surveying, real 
 estate, and probate business, having a large 
 practice, his ability and integrity being 
 widely recognized. In politics he aflfiliates 
 with the Republican party; and in religion he 
 is liberal and consistent, believing in any and 
 all systems of divine faith and worship that 
 tend to improve the mental and moral condi- 
 tions of mankind. 
 
 Mr. Townsend has many ancient papers, 
 plans, and records, valuable to himself as 
 family relics and valuable to the community 
 in which he resides. He is quite prominent in 
 social circles, belonging to Freeport Lodge, 
 A. F. & A. M. ; to Dunlap Chapter of Bruns- 
 wick ; to Ligonia Lodge, Independent Order 
 of Odd Fellows, of Portland; and to the East- 
 ern Star Encampment of Portland. 
 
 Mr. Townsend and Caroline Field, daughter 
 of William B. and Relief Townsend Field, of 
 Freeport, were married on October 31, 1858, 
 and their thirty years of wedlock were blessed 
 by the birth of three children ; namely, Evie 
 C, Fred M., and Anna M. Into this happy 
 household one deep shadow has come, the 
 mother having passed from earth October 16, 
 1889, aged fifty-six years, two months, and 
 twelve days; but the silent benediction of her 
 pure and gentle life is ever present with the 
 family. 
 
 ^EFeRNALD L. KEENE, a sagacious and 
 pl^ enterprising farmer of Otisfield, was 
 born in Oxford, Me., May 3, 1851, 
 son of Lemuel C. and Martha E. (Emery) 
 Keene. His father was a native and lifelong 
 resident of Oxford, where he was prosperously 
 engaged as a tiller of the soil during the 
 active period of his life, being known as an 
 
 industrious farmer and a useful citizen. He 
 died October 21, 1865. His wife, Martha.E. 
 Emery, who was a native of Poland, Me., 
 became the mother of four children, namely: 
 William E., who died October 5, 1865; Fer- 
 nald L. ; Anna E., who died August 13, 1858; 
 and Ida F. , whose death occurred September 
 21, 1862 — the only living child being Fernald 
 L. , the subject of this sketch. The mother 
 died October 29, 1865. 
 
 Fernald L. Keene received his education 
 in the common schools of Oxford; and, as his 
 parents died when he was fourteen years old, 
 he was thus early thrown upon his own re- 
 sources. He found employment as a farm 
 laborer in Oxford and the vicinity until reach- 
 ing the age of twenty, at which time he went 
 to Boston, and for the succeeding two years 
 was employed at a public institution. He 
 then spent two years as a car conductor, at the 
 expiration of which time he secured a position 
 as employee at the Massachusetts Insane Asy- 
 lum in Worcester, where he remained for a 
 like period. Returning to Maine, he pur- 
 chased a farm in Otisfield, which he carried 
 on for a short time, and then selling out went 
 to Providence, R. I. , where he passed the next 
 two years as an officer at the House of Correc- 
 tion. Thence he went to Meriden, Conn., and 
 was for four years superintendent of the 
 Reform School Farm at that place, cajDably 
 performing the duties of the position. In 
 1888 he bought his present farm in Otisfield, 
 and has since resided here, being j^rofitably 
 engaged in agriculture, which he finds a con- 
 genial occupation. He owns one hundred 
 and forty acres of well-located land, upon 
 which he has made various improvements; and 
 besides general farming and stock-raising he 
 has for several years devoted some attention 
 to the entertainment of summer boarders, hav- 
 ing every convenience for their comfort, and 
 having admirably succeeded in attracting and 
 retaining their patronage. 
 
 On May 25, 1884, Mr. Keene was united 
 in marriage with Miss Kate Louisa Black, 
 who was born in Devonshire, England, 
 August 12, 1858, a daughter of James Gibson 
 and Mary Elizabeth (Burnett) Black. Her 
 parents, who were prosperous farmers in Eng- 
 land, are both now deceased, her father dying 
 
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 251 
 
 in 1866, and her mother in 1873. After their 
 death she came to the United States to live 
 with her sister, and was for some time a resi- 
 dent of Keene, N. H. She was subsequently 
 employed at the House of Correction in Provi- 
 dence, R. I., where she first met her husband; 
 and they were married in Meriden, Conn. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Keene have one son, William 
 L. , who was born in Meriden, Conn., June 26, 
 1885. Mr. Keene is a Democrat in politics, 
 and has ably filled several of the town offices. 
 His society affiliations are with the Indepen- 
 dent Order of Odd Fellows in Worcester, 
 Mass. In his religious views he is a Baptist, 
 Mrs. Keene being an Episcopalian. 
 
 jRNESTO PONCE, proprietor of the 
 Granite Spring Cafe, 86 Exchange 
 -^0^ Street, Portland, Me., and also of 
 Granite Spring Hotel and Casino on Long 
 Island, Portland Harbor, was born in Santan- 
 der, Spain, September 6, 1844, son of Thomas 
 and Mary (Gontalis) Ponce. Mr. Ponce's 
 father, who is still living, has always followed 
 mercantile pursuits, and is at the present time 
 a wholesale flour merchant in Santander. His 
 family consists of five children, namely: Er- 
 nesto, the subject of this sketch, who is the 
 only one of them in America; Manuel, An- 
 tonio, Maria Josefa, and Becenta, all of whom 
 are residing in Spain. The mother died in 
 1856. 
 
 Ernesto Ponce was educated in the schools 
 of Santander. At the age of sixteen, with the 
 view of seeking his fortune in the New World, 
 he went to Havana, Cuba, where he entered 
 the employment of the famous cigar manufact- 
 urer, Cabanas, with whom he remained for two 
 years. He continued to follow that branch of 
 industry, working for other firms for some 
 time, and finally established a cigar manufact- 
 uring business upon his own account in Ha- 
 vana, which he successfully conducted for ten 
 years. He then came to the United States, 
 making the city of Portland his point of desti-' 
 nation ; and, after spending a year in seeing the 
 country and obtaining a knowledge of the Eng- 
 lish language, he here established himself in 
 the cigar manufacturing business. He carried 
 on a profitable trade for some years, during 
 
 which time he accumulated considerable cap- 
 ital ; and, being favorably impressed with the 
 real estate interests as a good field for invest- 
 ment, he at length relinquished his former 
 line of business and engaged in the buying and 
 developing of unoccupied land. 
 
 In 1876 he opened the Granite Spring Hotel 
 on Long Island in Portland Harbor, and he 
 has had the satisfaction of seeing his place be- 
 come one of the most popular resorts in Casco 
 Bay. The Granite Spring Hotel is located 
 about six miles from the city; and Mr. Ponce 
 owns about ten acres of land upon the island, 
 and also the wharf known as Ponce's Landing, 
 directly in front of the hotel. He has erected 
 nine pleasant cottages for the accommodation- 
 of summer boarders, and also the Casino 
 Theatre, which affords first-class amusement 
 during the season. There is a finely equipped 
 bowling alley, with other attractive means for 
 pleasure and exercise; and the grounds are 
 tastefully laid out. The development of this 
 property has necessarily required a heavy out- 
 lay, but the popularity of the house and its 
 proprietor -is sufficient to insure profitable 
 returns for the investment. 
 
 The resort is easily reached by a regular line 
 of fast steamers. Not the least attractive 
 feature of the spot is the well-known Granite 
 Spring, the water of which is said to rival that 
 of the famous Poland Spring in its curative 
 power; and it has been aptly said that, "while 
 Ponce de Leon went to Florida in quest of the 
 fountain of youth and found malaria, Ponce 
 of Exchange Street went to Long Island in 
 quest of the fountain of health and found the 
 Granite Spring." Mr. Ponce is doing a large 
 and profitable business at his Granite Spring 
 Cafe, 86 Exchange Street, and is also renew- 
 ing his former success as a dealer in fine 
 cigars. He is a Democrat in politics. 
 
 -rp7\UFUS K. JORDAN is the efficient 
 I ^-^ superintendent of George H. Ray- 
 IbV mond's foundry in Westbrook. He 
 
 ^""^ was born in this city, November 28, 
 1863, son of George D. and Elizabeth C. 
 (Bixby) Jordan. His grandfather, Israel Jor- 
 dan, was a native of Gray, Me., and in early 
 life became a sea captain, being engaged priur 
 
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 cipally in the West India trade. He finally 
 abandoned the sea, and, settling upon a farm 
 in Gray, there passed the rest of his life. He 
 was an esteemed and useful citizen, and he and 
 his wife reared a family of two children. 
 
 George D. Jordan, father of Rufus K., was 
 born in Gray, and, when a young man, learned 
 the shoemaker's trade, which he followed for 
 some time. He subsequently engaged in car- 
 pentering, and for some years was employed at 
 S. D. Warren's paper manufactory at Cumber- 
 land Mills as general repairer. He was after- 
 ward watchman at the mills, but after a ser- 
 vice of three years in that capacity was force.d 
 to retire on account of failing health; and he 
 died in 1882. He was twice married. His 
 first wife, by maiden name Sally Tower, be- 
 came the mother of two children. His second 
 wife, Elizabeth C. Bixby, had but one child. 
 Rufus K. 
 
 Rufus K. Jordan was educated in the public 
 schools of Westbrook; and, after completing 
 his course there, he studied civil engineering 
 with S. L. Stevenson, of Gorham, Me., under 
 whose direction he worked for about six years. 
 He then spent six months in surveying the 
 mountain division of the Maine Central Rail- 
 road system, during which time he had charge 
 of the work; and upon finishing operations for 
 the company he returned to Westbrook. He 
 was next employed, under contract, in conduct- 
 ing the foundry department of George H. Ray- 
 mond's machine works, an undertaking which 
 he ably carried on for two years, at the expira- 
 tion of that time accepting the post of super- 
 intendent of the foundry, a position he has 
 capably filled for the past four years. He has 
 a thorough knowledge of the business ; and, as 
 he possesses executive ability of a high order, 
 he IS a valuable acquisition to the enterprise. 
 In 1885 Mr. Jordan was united in marriage 
 to Iva B. Quimby, a daughter of George 
 guimby who died in 1877. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Jordan have two children -George K., who is 
 attending school in Westbrook; and Carrie 
 M.. an infant. In politics Mr. Jordan is a 
 Democrat; but, although taking a deep interest 
 in public affairs, he has no political aspira- 
 uT'f w u' ^ ^T"^*" '°^'^"^' being a mem- 
 oL ^fTT^ '^"^^' ^°- 35, Imperial 
 Order of Red Men; and he readily gives his 
 
 support to any movement for the general im- 
 provement of the community. Both he and 
 his wife attend the Congregational church. 
 
 OHN FARWELL ANDERSON, who 
 died in Portland, Christmas Day, 1887, 
 was a man of remarkable ability and 
 sterling character. He was bofn July 
 22, 1823, in Portland, in the. house on Con- 
 gress Street now numbered 633. He was 
 the son of the Hon. John Anderson and his 
 wife, Ann Williams Jameson, and through 
 both father and mother was of Scotch-Irish 
 descent. The following biographical sketch 
 is abridged from the interesting memoir by 
 the Rev. George M. Bodge, published. ip the 
 New Efigland Historical and Genealogical 
 Register for April, 1889. 
 
 His first ancestor on the paternal side in 
 this country was John Anderson, a Scotch- 
 Irish immigrant, who married in Watertown, 
 Mass., July 16, 1706, Rebecca Waight. 
 Their son Abraham, who was born August 18, 
 1708, was a pioneer of New Marblehead, now 
 Windham, Me., and cleared and improved a 
 farm near the centre of the town. This farm 
 is still in the family, and has been enlarged 
 and improved by .each succeeding generation. 
 Abraham Anderson was a man of great in- 
 fluence in the development of the new town ; 
 and after its incorporation he was the first 
 Representative to the General Court, in 1767- 
 68. He died in 1769. 
 
 Abraham, Jr., his successor in the owner- 
 ship of the homestead, was his youngest son 
 by his second wife, Mrs.' Ann Colin Cloutman, 
 widow of Edward Cloutman, of Gorham, who 
 was taken by the Indians in 1746, and died in 
 captivity. Abraham, the younger, possessed 
 much of his father's energy and ability. He 
 married Lucy, daughter of the Rev. Peter 
 Thacher Smith and grand-daughter of the 
 Rev. Thomas Smith, the first minister of 
 Falmouth, now Portland ; and they had seven 
 children. Their third son, John, who was 
 born July 29, 1792, was the father of the 
 special subject of this sketch. 
 
 John Anderson was graduated from Bowdoin 
 College in the class of 18 13, studied law in the 
 office of Stephen Longfellow in Portland, was 
 
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 admitted to the Cumberland bar in 1816, and 
 at once entered upon a prosperous practice. 
 He became actively engaged in politics, and 
 in 1824 was elected representative to Con- 
 gress, holding his seat through repeated re- 
 elections till 1833. From 1833 to 1836 he 
 was United States District Atorney, and in 
 the latter year was made Collector of Portland. 
 On the retirement of Mr. Bancroft from the 
 office of Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Anderson 
 was offered the appointment, but declined. 
 He was twice Mayor of Portland, and was in- 
 fluential in securing the construction of the 
 Atlantic & St. Lawrence Railroad. His char- 
 acter and qualifications made him a leader 
 among men, and his courtesy and manly bear- 
 ing won him a host of friends. September 23, 
 1822, he married Ann Williams Jameson, 
 daughter of Captain Samuel and Ann (Hitch- 
 borne) Jameson, the former of Freeport, Me., 
 the latter of Boston. Mrs. Anderson, it is 
 said, "was a woman of rare beauty and intel- 
 lect, whose brilliant social qualities and wide 
 benevolence added greatly to her husband's 
 success in life and to the happiness of all 
 who knew her." John Farwell was their eld- 
 est son. 
 
 John Farwell Anderson first studied at the 
 old Portland Academy under Principal Bezaleel 
 Cushman, and, when about nine years of age, 
 was sent with his- brother, Samuel J. (after- 
 ward General Anderson), to a private home 
 school at Cape Elizabeth. Later he again at- 
 tended school at Portland, and in 1838 and 
 1839 studied at Gorham Academy. In 1839 
 Mr. Anderson took up the study of civil en- 
 gineering, completing his course at Tyngs- 
 boro, Mass., under Captain Green of the regu- 
 lar army, and in 1843 was appointed assistant 
 engineer on the Commission of the North- 
 eastern Boundary Survey, established by the 
 Webster and Ashburton Treaty to trace the 
 boundary line between the American and 
 British possessions. The scientific corps of 
 the United States was in charge of Colonel 
 James D. Graham. 
 
 Mr. Anderson was appointed first assistant 
 to Mr. Folliot Thornton Lally, whose head- 
 quarters were at Houlton, Me. ; and the next 
 year he was assigned to the party under Alex- 
 ander. W. Longfellow. Their section of the 
 
 line was to be laid along Hall's Stream 
 through an unbroken wilderness, and marked 
 with mile posts of cast iron ; and a party of 
 wood choppers had to go forward and cut a 
 range way. All supplies for the engineering 
 party were carried from Canaan, Vt., on the 
 backs of men employed for the purpose, called 
 "sackers." Each day the engineers moved 
 the line along the river, and each night 
 pitched their tent upon a new spot, sleeping 
 upon beds of boughs. The wild freedom of 
 the woods was in harmony with the broad free 
 nature of the young man, and doubtless con- 
 firmed him in the pursuit of his arduous call- 
 ing. 
 
 In the year 1846 and in the winter of 1847 
 Mr. Anderson was employed in the Washing- 
 ton ofifice of the Commission, and while there 
 he was introduced to the highest social circles, 
 enjoying the personal friendship of President 
 Polk, who had been a warm friend of his 
 father while they were in Congress together, 
 and was cordially received in the inner circle 
 of the household of Mrs. Polk, who had been 
 an intimate friene^ of his mother. In March, 
 1847, he left Washington to return to his native 
 city, to which he was deeply attached. He 
 was engaged as assistant civil engineer on the 
 Androscoggin & Kennebec and the Portland 
 & Kennebec Junction Railroads, in 1850 was 
 appointed assistant engineer of the York & 
 Cumberland Railroad; and from 1851 to 1853 
 he was chief engineer and acting superintend- 
 ent of that road. In 1852 he was city engineer 
 of Portland. 
 
 In August, 1853, his father died, leaving to 
 him the old homestead, one of the best farms 
 in Cumberland County. Mr. Anderson at 
 once began to improve and enlarge the farm, 
 of which he made a most beautiful estate; and 
 his neighborly relations with the farmers of 
 the vicinity, whom he was always ready to 
 help and encourage, made him much beloved. 
 The influence of his example was soon evident 
 in the improvement of other farms, especially 
 in the impulse given to stock breeding by his 
 handsome herd of Devonshire cattle, the finest 
 in New England. In 1858 he was chosen a 
 member of the State Board of Agriculture for 
 the County of Cumberland for three years, 
 and the last year was made Vice-President of 
 
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 the Board; and he was its President in 1864, 
 1865, and 1 866. 
 
 In 1867 he was persuaded to leave the farm 
 to take the position of chief engineer of the 
 Portland & Rochester Railroad; and in 1869 
 he was appointed chief engineer of the Port- 
 land & Ogdensburg Railroad, the building of 
 which gave for the first time full scope to his 
 powers, his achievements on that line being the 
 admiration of experts. The ability which he 
 displayed in solving the difficult problem of 
 the passage through the White Mountains is 
 thus spoken of by Professor George L. Vose: 
 "I doubt if even his fellow-townsmen fully 
 appreciate the professional skill shown by Mr. 
 Anderson in the location and construction of 
 the Ogdensburg Railroad through the Crawford 
 Notch. The work has marked him as one of 
 the best railroad engineers, not only in this 
 country, but in the world. The plans and re- 
 ports of that work have become a regular part 
 of the course of instruction in the best Euro- 
 pean technical schools. . . . There are many 
 places on the road . . . where an error of a 
 dozen feet in the position of the line would 
 easily have quadrupled the cost." 
 
 In 1873 Mr. Anderson was appointed by the 
 Governor Railroad Commissioner of Maine, 
 and that office he retained during life. In 
 1884 President Nickerson of the California 
 Southern Railroad Company engaged Mr. 
 Anderson as special engineer to examine the 
 roads and estimate the damage caused by 
 recent floods; and he was absent on this duty 
 one month, travelling night and day, doing 
 his work thoroughly and efficiently, and making 
 valuable suggestions for guarding against 
 future floods. In 1886, as chief engineer, he 
 directed the building of the Bangor & Piscata- 
 quis Railroad to Moosehead Lake. 
 
 Mr. Anderson was married to Miss Marcia 
 Bowman Winter, daughter of Captain Samuel 
 Winter, of Portland, an adopted daughter of 
 Dr. John Merrill, of this city, on March 30, 
 1847, and the following children were born of 
 their union: Anne Hitchborn, who married 
 Charles W. Lord; Marcia Winter, who was 
 twice married, her first husband being F J 
 Edtnands, her second E. G. Spring; Isabel 
 Merrill, who died in infancy; and Frances 
 Perley, who married Charles Thornton Davis. 
 
 Mrs. Anderson is a lady of rare culture and 
 amiable disposition. 
 
 Mr. Anderson was a strong and lifelong 
 Democrat, but never entered active politics. 
 He took great pleasure in antiquarian and his- 
 torical studies, and was a diligent collector of 
 genealogical data, especially of the old Wind- 
 ham families, and records and relics of local 
 history. He was a valued member of the 
 Maine Historical Society, and also of the 
 New England Historic Genealogical Society. 
 Of the former organization he was the first 
 President, and he was active in its formation ; 
 and with his friend, Mr. S..M. Watson, as edi- 
 tor and publisher, he was instrumental in es- 
 tablishing the Maine Genealogical Recorder^ to 
 which he contributed much valuable matter. 
 
 In closing this sketch, we quote again from 
 Prof essor Vose : "Always devoted to his pro- 
 fession, tireless in carrying out the details of 
 his work, when the time came for rest he was 
 the most genial of companions. Fond of a 
 good story and eminently able to tell one, he 
 has been the life of many an engineering party 
 around the camp fire, and has beguiled many 
 an hour on the stage top by his unbounded 
 cheerfulness. For myself, I feel that I have 
 lost one whose opinion upon professional 
 matters has never failed me, and one of my 
 best and oldest friends." Mr. Anderson's 
 mortal remains lie in the old Anderson Ceme- 
 tery at Windham in the family tomb, where 
 rests the dust of three generations of his an- 
 cestors. 
 
 OSEPH S. WEBSTER, an esteemed 
 citizen and one of the leading business 
 men of the town of Standish, was born 
 February 5, 1835, i" this town, being 
 a son of Joseph and Mary (Smith) Webster. 
 His grandfather, Thomas Webster, was at one 
 time one of the wealthiest residents of Port- 
 land, being the owner of a large number of 
 vessels, many of which were captured by the 
 French. He was three times married. He 
 died in Portland at the age of seventy years. 
 His son, Joseph Webster, was born' in Port- 
 land in 1799, and was there bred and edu- 
 cated. In early life he removed to Standish, 
 and engaged in mercantile business at Sebago 
 
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 Lake, where he spent, his remaining years, 
 dying in 1869. His wife, Mary, daughter of 
 Ephraim Smith, of Gorham, this county, bore 
 him five children, of whom but two are now 
 living — Richard Stone Webster and Joseph S. 
 Webster, both unmarried. 
 
 Joseph S. Webster acquired a substantial 
 education in the schools of Standish, going 
 from this place to Portland, where he was em- 
 ployed as a clerk for some time. In 1857 he 
 went to Minneapolis, Minn., making that city 
 his place of residence for six years. Return- 
 ing then to the scenes of his early life, he 
 settled in Standish, and has since resided here. 
 In 1870 Mr. Webster established himself in 
 business at Sebago Lake; and in the following 
 year he built his present store, which he has 
 conducted with great success, having an exten- 
 sive and lucrative trade. In politics he 
 affiliates with the Republican party. He is 
 a regular attendant of the Congregational 
 church, toward the support of which he con- 
 tributes liberally. He is also a member of 
 the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Standish 
 Lodge, No. 70. 
 
 -ACOB PARKER SHATTUCK, a suc- 
 cessful and extensive agriculturist and 
 a respected citizen of East Deering, 
 . Cumberland County, Me., is a Massa- 
 chusetts man by birth and breeding, having 
 been born March 27, 1821, in the town of 
 Groton, Middlesex County. He comes of 
 ancient Colonial stock, whose emigrant pro- 
 genitor, settled in Watertown, Mass., as early 
 as 1640. Mr. Shattuck's grandfather. Cap- 
 tain Job Shattuck, of Groton, served his 
 country valiantly in the Revolution, being 
 energetic in raising recruits and taking an ac- 
 tive part in several campaigns. A few years 
 later he was a leader in Shays's Rebellion. 
 (See "History of Groton, Mass.") 
 
 William Shattuck, father of Jacob, was 
 born November 16, 1786, in Groton Centre, 
 Mass., being the eldest of a family of seven 
 children. He was educated in the district 
 schools of his native town, and was trained to 
 agricultural work on the parental farm. He 
 was but a youth when his father died ; and he 
 was left with the care of the farm, and his 
 
 widowed mother and her young family to look 
 after, the heavy duties thus devolving upon 
 him being in practical matters faithfully per- 
 formed. Possessing unusual capabilities, a dis- 
 cerning mind, and a sound judgment, he became 
 one of the most influential men in the town. 
 An ardent Democrat, he took a very promi- 
 nent part in local politics, for several years 
 serving as Selectman and on the Town Com- 
 mittee, besides which he was a Representative 
 in the State legislature a number of terms. 
 He was a very decided and outspoken oppo- 
 nent of all secret societies, having an espe- 
 cial antipathy for the Masonic Order, and, 
 though a sincere Christian, refused to unite 
 with the church, as members of secret or- 
 ganizations were there admitted to member- 
 ship. He married Sarah, daughter of Jacob 
 Parker, of Groton, and to them nine children 
 were born, namely : Frances, wife of George 
 "May, of Lancaster, Mass.; Jacob Parker; 
 Antoinette, wife of Frank Nutting, of Otis- 
 field, Me.; William; Mary Jane; Charles; 
 Sarah, wife of Samuel Shattuck; Eugene; and 
 Josephine, the wife of the Rev. Lucius Smith, 
 D.D., for many years editor of the Watch- 
 man. Mrs. Sarah P. Shattuck was a woman 
 of cultivation and refinement, and, like her 
 husband, was a devoted Christian. 
 
 Jacob P. Shattuck was educated in the com- 
 mon schools and at the Lawrence Academy in 
 Groton, and on his leaving school, at the age 
 of eighteen years, his father gave him his 
 time. The following year he worked for his 
 father on the home farm, going then to Bos- 
 ton, where he was employed for two years on 
 a dredging machine. He walked from Boston 
 to Groton to cast his first vote, the candidate 
 for whom he voted being George S. Boutwell. 
 In the fall of that ygar, with the money saved 
 while working on the dredger, Mr. Shattuck 
 bought a yoke of oxen and a horse; and with 
 these he filled a -contract of carting for James 
 Farnsworth. The succeeding spring he sold 
 his oxen and horse, and resumed his former 
 occupation in Boston, remaining there another 
 two years. Mr. Shattuck then followed the 
 tide of emigration westward, going to Athens, 
 Ohio, where he purchased a tract of unim- 
 proved land, on which he reared a log house, 
 and then began the task of redeeming a farm 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 from the primeval forest. In those days the 
 pioneers used to smoke their bacon and hams 
 by placing them in a barrel, which they sus- 
 pended over a fire. One day, leaving his 
 hams smoking, Mr. Shattuck started out with 
 a yoke of oxen to build a road ; and on his re- 
 turn his log cabin and all that it had con- 
 tained were in ashes. He subsequently rebuilt 
 the cabin, and then purchased three hundred 
 and sixty acres more of land; but the hardships 
 of this life proved too much for his constitu- 
 tion, and broken in health he returned East. 
 
 In 1849 Mr. Shattuck came to this State, 
 securing work in Portland on a dredger run by 
 five horses. Soon after, going to Boston, 
 through the influence of John B. Brown, he 
 bought a steam dredger, with which he re- 
 turned to Portland, where he did a large 
 amount of work for the Maine Central Railway 
 Company. Mr. Shattuck also did between 
 eighty and ninety thousand dollars' worth of 
 dredging in Portland Harbor, in order that the 
 "Great Eastern" might be brought into this 
 port. He continued in this profitable business 
 until 1864, when he returned to his property 
 in Ohio. There he built a steam saw-mill, 
 which cost him fourteen thousand five hun- 
 dred dollars, and began sawing the timber on 
 his land; but, before he had much headway, 
 his mill was burned to the ground, the loss 
 being total, as he had no insurance. He then 
 sold the mill site, and gave the remainder of 
 the property to his brother Eugene, returning 
 with his wife and son in 1868 to Portland, 
 subsequently settling in Deering, on the farm 
 which he had purchased in 1858, and where he 
 has since resided. This farm contains two 
 hundred and fifty acres of land, the most of 
 which is under cultivation. He annually 
 raises large crops of hay, the yield usually 
 exceeding a hundred tons. Mr. Shattuck dis- 
 posed of his steam dredger to Captain William 
 Willard for ten thousand dollars. Although 
 past seventy-five years of age, Mr. Shattuck 
 is hale and hearty, with the physical and 
 mental vigor of a man a score of years 
 younger. A keen-sighted, clear-headed man 
 of business, he has been unusually successful 
 in worldly matters, notwithstanding his various 
 losses, being now in affluent circumstances. 
 Mr. Shattuck was united in marriage March 
 
 27, 1863, with Martha Lord, daughter of 
 Stephen Lord, of Windham. The only child 
 of this union is a son, William P. Shattuck^ 
 of Mobile, Ala. 
 
 /pTTo 
 
 EORGE W. CASH has been engaged 
 V S I in mercantile business at Cash's 
 ^ — ^ Corner, South Portland, Me., for 
 more than a quarter of a century. He was 
 born in the town of Cape Elizabeth, of which 
 South Portland was formerly a part, on March 
 31, 1 84 1. His father, Stephen Cash, was a 
 grandson of Nathaniel Cash, who was a life- 
 long resident of Cape Elizabeth. Nathaniel 
 Cash was a large landholder, and engaged in 
 tilling the soil during his working years, liv- 
 ing to the ripe old age of fourscore. His 
 wife, whose maiden name was Lucy Strout, 
 bore him six children, all being reared in this 
 locality. 
 
 Stephen Cash grew to manhood in the place 
 of his nativity, and was early engaged in agri- 
 cultural labors. Enlisting in the army, he 
 served through the Mexican War, and on his 
 return home settled on a farm in this town, 
 which was afterward his permanent abiding- 
 place. -Of the children born to him and his 
 wife, Elizabeth Palmer, who was a daughter of 
 John Palmer, of Cape Elizabeth, the following 
 are now living: William Cash, Mrs. Elizabeth 
 Styles, George W., and Mrs. Lucy Pike. 
 
 George W. Cash acquired his education in 
 his native town, and on leaving school learned 
 the cooper's trade of N. Hasty in Portland, 
 continuing in that occupation for three years. 
 The succeeding seven years Mr. Cash was em- 
 ployed in the Portland glass factory, which he 
 then left, in order that he might establish him- 
 self in business. Coming to Cash's Corner 
 in 1869, he opened a grocery store on his 
 present location, and since that time has been 
 actively identified with the welfare of the 
 place. It is largely owing to the energetic 
 enterprise and practical sagacity of Mr. Cash' 
 that this thriving village has attained its pres- 
 ent prosperous condition, he having erected 
 many of the buildings and in every wky as- 
 sisted in the growth and advancement of the 
 place. 
 
 Mr. Cash was united in marriage November 
 
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 6, 1864, with Miss Olive A., daughter of 
 Anice Littlefield, of Kennebunk, this State. 
 Eleven children have been born to Mr. and 
 Mrs. Cash, and the seven here named are now 
 living: Alice W., born June i, 1866, is the 
 wife of Charles Hayden, of Massachusetts, 
 and has three children — Orville, Sadie, and 
 Tena Belle; Henry E., now in business with 
 his father, was the first Postmaster of the 
 office at Cash's Corner, having served from 
 1891 until the present year, and he was born 
 August 24, 1867, and was married February 
 
 7, 1893, to Rosamond Rogers, of Knights- 
 ville; Herbert E. was born January 28, 1869; 
 Nellie M., born February 22, 1873, married 
 Clarence Newland; Georgie B. was born 
 July II, 1882; Carrie May was born Novem- 
 ber 6, 1885; and Harold E. was born January 
 
 8, 1888. All are at home with their parents. 
 Mr. Cash is a vigorous supporter of the prin- 
 ciples of the Republican party. Socially, he 
 is prominent in the Order of Odd Fellows, 
 being a member of Lagonia Lodge, No. 5, and 
 of the Eastern Star Encampment, No. 2. Re- 
 ligiously, he is a consistent member of the 
 Methodist church, while his wife, who holds 
 liberal views on the subject of Christianity, 
 is a regular attendant of the Unitarian church. 
 
 T^OLONEL GEORGE F. McQUILLAN, 
 I v-^ attorney and counsellor-at-law, 98 Ex- 
 \% change Street, Portland, Me., was 
 
 ^ born in Naples, Me., April 18, 
 
 1849, son of the Rev. Hugh and Elvira 
 (Wight) McQuillan, both natives of Maine. 
 He is a descendant of the McQuillans who en- 
 tered Ireland with the earliest English adven- 
 turers, and were the ancient lords of the 
 northern coast and the surrounding district, 
 from Dunseverick Castle, in County Antrim, 
 near'the Giant's Causeway, to Dunluce Castle. 
 Dunseverick, which tradition says was built by 
 the McQuillans, is now a heap of ruins; and 
 Dunluce, though dismantled and crumbling 
 with age, is still recognizable as a once strong 
 and beautiful fortress. The McQuillans were 
 lords of this part of Ireland as late as the reign 
 of Queen Elizabeth. Their downfall dates from 
 the marriage of the daughter of McQuillan, 
 Lord of Dunluce, with MacDonnell, a chief- 
 
 tain from the opposite Scottish Highlands. 
 MacDonnell subsequently took possession of 
 the Antrim territory, and got King James I. 
 to confirm him as the owner, since which the 
 MacDonnells have been Earls of Antrim. The 
 McQuillans, deprived of their possessions, 
 became scattered through the northern part of 
 the country, and thence to other parts of the 
 world. John McQuillan, grandfather of 
 Colonel McQuillan, was born in the north of 
 Ireland. A man of fine form and good phy- 
 sique, he entered the English navy, and in 
 time became a subordinate officer. He left 
 the service of the English government at 
 Portland, Me., and afterward settled in Gor- 
 ham, marrying Olive Edwards, a native of that 
 town, who was his second wife. John Mc- 
 Quillan died in Gorham in 1807, and his wife 
 died there in 1820. 
 
 The Rev. Hugh McQuillan, the second son 
 of John and Olive (Edwards) McQuillan, was 
 born in Gorham, Me., July 18, 1803. After 
 the death of his father he lived with and was 
 educated by a gentleman in Windham, Me., 
 until he was twenty-one years of age. He was 
 ordained a minister in the denomination of 
 Christian Baptists, and was engaged in evan- 
 gelical work up to the time of his death, 
 which occurred in Casco, lyie., April 14, 
 1 86 1. He was married in Naples, Me., in 
 1842 to Elvira Wight, who was born in Otis- 
 field, Me., April 16, 1807, and was a member 
 of an old family who settled in Dedham, Nor- 
 folk County, Mass., as early as 1636. Mrs. 
 McQuillan was a noble woman, and after her 
 husband's death kept her little family to- 
 gether, and gave them the best educational ad- 
 vantages within her means. She died in Yar- 
 mouth, Me., November 27, 1881. Hugh and 
 Elvira (Wight) McQuillan had three children 
 — Rufus H., Liza A., and George F. Rufus 
 H. was born in Naples Me., November 18, 
 1844. When a youth of seventeen he enlisted 
 as a private, joining Company G, First Regi- 
 ment, United States Infantry, May 24, 1862, 
 and shared in the second battle of Bull Run, 
 Antietam, South Mountain, the first battle of 
 Fredericksburg, and the siege of Vicksburg, 
 from May 19 to July 4, 1863. During the 
 last year he served as Orderly to the general 
 commanding at New Orleans. He was dis- 
 
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 charged at New Orleans, May 24, 1865. On 
 leaving the army he engaged in the lumber 
 business, having charge at different times of 
 various lumber-mills in the West. He went 
 to Yarmouth, Me., to reside in 1880, where 
 he engaged in the lumber business and opened 
 up a large hardware store. In politics he was 
 a Republican, and was Deputy Sheriff at Yar- 
 mouth under Sheriff Benjamin True for two 
 years. He always took great interest in 
 Grand Army affairs, and was the first Com- 
 mander of the Post at Yarmouth. He was a 
 business man of the strictest integrity, and 
 was one of the best-known and most highly 
 respected citizens of Yarmouth. March 17, 
 1874, he married Alma B. Sawyer in Ray- 
 mond, Me. He died April 23, 1896, at Yar- 
 mouth, after a ten days' illness of pneumonia, 
 leaving her and three children — Hugh D., 
 George H., and Rufus Leroy. Liza A. 
 McQuillan was born in Naples, Me. She 
 resides in Portland, and is unmarried. 
 
 Colonel George F. McQuillan passed his 
 boyhood days in the town of Raymond, He 
 attended the common schools, and fitted for 
 college at North Bridgton Academy. He 
 graduated from Bowdoin in the class of 1875, 
 his expenses having been partly paid by his 
 mother and partly covered by what he earned 
 by teaching school. His college course was 
 marked by good fellowship. Everybody liked 
 "Mac," as he was familiarly called. He took 
 quite an interest in boating, being one year a 
 member of the University crew. After grad- 
 uating from college he taught in high schools 
 in the northern part of Cumberland County for 
 two years. He then took up the study of law 
 with the Hon. Bion Bradbury, of Portland. 
 He was admitted to the bar October 14, 1879, 
 and practised one year at Casco. He moved 
 to Portland in October, 1880, where he has 
 since been in active practice. Besides being 
 a member of the bar of the State court and the 
 United States Circuit Court, Colonel Mc- 
 Quillan was admitted to the Supreme Court of 
 the United States in 1892 at Washington, 
 D.C. He has been for a number of years at- 
 torney for several towns in Cumberland 
 County, and is well known as an able, con- 
 scientious, and reliable lawyer. In politics a 
 Democrat, he was appointed June 6, 1881, 
 
 Judge Advocate-general on the staff of Gov- 
 ernor Plaisted, with the rank of Colonel, and 
 served iii that capacity till January 3, 1883. 
 He has been the Democratic candidate for 
 Clerk of Courts of Cumberland County, and 
 ran well on the ticket, getting his party's full 
 support. In 1892 he was the Democratic can- 
 didate for Judge of the Probate Court for Cum- 
 berland County. On December i, 1892, the 
 law firm of Bradbury & McQuillan was formed, 
 consisting of Colonel' Albert. W. Bradbury 
 and the subject of this sketch, and was contin- 
 ued till May 28, 1894, when Colonel Bradbury 
 was appointed United States District At- 
 torney. Since that time Colonel McQuillan 
 has been without an associate in his legal 
 work. 
 
 In 1 89 1 he was united in marriage with 
 Miss Mary F. Robie, daughter of ex-Governor 
 Frederick Robie and his wife, Mary Olivia 
 (Priest) Robie. Colonel and Mrs. McQuillan 
 have one child, Harriet R., who was born 
 March 14, 1894. Colonel McQuillan is a man 
 of scholarly attainments, whose judgment in 
 educational matters was recognized even be- 
 fore he entered on his legal career. While at 
 college he was appointed Supervisor of Schools 
 at Raymond. He also served as Supervisor of 
 Schools at Casco, and as Town Clerk in 1879- 
 80. He has a substantial residence on Carle- 
 ton Street, Portland. 
 
 fRISTRAM G. CLEAVES, who enjoys 
 the distinction of being the oldest na- 
 tive male resident of Yarmouth, Me., 
 was born in this town June 13, 1809. His 
 parents were Edmund and Jane (Trow) 
 Cleaves, his father's ancestors being related 
 to those of Governor Cleaves. His great- 
 grandfather, Ebenezer CleaVes, who settled 
 in Cumberland County many years ago, was a 
 native of Gloucester, Mass. Edmund Cleaves, 
 first, son of Ebenezer, was one of the early 
 settlers of the town of Pownal in this county, 
 where he cleared and improved a good farm. 
 He served under General Washington all 
 through the Revolutionary War, and, after the 
 termination of hostilities, retired to his home- 
 stead, and there passed the rest of his life, 
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 was an industrious, high-minded, and patriotic 
 citizen. In his religion he was a Congrega- 
 tionalist, and his name appears as one of the 
 six original members of the Congregational 
 church in Pownal. He was twice married, his 
 five children being as follows: Abigail and 
 Edmund, who were by his first union ; and 
 Eunice, Dolly, and William, who were by his 
 second. 
 
 Edmund Cleaves, second, son of the first 
 Edmund, was born in New Gloucester, Me. 
 When a young man he learned the trade of a 
 shoemaker, and, settling in Yarmouth, fol- 
 lowed that occupation in connection with 
 farming. His farm was situated where the 
 Grand Trunk Depot now stands, and he re- 
 sided there until his death, which took place 
 when he was seventy-two years old. He vvas 
 a prominent and useful member of the com- 
 munity, supporting the Whig party in politics; 
 and he ably filled some of the town offices. 
 He was a Congregationalist in religion. His 
 wife, Jane Trow, who was a native of Yar- 
 mouth, became the mother of twelve children, 
 nine of whom grew to maturity; and of these 
 Tristram G., the subject of this sketch, is now 
 the only survivor. Mrs. Jane T. Cleaves 
 lived to reach the age of nearly eighty years. 
 
 Tristram G. Cleaves commenced his educa- 
 tional course in the common schools of Yar- 
 mouth, and completed it at the academy. In 
 early manhood he settled upon the farm where 
 he now resides, and, like his father, engaged 
 for many years in both shoemaking and farm- 
 ing, judiciously alternating these pursuits 
 with satisfactory results, as was the frequent 
 practice of New England landholders in the 
 early and middle part of the present century. 
 In the pleasant, comfortable home which he 
 has occupied for the past fifty-five years, he 
 now lives in retirement from active labors, 
 his rest having been well earned. 
 
 On January 3, 1832, Mr. Cleaves was 
 united in marriage with Mrs. Mary Davis, 
 who was born in Freeport in September, 1802. 
 She was a daughter of Samuel and Patience 
 Davis, and widow of Thomas Davis, by whom 
 she had one daughter, Mary E., who became 
 Mrs. Gad Hitchcock. Mr. and Mrs. Cleaves 
 had four children, as follows: Jane Trow, who 
 died at the age of fifty-eight; Abigail Davis, 
 
 who died, aged nine years; Rachel B., who 
 died, aged three years; and Thomas G., who 
 died at the age of forty-two years. Mrs. 
 Cleaves died March 28, 1874. She was a 
 member of the Congregational church, with 
 which Mr. Cleaves has been united for many 
 years. He has been called upon to mourn the 
 loss of both wife and children, the only sur- 
 viving member of his family being his step- 
 daughter, Mrs. Hitchcock; but he bears his 
 affliction with patient resignation. He is a 
 Republican in politics. 
 
 TT^AFTAIN JOHN M. RICHARDSON, 
 I \y superintendent of the life - saving 
 ^|U stations of the First District, which 
 
 comprises Maine and New Hamp- 
 shire, with his headquarters at Portland, Me., 
 was born at Pittsfield, N.H., September 20, 
 1835, where his father, the Rev. John Rich- 
 ardson, was settled as pastor of the Baptist 
 church, remaining there until 1842. The 
 Rev. Mr. Richardson's next charge was at 
 South Berwick in this State, which was his 
 home for many years, although at the time of 
 his decease he was living at Auburn, Me. 
 He married Mary J. Perkins, who bore him 
 five' children, namely: Mary ]., wife of H. C. 
 Gilpatrick, of Somersworth, N.H.; Mrs. S. P. 
 Ordway, a widow, residing at Somerville, 
 Mass.; W. S. Richardson, of Newark, N.J.; 
 T. B. (deceased); and the Captain. 
 
 John M. Richardson was educated at the 
 common schools and academy at South Ber- 
 wick, leaving the latter institution when a boy 
 of fifteen to follow the sea. For the first thir- 
 teen years of his seafaring life young Rich- 
 ardson was employed in the East India trade, 
 and for twelve years thereafter was connected 
 with European trade. Shipping at first as a 
 boy before the mast, he gradually worked his 
 way upward through every grade until he be- 
 came master of the vessel, a position which he 
 ably filled for some years. For a quarter of a 
 century he sailed the seas, visiting in that 
 time all the important ports of the globe, but 
 fortunately meeting with no disaster of any 
 kind. In 1874, at the time of the organization 
 of the Irfe-saving service. Captain Richardson 
 accepted his present position; and under his 
 
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 supervision all of the life-saving stations of 
 this district, twelve in number, have been built 
 and .equipped. From year to year vast im- 
 provements are made, and the efficiency of the 
 service greatly increased. Ninety-six men are 
 now employed, distributed at various points 
 along the coasts of Maine and New Hamp- 
 shire, each station being amply supplied with 
 life-boats of the most improved modern con- 
 struction, many of the life-saving appliances 
 of each boat having been devised by Captain 
 Richardson himself. With the exception of 
 S. I. Kimball, the chief of the department, 
 Captain Richardson ranks as the oldest officer 
 in point of time, and, it is hardly needful to 
 say, is regarded as one of the most valuable in 
 the service. 
 
 For many years the Captain has resided at 
 21 Locust Street, where he has a cosey home, 
 in which he and his wife extend a cordial hos- 
 pitality to their many friends. Socially, he 
 is a Mason, belonging to St. John's Lodge, 
 No. 51, A. F. & A. M., of South Berwick. 
 The maiden name of the first wife of Captain 
 Richardson was Miriam P. Hanson. She died 
 in early life, leaving him two children, 
 namely: Minnie L, now deceased; and John 
 W., who is in the employment of John C. 
 Stevens, the noted architect of this city. 
 Captain Richardson subsequently married 
 Miss Emily S. Hunt, who was born and bred 
 in Belfast, Me. 
 
 'EWELL E. LIBBY, a prosperous 
 farmer of Standish, Me., was born 
 in Gorham, the date of his' birth 
 being December 22, 1832. He is 
 of Revolutionary stock and the descendant of 
 one of the early settlers of New England. 
 John Libby, his ancestor several generations 
 removed, was born, it is said, about the year 
 1602. The "History of Scarboro," published 
 in the "Collections of the Maine Historical 
 Society," vol. iii., says that "John Libby, 
 probably the first of the name in New 
 England, came to this country from Broad- 
 stairs, County Kent, England," and is sup- 
 posed to have settled at Scarboro about 1659 
 or 1660, was a Selectman in 1669, and died in 
 1682. It is elsewhere stated that he had two 
 
 wives; but of these little is known, save that 
 his first wife was the mother of all his sons 
 excepting two and, probably, of all of his 
 daughters. She bore him twelve children, 
 Daniel, the progenitor of Sewell E., being the 
 tenth child. 
 
 The said Daniel Libby was born in 1657 in 
 Scarboro, this county, where he spent a 
 farmer's life. To him and his- wife Eleanor 
 nine children were born, John, second, the 
 next in line of descent, being the fourth son. 
 John, second, was born in 1697, at Portsmouth, 
 N. H., and on November 14, 1724, married 
 Sarah Libby, who bore him seven children, 
 Allison being the'fourth son. Allison Libby, 
 the great-grandfather of Sewell, was born 
 September 12, 1733, and early learned the 
 shoemaker's trade, although he made farming 
 his chief occupation. He was twice married; 
 and by his first wife, Sarah Skillings, had 
 eleven children, Edward, the next ancestor, 
 being the third son by this union; and by his 
 second wife, Mary, widow of ah Edward 
 Libby, he had six children. 
 
 Edward Libby, son of Allison and Sarah, 
 was born February 10, 1759, in Scarboro. 
 Although but a mere lad on the breaking out 
 of the Revolution, the patriotic blood within 
 him was stirred; and he enlisted in his 
 country's defence, and took part in the battle 
 of Bunker Hill, fought on that .memorable 
 17th of June, 1775. At the close of the 
 war he bought a tract of wild land in Gor- 
 ham, on which he cleared a space for the erec- 
 tion of a log cabin, and when the latter was 
 completed returned to Scarboro for his bride, 
 Elizabeth Libby, who was his life companion. 
 She settled with him in the wilderness, and 
 assisted him in his efforts at establishing a 
 homestead, - on which they both spent their 
 remaining days, he dying in 1848, and she in 
 1853. They reared eleven children, Ebenezer 
 Howe Libby, father of Sewell E., being the 
 youngest, son and the tenth child. 
 
 Ebenezer Howe Libby, a native of Gotham, 
 Me., was born December 22, 1810. He was 
 reared to farming pursuits, which he continued 
 during his brief life, spending his later years 
 in the town of Standish. He married Cather- 
 ine R. Irish, daughter of Daniel Irish, of 
 Gorham ; and of their union one child, Sewell 
 
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 E., was born. The mother is now living with 
 her son, she having survived her husband, who 
 died in early manhood. He was a Democrat 
 in politics, and with his wife attended the 
 Methodist church. 
 
 Sewell E. Libby was reared and educated 
 in Standish. Selecting farming as the most 
 congenial occupation, he has since devoted his 
 time and attention to agricultural labors, and 
 has besides been somewhat extensively en- 
 gaged in lumbering, meeting with signal suc- 
 cess in his various enterprises. 
 
 Mr. Libby was united in marriage June 23, 
 185s, with Mary A. Sanborn, daughter of 
 Moses Sanborn. Four children are the fruit 
 of this union, three of whom are now living, 
 as follows: Katie B. , born August 25, 1856, 
 is the wife of Charles J. Libby, and has three 
 children — Harold Clifton, Herman S., and 
 Alice; Susie F., born October 16, 1863, is 
 the wife of Willard T. Cram; Clifford S. was 
 born July 24, 1875. Mr. Libby is a Demo- 
 crat in politics, having proved true to the 
 political principles in which he was reared. 
 He attends and helps to support the Congre- 
 gational church, of which Mrs. Libby is a 
 faithful member. 
 
 REDERIC LINCOLN TOWER is 
 the President and General Manager of 
 the Thurston Print at 971 J^ Exchange 
 Street, Portland, Me., which is one of the 
 largest printing establishments in the State, 
 as well as one of the oldest, it having been in 
 existence for more than a half a century. Mr. 
 Tower was born August 23, i860, in Stough- 
 ton, Mass., coming from ancient and honored 
 Colonial stock. His title to membership in 
 the Sons of the Revolution, an organization 
 which he joined some time ago, is an unusually 
 strong one. Five of his ancestors fought in 
 the struggle for American Independence, one 
 of them, Benjamin Gill, his mother's great- 
 great-grandfather, having been a Colonel in 
 the army and in command of a regiment at the 
 surrender of Burgoyne. Colonel Gill married 
 Bethiah Wentworth, their son Elijah marrying 
 Abigail Fisher, the line continuing through 
 Elijah Gill, Jr., who married Rebecca Hawes, 
 thence through their son Jason, whose wife. 
 
 Mary Ann Talbot, bore him children, among 
 them being Marietta Turner Gill, who married 
 Francis W. D. Tower, father of Frederic Lin- 
 coln. 
 
 Frederic L. Tower attended the public 
 schools of Stoughton in his early boyhood, 
 afterward continuing his studies in the Boston 
 grammar schools and at the Roxbury High 
 School. His first employment was with the 
 E. Howard Watch Company, being a time 
 clerk in their factory for two years. Subse- 
 quently becoming a clerk in the wholesale 
 grocery store of Matthias Rich & Co. on 
 North Market Street, Boston, he remained 
 with them two years, when he became ship- 
 ping clerk for C. D. Cobb & Brothers, grocers 
 of the same city. After working in this 
 capacity for about one year, Mr. Tower's 
 health became impaired to such an extent that 
 a change to outdoor labor was necessitated. 
 Accepting a situation with W. A. Greenough 
 & Co., in the directory business, he proved 
 an able assistant, becoming so thoroughly 
 acquainted with the work that when, three or 
 four years later, Mr. Greenough bought a half- 
 interest in the Portland Directory, forming a 
 copartnership for its publication with B. 
 Thurston & Co., Mr. Tower, being the only 
 man available who had any experience in the 
 street directory business, was sent to Portland 
 to take charge of compiling the work. Many 
 of the valuable ideas in the street directory 
 originated with Mr. Tower. The concern was 
 incorporated on March 3, 1890, as the Brown 
 Thurston Company, with B. Thurston as Presi- 
 dent and George H. Watkins as Treasurer and 
 Manager; but, Mr. Watkins dying very sud- 
 denly on March 16, Mr. Tower was appointed 
 General Manager in his place. This relation 
 continued until January 21, 1895, when the 
 present corporation was formed, Mr. Tower 
 becoming President and General Manager, 
 with Mr. Isaac N. Halliday as Treasurer and 
 superintendent. 
 
 Besides publishing the directories for all 
 the important cities and towns of Maine, this 
 company has printed the directories for the 
 larger cities of Massachusetts and New Hamp- 
 shire, including those of Boston, Brookline, 
 Brockton, Cambridge, Haverhill, Maiden, 
 Melrose, Concord, Nashua, Portsmouth, and 
 
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 many others. They make a specialty of fine 
 job printing, their publications including 
 prominent State historical works; religious 
 papers, pamphlets, tracts, and books of differ- 
 ent denominations, Protestant and Catholic; 
 biographical and genealogical volumes ; poems ; 
 law books and school books. The Thurston 
 Print publishes the works of the Maine His- 
 torical Society, ■ and is now at work on the 
 York County Deeds, bringing out about a vol- 
 ume a year. The firm l^s a wide reputation 
 for accurate and artistic work, faithful efforts 
 being made to bring it above the average. 
 On December 6, 1883, Mr. Tower was 
 united in marriage with Miss Julia M. 
 Crocker, daughter of Edmund and Julia M. 
 (Oakes) Crocker, of Dorchester, Mass. They 
 are the parents of one child, Frances Lilian. 
 In his political relations Mr. Tower is an 
 adherent of the Republican party. Socially, 
 he is Past Chancellor of Bramhall Lodge and 
 a representative to the Grand Lodge, Knights 
 of Pythias, being a prominent member of the 
 organization. Religiously, both Mr. and Mrs. 
 Tower are attendants at All Souls' Univer- 
 salist Church of Deering, where they reside, 
 he being a member of the Parish Committee. 
 
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 |EUEL WILLIAM WOODMAN, an 
 enterprising business man of West- 
 brook, Me., the originator of the 
 Fairfield, the Maine, and the New 
 England Furniture Companies, was born in 
 Fairfield, Me., July 25, 1837, a son of John 
 and Nancy L. (Deering) Woodman. His 
 paternal grandfather, John Woodman, Sr., 
 who was a native of Buxton, this State, was 
 a pioneer lumberman on the Saco River in 
 his early manhood, but in his later life was 
 engaged in the less hazardous occupation of 
 farming. He attained the age of eighty-three 
 years; and he and his wife reared seven chil- 
 dren, all of whom have long since passed away. 
 John Woodman, Jr., the father of the sub- 
 ject of this sketch, was born in Buxton, Me. 
 He became a resident of Fairfield in the early 
 days of that town, and was for some years 
 engaged in lumbering and farming. The last 
 years of his life were devoted exclusively to 
 farming. In politics he was a Democrat, and 
 
 in religious belief a Universalist. He died 
 October 18, 1872, at the age of seventy-two. 
 His wife, who was a native of Gorham, Me.,' 
 died at the age of eighty-two years. Five' 
 children were born to them, three- of whom 
 are still living, namely : Johanna, widow of 
 Samuel Gibson, of Fairfield, Me. ; Reuel W., 
 the subject of this sketch; and Frederick S., 
 who now has charge of the old home farnii. 
 
 Reuel W. Woodman obtained his education 
 in the public schools of Fairfield. He 
 worked on the old Woodman farm in Fairfield 
 until attaining his majority, and subsequently 
 entering the employ of Gage & Gate, manu- 
 facturers of boxes, doors, sashes, and blinds, 
 devoted his energies to learning the trade of 
 a wood-worker. Within three years one of the 
 firm died; and in September, 1863, Mr. 
 Woodman hired the sash and door department 
 and started in business for himself with a 
 working force of nine meri, under the style of 
 R. W. Woodman. He conducted this enter- 
 prise for about a year; then, taking James W. 
 Sylvester as partner, they bought the entire 
 business, which they conducted for one year, 
 when Mr. Sylvester sold his interest to C. D. 
 and A. E. Lawrence, their style being' 
 changed to Woodman, Lawrence & Co., and 
 
 I the new firm employing about twenty men. 
 This plant was subsequently sold to Bray 
 Wilkins; and, in company with Warren Clark, 
 
 I Mr. Woodman started a steam-mill on his 
 
 ;, father's farm, near the Maine Central Rail- 
 road. As business increased, another . partner, 
 John Hammond, was admitted; and the firm 
 of Woodman, Clark & Co. added to its original 
 work the manufacture of ash and walnut furni- 
 ture. Soon a company bearing the name of 
 the Fairfield Furniture Company was formed, 
 consisting of Messrs. Woodman, Clark, Ride- 
 out, and Mullen. In course of time Mr. 
 Woodman bought out his original associates 
 and sold equal parts of the business to Samuel' 
 Gibson, George H. Newhall, and Tyng W. 
 Fogg. About a year after these gentlemen 
 became interested in the enterprise the plant 
 was destroyed by fire; and, as there was no 
 insurance, the loss was severe. After the fire 
 Mr. Newhall retired from the concern, and the 
 other partners built a large planing-mill and 
 
 : engaged once more in the manufacture of fur- 
 
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 niture. John F. Kendrick soon became asso- 
 ciated with them; and, Mr. Gibson disposing 
 of his interest, the other members of the 
 company conducted a good business for seven 
 years. They then sold the planing-mill to 
 the Kennebec Framing Company, but contin- 
 ued to manufacture furniture. In the spring 
 of 1880 Mr. Woodman sold out his share in 
 the enterprise, and in company with W. A. 
 and F. E. Sheppard and F. P. Wing, bought 
 a water privilege at Bar Mills, Buxton, Me., 
 and, erecting a large mill, began to manufact- 
 ure furniture under the style of the Maine Fur- 
 niture Company. They had a branch estab- 
 lishment in Boston, to which they sent their 
 products, which were there put together, fin- 
 ished, and sold to the wholesale trade. Mr. 
 Woodman was interested in the Buxton plant 
 about six years. Then, selling to his partner, 
 he moved to Portland, where he resided for 
 about a year. J\t the end of that time, with 
 T. F. Ross as a business associate, he pur- 
 chased the Warren water-power saw-mill and 
 box manufactory at Pork Hill, Saccarappa 
 (now Westbrook), and, erecting a two-story 
 building, one hundred and ninety-two by fifty 
 feet in dimensions, engaged in lumbering and 
 making furniture, under the style of the New 
 England Furniture Company. His partner sold 
 his share in 1888, and Messrs. Wing and Pratt 
 were active members of the company until 
 February 4, 1893. Since that time Mr. 
 Woodman has been sole proprietor of the 
 plant. He employs on an average thirty- 
 seven hands, and manufactures ash and oak 
 furniture, making a specialty of extension 
 tables of all kinds and grades, from pine to 
 walnut. Being a practical workman himself, 
 he takes a keen interest in his business, and 
 has invented a number of ingenious machines, 
 which he utilizes in his business. He has 
 built, equipped, and successfully managed five 
 different manufactories, and has long been an 
 important factor in the industrial life of 
 Maine. 
 
 In 1863 Mr. Woodman was married to Hat- 
 tie M., daughter of John and Lucy Ann Gib- 
 son, of Clinton, Me. Three children have 
 brightened the years of their wedded life, two 
 of whom are living, namely: Bert M., who is 
 in business with his father, but resides in 
 
 Portland; and Helen G., wife of E. T. May- 
 berry, Postmaster at Westbrook. Mr. Wood- 
 man votes the Democratic ticket. Pie is con- 
 nected with the fraternal orders, being a mem- 
 ber of Siloam Lodge, No. 92, A. F. & A. M., 
 Drummond Chapter, No. 27, of Oakland, Me., 
 and St. Omer Commandery, No. 12, of Water- 
 ville. Me. He has also passed the chairs of 
 Fairfield Lodge, No. 68, Independent Order 
 of Odd Fellows, of Fairfield. In religious 
 belief he is a Spiritualist. 
 
 'YLVANUS C. PRINCE, the leading 
 merchant of Orr's Island, Harps- 
 well, Me., was born in Brunswick, 
 Me., March 7, 1832, son of Pyan 
 and Lois (P'urbish) Prince. His father, who 
 was a native of North Yarmouth, Me., was for 
 many years mate of a vessel trading with the 
 West Indies; but, wearying at length of the 
 restless and uncertain life of a sailor, he pur- 
 chased a farm in Brunswick, at Simenses 
 Point, and there spent the rest of his life in 
 the enjoyment of domestic comfort, dying at 
 the age of seventy-two. His wife was a native 
 of Lisbon, Me. She lived to be sixty-two 
 years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Pyan Prince were 
 members of the Calvinist Baptist Church. 
 They were the parents of eleven children, and 
 were called upon to suffer many of the trials 
 incident to the rearing of a large family, three 
 of their children lying dead in their home at 
 one time, stricken down by diphtheria. The 
 following five are now living: Sylvanus C, 
 of Orr's Island; Solomon P. C, a farmer in 
 Webster, Me. ; Beulah S. , wife of Samuel 
 Smullen; Henry K., a professional aurse 
 Lowell, Mass. ; and Orrin G. , a farmer 
 Brunswick, Me. 
 
 Sylvanus C. Prince remained on the home 
 farm till sixteen years of age, and then, turn- 
 ing to the sea as a means of gaining a liveli- 
 hood, began to take part in the fishing indus- 
 try, in course of time becoming Captain of a 
 vessel. In 1853, when he was twenty-one 
 years of age, he began his career as a merchant 
 at Prince's Point; and in 1877 he built the 
 store which he now occupies, the largest on 
 the island. He keeps a full line of groceries, 
 dry goods, and fishermen's supplies, and also 
 
 E. 
 
 in 
 in 
 
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 wood and coal. Having been in business now 
 over forty years, he is one of the oldest as 
 well as one of the most successful merchants 
 in the vicinity; and his universal courtesy and 
 genial disposition have won hosts of friends. 
 He has travelled a great deal, and has a fund 
 of information and of anecdote that makes him 
 a very pleasant companion. 
 
 In 1854 he was united in marriage with Fi- 
 delia T. Sinnett, daughter of George Sinnett, 
 who was at that time a fisherman of Harpswell, 
 But has since died, completing a useful life of 
 seventy -three years. Seven children were born 
 to Mr. and Mrs. Prince, two of whom, Mar- 
 cellus and John S., have passed from earth, 
 the former at the age of thirty-six, the latter 
 at the age of twenty-five. Marcellus Prince 
 was a merchant of Portland, dealing princi- 
 pally in fish. He married Ada Buxton, of 
 Dexter, Me., who, with two children, Ger- 
 trude and Marcia, is still living. John S. 
 Prince, who was his father's partner, died 
 December 22, 1893, leaving a widow. This 
 lady's maiden name was Cora Y. York; and 
 she was born in Wilton, Me. The other 
 children, briefly named, are as follows: Al- 
 bertina Prince is the wife of Eugene Pennell, 
 an expressman of Brunswick, and the mother 
 of three children — Annetta, Sylvanus, and 
 Ada; Content J. is the wife of Charles E. 
 Hacker, the contractor and builder of Bruns- 
 wick, who erected the large cotton-mills there, 
 and has one child, Beatrice; Georgie is the 
 wife of Fred Fides, master of a fishing-vessel, 
 and has two children — Mildred and Avery; 
 Sanford J. Prince, in business with his father,' 
 married Hattie E. Stilphen, of Harpswell, and 
 has five children — Eva M., Rosetta, Beulah, 
 Ivan, and Sadie; and Mary Jane Prince, a 
 young lady who has established a reputation 
 for scholarship and intellectual brilliancy, is 
 a cashier in Boston, but has not yet severed 
 the home ties. 
 
 Mr. Prince cast his first Presidential vote 
 for James Buchanan, but has since been a 
 stanch supporter of Republican principles, 
 refusing, however, all offers of public prefer- 
 ment. He belongs to Pejapscot Lodge, No. 
 13, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of 
 Brunswick, and to the Island Home Lodge of 
 the Golden Cross, Orr's Island, of which he 
 
 was a charter member and has been chaplain. 
 In religious beljef a Methodist, he is Steward 
 and Trustee of the Methodist Episcopal 
 church on Orr's Island, has filled other ofiSces, 
 and in the Sunday-school is class teacher and 
 superintendent of the school. His wife also 
 is a teacher in the Sunday-school, and his 
 children take an active part in the affairs of 
 the church. 
 
 ON. CHARLES JARVIS CHAP- 
 MAN, merchant, banker, and ex- 
 
 19 I Mayor of Portland, was born in 
 Bethel, among the hills of Oxford 
 County, Me., January 29, 1848. He is the 
 son of Robert A. and Frances (Carter) Chap- 
 man, the former a native of Gilead, Me., the 
 latter of Massachusetts. He attended the 
 public schools and Gould's Academy in his 
 native town, then took a course at Gorham 
 Academy, and, entering Bowdoin College in 
 1864, was graduated in the class of 1868, with 
 the degree of A. B. He was an enthusiastic 
 student, and in his Senior year won the first 
 prize for excellence in English composition; 
 but he applied himself so closely to his books 
 during his college course that his health be- 
 came impaired, and after his graduation he 
 took a trip to Minnesota. He was there em- 
 ployed by the Northern Pacific Railroad' Com- 
 pany, which was then in its earlier period of 
 construction in that State, and remained two 
 years, making the acquaintance of many promi- 
 nent railroad men. 
 
 In 1870, his health being improved, he 
 returned to Maine and entered actively upon 
 the business career which eventually proved so 
 brilliant, becoming a member of the flour and 
 grain commission house of Norton, Chapman 
 & Co., in Portland. There have been several 
 changes in this firm during the past quarter 
 of a century ; but Mr. Chapman has remained 
 through them all and is now the principal 
 owner in the company, which he recently had 
 incorporated under the name it had borne so 
 long, and is Treasurer and Manager, having 
 disposed of enough shares of stock to equip it 
 with the necessary oflficers. It is recognized 
 as the leading house in Maine in the flour and 
 grain trade, and represents some of the largest 
 
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 and best-known mills of the West whose 
 products stand high in public favor, including 
 the celebrated Pillsbury Washburn Mills of 
 Minneapolis. 
 
 An able financier, Mr. Chapman has de- 
 voted a portion of his time to banking, estab- 
 lishing in 1890, in connection with his 
 brothers, Cullen C. and Robert Chapman, the 
 well-known and successful banking company 
 whose establishment was located on Middle 
 Street, Portland. The business increased so 
 rapidly that it was decided to incorporate it as 
 a national bank ; and, accordingly, the Chap- 
 man National Bank opened its doors for busi- 
 ness October g, 1893, and has been. very suc- 
 cessful in its operations. 
 
 Mr. Chapman has also done a great deal for 
 the financial betterment of the city of Port- 
 land. A Republican in politics, he served on 
 the Common Council from 1877 to 1879, being 
 President of that body the last term ; and at 
 the time the Portland & Rochester Road was 
 sold, by preventing undue haste he brought 
 to the city treasurer seventy-five thousand 
 dollars more than -it would otherwise have 
 realized. From 1880 to 1881 he was on 
 the Board of Aldermen, serving as Chairman 
 the second year. In 1886 he was elected 
 Mayor of the city, and was subsequently re- 
 elected by increasing majorities, serving three 
 years. The Back Bay improvements date 
 from that time, and also the lease of the 
 Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad, in which 
 the city had large interests, to the Maine 
 Central, which has resulted in not only mak- 
 ing the investment of the city remunerative, 
 but also in securing permanently to I^rtland 
 the commercial advantages for which the Port- 
 land & Ogdensburg was constructed. Dur- 
 ing his Mayoralty the new reservoir on Mun- 
 joy Hill was built; the new public library 
 building, the munificent gift of the Hon. 
 J. P. Baxter, was accepted by the city. Mayor 
 Chapman making a graceful and appropriate 
 speech ; and the Longfellow statue on State 
 Street Square was presented to the city by 
 the Longfellow Association, which erected it 
 in commemoration of the gifted poet. The 
 great celebration of Portland's centennial was 
 inaugurated and carried to a successful con- 
 summation largely through Mayor Chapman's 
 
 influence and untiring efforts; and he was one 
 of the commissioners from the State on the 
 occasion of the National Centennial in New 
 York City in 1888. That same year he was 
 an alternate delegate at large to the Republi- 
 can National Convention at Chicago, which 
 nominated President Harrison. 
 
 During the past two or three years he has 
 declined public office, and has occupied his 
 time chiefly with commercial and banking 
 interests, acting also as trustee for different 
 estates, besides being employed on commit- 
 tees for the reorganization of different corpo- 
 rations. The universal confidence in his 
 ability' and integrity is shown by the names 
 and standing of some of the companies whose 
 affairs he has been called upon to adjust. 
 Many of the matters intrusted to him have re- 
 quired much time and good judgment. In 
 addition to other work, he has found time to 
 act as director and manager in several business 
 and manufacturing corporations. He served 
 several years as Director of the Portland & 
 Ogdensburg Railroad and as an officer of the 
 Board of Trade, and is now President of 
 the Diamond Island Association, President of 
 the Portland Sprinkling Company, Director 
 of the Portland Mutual ^'ire Insurance Com- 
 pany, Director of the Maine Auxiliary Fire 
 Alarm Company, Vice-President of Chapman 
 National Bank, and is connected officially and 
 otherwise with various other important corpora- 
 tions. Mr. Chapman was a trustee of the public 
 library and a member of the School Committee 
 for years, but resigned from both offices as 
 he felt his time inadequate to properly dis- 
 charge such duties. Through his entire busi- 
 ness course his career has been one of straight- 
 forward honesty, and he has won the confidence 
 of all with whom he has had dealings. 
 
 Mr. Chapman belongs to several fraternal 
 associations, being a me«iber of the Portland 
 Club, the Athletic Club, the Portland Medical 
 Science Club, and other literary and political 
 organizations. He has been identified with 
 the Bowdoin Club and also with the Portland 
 Athletic Clubs since they were organized. Ap- 
 preciating the beauty and value of Casco Bay 
 as a summer resort, in 1892 he erected a hand- 
 some residence on the highest point of Dia- 
 mond Island, and helped in the reconstruction 
 
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 and maintenance of the new Ottawa Hotel, 
 thus bringing the advantages of the bay within 
 the knowledge and enjoyment of visitors. 
 
 September 15, 1875, Mr. Chapman was 
 united in marriage with Anna Dow Hinds, 
 daughter of Benjamin F. Hinds, a gentleman 
 now more than twenty-five years connected 
 with the Portland custom-house. Five chil- 
 dren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Chap- 
 man, namely : Marion Carter, a student at 
 Smith College; Robert Franklin, a student 
 at the Portland High School ; Charles Jarvis, 
 Jr., Philip Freeland, and Harrison Carter, 
 promising boys, who are yet attending school. 
 His family, with the exception of the youngest 
 boy, are all professing members of the Willis- 
 ton Congregational Church ; and Mr. Chapman 
 has been moderator of the church since its or- 
 ganization. He has a beautiful home at the 
 corner of Spring and Neal Streets, where he 
 has resided for ten years, and which, re- 
 modelled and beautified, possesses an added 
 interest as having been the original residence 
 in Portland of Governor Washburn. 
 
 iAPTAIN HORACE B. SOULE, a 
 retired ship-master, residing in his 
 pleasant home in South Freeport, 
 and a representative of one of the 
 oldest families of Cumberland County, was 
 born in this town on February 21, 1830, son 
 of E-nos and Sarah (Pratt) Soule. 
 
 His great-grandfather, Barnabas Soule, was 
 among the early pioneers of Freeport, where 
 he engaged in farming. Barriabas Soule, Jr., 
 son of the elder Barnabas, was born in 1758. 
 Like his father, he devoted his attention to 
 agriculture ; and, being a man of perseverance 
 and energy, he acquired a goodly amount of 
 real estate, and was a leading citizen of the 
 town. He died on January 25, 1823. His 
 wife, Jane Dennison, who was born in Free- 
 port in 1760, lived until March 5, 1825. 
 Their thirteen children all grew to adult life, 
 but none are now living. They were: David 
 (first), David (second), Esther, Thomas, Jane, 
 Ehphas, Enos, Joanna, Alfred, Henchman S., 
 Jane B., William, and Clementh H. 
 
 Enos Soule, the fifth son and seventh child, 
 was born in South Freeport, on November 29, 
 
 1792. He became a sailor at an early age, 
 and, having mastered the art of navigation, 
 was for many years one of the leading, sea 
 captains of his time. Later in life he took 
 up ship building in company with two of his 
 brothers, and they conducted a large and suc- 
 cessful business in that line at South Free- 
 port. He died here on November 8, 1869. 
 His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Pratt, 
 was born in Freeport on June 30, 1798. They 
 reared twelve children, of whom two sons and 
 three daughters are still living. The record 
 is as follows: Francis B., Enos C, Martha J., 
 Laura A., and Lydia L., all now deceased; 
 Horace I^. ; Barnabas (deceased); Emily S., 
 born October 2, 1834, residing in South Free- 
 port; Ellen T. (deceased); Margaret P., born 
 May 23, 1839, living in Portland, Me.; 
 Julius, a captain residing in Freeport, born 
 on February 11, 1842; and Henrietta C, born 
 April 25, 1844, living in South Freeport. 
 Their mother died on December 30, 1881. 
 She was a communicant of the Congregational 
 church. The father was liberal in his relig- 
 ious views and a Democrat in political affilia- 
 tion. 
 
 Horace B. Soule received his early edu- 
 cation in the common schools of South Free- 
 port, and later took a supplementary course of 
 study at Lewiston Academy. He made his 
 first voyage when seventeen years of age, as a 
 seaman before the mast in the brig "Venus," 
 which was commanded by Captain Francis 
 Soule. About five years later, in 1853, he 
 was given the command of the "Milwaukee," a 
 ship capable of carrying seven hundred and 
 fifty tons. . From that time on, during the 
 succeeding, thirty years, he was in command 
 of various vessels, some of the largest being 
 the "Enos Soule," of fifteen hundred and 
 twenty tons; the "Tam O'Shanter," capable 
 of carrying fifteen hundred and forty tons' 
 burden; and the "Paramita," having a capac- 
 ity of fifteen hundred and forty-seven tons. 
 These were all built in the South Freeport 
 ship-yards, and Captain Soule was part owner 
 in them. His career as a Captain was one of 
 remarkable success, as during the entire thirty 
 years no accident of serious consequence oc- 
 curred. In his voyages he visited many of the 
 principal seaports of the world. Since he re- 
 
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 269 
 
 tired, in 1882, he has made his home at South 
 Freeport. 
 
 On July 15, 1857, Captain Soule was 
 united in marriage with Miss Emeline F. Tal- 
 bert, who was born in Freeport, and was a 
 daughter of Enoch Talbert. Three sons and 
 one daughter were the fruit of their union, as 
 follows: Everett H., born July 27, 1861, a 
 sea captain; iVIaud H., born March 10, 1864, 
 who married Charles Woodman, of Yarmouth, 
 Me. ; Paul H., born June 25, 1875, who is a 
 clerk in Boston, Mass.; Thatcher H., born 
 June 30, 1877, now a student in Bowdoin Col- 
 lege. Their mother died on November 4, 
 1888. On January 25, 1894, Captain Soule 
 married Miss Anna F. Dolley, who was born 
 in Aroostook County, Maine. They have one 
 son, Roderick F., born March 3, 1895. In 
 political affiliation. Captain Soule is a Demo- 
 crat. His wife is a member of the Congrega- 
 tional church of South Freeport. 
 
 YfeV/ couns 
 
 ILLIAM HENRY CLIFFORD, 
 
 isellor-at-law, was born in New- 
 field, York County, Me., the town 
 in which his father, Nathan Clifford, began 
 his professional life. Nathan Clifford was 
 born in Rumney, N.H., and established his 
 residence in Newfield in 1820. He there 
 married Hannah Ayer, daughter of Captain 
 James Ayer, a prominent citizen and merchant 
 in that part of the State. Henry Ayer came 
 from the north of England and settled in 
 Haverhill, Mass. Elisha, one of his descend- 
 ants, removed tq Saco, Me., and thence to 
 Newfield, of which town he was one of the 
 early settlers. James Ayer was the son of 
 Elisha. Nathan Clifford removed to Portland, 
 Me., in 1849; but all his children were na- 
 tive in the town of Newfield. The ancestor 
 of the Cliffords of New England was George, 
 who came from Arnold, Nottingham County, 
 England, in 1664, and landed in Boston, 
 where for a time he resided. He finally set- 
 tled in Hamilton, N.H. He was a lineal de- 
 scendant from the ancient and still-existing 
 Clifford family, conspicuous in English his- 
 tory and distinguished actors in many of its 
 great events for centuries past. In this coun- 
 try the Cliffords spring from a New Hamp- 
 
 shire parentage. The late governor, John 
 Henry Clifford, and Judge Nathan Clifford 
 were descended from the same ancestor a few 
 generations back. A correct genealogy of the 
 Cliffords of New England is to be found in 
 Joseph Dow's "History of Hampton," 1894, 
 vol. 2, p. 638. 
 
 William Henry Clifford, the third son of 
 Nathan Clifford, was fitted for college at the 
 Portland Academy and Professor Wood's 
 school at Yarmouth, Me. He entered Dart- 
 mouth College, from which he was graduated 
 in 1858. He studied law in Portland, in the 
 office of Shepley & Dana, and completed his 
 course in the office of Benjamin R. Curtis at 
 Boston. Upon admission to the bar he opened 
 a law office in Portland, where he has practised 
 his profession ever since. For eight or ten 
 years he was Commissioner of the United 
 States Circuit Court for the District of Maine; 
 and a very large proportion of the commit- 
 ments for violation of the Federal Statutes 
 were, for a series of years, made in his court. . 
 Later he acquired an extensive practice in 
 the Federal courts of this and neighboring 
 circuits and in the Supreme Court at Wash- 
 ington. He is the author of Clifford's Re- 
 ports, a compilation of Justice Clifford's de- 
 cisions on the New England Circuit (four 
 volumes). Mr. Clifford has from an early 
 period in his life taken an active part in the 
 political contests in Maine on the Democratic 
 side, and has shared in the fortunes of his 
 party in this State. He has achieved a high 
 position as a Democratic leader, the result of 
 having participated in the labor of every polit- 
 ical campaign in Maine since the close of the 
 Civil War and of other services to his party 
 outside of the State. He has been twice 
 nominated as Democratic candidate for Con- 
 gress in the First District of Maine, once 
 against John H. Burleigh and the second time 
 as the opponent of Thomas B. Reed, and won 
 credit and respect both by his abilities and 
 power as a political speaker and by the vigor 
 and energy of .his campaigns. Mr. Clifford 
 has served on the National Democratic Com- 
 mittee as the Maine member, has been called 
 upon to preside at the State conventions of his 
 party, on which occasions his opening speeches 
 have been printed by the State Committee for 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 circulation as campaign documents. He is 
 the author of numerous speeches and addresses 
 of a literary and other character. Mr. Clif- 
 ford still continues the practice of his profes- 
 sion as the senior member of Clifford, Verrill 
 & Clifford, the two junior partners being Mr. 
 Elgin C. Verrill and Nathan Clifford, Mr. 
 Clifford's oldest son. 
 
 Mr. Clifford was bred in the school of De- 
 mocracy, and stills holds the faith, as to strict 
 Constitutional construction, tariff, and sound 
 money, of that great party that once swayed 
 the destinies of our country and has left its 
 impress for all time upon its institutions and 
 policy. 
 
 In 1866 Mr. Clifford married Ellen G., 
 daughter of the Hon. J. B. Brown, of Port- 
 land; and their children are three sons and a 
 daughter. 
 
 lARNAS SEARS SHAILER, a suc- 
 I tN \ cessful tiller of the soil and the 
 IN-'J owner of the old Cushman farm in 
 New Gloucester, Me., of which place 
 he is a highly respected, citizen, was born in 
 Brookline, Mass., on May i, 1839, son of the 
 Rev. William H. and Betsey Payne (Hascall) 
 Shailer. Probably the earliest ancestor of 
 this family in America was Thomas Shaler or 
 Shaylor, the name being variously spelled, 
 who, with about twenty-seven others, settled in 
 1662 in the southern part of the Connecticut 
 valley, at a place which a few years later 
 received the name of Haddam. 
 
 William H. Shailer was born in Haddam, 
 Conn., in 1807. He studied for the ministry, 
 and was a graduate of the Theological Semi- 
 nary and College at Hamilton, N.Y., later 
 incorporated as the Madison University, in the 
 class of 1835. His first pastoral charge was 
 the Baptist church in Brookline, Mass., to 
 which he went in 1837, and where he remained 
 until March 19, 1854, when he removed to 
 Portland, Me., and was installed as the pastor 
 of the First Baptist Church of that city, a 
 position which he continued to hold for a 
 quarter of a century. Besides his church 
 work, he was prominently interested in the 
 general welfare and advancement of the com- 
 munity, and for twenty-seven years was a 
 
 member of the School Committee. He died 
 there on February 23, 1881, at the age of 
 seventy-three years, three months, and three 
 days. On May 22, 1836, he was united in 
 marriage with Miss Betsey Payne Hascall, 
 daughter of Professor Daniel Hascall, the 
 founder of the Hamilton Literary and Theo- 
 logical Seminary, which has since become the 
 Madison University. Four children were the 
 fruit of their union, namely; Sophia, the wife 
 of J. B. Mathews, of Newton Ceintre, Mass., 
 agent for the Monson (Me.) Slate Company; 
 Barnas S. ; Elizabeth H., who married the 
 Rev. Safford D. Moxley, and lives in Bristol, 
 R.I.; and Mary E., who died when ten years 
 old. Their mother died in December, 1886, 
 having survived their father five years. 
 
 Barnas S. Shailer acquired his early educa- 
 tion in the common and high schools of Port- 
 land. When eighteen years old he secured a 
 position as clerk in a grocery store in Port- 
 land, and remained there until four years 
 latpr, at which time he went to Monson, Me., 
 where he spent the succeeding seven years at 
 work on a farm. He next returned to Port- 
 land, and was employed, as a clerk in his 
 brother-in-law's grocery store for ten years. 
 
 In 1878 he came to New Gloucester, and 
 purchased .the old Cu-shnian farm, on which he 
 has since resided. This estate contains one 
 hundred and twenty-five acres of land, and it 
 is one of the oldest and most productive farms ■ 
 in the town. Mr. Shailer has made various 
 improvements upon it since he owned it, and 
 its appearance marks him as a thoroughly ca- 
 pable and progressive agriculturist. He takes 
 special pride in his horses, of which he has 
 several of fine breed. On December 25, 1861, 
 he was joined in marriage with Miss Harriet 
 H. Sawyer, of Madison, Me., who was born 
 on March 7, 1842, and is a daughter of Jeffer- 
 son and Lydia (Crosby) Sawyer. Both her 
 parents died in 1846, when she was but four 
 years old; and she was reared by William ' 
 Dutton, of Madison, Me. Her union with 
 Mr. Shailer has been blessed by the birth of 
 six children, as follows: William H., who 
 married Miss Blanche Carville, and liVes in 
 Lewiston, Me. ; Hezekiah^ who married Miss 
 Mar.garet Sheridan, and is' engaged in the shoe 
 'business'in Freeport, Me.; Mary, the wife of 
 
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 27.3 
 
 Albert C. True, of Freeport, Me. ; Feroline 
 L., who died when but seventeen years of age; 
 Bessie H., who with her husband, George 
 W. Haskell, is living with her parents ; and 
 Harry, likewise residing at home. All the 
 children have received a good public-school 
 education. 
 
 In political principles Mr. Shailer is a 
 loyal adherent of the Republican party. Fra- 
 ternally, he is a member of Siloam Lodge, No. 
 45, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of 
 Gray. 
 
 7TAHARLES E. HODGKINS, whose por- 
 I \y trait- is herewith shown, has been con- 
 ^U^^ nected with the Portland Steamship 
 Company since 1881, and is now 
 chief engineer of the steamer "Portland." 
 He was born in what is now Lowell, Me., De- 
 cember g, 183 1, son of Ebenezer and Mary 
 (Webb) Hodgkins. 
 
 Ebenezer Hodgkins was born in Temple, 
 Me., in 1800. He was engaged in agricult- 
 ural pursuits during the greater part of his 
 life, and resided in different parts of Cumber- 
 land County till a short time prior to his 
 death, when he moved to Lenoxville, Can- 
 ada. There he died. May 17, 1875. His wife 
 was a daughter of John and Sarah Webb, of 
 Westbrook, and was born in iSoi. John 
 Webb was a farmer by occupation, one of the 
 early settlers of Westbrook. Mrs. Mary W. 
 Hodgkins died in 1837, at the age of thirty- 
 six years and seven months. 
 
 Charles E. was the eighth of ten children, 
 and was but six years of age when he was left 
 ■motherless. He received a common-school 
 education, in the intervals between the school 
 sessions working about the farm. In 1852 he 
 went to Portland, and hired himself out as a 
 deck hand for the summer, on the steamer 
 "Admiral," on the St. John route; and in the 
 fall of the same year he went to New York 
 City, and took up what proved to be his life 
 vocation, engaging first as a fireman on local 
 steamships. He was fireman of the "Cale- 
 donia" on her first trip from New York to 
 Portland, a position of honor, as she was the 
 first steamer to run between those cities; and 
 he was chief engineer of the "Carlotta" and 
 
 the "Chase," which plied between Halifax 
 and Portland, being on the former vessel 
 when she took fire. In April, 1881, he be- 
 came connected with the Portland Steamship 
 Company as chief engineer of the "Forest 
 City," and has since taken charge of various 
 boats for the company, including the well- 
 known "John Brooks," the "Tremont, " and 
 the "Portland." Mr. Hodgkins is one of the' 
 oldest engineers on the line, and holds the 
 full confidence of his employers. The heavy 
 weight of responsibility which falls on the 
 engineer of a great steamship, who has the 
 lives of the passengers in his hands, has been 
 ably borne by him for many years ; and he has 
 never been found derelict in his duty. 
 
 Mr. Hodgkins and Miss Laura A. Verrill, 
 of Westbrook, were married on May 4, 1856. 
 They have two children, a daughter' and a san 
 — Mary L. and Henry E. The former is the 
 wife of William B. IBragdon, of Cumberland 
 Mills, Me. Henry E. Hodgkins is a ma- 
 chinist of Westbrook, and has resided at Cum- 
 berland Mills since 1872. He married Miss 
 Olive Gustin, of South Gorham. 
 
 In politics Mr. Hodgkins is a Republican. 
 He is a member of Saccarappa Lodge, No. 11,, 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Cum- 
 mings Encampment, No. 16; Naomi, D. R., 
 iS[o. i; Temple Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of 
 Westbrook; Presumpscot Valley Lodge, 
 Knights of Pythias; S. D. Warner Council, 
 No. 4, Society of American Mechanics; and 
 Daughters of Liberty. He is a man of ability, 
 with a fund of useful knowledge, and quiet 
 and unassuming in his manner. 
 
 PAGE HOWARD, a native of Cum- 
 berland County, Maine, was born 
 January 31, 1841, in the town of 
 Harrison, being a son of Barzilla and 
 Lucy Howard. The parents, who were farmers, 
 had a family of eight children, two sons and 
 six daughters, five of whom, are now living. 
 
 B. Page Howard lived on the parental home- 
 stead until 1856, when he went to Vermont, 
 where he was living when the late Civil War 
 broke out. Responding to the first call for 
 volunteers, Mr. Howard enlisted in Company 
 K, Eighth Vermont Infantry, being mustered 
 
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 into service at Brattleboro. He first faced the 
 enemy at Brashear City, after which the regi- 
 ment was ordered to Port Hudson, where it 
 was under fire almost continually for forty-two 
 days. They then went to Bayou Bluff, where 
 they were encamped until the battle at Frank- 
 lin, in which engagement they made an honor- 
 able record for bravery on the field. The fol- 
 lowing two months the regiment was stationed 
 at New Orleans, where Mr. Howard was sent 
 to the Marine Hospital, where he remained for 
 six weeks, suffering from disease contracted 
 through the hardships and exposure of array 
 life. He received his discharge June 22, 
 1864, his term of enlistment having expired. 
 
 After a short stay in Vermont Mr. Howard 
 came to Harrison, this county, where he and 
 his father took a contract to build two dams. 
 After their completion our subject located in 
 the village of Bridgton, where he purchased a 
 marble business, which he successfully con- 
 ducted until 1885, when he sold out. He 
 then turned his attention to agricultural pur- 
 suits, in which he has since been engaged, 
 being a thorough and practical farmer. In 
 politics he affiliates with the Republican 
 party, and he has served several terms as Road 
 Surveyor.' 
 
 _Mr. Howard was first married in 1873 to 
 Miss Emma Larrabee, who died, leaving one 
 child, Emma. On March 2, 1884, Miss 
 Susie E. Gamage became his wife, and of this 
 union three children have been born: Eva M. ; 
 Arthur T., who had a brief earthly life of 
 but three years; and Arnold P. Mrs. Howard 
 is a consistent and esteemed member of the 
 Methodist Episcopal church. 
 
 VYMAN F. WALKER, junior member 
 of the firm of L. & L. F. Walker, 
 coal and wood dealers of Yarmouth, 
 Me., was born in the town of Cum- 
 berland, Cumberland County, Me., on July 
 28, 1836, son of Lyman and Louisa (Mer- 
 chant) Walker. ^ 
 
 His grandfather, Jeremiah Walker, a native 
 of Gouldsboro, Hancock County, Me., was 
 a shoemaker by trade and also followed agri- 
 culture to some extent. He married Miss 
 Jane Marston, who was born in North Yar- 
 
 mouth, Me., a descendant of an old family. 
 Six sons and four daughters were the fruit of 
 their union, of whom two are now living — 
 Mrs. Jane Sweetser, a resident of Brunswick, 
 Me. ; and Lyman. Jeremiah Walker died on 
 the old farm in North Yarmouth when eighty- 
 six years old, his wife also surviving to a 
 good age. 
 
 Lyman Walker, father of the subject of this 
 sketch, was born in North Yarmouth, Febru- 
 ary 5, 1814, and received but meagre educa- 
 tional advantages. His life has been spent 
 for the most part in Yarmouth and vicinity.- 
 In 1841 he began in the ship-building busi- 
 ness, which he followed successfully up to 
 1874, turning out more vessels than any other 
 builder in Yarmouth, the largest being the 
 "Sam Lock" of twelve hundred tons' burden. 
 At times he had as many as one hundred men 
 inhis employ. In 1874 he gave up the busi- 
 ness; and, with his son, who had previously 
 been associated with him as partner for several 
 years, the firm of L. & L. F. Walker was es- 
 tablished. After a business connection of 
 about fifteen years Mr. Lyman Walker sur- 
 rendered the management to his son, and has 
 sirice lived in retirement. His marriage with 
 Miss Louisa Merchant was solemnized in 1834. 
 She bore him four children, namely: Cordelia, 
 who died when six months old; Charles M., 
 who died at the age of three months ; Lyman 
 F. ; and Elkanah H. The last named, who is 
 station agent at Augusta, Me., has been with 
 the Maine Central Railroad for over twenty 
 years, and is one of the most trusty employees 
 of that road. Mrs. Lyman Walker died in 
 September, 1886. Both parents were com- 
 municants of the Methodist Episcopal church, . 
 and in political affiliation the father is a Dem- 
 ocrat. 
 
 Lyman F. Walker came to Yarmouth from 
 Portland when four years old. He received 
 his education in the public schools and at Yar- 
 mouth Institute. On leaving the latter insti- 
 tution, he went to work in his father's ship- 
 yard, after which he was employed for a time 
 as clerk, being Subsequently taken into part- 
 nership by his father. A few years later he 
 gave up his interest in the business and went 
 to Canada, where for a time he was engaged 
 in lumbering. In 1874 he entered into the 
 
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 coal and wood business with his father at their 
 present stand, as above narrated, the manage- 
 ment being now in his own hands, owing to 
 his father's retirement. Mr. Wallcer has the 
 largest coal and wood business in Yarmouth, 
 handling as much as thirty-three hundred tons 
 of coal in a year. He also deals in all kinds 
 of building lumber. He has twice married, 
 his first wife being Miss H. Lizzie Corliss. 
 After her death he formed a second union 
 with Miss Hannah Bliss, but has no children 
 by either marriage. In politics Mr. Walker 
 is a Prohibitionist. He is a member of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church of Cumberland. 
 
 -ANE LORD HERSOM, M.D., a phy- 
 sician in active practice in Portland, 
 was born in Maine, daughter of Samuel 
 and Sophia Hight (Smith) Lord. The 
 Lord family is of English origin, and Mrs. 
 Hersom's branch of the family is connected 
 with the Lords of Berwick and of Kittery. 
 Her great-grandfather, whose name was Moses 
 Lord, was one of the early settlers of the State. 
 Her grandfather, also named Moses, was a 
 pioneer of Sanford, Me., where he was en- 
 gaged in farming. 
 
 Samuel Lord, son of Moses Lord, Jr., was 
 born at South Sanford proper, and in 1843 
 moved to Springvale, a village in the same 
 town. A great part of his early life was de- 
 voted to farming. After the war he moved to 
 the old Chancellor place, three miles from 
 the battlefield of Chancellorsville in Virginia. 
 In politics Mr. Lord was a Democrat, and 
 he was strongly opjDosed to slavery. He was 
 a prominent man in his district in Maine, 
 serving as Deputy Sheriff of York County for 
 some time and as Postmaster of Springvale from 
 1852 to i860. He died in the South, in Feb- 
 ruary, 1874. His wife, to whom he was 
 united in 1836, was a native of Hollis, Me., 
 and a daughter of Daniel Smith, of old York, 
 and his wife, Sarah (Chase) Smith, of Saco. 
 She reared two children: Dr. Jane Lord; and 
 a son, Edwin Howard, who now has charge of 
 the academy at Wolfboro. Mrs. Lord died in 
 January, 1859, at the age of forty-three years. 
 She was a member of the Congregational 
 church at Sanford Corner. 
 
 Jane Lord Hersom attended public and pri- 
 vate schools in Springvale, and taught at her 
 home in that town for some time before her 
 marriage. In January, 1882, she took up the- 
 study of medicine. After spending one year 
 under the tuition of Dr. S. H. Weeks, she 
 studied for three years at the Woman's Medi- 
 cal College of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, 
 receiving her diploma in the fall of 1886. Dr. 
 Hersom immediately began to practice in 
 Portland, and during the nine years of her 
 professional life, in handling difficult cases, 
 she has made a reputation for skill and deli- 
 cacy that has brought her a large clientage. 
 She belongs to the Practitioners' Club of Port- 
 land, of which she was President for a year, 
 and is a member of the Cumberland County 
 Medical Society, of the Maine State Medical 
 Association, of the American National Medi- 
 cal Association, and of the Maine Academy of 
 Medicine and Science. 
 
 Dr. Hersom was married in 1865. Her 
 husband, Nahum A. Hersom, who also was 
 a physician,, was a son of Nahum and Eliza- 
 beth (Pray) Hersom, of Lebanon, Me., and 
 was born in that town in 1835. His father 
 was a tailor, but was also engaged in farming. 
 Nahum A. Hersom attended school at West 
 Lebanon, and studied at the academy at Par- 
 sonsfield, then quite a noted institution. He 
 read medicine with Dr. John Parker, of Leba- 
 non, and Dr. Nathan Parker, of Farmington, 
 attended the Brunswick Medical School for a 
 year, and graduated from the University of 
 Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1861. In the 
 summer of that year he opened an office at 
 Sanford Corner. In the fall of 1862, when 
 the Twentieth Maine Volunteer Infantry 
 started for the South, he went with it as 
 Assistant Surgeon. Six months later he was 
 promoted to the rank of First, Surgeon of the 
 Seventeenth (Maine) Regiment, and during 
 the last year of the war he had charge of the 
 field hospital of the Third Division of the 
 Second Corps. His health was good during 
 the first part of his army life, but in the last 
 year he had two attacks of malarial fever. 
 He was on the point of having a third seizure 
 when he was mustered out. He then located 
 in Farmington, N. H., where he was married, 
 ; and for two years attended to a heavy practice. 
 
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 At the end of that time he prepared to take a 
 vacation for two weeks, but it was five years 
 before he was able to resume his professional 
 work. In the fall of 1872 Dr. and Mrs. Her- 
 som removed to Portland, and there the Doctor 
 built up an extensive practice in medicine and 
 surgery. In the spring of 1881 he went to 
 Europe for a rest of three months, but soon 
 after landing he was taken ill. Within a week 
 from that time he died of peritonitis in Dub- 
 lin, among strangers, with not one of his kin- 
 dred to bid him farewell. He was a member 
 of the County and State Medical Societies, of 
 the American Medical Association, and of the 
 Portland Clinical Society. He was prominent 
 in each of these organizations and took an 
 active part in their important transactions. 
 In politics he was a Republican. He kept up 
 his army associations after the war, and was 
 surgeon of a Grand Army Post. He left one 
 daughter, Mabel Lord Hersom, who is now a 
 student at Smith College. 
 
 Dr. Jane Lord Hersom takes an active 
 interest in all projects for the good and the 
 advancement of women. She served one year 
 as President, and was also Treasurer, of the 
 Maine Suffrage Association; and she was 
 three years President of the Equal Suffrage 
 Club of Portland. She belongs to the Monday 
 Club, one of the oldest continuous history clubs 
 of the city, to the Women's Literary Union, 
 and -State and National Federation of Women's 
 Clubs. In charitable and church work she is 
 also active, belonging to the State Street Con- 
 gregational Church, of which her husband also 
 was a member. 
 
 iHARLES M. CLARY, a prominent 
 merchant of Harpswell, Me., with 
 place of business on Bailey's Island, 
 of which he is a native, was born 
 on August 3, 184s, son of Samuel and Susan 
 W. (Gardener) Clary. His great-grandfather, 
 Luther Clary, was one of the first settlers of 
 Bailey's Island, owning sixty-five acres of 
 land, part of which he cultivated. He lived 
 to an advanced age. 
 
 Ephraim Clary, son of Luther, was born on 
 Bailey's Island, and there made his home 
 during his life of sixty-three years. He en- 
 
 gaged in farming to some extent, and also, 
 with a number of boats, took part in the fish- 
 eries, which form the principal industrial 
 feature of the island. His wife was a Miss 
 Gardener, a native of Orr's Island. They 
 reared a large family, one son being Samuel, 
 above named. 
 
 Samuel Clary, the father of Charles M., was 
 born in Portland, but spent the greater part of 
 his life on Bailey's Island. He went to sea 
 as a fisherman when quite young, and was' 
 actively engaged in catching and curing fish 
 for some years, also raising garden produce on 
 the home farm. He died in the prime of 
 manhood, at the age of forty-five, having con- 
 tracted ship fever during one of his expedi- 
 tions to the high seas. He married Susan 
 W., a daughter of Ephraim Gardener, who was 
 a fisherman of Bailey's Island. Mrs. Clary is 
 yet living on the island, and is now seventy- 
 two years of age. She worships at the Union 
 Church, at whose services her husband also 
 was a frequent attendant during his life. 
 They reared but one child, the subject of this 
 sketch. 
 
 Charles M. Clary was but four years of age 
 when his father died; and he was early called 
 upon to take up the work of life, acquiring, as 
 opportunity afforded, a good common-school 
 education. He went on fishing expeditions 
 when but ten years of age, and successfully 
 followed that line of work until 1892, when he 
 built his present place of business. This 
 store is connected with the comfortable dwell- 
 ing-house which he erected in 1880, and is 
 well stocked with a full line of groceries, dry 
 goods, notions, and other useful articles of 
 general merchandise. In addition to his retail 
 trade Mr. Clary buys lobsters at wholesale 
 to ship to distant cities, realizing a handsome 
 income from this branch of his business. 
 Thrown on his own resources when a child, he 
 has developed remarkable business ability, and 
 is now one of the prosperous merchants of 
 Harpswell. 
 
 In 1868 Mr. Clary was united in marriage 
 with Ella E. Huff, daughter of Joseph Huff, 
 a fisherman of Boothbay, Me. Of the four 
 children born of this union one has passed 
 to the world beyond. Mabel E. is with her 
 parents; Ora A. is the wife of William L. 
 
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 Greely, a fireman of the steamer "Merry- 
 coneag" ; and Charles W. assists his father. 
 
 A Democrat in politics, Mr. Clary has filled 
 many public offices of trust, serving as As- 
 sessor, Overseer of the Poor, and Selectman ; 
 and he has been a member of the town Demo- 
 cratic Committee two years. He was on the 
 School Board two years under the town system, 
 and also served under the district system. He 
 belongs to but two social organizations, being 
 a member of Pejapscot Lodge, No. 13, Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd P'ellows, of Brunswick; 
 also Sebascodegan Tribe, No. 30, I. O. R. M., 
 of Orr's Island. With his wife he attends the 
 Union Ciiurch on the island. A man of 
 unusual intelligence, he is very prominent in 
 Harpswell, and takes an active interest in 
 all matters concerning the public welfare. 
 
 RVILLE G. BOYD, representative in 
 Portland of the well-known firm of 
 Stickney & Poor, spice manufacturers 
 of Boston, was born in Portland, Me., 
 December 4, 1829, son of Enoch and Mary 
 K. (Haskell) Boyd. His ancestors came 
 originally from Kilmarnock, Scotland. His 
 great-grandfather, John Boyd, Sr. , who was a 
 sea captain, was lost at sea. His grandfather, 
 John Boyd, Jr., became a prosperous New 
 Hampshire farmer. 
 
 Enoch Boyd, father of Orville G. , was born 
 in Salisbury, Mass., in 1796. At an early 
 age he adopted mercantile pursuits, and was 
 for several years an' extensive wool merchant, 
 but subsequently engaged in the grocery busi- 
 ness, which he successfully conducted for a 
 long period, being a well-known business man 
 of his day. He finally retired; and the re- 
 mainder of his life was passed in Melrose, 
 Mass., where he died in 1877. His wife, 
 Mary K. Haskell, who was born December 6, 
 1802, was a grand-daughter of Nathaniel Has- 
 kell, formerly a large land-owner in this State. 
 She became the mother of four children, namely : 
 Orman Taylor, senior member of the firm of 
 Boyd, Leeds & Co., of 216 State Street, Bos- 
 ton; Mary K., who resides in Melrose, Mass. ; 
 Charles Oscar, who is in business in Melrose; 
 and Orville G., the subject of this sketch. 
 Mrs. Enoch Boyd died in 1868. 
 
 Orville G. Boyd was educated in the schools 
 of New Hampshire, completing his education 
 at the academy in Laconia, that State. He 
 commenced business li'fe as a clerk in a gen- 
 eral store in Laconia, where he remained for 
 a time. Coming then to Portland, he entered 
 the clothing business in this city as a member 
 of the firm of Boyd & Co. After a successful 
 experience of several years he sold out and 
 then went to Boston, where he engaged in the 
 wholesale grocery business, becoming a jDart- 
 ner in the firm of L. G. Pratt & Co. This 
 concern consisted of Messrs. Pratt and Leeds 
 and the Messrs. Orman T. and Orville G. 
 Boyd; but, Mr. Pratt finally withdrawing, the 
 firm became known as Boyd, Leeds & Co. 
 They carried on a flourishing business for some 
 time, but at length dissolved; and Mr. Orville 
 G. Boyd entered the firm of Stickney & Poor, 
 with whom he has since remained, his connec- 
 tion with that house having extended over a 
 period of fifteen years. During this time 
 he has had charge of the Portland branch, 
 which is located at 5 Exchange Street. He 
 occupies a prominent position among the busi- 
 ness men of the city, and is widely respected 
 for his personal character. He is a member 
 of Unity Lodge, Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows, and of Portland Encampment. In 
 politics he is a Republican. Mr. Boyd mar- 
 ried Susan W. Graffam, daughter of Captain 
 Peter and Sarah M. (Cobb) Graffam, her 
 father having b^en a well-known sea captain 
 and ship-owner of Portland. Both Mr. and 
 Mrs. Boyd are members of the Free Street 
 Baptist Church. 
 
 /®Ya 
 
 RANVILLE M. RICH, senior mem- 
 yjsT ber of the firm of G. M. & C. S. 
 
 — Rich, of Standish, Cumberland 
 County, Me., was born in this town, November 
 12, 1835. His paternal grandfather, Lemuel 
 Rich, was a lifelong farmer in Standish, at- 
 taining the age of fourscore years. To him 
 and his wife, whose maiden name was Betsey 
 Smith, seven children were born, John, the 
 father of Granville M., being the second son. 
 
 John Rich, a native of this town, was born 
 in 1796, and spent his entire life in the place 
 of his birth, being engaged in lumbering and 
 
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 farming. He married Susan Phinney, daugh- 
 ter of John Phinney, of Gorham. They had 
 three children, all of whom are living, 
 namely: Myra; Seixna, widow of Edwin 
 Richardson, of Naples, Me.; and Granville 
 M. Politically, the father was a Republican 
 in his affiliations; and the mother, religiously, 
 was a member of the Methodist church. 
 
 Granville M. Rich was bred and educated in 
 Standish; and after leaving school he here en- 
 gaged in the lumber business with his father, 
 being also interested in agricultural pursuits. 
 He subsequently formed a partnership with 
 C. S. Rich, and was extensively engaged in 
 the manufacture of lumber for many years. 
 The firm still own the plant in common, but 
 its members carry on a separate business, 
 operating the saw-mill individually, each 
 being independent in his dealings. Mr. Rich 
 is an earnest advocate of the principles of the 
 Republican party, and takes an intelligent 
 and active interest in local public affairs, in 
 1883 and 1884 serving as a member of the 
 Board of Selectmen. He is a Knight of 
 Pythias, belonging to Crescent Lodge, No. 20, 
 of Steep Falls, in this town. 
 
 Mr. Rich was married June 8, 1868, to 
 Abby F. Hamlin, daughter of Ebenezer C. 
 Hamlin, of Standish. Mr. and Mrs. Rich 
 have no children of their own living; but they 
 have adopted a son and a daughter — Herbert 
 L. and Annie P. Rich, who have all the ad- 
 vantages of a refined and cultured home. Mr. 
 Rich and his family attend the Baptist 
 church. 
 
 (©TrLEXANDER STEVENSON, formerly 
 IJA an expert wool-dyer and later a suc- 
 yj^\^ cessful clothing merchant of West- 
 brook, died at his home in this city 
 in 1894. He was born in Scotland, February 
 10, 1845, and was a son of Francis and Jean- 
 ette (Miller) Stevenson. Wool-dyeing ap- 
 pears to have been the hereditary occupation 
 of the family, as it was the trade of his father 
 and of his paternal grandfather, who lived and 
 died in Scotland. Francis Stevenson, who 
 was born in Stirling, Scotland, emigrated 
 with his family in 1856 to the United States, 
 and settled in Clinton, Mass., where he was 
 
 employed in the woollen factories, residing 
 there for the rest of his life. He was an 
 industrious and reliable workman; and, be- 
 coming a citizen of the United States, he 
 supported the Republican party in politics, 
 and in his religious belief was a Congregation- 
 alist. His wife, Jeanette Miller, who was a 
 native of Scotland, became the mother of nine 
 children, five of whom are living, namely: 
 Frank, a resident of Meriden, Conn. ; John, 
 who is engaged in the clothing business in 
 Wallingford, Conn.; Jeanette, wife of N. J. 
 Harding, of Clinton, Mass. ; William, who 
 resides in Clinton; and Maggie, wife of M. J. 
 Dougan, of Worcester, Mass. 
 
 Alexander Stevenson acquired his education 
 in the public schools of Clinton; and, after 
 completing his course of study, he went to 
 Utica, N.Y., where he served an apprentice- 
 ship of one and one-half years in the wool-dye- 
 ing business under a Mr. Steele, a master dyer 
 in the woollen-mills of that city. While in 
 Utica he pursued a business course at the 
 commercial college; and, after he had learned 
 the dyer's trade, he went to Bridgton, Me., 
 where he took charge of the dyeing department 
 of the Pondicherry woollen-mills, which had 
 just been erected, and he cleansed and dyed 
 the first batch of wool ever used in those 
 mills. He was connected with the Pondi- 
 cherry mills for twenty-one -years, during 
 which time he secured a high reputation 
 throughout the State as an expert dyer; and his 
 services commanded a handsome income. He 
 owned real estate in Bridgton, together with 
 other valuable property; and while residing 
 there he was actively interested in both the 
 social and political welfare of the town. In 
 1886 he moved to Westbrook, where he entered 
 the clothing business in company with his 
 brother-in-law, Leander Clements, under the 
 firm name of Clements & Co. ; and, purchas- 
 ing his partner's interest four years later, he 
 carried on the business successfully until his 
 death, which took place as above stated. 
 While conducting business in Westbrook, he 
 was induced by Ayer & Houston, the hat man- 
 ufacturers of Portland, who had much diffi- 
 culty in obtaining a fast black color for their 
 goods, to come to their assistance with his 
 ripened knowledge and experience. He 
 
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 labored in their interest for six months with 
 such success that at the end of that time the 
 firm offered him the entire charge of their fac- 
 tory, but he declined to accept. 
 
 Although naturally of a domestic turn of 
 mind, preferring to pass his moments of leisure 
 with his faiftily, Mr. Stevens displayed a deep 
 interest in the fraternal Orders. He was well 
 advanced in Masonry, having been Master of 
 Oriental Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Bridgton; 
 had passed through the different chairs of the 
 Royal Arch Chapter; and was a member of 
 Lewiston Commandery, Knights Templars. 
 He was also a charter member of Highland 
 Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Bridgton. In 
 politics he was a Democrat; and, while not 
 taking any active part in public affairs, he 
 sought by the aid of his vote to secure the 
 proper administration. In his religious views 
 he was a Universal ist. 
 
 On November 12, 1866, Mr. Stevenson was 
 united in marriage to Abbie E. Alley, daugh- 
 ter of E. T. Alley, of Bridgton. By this 
 union there is but one son, Frank, who has 
 succeeded his father in business. Frank 
 Stevenson has already developed a thorough 
 capacity for mercantile pursuits, and is at the 
 present time the youngest merchant in West- 
 brook. He is bright, energetic, and particu- 
 larly agreeable in his manners, and is very 
 popular, both socially and in a business way. 
 Mrs. Stevenson, who survives her husband, is 
 still residing in Westbrook. An intelligent, 
 liberal-minded lady, she is highly esteemed 
 by her many friends and acquaintances. 
 
 "TJDWARD ALLING NOYES, Treasurer 
 pj of the Portland Savings Bank, with 
 ■^ — which he has been connected since 
 
 1859, was born at Eastport, Me., October 6, 
 1839, son of Joseph Cobham and Helen M. 
 (Ailing) Noyes. He is a lineal descendant 
 of Nicholas Noyes, who located in Newbury, 
 Mass., in 1635. 
 
 Cutting Noyes, son of Nicholas, was the 
 father of Joseph, who was born in 1689, and 
 whose grandson and namesake, born in Port- 
 land in 1745, took a leading part in public 
 affairs, representing the district in the Pro- 
 vincial Congress during the Revolutionary 
 
 War. The second Joseph Noyes died in 1795. 
 His grandson, Joseph Cobham Noyes, was born 
 in Portland, April 24, 1798, and moved to 
 Eastport, Me., in 18 19, engaging in business 
 there as a ship-chandler and shipper of mer- 
 chandise. An episode of Mr. Joseph C. 
 Noyes's mercantile life about this time illus- 
 trates his superiority to the petty graspings 
 too common in trade. The canals were 
 closed^ and only about one-half the amount 
 of flour necessary for consumers was obtain- 
 able. A number of flour merchants, wishing 
 to form a combine, waited on Mr. Noyes, who 
 was so fortunate as to have received a large 
 amount of flour, and laid their proposed 
 scheme before him. But he refused to comply 
 with their request or to sell his goods to them 
 at an advanced price or to their representatives 
 who attempted to buy of him. Instead, Mr. 
 Noyes advertised to sell to all bona fide heads 
 of families in Washington County barrels of 
 flour at only twenty-five cents' advance over the 
 full cost, in this way crushing the combine. 
 He believed in a fair profit on the necessaries 
 of life and no more. 
 
 In 1847 he engaged in the flour trade in 
 Portland, and for some years carried on an 
 extensive and successful business. In 1859 
 he was appointed Treasurer of the Portland 
 Company (the locomotive works), and about 
 the same time became Treasurer of the Port- 
 land Savings Bank. He then devoted all his 
 time to the duties of these offices, but during 
 the last years of his life his whole attention 
 was given to the interests of the bank. This 
 institution, when Mr. Noyes became flrst con- 
 nected with it, had but one hundred and sixty 
 thousand dollars on deposit, but its business 
 was beginning to increase; and at the time 
 of his death, July 28, 1868, the deposits 
 amounted to two million, two hundred and 
 seventy-three thousand dollars, the increase 
 being partly due to confidence in the probity 
 and good management of the Treasurer. His 
 wife, whose maiden name was Helen M. 
 Ailing, was a native of Litchfield County, 
 Connecticut, and grand-daughter of Major John 
 Webb, a Revolutionary soldier of note. She 
 died January 9, 1854. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. 
 Noyes were the parents of four sons — George 
 F., Frank, Edward A., and Joseph C. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Edward Ailing Noyes received a good edu- 
 cation in the schools of Portland, and, when 
 nineteen years of age, entered the counting- 
 room of the Portland Savings Bank, where he 
 was clerk five years. The following five years 
 he was connected with the National Traders' 
 Bank; and in 1868, soon after the death of his 
 father, he returned to the savings-bank, tak- 
 ing the position of Assistant Treasurer, which 
 he held till the death of his elder brother 
 Frank, on December 17, 1877, when he suc- 
 ceeded him as Treasurer. He is now in point 
 of service the oldest official in the bank and 
 one of the oldest bank Treasurers in the State. 
 During his incumbency the deposits have in- 
 creased from four million, two hundred and 
 forty-eight thousand dollars to over eight 
 million dollars, and are daily increasing. 
 This bank is the largest east of Boston, and 
 ranks ninth in New England in amount of de- 
 posits. Edward Ailing Noyes has now held 
 the office of Treasurer for nearly twenty years, 
 and has established a reputation for unim- 
 peachable judgment in financial matters. He 
 is President of the Savings Bank Association 
 of Maine. While devoting his time mainly to 
 banking, he is also connected with other 
 enterprises, including the Union Mutual Life 
 Insurance Company of Maine, of which he is 
 a Director, and the Portland Safe Deposit 
 Company, of which he is Vice-President. In 
 the public library he has taken especial in- 
 terest. He was the first librarian, serving 
 without pay for eleven years, and working 
 earnestly to bring the institution to its present 
 prosperous condition. He is now a member of 
 the Committee on Books of the Board of Trus- 
 tees, and has been Treasurer for many years. 
 
 November 5, 1863, Mr. Noyes was united 
 in marriage with Julia Augusta, daughter of 
 John Edwards, of Portland, and grand-daugh- 
 ter of Thomas Edwards, first Judge Advocate- 
 general of the Revolutionary army, and at the 
 time of his death Grand Secretary of the So- 
 ciety of the Cincinnati. Seven children were 
 born to Mr. and Mrs. Noyes, five of whom are 
 living, namely: Helen Ailing; Charles Ed- 
 wards, teller of the Portland Savings Bank; 
 Julia; Joseph C. ; and Sidney W. 
 
 In politics Mr. Noyes is a Republican, and 
 he has taken an active part in furthering the 
 
 interests of his party. He was Treasurer of 
 the State Committee during the Blaine cam- 
 paign, and was a member of the City Council 
 from Ward 7 in 1882 and 1883, a member of 
 the Board of Aldermen in 1884 and 1885, and 
 Chairman of the Board in 1885. While, a 
 member of the city government, he was Chair- 
 man of the Committee on Street Lighting, and 
 was instrumental in introducing electric lights 
 in the streets of Portland. 
 
 3, li 
 
 EDUTHUN A. TRUMBULL, a vet- 
 eran agriculturist, residing on his farm 
 in Bridgton, was born in the town of 
 Denmark, Oxford County, Me., April 
 17. He is the only living member of a 
 family of eight children, six sons and two 
 daughters, born to Samuel and Lydia (Alexan- 
 der) Trumbull, who spent their last years, in 
 this town. Their children bore the following 
 names: Charles, Lois, Samuel, Jeduthun A., 
 Lydia, William, John (first), and John. 
 (second). 
 
 Jeduthun A. Trumbull received a limited 
 education in the town of his birth, where be 
 lived until reaching the age of twelve years. 
 He then came with his parents to Bridgton, 
 where for seven years he worked with his 
 father on the farm and also at the stone 
 cutter's trade. In 1836, two years before 
 attaining his majority, he bought his time 
 of his father, paying him one hundred dollars, 
 and was afterward engaged in various pursuits 
 until 1853, when he purchased the farm which 
 he now owns and occupies. Here Mr. Trum- 
 bull attended to his agricultural labors, and in 
 addition worked at his trade, throughout his 
 years of activity. He has eighty-five acres of 
 productive land, in the care of which he has 
 evinced excellent judgment and ability,, by, 
 means of his industry and thrift acquiring a 
 fair competency. He is a most respected citi- 
 zen, and in politics he is a stanch supporter. of 
 the principles of the Democratic party. 
 
 Mr. Trumbull has been twice married. His 
 first wife, Rebecca N. Harnden, to whom he 
 was united in 1842, died October 16, 1851, 
 leaving two children, Sarah H. and Orren A. 
 Sarah became the wife of Daniel Harmon, who 
 served in the late Rebellion, having enlisted 
 
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 in 1862 in Company B, Twenty-third Maine 
 Volunteer Infantry. The son, a bridge 
 builder and contractor, lives in Reading, Mass. 
 In 1857 Mr. Trumbull was united in marriage 
 to Miss Sophia M. Frye, who passed to the 
 bourne from which no traveller returns, No- 
 vember 28, 1888. The only child born of his 
 second union was a son, Edward Frye, who 
 lived but five years. 
 
 ^AJOR WILLIAM HENRY 
 GREEN, one of the prominent 
 contractors and builders of Port- 
 land, and Department Com- 
 mander of the Grand Army of the Republic, 
 is a native-born citizen, the date of his birth 
 being April 2, 1836. He is of substantial 
 English stock, his paternal grandfather, John 
 Green, Sr., having emigrated from England to 
 Maine in the latter part of the last century. 
 He built the first house, which is stilL stand- 
 ing on Green Street, Portland, that thorough- 
 fare being named in his honor. The large 
 tract of land which he here bought appreci- 
 ated afterward in value, being not far from the 
 centre of the city. John Green, Sr., married 
 a Miss Gould, daughter of an early settler; 
 and their son, John Green, Jr., was the 
 Major's father. 
 
 John Green, Jr., was born in Portland in 
 1795, and after reaching maturity started in 
 business for himself as a rope-maker, carrying 
 on a very successful business, supplying boats 
 and producing cordage for other purposes for 
 many years, continuing active until his death 
 in 1858. His wife, whose maiden name was 
 Mary Jackson, was a native of Raymond, Me. 
 They became the parents of the following chil- 
 dren: John, the third of that name, who 
 served in both the Mexican War and the late 
 Civil War, and now resides at Fairfield in this 
 State; Eliza, the wife of Seth Martin, of 
 Chelsea, Mass.; William Henry; and Mary 
 Frances, who married William E. Stevens, 
 both being now deceased. The mother lived 
 a widow many years, passing away in 1887, 
 at an advanced age. 
 
 William H. Green was educated in the 
 Portland schools, being graduated from the 
 high school in 1852. He soon began working 
 
 at the trade of a brick mason, serving a three 
 years' apprenticeship with S. C. & G. M. 
 Chase, afterward working as a journeyman 
 until war times. On June 10, 1862, Mr. 
 Green enlisted as a private in Company B, 
 Seventeenth Maine Volunteer Infantry, which, 
 after the organization of the regiment, was sent 
 to Camp King, on Cape Elizabeth, • going 
 thence to the front, August 22, 1862. The 
 succeeding seven weeks the regiment occupied 
 the line of forts on the north side of Washing- 
 ton, after which it was assigned to Berry's 
 Brigade, First Division, Third Corps of the 
 Potomac Army, and was at the forefront at 
 the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 
 1862. The regiment spent the following 
 winter in camp near Potomac Creek, but was 
 present at the battle of Chancellorsville, May 
 3, and took part in the battle of Gettysburg, 
 July 2 and 3, 1863, and in the engagement at 
 Waupin Heights, afterward joining General 
 Meade, when he fell back from Rapidan to 
 the vicinity of Washington. The company 
 advanced with the army to Kelly's Ford, and 
 subsequently fought in the battles of Locust 
 Grove and Mine Run, going into winter quar- 
 ters near Brandy Station. In the spring the 
 divisions were consolidated, forming the Sec- 
 ond and Third Divisions of the Second Corps, 
 and took an active part in the important con- 
 tests of that year, being at the battles of the 
 Wilderness, in all of the engagements in the 
 vicinity of Spottsylvania, and at the capture 
 of the bridges and works at North Anna, 
 May 23, 1864. The army then moved via 
 Milford to Cold Harbor, after the battle there 
 crossing the James River and marching on to 
 Petersburg, making assaults on the enemy's 
 works at various times and places. In the 
 spring of 1865 this regiment was under the 
 command of General Grant in the skirmish at 
 Deep Bottom, Boynton Plank Road, Hatches 
 Run, and at Sailor's Creek, and on April 9, 
 1865, was present at the surrender of Lee at 
 Appomattox, an impressive scene, never to be 
 forgotten. Mr. Green was made Sergeant of 
 his company in December, 1862; Second 
 Lieutenant in July, 1863; and, after the bat- 
 tle of Gettysburg, for brave conduct was pro- 
 moted to the rank of First Lieutenant. The 
 following December Lieutenant Green was 
 
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 raised to the position of Captain of Company 
 G, and at Sailor's Creek, three days before 
 Lee's surrender, was brevetted Major, a well- 
 merited promotion. 
 
 After the Grand Review in Washington 
 Major Green, having been in active mili- 
 tary service three years, returned with his 
 regiment to Portland, and resumed work at 
 his trade, at first as a journeyman. In 1868 
 he became a member of the firm of Knight, 
 Green & Co., the firm continuing in business 
 under this name until 1873, being engaged in 
 contracting and building. In that year he 
 formed a partnership with Mr. Jordan, under 
 the name of Green & Jordan, and is still in 
 business, theirs being the oldest contracting 
 firm in the city. They have erected many of 
 the prominent buildings of Portland, among 
 others being the Storer Building, the Emery 
 & Waterhouse store, the Shaler, Cavanaugh 
 and Carroll School-houses, the Public Library, 
 and likewise many of the finest residences in 
 the city, including Dr. Dana's and H. M. 
 Rayson's. Major Green is a prominent mem- 
 ber of the Mechanics' Building and Loan Asso- 
 ciation, having been one of its promoters and 
 a Director since its organization. 
 
 Major Green has always been identified with 
 the Republican ranks. He cast his first vote 
 in 1864 at Petersburg, Va., for Abraham Lin- 
 coln, the ballots being dropped ii;i an ammuni- 
 tion box. In local affairs he is very active 
 and influential, and has served in various 
 municipal offices with great acceptability. 
 During the years 1872 and 1873 he was a 
 member of the City Council, and has been one 
 of the Committee on Public Buildings, Street 
 Commissioner, member of the Board of Over- 
 seers for over twelve years, being Chairman 
 of the Board for two years, and Chairman of 
 the Farming Committee for six years. While 
 serving in the State legislature in 1889,. the 
 Major was Chairman of the Committee on 
 Military Affairs, a member of the Public 
 Building Committee,^and of the State Pension 
 Committee, and instrumental in having the 
 State Militia Bill and an appropriation for 
 the Gettysburg monument carried through the 
 House. 
 
 In the years 1889 and 1890 he was City 
 Marshal under Mayor Melcher; and many im- 
 
 provements in the police department were 
 made during his term of office, the first patrol 
 wagon ever used here being purchased, and 
 the rogues' gallery established. A particular 
 time for the annual spring and autumn chang- 
 ing of police uniforms from light to dark, and 
 vice versa, was then instituted. The Major is 
 a man of prominence in military circles, hav- 
 ing joined the Bosworth Post, Grand Army of 
 the Republic, in 1867, since when he has 
 been Post Commander three different times; 
 and, in February, 1895, at Skowhegan, was 
 elected Department Commander for the State 
 of Maine, having under his charge one hundred 
 and sixty-six Posts, with an aggregate mem- 
 bership of nine thousand. He is also identi- 
 fied with other social organizations, belonging 
 to Portland Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; to Munjoy 
 Lodge, Knights of Pythias; to the Ancient 
 Brothers ' Lodge, Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows; to the Eastern Star Encampment; to 
 the Maine Commandery of the Loyal Legion; 
 and the Lincoln Club. 
 
 Major William H. Green married Miss Eda 
 A. Merrill, daughter of Nathaniel Merrill, of 
 Windham, Me., the only child of their union 
 being Mildred G., wife of Herbert A. Roberts, 
 of this city. Major Green is a regular attend- 
 ant of the First Universal ist Church and a 
 generous contributor toward its support. He 
 was one of the first to discover the beauties of 
 that portion of the city known as the West 
 End, and some twenty-five years ago built 
 his present residence at No. 128 Emery 
 Street. 
 
 -fgrORACE CRESSEY, a prominent and. 
 1^ well-to-do agriculturist of Gorham, 
 JU I ^Cumberland County, Me., was born 
 in the town of Buxton, York 
 County, March 10, 1841. He comes of sturdy 
 English stock, his great-grandfather having 
 emigrated from England in Colonial times, 
 becoming a settler of Buxton. His two 
 brothers, who accompanied him across the 
 Atlantic, both located in the town of Gorham. 
 All three took up land, and were in prosper- 
 ous circumstances. 
 
 Mr. Cressey's paternal grandfather, John 
 Cressey, was a native of Buxton, and there 
 
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 spent his life. To him and his wife, Hannah 
 CDwens, seven children were born, two of 
 whom are still living — Edmund Cressey, of 
 Hollis, Me.; and Elijah Cressey, of Buxton. 
 ' Daniel Cressey, one of the sons of John and 
 Hannah Owens Cressey, was born and reared 
 in Buxton, and there engaged in lumbering 
 and general farming. He was a keen, far- 
 sighted man of business and very successful 
 in his various undertakings, continuing in 
 active pursuit until his death, which occurred 
 in 1891. Politically, he was a Democrat, and, 
 religiously, was an attendant of the Free Will 
 Baptist church. He was twice married. His 
 first wife, Mary Hill, a native of Brownfield, 
 with whom he was united in 1840, died in 
 1877, leaving six children, namely: Horace, 
 the leading subject of this brief sketch ; 
 Hannah; Charles H.; Noah; Daniel; and 
 Mary C, wife of Wilbur Rand, who has two 
 children — Maud and Harold. Of his union 
 with his second wife, Mary Flood, of Buxton, 
 there were no children. 
 
 Horace Cressey was educated in the schools 
 of his native town and afterward worked on 
 the home farm until 1863, when he offered his 
 services to hi'! country, enlisting in Company 
 C, Twenty-seventh Maine Volunteer Infantry, 
 which was made up of brave boys from York 
 County. He subsequently re-enlisted, just 
 prior to the battle of Gettysburg, for a week 
 or ten days, and for his gallantry received a 
 medal of honor. On his return from war he 
 worked for a time on the farm, going thence 
 to Portland, where he worked three years for 
 the Portland & Rochester Railway Company. 
 Mr. Cressey was then employed for three years 
 in Warren's paper-mill at Cumberland Mills, 
 after which he leased a farm in Buxton for 
 two years. In 1878 he purchased the old 
 Stone farm of one hundred acres, in Gorham, 
 and here has since been actively and prosper- 
 ously engaged in general agriculture, being a 
 practical and progressive farmer. He is a 
 stanch supporter of the principles of the Dem- 
 ocratic party, and attends the Methodist 
 church, of which his wife is a member. 
 
 On November 21, 1874, Mr. Cressey was 
 married to Lovanthia Elwell, the seventh of a 
 family of nine children born to George and 
 Nancy (Smith) Elwell, of Gorham. Mr. and 
 
 Mrs. Cressey have two children now living, 
 namely: Ida M. Cressey, born May 29, 1876; 
 and Alvin H. Cressey, born September 8, 
 1877. 
 
 ATHANIEL DYER, a highly esteemed 
 native resident of Pownal, Me., for 
 
 Is \^ many years prominently identified 
 
 with the management of town 
 affairs, was born January 24, 1825, son of 
 Michael and Rachel (Haskell) Dyer. Mr. 
 Dyer's grandfather, Nathaniel Dyer, was an 
 early settler of Cape Elizabeth, where he 
 owned and cultivated a good farm. He was a 
 ship master and owner, and for many years was 
 a prominent man at Cape Elizabeth. He 
 passed his last days in Portland, ai>d died in 
 that city at a good old age. He reared a fam- 
 ily of three sons and three daughters, Michael, 
 Mr. Dyer's father, being the youngest son. 
 
 Michael Dyer was born at Cape Elizabeth, 
 November i, 1782. In early manhood he set- 
 tled in Pownal as a pioneer, erecting a log 
 house, and clearing a good farm fi'om the 
 wilderness, and by his energy and persever- 
 ance succeeded in establishing a comfortable 
 home for himself and family. He owned a 
 farm of one hundred acres, which he culti- 
 vated with prosperous results. He died at the 
 age of seventy-eight years and ten months. 
 In politics he was a Democrat, and he was 
 called to serve in public affairs as a Select- 
 man of the town and a Representative to the 
 legislature. He was twice married. His 
 second wife, who was born in Gorham, Me., 
 January i, 1786, lived to reach the unusually 
 advanced age of nearly one hundred years. 
 He reared a family of thirteen children, three 
 of whom are living, namely: Nathaniel, the 
 subject of this sketch, who is the eldest; Mrs. 
 Rachel Bangs, who was born March 23, 1826, 
 and now resides in Pownal; and Sarah Whit- 
 more, who was born October 8, 1827, and re- 
 sides in Oakland, Cal. 
 
 Nathaniel Dyer received his education in 
 the schools of Pownal, and in young manhood 
 he was employed as a ship carpenter for a short 
 time. His principal occupation in life, how- 
 ever, has been farming. In 1848 he purchased 
 the home farm of one hundred and fifty acres, 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 desirably located, which he has since con- 
 ducted. As a general farmer he has by his 
 energy and good management kept his farm up 
 to a high standard of excellence, and has at- 
 tained a comfortable prosperity. The present 
 substantial buildings on his place were erected 
 by him. In politics he supports the Repub- 
 lican party, and he has rendered faithful and 
 valuable services to the town as Selectman, 
 Assessor, Treasurer, and in other offices; and 
 in 1861 and 1862 he served with marked abil- 
 ity as a Representative to the State legis- 
 lature. 
 
 On March 18, 1851, Mr. Dyer was united 
 in marriage with Harriet L. Martin, who was 
 born in Poland, Me., April 9, 1827, daughter 
 of Robert Martin. Mrs. Dyer died September 
 12, 1877, leaving two children — Edwin L. 
 and Hattie E. Edwin L. Dyer, born October 
 I5> 1855, is a lawyervand present City Clerk 
 of Portland. He was married August 2, 1888, 
 to Fanny Green, and has two children, named 
 Dorothy and De Young. Hattie E. Dyer was 
 born October 6, 1857. On September 22, 
 1886, she married Fred B. Estes, a travelling 
 salesman. Mr. and Mrs. Estes reside in 
 Deering. They have one daughter, named 
 Mabel H. 
 
 Mr. Dyer is widely and favorably known as 
 •a genial, sociable gentleman and a kind- 
 hearted friend. His views are liberal upon 
 religious subjects. Socially, he is connected 
 with Freeport Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and the 
 Knights of Pythias. 
 
 SEWELLYN SPURR, a prominent citi- 
 zen of Otisfield, Cumberland County, 
 _^^ Me., who is now actively engaged 
 in general farming and dairying, was 
 born in Otisfield, October 15, 1844. He is 
 the son of Samuel and Laura (Harding) 
 Spurr, the former a native of Otisfield, Me., 
 the latter of Blue Hill, and the grandson of 
 William and Nabbie N. (Dole) Spurr, early 
 settlers in Otisfield. 
 
 William Spurr, who was born March 8,^ 1765, 
 was an able farmer and also worked at' shoe- 
 making. He spent the greater part of his life 
 in Otisfield, dying July 10, 1837. His wife, 
 Nabbie N. Dole, was born in Windham, Me., 
 
 October 3, 1770, and died in Otisfield, October 
 
 12, 1844. She was the mother of twelve chil- 
 dren — Miriam, born August 11, 1790, who 
 died December 25, 1851; Joseph, who was 
 born August 18, 1792, and died August 20, 
 1802; Oliver, born Jun£ 23, 1794, who died 
 May 14, 1868; Polly D., who was born April 
 
 13. 1797. and died May 7, 1828; Fannie, who 
 was born July 27, 1799, and died July 23, 
 1815; Merrill, who was born April 18, 1801, 
 and died February 21, 1876; Jemima, born 
 September 26, 1803, who died February 3, 
 1848; Amelia, who was born March 25, 1806, 
 and died April 21, 1806; Robert, born April 
 20, 1807, who died June 4, 1878; Meredith 
 W. , born June 23, 1809, who died February 
 16, 1881; Samuel, born March i, 1812; and 
 William, Jr., born May 31, 1814, who died 
 April 28, 1825. 
 
 Samuel Spurr was the eleventh child of this 
 large family. Reared to farm life, he early 
 settled on the farm which is now managed by 
 his son, and by industry and judicious manage- 
 ment drew from the soil a comfortable living. 
 He occupied a prominent place among the 
 citizens of the town, and held many offices of 
 trust. He died March 3, 1855, his wife sur- 
 viving till 1895. Six children brightened 
 their home — Clara S., born in 1840, now the 
 wife of Hamlin Spiller, of Lowell, Mass. ; 
 Joseph M., born May 21, 1841, a shirt manu- 
 facturer of Lowell, Mass., married, his wife 
 being formerly Miss Laura Adams ; Byron, who 
 died in infancy; Cyril P., born in February, 
 1846, a shoemaker living in South Bridgton, 
 Me., and married to Mary Corson, of Bridgton ; 
 Lewellyn, born October 15, 1844, the special 
 subject of this sketch; and Ida M., born in 
 January, 1852, wife of Albert Strout, of 
 Webb's Mills, Me. 
 
 Lewellyn Spurr received his early education 
 in the public schools of Otisfield. He was 
 but ten years of age when his father died, and 
 was obliged to be content with a common- 
 school education, going to work on a farm in 
 North Yarmouth, Me., when he was seventeen 
 years of age. He worked in North Yarmouth 
 three months, and, when the war broke out, 
 though under age, signified his willingness to 
 fight for his country, enlisting August 2, 1862, 
 in Company H, Seventeenth Maine Infantry, 
 
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 285 
 
 under command of Captain A. L. Fogg and 
 Colonel T. A. Roberts. He took part in 
 some of the most momentous engagements of 
 the Civil War, including Fredericksburg, 
 Gettysburg, and Chancellorsville. At Gettys- 
 burg, July 2, 1863, he received a bullet 
 wound in the leg, which permanently disabled 
 him, and on account of which he was sent to 
 the hospital at Newark, N.J. Receiving his 
 discharge from the service September 25, 
 1863, he returned home; and, his lameness in- 
 capacitating him for farm work, he learned the 
 shoemaker's trade and worked at it for two 
 years in Mechanic Falls, Lewiston, and Otis- 
 field. By that time his strength had returned ; 
 and, being again able to engage in active out- 
 door labor, he resumed his farm work during 
 the summer season, being employed in logging 
 in winter in New Hampshire and Vermont, 
 and in the summer of 1867 working in the 
 brickyard in Oxford, Me. November i, 1870, 
 he moved to his present home to take care of 
 his uncle and aunt; and when they died he 
 succeeded to the ownership of the farm. The 
 estate comprises about one hundred acres, and 
 under Mr. Spurr's management is in a highly 
 productive condition. He raises' large quan- 
 tities of hay, grain, and potatoes, and makes 
 a fine grade of butter, which he sends to 
 markets in different parts of the country. He 
 also finds lucrative employment as a carpenter 
 and mason. 
 
 On February 14, 1882, Mr. Spurr was mar- 
 ried to Miss Lydia Scribner, who was born in 
 Otisfield, August 20, 1852, daughter of John 
 and Sarah (Lamb) Scribner, both of Cumber- 
 land County. Mrs. Spurr comes of a long- 
 lived family, her great-grandfather, Edward 
 Scribner, attaining the remarkable age of one 
 hundred and three, and her grandfather, John 
 Scribner, living to be ninety-five years of age. 
 Her father was a prominent farmer and lum- 
 berman of Otisfield. Mr. and Mrs. Spurr 
 have one child — William S., born February 
 28, 1883. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Spurr has been an -ardent 
 supporter of Democratic principles since he be- 
 came of age. He was Selectman of Otisfield 
 in 1884, 1892, 1893, and 1894. He is some- 
 what of an antiquary and has a unique collec- 
 tion of old documents and other relics, includ- 
 
 ing almanacs dating back to 1757, which were 
 gathered by different members of the Spurr 
 family and given to him by his aunt, Sallie 
 Spurr, who lived to be ninety years of age, 
 and a singing-book, dated Feloruary 5, 1755. 
 Mr. Spurr is adding yearly to his interesting 
 collection, which is thus constantly increasing 
 in value. 
 
 AMES L. RICE, a substantial citizen 
 and highly successful retail grocer . of 
 Portland, where he has a store at the 
 corner of Congress and Portland Streets, 
 was born in his city, October 9, 1861, a son 
 of Richard Gooding and Mary E. (Libby) 
 Rice. 
 
 When he was but six months old, his parents 
 left Portland and moved to North Pownal, 
 where they settled on a farm, subsequently 
 removing to a farm in Westbrook, and going 
 after a year's stay in that place to Scarboro, 
 and thence to South Gorham. In the two 
 places last named they remained several years, 
 the father being engaged in agriculture. 
 
 James L. Rice attended school in various 
 places; and, as his parents returned to Portland 
 on leaving South Gorham, he finished his 
 early education in the common school of Deer- 
 ing. In 1876, when he was fifteen years of 
 age, he took a course at Gray's Business Col- 
 lege, and subsequently found employment with 
 I. S. Bean in a wholesale fruit and produce 
 store, where he remained a year, acquiring his 
 first practical knowledge of business. After 
 that he secured a position as book-keeper for 
 Thompson & Hall, general commission prod- 
 uce merchants, and two years later, in 1884, 
 started a small grocery store on his own ac- 
 count. At first he employed but one clerk; 
 but at the end of two years his trade had in- 
 creased to such an extent as to warrant his 
 entering more commodious quarters, and he 
 came to his present stand, a fine large corner 
 store, where he now has the best business in 
 this portion of the city, giving employment to 
 seven people besides himself. 
 
 On February 16, 1884, Mr. Rice was united 
 in marriage with Miss Ida L. Phillips, a 
 daughter of Ossian C. Phillips, of Turner, 
 Me. ; and they are the parents of two children 
 
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 — Albert L. and Ada May. Mr. Rice is a 
 faithful supporter of the Republican party 
 at the polls, but has never sought office. He 
 and his family reside in Deering and are at- 
 tendants of the Congregational church, to the 
 support of which he contributes. 
 
 "irXANIEL M. CROCKETT, Town 
 1=^ Clerk at Bridgton, Me., was born 
 ^TSV January 25, 1831, in Charleston,. 
 S. C. His parents, Daniel Merrill 
 and Ellen (Thomas) Crockett, had but two 
 children, the elder being a daughter. The 
 mother died when Daniel was an infant ; and 
 the father, who was engineer in a rice factory 
 in Georgetown, N.C., died eight years later. 
 After the death of his mother Daniel M. 
 Crockett was taken to Portland to live with an 
 uncle, who had sent for him, and made his 
 home in that city until fourteen years old. 
 Engaging subsequently for some time as a 
 farm laborer, he became thoroughly acquainted 
 with agricultural work; but, preferring to learn 
 a trade, he then went to Westbrook, where 
 he served an apprenticeship at shoemaking, 
 which he subsequently followed for six years, 
 and after that he was employed in lumbering 
 in Wisconsin for two years. Returning to 
 Westbrook, and again working at shoemaking 
 for a short time, Mr. Crockett next established 
 himself in business, which he finally sold out 
 in the time of the late Rebellion, in order that 
 he might offer his services in his country's 
 defence. Accordingly, on October 3, 1861, 
 he enlisted as a private in Company C, 
 Twelfth Maine Volunteer Infantry, being 
 mustered in at Portland. Sent to the South 
 with his regiment, Mr. Crockett first met the 
 enemy in battle at Ponchatoula, where he was 
 wounded in the face by a piece of shell and 
 was taken prisoner. He was held in the prisons 
 of Jackson and Vicksburg from September i 
 until the following January, when he was ex- 
 changed. Rejoining his regiment, he was 
 soon sent to New Orleans, where he was sta- 
 tioned three weeks, and the following fourteen 
 weeks he spent at the St. James Hospital. 
 His term of enlistment having now expired, he 
 was honorably discharged, being mustered out 
 of service September 7, 1864. 
 
 On his return to Westbrook Mr. Crockett 
 resumed work at his trade, but was afterward 
 appointed Assistant Postmaster, and was also 
 clerk in a store, continuing thus engaged until 
 1865, when he came to Bridgton, where he has 
 since made his home. For some years he has 
 been engaged in farming. He was re-elected 
 March 2, 1896, for the fifth term as Town 
 Clerk of Bridgton, having filled this office 
 with credit for four years, and, himself a loyal 
 Republican, enjoying the respect of both po- 
 litical parties. He is prominent in the Grand 
 Army of the Republic circles, having been 
 Adjutant of Farragut Post, Np. 21, for a quar- 
 ter of a century. 
 
 Mr. Daniel M. Crockett and Miss Abbie 
 Mead were united in wedlock on November 26, 
 1865. They have but one child living, a 
 daughter, Susanna M. , having been bereft of 
 their only son, Charles M. 
 
 EV. ASA DALTON, D.D., Rector 
 of St. Stephen's, Portland, Me., was 
 born in Westbrook, Me., October 
 30, 1824. He comes from good old 
 New England stock, being a descendant of 
 Philemon Dalton, who emigrated to this coun- 
 try in 163s, bringing with him his wife and 
 son, and was one of the founders of Dedham, 
 Mass. After a time he moved to New Hamp- 
 shire, and settled in Hampton, of which 
 place he was also one of the first settlers and 
 incorporators. 
 
 Philemon Dalton soon became a leading 
 man in his new home. He was elected to 
 many offices of trust, and gained the respect 
 and confidence of the people among whom he 
 dwelt. He became Deacon of the church 
 and Selectman, and, as civil magistrate, had 
 authority to perform marriage ceremonies. He 
 died June 4, 1662, from injuries received from 
 the fall of a tree. The Rev. Timothy Dalton, 
 brother of Philemon, also sought a home in the 
 New World. The rectorship of Woolverstone, 
 Suffolk, England, which he had held for more 
 than twenty years, was taken from him under 
 the tyrannical rule of Archbishop Laud! He, 
 therefore, in 1637 left England, arid joined his 
 brother Philemon at Hampton, and was the 
 first "teacher" of the church there. 
 
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 Samuel, son of Philemon Dalton, was born 
 in England, 1629, but was brought up in this 
 country from his early childhood. His career 
 proves him to have been a man of sense and 
 integrity. He was called upon while quite a 
 young man tp fill offices of trust; and he served 
 as Clerk of the town of Hampton for thirty 
 years, nearly all the deeds, wills, and civic 
 records being in his handwriting. He repre- 
 sented Hampton in the General Court in 1662, 
 1664, 1666, 1669, 1671, 1673, and 1679. 
 He was in 1665 elected Associate Judge of 
 the courts of Norfolk and Treasurer of the 
 county, which offices he held until 1680, when 
 New Hampshire formed a separate govern- 
 ment. As soon as the new order was estab- 
 lished, so high was the esteem in which Mr. 
 Samuel Dalton was held that he was elected 
 a member of the first council held by the State 
 under President Cutt, an office he held until 
 his death. On February 6, 1650, he married 
 Mehitable, daughter of Henry Palmer, of 
 Haverhill. ' She survived her husband, and 
 married the Rev. Zachariah Symmes, of Brad- 
 ford. 
 
 Philemon Dalton, son of Samuel, was born 
 in Hampton, N.H., December 16, 1664. He 
 lived on the homestead, and did not go into 
 public life, but served in the church, holding 
 the office of Deacon. He was married on 
 September 25, 1690, to Abigail Gove, daugh- 
 ter of Edward and Hannah (Titcomb) Gove. 
 Their son Samuel was born July 22, 1694. 
 He was a teacher, and married Mary, daugh- 
 ter of Moses T. and Mary (Carr) Leavitt, who 
 was a descendant of Thomas, of Exeter, N.H. 
 Michael Dalton, brother of Samuel, became a 
 prominent merchant in Newburyport, Mass., 
 and was the father of Tristram Dalton, who 
 was the first United States Senator from that 
 State. 
 
 Samuel, the son of Samuel and Mary 
 (Leavitt) Dalton, was born in Hampton, 
 N.H., April 5, 1726. In 1757 he married 
 Sarah Scott; and they were early settlers of 
 Parsonsfield, Me. Their son, Samuel Dalton, 
 was born in Hampton, N.H., August 7, I77i- 
 He became a merchant, and married in 1795 
 Mary, daughter of Joel and Lydia (Perkins) 
 Bennett, of York, Me., a descendant of John 
 Bennett, of Wells, Me. 
 
 Samuel Dalton, of Westbrook, Me., born in 
 Parsonsfield, November 25, 1797, son of . Sam- 
 uel and Mary (Bennett) Dalton, was a mer- 
 chant, as was his father before him. He mar- 
 ried on October 12, 18 19, Mary Ann, daughter 
 of Joseph Huckins, of Effingham, N.H., and 
 his wife, Mary Jenness, of Portsmouth, N.H. 
 Mrs. Dalton was a descendant of Robert 
 Huckins, whose son James was killed by the 
 Indians, when his house in the garrison was 
 taken, and all its inmates slain, with the ex- 
 ception of one son, Robert, who escaped the 
 following day. 
 
 The Rev. Asa Dalton is the eighth in de- 
 scent from Philemon Dalton, his first Ameri- 
 can ancestor. Dr. Dalton's parents removed 
 from Maine to Massachusetts during his boy- 
 hood; and in the Cambridge High School he 
 was fitted for Harvard University, where he 
 was graduated with distinction in 1848, a 
 member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, from 
 the first eight of his class. After receiving 
 his college degree, he decided to enter the 
 ministry, and continued his studies at Cam- 
 bridge, at the Divinity School of the Univer- 
 sity. Not long after, Mr. Dalton went to 
 Newport, R.I., where he established a classi- 
 cal school,, which had a prosperous career. 
 Later he accepted the position of Assistant 
 Rector of the Church of the Ascension in New 
 York. During two years of this ministry he 
 also edited the Protestant ChiircJunan of that 
 city. From 1856 to 1862 Mr. Dalton was 
 Rector^ of St. John's Parish, Bangor; and one 
 year later, in 1863, he came to Portland, 
 where he assumed his present charge, the rec- 
 torship of St. Stephen's. He married, in 
 1851, Maria Jackson, a native of Roxbury, 
 Mass., the daughter of the Rev. William 
 and Mary Brown Leverett. 
 
 The spiritual elevation of those about him 
 as well as the material advancement of the 
 church, bear witness to Dr. Dalton's faithful 
 and efficient ministry. His broad outlook and 
 wide sympathies have conjoined to establish 
 the happiest relations between the parish and 
 the various congregations of other denomina- 
 tions in the city. During his ministry at St. 
 Stephen's, Dr. Dalton has delivered fifteen 
 courses of free lectures upon historical and 
 literary subjects, and these lectures have been 
 
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 largely attended by the most intelligent people 
 of the city. Their popularity has not been 
 confined to Portland, as they have been widely 
 reported and read; and it is only the just 
 measure of praise to say that these literary 
 talks were the most popular lectures ever 
 given in this city. Dr. Dalton's energy as a 
 writer is remarkable. Besides frequent con- 
 tributions to periodicals and reviews, he has 
 written and published a volume of sermons 
 and a church history, which have received ap- 
 preciative commendations from both the secu- 
 lar and religious press. He has always co- 
 operated with other churches in their religious 
 and charitable work, and is connected with 
 several literary and benevolent societies. His 
 name is enrolled among the members of the 
 New England Historical and Genealogical 
 Society and the Maine Historical Society, 
 and he is Vice-President of the Harvard Club 
 of Maine. No surer testimony of a man's 
 life work can be given than the happier, wiser, 
 better condition of those among whom and for 
 whom he has labored. 
 
 A Maine man. Dr. Dalton early decided to 
 devote his life to the highest interests of his 
 native State, a plan to which he has adhered 
 unswervingly, subordinating all sectarian re- 
 lations and schemes to this purpose — namely, 
 that of promoting the intellectual and moral 
 advancement of his city and State. 
 
 'OHN G. TOLFORD, late an esteemed 
 resident of Gorham, Me., in former 
 years one of the leading dry-goods mer- 
 chants of Cumberland County, doing 
 business in Portland, was born in Saco, Me., 
 in 1811, son of Joshua and Mary Tolford! 
 His parents removed to Portland when he was 
 eleven years old; and in that city he earned 
 his first wages, being employed in a grocery 
 store. He left his place within a short time, 
 however, because liquor was sold there, and 
 next entered the dry-goods store of Rogers & 
 Cutler, where he began work as an errand boy. 
 The strength of principle which caused him to 
 resign his first position never deserting him, 
 step by step he worked his way up until 
 finally he became owner and manager of the 
 business, which he moved to more commodious 
 
 quarters across the street'. As the years passed, 
 fortune favored him increasingly; and in 1852 
 he built another store on Free Street, Portland. 
 In 1865 he retired from business, having 
 accumulated a fortune, and travelled for some 
 time on the Continent; and in 1875 he bought 
 the handsome estate in Gorham where his 
 widow now resides, furnishing his home with 
 all needed comforts and luxuries suggested by 
 good taste and foreign travel. A Republican 
 in politics, he took a personal interest in 
 national affairs, but was not an aspirant for 
 office. He was a prominent member of St. 
 Stephen's Episcopal Church in Portland, 
 which he joined when a young man, and was 
 Senior Warden for over twenty-five years. He 
 died November i, 1880, in his seventieth year. ' 
 Mr. Tolford was married in 1854 to Miss' 
 Anna B. Mountfort, daughter of Captain 
 Daniel and Mary (Mussey) Mountfort, of Port- 
 land. The Mountfort family is of English 
 origin. Mrs. Tolford's grandfather, Daniel 
 Mountfort, was a tanner of Portland, and in 
 that city her father was born. He began to 
 follow the sea when only a lad, and was Cap- 
 tain of a vessel when he was twenty-one years 
 of age. After weathering successfully the 
 tempests of many seasons, he was finally lost 
 at sea, December 22, 1839, his vessel being 
 wrecked in a snowstorm off Cape Cod. He 
 left three children, Mrs. Tolford, who was 
 born in Portland in 1828, being the youngest 
 and the only one' now living. She enjoyed 
 the best educational advantages offered at the 
 time, attending the common schools of Port- 
 land, and finishing her studies at Packard's 
 Seminary on Free Street, Portland. Of her 
 union with Mr. Tolford two children wqre 
 born, a son and a daughter. John G., the son, 
 a promising lad, attended the Gorham High 
 School and then entered Phillips Academy at 
 Andover, Mass. He was called home at the 
 time of his father's death, and shortly after 
 that sad event was taken ill. Three years 
 later (1883) he died. He was then nineteen 
 years of age. The daughter, Mary Elizabeth, 
 received a liberal education, attending Mrs. 
 Bailey's Home School at New Gloucester, 
 Me., after a preliminary course of study in the 
 Portland schools, later taking a special course 
 at the Belcher School, Farmington, Me., and 
 
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 2gi 
 
 at Gorham Seminary, and finally entering 
 Wellesley College, where she took a four 
 years' course, graduating from the musical 
 department in 1883. Nine years later she 
 married Mr. John A. Hinkley, of Gorham. 
 
 Mrs. Tolford is highly esteemed in Gorham 
 and in Portland, her early home. She attends 
 the Congregationalist church, and is always 
 ready to respond to the demands of charity. 
 Mr. Tolford was a fine example of a self-made 
 man; and the wealth which blessed his declin- 
 ing years was but a fitting outcome of the 
 struggle of his youth with poverty and temp- 
 tation, his constant integrity, and his diligent 
 application to business in his manhood's prime. 
 
 This brief memoir is happily accompanied 
 by a lifelike portrait of Mr. Tolford. 
 
 T^APTAIN WILLIAM E. DENNI- 
 I v-^ SON, who died on September 3, 1895, 
 ^Hs was for a number of years Com- 
 mander of the Maine Central 
 steamer, "Frank Jones." He was born in 
 Portland, June 29, 1832. His father was 
 Captain C. W. Dennison, of Freeport, Me., 
 where his grandfather, Solomon Dennison, 
 lived; but the family originally came from 
 Gloucester, Mass. At the age of thirteen 
 William E. went to sea, going before the mast, 
 working his way from the lowest to the high- 
 est round in thirty-nine different vessels. 
 His life was one of varied experiences. He 
 was at one time an indigo planter in Central 
 America, and he was master of an armed trad- 
 ing schooner on Lake Nicaragua until driven 
 thence by one of the periodical Central 
 American revolutions. During the Crimean 
 War he was one of the crew of a transport 
 which carried British troops through the Black 
 Sea to Sebastopol ; and, in the war of the Re- 
 bellion, with his gunboat he assisted in the 
 capture of the blockade - running steamers, 
 "Circassian" and "Emma Henley," carrying 
 away the largest prizes ever taken by the 
 American navy. He was for seven years 
 engaged in the coal business, and he made and 
 lost a fortune in the California gold mines. 
 Tact is better than talent, and Captain -Den- 
 nison's ability to take advantage of the situa- 
 tion is notable. It was a lucky stroke for him 
 
 when he was transferred from the Captaincy 
 of a merchantman to the command of one of 
 Uncle Sam's war vessels. With the Ameri- 
 can schooner "Adrianna, " Captain Dennison 
 saved the United States steamship "Wyo- 
 ming," which had been run ashore by her 
 rebel-sympathizing crew in the Gulf of Cali- 
 fornia, July 31, 1861. The "Wyoming" 
 taught the Japanese to respect the valor of 
 American seamen by fighting singly the com- 
 bined Japanese fort and fleet, and achieving 
 a most audacious victory in the Strait of Si- 
 monoseki, whence warships of three nations 
 had been driven. The "Wyoming" was one 
 of the United States squadron then in the 
 Pacific Ocean. Lieutenant Murray required 
 Captain Dennison to leave the "Adrianna" 
 for the time and go on board the "Wyoming," 
 which was in so critical a position that Cap- 
 taiji Dennison realized that they must work 
 night and day to save her. He called for the 
 pilot who was in command when the "Wyo- 
 ming" grounded, for the moral circumstances 
 of the movement assured him that the vessel 
 had been purposely run ashore. The disci- 
 pline of the "Wyoming " was exceedingly lax. 
 Her late Captain and other officers, honored 
 with commissions by the United States gov- 
 ernment, had deserted the vessel and had gone 
 to join the rebels; and of those who remained 
 behind many were tainted with sentiments 
 hostile to the government. While Dennison 
 and Murray were talking over affairs, the pilot, 
 who without any authority had been 'set 
 ashore, made off and was seen no more. The 
 "Wyoming" went ashore at high water, under 
 full steam, with the power of her engine fully 
 developed. Her keel lay parallel to the coast, 
 far from the nearest habitation. After run- 
 ning her ashore, the crew had taken the steam 
 anchor out over the starboard bow and planted 
 it farther upon the reef. The cable of this 
 anchor had been tightened by the Captain, and 
 the ship had thus gone farther ashore and 
 more into danger. The "Wyoming " had been 
 thoroughly overhauled and repaired at the 
 Mare Island navy-yard, and had on board all 
 her stores and equipments. 
 
 The tides in the Gulf of California are 
 scarcely perceptible, and a ship ashore any- 
 where in it increased her danger by delay. 
 
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 As soon as Captain Dennison took charge, the 
 ''Adrianna " hauled alongside and commenced 
 to take aboard the shot and shell ; and, having 
 lightened her burden, the ship thus took out 
 astern the bow anchors of the disabled vessel, 
 and at 6 p.m., August 2, got the gunboat afloat 
 and towed it into Petaluma Bay, a snug harbor, 
 where the transfer of stores was made. On 
 the evening of August 4 both vessels went to 
 sea, the "Adrianna " in tow of the "Wyo- 
 ming." On August 7, at 9 a.m., the "Wy- 
 oming" discharged-the "Adrianna." Thus for 
 seven days did the "Adrianna," interrupting 
 her voyage, stand by the unfortunate ship, sav- 
 ing her from imminent peril. 
 
 Captain Dennison was at one time in com- 
 mand of the "Cherokee," and served the 
 blockade at Fort Fisher. On his return from 
 the war he commanded the steamer "City of 
 Richmond " until the "Frank Jones " went on 
 the line. His steamboat route was from Port- 
 land to Machias and Mount Desert, and he 
 also went from Portland to Bangor. He be- 
 longed to the A. F. & A. M., Portland Com- 
 mandery, Knights Templars, and to the Loyal 
 Legion. He was a member of Bosworth 
 Post, Grand Army of the Republic, the So- 
 ciety of California Pioneers, and the Virginia 
 Veterans. By his first marriage Captain Den- 
 nison had one son, A. Crossman Dennison, 
 pilot of the "Bay State." On May i, 1887, 
 he married Miss Lizzie E. Tobey, daughter of 
 H. N. Tobey, of Machiasport. Mrs. Denni- 
 son survives her husband with two children 
 
 William W. and Adelaide Boothby Dennison. 
 
 AZEN D. MORRISON, who owns 
 and occupies a valuable farm in the 
 I Is I Highlands of Bridgton, was born 
 October 7, 1853, in the house in 
 which he now resides, being a son of William 
 A. and Almira (Danforth) Morrison. His 
 father was a lifelong resident of Cumberland 
 County and one of its most honored and re- 
 spected citizens. In 1852 he purchased this 
 homestead property, on which he carried on a 
 substantial business in general farming and 
 lumbering until his demise in 1888, at the 
 age of sixty-five years. His wife preceded 
 him to the eternal rest, dying at the age of 
 
 fifty-eight years in £885. They were the par- 
 ents of six children, namely: Hazen D. ; Ada; 
 John, who died in early life; Nellie; Howard; 
 and Abbie (deceased). The father was a, 
 member of the Society of Odd Fellows. 
 
 Hazen D. Morrison has spent his years on 
 the farm where his birth occurred, having as- 
 sisted in its management during the life of his 
 father, and afterward becoming its possessor. 
 He has one hundred and twenty-five acres of 
 land, charmingly situated on the. Highlands; 
 and here he carries on mixed husbandry, 
 besides doing an extensive business in lumber- 
 ing. During the summer season he and his 
 wife accommodate about twenty-five boarders 
 from the leading cities of the neighboring- 
 States, having, during the four summers in 
 which they have been thus employed, won an 
 enviable reputation as genial hosts. In poli- 
 tics Mr. Morrison is a sturdy Democrat arid 
 a faithful supporter of the principles promul- 
 gated by that party. In i888, on May 9, Mr. 
 Morrison was wedded to Miss Elecia N. 
 Keough, who ably assists him in his labors, 
 presiding in a worthy manner over his pleasant 
 home and adding to its comforts and at-' 
 tractions. 
 
 fRA B. PAGE, superintendent of the 
 Mayberry Brothers' stock farm in Casco, 
 Me., where some of the finest horses in 
 the country are raised, was born in 
 Whitefield, N.H., April 30, 1849, son of 
 William and Jane (Quinby) Page, both natives 
 of Lisbon, N. H. William Page, who was a 
 mason by trade, spent the greater part of his 
 life in Whitefield, dying there in 1882. He 
 was the father of fourteen children: Eliza 
 Jane; Samantha; Marinda; Martha; Abby; 
 Lydia; Ada; John; Edmond ; Frank; Carrie; 
 Ira B., the subject of this sketch; Mary.; and 
 Bessie, who died in infancy. 
 
 Ira B. Page received a good common-school 
 education in his native town. He went to 
 work when twenty years of age, first engaging 
 as a teamster. This line he followed for sev- 
 eral years, and then purchased a farm in 
 Whitefield, where he remained for some time, 
 About 1882 he obtained employment as a stage 
 driver, and for twelve years the crack of his 
 
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 whip and the thud 'of his horse's hoofs daily 
 enlivened the quiet country roads. In April, 
 1894, he took charge of the valuable stock 
 farm at Casco owned by the Mayberry Brothers, 
 of Boston, Mass. He at present has the care 
 of twenty-five trotting horses, and also man- 
 ages a farm for Mayberry Brothers in Otisfield, 
 Me. He is a man of good practical judg- 
 ment, with a thorough knowledge of horseflesh, 
 and is one of the most prosperous and re- 
 spected citizens of Casco. 
 
 Mr. Page was married February 22, 1868, 
 to Miss Ella M. Howland, of Whitefield. 
 She died October 10, 1880, leaving one child, 
 Leoni, who is now living with her father; and 
 on October 18, 1882, he was again married, 
 to Miss Etta Scott, of Haverhill, Mass. She 
 was born April 11, 1861, and is the daughter of 
 William Scott, of Haverhill (deceased). Mr. 
 Page has no children by his second marriage. 
 
 Mr. Page votes the Republican ticket, but 
 is not an aspirant for office. He attends the 
 Free Will Baptist Church of Casco. Some 
 idea of the responsibility of his position will 
 be gained by reading the appended sketch of 
 Deacon Richard Mayberry, the original owner 
 of the Mayberry Stock Farms. 
 
 M 
 
 EACON RICHARD MAYBERRY 
 was born in Casco, Me., February 
 14, 1811, son of Daniel and Betsey 
 (Nash) Mayberry, both natives of 
 Daniel Mayberry was a lifelong resi- 
 Casco, a progressive and prosperous 
 Richard Mayberry acquired his love 
 his father's farm. He was en- 
 
 Casco. 
 dent of 
 farmer, 
 for horses on 
 gaged in agricultural pursuits from early boy- 
 hood; but, being an energetic and enterprising 
 man, he took an active part in other industries 
 of the locality, becoming in time a large lum- 
 ber dealer and owner of grist-mills and saw- 
 mills. He died December 24, 1889. 
 
 December 29, 1844, Deacon Mayberry was 
 married to Catherine M., daughter of Samuel 
 and Elizabeth (Jordan) Knight, the former of 
 Otisfield, the latter of Raymond, Me. Mrs. 
 Mayberry was born February 21, 1816, and 
 was the seventh in a family of nine. Her 
 brothers and sisters were named as follows; 
 Nathaniel, Margaret, Cyrus, Martha, Zebulon, 
 
 Samuel, Milton, and Elizabeth. Deacon 
 Mayberry and his wife had four children — ; 
 Wyatt T., born July i, 1846, who died in 
 May, 1850; Florence, who was born in 
 1848, and died at the age of thirty-three; 
 Cyrus C, who was born October 17, 1851, 
 married Miss Georgie Nichols, of Casco, and 
 now resides in Boston, Mass. ; and Franklin 
 P., who was born October 13, 1853, a real 
 estate dealer in Boston, unmarried. 
 
 Cyrus C. and Franklin P. Mayberry are 
 joint owners of the Mayberry Stock Farms, the 
 principal one at Whitefield, N.H., the other 
 at Casco, Me., and have made a marked 
 success of raising fine horses. The farm at 
 Casco, which is now in charge of Mr. Ira B. 
 Page, is fitted with large stock barns and one 
 race track, and is one of the interesting feat- 
 ures of Cumberland County. To say that a 
 horse comes from the Mayberry farm is suffi- 
 cient guarantee of soundness, good breeding, 
 and genera] excellence; and the trotting 
 horses raised there rank among the first in 
 New England. 
 
 Deacon Mayberry was an active worker in 
 the interest of the Republican party. He 
 was Postmaster of Casco two terms, repre- 
 sented the district in the legislature in 1861, 
 and was Selectman a great many years. In 
 the welfare of the Congregational church he 
 took an active interest, and he was Deacon of 
 the church in Casco for a long time. 
 
 OSEPH RAYNES, Postmaster at Yar- 
 mouthville, Me., was born March 25, 
 1843, in the town of New Gloucester. 
 He is the fourth in direct line of de- 
 scent to bear this name and to live in Cumber- 
 land County, his great-grandfather having 
 been a pioneer of New Gloucester, which was 
 the birthplace of the intermediate Josephs. 
 The emigrant ancestor of the Raynes family 
 was one of the earliest settlers of York, York 
 County, Me., the house which he erected more 
 than a century ago being still in fair preser- 
 vation. (For further family history see 
 Raynes's "Genealogy," compiled by Jonathan 
 Tyler.) 
 
 Mr. Raynes's paternal grandfather was a 
 skilled mechanic, a painter and a chair-maker. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 and a man of considerable local prominence in 
 New Gloucester, where he was a lifelong resi- 
 dent. He was active in advancing the cause 
 of religion, belonging to the Congregational 
 church. Of his large family of children but 
 one is now living, Mrs. 0. R. Davis, of Au- 
 burn, Me. 
 
 Joseph Raynes, the third, father of the sub- 
 ject of this sketch, was reared in the place of 
 his birth, and there worked with his father as 
 a painter and chair-maker for many years. In 
 1850, desiring a change of occupation, he came 
 to Yarmouth, accepting a position as station 
 agent on what was then known as the Atlantic 
 & St. Lawrence Railway, afterward called the 
 Grand Trunk, Kennebec & Portland Railway, 
 but now the Maine Central, his office being at 
 the Junction. He was in every respect a ca- 
 pable and trustworthy employee, paying close 
 attention to the duties of his responsible posi- 
 tion, winning the confidence of all with whom 
 he had business relations. In politics he was 
 at first a Whig and later a Democrat. Two 
 terms, in 1842 and 1843, ^^ served as a Rep- 
 resentative in the State legislature. Relig- 
 iously, he conscientiously accepted the views 
 of his parents. He died on October 18, 1864. 
 His wife, Mary P. Eveleth, a daughter of 
 Deacon Nathaniel Eveleth, also of New 
 Gloucester, tarried on earth but a short time 
 after, passing to the life immortal, May 16, 
 1866. Six children were born to them, 
 namely: Caroline and Josiah (departed); Mrs. 
 Lucy A. Knight, of this town; Joseph; Mrs. 
 Mary E. Mitchell, of Bath, Me. ; and Edward, 
 of Yarmouth. 
 
 Joseph Raynes acquired his elementary edu- 
 cation in his native town, completing his 
 course of study at the old academy in North 
 Yarmouth. At the car shops of the Portland 
 & Kennebec Railway in Augusta he learned 
 the machinist's trade, following it but a short 
 time before his enlistment, June 16, 1863, in 
 the United States Navy at Charlestown, Mass. 
 He was shortly transferred to the South Atlan- 
 tic squadron, which was stationed off the 
 coast of South Carolina, and took an impor- 
 tant part in the bombardment of Fort Sumter 
 in September of that year. He served on 
 board the frigate "Wabash" and the monitor 
 "Nahant" for some months, being finally dis- 
 
 charged August 15, 1864, at the Brooklyn 
 navy-yard frorn the ship "Vermont." On re- 
 turning home, finding his father ill, Mr. 
 Raynes assumed his duties at the railway sta- 
 tion, where in October, a change being made 
 in the railway management, two agents being 
 appointed, he was made agent of the Portland 
 & Kennebec Railway, an office which he filled 
 until 1878. He next engaged in business in 
 Yarmouth as a cigar manufacturer, continuing 
 five years, when, September 21, 1886, he was 
 appointed Postmaster at Yarmouthville, wliere 
 he has since served, giving general satisfac- 
 tion to the public. 
 
 Socially, Mr. Raynes is a prominent mem- 
 ber of the Masonic fraternity, belonging' to 
 the Casco Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and the 
 Cumberland Royal Arch Chapter. He is a 
 member likewise of the Kearsarge Benevolent 
 Association of Boston; also belonging to the 
 W. L. Haskell Post, No. 108, Grand Army of 
 the Republic. Politically, he is a straight 
 Democrat, active in local affairs, and was at 
 one time nominated as Representative, but 
 was defeated, although he ran ahead of his 
 ticket. Mr. Raynes is also a member of the 
 Yarmouth Band, having joined at its organiza- 
 tion in July, 1866, and has been its business 
 manager up to and including the present 
 time, thirty consecutive years. 
 
 Mr. Raynes was united in marriage March 
 7, 1867, with Esther Abbie Johnson. She 
 was born in Notth Yarmouth, daughter of 
 William and Esther (Sawyer) Johnson, her 
 father being a well-known farmer. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Raynes. have three children, namely: 
 Mary Ann ; Albert Joseph, a telegraph opera- 
 tor at Yarmouth Junction, on the Maine Cen- 
 tral Railway; and George Edward. Mr. 
 Raynes and his family are liberal in their 
 religious belief. 
 
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 EORGE FOSTER TALBOT, LL.D., 
 y 5 I a prominent retired attorney of Port- 
 land, where he has lived since 1861, 
 was born in East Machias, Me., January 16, 
 1819. His parents were John Coffin and Mary 
 (Foster) Talbot. The paternal great-grand- 
 father, Peter Talbot, whose ancestors came to 
 Massachusetts between 1620 and 1640, was 
 
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 long a resident of Stoughton, Mass. He served 
 with the rank of Captain in the Revolutionary 
 War. Tradition says that George Talbot, the 
 first emigrant, was impressed into the Eng- 
 lish navy, but escaped to land by swimming 
 when the vessel was near Rhode Island. 
 Peter Talbot, grandfather of George F., mi- 
 grated from Massachusetts to Maine in 1773, 
 the year made memorable by the Boston Tea 
 Party. He was a pioneer settler in East 
 Machias, where he was prominent as a town 
 officer. He was a farmer of a quiet, reflective 
 turn of mind, who liked the retirement of his 
 own fireside, but never shirked public duties. 
 His wife's name before marriage was Lucy 
 Hammond. The maternal great-grandfather, 
 Benjamin Foster, who was a pioneer of East 
 Machias, planned the capture of the British 
 war vessel, the "Margarita," at the opening 
 of the Revolutionary War, and later took a 
 prominent part in repelling a British squadron 
 that tried to capture the settlement. 
 
 John Coffin Talbot was born in East Machias 
 in 1784. For a number of years he was a 
 manufacturer and shipper of lumber; but in 
 1837 he was appointed and subsequently 
 elected Judge of the Probate Court, which 
 office he held during the rest of his lifetime. 
 He was elected to the State legislature a num- 
 ber of times; and in 1837, the year of the 
 great financial panic, he served as President of 
 the Senate. His wife Mary was a daughter 
 of John and Phebe (Burr) Foster, of East 
 Machias, and a grand-daughter of Benjamin 
 and Elizabeth (Scott) Foster. Her grand- 
 father, Benjamin Foster, commanded the 
 Colonial forces that repulsed an attack by a 
 British expedition against Machias in 1779. 
 Mrs. John C. Talbot bore her husband five 
 sons and three daughters. Of these Stephen 
 P. Talbot, a Bowdoin graduate, and a promis- 
 ing law student, was drowned at sea under 
 pathetic circumstances. The others are all 
 living. William, an extensive farmer in An- 
 dover, Oxford County, Me., married a sister 
 of John A. Poor. John^ Coffin, also a Bowdoin 
 graduate, and a prominent attorney in East 
 Machias, has served fifteen terms in the State 
 legislature, and has also been Speaker of the 
 House. Thomas H., another graduate of 
 Bowdoin, is a Boston lawyer, who has been 
 
 Assistant Attorney-General of the United 
 States, and served his country in the late war 
 as Colonel of a regiment. Emma Caroline is 
 the widow of Josiah P. Keller, who, as man- 
 aging owner of a large lumber concern, went 
 in 1850 to Puget Sound, where he subse- 
 quently died. Susan is unmarried, and Mary 
 Elizabeth lives with her sisters in Boston. 
 The father and mother were active members of 
 the Congregational church. Mr. Talbot was 
 an enthusiastic Mason of the early times. He 
 served East Machias as Postmaster and Town 
 Clerk tor more than forty years. In moral 
 reforms he was also prominent, being the 
 organizer of a temperance society fifteen years 
 before General Dow began to think of it. 
 His wife died in 1858, and the year 1861 saw 
 the close of his busy career. 
 
 George F. Talbot, LL.D., commenced at- 
 tendance at the academy in his native town 
 at the early age of eight years. Entering 
 Bowdoin College as a Junior, he was graduated 
 two 3'ears later an A.B. in the class of 1837. 
 Three years after, he received the degree of 
 A.M.; and in 1894 his Alma Mater conferred 
 on him another honor, that of LL.D. He 
 read law with Senator James W. Bradbury, of 
 Augusta, Me., and was admitted to the bar in 
 that town in 1840. His professional career 
 began in Skowhegan, where he remained one 
 year. ■ For a short time thereafter he was en- 
 gaged in teaching; but during the years 1843 
 and 1844 be practised law in Columbia, Wash- 
 ington County. Mr. Talbot then opened an 
 office in his native town, where he remained 
 for ten years. He was an active antislavery 
 worker, and was a candidate for Governor in 
 1849 ^^^ 1850 on the Free Soil ticket. In 
 1854 he moved to Machias, where as County 
 Attorney he had much to do with important 
 litigation, greatly enlarging his practice. He 
 took an active part in the formation of the Re- 
 publican party, being practically the editor of 
 the Republican paper of that town, and was 
 also one of four delegates for the State of 
 Maine to the National Convention in Chicago. 
 Here he served on the Committee on Resolu- 
 tions, and had a warm controversy with 
 Horace Greeley, who wanted to abandon the 
 article prohibiting the introduction of slavery 
 into the United States Territories. To Mr. 
 
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 Talbot's mind this was the essential party 
 issue, but the Committee was divided. After 
 he had held conferences with Mr. Boutelle 
 and Carl Schurz, another vote was taken on 
 the question, and Mr. Greeley was defeated. 
 
 Soon after Abraham Lincoln became Presi- 
 dent, Mr. Talbot was appointed United States 
 Attorney for the Maine District, and came 
 to Portland. This position was held by him 
 for nearly ten years. In this period he had to 
 deal with frequent infractions of the revenue 
 laws, and had some heavy prosecutions for the 
 illicit importing of lumber, which he carried 
 to the United States . courts, recovering dam- 
 ages. Later he was one of three commis- 
 sioners appointed to examine paper frauds at 
 Augusta, and was the writer of the elaborate 
 report of the investigations, which lasted one 
 year. His coworkers at that time were Gov- 
 ernor Connor and Daniel Sanborn. Mr. Talbot 
 then took an office for general practice, but 
 he was already overworked. He and Mrs. 
 Talbot spent 1872 in travelling extensively 
 abroad. He was a member of a special com- 
 mission appointed to revise the Constitution 
 of the State in 1875, who reported a series of 
 amendments, the most of which were adopted. 
 In 1876 he became Solicitor of the United 
 States Treasury. Later, on iinding that the 
 position he filled was wanted for a Southern 
 man, with a view to help in building up the 
 Republican party of the South, Mr. Talbot re- 
 signed. He has won distinction by his liter- 
 ary contributions to papers and magazines, and 
 also by a book entitled "A Life of Jesus : His 
 Opinions and his Character," which was pub- 
 lished by the Unitarian Publishing House in 
 1883. During antislavery times he was in 
 the lecture field, and he has been a prolific 
 writer of poems for class reunions. For a 
 number of years he has been President of the 
 Fraternity Club. 
 
 His wife, Elizabeth (Neil) Talbot, whom 
 he married on May 16, 1844, died in 1845, 
 leaving twin daughters, one of whom died in 
 infancy. In 1861 Mr. Talbot contracted a 
 second marriage with Elizabeth Lincoln, of 
 Dennysville, Me. She was a grand-daughter 
 of General Lincoln of Revolutionary fame. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Talbot have four children. 
 They are: Thomas Lincoln, attorney, who 
 
 married Miss Alice Spring, and has two chil- 
 dren — Edith Lincoln and Samuel Spring; 
 Hannah Lincoln, who lives at home; Cather- 
 ine; and Frederick F. Talbot. The last 
 named, vvho is employed in the banking house 
 of E. H. Gay & Co., of Boston, married Mary 
 P. Frank, of Portland, and has two children 
 — George F. and Melvin F. Talbot. 
 
 OHN G. SCOTT, a retired carpenter of 
 Westbrook, Me., a "forty-niner," and a 
 veteran of the Civil War, was born in 
 Freeport, another Cumberland County 
 town. May 3, 1823, son of Andrew and Pris- 
 cilla (Woodbury) Scott. Mr. Scott's grand- 
 father, John G. Scott, was a native of Durham, 
 Me., who followed agricultural pursuits dur- 
 ing the active period of his life. He reared a 
 family of six children, of whom there are no 
 survivors. 
 
 Andrew Scott, who was a resident of Free- 
 port, for a number of years followed the sea, a 
 great part of his active life being spent on the 
 ocean wave. He was a worthy and useful 
 citizen, who voted with the Whig party; and 
 in religion he was a Congregationalist. He 
 died at the age of about forty years. His 
 wife, Priscilla Woodbury, of Freeport, was a 
 daughter of Ebenezer Woodbury, of Durham, 
 who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, 
 and fought in the battle of Bunker Hill. She 
 became the mother of four children, three of 
 whom are living, namely: Frances, wife of 
 Samuel V. Litchfield, of Freeport; Julia W., 
 wife of E. P. Gerrish, of Portland; and John 
 G., the subject of this sketch. 
 
 John G. Scott acquired his education in the 
 schools of Freeport and Durham; and, after 
 finishing his studies, he learned the carpen- 
 ter's trade, serving an apprenticeship of three 
 years with Sidney Skilton, of Durham, whence 
 he went to Portland, where he worked as a 
 journeyman for Cummings Brothers, Russell, 
 and others. In 1849 Mr. Scott joined the 
 exodus for California, accompanying a party 
 of twenty fortune seekers from Freeport, the 
 expedition being in charge of Captain Clement 
 Soule. They went by way of the Isthmus of 
 Panama, being about one hundred and fifty 
 days on the journey; and after arriving they 
 
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 labored in their interest for six months with 
 such success that at the end of that time the 
 firm offered him the entire charge of their fac- 
 tory, but he declined to accept. 
 
 Although naturally of a domestic turn of 
 mind, preferring to pass his moments of leisure 
 with his family, Mr. Stevens displayed a deep 
 interest in the fraternal Orders. He was well 
 advanced in Masonry, having been Master of 
 Oriental Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Bridgton; 
 had passed through the different chairs of the 
 Royal Arch Chapter; and was a member of 
 Lewiston Commandery, Knights Templars. 
 He was also a charter member of Highland 
 Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Bridgton. In 
 politics he was a Democrat; and, while not 
 taking any active part in public affairs, he 
 sought by the aid of his vote to secure the 
 proper administration. In his religious views 
 he was a Universalist. 
 
 On November 12, 1866, Mr. Stevenson was 
 united in marriage to Abbie E. Alley, daugh- 
 ter of E. T. Alley, of Bridgton. By this 
 union there is but one son, Frank, who has 
 succeeded his father in business. Frank 
 Stevenson has already developed a thorough 
 capacity for mercantile pursuits, and is at the 
 present time the youngest merchant in West- 
 brook. He is bright, energetic, and particu- 
 larly agreeable in his manners, and is very 
 popular, both socially and in a business way. 
 Mrs. Stevenson, who survives her husband, is 
 still residing in Westbrook. An intelligent, 
 liberal-minded lady, she is highly esteemed 
 by her many friends and acquaintances. 
 
 iDWARD ALLING NOYES, Treasurer 
 of the Portland Savings Bank, with 
 which he has been connected since 
 1859, was born at Eastport, Me,, October 6, 
 1839, son of Joseph Cobham and Helen M. 
 (Ailing) Noyes. He is a lineal descendant 
 of Nicholas Noyes, who located in Newbury, 
 Mass., in 1635. 
 
 Cutting Noyes, son of Nicholas, was the 
 father of Joseph, who was born in 1689, and 
 whose grandson and namesake, born in Port- 
 land in 174s, took a leading part in public 
 affairs, representing the district in the- Pro- 
 vincial Congress, during the Revolutionary 
 
 War. The second Joseph Noyes died in 1795. 
 His grandson, Joseph Cobham Noyes, was born 
 in Portland, April 24, 1798, and moved to 
 Eastport, Me., in 18 19, engaging in business 
 there as a ship-chandler and shipper of mer- 
 chandise. An episode of Mr. Joseph C. 
 Noyes's mercantile life about this time illus- 
 trates his superiority to the petty graspings 
 too common in trade. The canals were 
 closed, and only about one-half the amount 
 of flour necessary for consumers was obtain- 
 able. A number of flour merchants, wishing 
 to form a combine, waited on Mr. Noyes, who 
 was so fortunate as to have received a large 
 amount of flour, and laid their proposed 
 scheme before him. But he refused to comply 
 with their request or to sell his goods to them 
 at an advanced price or to their representatives 
 who attempted to buy of him. Instead, Mr. 
 Noyes advertised to sell to all bona fide heads 
 of families in Washington County barrels of 
 flour at only twenty-five cents' advance over the 
 full cost, in this way crushing the combine. 
 He believed in a fair profit on the necessaries 
 of life and no more. 
 
 In 1847 he engaged in the flour trade in 
 Portland, and for some years carried on an 
 extensive and successful business. In 1859 
 he was appointed Treasurer of the Portland 
 Company (the locomotive works), and about 
 the same time became Treasurer of the Port- 
 land Savings Bank. He then devoted all his 
 time to the duties of these offices, but during 
 the last years of his life his whole attention 
 was given to the interests of the bank. This 
 institution, when Mr. Noyes became first con- 
 nected with it, had but one hundred and sixty 
 thousand dollars on deposit, but its business 
 was beginning to increase; and at the time 
 of his death, July 28, 1868, the deposits 
 amounted to two million, two hundred and 
 seventy-three thousand dollars, the increase 
 being partly due to confidence in the probity 
 and good management of the Treasurer. His 
 wife, whose maiden name was Helen M. 
 Ailing, was a native of Litchfield County, 
 Connecticut, and grand-daughter of Major John 
 Webb, a Revolutionary soldier of note. She 
 died January 9, 1854. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. 
 Noyes were the parents of four sons — George 
 F., Frank, Edward A-, and Joseph C. 
 
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 Edward Ailing Noyes received a good edu- 
 cation in the schools of Portland, and, when 
 nineteen years of age, entered the counting- 
 room of the Portland Savings Bank, where he 
 was clerk five years. The following five years 
 he was connected with the National Traders' 
 Bank; and in 1868, soon after the death of his 
 father, he returned to the savings-bank, tak- 
 ing the position of Assistant Treasurer, which 
 he held till the death of his elder brother 
 Frank, on December 17, 1877, when he suc- 
 ceeded him as Treasurer. He is now in point 
 of service the oldest official in the bank and 
 one of the oldest bank Treasurers in the State. 
 During his incumbency the deposits have in- 
 creased from four million, two hundred and 
 forty-eight thousand dollars to over eight 
 million dollars, and are daily increasing. 
 This bank is the largest east of Boston, and 
 ranks ninth in New England in amount of de- 
 posits. Edward Ailing Noyes has now held- 
 the office of Treasurer for nearly twenty years, 
 and has established a reputation for unim- 
 peachable judgment in financial matters. He 
 is President of the Savings Bank Association 
 of Maine. While devoting his time mainly to 
 banking, he is also connected with other 
 enterprises, including the Union Mutual Life 
 Insurance Company of Maine, of which he is 
 a Director, apd the Portland Safe Deposit 
 Company, of which he is Vice-President. In 
 the public library he has taken especial in- 
 terest. He was the first librarian, serving 
 without pay for eleven years, and working 
 earnestly to bring the institution to its present 
 prosperous condition. He is now a member of 
 the Committee on Books of the Board of Trus- 
 tees, and has been Treasurer for many years. 
 
 November 5, 1863, Mr. Noyes was united 
 in marriage with Julia Augusta, daughter of 
 John Edwards, of Portland, and grand-daugh- 
 ter of Thomas Edwards, first Judge Advocate- 
 general of the Revolutionary army, and at the 
 time of his death Grand Secretary of the So- 
 ciety of the Cincinnati. Seven children were 
 born to Mr. and Mrs. Noyes, five of whom are 
 living, namely: Helen Ailing; Charles Ed- 
 wards, teller of the Portland Savings Bank; 
 Julia; Joseph C; and Sidney W. 
 
 In politics Mr. Noyes is a Republican, and 
 he has taken an active part in furthering the 
 
 interests of his party. He was Treasurer of 
 the State Committee during the Blaine cam- 
 paign, and was a member of the City Council 
 from Ward 7 in 1882 and 1883, a member of 
 the Board of Aldermen in 1884 and 1885, and 
 Chairman of the Board in 1885. While a 
 member of the city government, he was Chair- 
 man of the Committee on Street Lighting, and. 
 was instrumental in introducing electric lights 
 in the streets of Portland. 
 
 EDUTHUN A. TRUMBULL, a vet- 
 eran agriculturist, residing on his farm 
 in Bridgton, was born in the town of 
 Denmark, Oxford County, Me., April. 
 3, 1817. He is the only living member of a 
 family of eight children, six sons and two 
 daughters, born to Samuel and Lydia (Alexan- 
 der) Trumbull, who spent their last years in 
 this town. Their children bore the following 
 names: Charles, Lois, Samuel, Jeduthun A., 
 Lydia, William, John (first), and John 
 (second). 
 
 Jeduthun A. Trumbull received a limited 
 education in the town of his birth, where he 
 lived until reaching the age of twelve years. 
 He then came with his parents to Bridgton, 
 where for seven years he worked with his 
 father on the farm and also at the stone 
 cutter's trade. In 1836, two years before 
 attaining his majority, he bought his time 
 of his father, paying him one hundred dollars^ 
 and was afterward engaged in various pursuits 
 until 1853, when he purchased the farm which 
 he now owns and occupies. Here Mr. Trum- 
 bull attended to his agricultural labors, and in 
 addition worked at his trade, throughout his 
 years of activity. He has eighty-five acres of 
 productive land, in the care of which he has 
 evinced excellent judgment and ability, by 
 means of his industry and thrift acquiring a 
 fair competency. He is a most respected citi- 
 zen, and in politics he is a stanch supporter of 
 the principles of the Democratic party. 
 
 Mr. Trumbull has been twice married. His 
 first wife, Rebecca N. Harnden, to whom he 
 was united in 1842, died October 16, 1851, 
 leaving two children, Sarah H. and Orren A. 
 Sarah-became the wife of Daniel Harmon, who 
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 in 1862 in Company B, Twenty-third Maine 
 Volunteer Infantry. Tlie son, a bridge 
 builder and contractor, lives in Reading, Mass. 
 In 1857 Mr. Trumbull was united in marriage 
 to Miss Sophia M; Frye, who passed to the 
 bourne from which no traveller returns, No- 
 vember 28, 1888. The only child born of his 
 second union was a son, Edward Frye, who 
 lived but five years. 
 
 JAJOR WILLIAM HENRY 
 GREEN, one of the prominent 
 contractors and builders of Port- 
 land, and Department Com- 
 mander of the Grand Army of the Republic, 
 is a native-born citizen, the date of his birth 
 being April 2, 1836. He is of substantial 
 English stock, his paternal grandfather, John 
 Green, Sr., having emigrated from England to 
 Maine in the latter part of the last century. 
 He built the first house, which is still stand- 
 ing on Green Street, Portland, that thorough- 
 fare being named in his honor. The large 
 tract of land which he here bought appreci- 
 ated afterward in value, being not far from the 
 centre of the^city. John Green, Sr., married 
 a Miss Gould, daughter of an early settler; 
 and their son, John Green, Jr., was the 
 Major's father. 
 
 John Green, Jr., was born in Portland in 
 1795, and after reaching maturity started in 
 business for himself as a rope-maker, carrying 
 on a very successful business, supplying boats 
 and producing cordage for other purposes for 
 many years, continuing active until his death 
 in 1858. His wife, whose maiden name was 
 Mary Jackson, was a native of Raymond, Me. 
 They became the parents of the following chil- 
 dren: John, the third of that name, who 
 served in both the Mexican War and the late 
 Civil War, and now resides at Fairfield in this 
 State; Eliza, the wife of Seth Martin, of 
 Chelsea, Mass.; William Henry; and Mary 
 Frances, who married William E. Stevens, 
 both being now deceased. The mother lived 
 a widow many years, passing away in 1887, 
 at 'an advanced age. 
 
 William H. Green was educated in the 
 Portland schools, being graduated from the 
 high school in 1852. He soon began working 
 
 at the trade of a brick mason, serving a three 
 years' apprenticeship with S. C. & G. M. 
 Chase, afterward working as a journeyman 
 until war times. On June 10, 1862, Mr. 
 Green enlisted as a private in Company B, 
 Seventeenth Maine Volunteer Infantry, which, 
 after the organization of the regiment, was sent 
 to Camp King, on Cape Elizabeth, going 
 thence to the front, August 22, 1862. The 
 succeeding seven weeks the regiment occupied 
 the line of forts on the north side of Washing- 
 ton, after which it was assigned to Berry's 
 Brigade, First Division, Third Corps of the 
 Potomac Army, and was at the forefront at 
 the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 
 1862. The regiment spent the following 
 winter in camp near Potomac Creek, but was 
 present at the battle of Chancellorsville, May 
 3, and took part in the battle of Gettysburg, 
 July 2 and 3, 1863, and in the engagement at 
 Waupin Heights, afterward joining General 
 Meade, when he fell back' from Rapidan to 
 the vicinity of Washington. The company 
 advanced with the army to Kelly's Ford, and 
 subsequently fought in the battles of Locust 
 Grove and Mine Run, going into winter quar- 
 ters near Brandy Station. In the spring the 
 divisions were consolidated, forming the Sec- 
 ond and Third Divisions of the Second Corps, 
 and took an active part in the important con- 
 tests of that year, being at the battles of the 
 Wilderness, in all of the engagements in the 
 vicinity of Spottsylvania, and at the capture 
 of the bridges and works at North Anna, 
 May 23, 1864. The arrny then moved via 
 Milford to Cold Harbor, after the battle there 
 crossing the James River and marching on to 
 Petersburg, making assaults on the enemy's 
 works at various times and places. In the 
 spring of 1865 this regiment was under the 
 command of General Grant in the skirmish at 
 Deep Bottom, Boynton Plank Road, Hatches 
 Run, and at Sailor's Creek, and on April 9, 
 1865, was present at the surrender of Lee at 
 Appomattox, an impressive scene, never to be 
 forgotten. Mr. Green was made Sergeant of 
 his company in December, 1862; Second 
 Lieutenant in July, 1863; and, after the bat- 
 tle of Gettysburg, for brave conduct was pro- 
 moted to the rank of First Lieutenant. The 
 following December Lieutenant Green was 
 
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 raised to the position of Captain of Company 
 G, and at Sailor's Creek, three days before 
 Lee's surrender, was brevetted Major, a well- 
 merited promotion. 
 
 After the Grand Review in Washington 
 Major Green, having been in active mili- 
 tary service three years, returned with his 
 regiment to Portland, and resumed work at 
 his trade, at first as a journeyman. In 1868 
 he became a member of the firm of Knight, 
 Green & Co., the firm continuing in business 
 under this name until 1873, being engaged in 
 contracting and building. In that year he 
 formed a partnership with Mr. Jordan, under 
 the name of Green & Jordan, and is still in 
 business, theirs being the oldest contracting 
 firm in the city. They have erected many of 
 the prominent buildings of Portland, among 
 others being the Storer Building, the Emery 
 & Waterhouse store, the Shaler, Cavanaugh 
 and Carroll School-houses, the Public Library, 
 and likewise many of the finest residences in 
 the city, including Dr. Dana's and H. M. 
 Rayson's. Major Green is a prominent mem- 
 ber of the Mechanics' Building and Loan Asso- 
 ciation, having been one of its promoters and 
 a Director since its organization. 
 
 Major Green has always been identified with 
 the Republican ranks. He cast his first vote 
 in 1864 at Petersburg, Va., for Abraham Lin- 
 coln, the ballots being dropped in an ammuni- 
 tion box. In local affairs he is very active 
 and influential, and has served in various 
 municipal offices with great acceptability. 
 During the years 1872 and 1873 he was a 
 member of the City Council, and has been one 
 of the Committee on Public Buildings, Street 
 Commissioner, member of the Board of Over- 
 seers for over twelve years, being Chairman 
 of the Board for two years, and Chairman of 
 the Farming Committee for six years. While 
 serving in the State legislature in 1889, the 
 Major was Chairman of the Committee on 
 Military Affairs, a member of the Public 
 Building Committee, and of the State Pension 
 Committee, and instrumental in having the 
 State Militia Bill and an appropriation for 
 the Gettysburg monument carried through the 
 House. 
 
 In the years 1889 and 1890 he was City 
 Marshal under Mayor Melcher; and many im- 
 
 provements in the police department were 
 made during his term of office, the first patrol 
 wagon ever used here being purchased, and 
 the rogues' gallery established. A particular 
 time for the annual spring and autumn chang- 
 ing of police uniforms from light to dark,, and 
 vice versa, was then instituted. The Major is 
 a man of prominence in military circles, hav- 
 ing joined the Bosworth Post, Grand Army of 
 the Republic, in 1867, since when he has 
 been Post Commander three different times; 
 and, in February, 1895, at Skowhegan, was 
 elected Department Commander for the State 
 of Maine, having under his charge one hundred 
 and sixty-six Posts, with an aggregate mem- 
 bership of nine thousand. He is also identi- 
 fied with other social organizations, belonging 
 to Portland Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; to Munjoy 
 Lodge, Knights of Pythias; to the- Ancient 
 Brothers Lodge, Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows; to the Eastern Star Encampment; to 
 the Maine Commandery of the Loyal Legion ; 
 and the Lincoln Club. 
 
 Major William H. Green married Miss Eda 
 A. Merrill, daughter of Nathaniel Merrill, of 
 Windham, Me., the only child of their union 
 being Mildred G., wife of Herbert A. Roberts, 
 of this city. Major Green is a regular attend- 
 ant of the First Universalist Church and a 
 generous contributor toward its support. He 
 was one of the first to discover the beauties of. 
 that portion of the city known as the West 
 End, and some twenty-five years ago built 
 his present residence at No. 128 Emery 
 Street. 
 
 GRACE CRESSEY, a prominent and 
 well-to-do agriculturist of Gorham, 
 Cumberland County, Me., was born 
 in the town of Buxton, York 
 County, March 10, 1841. He comes of sturdy 
 English stock, his great-grandfather having 
 emigrated from England in Colonial times, 
 becoming a '' settler of Buxton. His two 
 brothers, who accompanied him across the 
 Atlantic, both located in the town of Gorham. 
 All three took up land, and were in prosper- 
 ous circumstances. 
 
 Mr. Cressey's paternal grandfather, John 
 Cressey, w^s 2, native of Buxton, and there 
 
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 spent his life. To him and his wife, Hannah 
 C3wens, seven children were born, two of 
 whom are still living — Edmund Cressey, of 
 Hollis, Me. ; and Elijah Cressey, of Buxton. 
 
 Daniel Cressey, one of the sons of John and 
 Hannah Owens Cressey, was born and reared 
 in Buxton, and there engaged in lumbering 
 and general farming. He was a keen, far- 
 sighted man of business and very successful 
 in his various undertakings, continuing in 
 active pursuit until his death, which occurred 
 in 1 891. Politically, he was a Democrat, and, 
 religiously, was an attendant of the Free Will 
 Baptist church. He was twice married. His 
 first wife, Mary Hill, a native of Brownfield, 
 with whom he was united in 1840, died in 
 1877, leaving six children, namely: Horace, 
 the leading subject of this brief sketch ; 
 Hannah; Charles H.; Noah; Daniel; and 
 Mary C, wife of Wilbur Rand, who has two 
 children ^ — Maud and Harold. Of his union 
 with his second wife, Mary Flood, of Buxton, 
 there were no children. 
 
 Horace Cressey was educated in the schools 
 of his native town and afterward worked on 
 the home farm until 1863, when he offered his 
 services to his country, enlisting in Company 
 C, Twenty-seventh Maine Volunteer Infantry, 
 which was made up of brave boys from York 
 County. He subsequently re-enlisted, just 
 prior to the battle of Gettysburg, for a week 
 or ten days, and for his gallantry received a 
 medal of honor. On his return from war he 
 worked for a time on the farm, going thence 
 to Portland, where he worked three years for 
 the Portland 8c Rochester Railway Company. 
 Mr. Cressey was then employed for three years 
 in Warren's paper-mill at Cumberland Mills, 
 after which he leased a farm in Buxton for 
 two years. In 1878 he purchased the old 
 Stone farm of one hundred acres, in Gorham, 
 and here has since been actively and prosper- 
 ously engaged in general agriculture, being a 
 practical and progressive farmer. He is a 
 stanch supporter of the principles of the Dem- 
 ocratic party, and attends the Methodist 
 church, of which his wife is a member. 
 
 On November 21, 1874, Mr. Cressey was 
 married to Lovanthia Elwell, the seventh of a 
 family of nine children born to George and 
 Nancy (Smith) Elwell, of Gorham. Mr. and 
 
 Mrs. Cressey have two children now living, 
 namely: Ida M. Cressey, born May 29, 1876; 
 and Alvin H. Cressey, born September 8, 
 1877. 
 
 "^ATHANIEL DYER, a highly esteemed 
 native resident of Pownal, Me., for 
 many years- prominently identified 
 with the management of town 
 affairs, was born January 24, 1825, son of 
 Michael and Rachel (Haskell) Dyer. Mr. 
 Dyer's grandfather, Nathaniel Dyer, was an 
 early settler of Cape Elizabeth, where he 
 owned and cultivated a good farm. He was a 
 ship master and owner, and for many years was 
 a prominent man at Cape Elizabeth. He 
 passed his last days in Portland, and died in 
 that city at a good old age. He reared a fam- 
 ily of three sons and three daughters, Michael, 
 Mr. Dyer's father, being the youngest son. 
 
 Michael Dyer was born at Cape Elizabeth, 
 November i, 1782. In early manhood he set- 
 tled in Pownal as a pioneer, erecting a log 
 house, and clearing a good farm from the 
 wilderness, and by his energy and persever- 
 ance succeeded in establishing a comfortable 
 home for himself and family. He owned a 
 farm of one hundred acres, which he culti- 
 vated with prosperous results. He died at the 
 age of seventy-eight years and ten months. 
 In politics he was a Democrat, and he was 
 called to serve in public affairs as a Select- 
 man of the town and a Representative to the 
 legislature. He was twice married. His 
 second wife, who was born in Gorham, Me., 
 January i, 1786, lived to reach the unusually 
 advanced age of nearly one hundred years. 
 He reared a family of thirteen children, three 
 of whom are living, namely: Nathaniel, the 
 subject of this sketch, who is the eldest; Mrs. 
 Rachel Bangs, who was born March 23, 1826, 
 and now resides in Pownal ; and Sarah Whit- 
 more, who was born October 8, 1827, and re- 
 sides in Oakland, Cal. 
 
 Nathaniel Dyer received his education in 
 the schools of Pownal, and in young manhood 
 he was employed as a ship carpenter for a short 
 time. His principal occupation in life, how- 
 ever, has been farming. In 1848 he purchased 
 the home farm of one hundred and fifty acres, 
 
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 desirably located, which he has since con- 
 ducted. As a general farmer he has by his 
 energy and good management kept his farm up 
 to a high standard of excellence, and has at- 
 tained a comfortable prosperity. The present 
 substantial buildings on his place were erected 
 by him. In politics he supports the Repub- 
 lican party, and he has rendered faithful and 
 valuable services to the town as Selectman, 
 Assessor, Treasurer, and in other offices; and 
 in 1 86 1 and 1862 he served with marked abil- 
 ity as a Representative to the State legis- 
 lature. 
 
 On March i8, 1851, Mr. Dyer was united 
 in marriage with Harriet L. Martin, who was 
 born in Poland, "Me., April 9, 1827, daughter 
 of Robert Martin. Mrs. Dyer died September 
 12, 1877, leaving two children — Edwin L. 
 and Hattie E. Edwin L. Dyer, born October 
 IS' 1855, is a lawyer and present City Clerk 
 of Portland. He was married August 2, 1888, 
 to Fanny Green, and has two children, named 
 Dorothy and De Young. Hattie E. Dyer was 
 born October 6, 1857. On September 22, 
 1886, she married Fred B. Estes, a travelling 
 salesman. Mr. and Mrs. Estes reside in 
 Deering. They have one daughter, named 
 Mabel H. 
 
 Mr. Dyer is widely and favorably known as 
 a genial, sociable gentleman and a kind- 
 hearted friend. His views are liberal upon 
 religious subjects. Socially, he is connected 
 with Freeport Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and the 
 Knights of Pythias. 
 
 yEWELLYN SPURR, a prominent citi- 
 zen of Otisfield, Cumberland County, 
 Me., who is now actively engaged 
 in general farming and dairying, was 
 born in Otisfield, October 15, 1844. He is 
 the son of Samuel and Laura (Harding) 
 Spurr, the former a native of Otisfield, Me., 
 the latter of Blue Hill, and the grandson of 
 William and Nabbie N. (Dole) Spurr, early 
 settlers in Otisfield. 
 
 William Spurr, who was born March 8, 1765, 
 was an able farmer and also worked at shoe- 
 making. He spent the greater part of his life 
 in Otisfield, dying July 10, 1837. His wife, 
 Nabbie N. Dole, was born in Windham, Me,, 
 
 October 3, 1770, and died in Otisfield, October 
 
 12, 1844. She was the mother of twelve chil- 
 dren — Miriam, born August 11, 1790, who 
 died December 25, 1851; Joseph, who was 
 born August 18, 1792, and died August 20, 
 1802; Oliver, born June 23, 1794, who died 
 May 14, 1868; Polly D., who was born April 
 
 13. 1797) and died May 7, 1828; Fannie, who 
 was born July 27, 1799, and died July 23, 
 1815; Merrill, who was born April 18, 1801, 
 and died February 21, 1876; Jemima, born 
 September 26, 1803, who died February 3, 
 1848; Amelia, who was born March 25, 1806, 
 and died April 21, 1806; Robert, born April 
 20, 1807, who died June 4, 1878; Meredith 
 W., born June 23, 1809, who died February 
 16, 1881; Samuel, born March i, 1812; and 
 William, Jr., born May 31, 1814, who died 
 April 28, 1825. 
 
 Samuel Spurr was the eleventh child of this 
 large family. Reared to farm life, he early 
 settled on the farm which is now managed by 
 his son, and by industry and judicious manage- 
 ment drew from the soil a comfortable living. 
 He occupied a prominent place among the 
 citizens of the town, and held many offices of 
 trust. He died March 3, 1855, his wife sur- 
 viving till 1895. Six children brightened 
 their home — Clara S., born in 1840, now the 
 wife of Hamlin Spiller, of Lowell, Mass. ; 
 Joseph M., born May 21, 1841, a shirt manu- 
 facturer of Lowell, Mass., married, his wife 
 being formerly Miss Laura Adams; Byron, who 
 died in infancy; Cyril P., born in February, 
 1846, a shoemaker living in South Bridgton, 
 Me., and married to Mary Corson, of Bridgton; 
 Lewellyn, born October 15, 1844, the special 
 subject of this sketch; and Ida M., born in 
 January, 1852, wife of Albert Strout, of 
 Webb's Mills, Me. 
 
 Lewellyn Spurr received his early education 
 in the public schools of Otisfield. He was 
 but ten years of age when his father died, and 
 was obliged to be content with a common- 
 school education, going to work on a farm in 
 North Yarmouth, Me., when he was seventeen 
 years of age. He worked in North Yarmouth 
 three months, and, when the war broke out, 
 though under age, signified his willingness to 
 fight for his country, enlisting August 2, 1862, 
 in Company H, Seventeenth Maine Infantry, 
 
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 under command of Captain A. L. Fogg and 
 Colonel T. A. Roberts. He took part in 
 some of the most momentous engagements of 
 the Civil War, including Fredericksburg, 
 Gettysburg, and Chancellorsville. At Gettys- 
 burg, July 2, 1863, he received a bullet 
 wound in the leg, which permanently disabled 
 him, and on account of which he was sent to 
 the hospital at Newark, N.J. Receiving his 
 discharge from the service September 25, 
 1863, he returned home; and, his lameness in- 
 capacitating him for farm work, he learned the 
 shoemaker's trade and worked at it for two 
 years in Mechanic Falls, Lewiston, and Otis- 
 field. By that time his strength had returned; 
 and, being again able to engage in active out- 
 door labor, he resumed his farm work during 
 the summer season, being employed in logging 
 in winter in New Hampshire and Vermont, 
 and in the summer of 1867 working in the 
 brickyard in Oxford, Me. November i, 1870, 
 he moved to his present home to take care of 
 his uncle and aunt; and when they died he 
 succeeded to the ownership of the farm. The 
 estate comprises about one hundred acres, and 
 under Mr. Spurr's management is in a highly 
 productive condition. He raises large quan- 
 tities of hay, grain, and potatoes, and makes 
 a fine grade of butter, which he sends to 
 markets in different parts of the country. He 
 also finds lucrative employment as a carpenter 
 and mason. 
 
 On February 14, 1882, Mr. Spurr was mar- 
 ried to Miss Lydia Scribner, who was born in 
 Otisfield, August 20, 1852, daughter of John 
 .and Sarah (Lamb) Scribner, both of Cumber- 
 land County. Mrs. Spurr comes of a long- 
 lived family, her great-grandfather, Edward 
 Scribner, attaining the remarkable age of one 
 hundred and three, and her grandfather^, John 
 Scribner, living to be ninety-five years of age. 
 Her father was a prominent farmer and lum- 
 berman of Otisfield. Mr. and Mrs. Spurr 
 have one child — William S., born February 
 28, 1883. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Spurr has been an ardent 
 supporter of Democratic principles since he be- 
 came of age. He was Selectman of Otisfield 
 in 1884, 1892, 1893, and 1894. He is some- 
 what of an antiquary and has a unique collec- 
 tion of old documents and other relics, includ- 
 
 ing almanacs dating back to I7S7, which were 
 gathered by different members of the Spurr 
 family and given to him by his aunt, Sallie 
 Spurr, who lived to b^ ninety years of age, 
 and a singing-book, dated February 5, i75S- 
 Mr. Spurr is adding yearly to his interesting; 
 collection, which is thus constantly increasing 
 in value. 
 
 "shames L. rice, a substantial citizen 
 and highly successful retail grocer of 
 Portland, where he has a store at the 
 corner of Congress and Portland Streets, 
 was born in his city, October 9, 1861, a son 
 of Richard Gooding and Mary E. (Libby) 
 Rice. 
 
 When he was but six months old, his parents 
 left Portland and moved to North Pownal, 
 where they settled on a farm, subsequently 
 removing to a farm in Westbrook, and going 
 after a year's stay in that place to Scarboro, 
 and thence to South Gorham. In the two 
 places last named they remained several years, 
 the father being engaged in agriculture. 
 
 James L. Rice attended school in various 
 places; and, as his parents returned to Portland 
 on leaving South Gorham, he finished his 
 early education in the common school of Deer- 
 ing. In 1876, when he was fifteen years of 
 age, he took a course at Gray's Business Col- 
 lege, and subsequently found employment with 
 I. S. Bean in a wholesale fruit and produce 
 store, where he remained a year, acquiring his 
 first practical knowledge of business. After 
 that he secured a position as book-keeper for 
 Thompson & Hall, general commission prod- 
 uce merchants, and two years later, in 1884, 
 started a small grocery store on his own ac- 
 count. At first he employed but one clerk; 
 but at the end of two years his trade had in- 
 creased to such an extent as to warrant his 
 entering more commodious quarters, and he 
 came to his present stand, a fine large corner 
 store, where he now has the best business in 
 this portion of the city, giving employment to 
 seven people besides himself. 
 
 On February 16, 1884, Mr. Rice was united 
 in marriage with Miss Ida L. Phillips, a 
 daughter of Ossian C. Phillips, of Turner, 
 Me. ; and they are the parents of two children 
 
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 — Albert L. and Ada May. Mr. Rice is a 
 faithful supporter of the Republican jDarty 
 at the polls, but has never sought office. He 
 and his family reside in Deering and are at- 
 tendants of the Congregational church, to the 
 support of which he contributes. 
 
 "irXANIEL M. CROCKETT, Town 
 1^^ Clerk at Bridgton, Me., was born 
 ^J^SV January 25, 1831, in Charleston, 
 S. C. His parents, Daniel Merrill 
 and Ellen (Thomas) Crockett, had but two 
 children, the elder being a daughter. The 
 mother died when Daniel was an infant; and 
 the father, who was engineer in a rice factory 
 in Georgetown, N. C, died eight years later. 
 
 After the death of his mother Daniel M. 
 Crockett was taken to Portland to live with an 
 uncle, who had sent for him, and made his 
 home in that city until fourteen years old. 
 Engaging subsequently for some time as a 
 farm laborer, he became thoroughly acquainted 
 with agricultural work ; but, preferring to learn 
 a trade, he then went to Westbrook, where 
 he served an apprenticeship at shoemaking, 
 which he subsequently followed for six years, 
 and after that he was employed in lumbering 
 in Wisconsin for two years. Returning to 
 Westbrook, and again working at shoemaking 
 for a short time, Mr. Crockett next established 
 himself in business, which he finally sold out 
 in the time of the late Rebellion, in order that 
 he might offer his services in his country's 
 defence. Accordingly, on October 3, 1861, 
 he enlisted as a private in Company C, 
 Twelfth Maine Volunteer Infantry, being 
 mustered in at Portland. Sent to the South 
 with his regiment, Mr. Crockett first met the 
 enemy in battle at Ponchatoula, where he was 
 wounded in the face by a piece of shell and 
 was taken prisoner. He was held in the prisons 
 of Jackson and Vicksburg from September i 
 until the following January, when he was ex- 
 changed. Rejoining his regiment, he was 
 soon sent to New Orleans, where he was sta- 
 tioned three weeks, and the following fourteen 
 weeks he spent at the St. James Hospital. 
 His term of enlistment having now expired, he 
 was honorably discharged, being mustered out 
 of service September 7, 1864. 
 
 On his return to Westbrook Mr. Crockett 
 resumed work at his trade, but vyas afterward 
 appointed Assistant Postmaster, and was also 
 clerk in a stpre, continuing thus engaged until 
 1865, when he came to Bridgton, where he has 
 since made his home.. For some years he has 
 been engaged in farming. He was re-elected 
 March 2, 1896, for the fifth term as. Town 
 Clerk of Bridgton, having filled this office 
 with credit for four years, and, himself a loyal 
 Republican, enjoying the respect of both po- 
 litical parties. He is prominent in the Grand 
 Army of the Republic circles, having been 
 Adjutant of Farragut Post, No. 21, for a quar- 
 ter of a century. 
 
 Mr. Daniel M. Crockett and Miss Abbie 
 Mead were united in wedlock on November 26, 
 1865. They have but one child living, a 
 daughter, Susanna M., having been bereft of 
 their only son, Charles M. 
 
 EV. ASA DALTON, D.D., Rector 
 of St. Stephen's, Portland, Me., was 
 born in Westbrook, Me., October 
 30, 1824. He comes from good old 
 New England ^tock, being a descendant of 
 Philemon Dalton, who emigrated to, this coun- 
 try in 1635, bringing with him his wife and 
 son, and was one of the founders of Dedham, 
 Mass. After a time he moved to New Hamp- 
 shire, and settled in Hampton, of which 
 place he was also one of the first settlers and 
 incorporators. 
 
 Philemon Dalton soon became a leading 
 man in his new home. He was elected to 
 many offices of trust, and gained the respect 
 and confidence of the people among whom he 
 dwelt. He became Deacon of the church 
 and Selectman, and, as civil magistrate, had 
 authority to perform marriage ceremonies. He 
 died June 4, 1662, from injuries received from 
 the fall of a tree. The Rev. Timothy Dalton, 
 brother of Philemon, also sought a home in the- 
 New World. The rectorship of Woolverstone, 
 Suffolk, England, which he had held for more 
 than twenty years, was taken from him under 
 the tyrannical rule of Archbishop Laud. He, 
 therefore, in 1637 left England, and joined his 
 brother Philemon at Hampton, and was the 
 first "teacher" of the church there. 
 
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 Samuel, son of Philemon Dalton, was born 
 in England, 1629, but was brought up in this 
 country from his early childhood. His career 
 proves him to have been a man of sense and 
 integrity. He was called upon while quite a 
 young man to fill offices of trust; and he served 
 as Clerk of the town of Hampton for thirty 
 years, nearly all the deeds, wills, and civic 
 records being in his handwriting. He repre- 
 sented Hampton in the General Court in 1662, 
 1664, 1666, 1669, 1671, 1673, and 1679. 
 He was in 1665 elected Associate Judge of 
 the courts of Norfolk and Treasurer of the 
 county, which offices he held until 1680, when 
 New Hampshire formed a separate govern- 
 ment. As soon as the new order was estab- 
 lished, so high was the esteem in which Mr. 
 Samuel Dalton was held that he was elected 
 a member of the first council held by the State 
 under President Cutt, an office he held until 
 his death. On February 6, 1650, he married 
 Mehitable, daughter of Henry Palmer, of 
 Haverhill. She survived her husband, and 
 married the Rev. Zachariah Symmes, of Brad- 
 ford. 
 
 Philemon Dalton, son of Samuel, was born 
 in Hampton, N.H., December 16, 1664. He 
 lived on the homestead, and did not go into 
 public life, but served in the church, holding 
 the office of Deacon. He was married on 
 September 25, 1690, to Abigail Gove, daugh- 
 ter of Edward and Hannah (Titcomb) Gove. 
 Their son- Samuel was born July 22, 1694. 
 He was a teacher, and married Mary, daugh- 
 ter of Moses T. and Mary (Carr) Leavitt, who 
 was a descendant of Thomas, of Exeter, N.H. 
 Michael Dalton, brother of Samuel, became a 
 prominent merchant in Newburyport, Mass., 
 and was the father of Tristram Dalton, who 
 was the first United States Senator from that 
 State. 
 
 Samuel, the son of Samuel and Mary 
 (Leavitt) Dalton, was born in Hampton, 
 N.H., April 5, 1726. In 1757 he married 
 Sarah Scott; and they were early settlers of 
 Parsonsfield, Me. Their son, Samuel Dalton, 
 was born in Hampton, N.H., August 7, 1771. 
 He became a merchant, and married in 179S 
 Mary, daughter of Joel and Lydia (Perkins) 
 Bennett, of York, Me., a descendant of John 
 Bennett, of Wells, Me. 
 
 Samuel Dalton, of Westbrook, Me., born in 
 Parsonsfield, November 25, 1797, son of Sam- 
 uel and Mary (Bennett) Dalton, was a mer- 
 chant, as was his father before him. He mar- 
 ried on October 12, 1819, Mary Ann, daughter 
 of Joseph Huckins, of Effingham, N.H., and 
 his wife, Mary Jenness, of Portsmouth, N.FI. 
 Mrs. Dalton was a descendant of Robert 
 Huckins, whose son James was killed by the 
 Indians, when his house in the garrison was 
 taken, and all its inmates slain, with the ex- 
 ception of one son, Robert, who escaped the 
 following day. 
 
 The Rev. Asa Dalton is the eighth in de- 
 scent from Philemon Dalton, his first Ameri- 
 can ancestor. Dr. Dalton's parents removed 
 from Maine to Massachusetts during his boy- 
 hood; and in the Cambridge High School he 
 was fitted for Harvard University, where he 
 was graduated with distinction in 1848, a 
 member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, from 
 the first eight of his class. After receiving 
 his college degree, he decided to enter the 
 ministry, and continued his studies at Cam- 
 bridge, at the Divinity School of the Univer- 
 sity. Not long after, Mr. Dalton went to 
 Newport, R.I., where he established a classi- 
 cal school, which had a prosperous career. 
 Later he accepted the position of Assistant 
 Rector of the Church of the Ascension in New 
 York. During two years of this ministry he 
 also edited the Protestant Cliurclnnan of that 
 city. From 1856 to 1862 Mr. Dalton was 
 Rector of St. John's Parish, Bangor; and one 
 year later, in 1863, he came to Portland, 
 where he assumed his present charge, the rec- 
 torship of St. Stephen's. He married, in 
 1851, Maria Jackson, a native of Roxbury, 
 Mass., the daughter of the Rev. William 
 and Mary Brown Leverett. 
 
 The spiritual elevation of those about him 
 as well as the material advancement of the 
 church, bear witness to Dr. Dalton's faithful 
 and efficient ministry. His broad outlook and 
 wide sympathies have conjoined to establish 
 the happiest relations between the parish and 
 the various congregations of other denomi-na- 
 tions in the city. During his ministry at St. 
 Stephen's, Dr. Dalton has delivered fifteen 
 courses of free lectures upon historical and 
 literary subjects, and these lectures have been 
 
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 at Gorham Seminary, and finally entering 
 Wellesley College, where she took a four 
 years' course, graduating from the musical 
 department in 1883. Nine years later she 
 married Mr. John A. Hinkley, of Gorham. 
 
 Mrs. Tolford is highly esteemed in Gorham 
 and in Portland, her early home. She attends 
 the Congregationalist church, and is always 
 ready to respond to the demands of charity. 
 Mr. Tolford was a fine example of a self-made 
 man; and the wealth which blessed his declin- 
 ing years was but a fitting outcome of the 
 struggle of his youth with poverty and temp- 
 tation, his constant integrity, and his diligent 
 application to business in his manhood's prime. 
 
 This brief memoir is happily accompanied 
 by a lifelike portrait of Mr. Tolford. 
 
 T^APTAIN WILLIAM E. DENNI- 
 I V' SON, who died on September 3, 1895, 
 ^lU was for a number of years Com- 
 mander of the Maine Central 
 steamer, "Frank Jones." He was born in 
 Portland, June 29, 1832. His father was 
 Captain C. W. Dennison, of Freeport, Me., 
 where his grandfather, Solomon Dennison, 
 lived; but the family originally came from 
 Gloucester, Mass. At the age of thirteen 
 William E. went to sea, going before the mast, 
 working his way from the lowest to the high- 
 est round in thirty-nine different vessels. 
 His life was one of varied experiences. He 
 was at one time an indigo planter in Central 
 America, and he was master of an armed trad- 
 ing schooner on Lake Nicaragua until driven 
 thence by one of the periodical Central 
 American revolutions. During the Crimean 
 War he was one of the crew of a transport 
 which carried British troops through the Black 
 Sea to Sebastopol ; and, in the war of the Re- 
 bellion, with his gunboat he assisted in the 
 capture of the blockade - running steamers, 
 "Circassian" and "Emma Henley," carrying 
 away the largest prizes ever taken by the 
 American navy. He was for seven years 
 engaged in the coal business, and he made and 
 lost a fortune in the California gold mines. 
 Tact is better than talent, and Captain Den- 
 nison's ability to take advantage of the situa- 
 tion is notable. It was a lucky stroke for him 
 
 when he was transferred from the Captaincy 
 of a merchantman to the command of one of 
 Uncle Sam's war vessels. With the Ameri- 
 can schooner "Adrianna, " Captain Dennison 
 saved the United States steamship "Wyo- 
 ming," which had been run ashore by her 
 rebel-sympathizing crew in the Gulf of Cali- 
 fornia, July 31, 1861. The "Wyoming" 
 taught the Japanese to respect the valor of 
 American seamen by fighting singly the com- 
 bined Japanese fort and fleet, and achieving 
 a most audacious victory in the Strait of Si- 
 monoseki, whence warships of three nations 
 had been driven. The "Wyoming" was one 
 of the United States squadron then in the 
 Pacific Ocean. Lieutenant Murray required 
 Captain Dennison to leave the "Adrianna" 
 for the time and go on board the "Wyoming," 
 which was in so critical a position that Cap- 
 tain Dennison realized that they must work 
 night and day to save her. He called for the 
 pilot who was in command when the "Wyo- 
 ming" grounded, for the moral circumstances 
 of the movement assured him that the vessel 
 had been purposely run ashore. The disci- 
 pline of the "Wyoming " was exceedingly lax. 
 Her late Captain and other officers, honored 
 with commissions by the United States gov- 
 ernment, had deserted the vessel and had gone 
 to join the rebels; and of those who remained 
 behind many were tainted with sentiments 
 hostile to the government. While Dennison 
 and Murray were talking over affairs, the pilot, 
 who without any authority had been set 
 ashore, made off and was seen no more. The 
 "Wyoming" went ashore at high water, under 
 full steam, with the power of her engine fully 
 developed. Her keel lay parallel to the coast, 
 far from the nearest habitation. After run- 
 ning her ashore, the crew had taken the steam 
 anchor out over the starboard bow and planted 
 it farther upon the reef. The cable of this 
 anchor had been tightened by the Captain, and 
 the ship had thus gone farther ashore and 
 more into danger. The "Wyoming " had been 
 thoroughly overhauled and repaired at the 
 Mare Island navy-yard, and had on board all 
 her stores and equipments. 
 
 The tides in the Gulf of California are 
 scarcely perceptible, and a ship ashore any- 
 where in it increased her danger by delay. 
 
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 As soon as Captain Dennison took charge, the 
 "Adrianna" hauled alongside and commenced 
 to take aboard the shot aqd shell ; and, having 
 lightened her burden, the ship thus took out 
 astern the bow anchors of the disabled vessel, 
 and at 6 p.m., August 2, got the gunboat afloat 
 and towed it into Petaluma Bay, a snug harbor, 
 where the transfer of stores was made. On 
 the evening of August 4 both vessels went to 
 sea, the "Adrianna" in tow of the "Wyo- 
 ming." On August 7, at 9 a.m., the "Wy- 
 oming " discharged the "Adrianna. " Thus for 
 seven days did the "Adrianna," interrupting 
 her voyage, stand by the unfortunate ship, sav- 
 ing her from imminent peril. 
 
 Captain Dennison was at one time in com- 
 mand of the "Cherokee," and served the 
 blockade at Fort Fisher. On his return from 
 the war he commanded the steamer "City of 
 Richmond " until the "Frank Jones " went on 
 the line. His steamboat route was from Port- 
 land to Machias and Mount Desert, and he 
 also went from Portland to Bangor. He be- 
 longed to the A. F. & A. M., Portland Com- 
 tnandery. Knights Templars, and to the Loyal 
 Legion. He was a member of Bosworth 
 Post, Grand Army of the Republic, the So- 
 ciety of California Pioneers, and the Virginia 
 Veterans. By his first marriage Captain Den- 
 nison had one son, A. Crossman Dennison, 
 pilot of the "Bay State." On May i, 1887, 
 he married Miss Lizzie E. Tobey, daughter of 
 H. N. Tobey, of Machiasport. Mrs. Denni- 
 son survives her husband with two children r— 
 William W. and Adelaide Boothby Dennison. 
 
 D. MORRISON, who owns 
 and occupies a valuable farm in the 
 Highlands of Bridgton, was born 
 October 7, 1853, ' in the house in 
 which he now resides, being a son of William 
 A. and Almira (Danforth) Morrison. His 
 father was a lifelong resident of Cumberland 
 County and one of its most honored and re- 
 spected citizens. In 1852 he purchased this 
 homestead property, on which he carried on a 
 substantial business in general farming and 
 lumbering until his demise in 1888, at th^ 
 age of sixty-five years. His wife preceded 
 him to the eternal rest, dying at the age of 
 
 fifty-eight years in 1885. They were the par- 
 ents of six children, namely: Hazen D. ; Ada; 
 John, who died in early life; Nellie; Howard; 
 and Abbie (deceased). The father was a 
 member of the Society of Odd Fellows. 
 
 Hazen D. Morrison has spent his years on 
 the farm where his birth occurred, having as- 
 sisted in its management during the life of his 
 father, and afterward becoming its possessor. 
 He has one hundred and twenty-five acres of 
 land, charmingly situated on the Highlands; 
 and here he carries on mixed husbandry, 
 besides doing an extensive business in lumber- 
 ing. During the summer season he and his 
 wife accommodate about twenty-five boarders 
 from the leading cities of the neighboring- 
 States, having, during the four summers, in 
 which they have been thus employed, won an 
 enviable reputation as genial hosts. In poli- 
 tics Mr. Morrison is a sturdy Democrat and 
 a faithful supporter of the principles promul- 
 gated by that party. In 1888, on May g, Mr. 
 Morrison was wedded to Miss Elecia N. 
 Keough, who ably assists him in his labors, 
 presiding in a worthy manner over his pleasant; 
 home and adding to its comforts and at-, 
 tractions. 
 
 IRA B. PAGE, superintendent of the 
 Mayberry Brothers' stock farm in Casco, 
 Me., where some of the finest horses in 
 the country are raised, was born in 
 Whitefield, N.H., April 30, 1849, son of 
 William and Jane (Quinby) Page, both natives 
 of Lisbon, N.H. William Page, who was a 
 mason by trade, spent the greater part of his 
 life in Whitefield, dying there in 1882. He 
 was the father of fourteen children: Eliza 
 Jane; Samantha; Marinda; Martha; Abby; 
 Lydia; Ada; John; Edmond; Frank; Carrie; 
 Ira B., the subject of this sketch; Mary; and 
 Bessie, who died in infancy. 
 
 Ira B. Page received a good common-school 
 education in his native town. ' He went to 
 work when twenty years of age, first engaging 
 as a teamster. This line he followed for sev- 
 eral years, and then purchased a farm in 
 Whitefield, where he remained for some time. 
 About 1882 he obtained employment as a stage 
 driver, and for twelve years the crack of his 
 
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 whip and the thud of his horse's hoofs daily 
 enlivened the quiet country roads. In April, 
 1894, he took charge of the valuable stock 
 farm at Casco owned by the Mayberry Brothers, 
 of Boston, Mass. He at present has the care 
 of twenty-five trotting horses, and also man- 
 ages a farm for Mayberry Brothers in Otisfield, 
 Me. He is a man of good practical judg- 
 ment, with a thorough knowledge of horseflesh, 
 and is one of the most prosperous and re- 
 spected citizens of Casco. 
 
 Mr. Page was married February 22, 1868, 
 to Miss Ella M. Howland, of Whitefield. 
 She died October 10, 1880, leaving one child, 
 Leoni, who is now living with her father; and 
 on October 18, 1882, he was again married, 
 to Miss Etta Scott, of Haverhill, Mass. She 
 was born April 11, 1861, and is the daughter of 
 William Scott, of Haverhill (deceased). Mr. 
 Page has no children by his second marriage. 
 
 Mr. Page votes the Republican ticket, but 
 is not an aspirant for office. He attends the 
 Free Will Baptist Church of Casco. Some 
 idea of the responsibility of his position will 
 be gained by reading the appended sketch of 
 Deacon Richard Mayberry, the original owner 
 of the Mayberry Stock Farms. 
 
 M 
 
 EACON RICHARD MAYBERRY 
 was born in Casco, Me., February 
 ^J 14, 1811, son of Daniel and Betsey 
 (Nash) Mayberry, both natives of 
 Casco. Daniel Mayberry was a lifelong resi- 
 dent of Casco, a progressive and prosperous 
 farmer. Richard Mayberry acquired his love 
 for horses on his father's farm. He was en- 
 gaged in agricultural pursuits from early boy- 
 hood ; but, being an energetic and enterprising 
 man, he took an active part in other industries 
 of the locality, becoming in time a large lum- 
 ber dealer and owner of grist-mills and saw- 
 mills. He died December 24, i88g. 
 
 December 29, 1844, Deacon Mayberry was 
 married to Catherine M., daughter of Samuel 
 and Elizabeth (Jordan) Knight, the former of 
 Otisfield, the latter of Raymond, Me. Mrs. 
 Mayberry was born February 21, 1816, and 
 was the seventh in a family of nine. Her 
 brothers and sisters were named as follows: 
 Nathaniel, Margaret, Cyrus, Martha, Zebulon, 
 
 Samuel, Milton, and Elizabeth. Deacon 
 Mayberry and his wife had four children — 
 Wyatt T., born July i, 1846, who died in 
 May, 1850; Florence, who was born in 
 1848, and died at the age of thirty-three; 
 Cyrus C, who was born October 17, 1851, 
 married Miss Georgie Nichols, of Casco, and 
 now resides in Boston, Mass. ; and Franklin 
 P., who was born October 13, 1853, a real 
 estate dealer in Boston, unmarried. 
 
 Cyrus C. and Franklin P. Mayberry are 
 joint owners of the Mayberry Stock Farms, the 
 principal one at Whitefield,' N. H., the other 
 at Casco, Me., and have made a marked 
 success of raising fine horses. The farm at 
 Casco, which is now'in charge of Mr. Ira B. 
 Page, is fitted with large stock barns and one 
 race track, and is one of the interesting feat- 
 ures of Cumberland County. To say that a 
 horse comes from the Mayberry farm is suffi- 
 cient guarantee of soundness, good breeding, 
 and general excellence; and the trotting 
 horses raised there rank among the first in 
 New England. 
 
 Deacon Mayberry was an active worker in 
 the interest of the Republican party. He 
 was Postmaster of Casco two terms, repre- 
 sented the district in the legislature in 1861, 
 and was Selectman a great many years. In 
 the welfare of the Congregational church he 
 took an active interest, and he was Deacon of 
 the church in Casco for a long time. 
 
 "OSEPH RAYNES, Postmaster at Yar- 
 mouthville, Me., was boi^n March 25, 
 1843, in the town of New Gloucester. 
 He is the fourth in direct line of de- 
 scent to bear this name and to live in Cumber- 
 land County, his great-grandfather having 
 been a pioneer of New Gloucester, which was 
 the birthplace of the intermediate Josephs. 
 The emigrant ancestor of the Raynes family 
 was one of the earliest settlers of York, York 
 County, Me., the house which he erected more 
 than a century ago being still in fair preser- 
 vation. (For further family history see 
 Raynes's "Genealogy," compiled by Jonathan 
 Tyler.) 
 
 Mr. Raynes's paternal grandfather was a 
 skilled mechanic, a painter and a chair-maker, 
 
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 and a man of considerable local prominence in 
 New Gloucester, where he was a lifelong resi- 
 dent. He was active in advancing the cause 
 of religion, belonging to the Congregational 
 church. Of his large family of children but 
 one is now living, Mrs. O. R. Davis, of Au- 
 burn, Me. 
 
 Joseph Raynes, the third, father of the sub- 
 ject of this sketch, was reared in the place of 
 his birth, and there worked with his father as 
 a painter and chair-maker for many years. In 
 1850, desiring a change of occupation, he came 
 to Yarmouth, accepting a position as station 
 agent on what was then known as the Atlantic 
 & St. Lawrence Railway, afterward called the 
 Grand Trunk, Kennebec & Portland Railway, 
 but now the Maine Central, his office being at 
 the Junction. He was in every respect a ca- 
 pable and trustworthy employee, paying close 
 attention to the duties of his responsible posi- 
 tion, winning the confidence of all with whom 
 he had business relations. In politics he was 
 at first a Whig and later a Democrat. Two 
 terms, in 1842 and 1843, he served as a Rep- 
 resentative in the State legislature. Relig- 
 iously, he conscientiously accepted the views 
 of his parents. He died on October 18, 1864. 
 His wife, Mary P. Eveleth, a daughter of 
 Deacon Nathaniel Eveleth, also of New 
 Gloucester, tarried on earth but a short time 
 after, passing to the life immortal, May 16, 
 1866. Six children were born to them, 
 namely: Caroline and Josiah (departed); Mrs. 
 Lucy A. Knight, of this town; Joseph; Mrs. 
 Mary E. Mitchell, of Bath, Me. ; and Edward, 
 of Yarmouth. 
 
 Joseph Raynes acquired his elementary edu- 
 cation in his native town, completing his 
 course of study at the old academy in North 
 Yarmouth. At the car shops of the Portland 
 & Kennebec Railway in Augusta he learned 
 the machinist's trade, following it but a short 
 time before his enlistment, June 16, 1863, in 
 the United States Navy at Charlestown, Mass. 
 He was shortly transferred to the South Atlan- 
 tic squadron, which was stationed off the 
 coast of South Carolina, and took an impor- 
 tant part in the bombardment of Fort Sumter 
 in September of that year. He served on 
 board the frigate "Wabash" and the monitor 
 "Nahant" for some months, being finally dis- 
 
 charged August 15, 1864, at the Brooklyn 
 navy-yard from the ship "Vermont." On re- 
 turning home, finding his father ill, Mr. 
 Raynes assumed his duties at the railway sta- 
 tion, where in October, a change being made 
 in the railway management, two agents being 
 appointed, he was made agent of the Portland 
 & Kennebec Railway, an office which he filled 
 until 1878. He next engaged in business in 
 Yarmouth as a cigar manufacturer, continuing 
 five years, when, September 21, 1886, he was 
 appointed Postmaster at Yarmouthville, where 
 he has since served, giving general satisfac- 
 tion to the public. 
 
 Socially, Mr. Raynes is a prominent mem- 
 ber of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to 
 the Casco Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and the 
 Cumberland Royal Arch Chapter. He is a 
 member likewise of the Kearsarge Benevolent 
 Association of Boston; also belonging to the 
 W. L. Haskell Post, No. 108, Grand Army of 
 the Republic. Politically, he is a straight 
 Democrat, active in local affairs, and was at 
 one time nominated as Representative, but 
 was defeated, although he ran ahead of his 
 ticket. Mr. Raynes is also a member of the 
 Yarmouth Band, having joined at its organiza- 
 tion in July, 1866, and has been its business 
 mgjiager up to and including the 'present 
 time, thirty consecutive years. 
 
 Mr. Raynes was united in marriage March 
 7, 1867, with Esther Abbie Johnson. She 
 was born in North Yarmouth, daughter of 
 William and Esther (Sawyer) Johnson, her 
 father being a well-known farmer-r Mr. and 
 Mrs. Raynes have three children, namely: 
 Mary Ann ; Albert Joseph, a telegraph opera-: 
 tor at Yarmouth Junction, on the Maine Cen- 
 tral Railway; and George Edward. Mr. 
 Raynes and his family are liberal in their 
 religious belief. 
 
 /STTo 
 
 , EORGE FOSTER TALBOT, LL.D., 
 
 V i>| a prominent retired attorney of Port- 
 land, where he has lived since 1861, 
 was born in East Machias, Me., January 16, 
 1 8 19. His parents were John Coffin and Mary 
 (Foster) Talbot. The paternal great-grand- 
 father, Peter Talbot, whose ancestors came to 
 Massachusetts between 1620 and 1640, was 
 
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 long a resident of Stoughton, Mass. He served 
 with the rank of Captain in the Revolutionary 
 War. Tradition says that George Talbot, the 
 first emigrant, was impressed into the Eng- 
 lish navy, but escaped to land by swimming 
 when the vessel was near Rhode Island. 
 Peter Talbot, grandfather of George F., mi- 
 grated from Massachusetts to Maine in 1773, 
 the year made memorable by the Boston Tea 
 Party. He was a pioneer settler in East 
 Machias, where he was prominent as a town 
 officer. He wa3 a farmer of a quiet, reflective 
 turn of mind, who liked the retirement of his 
 own fireside, but never shirked public duties. 
 His wife's name before marriage was Lucy 
 Hammond. The maternal great-grandfather, 
 Benjamin Foster, who was a pioneer of East 
 Machias, planned the capture of the British 
 war vessel, the "Margarita," at the opening 
 of the Revolutionary War, and later took a 
 prominent part in repelling a British squadron 
 that tried to capture the settlement. 
 
 John Coffin Talbot was born in East Machias 
 in 1784. For a number of years he was a 
 manufacturer and shipper of lumber; but in 
 1837 he was appointed and subsequently 
 elected Judge of the Probate Court, which 
 office he held during the rest of his lifetime. 
 He was elected to the State legislature a num- 
 ber of times; and in 1837, the year of the 
 great financial panic, he served as President of 
 the Senate. His wife Mary was a daughter 
 of John and Phebe (Burr) Foster, of East 
 Machias, and a grand-daughter of Benjamin 
 and Elizabeth (Scott) Foster. Her grand- 
 father, Benjamin, Foster, commanded the 
 Colonial forces that repulsed an attack by a 
 British expedition against Machias in 1779. 
 Mrs. John C. Talbot bore her husband five 
 sons and three daughters. Of these Stephen 
 P. Talbot, a Bowdoin graduate, and a promis- 
 ing law student, was drowned at sea under 
 pathetic circumstances. The others are all 
 living. William, an extensive farmer in An- 
 dover, Oxford County, Me., married a sister 
 of John A. Poor. John Coffin, also a Bowdoin 
 graduate, and a prominent attorney in East 
 Machias, has served fifteen terms in the State 
 legislature, and has also been Speaker of the 
 House. Thomas H., another graduate of 
 Bowdoin, is a Boston lawyer, who has been 
 
 Assistant Attorney-General of the United 
 States, and served his country in the late war 
 as Colonel of a regiment. Emma Caroline is 
 the widow of Josiah P. Keller, who, as man- 
 aging owner of a large lumber concern, went 
 in 1850 to Puget Sound, where he subse- 
 quently died. Susan is unmarried, and Mary 
 Elizabeth lives with her sisters in Boston. 
 The" father and mother were active members of 
 the Congregational church. Mr. Talbot was 
 an enthusiastic Mason of the early times. He 
 served East Machias as Postmaster and Town 
 Clerk for more than forty years. In moral 
 reforms he was also prominent, being the 
 organizer of a temperance society fifteen years 
 before General Dow began ' to think of it. 
 His wife died in 1858, and the year 1861 saw 
 the close of his busy career. 
 
 George F. Talbot, LL.D., commenced at- 
 tendance at the academy in his native town 
 at the early age of eight years. Entering 
 Bowdoin College as a Junior, he was graduated 
 two years later an A.B. in the class of 1837. 
 Three years after, he received the degree of 
 A.M.; and in 1894 his Alma Mater conferred 
 on him another honor, that of LL.D. He 
 read law with Senator James W. Bradbury, of 
 Augusta, Me., and was admitted to the bar in 
 that town in 1840. His professional career 
 began in Skowhegan, where he remained one 
 year. For a short time thereafter he was en- 
 gaged in teaching; but during the years 1843 
 and 1844 he practised law in Columbia, Wash- 
 ington County. Mr. Talbot then opened an 
 office in his native town, where he remained 
 for ten years. He was an active antislavery 
 worker, and was a candidate for Governor in 
 1849 and 1850 on th-e Free Soil ticket. In 
 1854 he moved to Machias, where as County 
 Attorney he had much to do with important 
 litigation, greatly enlarging his practice. He 
 took an active part in the formation of the Re- 
 publican party, being practically the editor of 
 the Republican paper of that town, and was 
 also one of four delegates for the State of 
 Maine to the National Convention in Chicago. 
 Here he served on the Committee on Resolu- 
 tions, and had a warm controversy with 
 Horace Greeley, who wanted to abandon the 
 ■article prohibiting the introduction of slavery 
 into the United States Territories. To Mr. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Talbot's mind this was the essential party 
 issue, but the Committee was divided. After 
 he had held conferences with Mr. Boutelle 
 and Carl Schurz, another vote was taken on 
 the question, and Mr. Greeley was defeated. 
 Soon after Abraham Lincoln became Presi- 
 dent, Mr. Talbot was appointed United States 
 Attorney for the Maine District, and came 
 to Portland. This position was held by him 
 for nearly ten years. In this period he had to 
 deal with frequent infractions of the revenue 
 laws, and had some heavy prosecutions for the 
 illicit importing of lumber, which he carried 
 to the United States courts, recovering dam- 
 ages. Later he was one of three commis- 
 sioners appointed to examine paper frauds at 
 Augusta, and was the writer of the elaborate 
 report of the investigations, which lasted one' 
 year. His coworkers at that time were Gov- 
 ernor Connor and Daniel Sanborn. Mr. Talbot 
 then took an office for general practice, but 
 he was already overworked. He and Mrs. 
 Talbot spent 1872 in travelling extensively 
 abroad. He was a member of a special com- 
 mission appointed to revise the Constitution 
 of the State in 1875, who reported a series of 
 amendments, the most of which were adopted. 
 In 1876 he became Solicitor of the United 
 States Treasury. Later, on finding that the 
 position he filled was wanted for a Southern 
 man, with a view to help in building up the 
 Republican party of the South, Mr. Talbot re- 
 signed. He has won distinction by his liter- 
 ary contributions to papers and magazines, and 
 also by a book entitled "A Life of Jesus : His 
 Opinions and his Character," which was pub- 
 lished by the Unitarian Publishing House in 
 1883. During antislavery times he was in 
 the lecture field, and he has been a prolific 
 writer of poems for class reunions. For a 
 number of years he has been President of the 
 Fraternity Club. 
 
 His wife, Elizabeth (Neil) Talbot, whom 
 he married on May 16, 1844, died in 1845, 
 leaving twin daughters, one of whom died in 
 infancy. In 1861 Mr. Talbot contracted a 
 second marriage with Elizabeth Lincoln, of 
 Dennysville, Me. She was a grand-daughter 
 of General Lincoln of Revolutionary fame. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Talbot have four children! 
 They are: Thomas Lincoln, attorney, who 
 
 married Miss Alice Spring, and has two chil- 
 dren — Edith Lincoln and Samuel Spring; 
 Hannah Lincoln, who lives at home; "Cather- 
 ine; and Frederick F. Talbot. The last 
 named, who is employed in the banking house 
 of E. H. Gay & Co., of Boston, married Mary 
 P. Frank, of Portland, and has two children 
 — ^, George F. and Melvin F. Talbot. 
 
 OHN G. SCOTT, a retired carpenter of 
 Westbrook, Me., a, "forty-niner," and a 
 veteran of the Civil War, was born in 
 Freeport, another Cumberland County 
 town, May 3, 1823, son of Andrew and Pris- 
 cilla (Woodbury) Scott. Mr. Scott's grand- 
 father, John G, Scott, was a native of Durham, 
 Me., who followed agricultural pursuits dur- 
 ing the active period of his life. He reared a 
 family of six children, of whom there are no 
 survivors. 
 
 Andrew Scott, who was a resident of Free- 
 port, for a number of years followed the sea, a 
 great part of his active life being spent on the 
 ocean wave. He was a worthy and useful 
 citizen, who voted with the Whig party; and 
 in religion he was a Congregationalist. He 
 died at the age of about forty years. His 
 wife, Priscilla Woodbury, of Freeport, was a 
 daughter of Ebenezer Woodbury, of Durham, 
 who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, 
 and fought in the battle of Bunker Hill. She ' 
 became the mother of four children, three of 
 whom are living, namely: Frances, wife of 
 Samuel V. Litchfield, of Freeport; Julia W., 
 wife of E. P. Gerrish, of Portland; and John 
 G., the subject of this sketch. 
 
 John G. Scott acquired his education in the 
 schools of Freeport and Durham; and, after 
 finishing his studies, he learned the carpen- 
 ter's trade, serving an apprenticeship of three 
 years with Sidney Skilton, of Durham, whence 
 he went to Portland, where he worked as a 
 journeyman for Cummings Brothers, Russell, 
 and others. In 1849 Mr. Scott joined the 
 exodus for California, accompanying a party 
 of tweiity fortune seekers from Freeport, the 
 expedition being in charge of Captain Clement 
 Soule. They went by way of the Isthmus, of 
 Panama, being about one hundred and fifty 
 days on the journey; and after arriving they 
 
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 mony being performed by the Rev. E. S. Jor- 
 dan. They have one child, Clara B. , born 
 June 16, 1862, now the wife of C. K. 
 Richards, of Falmouth, Me. Orrin B. Lane 
 has never married, but has boarded with his 
 brother for the past thirty-five years. H. J. 
 has acted as Postmaster for the last thirty 
 years; and his brother, O. B., has served as 
 Assistant Postmaster for an equal length of 
 time. 
 
 In political affiliation H. J. and O. B. Lane 
 are Democrats, and they have always voted 
 that ticket. Both have served as Representa- 
 tives from this district to the State legislature, 
 the former in 1883, and the latter in 1871 and 
 1874. Henry J. has filled the office of Town 
 Treasurer at intervals for the past thirty years, 
 and Orrin B. that of Town Clerk for thirty- 
 three years. Henry J. has also held the. posi- 
 tion of Selectman for six or seven years. 
 Orrin B. is a member in good standing of 
 Siloam Lodge, No. 45, Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows, of Gray; Henry J., of Windham 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; and Orrin B. of the 
 Sons of Temperance of Raymond. 
 
 •NDREW JACKSON OTIS, a veteran 
 agriculturist of Standish, Cumberland 
 County, Me., was born August 8, 
 181 S, in Barrington, N. H., son of 
 Job and Sally (Kimball) Otis. His great- 
 grandfather on his father's side, Joshua Otis, 
 married in 1745, Jane Hussey, of Dover, 
 N. H. ; and in 1752 they moved to that part of 
 Barrington that is now included within the 
 limits of Strafford. Joshua Otis, with most 
 •of his brothers, served in the war of the Rev- 
 olution. His wife died in 1790, but he lived 
 until 1810. They reared ten children, Mi- 
 cajah, the grandfather of Andrew J., being 
 the second son and child. 
 
 Micajah Otis was born in Barrington, N. IL, 
 and there owned a good farm of two hundred 
 acres, a large part of it under cultivation. He 
 was a man of eminent piety, and for many 
 years a preacher in the Free Will Baptist de- 
 nomination, having charge of the Barrington 
 church until his death. His wife, Sarah 
 Foss, a daughter of Joshua Foss, of Barring- 
 •ton, was also a member of that church. They 
 
 were the parents of six children. Job being 
 their first-born. 
 
 Job Otis was born in Barrington in 1770, 
 and far outlived the old-time allotted years of 
 man's life, dying in 1854. He was a well-to- 
 do farmer, succeeding to the ownership of the 
 homestead on which he was born and reared. 
 He was a man of strong individuality, noted 
 for his practical wisdom and ability, was a 
 Democrat in politics, and occupied an impor- 
 tant position in the management of local pub- 
 lic affairs. In 1808 he was elected Select- 
 man, an office which he held four consecutive 
 years; and in 1819 and 1820 he represented 
 the town of Barrington in the State legislature. 
 During the latter year the town of Strafford 
 was set off from Barrington ; and this new 
 town he represented in the legislature in 1822, 
 1823, 1828, 1833, 1834, and 1835. In 1835 
 he was a member of the Board of Councillors 
 for the State of New Hampshire. He likewise 
 served as a Justice of the Peace for many years. 
 His wife, a daughter of Ephraim Kimball, of 
 Dover, N. H., bore him nine children, Andrew 
 J. being the only one now living. The mother 
 belonged to the Free Will Baptist church. 
 
 Andrew J. Otis acquired the rudiments of 
 his education in the district schools of his 
 native town, afterward attending the academy 
 at Strafford. On the parental farm he was 
 thoroughly drilled in agricultural arts, and 
 during the first half-century of his life carried 
 on general farming in the place of his nativity. 
 
 He was a man of prominence in Strafford, 
 succeeding his father as Justice of the Peace, 
 and being at one time a member of the Major- 
 general's staff, serving as Quartermaster. 
 He also represented his town in the legislature 
 at Concord, N.H., in 1855. In 1865 Mr. 
 Otis removed to Maine and purchased a farm 
 of sixty acres in Standish, on which he has 
 since resided, being known as a thrifty and 
 successful farmer. 
 
 Mr. Otis was married in 1842 to Miss 
 Sarah Howe Kimball, daughter of John Kim- 
 ball, of Hiram, Me. The four children born 
 to Mr. and Mrs. Otis have all passed away 
 from this earthly home. In politics Mr. 
 Otis is a firm adherent of the Democratic 
 party, and in religious beHef both he and his 
 wife are Universalists. 
 
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 ILLIAM HARRISON MOTLEY, 
 attorney-at-law of Deering, and at 
 the present time serving as Post- 
 master at Woodford's, was born at Gardiner, 
 Kennebec County, Me., December i, 1840. 
 His father, Nathaniel Motley, was born at 
 Gorham, this county, a grandson of John Mot- 
 ley, who settled at Fort Hill in Gorham, and 
 was the 'first ancestor of the family in this 
 country, John Lothrop Motley, the distin- 
 guished historian, being one of his descend- 
 ants. At the time of the Indian troubles in 
 the early history of Maine, when the Brackett 
 family was massacred, this same John Motley, 
 who was also a Revolutionary veteran, was 
 appointed administrator of the Brackett prop- 
 erty. His son, William Motley, grandfather 
 of our subject, was an influential citizen of 
 Windham for many years. 
 
 Nathaniel Motley, father of William H., 
 received a liberal education in the place of his 
 nativity, and after his marriage resided for 
 some time in Vermont, while there represent- 
 ing his town in the State legislature. He 
 married Miss Rachael Horton, daughter of 
 Rufus Horton, one of the leading members of 
 the Friends' Society of Portland; and they be- 
 came the parents of eleven children, William 
 H. being the eighth in order of birth. Neither 
 of the parents is now living, the mother hav- 
 ing passed away on February 7, 1893. She 
 remained true to the faith in which she was 
 reared, being a member of the Friends' Society 
 during her life. 
 
 William H. Motley assisted his father in 
 his mercantile pursuits until the breaking out 
 of the late Civil War, when, in August, 1861, 
 he enlisted in his country's service, joining 
 Company G, Seventh Maine Volunteer Infan- 
 try, and being sent at once with his regiment 
 to Virginia to join the Army of the Potomac. 
 He was at the front in many severe engage- 
 ments, being present at the seven days' battle 
 on the Peninsula, there receiving a wound in 
 the right foot and another in the left knee, 
 and later, at the battle of Antietam, being 
 wounded through the mouth, and also receiv- 
 ing a flesh wound under the chin. After this 
 battle, the regiment being practically annihi- 
 lated, it was sent home to recruit its ranks ; 
 and on its reorganization Mr. Motley was made 
 
 Lieutenant of Company I, Thirtieth Maine 
 Volunteer Infantry, which was sent to join the 
 Red River expedition, there participating in 
 the battles of Pleasant Hill, Grand Ecore, Crim 
 River Crossing, and in the action at Mansura 
 Plains. At this time Lieutenant Motley was 
 Acting Adjutant of his regiment; and at 
 Alexandria, La., just before the last battle, 
 while his men were guarding the river, in 
 order that a dam might be constructed to facil- 
 itate the passage of the gunboats down the 
 stream, he received a severe wound at the base 
 of the spine, the bullet cutting. a hole the size 
 of a silver dollar in his clothes, and tearing 
 the flesh from the spine, the injury being 
 followed by paralysis. Notwithstanding his 
 bloody exjDerience, this plucky soldier was in 
 the hospital but twenty days during his entire 
 time of service. The regiment was then 
 ordered to Virginia, forming a part of Grant's 
 command and going to Deep Bottom, and 
 thence to the Shenandoah Valley, being 
 stationed at Cedar Creek when, on October 
 19, 1864, Early surprised the Union forces, 
 causing a stampede. Lieutenant Motley was 
 then in command of a line of skirmishers, and 
 was one of the very first to see the gallant 
 Sheridan when he galloped to the front to re- 
 trieve the lost ground and save the day. After 
 the cessation of hostilities Mr. Motley re- 
 mained in service several months, being lo- 
 cated in Savannah, Ga., until August 20, 
 1865, when he received his discharge. 
 
 On his return home he pursued his studies 
 at the Hebron Academy and the Norway Lit- 
 erary Institute, subsequently becoming a law 
 student in the office of H. M. Bearce, of Nor^ 
 way, and being admitted to the bar in 1872. 
 He then read law for a year with the Hon. 
 T. B. Reed, the distinguished statesman, after- 
 ward beginning the practice of his profes^on 
 in Portland. He first practised alone, meeting 
 with excellent success, and was then in partner- 
 ship for a time with H. A. Bletheim, under 
 the firm name of Motley & Bletheim, subse- 
 quently becoming senior member of the firm 
 of Motley & Sylvester. While a resident of 
 Portland, Mr. Motley always took an active 
 and intelligent interest in politics, being an 
 ardent Republican, but steadily refusing all 
 official honors. For the past twenty years he 
 
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 has resided in Deering, but had his office in 
 Portland until his appointment as Postmaster 
 for a term of four years, dating from Decem- 
 ber, 1891, since which time his office has 
 been in Deering. Socially, he is a member 
 of Bosworth Post, Grand Army of the Repub- 
 lic, of the Union Veteran Legion, and of 
 Deering Club. He has a summer home on 
 Long Island and another at Woodford's, 
 usually retreating with his family to one of 
 these beautiful resorts during the heated 
 season. In October, 1872, Mr. Motley was 
 married to Miss Elizabeth E. Whitney, a 
 daughter of George P. Whitney, of Oxford. 
 Two children have been born to them, namely: 
 Ada Whitney Horton Motley, wife of Charles 
 F. Sawyer, of Bangor; and William H., Jr., 
 now a student in the Hebron Academy. 
 Religiously, Mr. and Mrs. Motley attend the 
 Baptist church. 
 
 'IMON H. MAYBERRY, a well- 
 known citizen of Westbrook, Me., 
 by trade a stone mason, is also a 
 practical farmer, and has led a life 
 of useful and varied activity. He is a native 
 of Cumberland County, having been born in 
 Windham, March 15, 181 8, son of Andrew 
 and Margaret (Trott) Mayberry. 
 
 William Mayberry, a veteran of the Revolu- 
 tionary War and the paternal grandfather of 
 Simon H. Mayberry, spent his life in Wind- 
 ham. He followed agriculture with success, 
 and was an honored and respected resident. 
 A Democrat in politics, he was a man who 
 took much interest in the affairs of his town. 
 He was an attendant of the Methodist Episco- 
 pal church. 
 
 Andrew Mayberry was born in Windham and 
 there spent the major part of his life. Like 
 his father, he engaged in farming. Politi- 
 cally, he was a Democrat ; and during the War 
 of 1 812 he was one of those who faithfully 
 served the interests of -their country by taking 
 Up arms. He was an attendant of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal church. His marriage with 
 Miss Margaret Trott was blessed by the birth 
 of eleven children, seven of whom are still 
 living, namely: Sarah, the wife of Lowell 
 Havvkes, of Windham ; Simon H. ; Margaret, 
 
 who married Merritt Mayberry, of Windham ; 
 Mary A., the wife of Lorenzo Knight, of 
 Westbrook ; Frank, on the old homestead farm 
 in Windham ; Jefferson, residing in Gray, 
 Me. ; and John, a resident of Windham. 
 
 Simon H. Mayberry was educated in the 
 common schools of his native town. Shortly 
 after leaving school, he obtained a position 
 as watchman in the cotton-mills at Westbrook, 
 where he was employed during the summer 
 for about eleven years. He then entered the 
 service of the Westbrook Manufacturing Com- 
 pany, his duty being to watch one-half the day 
 and one-half the night; and he continued in 
 the employ of that company. for eight years. 
 In 1 86 1 Mr. Mayberry began to work as a 
 stone mason, and since then a great deal of 
 stone cutting and stone laying has been done 
 by him and under his direction. Such men 
 as he always find something to do even in the 
 dullest of times, opening up new enterprises 
 when the old ones flag. In 1865 he started 
 the ice business in Saccarappa, now Westbrook; 
 and he conducted it for twenty years. Of 
 late years he has engaged in building-moving 
 and in farming, being the owner of a small 
 farm of about thirty acres, where he carries 
 on general husbandry. 
 
 Mr. Mayberry was married in June, 1845, 
 to Miss Mary Hall, of Raymond, now Casco, 
 Cumberland County. His wife's father was 
 Stephen Hall, and her grandfather Hall was 
 a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Two 
 children live to bless the union of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Mayberry, namely : Orlando, who is 
 employed in the S. D. Warner paper-mills at 
 Cumberland Mills, Westbrook, Me. ; and 
 Clara, the wife of Charles Pride, of West- 
 brook, Me. Mr. Mayberry has always been 
 an ardent advocate of Democratic principles. 
 He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
 church. 
 
 iVERETT L. HUSTON, a member of 
 the enterprising firm of Huston 
 Brothers, who are doing a successful 
 saw-mill business at West Falmouth, was 
 born in the town of Falmouth, July 28, 1869, 
 and is a son of Joseph W. and Mary (Babbige) 
 Huston. • .. 
 
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 Stephen Huston, the paternal grandfather 
 of Everett L., spent his boyhood in Gray, 
 Me. ; but when a young man he came to Fal- 
 mouth and engaged in farming. He still fol- 
 lows that occupation, and is an honored and 
 respected citizen of the town. In political 
 affiliations he is a Democrat, but has never 
 been an aspirant for public position. He at- 
 tends the Baptist church. 
 
 Joseph W. Huston, a resident of West Fal- 
 mouth, who is now engaged in carpentry, 
 formerly combined the vocations of a farmer 
 and carpenter. About six years ago he sold 
 his farm, and since that time has given his 
 attention to his trade. His wife, whose 
 maiden name was Mary Babbige, bore him 
 five children, all of whom are living. They 
 are: Everett L., Leslie L., Stephen G., 
 Carrie, and Minnie. In political matters 
 Joseph W. Huston, like his father,- supports the 
 Democratic party. He is an attendant of the 
 Baptist church, and a member of the Ancient 
 Brothers Lodge, No. 4, Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows, of Portland. 
 
 Everett L. Huston acquired a good practical 
 .education in the public schools of West Fal- 
 mouth, after which he learned the carpenter's 
 trade of his father. He continued to work 
 with his father until 1892, then purchased the 
 Edwin Merrill saw-mill at West Falmouth, 
 and in company with his brothers, Leslie L. 
 and Stephen G., under the firm name of Hus- 
 ton Brothers, has carried on a steadily increas- 
 ing business. The present capacity of the 
 mill is between seven and eight thousand feet 
 per day; and in busy times they employ four 
 or five men, and run their mill day and night. 
 They have recently made extensive additions 
 to their mill, and are soon to add a planer, 
 edger, and rip saw, and will also erect an addi- 
 tional building, twenty-one by thirty feet in 
 ground area, which will enable them to greatly 
 enlarge their business. 
 
 Mr. Huston is unmarried. In religion and 
 politics he follows the faith and practice of 
 his father and grandfather, attending public 
 worship at the Baptist church, and voting with 
 the Democratic party. The only town office 
 in which he has served is that of Surveyor of 
 Lumber, a position that he is well qualified to 
 fill, and in which he acquitted himself with 
 
 credit. He is a member of Presumpscot 
 Lodge, No. gi, of Falmouth. 
 
 ATTAIN JAMES MONROE BUCK- 
 NAM, who was formerly a well-known 
 ship-master in the coasting trade, 
 and is now a prosperous farmer of 
 Yarmouth, was born at his present home 
 September 12, 1818, son of Samuel and Phebe 
 (Chandler) Bucknam. » 
 
 Captain Bucknam 's paternal grandfather, 
 William Bucknam, was one of the early set- 
 tlers of Cousins Island, where he owned a tract 
 of land. Active and industrious, in his 
 younger days he availed himself of every 
 opportunity for' advantageous employment; 
 but his principal occupation was farming, and 
 he followed it with good results. His last 
 days were passed upon the farm which is now 
 owned by his grandson, and he died at the age 
 of eighty-six years. He was possessed of 
 many worthy traits of character, and he was 
 a representative citizen of his day. He mar- 
 ried Sarah Loring; and they reared a family 
 of eight children, named as follows: Eliza- 
 beth, Charlotte, Sarah, Mary, Dorcas, Samuel, 
 Jeremiah, and William. Mrs. Sarah L. Buck- 
 nam lived to reach the age of eighty-four. 
 
 Samuel Bucknam, Captain Bucknam's 
 father, was born on Cousins Island, Septem- 
 ber 2, 1775, just previous to the destruction of 
 Portland . by the British at the commence- 
 ment of the Revolutionary War. He grew to 
 manhood in Yarmouth, and _ engaged in the 
 coasting trade, which he followed for some 
 time. He finally settled upon the farm where 
 his son now resides, and became very success- 
 ful in agricultural pursuits. He owned one 
 hundred and fifteen acres of land, which he 
 improved; and the present residence was 
 erected by him* in 18 14. He was a hard- 
 working man, who diligently applied himself 
 to the task of maintaining a comfortable home 
 for his family, and his prosperity was the 
 result of manly energy and perseverance. He 
 died on November" 2, 1855, at his hom« in 
 Yarmouth, a place to which he retired in 
 1847. In his religious views he was liberal, 
 and in politics he supported the Whig party. 
 His first wife, Mary Blanchard, died leaving 
 
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 four children ; and he wedded for his second 
 wife Phebe Chandler, who was born in North 
 Yarmouth, what is now Yarmouth, October 
 6, 1776, and who became the mother of six 
 children. She died April 6, 1863. Of Sam- 
 uel Bucknam's ten children the only one 
 now. living is James M., the subject of this 
 sketch. Mrs. Phebe C. Bucknam was a mem- 
 ber of the Baptist church. 
 
 James Monroe Bucknam commenced his 
 education in the schools of his native town, 
 and completed his course of study at the 
 North Yarmouth Academy. At an early age 
 he began to assist his father in carrying on 
 the farm ; but, when a young man, he shipped 
 as a sailor on board of a coasting-vessel. He 
 was soon able to buy a one-quarter interest in 
 the schooner "Watchman, " which was built 
 in 1830; and, after commanding her for some 
 time, he became master of the packet sloop, 
 "Express," which he ran between the different 
 points in Casco Bay. He followed the sea for 
 -many years, making short voyages along the 
 coast, his only foreign trip being a voyage to 
 the West Indies, which he made in company 
 with his brother; and he was well known in 
 the various local seaports. In 1847 he settled 
 in Yarmouth, in order to care for his parents 
 during their declining years; and he has con- 
 tinued to give his attention chiefly, but not 
 exclusively, to agriculture. His farm, which 
 consists of one hundred and fifteen acres, 
 occupies a delightful situation, overlooking 
 the sea; and his pleasant home is a favorite 
 resort for summer boarders, who are sure to 
 pass an enjoyable season beneath the hospita- 
 ble roof of the jovial old sea captain, where 
 boating, fishing, and sea-bathing are near at 
 hand. 
 
 In politics Captain Bucknam is a Republi- 
 can, and has been active in the public affairs. 
 of the town, serving as a member of the Board 
 of Selectmen for seven years, in which capac- 
 ity he rendered valuable aid in advancing the 
 interests of the community. He has labored 
 earnestly to attract visitors to Yarmouth, and 
 with that view has sacrificed fifteen acres of 
 his valuable land for summer resort purposes. 
 
 On November 23, 1843, he was united in 
 marriage with Caroline P. Drinkwater, who 
 died March 20, 1869. On December 4, 1870, 
 
 he wedded for his second wife Abbie F. 
 Twombly, a native of Yarmouth ; and she died 
 November 20, 1886. Of his five children 
 living, three are by his first union, and two 
 by his second, all of whom are residents of 
 Yarmouth. They are as follows: Nicholas 
 D. ; Clarence L. , Deputy Sheriff; James M., 
 Jr.; Mrs. Carrie P. Miller; and Albion L., 
 who resides at the old homestead. On De- 
 cember 24, 1895, Captain Bucknam was mar- 
 ried to Edna A. Marston, widow of William 
 Marston, of North Yarmouth. 
 
 Captain Bucknam is one of the oldest and 
 best-known residents of the town, and is 
 highly esteemed. He is a member of the 
 Baptist church, and has been connected with 
 Casco Lodge, A. F. & A. M., for forty years. 
 
 OSEPH S. FICKETT, residing in that 
 part of the old town of Cape Elizabeth 
 now constituting the new town of 
 South Portland, on the homestead 
 where his birth occurred May i, 1832, has 
 been identified with the educational interests 
 of this section of Cumberland County the 
 larger portion of his life, much of his time 
 having been spent in teaching. His grand- 
 father, Ebenezer Fickett, was a native of Cape 
 Elizabeth and a lifelong farmer. He was also, 
 like his father before him, a wheelwright by 
 trade and a prominent member of the Society 
 of Friends. He cleared a good farm from the 
 wilderness, and on this spent his last years, 
 living to the age of seventy-five. He was 
 twice married. His first wife, Mary Fickett, 
 bore him seven children; and the eldest of 
 these, Amos P., was the father of Joseph S. 
 Amos P. Fickett was born in Pownal, this 
 county, November 5, 1809. He followed the 
 independent occupation of a farmer, first in 
 his native town and later in Kennebunkport, 
 where he lived ten years, subsequently return- 
 ing from York County to the parental home- 
 stead in Cape Elizabeth. His wife, Eunice 
 Small, was a native of Cape Elizabeth, being 
 the daughter of Edward Small. They reared 
 six children, five of whom are now living, as 
 follows: Joseph S. , Wyman C, Edward S. , 
 Ellen, and Maria. The fourth son, Lieu- 
 tenant George W. S. Fickett, of the Seven- 
 
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 teenth Regiment, Maine Volunteers, Company 
 E., died at Fort Carroll, Md., September 24, 
 1862. The parents are now deceased. 
 
 Wyman C. Fickett, the second son, a well- 
 known educator, is now 'superintendent of 
 schools at Spencer, Mass. For two years in 
 his earlier life he was Principal of the Clin- 
 ton Institute at Clinton, N. Y. , and afterward 
 had charge of the high school at East Bridge- 
 water, Mass., for fifteen years. While a resi- 
 dent of that village, he served two years as 
 Representative to the State legislature. He 
 married Ora Wheeler, of Sterling, Mass. ; and 
 they have two children, Grace and Edward 
 W., now students at Tufts College, in Med- 
 ford, Mass. Edward S. Fickett, the third 
 son. Treasurer of the Georgetown Savings 
 Bank, at Georgetown, Mass., was principal 
 of the high school in that town for twenty-six 
 consecutive years, a noteworthy record. Ellen 
 is the wife of Warren R. Tibbetts, of Lyman, 
 Me., and has seven children — George W., 
 Albert, Charles, Herman, Clifford, Martie, 
 and Mary Alice. Maria is the widow of W. 
 B. H. Larrabee, of Westminster, Mas.s., and 
 is the mother of six children — Maud, Berke- 
 ley, Charles, Roland, Walter, and Effie. 
 
 Joseph S. Fickett, the first-born of the pa- 
 rental household, acquired his education at the 
 Westbrook Seminary in Westbrook, Me., and 
 then returned to the ancestral farm, in what 
 is now South Portland, the north-western part 
 of the old town of Cape Elizabeth, which has 
 practically been his home during his entire 
 life. He has paid much attention to agricult- 
 ure; but this has not been his leading pursuit, 
 as he has been for many years actively and 
 successfully engaged in teaching, which he 
 began in 1859, taking charge of the Spurwink 
 School. He taught there a short time, subse- 
 quently continuing his pedagogical labors in 
 this locality, and for the past twenty years has 
 taught in the Lagonia School, which, under 
 his wise supervision, takes high rank. For 
 thirty consecutive years Mr. Fickett has been 
 a member of the School Committee, being 
 Chairman of the Board most of the time. 
 Like his brothers and sons, he is a stanch 
 member of the Republican party, upholding 
 Its principles by voice and vote. He has 
 long been prominent in town affairs, and 
 
 has served acceptably in the various official 
 capacities, having been Town Clerk, Collector, 
 Treasurer, and Selectman, holding each office 
 several years. 
 
 On October 5, 1863, Mr. Fickett married 
 Priscilla, daughter of Samuel Banks, of Free- 
 port, this State. She died in 1881, leaving 
 five children ^ — George W., Freeman B., 
 Hattie E. , Emma A., and Frank A. George 
 W. married Miss Tryphena Carroll. 
 
 ON. CLARENCE HALE, a leading 
 attorney and counsellor-at-law of 
 the city of Portland, was born in 
 Turner, Me., April 15, 1848, son 
 of James Sullivan and Betsey (Staples) Hale. 
 Mr. Hale's line of ancestry is clearly traced to 
 Thomas Hale, of Watton-at-Stone, Hertford- 
 shire, England, who, with his wife, Thomas- 
 tine, emigrated to Massachusetts in 1635, 
 bringing to Governor John Winthrop a letter 
 of introduction from Francis Kirby, a mater- 
 nal relative, a copy of which is contained in 
 volume vii. of the "Collections of the Massa- 
 chusetts Historical Society." Thomas Hale 
 settled in Newbury, Essex County, Mass. 
 David Hale, a native of old Newbury, Mass., 
 several generations removed from the immi- 
 grant, was one of the pioneers of Turner, Me., 
 settling upon a farm which is still in the pos- 
 session of the family. On that farm James 
 Sullivan Hale was born; and his wife, Betsey 
 Staples, was also a native of Turner, a mem- 
 ber of one of the old families of the town. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Hale reared the following chil- 
 dren : Eugene, who is one of Maine's promi- 
 nent statesmen, a United States Senator; Hor- 
 tense, who married Dr. John T. Gushing, and 
 lives on the old homestead; Frederick, who 
 died in 1868, formerly a law partner of his 
 brother, Senator Hale ; Augusta, the wife of 
 George Gifford, United States Consul at 
 Basle, Switzerland; and Clarence, who is 
 further mentioned in the succeeding para- 
 graphs. 
 
 Clarence Hale was fitted for college in the 
 schools of his native town and at Norway 
 Academy, and was graduated with honors 
 from Bowdoin in 1869. He read law with 
 his brother, the Hon. Eugene Hale, and with 
 
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 L. A. Emery at Ellsworth, Me., beginning 
 to practise in 1871 at. Portland. Since that 
 time he has closely devoted himself to his 
 professional work, and has enjoyed for many 
 years a large and lucrative practice, being 
 connected with much of the important litiga- 
 tion and other legal work of the State. In 
 1879 he was elected City Solicitor of Portland, 
 and during his three years in that office con- 
 ducted many important cases for the city. Mr. 
 Hale's style in forensic speaking is character- 
 ized by clearness and force; and his arguments 
 in court and his addresses to the jury are very 
 convincing. He believes firmly in the prin- 
 ciples of the Republican party, but, while 
 always ready to assist in political matters, 
 and speaking in all campaigns since 1872, it 
 has not been as a professional politician. 
 From 1883 to 1885 he was a member of the 
 State legislature from Portland, and took the 
 highest rank as a debater and a well-equipped 
 jurist. He is skilled in financial matters and 
 is identified as Director and Trustee with the 
 management of some of the largest business 
 enterprises of the city. 
 
 Mr. Hale was married in 1880 to Margaret 
 Rollins, daughter of the Hon. Franklin J. and 
 Arabella C. (Jordan) Rollins, of Portland, and 
 has two children — Katharine and Robert. 
 Mr. Hale is a gentleman of scholarly taste 
 and attainments, and possesses one of the 
 finest private libraries in the city. He has a 
 fondness for historical study, and is a promi- 
 nent member of the Maine Historical Society. 
 In religious belief he and his wife are Congre- 
 gationalists. 
 
 
 'NDREW J. TRYON, whose productive 
 farm is situated in Pownal, Me., was 
 born in this town December 26, 
 1827, son of Simeon and Jane 
 (Cook) Tryon. Simeon Tryon was born in 
 New Fairfield, Conn., September 28, 1778. 
 He settled in that part of Freeport which is 
 now called Pownal, at an early date in the 
 town's history, and, purchasing the farm 
 which is now owned by his son, Andrew J. 
 Tryon, resided here the rest of his life. The 
 improvements are the result of his labor and 
 industry, and the present brick house was 
 
 erected by him in i8o6 from material manu- 
 factured upon the farm. 
 
 Simeon Tryon was well and favorably known 
 in his day, and acted for many years as Justice 
 of the Peace. He conducted farming with 
 energy and prosperity during the active period 
 of his life, and died August 7, 1844, aged 
 sixty-five years and ten months. He was 
 twice married. His first wife, Mercy Cook, 
 who was born in Litchfield, Me., died March 
 24, 1825; and he wedded for his second wife 
 Jane Cook, who was also a native of Litch- 
 field, where she was born in the year 1800. 
 Simeon Tryon reared a family of nineteen 
 children, and, of these, two by his first and 
 five by his second marriage are now living, 
 namely: by the first, Samuel L. Tryon and 
 Mercy Ransom; and, by the second, A. J. 
 Tryon, Saul Cook Tryon, Joseph Tryon, James 
 Tryon, and Winfield S. Tryon. The deceased 
 are: first, Jane Tryon, James Tryon, Lucy 
 H. B. Perham, Elizabeth Poor, Dorcas 
 Freethy, Apphia Tryon, Simeon Tryon, Jane 
 Tryon, and Martha R. Tryon; second, Thank- 
 fuf Sylvester, .Greenville Tryon, and Mary E. 
 Tryon. Mrs. Jane C. Tryon lived to reach 
 the age of eighty-eight years and two months. 
 
 Andrew J. Tryon attended the schools of 
 Pownal, and in young manhood he acquired a 
 knowledge of both shoemaking and house car- 
 pentering. These occupations he has followed 
 in connection with farming, in his youth hav- 
 ing received good training in agricultural 
 labors. The homestead farm, to whose owner- 
 ship he has succeeded, he has conducted with 
 ability, and has realized good returns. It 
 contains ninety acres, more or less, is desir- 
 ably located, and kept up to a high standard 
 of cultivation, as he has always made the best 
 of his resources and facilities for producing 
 large and superior crops. Industrious and ca- 
 pable, Mr. Tryon is numbered among the 
 well-to-do residents of Pownal. In politics he 
 supports the Republican party; and he is a 
 member of the Methodist Episcopal church in 
 North Pownal, of which he is at the present 
 time a Trustee and Recording Steward. He 
 has also been active in Sunday-school work. 
 
 On September 29, 1853, Mr. Tryon was 
 married to Lucinda N. Corliss, who was born 
 in North Yarmouth, Me., September 24, 1832. 
 
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 Her parents were Osborn and Phoebe (True) 
 Corliss, the former of whom was born in 1 800, 
 and died in 1887; and the latter was born in 
 1802, and died February 20, 1844. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Tryon have eight children, as follows : 
 Clarence E., born July 26, 1854, now a con- 
 ductor on the Grand Trunk Railroad; Fred- 
 erick, born November 13, 1855; Alice M., 
 born August 6, 1857; Lizzie, born April 7, 
 1859; Lincoln, born July 15, 1861; Mellen, 
 born February 2, 1867; Cora F., born Octo- 
 ber 22, 1868; and Agnes C, born December 
 25, 1876. 
 
 Clarence E. Tryon and M. Lilla Noyes, of 
 Pownal, Me., were married in Pownal, Decem- 
 ber 19, 1877, by the Rev. F. A. Herrick. 
 They lived in Portland, Me., and had two 
 children — Edric M. and Harry L. Mrs. M. 
 Lilla Tryon died at their home in Portland, 
 Me., March 3, 1891 ; and her husband married 
 for his second wife Lizzie M. Orne, of Port- 
 .and, Me. They were married in Portland, 
 September 11, 1892, by the Rev. A. H. 
 Wright, and still reside in that city. 
 
 Frederic Tryon and Addie M. Jordan, of 
 Lisbon, Me., were married in Lisbon, Octo- 
 ber 24, 1877, by the Rev. Mr. Given. They 
 have one child, Arthur W., and now reside in 
 Auburn, Me., where the father is in the gro- 
 cery business. 
 
 Alice M. Tryon and S. J. Tuttle, of San 
 Francisco, Cal., were married in Portland, 
 Me., March 14, 1880, by the Rev. A. S. 
 Ladd, qf Portland. They have three children 
 -—Fred T., Susie B., and Clarence, and now 
 live in Coquille City, Ore., where they man- 
 age a hotel. 
 
 Lizzie Tryon and Henry R. Knapp, of Oak- 
 land, Cal., were married in Oakland, April 
 II, 1887, by the Rev., A. P. Meedrum. They 
 have two children — Osborn Corliss and 
 Wendell. Mr. Knapp is a plumber by trade. 
 They reside in Oakland, Cal. 
 
 Lincoln Tryon and Annie L. Huff, of 
 Brockton, Mass., were married March 22, 
 1892, by the Rev. F. A. Warfield in Brock- 
 ton, and reside in that city. Lincoln Tryon 
 graduated from the high school at Freeport, 
 Me., in 1885. He is a shoemaker by trade. 
 
 Mellen Tryon and Alice J. Goddard, of 
 Pownal, Me., were married in Portland, Me. 
 
 November 26, 1889, by the Rev. N. T. 
 Whitaker. They lived at the old homestead.. 
 'Mrs. Alice J. Tryon died April 17, 1894. 
 Mellen Tryon is a farmer. He has been 
 elected as Selectman by the Republican party. 
 
 Cora F. Tryon and Walter F. Barnard, of 
 Lisbon, Me., were married in Portland, Me., 
 January 2, 1893, by the Rev. O. S. Pillsbury. 
 Mr. Barnard is a jeweller. They have one 
 child, Mary Agnes, and they now reside in 
 Bellows Falls, Vt. 
 
 Agnes C. Tryon remains at home and is 
 unmarried. 
 
 TT^HARLES A. HASKELL, an intelli- 
 1 ]| S^^^ and progressive agriculturist, 
 ^js ^ owning a valuable farm in the town 
 of Windham, is a native of Maine, 
 having been born May 13, 1836, in New 
 Gloucester, son of Moses M. Haskell. His 
 grandfather, Jabez Haskell, of New Glouces- 
 ter, was a wide-awake, enterprising man, 
 carrying on a successful business as a miller 
 as well as a farmer. He married Nancy 
 Chipman, of Poland, Me., who bore him five 
 children. Both he and his wife were libera] 
 in religious belief; and, politically, he was a 
 Democrat. 
 
 Moses M. Haskell, third son of Jabez, suc- 
 ceeded to his father's occupations, becoming a 
 prosperous miller and farmer, and like his par- 
 ents was a lifelong resident of New Glouces- 
 ter, his birth occurring in 1804, and his death, 
 June 22, 1849. His first wife, Sarah Merrill, 
 of New Gloucester, bore him one child only, 
 Mary A. His second wife, Polenah S. Mc- 
 Intire, bore him two children — Charles A., 
 the special subject of this sketch; and Sydney 
 H., who was born July 5, 1839. The father 
 was of the liberal type in religion.. He was 
 a strong advocate of the principles of the De-m- 
 ocratic party, and was prominent in the old 
 State militia, in which he held a Captain's 
 commission for many years. 
 
 Charles A. Haskell attended the district 
 and high schools in his native town, and sub- 
 sequently learned the trade of a horseshoer, 
 following it some six years in New Gloucester.- 
 In 1866, desirous of becoming permanently es- 
 tablished in life, Mr. Haskell purchased his 
 
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 present property in Windham. This estate 
 contains one hundred and forty acres of land, 
 about forty of which he has placed in a high 
 state of cultivation, carrying on general farm- 
 ing with eminent success. He makes a 
 specialty of dairying, manufacturing butter, 
 which he sells to regular customers in Port- 
 land, receiving the highest market price 
 therefor. In politics he is a stanch Demo- 
 crat and an influential member of his party. 
 He served as Selectman in 1874 and 1875, 
 being Chairman of the Board the last year. 
 The following year he was nominated as Rep- 
 resentative to the State legislature, but was 
 defeated by seven votes. In 1891 he served 
 as Collector of the town o£ Windham. 
 
 On April 14, 1863, Mr Haskell was married 
 to Hannah A., the youngest daughter of a 
 family of nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Elias Libby, of Windham. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Haskell have four children. Frederick L., 
 the eldest, born in New Gloucester, Septem- 
 ber 12, 1865, was married November 19, 1887, 
 to Jessie A. LeGrow, of Windham; and they 
 have two children — Walter Everett, born in 
 Windham, January 15, 1889; and Winnifred 
 Hannah, born in Cumberland, August 2,1895. 
 Ella F., born in Windham, October 30, 1867, 
 is the wife of Eugene B. Lamb, of Naples, 
 Me., and has one child, Luella May Lamb, 
 born in Windham, May 29, 1894. Frank 
 H., born in Windham, July i, 1871, a grad- 
 uate of Bowdoin College, is a member of the 
 Windham School Board, having been elected 
 in 189s for a term of two years, and is now 
 studying law. Alta Gertrude, born in Wind- 
 ham, March i, 1875, is a school teacher, and 
 lives at the home of her childhood with her 
 parents. Mr. and Mrs. Haskell are liberal 
 in their religious views, believing in the 
 fatherhood of God and the universal brother- 
 hood of man. 
 
 "ON. SEWALL C. STROUT, whose 
 brilliant record as advocate and 
 judge has lent a lustre to bar and 
 bench of Portland and Maine, was 
 born in Wales, Androscoggin County, Me., 
 February 17, 1827. Judge Strout's paternal 
 grandfather, Enoch Strout, was a native of 
 
 Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, from 
 which place he removed to Wales in his youth, 
 there remaining until his death, about the year 
 1833. He held a Captaincy in the Revolu- 
 tionary War. 
 
 Ebenezer Strout, father of Judge Strout, 
 was also a native of Wales, Androscoggiii 
 County, born June 6, 1802. Mr. Strout was 
 educated in the common schools of his birth- 
 place, and began his business career as a 
 farmer, a vocation he gave up some years 
 later to enter niercantile life in the town of 
 Topsham, whither he removed from Wales in 
 1835. From Topsham in 1842 he went to 
 Portland, where he engaged in trade until 
 1853, when failing health compelled him to 
 abandon business. Although not officially 
 connected with the temperance cause, Mr. 
 Strout's example did much toward effecting 
 its object in his vicinity and was significant 
 of his character. In 1835 he discontinued in 
 his store the sale of liquor, an almost universal 
 practice in those days and a source of consid- 
 erable profit to the merchant. Mr. Strout's 
 conscientious and busy life extended over a 
 period of seventy-eight years. He died in 
 June, 1880. He was married in 1824 to 
 Hannah, daughter of John Gushing, of Dur- 
 ham. Both Mr. and Mrs. Strout were Meth- 
 odists during their early life, but subsequently 
 connected themselves with the Congregational 
 church. 
 
 Sewall C. Strout was the only child of this 
 union. Little Sewall was but seven years of 
 age when his father moved to Topsham, and 
 was a lad of fourteen when the family became 
 residents of Portland, in which city he was 
 destined to make a distinguished career. In 
 old Master Libby's high school, the future 
 occupant of the Supreme Bench of Maine re- 
 ceived instruction, admonition, and encourage- 
 ment until he was eighteen, when his health 
 began to fail and his parents decided that 
 study must be abandoned. The young man 
 entered the dry-goods store of Mr. David J. 
 True as clerk, but soon became convinced that 
 commercial life was not suited to his inclina- 
 tions. About this time Jie had some experi- 
 ence as "printer boy " in the American office. 
 His fellow-worker in the office was Edward H. 
 Elwell, and both boys were anxious to inform 
 
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 the public as to the proper settlement of ques- 
 tions of national interest. Each sent in anony- 
 mous articles to the editor of the American, 
 which were generally published. A contro- 
 versy was in this way carried for some time 
 by the two printer boys, young Strout advocat-' 
 \xig the annexation of Texas, young Elwell 
 opposing it. 
 
 During the short interval of his mercantile 
 experience, which embraced little more than 
 a year, he began the study of law, devoting 
 his evenings and most of his Sundays to legal 
 reading. His parents were opposed to his 
 adopting this profession, having always desired 
 he should become a doctor; and in spite of his 
 expostulations they made arrangements for him 
 to enter the office of a leading physician in 
 the city. Young Strout was resolute in his 
 determination; and in this case, as in most 
 cases, steady resolution won the day. He 
 entered the office of Howard & Shepley, both 
 of whom afterward became ornaments of their 
 State bench, and was admitted to the bar in 
 1848, when he was twenty-one years of age. 
 The young lawyer began to practise law in 
 Bridgton, where he soon secured plenty of 
 clients; and it was here that he was for the 
 first and only time in his life a candidate for 
 office. The Democrats were then in majority 
 in the county, and the office to be filled was 
 that of County Attorney. The opposing can- 
 didates were General Samuel J. Anderson and 
 James O'Donnell, of Portland, the latter of 
 whom was the victorious competitor. In 1854 
 Mr. Sewall C. Strout came to Portland, where 
 for a year he practised law alone. When 
 Judge Howard's term in the Supreme Court 
 expired, he proposed a partnership, which 
 was immediately formed, under the firm name 
 of Howard & Strout. The connection contin- 
 ued for a decade, until 1864. Two years later, 
 1866, Mr. Strout formed a partnership with 
 Hanna W. Gage, which continued till April, 
 1894, meanwhile being enlarged by the addi- 
 tion of Mr. Strout's eldest son, upon whose 
 death, in 1888, the second son, now Alderman 
 Strout, became a partner. 
 
 In reviewing Sewall C. Strout's career at 
 the bar, it will be difficult to say in what 
 special branch of his profession he is pre-emi- 
 nent. Logic and rhetoric have combined to 
 
 make him equally effective in the law court 
 or before a jury, and an undeviating devotion 
 of his time and faculties to research and study 
 has placed him in the rank of exceptionally 
 prominent lawyers. For eight or nine years 
 he was President of the Cumberland Bar, dis- 
 charging his official duties with grace and 
 dignity. A notable recognition of his achieve- 
 ments and abilities was manifested by the 
 alrnost unanimous recommendation of him by 
 the bar of Maine for the position made vacant 
 by the resignation of Judge Lowell from the 
 Circuit Court of the United States. The fact 
 that President Arthur appointed Judge Colt,' 
 of Rhode Island, to fill the vacancy, did not 
 detract from the value of the testimony of ap- 
 proval from his native State and his fellow- 
 citizens. 
 
 On April 12, 1894, a well-deserved honor 
 was awarded to Sewall C. Strout when he was 
 appointed Judge of the Supreme Court. One 
 of the first judicial opinions Judge Strout was 
 called to write was on the collateral inheri- 
 tance tax. This vyas an important case, as it 
 was a new departure in legislation. The tax 
 was assailed vigorously on all sides; but 
 Judge Strout maintained that it was constitu- 
 tional, and his opinions received the indorse- 
 ment of the other members of the court. A 
 similar law had been decided as constitutional 
 in Virginia and New York, unconstitutional in 
 New Hampshire, and was still pending in 
 Massachusetts. 
 
 The Hon. Sewall C. Strout was married 
 November 22, 1849, to Miss Octavia J. P. 
 Shaw, daughter of Elias Shaw, of Portland. 
 Five children were born to them, namely; 
 Annie; Louise, who married Mr. Frank 
 Gibbs, of Bridgton; Frederick S. , who died 
 of heart disease, from which he had suffered 
 from childhood, in March of 1888, at the age 
 of thirty-two; Joseph Howard, who died in 
 infancy ; and Charles A. Frederick S. Strout 
 was a member of the law firm of Strout, Gage 
 & Strout ; and his abilities promised a brilliant 
 future. Charles A. Strout is a member of the 
 law firm above named, in which he is likely to 
 fill with honor the place made vacant by the 
 death of- his gifted brother. 
 
 During the winter of 1863 and 1864 Judge 
 Strout was critically ill. He had not had a 
 
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 vacation all the years of his hard work, and 
 the physicians prescribed annual vacations in 
 the open air and strongly recommended a fish- 
 ing trip. This suggestion was followed. The 
 Judge has been an enthusiastic angler ever 
 since, regular visits to Moosehead being a part 
 of each summer's outing; and he is one of 
 those fishermen who would flaunt the idea of 
 catching trout with anything but an old-fash- 
 ioned fly. Judge Strout is a man in whom 
 narrowness and prejudice have no place; and 
 broad sympathies and clear intellect are the 
 characteristics which make him at once the 
 leading lawyer, the cultured gentleman, and a 
 genial friend. 
 
 "ERBERT W. RICH, junior member 
 of the firm of S, S. Rich & Son, 
 undertakers and embalmers, with 
 their business establishment at 106 
 Exchange Street, Portland Me., was born in 
 this city, August 19, 1861. His father, An- 
 drew J. Rich, is the senior member of the 
 present firm, which was established by S. S. 
 Rich, grandfather of Herbert W., who settled 
 here over sixty years ago. He took his son, 
 Andrew J., into partnership, and the business 
 was first established near its present site; but, 
 the building being destroyed in the memorable 
 fire of 1866, a removal was made to a building 
 on the site of the present structure, which 
 later was completed, and occupied in 1893. It 
 is a beautiful four-story building, twenty-five 
 feet by seventy-five feet, of fancy brick, with 
 terra-cotta front, the firm here carrying on 
 the largest undertaking business in the city. 
 Andrew J. Rich married Miss Ellen S. Win- 
 chester, daughter of William B. Winchester. 
 Their son, Herbert W. Rich, was educated 
 in the common and high schools of Portland, 
 from the time of his earliest youth having 
 been in and about the store so much that it 
 may be literally said he grew up in the busi- 
 ness with which, he is now identified. As 
 soon as he was old enough he began working 
 for the firm ; and on the death of his grand- 
 father, which occurred in May, 1883, he as- 
 sumed an interest in the business, having re- 
 ceived his grandfather's share as a legacy. 
 It is the oldest established business of the 
 
 kind in the city and one of the most prosper- 
 ous, being conducted on a sound, substantial 
 basis. Politically, Mr. Rich supports the 
 principles of the Republican party. In 
 Masonic organizations he takes a very active 
 part, belonging to the Ancient Landmark 
 Lodge, Mount Vernon Chapter, Portland 
 Council, Portland Commandery, and to the 
 Yates Lodge of Perfection, being a thirty- 
 second degree Mason. He is prominent in 
 the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being 
 a member in high standing of Harmony 
 Lodge, Portland Encampment, Canton 
 Ridgely, and is Commandant of the Patri- 
 archs Militant. He is also a Knight of 
 Pythias, belonging to Munjoy Lodge. Of the 
 union of Mr. Rich with Miss Elva L., daugh- 
 ter of Luther A. and the late Lucetta E. 
 (Eaton) Sterling, one child, Irvin Lockhart 
 Rich, was born, September 15, 1886. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Rich attend the State Street Con- 
 gregational Church, their home being located 
 at 261 State Street. 
 
 fHOMAS B. KNAPP, a leading mer- 
 chant of Bridgton, was born in South 
 Bridgton, October 2, 1845, son of 
 George and Caroline (Rose) Knapp. His 
 grandfather, Jesse Knapp, who was a native of 
 Massachusetts, was one of the first settlers in 
 the town of Bridgton, where he died at an- 
 advanced age. 
 
 George Knapp, the father of Thomas B. , 
 was born in Bridgton, November 25, 1800,. 
 He learned the carpenter's trade in his native 
 town, and followed it at intervals during his 
 life. In 1848 he purchased a farm of seventy- 
 five acres in the pretty town of Naples, Me., 
 and devoted the rest of his life chiefly to agri- 
 culture, passing away in 1859, at the age of 
 fifty-nine. His wife, Caroline, who was a 
 native of Massachusetts, lived to the age of 
 seventy -five years. They were the parents of 
 the following children, namely: Caroline, 
 now the widow of Gilbert Perry, of Dubuque; 
 Eliza, who died in 1861 ; Russell R., who is 
 a Constable in Boston; William O., now a 
 grocer of Newton Centre, Mass. ; Ruth A., the 
 wife of J. C. Stover, of East Boston ; Joseph 
 P., who died in 1865; Thomas B., the subject 
 
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 of this sketch; and Fred P., who is a court 
 deputy of Boston. 
 
 Thomas B. Knapp was reared on the home 
 farm, receiving a limited education. He 
 began to provide for himself when thirteen 
 years of age, hiring out as a farm hand, and 
 worked in that way some five years. He then 
 obtained a position as clerk in the general 
 store of E. R. Staples in South Bridgton, 
 with whom he remained three years. He then 
 was with the Boston & Albany Railroad one 
 year. Next he entered the employ of E. 
 Harris & Co. at Woonsocket, R. I., as a clerk. 
 Two years later he was hired by A. A. Little, 
 dry-goods dealer, of Portland, with whom he 
 remained a year. In 1869, in company with 
 Ashbel Chaplin, he engaged in business at 
 South. Bridgton, opening a general store. 
 After some two years and a half he purchased 
 his partner's interest, and conducted the place 
 for five years as sole proprietor. At the end of 
 that time he took Fred W. Sanborn into part- 
 nership. His business continued to increase; 
 and in 1890, requiring more room, he moved 
 into his present commodious quarters. He has 
 won a high reputation for reliability, and his 
 store is one of the best-equipped in the locality. 
 
 Mr. Knapp was married in 1871 to Miss 
 Helen Patrick, of South Bridgton, daughter of 
 James and Huldah (Berry) Patrick. He has 
 one son, Arthur C, who is now studying at 
 Hebron Academy, with a view to entering on 
 a professional career. Politically, Mr. Knapp 
 is a Republican. He has served on the Bridg- 
 ton Board of Selectmen three years, and was 
 Chairman of the Board one year. He is a 
 member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging 
 to Oriental Lodge, No. 13, of Bridgton. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Knapp are members of the Congrega- 
 tional church. 
 
 ipvANIEL H. CHIPMAN, a prosperous 
 I ~^ farmer and a much esteemed resident 
 -J~^ of Raymond, was born in that town, 
 December 28, 1845, son of Lyman 
 Beecher and Mary H. (Jackson) Chipman. 
 The earliest representatives of this family 
 spelled the name Chapman. Chipman is of a 
 
 comparatively recent origin. 
 Lyman Beecher Chipman, 
 
 born in Poland, 
 
 Me., May 15, 1806, was a farmer by occupa- 
 tion. He was engaged in his calling in Po- 
 land for a few years after his marriage, and 
 then came to Raymond, where he purchased 
 the farm that is now owned by his son. A 
 large part of the land being then covered with 
 timber, he engaged in lumbering extensively, 
 and also found it profitable to manufacture axe 
 handles. He was Selectman of the town for 
 a number of years, and died here, I'ebruary 18, 
 1875. His wife, Mary, was born in Poland, 
 March 18, 1808. She survived her husband 
 a little over a year, dying on October 4, 1876. 
 They had six children, as follows: i^nna M., 
 born January 23, 1832, who is the widow of 
 Freedom Nash, of the firm of F. & C. B. 
 Nash, and resides in Portland, Me. ; Dorothy 
 Jane, born January 12, 1835, who is the wife 
 of Benjamin F. Milliken, of Bridgton, Me. ; 
 Susan M., born April 1,1836, who married 
 H. H. Ricker, and is living in Portland; 
 Orrin G., born August 2, 1837, who married 
 Miss Mary Jane Mason, of Raymond, and lives 
 in Deenng; Daniel H., the subject of this 
 sketch; and Ella Grace, born November -26, 
 185 1, who died September 26, 1853. 
 
 Daniel H. Chipman received a good practi- 
 cal education in the common schools of Cum- 
 berland County. He remained with his 
 parents until their death, when he purchased 
 the old homestead, of which he had had charge 
 since his marriage. This place has since been 
 his home, and he has successfully conducted 
 there a general farming business. Besides 
 large quantities of such staple products as hay, 
 grain, vegetables, and fruit, he raises a con- 
 siderable number of cattle, horses, and other 
 stock. He owns about nine hundred acres 
 of land, and is one of the most extensive 
 farmers of Raymond. 
 
 On October 2, 1865, he was married to Miss 
 Emma Brown, who was born in Gray, this 
 county. May 6, 1845, daughter of Andrew 
 and Sallie (Russ) Brown. Her father, who 
 was a native of Gray, was profitably engaged 
 in farming in that place until about three 
 years prior to his death, when he removed to 
 Raymond. He died here on March 29, 1883. 
 Mrs. Brown was born in Strong, Me. She 
 survived her husband about a year, and died 
 in Raymond on April i, 1884. Mr. and Mrs. 
 
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 Chipman are the parents of three children, 
 namely : Fred Jackson, born February 24, 
 1871, who is engaged in the dental business 
 at Portland, is well known as a cornetist, and 
 who married Miss Mattie Manchester, of 
 North Windham, Me. ; Guy Wilbur, born 
 July 15, 1880, who is a student at Pennell 
 Institute in Gray, Me. ; and Angle Margaret, 
 born August i, i88i, who is a good pianist, 
 and lives at home. The three children re- 
 ceived a good education. 
 
 Mr. Chipman is a stanch Republican, but 
 has never been an aspirant for office. He is 
 a member of Presumscot Lodge, No. 127, 
 A. F. & A. M., of Windham, Me. ; also of 
 Hawthorne Lodge, No. 16, Knights of Pythias, 
 of Raymond. He and Mrs. Chipman are reg- 
 ular attendants of the Universalist church, in 
 the work of which she takes especial interest. 
 
 ^PENCER ROGERS, a prominent 
 contractor and builder of Portland, 
 was born in this city, December 18, 
 1832, during the second Presiden- 
 tial administration of Andrew Jackson. His 
 parents were Spencer and Emeline (Green) 
 Rogers. His maternal great-grandfather, 
 Samuel Green, on March 10, 1763, married 
 Jane Gustin, grand-daughter of Jean Gustin. 
 The latter arrived in Falmouth from France 
 in the year 1681, and left the town when it 
 was destroyed the second time by the Indians. 
 He returned in 1716, and died there in 1718. 
 Samuel Green fought for independence in the 
 Revolution. His son, Samuel (second), the 
 grandfather of Spencer Rogers, Jr., was a 
 soldier in the War of 1812. He married 
 Margaret Webber, of Harpswell, this county, 
 and died in Portland in 1834. 
 
 Spencer Rogers, Sr., a mariner, was born in 
 North Carolina. While serving as mate on 
 board of a vessel, he was probably lost at sea, 
 leaving a widow and two children. The chil- 
 dren were : Mary E. and Spencer. Mary E. 
 Rogers successively married Robert Walker 
 and James Moody, of Standish; The mother, 
 Mrs. Rogers, married for her second husband 
 Dana Runnels, of this city, and had six chil- 
 dren — three sons and three daughters. 
 
 Spencer Rogers at the age of thirteen 
 
 began to serve an eight years' apprenticeship 
 to the carpenter's trade; but after a period 
 of five years struck out for himself as journey- 
 man, working at ship joinery, although his 
 specialty was house finishing. In i860 he 
 began contracting and building, which he has 
 continuously followed ever since. He gives 
 employment to from eight to thirty-eight men, 
 and in the amount of business and the quality 
 of his work he has no rival. Many of the 
 prominent city buildings, including .two fire 
 stations, the two principal grammar-school 
 buildings, and the new armory, have been 
 erected by Mr. Rogers. He is a real estate 
 owner, all of his property being self-acquired, 
 and much of it built and improved for himself. 
 
 In 1853, when Mr. Rogers first voted, he 
 was a Republican ; but, after Horace Greeley 
 became prominent, he joined the Democratic 
 ranks. He is a member of the Democratic 
 City Committee. He has been connected with 
 the Fire Department for twenty years, filling 
 every position within the organization. Mr. 
 Rogers is a member of the Maine State En- 
 graving Company, and also belongs to the 
 Maine Lodge and Eastern Star Encampment, 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 
 
 On Christmas Day, 1856, he married Miss 
 Justina Walden Mansfield, a native of Portland, 
 daughter of Edward Mansfield, an old resident 
 of Portland, who belonged to a family of 
 Salem, Mass. Mrs. Edward Mansfield before 
 marriage was Miss Anna Walden, a sister of 
 Captain Green Walden, of the revenue 
 service. 
 
 Of the nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Rogers, but six are now living, namely: Ed- 
 ward E. , who married Miss Hattie Hayes, 
 and is in business with his father; Anna, the 
 wife of Charles B. Haskell, of this city; 
 Frederick G., who married Miss Gertrude 
 Tucker, and resides in Portland ; Mabel, who 
 is Mrs. Charles B. Tucker, of Boston ; Mil- 
 dred ; and Bessie Rogers. The family attend 
 the Congress Square Church. 
 
 Whether serving as contractor and builder, 
 as Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, in 
 the city offices, or in the Odd Fellows Lodge, 
 Mr. Rogers has always had the entire confi- 
 dence and respect of his fellow-townsmen. 
 His push and energy in the business world 
 
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 must enhance his enjoyment of his pleasant 
 home at 135 Park Street, where his wife and 
 children are the centre of interest. 
 
 ISAAC F. QUINBY was born in Fal- 
 mouth, Me., now Westbrook, on May 26, 
 181 8, and has continued a resident of the 
 place, being one of the most highly es- 
 teemed citizens. He has for years been en- 
 gaged in the real estate business. Son of 
 Joseph, Jr., and Eliza (Bailey) Quinby, both 
 formerly of Falmouth, he represents the third 
 generation of his family born in the State of 
 Maine. 
 
 His great-grandfather, Benjamin Quinby, 
 was born in America, and with a brother, 
 Joseph, first visited the locality of Falmouth 
 in quest of "King's masts"; that is, he was 
 commissioned by the King of Great Britain to 
 take any tree suitable for a mast for one of 
 the King's vessels, no matter where the tree 
 might be. Being pleased with the country, he 
 settled in Falmouth ; and there his son Joseph, 
 the grandfather of Mr. Isaac F. Quinby, was 
 born. He engaged in farming in Falmouth, 
 arid when the trump of war was sounded left 
 his growing harvests for the field of battle, 
 serving as a Colonel in the Continental army, 
 appointed by Washington. He lived to see 
 the new republic firmly established and to 
 cast many votes in the interest of the Whig 
 party. He died in Gray, Cumberland County, 
 in 1806. Joseph Quinby, Sr., married Miss 
 Azuba Partridge, of Falmouth, and reared a 
 large family. 
 
 Their son, Joseph Quinby, Jr., was born 
 in Falmouth, Me., in 1791. He learned the 
 trade of carpenter and joiner, and worked at 
 it for a short time; but in 1807 the Embargo 
 Act caused such an unsettled state of affairs 
 in the country that he could not obtain steady 
 employment in his chosen occupation; and, 
 purchasing some horses, he engaged in carry- 
 ing merchandise between different points. He 
 travelled as far east as the Provinces and as 
 far west as New York, and was often gone 
 three months at a time. After the War of 
 1 81 2 he obtained work as a carpenter and 
 joiner in Westbrook and Portland, and fol- 
 lowed his trade up to the time of his death, in 
 
 1838. During the War of 181 2 Mr. Quinby 
 belonged to the minute-men who held them- 
 selves in readiness to defend Portland in case 
 of an attack. In politics he was a Jefferso- 
 nian Democrat. His wife, Eliza Bailey, who 
 was born in Falmouth in 1792, was a daughter 
 of Joseph Bailey. She died in Falmouth in 
 1874. Six children were born to them, two 
 of whom are now living-^ Isaac F., the sub- 
 ject of this sketch; and Martha A., wife of 
 Josiah Knight, of Kingston, N. H. 
 
 Isaac F. Quinby received a good common- 
 school- education in his native town. He 
 learned the joiner's trade with his father, and 
 after finishing his apprenticeship worked for 
 a year making furniture, at the end of that 
 time resuming the work of his trade, which he 
 followed for about sixteen years. From the 
 time of his majority he had taken an active 
 interest in politics as a Republican, and he 
 was elected Treasurer of Cumberland County 
 for 1860-61. He gave his whole attention to 
 the duties of this office during the first year 
 of his incumbency; but in 1861, after the 
 battle of Bull Run, he advertised his intention 
 of , going- to war, asking all who were willing 
 to accompany him to call at his office. 
 
 As a result he recruited a company of one 
 hundred and three men ; and, resigning the 
 treasurership, he enlisted as a private in the 
 Thirteenth Regiment of Maine Volunteers, 
 under Neal Dow, of Portland, who was com- 
 missioned Colonel. Mr. Quinby was enrolled 
 in Company E, and was afterward commis- 
 sioned Captain. The regiment went to For- 
 tress Monroe and was there divided up, Captain 
 Quinby's detachment being assigned to Fort 
 St. Philip, to aid General Butler's expedition- 
 against New Orleans. Embarking on the 
 steamer "Mississippi," the brave volunteers 
 had a narrow escape from an inglorious death. 
 Through the carelessness of the Commander, 
 the steamer struck a reef in Frying-pan Shoals, 
 and soon began to fill with water, although the 
 purnps were worked vigorously. Finally, with 
 a piece of a sail over the hole, the steamer was 
 kept above water until the passengers were 
 taken off by another vessel. At Fort St. 
 Philip Captain Quinby was taken ill with 
 swamp fever, and on his recovery, being too 
 weak for action, returned home. He had en- 
 
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 listed for three years, but his sickness reduced 
 his term of service. 
 
 When his health was in some degree re- 
 stored, he engaged in the real estate business ; 
 and some of the finest residential parts of 
 Westbrook owe their existence to his enter- 
 prise. Purchasing large tracts of land, he has 
 been instrumental in clearing and improving 
 them and covering them with comfortable 
 dwellings. He still retains his interest in 
 politics, and not long since was sent on a 
 special mission to the legislature to prevent 
 the division of Westbrook, which he accom- 
 plished. In 1844 Mr. Quinby was married to 
 Catherine G. , daughter of Ephraim Brown, of 
 Parsonsfield, Me. Two children have blessed 
 their union, namely: Mary, wife of Charles 
 Quinby, of Westbrook; and Ellen, wife of 
 Henry H. Hawes, of the same place. 
 
 Mr. Quinby belongs to Temple Lodge, No. 
 86, A. F. & A. M. He joined the Odd 
 Fellows when about twenty-one years of age; 
 but the Lodge of which he was a member dis- 
 banded for some reason, and he has never 
 become affiliated with another. On the sub- 
 ject of religion he holds liberal views. 
 
 fWrc 
 
 EORGE H. GREEN, Chairman of 
 \^ I the Board of Selectmen of Otisfield, 
 ^ — was born in Otisfield, November 22, 
 1855, son of John and Elizabeth M. (Knight) 
 Green. His grandfather, Hezekiah Green, 
 also a native of Otisfield, was a well-to-do 
 farmer. John Green, who was born Septem- 
 ber 20, 181 1, also followed the plough. He 
 settled on the farm now owned by his son, 
 which afforded him and his family a comforta- 
 ble living, and died August 18, 1895. His 
 wife, who was born December 4, 1812, laid 
 down the burdens of life June 16, 1886. They 
 were the parents of six children, as follows : 
 Edmond M., born August 25, 1844, who died 
 January 8, 1869; Merrill K., born July 20, 
 1847, who married Belle Holden, of Otisfield, 
 and now lives in Boston, Mass.; Mary E. , 
 born June 4, 1850, the wife of Edwin J. Whit- 
 man, residing now with her husband in Somer- 
 ville, Mass. ; Joseph K. and William C, twins, 
 born September 23, 1852 (the former married 
 Lillian Newton, of Worcester, Mass., and 
 
 now lives in that city, and the latter Eliza 
 Ripley, of Oxford County, and lives in Sag 
 Harbor, N.Y.); and George H., the subject 
 of this sketch. 
 
 George H. Green received his early educa- 
 tion in the common schools of South Paris, 
 Me. After leaving school, he ably assisted 
 his father in the work of the farm until the 
 death of the latter. Then he took full charge 
 of the "old Green homestead." Both father 
 and son have greatly enhanced the value of 
 the property by substantial improvements. 
 Mr. Green owns one hundred and seventy-five 
 acres of land, and raises a variety of crops, but 
 makes a specialty of hay, potatoes, and small 
 grain. He has a choice dairy, averaging four- 
 teen cows, the staple product being a rich 
 cream. Mr. Green is a well-read man. He 
 taught school in his youth, and his agricultural 
 work is carried out with method and intelli- 
 gence. He is an important member of the 
 Grange at Bolster's Mills. 
 
 May I, 1879, Mr. Green was united in 
 marriage with Miss Lizzie Buck, a native of 
 Harrison, Me., daughter of Henry Buck, a 
 well-to-do farmer of Harrison. Five children 
 have been born of the marriage. These were : 
 Bertha I., Philip K., Charles H., Howard B., 
 and Ellen. C. All these children are with 
 their parents, and are receiving the best possi- 
 ble educational advantages. 
 
 Mr. Green has been a stanch Republican 
 since he was first qualified to vote. He was 
 elected to the legislature in 1887, and has 
 been a member of the Board of Selectmen 
 five years and Chairman two years. He takes 
 an active interest in educational matters, and 
 has long been a member of the School Com- 
 mittee. He and his wife are members of the 
 Methodist Episcopal church at Bolster's Mills, 
 Me. They are highly esteemed in the com- 
 munity, and occupy a leading position in Otis- 
 field society. 
 
 MMI WHITNEY, senior member of 
 the firm of Kendall & Whitney, one 
 of the oldest and best-known firms 
 of Portland, was born in Cumber- 
 land, Me., February 13, 1833, son of Ammi 
 R. and Hannah (Hall) Whitney. Ammi R. 
 
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 Whitney also was a native of Cumberland, 
 where he likewise grew to maturity. He 
 moved to Falmouth in 1833, and was there 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits up to the time 
 of his death, December 14, 1851. His wife, 
 who was a daughter of Robert Hall, one of the 
 early farmers of Cumberland, died August 2, 
 1869. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney were members 
 of the Baptist church. They reared the fol- 
 lowing children : Robert H., a farmer now 
 living on the homestead at Falmouth, formerly 
 a member of the well-known firm Grenville, 
 Griswold, Whitney & Co. of Boston, now 
 Whitney & Clough ; Ammi, whose name heads 
 this article; James H. , a farmer in Falmouth; 
 Ervin T., in business at the Suffolk Market, 
 Boston; Susan P. Curtis (deceased), who was 
 the wife of Gorham R., a farmer in Falmouth ; 
 and Mary E., wife of K. Watts, of Falmouth. 
 Ammi Whitney was an infant of six weeks 
 when his parents removed to Falmouth. He 
 remained on the farm until twenty years of age, 
 in the mean time acquiring a fair education in 
 the common schools of the town. He then 
 went to Boston and entered the employ of the 
 old firm of Parker & White, dealers in seeds 
 and other agricultural goods. He spent nearly 
 six years in this employment, returning to 
 Portland in 1858, and forming a partnership 
 with Hosea Kendall in the same kind of busi- 
 ness. The firm bought the remains of the old 
 agricultural warehouse of James E. Robinson, 
 which had been in the receiver's hands, and 
 first ojjened a place of business under the old 
 City Hall, occupying two stores. Their trade 
 increased to such an extent that within a short 
 time they were using all thfe space under the 
 City Hall, comprising five stores. In 1888 
 Mr. Whitney erected a brick block at the ' 
 corner of Temple and Federal Street, one hun- 
 dred and thirty-seven feet by one hundred, and 
 three stories high. Of this block the firm 
 now uses a part of the ground floor, measuring 
 seventy-five feet by one hundred, and all the 
 rooms above. Established in 1858, the firm 
 of Kendall & Whitney is one of the oldest and 
 most reliable in Portland, and has the most 
 extensive business of the kind east of Boston. 
 For the past twenty-five years Mr. Whitney 
 has also owned and operated a large plant for 
 the manufacture of tubs and woodenware at 
 
 "Duck Pond," Westbrook, which gives con- 
 stant employment to fifty men. He is a 
 Director of the Casco Bank, one of the most 
 solid financial institutions of Portland; a 
 Trustee of the Old Men's Home; Vice-Presi- 
 dent of the Governing Board of the Eye and 
 Ear Infirmary, in which he has been actively 
 interested since its establishment; and an ex- 
 tensive owner of real estate, both business and 
 residential. Essentially a self-made man, he 
 has attained prosperity by the exercise of 
 natural business talent, a conservative judg- 
 ment, and a scrupulous probity in business as 
 well as in all other relations. 
 
 On October 10, i860, Mr. Whitney was 
 united in marriage with Emily S., daughter 
 of Samuel Haskell, one of the leading hotel 
 men of early Portland. Mr. Haskell was the 
 proprietor of the Elm House, which formerly 
 stood on the site of the present store of Ken- 
 dall & Whitney, and in which Mrs. Whitney 
 was born. He was afterward host of the 
 American House. Toward the close of his 
 life he retired from business, and died at 
 Cape Elizabeth. Five children blessed the 
 union of Mr. and Mrs. Whitney. They were: 
 Alice P. ; Kate D. ; Samuel H., now in busi- 
 ness with his father; Joseph W; and Emma 
 H., who died in infancy. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Whitney favors the Demo- 
 cratic party. He attends the Unitarian 
 church. His home, one of the handsomest 
 residences in the city, built by him in 1878, 
 IS situated at the corner of Neal and Spring 
 Streets. ^ ^ 
 
 RANVILLE A. CUSHMAN, a well- 
 to-do agriculturist of North Bridg-' 
 ton, this county, was born July 16, 
 1821, in the village where he now resides. 
 His father, George W. Cushman, was a native 
 of Massachusetts, coming to Cumberland 
 County when a young man. He was a shoe- 
 maker by trade, and made that his chief occu- 
 pation throughout his life. Of his union with 
 Miss Phoebe Warren ten children were born 
 — Hiram, Mary O., Catherine W., George 
 W., Elkanah A., Granville A., Phoebe, Sarah, 
 Matilda, and a daughter that died in infancy. 
 Granville A. Cushman spent the years of 
 
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 his boyhood and early manhood in this village, 
 acquiring the rudiments of his education in 
 the district school, this having since been 
 largely supplemented by extensive reading. 
 On reaching man's estate, he left home, enter- 
 ing a furniture factory, where he was employed 
 for the next nine years. Going then to 
 Worcester, Mass., he worked at the carpenter's 
 trade two and one-half years, afterward estab- 
 lishing himself in business at Orneville, this 
 State, where he was engaged in the manufact- 
 ure of furniture for over five years. Mr. Cush- 
 man then began the manufacture of excelsior, 
 which he continued for nine years. Returning 
 in 1880 to his early home, he here purchased 
 one hundred and thirty acres of land, located 
 near the Highlands, and has since been prosper- 
 ously engaged in general agriculture, having 
 his home, however, in the village. Mr. Cush- 
 man is higlily esteemed throughout this com- 
 munity, his practical interest in everything 
 pertaining to the public weal having materially 
 aided in advancing its prosperity. Politi- 
 cally, he is a sound Republican, and was four 
 years Selectman — in 1882, 1883, 1884, and 
 1889. He served also in the same capacity 
 and for the same length of time while a resi- 
 dent of Orneville. For some years Mr. Cush- 
 man's father and brother were Trustees of the 
 North Bridgton Academy. 
 
 Mr. Cushman was united in marriage, in 
 1849, with Miss Mary K. Webb, and their 
 happy wedded life has been hallowed by the 
 birth of seven children — Frank A. ; Ida W. ; 
 Clara W. ; Albert C. ; Charles G. ; Kate; and 
 Frederick F. — the last named being no longer 
 living. 
 
 ^EWIS W. MOULTON, a progressive 
 agriculturist of Standish, Cumberland 
 County, residing at Sebago Lake, 
 was born in this town, February 28, 
 1852. He is a son of the late Ebenezer Moul- 
 ton, and is the direct descendant of an early 
 settler of New England, being eight genera- 
 tions removed from the emigrant ancestor, 
 John -Moulton, who was a native of England, 
 born in 1599. 
 
 Coming to America in the seventeenth cen- 
 tury, John Moulton located in Hampton, 
 
 N. H., being one of those to whom the grant 
 of the town was made in 1638. He was one 
 of the foremost men of the new 'settlement, 
 and was chosen its first Deputy, or Represent- 
 ative, in 1639, to the General Court in Boston. 
 He died between January 23, 1649, and Octo- 
 ber I, 1650, leaving a widow, Anne, who 
 died April 12, 1668, aged sixty-nine years. 
 They were the parents of seven children, 
 Henry, the succeeding ancestor, being the 
 first-born. 
 
 Henry Moulton was married November 20, 
 165 1, to Sobriety Hilton, a daughter of Ed- 
 ward Hilton, of Dover; and, of the six chil- 
 dren born to them, Josiah, the next in line of 
 descent, was the third in order. He was born 
 April 26, 1662, and was twice married. His 
 first wife died leaving one child. His second 
 wife, Elizabeth Worthington, bore him eight 
 children, Worthington, progenitor of Lewis, 
 being the youngest son. Tie also was twice 
 married. His first wife, with whom he was 
 united on October 9, 1735, was Abigail, 
 daughter of Corporal Jonathan Moulton. She 
 bore him two children. After her death he 
 married March 8, 1739, Abigail, daughter of 
 Peter Garland; and their only child, Peter 
 Moulton, was baptized June 14, 1742. 
 
 Peter Moulton married Joanna Shaw; and 
 of the ten children born of their union Simon, 
 grandfather of Lewis, was the eldest. Simon 
 Moulton, born April 15, 1766, first married 
 Abigail Plaisted, who was born November 4, 
 1768, and by whom he had nine children. Of 
 his union with Elizabeth Walker there were 
 no children. 
 
 Ebenezer Moulton, a native of Standish, 
 son of Simon and Abigail P. Moulton, was 
 born June 21, 1803. His principal occupa- 
 tion through life was farming, although he 
 was a mechanical genius, and in early life 
 worked at carpentering and masonry, and also 
 wrought somewhat at the cooper's trade. In 
 1850 he was engaged in mercantile business 
 at Sebago Lake, continuing until 1855, when 
 his store was burned. For several years 
 thereafter he carried on the lumber business 
 at the same place in company with Josiah 
 Moulton, Henry M. Chadbourne, and T. M. 
 Bradbury. The last years of his life he spent 
 on his farm in the place of his nativity, dying 
 
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 here, September 27, 1885. He was one of the 
 leading men of the town, serving as Selectman 
 many years and representing his fellow-citi- 
 zens in the State legislature, being elected 
 on the Democratic ticket, which he uniformly 
 supported. He married Elizabeth D., daugh- 
 ter of Benjamin Blake, of Limington, Me. ; 
 and their family circle consisted of five chil- 
 dren, the following being a brief mention of 
 the four elder: Elizabeth, born January 27, 
 1832, has been twice married, her first hus- 
 band having been Justis Cannell, and her 
 second Daniel Ward, of Standish ; John P., 
 born December 11, 1833, married Sarah Ward, 
 and died in 1886, leaving two children — 
 Addie and Gilbert; Simon, born April 27, 
 1837, married Frankie J. Lewis, and had three 
 children; Lydia, born September 24, 1847, is 
 the wife of George W. Ward, of Sioux Falls, 
 S. Dak., and- has three children. 
 
 Lewis W., the youngest child of Ebenezer 
 and Elizabeth D. Moulton, finished his educa- 
 tion at the Westbrook Seminary, and after- 
 ward was engaged for eight or ten years in 
 teaching during the fall and winter terms in 
 the schools of Gorham and Standish. He was 
 employed for a year as a clerk for Jordan, 
 Marsh & Co. in Boston. Returning then to 
 Standish, Mr. Moulton was appointed in 
 1884 a railway mail clerk, running from 
 Bangor to Boston, being afterward promoted 
 to the office of chief clerk of the railway mail 
 service, with headquarters at Portland. A year 
 later he went to Dakota, where he remained 
 a year as book-keeper for G. W. Ward, a con- 
 tractor and builder, in 1890 returning to the 
 parental homestead, which he has since suc- 
 cessfully managed. 
 
 Mr. Moulton is an active member of the 
 Democratic party, and has been prominently 
 identified with the management of local 
 affairs. In 1877 he was elected a member of 
 the School Board, on which he served three 
 years. In 1883 and 1884 he was Constable 
 and Collector; and in 1891 he was elected 
 a member of the Board of Selectmen, an office 
 which he has since held, having been Chair- 
 man of the Board in 1894. He is libera] in 
 his religious views, and, socially, is a member 
 of Crescent Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of 
 Steep Falls, Me., and also of the Knights of 
 
 Honor of Standish and the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows. 
 
 Mr. Moulton has been twice married. The 
 maiden name of his first wife was Edith E. 
 Bangs. She died May i, 1889, after a brief 
 wedded life. Mr. Moulton and Miss Georgia 
 A. Boothby, a daughter of Samuel Boothby, 
 of Limington, Me., were united in marriage 
 on March 26, 1892. Their only child, 
 George Willard Moulton, born August 21, 
 1894, spent but a few months on earth, pass- 
 ing away January 12, 1895. 
 
 M 
 
 ANIEL DICKENS, a retired busi- 
 ness man of Bridgton, was born 
 July 24, 1832, in Leicestershire, 
 England. His father, John. Dickens, 
 born and reared in Northamptonshire, Eng- 
 land, who was a wool-comber by trade, mar- 
 ried Ann Carter, and became the father of 
 eight children; namely, John, Samuel, Daniel, 
 Eliza, Ann, Richard, John (second), and 
 Mary A. John, Samuel, Ann, Richard, John 
 (second), and Mary A. are deceased. Eliza, 
 who married John Marson, lives in England. 
 Ann, who died in Portland, was the wife of 
 Charles F. Potter, of Bridgton. Neither of 
 the parents is now living, the mother having 
 passed away at tKe age of sixty-eight years, 
 and the father at the advanced age of eighty- 
 eight years. 
 
 Daniel Dickens grew to man's estate in his 
 native town. When a boy of twelve years, he 
 began working in the woollen-mills, receiving 
 small weekly wages, which for five years he 
 gave to his father on pay-day. He continued 
 working in the factory until November 19, 
 i860, when he sailed for America, leaving 
 Liverpool on the American clipper ship 
 "Yorkshire." After a rough passage lasting 
 thirty-five days he arrived at Castle Garden. 
 He remained a few days in New York- City, 
 Then he went to Boston, from which he pro- 
 ceeded to Lawrence, Mass. , and was employed 
 for five weeks in a woollen-mill. He subse- 
 quently secured work in the Pacific Mills of 
 the same town, remaining there a little'more 
 than a year, and in a carpet-mill at Lowell, 
 where he was employed for four months. 
 After this he came to Maine, and worked in 
 
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 the North Vassalboro mills four years. He 
 left this employment to accept the charge of 
 the wool-sorting department in the Pondi- 
 cherry Mills of Bridgton. Entering upon the 
 duties of this position May i, 1866, he dis- 
 charged them faithfully and efficiently for more 
 than a quarter of a century, after which he 
 retired from active life. In the mean time 
 Mr. Dickens has visited the country of his 
 nativity three times, each trip occupying about 
 three months. Mr. Dickens had other busi- 
 ness interests in addition to that of his work 
 in the mill. He was a member of the firm of 
 Hammond, Dickens & Co., manufacturers of 
 doors, sashes, and blinds, from 1870 till 1873. 
 He was one of the three men who erected 
 Central Hall. Subsequently he purchased 
 the interests of his partners, Alexander 
 Stevenson and John Ardale, and sold the 
 property to the town in July, 1895. 
 
 In 1853 Mr. Dickens married Miss Lydia 
 Johnson, and became the father of four chil- 
 dren. These were : Thomas, a resident of 
 Camden, Me. ; Frederick, a resident of New 
 York City; Emma J., the wife of J. N. Ren- 
 nie, of Bridgton; and John W., who lives in 
 Boston. In politics Mr. Dickens affiliates 
 with the Democratic party. He enjoys the 
 privilege of membership in the fraternity of 
 A. F. & A. M. 
 
 iPHRAIM B. JILLSON, a prosperous 
 farmer and fruit grower of Otisfield, 
 Cumberland County, Me., was born 
 in this town, February 12, 1847. His parents 
 were Joseph B. and Nancy (Stone) Jillson, 
 his father. being a son o'f Stephen Jillson, who 
 was born in Richmond, Me., September 15, 
 1779. 
 
 A farmer by occupation, Stephen Jillson 
 tilled the soil for a time in Randolph, N.H., 
 and in 18 16 moved to Cumberland County, 
 Me., settling in Casco, where he died, Octo- 
 ber 6, 1839. His wife, whose maiden name 
 was Phoebe Borden, was born in Plainfield, 
 Conn., March 9, 1779. They were married 
 in Lancaster, N.H. Six children blessed 
 their union, namely: Stephen B., who was 
 born July 31, 1804, and died April 29, 1887; 
 Phoebe, born June 7, 1806, who died in 1855, 
 
 wife of Jonathan Morrow, also deceased ; 
 Joseph B. ; Luke, born August 30, 181 1, who 
 died in the army in 1863; Rensselaer, who 
 was born March 5, 1814, and died in 1841; 
 and David Cargo, born May 13, 1817, a 
 farmer, residing near his nephew, the subject 
 of this sketch. His wife, formerly Elsie B. 
 Scribner, who was born in Otisfield in 18 18, 
 died some years ago. 
 
 Joseph B. Jillson, the father of Ephraim B., 
 was born in Raymond, Me., December 10, 
 1807. He settled in Otisfield, when a young 
 man, on a farrn near the present home of his 
 son, and devoted his life to agriculture, in 
 which he was very successful. Well known 
 in the town and vicinity, he was also highly 
 esteemed; and his death, which occurred July 
 24, 1889, v/as the cause of general regret. 
 His wife, Nancy, who died August 23, 1878, 
 was a native of this town, born in 1S09. She 
 was the daughter of Daniel Stone, a native of 
 Cumberland County and a respected member 
 of the farming community of Otisfield for 
 many years. Of the children born to Mr. and 
 Mrs. Joseph B. Jillson the following is re- 
 corded: Martha N., born February 25, 1833, 
 died December 27, 1874. She was the wife 
 of William O. Briggs, who died some years 
 since. Margaret A., who was born August 
 25) 1835, died in 1889 in Weymouth, Mass. 
 She was the wife of Elzard Lloyd, of that 
 town, a boot manufacturer. Stephen D., who 
 was born August 26, 1837, is a prominent 
 citizen of East Otisfield, a miller and lumber 
 manufacturer, and represented the district in 
 the legislature in 1892. He married Dorcas 
 Cobb, of Otisfield. Martin V. B., a farmer 
 of Otisfield, who was born July 8, 1839, mar- 
 ried Viola Chaplin, now deceased. Mary B. 
 (deceased), born September 23, 1841, was the 
 wife of Daniel Fickett, of Casco. Diana S., 
 widow of Mark K. Moss, was born February 
 5, 1844, and is now a resident of Waterbury, 
 Me. ; Ephraim B., the youngest of the family, 
 with whom this sketch began, is further men- 
 tioned below. 
 
 Ephraim B. Jillson received a good common- 
 school education. He helped about the home 
 farm until twenty-one years of age, and then 
 obtained employment in the Insane Asylum 
 at South Boston, where he remained somewhat 
 
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 over five years. Returning to Otisfield, he 
 purchased the farm where he now resides, and 
 turned his attention to farming according to 
 the most approved methods. He- now owns 
 about two hundred acres of good land, and 
 makes a specialty of raising sweet corn. This 
 is canned by the Snowflake Packing Company, 
 whose factory is located on Mr. Jillson's farm, 
 a concern which does a general packing and 
 canning business, averaging during the season 
 sixteen thousand, five hundred cans per day, 
 and shipping goods as far west as California. 
 Mr. Jillson also raises large quantities of 
 fruit, and puts up many cans of apples, which 
 he disposes of in Portland. 
 
 Mr. Jillson was united in marriage August 
 24, 1874, with Miss Nancy Day, a native of 
 Boston, Mass., born March 17, 1848. She is 
 the daughter of Leonard and Hannah (Perkins) 
 Day, Tjoth natives of Maine, the former born 
 in Limerick, the latter in York. Mr. Day 
 has spent the greater part of his life in Bos- 
 ton, where he is engaged in teaming. One 
 child has blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Jillson, George C, born March 16, 1878, who 
 assists his father about the farm. 
 
 A stanch Democrat in politics, Mr. Jillson 
 has held several offices of trust within the 
 gift of the town. He is a member of Monama 
 Lodge, No. 40, Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
 lows, of Mechanic Falls, Me. With his wife 
 he attends the Union Church near his home, 
 and he takes an active interest in church work. 
 Enterprising and successful, he holds the re- 
 spect of his townsmen; and his sterling char- 
 acter has won for him universal esteem. 
 
 (sTTLBERT B. CASWELL, one of Harri- 
 fcLl son's successful farmers, was born in 
 yJjA^ that town, February 13, 1855, son of 
 ^~^ Marcus D. P. and Lucinda (Cilly) 
 Caswell. The family is an old and prominent 
 one in the town of Harrison. Mr. Caswell's 
 grandfather owned and conducted one of the 
 oldest settled farms in that section. Marcus 
 D. P. Caswell, also a native of Harrison, 
 learned the trade of a blacksmith, and fol- 
 lowed that calling for some time in Gorham, 
 Me. Later he returned to the homestead 
 farm, which he conducted successfully during 
 
 the rest of his active period. He was an 
 energetic and industrious man, and spared 
 no pains to place his children well upon the 
 road to prosperity. He was also a good citi- 
 zen, who had the general interest of the- 
 community at heart. He died in Harrison, 
 October 23, 1890. His wife, Lucinda, a na- 
 tive of New York State, whose parents settled 
 upon a farm in Gorham, Me., where they 
 passed the rest of their lives, became the 
 mother of seven children, as follows: Erastus, 
 who married Elizabeth Haskell, and now oc- 
 cupies the home farm; Marcellus, who died in 
 infancy; Cynthia, who is now residing in 
 Massachusetts; Millard M., who married 
 Harriet Webb, and lives in Bridgton; Albert 
 B., the subject of this sketch; Cornelia F., 
 who is now living in Portland; and Clara M., 
 who resides at the old homestead. The 
 mother, who still survives, continues to reside 
 at the home farm. 
 
 Albert B. Caswell attended the common 
 schools of his native town. He remained at 
 home until he reached the age of eighteen, 
 when he went to Bridgton, and learned the 
 trade of a machinist. After following that 
 occupation there for five years, he went to 
 Portland, and worked for five years more in 
 the same calling. He then relinquished the 
 business, and, returning to Harrison, pur- 
 chased the Samuel Abbott farm, where he has 
 since resided. He owns one hundred and 
 thirty acres of fine grass land, which is most 
 favorably located. His attention has been 
 chiefly devoted to the production of hay and 
 to the dairying. He keeps an average of 
 twelve cows, and supplies cream to the cream- . 
 ery in Auburn. 
 
 On December 13, 1886, Mr. Caswell was 
 united in marriage to Amanda Weeks. She 
 was born in Brownfield, March 7, 1858, daugh- 
 ter of John and Amanda (Ames) Weeks. 
 Her parents, who are both deceased, were 
 natives, respectively, of Brownfield and Den- 
 mark, Oxford County. Mr. Caswell has 
 always given his support to the Democratic 
 party in politics. A progressive and able 
 farmer, he is prominent among the agricult- 
 ural community. He has reached the prosper- 
 ity he now enjoys through the medium of toil 
 and perseverance. 
 
EDWIN H. CHAPIN TOMPSON. 
 
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 |DWIN H. CHAPIN TOMPSON, master 
 mechanic of the Portland & Rochester 
 Railroad, with his office at Portland, 
 has been connected with this road since 1864,. 
 making him in point of service one of the 
 oldest employees of the company. He was 
 born October 25, 1847, in Great Falls, Straf- 
 ford County, N.H., and is a son of Andrew 
 Wentworth Tompson, who was born in Dur- 
 ham, Strafford County, N.H., on December 
 29, 1820. 
 
 Andrew W. Tompson is a veteran in rail- 
 road work, having been employed when a 
 young man in the construction department of 
 the Manchester & Lawrence and of the Man- 
 chestter & Concord Roads, afterward being 
 station agent at Manchester, N.H., for ten 
 years. He was subsequently employed as an 
 express messenger in Canada, then had charge 
 of the Canadian express route between Port- 
 land and Montreal for three years. He was 
 next employed as baggage master of the Boston^ 
 & Maine and Eastern Railway at Portland, 
 retaining his position for twenty-iive years, 
 when after an honorable record for faithful 
 service he retired from active business cares. 
 His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Ann 
 Wentworth Otis, was a daughter of Daniel 
 Otis. She was born November 18,. 1827, in 
 Great Falls, N.H. She bore him eight chil- 
 dren, namely: Edwin H. ; George W. W., 
 who also resides in Portland ; Ruth, the wife 
 of Charles Welch, of this city; Andrew W., 
 Jr. ; Clara M. ; Oscar, deceased; Grace M. ; 
 and Frank. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew W. Tompson having 
 removed to this city when their son Edwin 
 was a lad of twelve years, he here completed 
 his education. Soon after leaving school he 
 entered the locomotive department of the shops 
 of the old York & Cumberland Railroad, 
 which is now the Portland & Rochester Rail- 
 way, from the time of his entrance, in 1864, 
 until 1875, holding all the different positions 
 in the shop, thus becoming thoroughly ac- 
 quainted with the various kinds of work 
 therein, serving as foreman in each depart- 
 ment. Having proved his capability, Mr. 
 Tompson was then appointed master mechanic 
 of the entire road, which gave him full control 
 of the locomotive department. Ten years 
 
 later the car department was placed under his 
 charge, thus making him master car builder 
 as well as master mechanic, having, in this 
 capacity, charge of the engineers and firemen, 
 and of the fifty or more men employed in the 
 shops. 
 
 Mr. Edwin H. C. Tompson is a member in 
 high standing of different social societies, hav- 
 ing filled all the chairs in Maine Lodge, No. 
 I, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and in 
 the Eastern Star Encampment, besides which, 
 he belongs to Trinity Lodge, Knights of 
 Pythias, and is Past President of Maine Char- 
 itable Mechanic Association. In October, 
 1884, he was united in wedlock with Miss 
 Mary Oram, a native of this city, who is of 
 English descent. Their home is at No. 6t, 
 Parris Street. 
 
 W: 
 
 ARREN SPARROW, a prominent 
 insurance agent of Portland and 
 an esteemed resident of Deering, 
 was born July 20, 18 14, in Eastham, Mass., 
 that town being also the native place of his 
 parents, Richard and Susan (Knowles) 
 Sparrow. 
 
 This branch of the Sparrow family are the 
 lineal descendants of one Richard Sparrow, 
 who emigrated from England in 1623, bring- 
 ing with him his wife and their son Jonathan, 
 an only child, and locating in Plymouth, 
 whence they removed some eight to ten years 
 later to Eastham, which is known as the 
 second Pilgrim settlement. The son after- 
 ward became very prominent in church and 
 State affairs. For his second wife he married 
 the daughter of Governor Prince. 
 
 Richard Sparrow grew to man's estate in 
 Eastham, where he learned the carpenter's 
 trade, which he followed in his earlier life, 
 being for a number of years a contractor and 
 builder. In 1823 or thereabouts he erected a 
 fine residence in Orleans, which was formerly 
 a part of Eastham, but was set off from it and 
 incorporated as a separate town in 1797. 
 Here he started a general country store, which 
 he conducted nearly twenty years. Disposing 
 of it in 1 84 1, he removed to Cambridgeport, 
 Mass., where he lived retired from business 
 pursuits until his death, in 1848. He was a 
 

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 Whig in politics, being very active in the 
 management of local affairs while in Orleans, 
 which he twice represented in the legislature, 
 besides holding various town offices, and serv- 
 ing for a number of years as Trial Justice. 
 His wife, Susan Knowles, was a daughter of 
 John Knowles. Of their union six children 
 were born, namely: Rebecca K., who married 
 Captain James Smith, of Boston; Warren; 
 Emeline; Sarah; Richard; and Susan. Both 
 parents were conscientious members of the 
 Congregational church. 
 
 Warren Sparrow acquired his early educa- 
 tion in the public schools of his native town 
 and at the Orleans Academy. When quite 
 young he went to Boston, and entered the em- 
 ploy of a Mr; Holbrook, a wholesale grocer 
 on Commercial Street, remaining there a year, 
 when he became a clerk in the dry-goods store 
 of Charles Warren & Co. After being thus 
 engaged two years, Mr. Sparrow pursued his 
 studies for two years in the Phillips Academy 
 at Andover, Mass., and then returned to Bos- 
 ton, where he secured a situation as a clerk 
 with Gardner Colby & Co., since the benefi- 
 cent donor to the Colby University at Water- 
 ville. Me. 
 
 In 1837 Mr. Sparrow, with noteworthy en- 
 terprise, started for the West, reaching St. 
 Louis at the end of a three weeks' purney. 
 Here he tarried for some time, visiting several 
 points of interest in Missouri and Illinois, 
 travelling with Professor Forrest Sheppard, 
 of New Haven, a practical geologist, exploring 
 a considerable part of Southern Missouri and 
 Illinois in search of coal and other minerals. 
 About this time he visited Chicago, which 
 then contained about forty-five hundred souls, 
 while St. Louis could boast a population of 
 twice that number. He remained in Missouri, 
 and was in trade there some two or three years 
 in a village on the bank of the Mississippi 
 River a few miles below St. Louis. In 1842 
 he closed up his business in Missouri; and in 
 the early part of 1843 he returned to Boston, 
 where he was employed for the next year and 
 a half in a mercantile agency, a business 
 which was then in its infancy. 
 
 Early in March, 1845, he came to Portland 
 to take charge of the dry-goods business of 
 Charles H. Geer, whom he subsequently 
 
 bought out, thereafter continuing in the dry- 
 goods trade for five years. In 1850 Mr. 
 Sparrow sold out his stock of dry goods, and 
 began dealing in carpets, opening on Free 
 Street the first store devoted exclusively to the 
 carpet business in Portland. Some four years 
 later a Mr. Cogswell, who had removed to 
 Portland from the eastern part of the State, 
 became a partner with Mr. Sparrow; and aftei: 
 a year or two he bought out Mr. Sparrow's 
 interest in the firm. Shortly after this Mr. 
 Sparrow entered into the insurance business, 
 in which he still continues at the present 
 time, conducting it under the firm name of 
 Warren Sparrow & Co., now enjoying the dis- 
 tinction of being the oldest insurance agent in 
 Portland. 
 
 In the advancement and prosperity of Port- 
 land and its suburbs Mr. Sparrow has been 
 an important factor, he having been the first 
 man to suggest a street railway for the city,, 
 and one of the five to whom the original 
 charter was granted, and the first seventy thou- 
 sand dollars of subscriptions to the stock of 
 the road having been secured by his own per- 
 sonal efforts. In 1852 he built his present 
 residence on Arlington Street, Deering, there 
 being at that time but two small one-story 
 dwellings between his house and the then 
 small settlement at Deering Point. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Sparrow and Ann W., 
 daughter of Thomas Geer, of Vergennes, Vt., 
 occurred November 3, 1842. On her mother's 
 side Mrs. Sparrow is descended from the 
 Rev. John Woodbridge, who came from Eng-. 
 land to America in 1634, the line of descent 
 being continued through the Hon. Enoch 
 Woodbridge, who was born in 1750, on Christ- 
 mas Day, and was graduated from Yale Col- 
 lege September 14, 1774, he being a great- 
 great-grandson of the immigrant ancestor. 
 Enoch Woodbridge was a veteran of the Rev- 
 olution, serving as an Adjutant in General 
 Patterson's brigade, being with the army at 
 Quebec when General Montgomery was killed, 
 and afterward being an active participant in 
 the battles of Hubbardton and Bennington, 
 and at the capture of General Burgoyne. Of 
 the seven children born unto Mr. and Mrs. 
 Sparrow five are living, as follows: Charles 
 A., of Kansas; Alice, wife of Benjamin B. 
 
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 Peck, general agent of the Newark Mutual 
 Benefit Life Insurance Company, living at 
 Indianapolis; Annie, wife of Charles D. Lam- 
 son, President of the Gas Company at Worces- 
 ter, Mass. ; Frank W. ; and ElizaJjeth G. 
 
 Mr. Sparrow has ever been active and in- 
 fluential in religious affairs, having first 
 united with the Salem Street Congregational 
 Church of Boston, of which the Rev. Dr. 
 Blagden was pastor in 1832. Some twenty 
 years later he severed his connection with this 
 church, and became one of the original mem- 
 bers in the organization of the State Street 
 Congregational Church of Portland, of which 
 he and his wife are both members, Mr. 
 Sparrow having held the ofKice of Deacon for 
 several years. It is to him also that this com- 
 munity has been, largely indebted for some of 
 the sferies of evangelistic services held in 
 Portland during the last twenty years. At 
 the close of one of these there were added to 
 the several evangelical churches of this city 
 over two hundred new members, chiefly as the 
 outcome of nine continuous weeks of religious 
 services, led by the Rev. George C. Needham, 
 the evangelist, and Mrs. Needham, his wife. 
 
 /^TeORGE S. SYLVESTER, one of the 
 \ 5 I leading contractors and builders in 
 ^-^ the city of Portland, where he has 
 been successfully engaged in business since 
 1851, was born on Orr's Island (since made 
 famous by Harriet Beecber Stowe), Harps- 
 well, Me., June 28, 1823, son of William and 
 Deborah (Wilson) Sylvester. 
 
 His father was born at Harpswell in 1790, 
 in the house where the Rev. Mr. Kellogg now 
 resides. He was reared to agricultural labors, 
 living successively at Orr's Island, on what 
 is called the Neck, in Brunswick, Hallowell, 
 and Brooks, in each of which "places he was 
 engaged in farming. From Brooks he re- 
 moved to a farm in Searsport, Me., where he 
 resided as long as he was able to engage in ac- 
 tive labor. He passed his last days in the 
 home of his daughter, Mrs. Marcia J. Chaney, 
 in Portland, dying on December 30, 1855. 
 His wife died in 1870. Eight of the nine 
 children born to Mr. and Mrs. William Syl- 
 vester lived to maturity, but George S. is the 
 
 only survivor. Both parents were members of 
 the Methodist Episcopal church. 
 
 George S. Sylvester obtained his school 
 education in Hallowell, and it was in that 
 town that he served an apprenticeship of three 
 years to learn the trade of a carpenter. With 
 what diligence and thoroughness he has ap- 
 plied himself to his chosen vocation the suc- 
 cess that he has attained bears witness. After 
 leaving Hallowell he was employed a year in 
 Charlestown, Mass., and then worked for 
 three years in the neighboring city of Chelsea. 
 In 1846 he went to Bangor, Me., and the fol- 
 lowing year settled in Portland, where he 
 worked as a journeyman until 1851. At that 
 time he entered into business for himself, and 
 during the past forty-four years he has erected 
 many of the public and private buildings now 
 standing in this city. He is now at work on 
 contract on the large Baxter Block, which, 
 when completed, will be five stories in height, 
 and will cover an area of twenty thousand 
 square feet of ground. His whole time has 
 been devoted to building, in which he has 
 been eminently successful, throughout the 
 busy season keeping from fifteen to twenty 
 men in his employ. 
 
 His marriage with Miss Helen R. Couch, 
 of Hallowell, Me., was solemnized on January 
 22, 1847. She was born in 18 19, and was a 
 daughter of George Couch, a master quarry- 
 man. Their only son, George W. Sylvester, 
 is the manager of a large lumber enterprise in 
 Portland and quite a prominent young man 
 in political circles. He has been for three 
 years a member of the Common Council from 
 Ward 5, and has declined Aldermanic nomi- 
 nations. Mrs. Helen R. Sylvester died in 
 1891. 
 
 Since the dissolution of the Whig party, of 
 which he was formerly an adherent, Mr. Syl- 
 vester has cast his vote with the Republican 
 party. He is a member of Ligonia Lodge, 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which 
 he has held all the chairs. He is connected 
 with the Methodist Episcopal church, of which 
 his wife was also a member, and for twenty- 
 eight years has acted as a Sunday-school 
 teacher in the Chestnut Street Church. Dur- 
 ing the past twenty-four years he has resided 
 in Deering. 
 
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 Yg)T"ORACE A. HALL, senior member 
 l^ of the firm of Hall & Dresser, is 
 j(^l numbered among the most prosper- 
 ^-^ ous and active business men of 
 Bridgton. He was born October 25, 1848, in 
 Oxford, Me., son of Silas and Elizabeth L. 
 (Shurtleff) Hall. The other children of his 
 parents were: Dora R. , Mary G., and a daugh- 
 ter that died in infancy. 
 
 Mr. Hall received a limited education in 
 the district schools of his native town. When 
 but eleven years of age, he was forced to relin- 
 quish his studies to begin to earn his living. 
 He obtained employment in the woollen-mills, 
 where he remained seven years. He then 
 worked for five years as a clerk in a store, and 
 afterward was employed for two years in the 
 cheese factory. In 1867 he opened a general 
 store in the village of Otisfield, where he car- 
 ried on an excellent business until 1881, 
 being Postmaster eleven years of the time. 
 Selling out, he removed to North Bridgton and 
 purchased a store of general merchandise. 
 This he managed for five years, serving for 
 four of those years as Postmaster of the town. 
 Coming then to Bridgton, Mr. Hall engaged 
 in his present business. He deals in grain, 
 flour, wood, and coal, and has been very prosper- 
 ous. He is a man of superior business judg- 
 ment and qualifications, his abilities receiving 
 due recognition from his fellow-townsmen, by 
 whom he is held in high esteem. In politics 
 he is a stanch Republican; and, while in 
 Oxford, he served ten years as Town Clerk. 
 On November 16, 1874, Mr. Hall was 
 united in matrimony with Miss Nellie Tubbs. 
 The union has been blessed by the advent of 
 three children, namely: Ernest L 
 May, 1876; Annie, born October 
 and Helen, born December i, 1891. 
 
 , born in 
 9, 1878; 
 
 TJ^LARK N. MAXFIELD, a well- 
 ( Y^ known resident and native of Casco 
 
 V^ ^ in the first years of this decade, 
 was born January 28, 1810, son of 
 Josiah and Nancy (Partridge) Maxfield. Jo- 
 siah Maxfield, who was a native of Windham, 
 Me., followed the sea in his earlier years. 
 He is said to have crossed the Atlantic Ocean 
 forty-four times and upon one occasion to 
 
 have been taken prisoner by the French. 
 About the year 1795 he came to Casco, and 
 was among the first settlers to take up land 
 in that town. He cleared a good farm, and 
 resided upon it during the rest of his life. 
 He died there, January 3, 1834. His wife, 
 a native of Maine, became the mother of ten 
 children; namely, Nathan, Catherine, Clark 
 N., Joseph, Annie, Rufus, Elizabeth, Lydia, 
 Andrew, and a child who died in infancy. Of 
 these the survivors are : Lydia, who resides 
 in Windham, and is the widow of Nathan 
 Pope; and Andrew, who married Lizzie Boyce, 
 and'resides in Woodford's, Me. 
 
 Clark N. Maxfield received his education in 
 the common schools of Casco, and subse- 
 quently learned the trade of a millwright. He 
 resided at home until of age, when he began 
 to take employment at his trade outside the 
 immediate locality of his home. This called 
 him to different parts of the county. He 
 was also engaged for some time in the lumber- 
 ing region about Moosehead Lake. After his 
 marriage he bought a farm at Cook's Mills, 
 and there resided for nine years. He then 
 returned to the old homestead in Casco, where 
 the rest of his life was passed, occupied in 
 farming and working at his trade. In both 
 occupations he was very prosperous. He was 
 an industrious and upright man. He won pub- 
 lic esteem as Tax Collector for seven years, 
 and as Constable for a considerable time. 
 Other important town offices were open to him 
 had he desired to accept them. He was an 
 earnest member of the Friends' Society, and 
 in politics he was an active supporter of the 
 Republican party. 
 
 On August 28, 1839, Mr. Maxfield was 
 united in marriage to Salome Cook. She was 
 born in Casco, June 13, 181 3, daughter of 
 Daniel and Jane (Whitney) Cook, prosperous 
 farming people, both of whom were natives 
 and lifelong residents of Casco. Mr. and 
 Mrs.- Maxfield reared a family of six children, 
 as follows: Annie M., of Seabrook, N.H., 
 born February 10, 1841, the widow of Edward 
 L. Gove, who died March I2,.i89i; Daniel 
 C, born August 27, 1842, who married Alice 
 R. Wing, of Sandwich, Mass., and is now 
 residing in Amesbury, Mass. ; Caroline, born 
 December 15, 1843, who is now living at the 
 
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 old homestead; Isaiah P., born February 17, 
 1846, who also resides at the homestead; 
 Ellen, born July 22, 1853, who is now en- 
 gaged in missionary work abroad; and Maria 
 P., born April 18, 1855, likewise residing at 
 the homestead. The children were all edu- 
 cated in the common schools of Casco and at 
 the Friends' School in Providence, R.I. Of 
 Ellen Maxfield it should be further stated that 
 she was a teacher in the schools of Cape Eliza- 
 beth for eight years; that on June 14, 1895, 
 she married Charles M. Jones, of Deering, 
 Me. ; and that in the present year she and her 
 husband were sent by the New England Soci- 
 ety of Friends as missionaries to Palestine. 
 Mr. Maxfield died April 12, 1893, in his 
 eighty-third year. Mrs. Maxfield, who sur- 
 vives him, resides at the homestead. She is 
 also a member of the Society of Friends, and 
 attends the church of that denomination in the 
 vicinity. 
 
 Isaiah P. Maxfield, who now manages the 
 farm, is an enterprising farmer and a promi- 
 nent citizen of Casco. His property contains 
 one hundred acres of well-improved land de- 
 sirably located. His principal crops are hay 
 and grain, and he raises some excellent fruit. 
 On June 21, 1882, he married for his first 
 wife Angie M. Currier, of Amesbury, Mass., 
 who died January 19, 1889. He was again 
 married on October 6, 1894, to Annie A. 
 Mayberry, of Pownal, Me, The family is 
 well known and highly respected, and occupies 
 a prominent position among the well-to-do 
 residents of Casco. 
 
 |DWARD S. SOULE, a highly respected 
 citizen of Freeport and the proprietor 
 of one of the finest dry-goods stores 
 in the town, was born there on June 6, 1838, 
 son of Robert S. and Joanna Soule. His 
 grandfather, Rufus Soule, a native of Che- 
 beague Island, this county, was a prominent 
 ship-builder in his day and one of the leading 
 citizens of Freeport, where he died when 
 eighty-two years of age. Among the public 
 offices filled by him was that of Senator in the 
 State legislature. He was the father of eight 
 children who attained adult life— three sons 
 and five daughters. 
 
 Robert S. Soule, the eldest of his father's 
 children, worked on the home farm until he 
 was eighteen years old. He then became 
 master of a packet-boat running between Free- 
 port and Portland, and followed that' calling 
 until 1842. He then started out for himself 
 in the mercantile business at Freeport, and 
 successfully conducted a general store for 
 twenty years. At the end of that period of 
 time he sold out to his son and retired from 
 active business. His death occurred on Sep- 
 tember 19, 1895. Respecting religious doc- 
 trines he held liberal opinions. Politically, 
 he was a Democrat, and served his town 
 acceptably for a number of years as Treasurer. 
 His wife, Joanna, died in February, 1891. 
 They had eight children, of whom three sur- 
 vive. These are: Edward S., the subject of 
 this sketch; Mrs. Susan F. Soule, residing in 
 Freeport ; and Mrs. Annie L. For'd, of 
 Portland. 
 
 Edward S. Soule remained with his parents 
 during his boyhood, receiving his early educa- 
 tion in the common schools of Freeport and in 
 the Farmington Academy. When but a boy 
 he began to assist in his father's store. In 
 1862 he took full charge of the business, and 
 carried it on until 1889, when he sold out. 
 In 1894 he bought his present store. Here 
 he carries a first-class line of dry goods, gen- 
 tlemen's furnishings, carpets, and kindred 
 articles. He does a good business, and is 
 now the oldest merchant in trade in Freeport. 
 
 On July 17, i860, he was joined in mar- 
 riage with Miss Ella L. True, a daughter of 
 Lorin B. True, of Washington, D.C. He has 
 two sons and a daughter, namely : Bernard S. 
 Soule, born May 10, 1863, a clerk in Cumber- 
 land Bank of Portland; Robert E. Soule, 
 born September 24, 1872, a student in Bow- 
 doin College; and Brenda L. Soule, born in 
 September, 1879, a pupil of Freeport High 
 School. In politics Mr. Soule is a Democrat. 
 .Ue has served as Postmaster for four years. 
 Among the town offices held by him were those 
 of Selectman for one year and Town Clerk one 
 year. He is connected with Freeport Lodge, 
 No. 23, A. F. & A. M. ; Alpha Council, No. 
 3; Jerusalem R. A. C, No. 4; Portland Com- 
 mandery. No. 2, Kora Temple; and Harra- 
 seeket Lodge, No. 30, Knights of Pythias. 
 
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 Mr. Soule holds liberal opinions respecting re- 
 ligion, while his wife is a communicant of the 
 Baptist church of Freeport. 
 
 AYSON TUCKER was born in 
 Lowell, Mass., on February 14, 
 1840. He began his railroad career 
 on November 14, 1853, at Portland, 
 as clerk in the Superintendent's and Treas- 
 urer's office of the Portland, Saco & Ports- 
 mouth Railroad, a position which he held 
 until i860. From i860 to 1870 he was gen- 
 eral ticket agent and paymaster, and from 1870 
 to 1872 passenger conductor on the same road. 
 From 1872 to 1875 he was general agent of 
 the Boston & Maine Railroad at Portland. In 
 187s he was called to the Maine Central Rail- 
 road, of which Governor Coburn was then 
 President. From 1875 to 1880 he was super- 
 intendent, from 1880 to 1882 general superin- 
 tendent; and from 1882 to the present time he 
 has been Vice-President and General Manager. 
 In 1889 be was elected a Director of the Maine 
 Central, and has been re-elected at every an- 
 nual meeting since. 
 
 From January i, 1883, to December 16, 
 , 1885, Mr. Tucker was General Manager of 
 'the Eastern Railroad. From November 10, 
 1 89 1, to November 8, 1893, he was a Di- 
 rector and General Manager of the Phillips 
 & Rangeley Railroad. He has been General 
 Manager of the Portland, Mount Desert & 
 Machias Steamboat Company since 1884, when 
 the Maine Central acquired control of that 
 property. He was one of the promoters of 
 the building of the Portland Union Station, 
 and has always been a Director in that com- 
 pany. He was also one of the foremost 
 projectors of the cantilever bridge at St 
 John, N.B. 
 
 When Mr. Tucker assumed charge of the 
 Maine Central, it had a mileage of three hun- 
 dred and fifty-seven miles and gross receiiDts- 
 of less than one million six hundred thousand 
 dollars. To-day it has a mileage of over eight 
 hundred and twenty miles, to say nothing of 
 two hundred miles of steamer lines, and gross 
 receipts of over five million dollars. As super- 
 intendent he introduced many valuable train 
 rules which have been generally adopted ; and 
 
 as General Manager he gave the first tests to 
 many valuable improvements in track material 
 and equipment, the Maine Central being the 
 first railroad to adopt the well known Sewall 
 system of steam heating for cars. In 1884 he 
 personally superintended the building of the 
 Bar Harbor Branch, and in 1889 the extension 
 of the Mountain Division from Fabyan's to 
 Scott's Junction. 
 
 "ipv AVID C. SA-UNDERS, a merchant 
 I ^=1 tailor, carrying on a substantial busi- 
 ^-J^J ness in Bridgton village, was born 
 February 4, 1843, in the town of 
 Waterford, Oxford County. His parents, 
 Humphrey and Araminta Saunders, reared 
 eight children, five sons and three daughters, 
 six of whom are living. David was reared and 
 educated in his native county, attending the 
 schools of Waterford and then of Sweden, 
 where his parents settled when he was about 
 ten years old. 
 
 In 1862 David, then a youth of nineteen 
 years, enlisted in the service of his country, 
 joining Company B^ Seventeenth Maine Vol- 
 unteer Infantry, being mustered in at .Port- 
 land as a private. He subsequently partici- 
 pated in the battles of Fredericksburg, 
 Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Cedars, Wappihg 
 Heights, Kelly's Ford, Locust Grove, Mine 
 Run, the Wilderness, Po River, Spottsyl- 
 vania Court-house, Todd.'s Tavern, Freder- 
 icksburg Pike, North Anna, Talopotomy 
 Creek, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Hare House, 
 both engagements at Hatch's Run, the capt- 
 ure of Petersburg, Amelia Springs, and at 
 Little Nailors' Creek. Having served gal- 
 lantly throughout his term of service, Mr. 
 Saunders returned to Maine, where in Port- 
 land, June 10, 1865, he was honorably dis- 
 charged with the rank of Sergeant. 
 ^ After spending a tim'e with his parents in 
 Sweden, Mr. Saunders went to the town of 
 Norway, where he served a seven years' ap- 
 prenticeship to learn the tailor's trade. In 
 1872 he came to Bridgton, where he has since 
 been engaged in his present occupation. He 
 has a superior assortment of furnishing goods, 
 and does a large amount of fine custom work. 
 A man of tact and sterling business capacity, 
 
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 345 
 
 Mr. Saunders occupies an excellent position 
 among the most valued of Bridgton's citizens. 
 In 1 87 1 Mr. Saunders was united in mar- 
 riage to Miss Mary Bryant. The only child 
 born of the union, Paul, died when twelve 
 years of age. Mrs. Saunders, after a lingering 
 illness, died at her home April 5, 1896. In 
 politics Mr. Saunders is a steadfast Republi- 
 can. He belongs to the fraternities of the 
 Free Masons and the Odd Fellows. 
 
 Y^TON. GEORGE BLAKE, a prominent 
 L^J merchant and a former State legis- 
 \\s I lator of New Gloucester, was born 
 ^"^ in that town, March 10, 181 2, son 
 of Richard and Susan (Pierce) Blake. At an 
 early day John Blake, the paternal grandfather, 
 came from Cape Ann, Massachusetts, to New 
 Gloucester, where he carried on farming until 
 his death. James Pierce, the maternal grand- 
 father, also came from Cape Ann in early 
 times, and, with his family, settled in New 
 Gloucester, where he passed the remainder of 
 his days, dying at the age of ninety-two years. 
 Richard Blake, the father, came to New 
 Gloucester with his parents at the age of four- 
 teen. He subsequently settled on Gloucester 
 Hill, where he lived to the age of seventy- 
 four years, being engaged in farming. His 
 wife lived to be eighty years old. Both were 
 natives of Cape Ann. They had eight chil- 
 dren, only two of whom are now living. 
 These are: George, the subject of this sketch; 
 and David, now residing with his daughter 
 in Hebron, Me. Those deceased were: 
 James, Joseph, Johanna, Susan, Betsy, and 
 Jane. All had a common-school education. 
 The Hon. George Blake remained at home 
 until he- was twenty-one. Then he went to 
 Boston and engaged in making white oak 
 trunnels for ships. The next summer he 
 worked on a farm, after which he learned the 
 shoemaker's trade and followed it until 1836. 
 Returning to Gloucester Hill, he opened a 
 store forgeneral merchandise, which he man- 
 aged for eight years. Mr. Blake then sold out 
 his interest and went to North Gray, where he 
 built a store, and conducted it for eight years. 
 This business he also sold out, and then went 
 to Upper Gloucester, where he bought the old 
 
 Chandler store. He carried on the business 
 of this place in partnership with John White 
 for ten months. Then he purchased Mr. 
 White's interest, and has since been the sole 
 proprietor. He has been a resident of the 
 town for forty-one years. 
 
 In politics Mr. Blake is a Republican. He 
 held the office of School Trustee for twenty- 
 four years. In 1859 he represented this dis- 
 trict in the State legislature. He has been 
 a me'mber of the Society of Good Templars, 
 and he is now a member of the Congregation- 
 alist church in this village. 
 
 Mr. Blake was twice married. His first 
 wife, to whom he was united February 12, 
 1856, was Eunice C. (Dolloff) Blake, formerly 
 of Rumford, Me., who was born September 13, 
 1834. Of this union there came four children : 
 Eva E. , born February 11, 1858; Herbert E., 
 born March 29, i860; Roscoe D., born July 
 15, 1862; and Ora v., born August 22, 1874. 
 Eva E. is now the wife of Dr. Nathaniel Mar- 
 shall, of Portland, Me. Herbert E. married 
 Miss Holmes, and lives near his father, for 
 whom he now runs the store and post-ofifice. 
 They have three children — Florence, Marion, 
 and Arthur. Roscoe D. died on February 9, 
 1877. Ora V. was married on October 16, 
 1 891, to C. R. Dollof, and is the father of one 
 child— George R., born May 15, 1892. 
 The first Mrs. Blake died on February 14, 
 1877. On December 7, 1879, Mr. Blake mar- 
 ried Miss Ann Hill, a native of Gray, who, 
 born April 27, 1823, died March 12, 1895. 
 Mr. Blake had a limited education, but his 
 invincible energy has conquered every diffi- 
 culty. He has been remarkably successful 
 through life, but none too much for his deserts. 
 
 "ON. MARSHATL JORDAN, an 
 enterprising merchant and manufact- 
 urer of Harrison, Me., in the ex- 
 treme northern part of Cumberland 
 County, was born in Raymond, a neighboring 
 town, October 3, 1830. His parents were 
 Nathaniel and Mary (Brown) Jordan, both, na- 
 tives of Raymond. 
 
 Nathaniel Jordan, who was born October 5, 
 1786, was a practical farmer, devoting his life 
 from early youth until the time of his death 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 to the cultivation of the soil. About 1844 or 
 1845 he removed from Raymond to Poland, 
 Me. ; and in the latter town he died, February 
 28, 1869. His wife, who was born October 
 22, 1787, died October 29, 1849. Nine chil- 
 dren blessed their union — Andrew, the eldest, 
 born March 22, 1807, died March 11, 1840. 
 He was married October lo, 1832, to Miss 
 Olive Shaw, by whom he had two children — 
 Osmond B., born June 15, 1834, now a res- 
 ident of Raymond, Me. ; and Ann B., born 
 November 27, 1838, who became the wife of 
 Thomas Witham, of Raymond, and died in 
 September, 1894. Mark Jordan, the second 
 son, born December 3, i8q8, married in 1835 
 Miss Mary Snow, of Raymond, and died 
 March 5, 1837, leaving, a widow but no chil- 
 dren. Osman Jordan, born January 24, 181 2, 
 was married October 13, 1835, to Miss Mary 
 Allen, and seven children completed their 
 household circle — Sarah A.; Roscoe M.; 
 Susan B.; James R. ; John B. (Rev.); Alma 
 F. ; and Frank L. Dorcas, who was born Octo- 
 ber 6, 18 [4, married March 19, 1834, E. 
 Stinchfield, of Raymond, they having three 
 children — Ellen, Eliza P., and Mary. Me- 
 hitabel B., born April 6, 1817, was married 
 in December, 1840, to Francis Small, of Ray- 
 mond. John B., born April 6, 1819, died in 
 1842, unmarried. Mary, born July 16, 1825, 
 died August 20, 1865, was married February 
 4, 1852, to Amos T. Gidding, and they reared 
 five children — Mary E., Andrew R., Annie, 
 Nellie G., and Charles C. Rachel, born 
 March 26, 1827, died January i, 1873, was 
 married July i, i860, to John Rolf, and 
 had one child, Mary. Marshall, the ninth of 
 the family, is the subject of this sketch. 
 
 Marshall Jordan acquired his early educa- 
 tion in the schools of Raymond, and took an 
 active part in the work of the home farm until 
 he was nineteen years of age. Fie then joined 
 the westward-flowing stream of emigration, 
 going to California by way of the Isthmus of 
 Panama, the journey consuming thirty-five 
 days. With other "forty-niners " he worked 
 in the gold mines in El Dorado County, re- 
 maining four years, and then engaged in lum- 
 bering in the northern part of the State. This 
 latter occupation proved very profitable, and 
 Mr. Jordan followed it four years and a half. 
 
 He then sold his property, and returned to his 
 native State, settling first in Auburn, where 
 he bought a farm. In 1868 he purchased an 
 interest in the "old Milliken" store at Minot 
 Corners, Me., which he successfully conducted, 
 twenty years, selling out in 1888, in order to 
 purchase the store of J. H. lUsley in Harri- 
 son. This he now has completely stocked 
 with a full line of groceries, dry goods, and 
 other articles usually found in a general store. 
 He is also engaged in manufacturing coats 
 for the Boston market. Starting in life as a 
 penniless youth, Mr. Jordan by his energy 
 and ability has made himself master of his 
 circumstances, and has been successful in the. 
 various lines of business which he has taken 
 up. 
 
 On July I', i860, Mr. Jordan was married to 
 Rosa T. Rowe, daughter of John Rowe, of 
 Danville, Me. She was born June 12, 1841, 
 and died December 14, 1891. Seven children 
 were the fruit of this union — Charles M., born 
 June 25, 1861, a farmer of Poland, Me., who 
 married Miss Ruth Wight, of that town; An- 
 drew B., born May 29, 1863, who married 
 Maud Annie Illsley, of Harrison, and here 
 makes his home; Mary J., born March 19, 
 1865, who died June 11, 1869; Alice M., 
 born October 10, 1867, who became the wife 
 of W. W. Smith, of Harrison, and died May 
 4, 1894,; Albert E., born December 5, 1870, 
 who is yet with his father; Victor L., born 
 October 29, 1873, who lives with his father 
 and assists in the store; and Walter C, born 
 March 8, 1878, who is yet a member of the 
 parental household. All the children were 
 well educated, each taking a final course of 
 study at Bridgton Academy. June 19, 1892, 
 Mr. Jordan was again married, taking for bis 
 bride Jennie L. Chaplin, who was born in 
 Naples, Me., in 1866. 
 
 A Democrat in politics, Mr. Jordan repre- 
 sented Minot and Danville in the legislature 
 in 1869 and 1870; and in Harrison he has 
 been Chairman of the Selectmen several years 
 and Postrhaster for a long time. He is a 
 Mason, belonging to Tyrian Lodge, of Me- 
 chanic Falls, Me., and an Odd Fellow, be- 
 longing to Harrison Lodge, No. 41. He is a 
 member of the Baptist church in Harrison, 
 is President of the society, and an active 
 
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 worker therein. Mr. Jordan is a man of 
 genial disposition and courteous manners, 
 and is a general favorite. 
 
 ;;^AMUEL F. PERLEY, whose por- 
 trait is here shown, late a well- 
 known citizen of Cumberland 
 County, active in agricultural and 
 political matters, was born on the Perley 
 homestead in Naples, Me., June 30, 1817. He 
 was a son of Thomas and Betsey (Farnsworth) 
 Perley, respected residents of Naples, who had 
 a family of ten children, six sons and four 
 daughters, only one of whom is now living. 
 Reared in his native town, the subject of this 
 sketch received a good education, finishing 
 his studies at Bridgton Academy. For some 
 time after leaving school he was engaged in 
 surveying in Oxford and Cumberland Counties; 
 and when about twenty-five years of age he 
 succeeded his father as manager of the home 
 farm. This estate, which covers six hundred 
 acres, is one of the finest in the locality, em- 
 bracing broad arable fields, good pasture land, 
 and some timber — 
 
 " The swelling uplands, smiling in the sun, 
 Where quiet cattle graze and robins run, . 
 Their scarlet waistcoats glinting as they pass 
 In quick pursuit of insects in the grass." 
 
 Mr. Perley was for years actively engaged in 
 general farming, in which he was very suc- 
 cessful; and, as a man of practical experience 
 in agricultural matters and of broad- intelli- 
 gence, he took a leading position in the com- 
 munity. 
 
 In politics he was a Republican, earnest 
 and influential, working untiringly for the in- 
 terest of his party. He was in the legislature 
 two terms, and was always ready to aid in 
 enterprises for the advancement of the public 
 good. In religious belief he'was a Congrega- 
 tionalist, and his church was always sure of 
 his help and support. He died in 1881. His 
 remains rest in the family cemetery on the old 
 homestead in South Bridgton. 
 
 Mr. Perley 's first wife, formerly Miss 
 Hannah P. Griswold, with whom he was 
 united in 1842, died, leaving one child, Mary 
 G., who is now living in Andover, Mass. His 
 
 second wife, to whom he was married in 1847, 
 was Miss Almira T. Fitch, a native of Cum- 
 berland County, daughter of Luther and Al- 
 mira (Titcomb) Fitch. She is now living on 
 the homestead, and, though born in 18 19, ap- 
 pears much younger than would be indicated by 
 that date. She is the mother of four children 
 — Augusta, Ellen F., Enoch, and Alice, all 
 of whom await her in the world beyond, 
 
 " Whose portal we call death." . 
 
 ABEZ TRUE, a much esteemed citizen 
 of New Gloucester, is extensively en- 
 gaged in general farming, and is one 
 of the large milk dealers of that place. 
 His birth occurred on the farm where he now 
 resides, December 16, 1835; and he is a son 
 of Moses and Martha (Pierce) True. 
 
 The history of the True family in this coun- 
 try dates back to the early settlement of New 
 England, the first representative being Henry 
 True, who settled in Salem, Mass. His son, 
 Henry True, Jr., who was born in Salisbury, 
 Mass., March 8, 1644, died on September 8, 
 1735. On March 15, 1668, he married Miss 
 Jane Bradbury, who died January 24, 1729. 
 Their son, William True, born in June, 1670, 
 married Miss Eleanora Stevens. His death 
 occurred on March 18, 1733, and hers on 
 April 29, 1768. The next lineal representa- 
 tive of this branch of the family was Winthrop 
 True, born on August 18, 17 10, who died 
 July 26, 1783. On June 15, 1752, he was 
 united in marriage with Miss Dorothy Currier. 
 She died on March 11, 1764. Their son, 
 Israel True, was born on July 31, 1735. He 
 was twice married, the first time on August 
 20, 1 761, to Miss Mary Carr, of North Yar- 
 mouth, Me., who died January 7, 1820. He 
 then formed a second union with Miss Mary 
 Mclntyre. His son, Winthrop True, grand- 
 father of Jabez, was born in 1763. When 
 twenty-six years old, he was joined in mar- 
 riage with Miss Mary Oakes, who reared him 
 four children, as follows: Moses, the father of 
 the subject of this sketch; Samuel, born in 
 North Yarmouth, Me., who became a Colonel 
 in the State militia, and for a number of years 
 was a singing-master; Polly, who married 
 
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 Adam Bradbury, of New Gloucester, now de- 
 ceased; and Lydia, who became the wife of 
 Chandler Cobb, also both deceased. 
 
 Moses True was left an orphan at the age of 
 twelve years. He then learned the ship- 
 builder's trade, and was subsequently engaged 
 in that calling until 1811, when he purchased 
 the farm where his son now resides. After 
 reaching the age of thirty-five years, he was 
 unable to work; but he continued his residence 
 Jhere up to the time of his death, which oc- 
 curred March 6, 1876. He married Miss 
 Martha Pierce, of New Gloucester, a daughter 
 of Abram and Martha (Parsons) Pierce. Both 
 her parents, who were born in Gloucester, 
 Mass., settled in New Gloucester about 1775; 
 and their first home was a log house, erected 
 by the father near where his daughter now 
 lives. -He engaged in farming, and also fol- 
 lowed the sea for some years. They subse- 
 quently removed to a farm near Cobb's Bridge, 
 where they lived during the remainder of their 
 lives. Nine children were born to Moses 
 True and his wife, all of whom lived to cele- 
 brate their parents' golden wedding. They 
 were as follows: Winthrop, deceased, whose 
 widow, Mrs. Ophelia (Gooding) True, 
 formerly of Pownal, Me., now lives near New 
 Gloucester; Moses, Jr., who married Miss 
 Desire Linnell, of Otisfield, Me., both of 
 whom are now deceased; Elbridge, deceased, 
 whose widow, Mrs. Margaret (Rogers) True, 
 now resides in Freeport, Me.; Nathan O., 
 who married Miss Mary Anderson, both de- 
 ceased; Calvin S., deceased, whose widow, 
 Mrs. Alice (Anderson) True, lives in Port- 
 land, Me.; Martha P., who became the wife 
 of William R. Rogers, both deceased; Lewis 
 Pennell, deceased, who married Miss Adeline 
 Pierce, of Maiden, Mass., and was engaged in 
 the hotel business in Boston, Mass.; William 
 P., who married Miss Dorcas Ricker, of San- 
 ford, Me., and resides in Maiden, Mass. ; and 
 Jabez, the subject of this sketch. 
 
 Jabez True, the youngest child of his par- 
 ents, received a practical, common-school ed- 
 ucation. He remained under the parental 
 roof-tree until his marriage. At that time he 
 took charge of the old homestead, of which he 
 IS now the owner. It contains one hundred 
 and fifty acres of land, and is an excellent 
 
 hay-producing farm, and also yields a large 
 quantity of fruit. He is an extensive milk 
 dealer, -and he also sells cream to the 
 creamery. 
 
 On January 26, 1859, Mr True was married 
 to Miss Celinda H. Waterhouse. She was 
 born on September 15, 1838, and is a daugh- 
 ter of Joseph G. and Mary (Linnell) Water- 
 house. Her father throughout his lifetime 
 followed the twofold occupation of farmer and 
 blacksmith. She has borne her husband four 
 children, namely: Edith, born December 28, 
 1859, who was for a number of years success- 
 fully engaged in school teaching, but is now 
 at home; Joseph S., born July 10, 1862, who 
 married Miss Georgia E. Murray, of Auburn, 
 Me., resides at New Gloucester, where he con- 
 ducts a large steam grist-mill, a grain and 
 grocery store, and is Postmaster of Interval, 
 Me.; Clara L., born April 11, 1865, who lives 
 at home; and Maria A., born October 20, 
 1870, who is a teacher in the public schools 
 of Somerville, Mass. All the children had 
 excellent educational advantages. 
 
 Mr. True has always voted the Republican 
 ticket. He has served as Trustee of the New 
 Gloucester Fair Association, and for several 
 years was a member of the Building Commit- 
 tee. The Grange of New Gloucester also 
 counts him among its most esteemed members. 
 Mrs. True is a member of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church of South Auburn, Me. Clara 
 and Maria are members of the Congregational 
 church. 
 
 OHN B. WINSLOW, now living in 
 retirement at Webb's Mills, is a repre- 
 sentative of one of the oldest and best- 
 known families of Cumberland County. 
 He was born on the old Winslow homestead 
 in this town, September 14, 1827, son of Cyrus 
 and Fannie (Foster) Winslow. His grand- 
 father, James Winslow, settled on a farm in 
 Westbrook, Me., in the early part of this 
 century. 
 
 Cyrus Winslow, born in the town of West- 
 brook, was the first of the family to settle 
 in Casco. He purchased a tract of timber 
 land near Webb's Mills, and at once began 
 the work of clearing it. It was not long 
 
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 before the dense forest was superseded by 
 broad meadows that in the summer months 
 were broken here and there with fields of corn 
 and grain. He lived here until his death, in 
 April, 1848. His wife, Fannie, who was born 
 in Freeport, Me., had outlived her husband 
 more than a quarter of a century when she 
 died, in 1874. They reared nine children, 
 four sons and five daughters. These were: 
 Rebecca, James, Matthew Franklin, William, 
 Olive C, John B., Lydia, Dorcas J., and 
 Sarah Jane. Rebecca married Robert Welch, 
 who was killed while engaged in felling trees 
 near Sandy Stream, Me. ; and after his death 
 she became the wife of C. B. Smith. Both 
 are now also deceased. James married Miss 
 Eliza Jane Gary, now deceased, and lives in 
 Bath, Me., where he is successfully engaged 
 in the hardware business. Matthew Franklin 
 married Miss Deborah Small, now deceased, 
 and resides on the old homestead. William, 
 now living in Freeport, married Miss Lois 
 Noble, who has since died. Olive C. is the 
 widow of Nathaniel Duran, and lives in 
 Casco. Lydia, residing in Portland, is the 
 widow of Alvin Hall. Dorcas J., married 
 Richard M. Webb, the founder of Webb's 
 Mills, where he erected a mill, store, and the 
 house in which John B. Winslow now resides. 
 Mr. Webb, who was the only child of his par- 
 ents, became the father of seven children. 
 The members of this family, nine in all, died 
 successively within twenty months of each 
 other. Sarah Jane married Benjamin F. 
 Cook, who survives her, and is now living in 
 Oxford, Me. 
 
 John B. Winslow received a good common- 
 school education. He remained with his par- 
 ents until he was twenty-one years of age, when 
 he started out to make his way in the world. 
 The first enterprise in which he engaged was 
 that of peddling tinware and "Yankee notions " 
 from a wagon throughout Cumberland County. 
 Two of his brothers also followed the same 
 occupation for a number of years. After a 
 time he added dry goods to his stock, and con- 
 tinued in the business until 1856. When he 
 married he purchased the old Winslow home- 
 stead in this town, and engaged in general 
 farming and lumbering. Stock raising was his 
 specialty, however; and he became one of the 
 
 largest dealers in general stock in the county. 
 In 1885 he left this farm to settle on one that 
 he purchased at that time in the town of Stand- 
 ish. This was the well-known Lemuel Sawyer 
 farm. After living there for eight years, 
 he came to Webb's Mills, his present home, 
 having previously purchased the place. He 
 also owns orchards and timber lands in the 
 towns of Casco, Gray, and Standish. Although 
 during the past two years he has lived in re- 
 tirement, his love of cattle, sheep, and horses 
 makes him desirous of taking up once more 
 his former business of a stock dealer; and this 
 he intends to do if his health docs not fail 
 him. 
 
 On November 19, 1856, Mr. Winslow was 
 united in marriage with Miss Maria H. 
 Sawyer, who was born in Standish, Me., Sep- 
 tember II, 1835, daughter of Lemuel and 
 Esther (Purington) Sawyer. Lemuel Sawyer 
 was one of the leading farmers of Standish, 
 where his whole life was spent. His wife was 
 a native of Deering, Me. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Winslow have had two daughters, namely: 
 Fannie Rebecca, born in April, 1859, who 
 died when but four years of age; and. Sadie 
 M., born in August, i860, who died in 1875. 
 
 Mr. Winslow, who is a Republican, is 
 known throughout the county as a strong poli- 
 tician. His first Presidential vote was cast 
 for John C. Fremont. He is a member of 
 Presumpscott Lodge, No. 127, A. F. & A. M., 
 of Windham; of Siloam Lodge, No. 45, In- 
 dependent Order of Odd Fellows; and of 
 Hathorn Lodge, Knights of Pythias, at Ray- 
 mond village. The home of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Winslow is often opened for the entertainment 
 and accommodation of the travelling public, 
 and those who accept its hospitality are sure 
 of a friendly welcome. Their residence is 
 one of the finest in Webb's Mills. Besides 
 the house, there are about ten acres of land, 
 which furnish Mr. Winslow with agreeable 
 employment during his spare hours. 
 
 W: 
 
 ICHARD J. CHAPLIN, a farmer of 
 Naples, beginning life without edu- 
 cation or financial resources, has 
 qualified himself to meet on an 
 equal footing those who have had the advan- 
 
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 tages of both wealth and a liberal education. 
 He was born in the town of Harrison, within 
 a mile of where he now lives, Aj^ril 4, 1820, 
 son of Jacob and JVTiriam Qackson) Chaplin. 
 The family is of English descent. Richard 
 J. Chaplin's great-grandfather, Hugh Chaplin, 
 an iEnglishman, settled in the quaint old town 
 of Rowley, Mass., early in the eighteenth 
 century. There John Chaplin, the grand- 
 father of Richard J., was born. John Chaplin 
 learned the blacksmith's trade in his native 
 town, and worked at it for some time. He 
 left his forge at the call to arms in the days 
 of the Revolution, and entered the ranks of 
 the militia, going up from Ipswich and 
 Rowley to Boston to join Washington's army. 
 After the close of the war, some time prior to 
 1790, he removed to Cumberland County, 
 Maine, and settled in the town of Bridgton, 
 now Naples, where he died in 1830. By his 
 marriage, performed in Massachusetts, of 
 which State his wife was a native, he became 
 the father of thirteen sons. 
 
 Jacob Chaplin, the father of Richard J., was 
 born in Rowley, Mass. He also learned the 
 blacksmith's trade, but devoted the greater 
 part of his time to the^ cultivation of a 
 farm in Naples. He voted the Republican 
 ticket without showing any desire to take an 
 active part in the town government. He died 
 in Naples in 1853 at the age of seventy-three. 
 His wife, who was a native of Raymond, Me., 
 died January 20, i8_S3, aged sixty-six years. 
 Their remains rest in the cemetery at Edes 
 Falls. They had eight children, namely: 
 Charlotte, who became the wife of Reuben 
 Doughty; Louisa, the wife of Richard Bean, 
 of Otisfield; Benjamin, a farmer of Naples, 
 now eighty-four years old; Jacob, a soldier in 
 the war of the Rebellion, now deceased; 
 William, who died in 1893; Richard J., the 
 subject of this sketch; George, deceased, who 
 was a farmer of Harrison ; and Henry, who 
 was also a soldier in the Rebellion and died 
 in 1866. 
 
 Richard J. Chaplin was born and reared on 
 a farm, receiving a limited education in 
 the district school. Like most farmers' boys, 
 he was obliged to give more time to chores 
 than books; but he learned to love his work, 
 and he engaged in farming when he attained 
 
 his majority. In 1847 he purchased the 
 nucleus of his present property, thirty-seven 
 acres of wild land to clear and improve, which 
 he worked industriously, enlarging it by new 
 purchases as the opportunity offered. It now 
 contains two hundred and forty acres, and is a 
 fine farm. A tireless worker, Mr. Chaplin 
 raises large quantities of farm produce, and 
 keeps his estate in an excellent condition. 
 When he moved to his present home, he had 
 but one yoke of oxen : now . he owns some of 
 the best live stock in the county. Withal he 
 finds time to read a great deal, so that he is 
 well informed on all current topics. 
 
 On January 28, 1849, Mr. Chaplin was mar- 
 ried to Miss Loretta A. Mayo, a native of 
 Standish, Me., born October 26, 1828. The 
 union was blessed by one child, George M. 
 Chaplin, now proprietor of a hotel in Denver, 
 Col., and the father of two children — Beatrice 
 I. and Maria E., by his wife, Nora (Keating) 
 Chaplin. Mr. Richard J. Chaplin is a stanch 
 Republican, and has served as Selectman of 
 Naples. In religious belief he and his wife 
 are liberal. During the years of their resi- 
 dence in Naples they have won the esteem of 
 their neighbors, and rank among the foremost 
 citizens of the town. 
 
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 ""RANKLIN C. WEBB, the leading 
 merchant of Brunswick, Me., was born 
 in Brunswick, October 23, 1849, son 
 of Samuel and Cynthia (Coburn-Hemenway) 
 Webb. Samuel Webb was born in Wool- 
 wich, Me., and reared on a farm. He was 
 engaged for some years as a lumberman, and 
 in 1849 opened a grocery store in Brunswick, 
 which he managed successfully up to the time 
 of his death, at the age of seventy. His 
 second wife, whose maiden name was Cynthia 
 Coburn, was a native of Dracut, Mass., and 
 was the widow of Martin D. Hemenway, of 
 Lowell, Mass. She died in Farmington, Me., 
 at the age of sixty-eight, having reared three 
 children — Charles Hemenway; Rena C.,'now 
 the wife of Dr. John Linscott, of Farmington, 
 Me. ; and Franklin C, the subject of this 
 sketch. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Webb attended 
 the Universalist church. 
 
 Franklin C. Webb acquired a good educa- 
 
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 tion, graduating from the high school of 
 Brunswick, and taught school for a while after 
 iinishing his studies. He entered on his mer- 
 cantile career when twenty-one years of age, 
 obtaining a position as clerk for J. T. Adams 
 & Co., who were then the proprietors of the 
 store now owned by himself. In 1882 he pur- 
 chased Mr. Adams's interest; and since that 
 time he has controlled a growing and prosper- 
 ous business, carrying in stock a full line of 
 groceries, meats and provisions, dry goods, 
 boots and shoes. His store is the largest in 
 the town, and gives constant employment to 
 a number of clerks. Mr. Webb, is a shrewd 
 and capable business man, whose motto, as he 
 ascends the hill of success, is "No steps back- 
 ward." He wins custom by his courtesy and 
 attention to the demands of purchasers, and 
 'keeps it by supplying first-class goods only. 
 Mr. Webb is also a Director of the Electric 
 Light Company of Brunswick, and of the 
 First National Bank. 
 
 He was married in 1874 to Lizzie E. Ran- 
 dall, daughter of B. F. Randall, of Harpswell, 
 Me. Her father died at the age of fifty-six, 
 leaving a widow and three children. Four 
 children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Webb, three of whom are living — Ethel M., 
 a student at Smith College; Harold R. ; and 
 Frank W. 
 
 Mr. Webb votes the Republican ticket. 
 He has been a member of the Board of Select- 
 men three years and Chairman since the 
 time of his election. He is a Mason of high 
 rank, belonging to United Lodge, A. F. & 
 A. M., No. 8, of Brunswick, in which he has 
 held all the offices but that of Master; St. 
 Paul Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, No. 14; 
 Mount Vernon Council, No. 2, Portland 
 Commandery, Knights Templars, No. 2, of 
 Portland, and the Maine Consistory; is a 
 member of Pejapscot Lodge, No. 13, Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows, of Brunswick ; 
 and has been Chancellor Commander of Fort 
 George Lodge, No. 37, of the Knights of 
 Pythias. He belongs to the Unitarian church 
 of Brunswick, of whose Standing Committee 
 he is a member. Mr. Webb's qualities of 
 mind and heart have made him very popular 
 in Brunswick, both in business and social 
 circles. 
 
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 ILLIAM HENRY TRUE, M.D., 
 
 for the last twenty-six years a 
 prominent medical practitioner of 
 Portland, was born in Freeport, Cumberland 
 County, Me., March i, 1825, being a son of 
 Captain Solomon and Nancy A. (Morse) True. 
 Flis paternal grandfather was Israel True, 
 who came from Massachusetts to what is now 
 the town of Cumberland, but was at that time 
 a portion of North Yarmouth. Here he pur- 
 chased a good farm, on which he resided until 
 the date of his death. 
 
 Captain Solomon True, the Doctor's father, 
 was born in North Yarmouth, May 27, 1780. 
 In early manhood he went to the city of Bath, 
 Me., where he was engaged in ship carpenter- 
 work until he became qualified to discharge 
 the duties of a master ship-builder. In Bath 
 he married Nancy A. Morse; and they subse- 
 quently moved to the town of Freeport, where 
 he purchased a farm which he cultivated suc- 
 cessfully, occasionally leaving home to super- 
 intend the construction of a ship. His wife 
 was a daughter of Joseph Morse, a patriot 
 soldier of the Revolution, who, having lost 
 a leg in battle, was some months later assigned 
 to duty in a fort in Boston Harbor. On 
 returning to his home one very warm day, he, 
 being very thirsty, drank copiously of cold 
 water, was shortly seized with severe pain, and 
 at the expiration of a few hours died. Mary 
 Morse, his widow, was residing in Portland 
 when the city was burned by the British in 
 1775, her house with most of its contents 
 being consumed by the fire. She died of lung 
 fever at the home of her daughter in Freeport, 
 at the venerable age of ninety-eight years. 
 
 Captain and Mrs. Solomon True had six 
 children, four sons and two daughters. The 
 eldest son died at the age of seven years. 
 The daughters and two sons embraced religion 
 early in life, and at the time of their death 
 had for many years been members of a Chris- 
 tian church. Dr. True is the only surviving 
 member of the family. His father, though 
 not a member of any church, was a man of 
 prayer, had received the ordinance of baptism, 
 and was constant in his attendance at church 
 service on the Lord's Day. For several years 
 he was Captain of an artillery company in 
 which he took much interest. He was a man 
 
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 of strict integrity, and one of Freeport's most 
 reliable and substantial citizens. He died of 
 consumption at his home in Freeport, March 
 26, 1857, aged nearly seventy-seven years. 
 His wife, Nancy A. True, was a very gener- 
 ous, kind-hearted woman, much respected and 
 beloved by all who knew her. She was born 
 in Bath, October 29, 1783, and died of paraly- 
 sis in Freeport, February 16, 1862, aged 
 seventy-eight years. 
 
 At the age of fifteen years William H. 
 True, the subject of this sketch, became a 
 student at Freedom Academy in the town of 
 Freedom in Waldo County, where he remained 
 one year. Subsequently he attended school 
 at Yarmouth Academy several terms ; and later 
 he became a student at Auburn Academy, 
 where he completed his classical studies pre- 
 paratory to a college course. Some months 
 later he entered Waterville College, and there 
 he took an elective course having reference to 
 the study of a profession. In the spring of 
 1853 he "began the study of medicine under the 
 direction of Dr. N. T. Palmer, of Brunswick. 
 He attended two courses of lectures at Bow- 
 doin Medical College, also two courses at Har- 
 vard Medical College, from which he was grad- 
 uated in March, 1856. A short time after 
 • graduating he opened an office in Freeport, hfs 
 native town, for the practice of medicine and 
 surgery. 
 
 Here he remained in successful practice 
 until 1862, when, the war cloud having over- 
 shadowed the land, he went before the State 
 Medical Examining Board, passed a satisfac- 
 tory examination, and was recommended by the 
 board to the governor for an appointment in 
 the army. Some weeks later he was offered 
 a commission on the medical staff of three dif- 
 ferent regiments. There being a goodly num- 
 ber of soldier boys in his town who had en- 
 listed in the Twenty-fifth Regiment Maine 
 Volunteer Infantry, he accepted the position 
 of First Assistant Surgeon of that regiment in 
 September, 1862. The following month the 
 regiment was ordered to Virginia. In the 
 spring of 1863, just after Mosby's famous raid 
 at Fairfax Court-house, -the regiment was 
 ordered to Chantilly; and, while stationed 
 there. Dr. True received an order to report to 
 Medical Inspector Abbott at Washington, D.C. 
 
 He was assigned by the inspector to duty on 
 the medical staff of Campbell Hospital, then 
 under the charge of the late Surgeon-general 
 J. H. Baxter. After remaining there a few 
 weeks, he was ordered to report for duty at the 
 Convalescent Camp in Virginia. Here he 
 served on the Examining Board for discharges, 
 and was the surgeon of two wards in the hos- 
 pital. After several weeks he joined his 
 regiment in Virginia, and returned to Maine, 
 where the regiment .was mustered out by 
 reason of the expiration of its term of service 
 in July, 1863. 
 
 Soon after his return to his home, he re^ 
 ceived a letter from Surgeon J. H. Baxter, 
 urging him to come to Washington and take 
 charge of his former wards in Campbell Hos- 
 pital. He accordingly returned to Washing- 
 ton, and resumed his duties at the hospital 
 about the early part of August, 1863. While 
 he was connected with this hospital, the soldier 
 boys of one of his wards, as an expression of 
 their good will and appreciation of his services, 
 presented him with an elegant surgeon's sword 
 and belt. A few days later another ward pre- 
 sented him with an expensive gold watch and 
 chain. Here he remained on duty until Feb- 
 ruary, 1865, when, the Governor of Maine, 
 having sent him a commission appointing him 
 surgeon of the grand old Twentieth Regiment 
 of Maine Volunteers, he left the hospital, and 
 joined the regiment in front of Petersburg, 
 Va. He _ was first appointed 'one of the sur- 
 geons on the operating staff of the Third 
 Brigade, First Division, Fifth Army Corps; 
 and subsequently he was appointed Surgeon- 
 in-chief of the brigade to which he belonged. 
 This position he retained as long as he re- 
 mained in the United States service. He 
 was with his regiment at Appomattox when 
 the last shell came over from the Confederate 
 army on the day of General Lee's surrender. 
 In the latter part of the month of July, 1865, 
 the war having closed, the regiment was 
 ordered to Maine. Here, with the rank of 
 Major, Surgeon True with the rest of the regi- 
 ment was mustered out of the United States 
 service. Returning once more to Freeport, 
 he resumed his medical practice, remaining 
 there until July, 1869, when he removed to 
 Portland. His subsequent history is identi- 
 
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 fied with the professional and social life of the 
 city. 
 
 Dr. True is a member and Past Commander 
 of Thatcher Post, Grand Army of the Repub- 
 lic, in which he takes a great interest. In 
 1893 he was Aide-de-camp on the staff of Gen- 
 eral John Palmer, Commander-in-chief of the 
 Grand Army of the Republic. He has at- 
 tended all the Encampments of the Depart- 
 ment of Maine since he became a comrade of 
 the order, and has also attended the National 
 Encampments at Portland, Me., San Fran- 
 cisco, Cal., Columbus, Ohio, Boston, Mass., 
 Washington, D. C. , and Pittsburg, Penn. 
 For the last three years he has been Medical 
 Director of the Department of Maine, Grand 
 Army of the Republic ; and his reports have all 
 been accepted by the Encampment without 
 any amendments or criticisms. 
 
 Dr. True has been a member of the Cum- 
 berland County Medical Association ever since 
 that organization was formed. In politics he 
 was formerly a Republican; but for several 
 years past he has been an ardent, earnest, 
 active Prohibitionist. He has belonged to 
 several temperance organizations, has been 
 prominent in the conventions of his party, and 
 was once a candidate on the Prohibition ticket 
 for mayor of Portland. For more than forty 
 years he has been a member of the Baptist 
 church in Freeport. 
 
 Dr. True was married in Portland, July 4, 
 1849, to Lidia Augusta Holden, an estimable 
 young lady, daughter of William P. Holden, of 
 Westbrook, Me. In process of time five chil- 
 dren successively joined the family circle, 
 bringing joy and gladness to the hearts of fond, 
 loving parents. Of these only two are living, 
 namely: Mrs. Julia A. Cummings, widow of 
 the late Captain Francis E. Cummings; and 
 Dr. William H. True, Jr., who for the past 
 nine years has been one of Portland's success- 
 ful dentists. Mrs. True lived the life of a 
 Christian woman. After a long and painful 
 sickness, which was borne with Christian for- 
 titude and resignation, she died December 2, 
 1883, mourned by a large circle of loving 
 friends. 
 
 In 1870 Dr. True built him a residence 
 at the corner of Congress and Smith Streets, 
 where he now resides. He has been one of 
 
 Portland's most active and energetic physi- 
 cians. Within the last few years his health 
 has become very much impaired ; and, fre- 
 quently, when some of his best friends desire 
 his medical services, he is obliged to send the 
 messenger to some brother practitioner, not 
 being able to attend in person himself. He 
 has a complication of disabilities, from which 
 at times he suffers severely, being confined to 
 his residence for several days; and, as he is 
 seventy-one years of age, the outlook for 
 future health and work, he thinks, is far 
 from encouraging. But an enforced rest after 
 so long a period of beneficent activity can 
 only illustrate the sublime truth expressed in 
 Milton's line: — 
 
 " They also serve who only stand and wait." 
 
 t^harle; 
 
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 \;Hs^ Glouc 
 
 HARLES S. SCHILLENGER, one 
 the leading farmers of New 
 icester, where he has resided for 
 many years, a prosperous -citizen, 
 was born in 'Poland, Me., on August 3, 1828, 
 son of Jeremiah and Mary (Garland) Schil- 
 lenger. 
 
 . Jeremiah Schillenger, who was likewise 
 a native of Poland, Androscoggin County, was 
 reared to agricultural labors. He continued 
 to follow farming after his marriage, and in 
 that way spent a very useful life, although 
 never acquiring large means. His wife, Mary 
 Garland, who was born in Poland, -Me., died 
 in 1836, having been the mother of ten chil- 
 dren, as follows: Daniel (deceased); Lydia 
 (deceased) ; John (deceased) ; Jeremiah, who 
 lives in Danfer, Me. ; Ellen, the widow of 
 Charles W. Worster, residing in Clinton, 
 Mass. ; Benjamin (deceased) ; Mary, the wife 
 of Nathaniel Green, of Brunswick, Cumber- 
 land County; Isaac, a resident of San Fran- 
 cisco, Cal. ; Charles S. ; Henry (deceased). 
 Mr. Jeremiah Schillenger died in 1885. 
 
 As there was a large family of children de- 
 pendent upon his father for support, Charles 
 S. Schillenger remained at home only until he 
 was twelve years old. He then went to work 
 on a farm in Poland, and two years later came 
 to New Gloucester, where the succeeding nine 
 years were spent in farm work in the employ 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 of Joseph L. Foxcroft. At the expiration of 
 that time he secured a position as section 
 overseer on the railroad, and was thus em- 
 ployed for a dozen years. After his marriage 
 he again turned his attention to agriculture, 
 and in 1865 he purchased the property on 
 which he now resides. This farm comprises 
 one hundred and twenty-five acres of land, 
 and is located in the best farming section of 
 Cumberland County. While hay is his prin- 
 cipal product, he is successfully engaged in 
 general farming, and also keeps a dairy of six- 
 teen choice cows, which give on an average 
 about twenty gallons of milk per day. This 
 he ships to Portland. 
 
 Mr. Schillenger has been twice married, 
 ■ first in Turner, Me., on November 25, 1853, 
 to Miss Elizabeth Staples, who was born in 
 Turner and was a daughter of Charles Staples, 
 a farmer of that town. She died in Novem- 
 ber, 1882. On May 13 of the following year 
 he was united in marriage with Mrs. Annie 
 (Alexander) Brackett, of Pownal, Cumberland 
 County. Her birth occurred on August 19, 
 1850, and she is a daughter of the late Thomas 
 L. and Betsy (Merrimer) Alexander. Her 
 father was born in Harpswell, Me., and died 
 in New Orleans, August 4, 1858. Her 
 mother also was a native of Harpswell, Me. 
 She lived until January II, 1895. Mr. Schil- 
 lenger is the father of two children, both borne 
 by his present wife; namely, Charlie and 
 Helen. 
 
 In politics Mr. Schillenger is a stanch Re- 
 publican. He is well known throughout the 
 county as a successful farmer, and is a mem- 
 ber of the Grange of New Gloucester. 
 
 "ON. OTIS C. NELSON, an exten- 
 sive farmer and fruit grower now 
 living near Upper Gloucester, Me., 
 was born in Minot, Me., January 
 29, 1826. His parents were Otis and Lois G. 
 (Raymond) Nelson. Thomas Nelson,' born 
 in England in 161 3, was the first one of the 
 family who emigrated to America. He settled 
 in Rowley, Mass., in 1631, where he lived 
 until his death, in 1702. 
 
 David Nelson, descendant of Thomas, came 
 to Maine from Milford, Mass., about the year 
 
 1787, and settled in New Gloucester, on the 
 farm now owned by his grandson, Otis C, 
 the subject of this biographical sketch. Mr. 
 David Nelson was a very prominent citizen, 
 being in many important oflfices. In 181 8 he 
 was one of the organizers of the Calvinist 
 Baptist church, in which he officiated as Dea- 
 con the rest of his life. He served in the 
 Revolutionary War, being at West Point in 
 1780, the year when Benedict Arnold betrayed 
 his country; and later he was a Captain in the 
 old State militia. He was a Representative to 
 the General Court of Massachusetts in the 
 years 181 2 and 181 5. Captain Nelson is said 
 to have erected .the first brick house in New 
 Gloucester; and the old cider^mill, built by 
 him in 1787, was at that time the largest 
 building in the county: He was a gentleman 
 of the old school, being famous for his gener- 
 ous hospitality. He died on April 14, 1836. 
 David Nelson's son Otis was born in 1795. 
 He became a resident of the town of Minot, 
 but after an absence of seventeen years returned 
 to the old Nelson homestead in New Glouces- 
 ter, where he remained the rest of his days. 
 For several years Mr. Otis Nelson served the 
 town as Selectman. He was Major of the old 
 State militia; and in politics he was at one 
 time. an active member of the Whig party, but 
 afterward he became a stanch Republican.. 
 His wife, to whom he was married on August 
 30, 1 81 8, was Lois G. Raymond, of New 
 Gloucester. At the time of their marriage he 
 was a resident of Minot. Five children — 
 Abigail R., Edwin M., Otis C, Charles H., 
 Persis T. — blessed their union. Abigail R. 
 married Jeremiah Stinchfield, and she and her 
 husband have since died. Edwin M., now 
 deceased, married Sophia Jones. His widow 
 lives in Minot. Charles H. died at the age 
 of thirteen years. Persis T. is the wife of 
 Sewell Martin. They live in Upper Glouces- 
 ter. The father of these children died Sep- 
 tember IS, 1 861, and the mother on Tulv 7, 
 
 Otis C. Nelson, after acquiring his educa- 
 tion in the public schools, remained at home 
 teaching school seven winter terms. He 
 then engaged in general mercantile business, 
 being also Postmaster in Upper Gloucester for 
 one year. The next year he started for Cali- 
 
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 fornia, via Cape Horn, going out with Captain 
 George Brazier, stopping at Rio Janeiro and 
 several otlier ports, landing at San Francisco 
 May 28, 1850, having been two hundred and 
 twenty-eight days on the voyage. In a short 
 time he went to Nevada City, where he was 
 engaged in mining for five months. Mr. 
 Nelson then went to Portland, Ore., remaining 
 there three months; and, after returning to San 
 Francisco, he decided to locate in Butte 
 County, California. Being very successful 
 there, he came home across the Isthmus of 
 Panama, and thence via New York and Boston, 
 landing at Portland, Me., November 20, 1856. 
 Mr. Nelson now settled on the old homestead 
 in New Gloucester to take charge of the place, 
 and has continued here ever since. He now 
 owns about three hundred acres of land, a 
 great deal of which he has cleared and im- 
 proved himself. He carries on general farm- 
 ing business, his principal products being 
 ,sweet corn, hay, and small grain; but he is 
 also one of the largest fruit growers in the 
 town, having many fine orchards. He runs 
 the large cider-mill which his grandfather 
 built, and makes on an average six hundred 
 barrels of cider a year. 
 
 On February 14, 1848, Mr. Nelson was 
 united in marriage with Miss Martha W. 
 Whitney, a native of this town. She was 
 born March 6, 1828, and lived with her uncle, 
 Samuel Cushman, until her marriage, her 
 parents having died when she was young. 
 Mrs. Martha W. Nelson died November 19, 
 1853. She had one child, who died in in- 
 fancy. On January 31, 1858, Mr. Nelson 
 married Miss Julia Bailey, daughter of Han- 
 som Bailey, of New Gloucester. She was born 
 •December 5, 1838, and died on October 5, 
 1887, leaving three children: Lilian Francis, 
 who died at the age of twenty-one; Charles 
 H., an extensive farmer in the northern part 
 of the town, who married Abbie S. Jordan ; 
 and George B. , who married Louella Greely, 
 of Pownal, Me. 
 
 In politics Mr. Nelson is a Democrat and 
 an earnest worker for his party. In 1864, 
 187s, and 1885 he represented his district in 
 the State legislature; for eleven years he was 
 Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, and he 
 has held many minor offices. He is a member 
 
 of the Masonic Order, Cumberland Lodge, 
 No. 12, of New Gloucester, having been con- 
 nected with the organization since 1849. 
 He is also a charter member of the Grange. 
 The prominence and success which have 
 crowned his efforts through life are but the 
 measure of his desert. His sterling qualities 
 have attracted many friends, and he is well 
 spoken of far and near. 
 
 ETH E. BERRY, lumber manu- 
 facturer of Bridgton, proprietor of 
 one of the largest industries of this 
 vicinity, was born near Bridgton 
 Centre, August 24, 1837. He is a son of 
 Albert G. and Eunice (Carpenter) Berry. 
 Albert G. Berry, who has been a resident of 
 Bridgton since early childhood, is a millwright 
 by trade, and was also engaged for many years 
 in carriage-making. He is now living in 
 Bridgton at the advanced age of eighty-six. 
 He reared five children, namely: Susan M. 
 (deceased); Albert G. ; Seth E. , the subject 
 of this sketch; Eliza (deceased); and Almira, 
 wife of Sumner Foster, of South Bridgton. 
 
 Seth E. Berry received a good education in 
 his native town, finishing with the public-school 
 course at the South Bridgton High School, and 
 later taking a business course of study at 
 Comer's Commercial College, Boston. He 
 taught school for three terms, and at the age of 
 seventeen went to work with his father, under 
 whose tuition he became an expert carpenter, 
 carriage builder, and millwright. Starting on 
 an independent career when he attained his 
 majority, though still associated with his 
 father, he worked as a journeyman in Oxford 
 and Cumberland Counties until 1867. In that 
 year he and his father together purchased the 
 planing and saw mills (now called the Sandy 
 Creek Mills), of which he is at present chief 
 manager. The business has greatly increased, 
 and employs a number of men throughout the 
 year, the annual output being from two hun- 
 dred thousand to three hundred thousand feet 
 of long lumber. The planing-mill is in con- 
 stant operation, and another part of the in- 
 dustry is the shingle and lath manufacture. 
 Mr. Berry owns considerable timber land and 
 is engaged in general farming to some extent, 
 
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 though giving the greater part of his time and 
 attention to his mills. A practical workman 
 himself, he thoroughly understands the de- 
 mands of trade; and his orders are filled with 
 promptness and good judgment. 
 
 Mr. Berry was married in 1859 to Miss 
 Abbie M. Ingalls, of Bridgton, daughter of 
 Abel and Sophia (March) Ingalls. He has 
 no children. 
 
 In politics he is a stanch Democrat. He 
 is not an oflfice-seeker, but has efficiently 
 served as Town Agent for a year. He is a 
 Mason in good standing, belonging to Oriental 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M., No. 13, of Bridgton. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Berry are members of the Bap- 
 tist church. 
 
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 |UFUS E. GRAY, clothing manufact- 
 urer of West Gorham, Me., was born 
 October 14, 1859, in Limerick, a 
 neighboring town in York County. 
 His father, Erastus Gray, was the only child 
 of Rufus Gray, who spent twenty-seven, years 
 of life in the town of Cornish, York County, 
 where he was engaged in farming. 
 
 Erastus Gray was born in Cornish, March 
 17, 1832. When a young man, he went to the 
 town of Denmark, where he learned the car- 
 penter's trade from Charles Boynton. He 
 continued working with Mr. Boynton, and has 
 practically been with him ever since, although 
 at the present time the father is living in 
 Cambridgeport, Mass. In 1857 Erastus Gray 
 married Abbie, daughter of Samuel and Mary 
 A. (Berry) Jack, of Denmark. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Jack are still living on their homestead farm 
 in Denmark, both vigorous for people of their 
 age, he being eighty-five years and she one 
 year younger. He is a Democrat in politics, 
 and' both are Universalists in religion. Of 
 their family of nine children, but five are now 
 living. Mrs. Abbie J. Gray lived but three 
 years after marriage, dying July 22, i860, 
 when Rufus was less than a year old. His 
 father subsequently married Mrs. Eunice 
 Knight, born Barnes; and she died in Febru- 
 ary, 1882, leaving four children, namely: 
 Charles, who married Katy Dunn, and has 
 one child, Harland ; Jennie, the wife of 
 Jefferson Furlong, of Limerick, who has four 
 
 children ^ — Guy, Gladys, Ralph, and Chester; 
 Herbert, residing in Brighton, Mass. ; and 
 Fanny, wife of William Cobb, of Standish, 
 Me., who has twins — Herbert Gray Cobb and 
 Sumner Chase Cobb. 
 
 Rufus E. Gray was reared and educated in 
 the town of Denmark ; and, when old enough to 
 begin work, he went to Harrison, where he 
 was employed by. Thomas Emery, a manufact- 
 urer of clothing, for two years. He subse- 
 quently forked at the same business four 
 years for H. B. Hartford, of Standish. In 
 1888 Mr. Gray formed a partnership with 
 Joseph H. Wilson, and established a shop for 
 the manufacture of clothing at West Gorham, 
 carrying on business under the firm name of 
 Wilson & Gray. In 1892 Mr. Gray bought 
 out the interest of his partner, and has since 
 conducted the business alone, meeting with 
 signal success. His trade has increased to a 
 large extent; and, besides the fifteen hands 
 working in the shop, he keeps from seventy- 
 five to one hundred busily employed at their 
 homes. 
 
 On July 24, 1887, Mr. Gray was married 
 to Ida F. Flood, a daughter of William H. 
 Flood, of North Pownal, and into their pleas- 
 ant home three children have come, namely: 
 Alice C, born in Standish, October 11, 1888; 
 Audrey M., born October 4, 1889; and 
 Blanche A., born November 24, 1890. Po- 
 litically, Mr. Gray is a Democrat. Both he 
 and his wife are liberal in their religious 
 views; and, socially, he is a charter member 
 and at the present time is serving as Chaplain 
 of Watchie Lodge, No. 3333, Knights of 
 Honor, of Standish. 
 
 Wi 
 
 ILLIAM P. ALLEN, a well-known 
 farmer of Pownal and a veteran of 
 the Civil War, was born in this 
 town, May 26, 1825, son of David and So- 
 phronia (Watts) Allen. His grandfather, Ne- 
 hemiah Allen, who was a native of Cape Ann, 
 Mass., came to Cumberland County, Maine, 
 when a young man, first settling in New 
 Gloucester, from which place he removed to 
 Pownal, and acquired the present Allen farm, 
 previous to the year 1788. In company with 
 his brother and another pioneer, he took up a 
 
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 361 
 
 tract of_ four hundred and |]fty acres of wild 
 land, his portion being one hundred and fifty 
 acres; and he cleared and improved a good 
 farm, upon which he passed the rest of his 
 life. He died in 1839, aged eighty-nine 
 years. He was a sturdy, hard-working man 
 and a patriotic citizen, and served as a soldier 
 in the Revolutionary War. He married 
 Betsey Parsons, who was born on Cape Ann, 
 and reared a family of eight children, six sons 
 and two daughters, David, Mr. Allen's father, 
 being the youngest son. 
 
 David Allen was born at the Allen home- 
 stead in Pownal, June 25, 1801. He suc- 
 ceeded to the possession of the property, and 
 spent his life as an industrious and successful 
 tiller of the soil. He died in 1870, aged 
 sixty-nine years. He was originally a Demo- 
 crat in politics, but later supported the Re- 
 publican party. His wife, formerly Sophronia 
 Watts, who was born in New Gloucester, No- 
 vember 28, 1802, became the mother of two 
 children, namely: Mary W., who died in 
 
 1862, aged thirty-four years; and William P., 
 the subject of this sketch. Mrs. Sophronia 
 W. Allen died in 1862, aged sixty years. 
 She was a member of the Universalist church. 
 
 William P. Allen was educated in the dis- 
 trict schools of Pownal. After attaining his 
 majority he continued to reside with his par- 
 ents, for whom he managed the farm during 
 their declining years, and eventually inher- 
 ited the homestead. Enlisting as a private in 
 Company I, Twenty-fifth Regiment, Maine 
 Volunteers, on September 10, 1862, he served 
 his country in the Civil War until June 29, 
 
 1863, when he was honorably discharged. 
 Owning one of the best farms in town, and 
 following the carpenter's trade in connection 
 with agricultural labors, he has realized a 
 comfortable prosperity. He is a Republican 
 in politics and a comrade of Post No. 87, 
 Grand Army of the Republic, of Gray 
 Corners. 
 
 On November 27, 185 1, Mr. Allen was 
 married to Mary W. Johnson, who was born 
 in North Yarmouth, October 16, 1826. Her 
 parents were Samuel and Esther (Dam) John- 
 son, the former of whom was born in North 
 Yarmouth, and the latter in Pownal. Samuel 
 Johnson was a prosperous farmer and a useful 
 
 citizen. He resided in North Yarmouth until 
 1830, when he moved to Pownal, where he 
 passed the rest of his life, and died at the age 
 of eighty-four. He was a Congregationalist 
 in religion. His wife lived to reach the age 
 of seventy-five years. They reared two chil- 
 dren, namely: Mary W., who is now Mrs. 
 Allen; and Eunice, who is now the wife of 
 John T. Lawrence, of Pownal. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Allen have had two children, 
 a son and a daughter, of whom but one sur- 
 vives. The elder, Samuel J., was born Octo- 
 ber 3, 1852, and died at the age of twenty 
 years; Sophronia A. was born December 11, 
 1865, and was married to George P. Cushman, 
 November 28, 1885. They reside at the 
 Allen homestead. 
 
 George P. Cushman was born in Pownal, 
 April 13, 1863, son of Levi P. and Rachel 
 M. (Corliss) Cushman. Mr. Cushman's 
 great-grandfather, Jabez Cushman, a farmer, 
 was an early settler in New Gloucester, where 
 his death took place when he was seventy- 
 three years old. He married Ursula Berse, 
 and reared a family of nine children — Sam- 
 uel, Jabez, Mary, Celia, Betsey, Solomon, 
 Amia, Isaac, and Joseph. The great-grand- 
 mother lived to reach an advanced age. 
 
 Isaac Cushman, Mr. Cushman's grandfather, 
 was born in New Gloucester in 1792. He 
 was reared to agricultural pursuits; and, when 
 a young man, he settled in Pownal, where he 
 bought the farm which is now owned by his 
 son, Levi P. Cushman. He was an unusually 
 energetic farmer ancl an able and useful citi- 
 zen, who for many years occupied a leading 
 position among his fellow-townsmen, render- 
 ing valuable service to the community as a 
 member of the Board of Selectmen and a Rep- 
 resentative to the legislature. He was com- 
 missioned a Captain in the State militia. In 
 his religious views he was libera], and he sup- 
 ported the Whig party in politics. He died 
 October 18, 1852. His wife, Lucy L. Par- 
 sons, who was born in North Yarmouth in 
 1803, passed the last years of her life at the 
 home of her son in Pownal, where she died 
 September 23, 1895. 
 
 Levi P. Cushman, son of Isaac, and Lucy L. 
 (Parsons) Cushman, was born in Pownal, Au- 
 gust 6, 1834. He acquired his education in 
 
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 the schools of his native town and in North 
 Yarmouth and New Gloucester. During his 
 father's declining years he assisted him in 
 managing the farm; and eventually he suc- 
 ceeded to the ownership of the property, which 
 he has since conducted successfully. He has 
 two hundred acres of fertile land, which he 
 devotes to general farming and dairying; and 
 he keeps from fifteen to twenty finely bred 
 cows. He is a Republican in politics, and 
 in 1884 he ably represented his district in the 
 legislature. He has lived a busy and prosper- 
 ous life, and enjoys the highest respect and 
 esteem of his neighbors and fellow-townsmen. 
 
 On April 13, 1856, Mr. Levi P. Cushman 
 was married to Rachel M. Corliss, who was 
 born in North Yarmouth, December 23, 1838, 
 daughter of Osborne Corliss. They have two 
 children, namely: Frances J., wife of John E. 
 Warren, of Portland; and George P., a pros- 
 perous farmer of Pownal, who married So- 
 phronia A. Allen, as above mentioned. Mr. 
 and Mrs. George P. Cushman have had two 
 children, namely: Wil^am P., who was born 
 March 17, 1890; and Levi P., who was born 
 November 21, 1886, and died December 18 
 of the same year. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Allen are among the oldest 
 and most esteemed residents of Pownal, and 
 are pleasant, social people to meet. Mr. 
 Allen is a Republican in politics. 
 
 STEPHEN D. JILLSON, a farmer 
 and miller of Otisfield, was born in 
 the town, August 26, 1837, son of 
 Joseph B. and Nancy (Stone) Jill- 
 son. Joseph B. Jillson, a native of Casco, 
 Me., who was a carpenter and a farmer, died 
 in Otisfield. His wife, a native and lifelong 
 resident of Otisfield, also ended her days there. 
 Their seven children were : Martha, deceased, 
 who was the wife of William O. Briggs, also 
 deceased; Margaret, who was the wife of 
 Elzard La Rowie, of Weymouth, Mass., where 
 she died some time ago; Stephen D., the 
 subject of this sketch; Martin Van Buren, 
 who married Viola Chapland, now deceased] 
 and is living near his brother Stephen; Mary] 
 deceased, who was the wife of Daniel Fickett] 
 of Casco, Me. ; Diana, the widow of Mark 
 
 K. Morse and a resident of Waterbury, Me. ; 
 and Ephraim, a resident of Otisfield, who is 
 actively engaged in canning fruit and corn. 
 
 Stephen D. Jillson received his education in 
 the common schools. He went to work when 
 twelve years of age, obtaining employment on 
 a farm in Windham, Me., where he remained 
 for several years. Subsequently he entered 
 the employ of a farmer named William C. 
 Smith, of whom he learned shoemaking. 
 After working for a while as a shoemaker, he 
 returned to farming. In 1870 he bought the 
 mill near his home, now known as the Jillson 
 Mill. It contains a grist-mill and a saw-mill, 
 which are kept constantly busy, turning out 
 quantities of finished lumber and of well- 
 ground feed. Mr. Jillson also deals largely 
 in grain, while on his well-cared farm of fifty 
 acres he raises a variety of profitable crops. 
 He is an enterprising and progressive man, 
 and he has well earned the prosperity he now 
 enjoys. 
 
 Mr. Jillson was married July 19, 1857, to 
 Miss Dorcas A. Cobb, who was born in Otis- 
 field, May 28, 1837, daughter of Thomas L. 
 and Ruth (Pitts) Cotb. Mr. Cobb, wbo was 
 a well-to-do farmer, died in Otisfield; and his 
 wife also breathed her last in that town. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Jillson have had two children. One 
 died in infancy; and Dora, born in 1867, died 
 in 1877. The bereaved parents subsequently 
 adopted two boys — John McNeill and Harry 
 Ramsdell — who are yet living. Mr. Jillson 
 cast_ his first vote with the Republicans, but 
 he is now a Democrat. He was Representa- 
 tive to the State legislature in 1893 and 1894, 
 was Collector of the town for seven years in 
 succession, and Justice of the Peace for nine 
 years. To understand the lesson of his life 
 and appreciate the pluck and perseverance that 
 have characterized it, one must bear in mind 
 that Mr. Jillson, the successful business man 
 of to-day, had to work for his living at the 
 age of twelve., 
 
 (sTTLBERT BRACKETT, residing at 173 
 
 ^4 Lincoln Street, Portland, is a worthy 
 
 yJLy^^^ representative of the manufacturing 
 
 interests of this busy city, being 
 
 engaged as a contractor in the manufacture of 
 
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 boxes of all kinds, carrying on a flourishing 
 business. He was born February 23, [847, at 
 Windham, Cumberland County, that being the 
 place of nativity of his parents, Thomas and 
 Martha (Trott) Brackett, both of whom were 
 born in July, 1814, the mother on the fourth 
 day, and the father the twenty-sixth. The 
 Brackett family were early residents of Port- 
 land. Jeremiah Brackett, father of Thomas, 
 above mentioned, was born near Brackett 
 Street, which was named in honor of one of 
 his ancestors. He subsequently removed to 
 Windham, where he bought a farm, which he 
 managed for many years. 
 
 Thomas Brackett spent his entire life in 
 Windham, where he engaged in agricultural 
 pursuits. His demise occurred on Christmas 
 Day, 1882. His wife was the daughter of 
 Thomas Trott, a prosperous farmer and one of 
 the early settlers of Windham. She has been 
 a member of the Baptist church for many 
 years, and is now spending her declining years 
 at Cumberland Mills. She has eight chil- 
 dren, Albert being the fourth in succession of 
 birth. 
 
 Albert Brackett grew to man's estate in the 
 town of his birth, there acquiring a substantial 
 common-school education. During the last 
 years of the late Rebellion Mr. Brackett went 
 South, being under contract with the United 
 States government as a teamster, and travel- 
 ling through Nashville, Chattanooga, and 
 over Lookout Mountain. At the close of the 
 war he continued in that occupation for a few 
 years, going westward, and teaming through 
 Colorado, Wyoming, Indian Territory, thence 
 to Salt Lake City, Virginia City, and Santa 
 F6, seeing much of the country, and having a 
 realistic experience of the rough side of 
 frontier life, being twice attacked by the wily 
 savages, from whom he barely escaped. Re- 
 turning to Portland in 1868, Mr. Brackett 
 learned the trade of a box-maker with his 
 uncle, J. L. Brackett, who was then employ- 
 ing a force of five men in the work. Mr. 
 Brackett was an apt pupil, mastering the trade 
 in a few months, after which he was made 
 foreman of the factory, a position he retained 
 until 1879, his uncle since then employing 
 him as general manager of the business. 
 Under his judicious management the business 
 
 has been greatly increased, his manufactures 
 exceeding that of any other box factory in the 
 city, requiring an average force of eighteen 
 men. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Brackett is a stanch sup- 
 porter of Republican principles, uniformly 
 casting his vote with that party. Socially, 
 he is prominent in Masonic affairs, being very 
 active in advancing the interests of that 
 Order. He is a member of the Ancient 
 Landmark Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Green- 
 leaf Chapter; Portland Council; St. Albans 
 Commandery, Knights Templars ; Yates 
 Lodge of Perfection; Portland Council, 
 Princes of Jerusalem; Dunlap Chapter, of 
 Rose Croix; and of the Maine Consistory. 
 Mr. Brackett belongs also to the Knights of 
 Pythias, being a member of Ivanhoe Lodge, 
 and Uniform rank; also to Maine Lodge, No. 
 I, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and 
 to the Eastern Star Encampment, having been 
 through all of the chairs in the last two; and 
 to the Cagawasco Tribe of Red Men. He is 
 likewise a member of the Maine Charitable 
 Mechanic Association, a beneficiary organiza- 
 tion of Portland. 
 
 Mr. Brackett married on November 24, 
 1871, Miss^Eva McAllister, a native of 
 Franklin, Me. The children born to them 
 are three in number, namely: Edith M., wife 
 of Levi Strout; Alice, wife of C. O. Spear; 
 and Albert M. 
 
 Y^ATHAN DECKER, of Casco, senior 
 I — I member of the firm of Decker & Han- 
 |l s I cock, leading lumber dealers of 
 
 ^■""^ Cumberland County, was born in 
 this town, March 18, 1814, son of David and 
 Jemima (Decker) Decker. His father, who 
 was a native of Boothbay, Me., was a minister 
 of the Free Baptist church, and also a success- 
 ful farmer, eking out his small salary with 
 such profits as his labor could extract from the 
 soil. When a young man David Decker lo- 
 cated in Standish, Me., and subsequently pur- 
 chased a farm about one mile south of Casco. 
 The latter part of his life was spent in the 
 eastern portion of the State, devoted princi- 
 pally to preaching. Mr. Decker was one of 
 the first preachers in that part of Cumberland 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 County. He died in 1843, at the age of 
 seventy-two. His wife, a native of Standish, 
 Me., died in Casco, January 26, 1842, at the 
 age of sixty-three. Their eight children 
 were: Mary, the wife of James" Garling, of 
 Portland; David, a farmer and lumberman, 
 who married Eliza Dunham, of Otisfield; 
 William, a farmer, who married Mary Whit- 
 ney, of Harrison ; John, a farmer, who married 
 Mary Furlong, of Greenwood; Eunice, who be- 
 came the wife of Ira Smith, a cooper of Stand- 
 ish; Charles, a farmer, who married Mary 
 Jackson, of Casco; Nathan, the subject of this 
 sketch ; and Spencer, a merchant of Casco, 
 who married Rebecca Walker, of that town. 
 
 Nathan Decker, the sole survivor of his par- 
 ents' children, took charge of the home farm 
 when quite young, and managed it success- 
 fully until 1859, at the same time attending 
 carefully to his mother's comfort. In that 
 year he moved to the homestead, which he 
 now occupies in the village of Casco. He had 
 been in trade for a number of years in Casco, 
 when he forsook it for the lumber business, 
 which he deemed more profitable. He is now 
 one of the largest lumber dealers in Cumber- 
 land County. In company with his step-son, 
 Mr. Hancock, he owns about four thousand 
 acres of timber land in the vicinity of Casco. 
 In their business they keep fifteen teams con- 
 stantly busy. They sell immense quantities 
 of lumber to buyers on the water. Mr. Decker 
 has practically retired from active work, but 
 still looks after his large business interests. 
 
 In 1859 Mr. Decker was united in marriage 
 with Mrs. Hannah Stewart Hancock, a native 
 of Harrison, Me., born March 3, 1825. She 
 is a daughter of Solomon and Polly (Hall) 
 Stewart, esteemed members of the farming 
 community of Harrison. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Decker have no children. Mr. Decker is a 
 stanch Republican, while he has never been 
 an aspirant for office. He and his wife attend 
 the Union Church of Casco. 
 
 ^UMNER O. HANCOCK, junior 
 member of the firm of Decker & 
 Hancock, was born in Boston, Mass., 
 January 6, 1855, son of Sumner M. 
 and Hannah (Stewart) Hancock. Sumner M. 
 
 Hancock was born in Otisfield, Me., Decem- 
 ber I, 1823, and remained there until twenty 
 years of agd. He then moved to Boston, 
 where he was engaged in teaming up to the 
 time of his death. Sumner M, Hancock 
 owned a farm in Otisfield, but never cared to 
 live there. He died November 6, 1855. His 
 wife was a native of Harrison, Me., born 
 March 3, 1825. After her husband's death, 
 with her only child, Sumner O. Hancock, she 
 returned to Harrison, where she lived five 
 years. She then removed to Casco, and was 
 again married, becoming the wife of Nathan 
 Decker. 
 
 Sumner O. Hancock received a good com- 
 mon-school education in Casco. He early en- 
 gaged in the lumber business with Mr. 
 Decker, and now has practically the manage- 
 ment of the firm's affairs. He also deals 
 largely in real estate, and is widely known as 
 one of the most capable and successful busi- 
 ness men in the county. On June 2, 1881, 
 Mr. Hancock was united in marriage with 
 Bertha R., daughter of Captain James and 
 Celestia (Watson) Tukey, of Raymond, Me., 
 born September i, 1862. Captain Tukey, 
 who was master of a vessel in the West India 
 trade, died in Cuba; and his widow subse- 
 quently married Henry Plummer, of Ray- 
 mond, where she is now living. They have 
 three children, namely: Mae E., born J.une 
 10, 1883; Miller S., born May 29, 1887; and 
 Ralph S., born October 16, 1893. In poli- 
 tics Mr. Hancock is a Democrat. He has 
 been Town Treasurer for five years and a 
 member of the Board of Selectmen for the last 
 four years, being the present Chairman of that 
 body. In religious belief he is a Univer- 
 sal ist. 
 
 /V^HARLES COLE, a representative 
 V JT ^^^"^^^ "^ Raymond, is highly es- 
 V js ^ teemed for his integrity and busi- 
 ness energy, being a man whose 
 success in life is the result of personal enter- 
 prise and endeavor. Son of Noah and Sarah" 
 (Verrill) Cole, he was born in New Glouces- 
 ter, Cumberland County, on March 9, 1845. 
 
 Noah Cole was a native of Buckfield, Me., 
 from which place he removed to New Glouces- 
 
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 ter. When he started out to earn his own 
 livelihood, he engaged in farming, and subse- 
 quently went into the milling business. He 
 continued to carry on these lines of useful in- 
 dustry throughout his life. His death oc- 
 curred in 1845. His wife, Sarah Verrill, was 
 born in New Gloucester. She bore him five 
 children, as follows: Rachel, who died when 
 but six months old; James V., whose death 
 occurred on September 12, 1866; Mary Ann, 
 who died in 1856; Amos, who was killed in a 
 mill in Lewiston in September, 1867; and 
 Charles. Their mother formed a second mar- 
 riage with William Stinchfield, a widower re- 
 siding in New Gloucester, whose former wife 
 was Miss Rebecca Preble. He died in June 
 1895, at the advanced age of eighty-eight 
 years. 
 
 Charles Cole was but six months old at the 
 time of his father's death. Under his 
 mother's tender care and judicious training he 
 grew to maturity ; and, when he was fifteen 
 years of age, he went to live with his step- 
 father, whom he assisted in the farm work. 
 In 1867 Mr. and Mrs. Stinchfield came to 
 Raymond, and settled on the farm now owned 
 and occupied by Mr. Cole, who continued to 
 live with them after his marriage, caring for 
 them during their last years. This farm con- 
 tains about two hundred acres of land, and Mr. 
 Cole also owns timbered land in other towns. 
 He keeps his land under excellent cultivation, 
 and has made various improvements. General 
 farming, fruit growing, and stock raising en- 
 gage his attention. 
 
 On November 24, 1866, Mr. Cole was 
 united in marriage with Miss Ellen Stinch- 
 field, a daughter of William Stinchfield. She 
 was born on March 17, 1844, and has two 
 sisters — Florinda, the wife of Silas Bickford, 
 living in New Gloucester; and Mary, who 
 married John H. Jordan, of Raymond. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Cole have had nine children, namely: 
 Lillian R., living at home; Charles H., now 
 in Shelburne, N.H.; Mary Ellen, who died 
 in infancy; William S. and Lucy P., who are 
 attending the Pennell Institute in Gray; Ira 
 N. and Hewett, living at home; a child that 
 died in infancy; and Gardner, who is also at 
 home. 
 
 Mr. Cole has always been a stanch Prohibi- 
 
 tionist. For seven years prior to 1894 he 
 served as Selectman of Raymond. Socially, 
 he is a member of Presumpscot Lodge, No. 
 127, A. F. & A. M., of Windham; and Gray 
 Lodge, No. 45, Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows. He and his family are attendants of 
 the Universalist church at East Raymond. 
 
 'JOSEPH G. BENNETT, a carriage- 
 maker by trade, with which he has 
 combined the vocation of a farmer, is a 
 lifelong resident of New Gloucester, 
 where his birth occurred on September g, 
 1822. He is a son of Harmon and Lucy 
 (Bennett) Bennett, both of whom were born 
 in Cumberland County. His father served as 
 a patriot soldier in the War of 1812. He 
 afterward settled in Fairfield, Me., where he 
 spent the remainder of his life. His wife, 
 Lucy, who was a daughter of Moses Bennett, 
 reared a family of nine children, three of 
 whom are still living, namely: Caroline, the 
 wife of Charles Fernald, of Wisconsin ; Mary 
 Charlotte, residing in Massachusetts; and 
 Nathaniel, who lives on the old homestead in 
 New Gloucester. The deceased are : Clara, 
 Lucy, Sallie, Esther, Laura, and Hannah. 
 Mrs. Lucy Bennett, who lived to the advanced 
 age of eighty-three years, died in Strong, Me., 
 where she spent the last years of her life. 
 
 Joseph G. Bennett was born at the home of 
 his maternal grandfather, Moses Bennett, and 
 remained with him until eighteen years of 
 age. At that time he learned carriage- 
 making, and has since been engaged in that 
 trade. In 1872 he purchased the Captain 
 Rackliffe farm, containing about fifty acres, 
 on which he now resides. He also owns a 
 tract of timber land in another part of the town. 
 Although he is now advanced in years, Mr. 
 Bennett still continues to work at carriage- 
 making, and has a shop on his farm, where he 
 does all kinds of general repairing. His son 
 assists him in the management of the farm. 
 
 On March 18, 1856, he was joined in mar- 
 riage with Miss Alfreda A. Fairfield, a daugh- 
 ter of the Rev. Smith Fairfield, who was at 
 one time the minister in charge of the Baptist 
 church at New Gloucester. Mr. .and Mrs. 
 J. G. Bennett are the parents of a son and 
 
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 daughter, namely: Flora M,, the wife of the 
 Rev. E. W. Webber, a Universalist minister 
 of Richmond, Me. ; and Charles P., born in 
 May, 1869, a clerk in a store of New Glouces- 
 ter village, who married Miss Hattie Wood- 
 bury, a school teacher, both residing with his 
 father. The daughter received a high-school 
 education. Mr. Bennett is a stanch Democrat, 
 and for many years he has served as Constable 
 in the town of New Gloucester. He and Mrs. 
 Bennett are regular attendants of the Baptist 
 church. 
 
 'IMON B. GUTHRIE, shoe manu- 
 facturer of Gorham, Cumberland 
 County, Me., was born in Gorham, 
 December 10, 1853, son of Michael 
 and Mary (Fitzpatrick) Guthrie. He is of an 
 ancient Scottish family, the name Guthrie 
 having been prominent in Scotland as early as 
 the thirteenth century. 
 
 Mr. Guthrie's grandfather, who was born 
 in, Scotland, was for some years a farmer in 
 the south of Ireland; and in that country his 
 children — four sons and a daughter — were 
 born. Michael Guthrie, the father of Simon 
 B., was the youngest of this family. He was 
 born in i8oo, and emigrated to America when 
 a young man, making a short stay in Portland, 
 Me., and then settling in Gorham. He died 
 in this town in 1883, at the age of eighty- 
 three. His wife, who was of Irish birth, be- 
 came the mother of ten children — Bridget, 
 Daniel, Thomas, Roger, Simon B., Mary, 
 James, Catherine, Michael, and Elizabeth, 
 eight of whom are now living. 
 
 Simon B. Guthrie grew to manhood in Gor- 
 ham, acquiring his elementary education in the 
 public schools. When a boy he met with a 
 peculiar accident, which was the occasion of 
 a triumph of surgery considered very remarka- 
 ble at the time. He injured the knee-pan in 
 such a way that he was unable to walk for six 
 months; and when he did get about the limb 
 was crooked, and he was quite lame for seven 
 years. Dr. H. H. Hunt then performed an 
 operation, the ninth of the kind in the records 
 of surgery, which fully straightened the limb 
 and restored its strength. In 1868 he started 
 to learn the shoemaker's trade, and on finish- 
 
 ing his apprenticeship entered Gray's Business 
 College in Portland, Me. On finishing his 
 course of study, he worked for a while at 
 currying leather and then for two years at 
 shoemaking. In 1877 he formed a copartner- 
 ship with John S. Leavitt, Jr., of Gorham, 
 under the firm name of Leavitt & Guthrie; 
 and in the spring of 1878 his brother Daniel 
 took Mr. Leavitt's place, changing the name 
 of the company to D. & S. B. Guthrie. This 
 partnership lasted two years; and then Simon 
 Guthrie purchased his brother's interest in the 
 business, of which he has been sole proprietor 
 ever since. He carries a full line of footwear 
 for men and women, and does fine custom 
 work and also repairing. 
 
 June I, 1 881, Mr. Guthrie was united to 
 Margaret E. Manning, a native of Augusta, 
 Me. Two children have blessed their union 
 — Roger Hunt and Annie Elizabeth. 
 
 Mr. Guthrie takes an active part in politics, 
 and is one of the leading Democrats of Gor- 
 ham. He has been Secretary and Treasurer 
 of the Democratic Town Committee, and has 
 been nominated by his party for the several 
 town offices. He was appointed Postmaster, 
 April 3, 1893, by President ' Cleveland, and 
 was elected one of Gorham's Village Corpora- 
 tion Assessors in May, 1895. He is a member 
 of Dirigo Lodge, No. 21, Knights of Pythias, 
 of Gorham, of which he has filled all the 
 chairs, and is one of the Trustees. In relig- . 
 ious affiliation he is a Catholic. He is a rep- 
 resentative citizen of Gorham, honest and 
 painstaking in his business contracts and 
 always interested in the public welfare. 
 
 /^APTAIN PAUL G. BLANCHARD, 
 V Jl ^'^° ^^^ formerly a well-known com^ 
 V J? ^ mander of merchant vessels and 
 later a successful ship-builder of 
 Yarmouth, was born in this town in October, 
 1808. He was the second son of Sylvanus 
 and Dorcas (Prince) Blanchard. 
 
 The Blanchard family is of English origin. 
 Thomas Blanchard emigrated to Massachusetts 
 in early Colonial days. His son Nathaniel, 
 also a native of England, settled in Wey- 
 mouth, Mass., about 1658. Descendants 
 later removed to the district of Maine, and 
 
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 became both numerous and prominent in Cum- 
 berland County, where many representatives of 
 the family have achieved success as master 
 mariners and. business men. 
 
 Sylvanus Blanchard, Mr. Blanchard's father, 
 was born in North Yarmouth, and at an early 
 age began to follow the sea. He became 
 a well-known and successful ship-master, and 
 engaged in foreign trade for many years, 
 finally retiring from the sea and establishing 
 the ship-building industry in Yarmouth. He 
 also owned a good farm, which he cultivated 
 with profitable results. He was a highly 
 respected business man and a progressive 
 citizen. In politics he supported the Whig 
 party. He died at his homestead in Yar- 
 mouth, aged over eighty years. His wife, 
 Dorcas Prince, who was a native of Yarmouth, 
 became the mother of seven children, as fol- 
 lows: David; Paul G., the subject of this 
 sketch ; Sylvanus C. ; Perez Nathaniel ; Sam- 
 uel W. ; Dorcas Jane; and Olive Elizabeth 
 Mrs. Dorcas P. Blanchard also lived past the 
 age of fourscore years. She and her husband 
 were members of the Congregational church. 
 
 Paul G. Blanchard received his education in 
 the schools of Yarmouth, and at the age of 
 nineteen he became a sailor on board of his 
 father's vessel. He worked his way up from 
 the forecastle, becoming thoroughly acquainted 
 with the management of a ship; and when still 
 a young man he stood upon the quarter-deck as 
 master of a vessel. He engaged successfully 
 in the foreign trade, commanding several noted 
 merchantmen of his day; and_ during his 
 twenty-one years of seafaring he crossed the 
 Atlantic sixty times. His voyages were al- 
 ways of a fortunate character, realizing good 
 financial returns both for himself and his 
 owners; and he acquired a high reputation as 
 an able and trustworthy ship-master. After 
 his retirement from the sea he engaged with 
 his brothers in the ship-building industry at 
 Yarmouth, and they were famous for turning 
 out some of the finest merchant crafts that 
 sailed in those days. Captain Blanchard was 
 an able, successful business man, possessing 
 the respect and esteem of his fellow-towns- 
 men; and the community was indebted to him 
 for the energy which he displayed in develop- 
 ing and maintaining its industrial resources. 
 
 He was liberal in his religious views, and in 
 politics he supported the Democratic party. 
 He died at his pleasant home in Yarmouth in 
 November, 1885. 
 
 On October 15, 1855, Captain Blanchard 
 was united in marriage with Sarah J. Baker, 
 daughter of John and Sarah (Hodgkins) Baker. 
 John Baker was born in Portland, was a sail- 
 maker by trade, an occupation which he fol- 
 lowed through life. He died in Portland at 
 the age of forty-four years. Plis family con- 
 sisted of the following children : Joseph, 
 Edward, Albert, Harriett, John H., Charles 
 H., and Sarah J. Mrs. Baker wedded for her 
 second husband Thomas Chase. She lived to 
 reach the advanced age of nearly ninety years. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Baker Blanchard continues to 
 occupy the residence which was erected by her 
 late husband and is furnished with every 
 desirable comfort. She is a lady of refined 
 tastes and pleasing manners, and is much re- 
 spected by all who know her. She is a mem- 
 ber of the Congregational church. 
 
 APTAIN LEVI MARSTON, for- 
 merly a well-known ship-master, who 
 is now living in retirement at his 
 home in Yarmouthville, was born in 
 North Yarmouth, June 2, 1816, son of Thomas 
 and Eunice (Roberts) Marston. Captain 
 Marston's grandparents were Jasper and Pa- 
 tience Marston, the former of whom was a 
 sturdy pioneer and an early settler of North 
 Yarmouth. Jasper cleared a good farm out of 
 the original wilderness, and extracted from it 
 a good living. Both he and his wife lived to 
 an advanced age. 
 
 Thomas Marston, Captain Marston's father, 
 was born in North Yarmouth, and was a life- 
 long resident of that town. He owned a good 
 farm, and was successfully engaged in agri- 
 cultural pursuits during his active period. 
 Industrious and energetic, he had the esteem 
 and good will of the entire community. He 
 served as a soldier in the War of 18 12, for 
 which he received a pension, was a Democrat 
 in politics, and lived seventy-four years. His 
 wife, Eunice, who was a native of North Yar- 
 mouth, became the mother of nine children, 
 as follows: George R., born July 14, 1810; 
 
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 Margaret, born May 4, 1813; Jane, born 
 November 19, 18 14; Levi, the subject of 
 this sketch; Thankful, born May 16, 1818; 
 Thomas, born July 2, 1820; Eliza T. , born 
 December i, 1822; Jeremiah W., born January 
 16, 1825; and Emeline, born March 19, 1819, 
 who died in infancy. Of these the survivors, 
 besides Levi, are: Eliza T., who is now Mrs. 
 Edward T. Smith, and resides in Windham, 
 Me. ; and Jeremiah W., a resident of Pownal, 
 Me. The mother lived to the age of seventy- 
 seven years. Captain Marston's parents at- 
 tended the Methodist Episcopal church. 
 
 Captain Levi Marston received his educa- 
 tion in the district schools of North Yar- 
 mouth. At the age of fourteen he began to 
 follow the sea, shipping as cook at six dollars 
 and fifty cents per month. He later became 
 an able seaman ; and in 1837 he served on board 
 the ship !'Tarquin," which was the largest 
 merchant vessel afloat at that time. Working 
 his way steadily step by step, he was appointed 
 first mate of the brig "Vincennes, " of Port- 
 land. Soon after he became master and part 
 owner of the schooner "Effort," one hundred 
 tons' burden. In 1849 h^^ had constructed at 
 North Yarmouth, under his own supervision, 
 the brig "Harriet," registering two hundred 
 and twenty-five tons, and with it engaged in 
 the West India trade for some twenty-five 
 years. The largest vessel he ever commanded 
 was the "S. R. Bearce, " six hundred and fif- 
 teen tons, which is still in commission. He 
 followed the sea for fifty years, during which 
 he visited the principal ports of the world. 
 An. accomplished seaman and a good business 
 man, his voyages were always attended with 
 success. He abandoned seafaring in 1880, 
 since which time he has resided at his home 
 in Yarmouthville. During the Civil War he 
 commanded the transport steamer "General 
 Howard," which was engaged in carrying 
 troops and supplies for the army. On Novem- 
 ber 9, 1851, he rescued two hundred and fifty 
 of the three hundred and twenty-five souls, 
 comprising the passengers and crew of a wreck' 
 the British ship "Unicorn," the remainder 
 being taken off by another American ship, the 
 "Daniel Webster." For this gallant deed of 
 humanity he was presented with a commemora- 
 tive medal. In politics he supports the Re- 
 
 publican party, while in his religious belief he 
 is a Methodist. 
 
 Captain Marston has been twice married. 
 On March 26, 1840, he was united to Lavina 
 Mitchell, who was born in North Yarmouth, 
 November 3, 181 3, and died January 9, 1880. 
 On November 19, 1884, he married for his 
 second wife Mrs. Louise Humphrey, a sister 
 of his first wife, who was born June 9, 1832. 
 They were daughters of John and Eliza (Good- 
 ing) Mitchell. 
 
 John Mitchell, Mrs. Marston's father, was 
 born in that part of Yarmouth which was for- 
 merly included in the town of North Yar- 
 mouth, September 12, 1778. His parents, 
 Benjamin and Jane (Loring) Mitchell, were 
 also natives of North Yarmouth. His grand- 
 father, Benjamin Mitchell, the first of his an- 
 cestors to settle in that locality, cleared and' 
 improved a good farm in the eastern part of 
 North Yarmouth. Indians were numerous in 
 those early days; and two of his sons, Solo- 
 mon and Daniel, were made captives. Solo- 
 mon soon returned, but Daniel remained away 
 from his people for many years. Grandfather 
 Mitchell married Mehitable Bragdon, and the 
 two lived to an advanced age. John Mitchell's 
 father, Benjamin (second), was also a success- 
 ful farmer, and resided in North Yarmouth 
 until his death, which took place in middle 
 life. He was twice married, having had no 
 children by his first wife. By his second 
 union, contracted with Jane Loring, he became 
 the father of eight children — Nathaniel, 
 David, Loring, John, Benjamin, Charles, 
 Dorcas, and Jane. 
 
 John Mitchell followed the sea in his early 
 life, and became master of a sloop, which he 
 sailed in the coasting trade. He also made 
 several foreign voyages, shipping as an able 
 seaman. Upon one occasion, while he and his 
 brother were crossing the Spanish main, they 
 were made prisoners. Between the years 1813 
 and 181S he relinquished sea life, and settled 
 upon a tract of land in North Yarmouth. Out 
 of this he made the farm now occupied by his 
 son, Azor Mitchell, who bought it in i860. 
 Having spent his last days in retirement, he 
 died August 4, 1862, aged eighty-three years. 
 He was a practical and successful farmer, and 
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 to promote the welfare of the community. 
 He was a member of the Congregational 
 church of Pownal, and in politics he supported 
 the Whig and the Republican parties. He 
 married Elizabeth Gooding, who was born in 
 Portland, Me., November 20, 1789. They 
 reared a family of four sons and four daugh- 
 ters, as follows: Dorcas, who was born on Jan- 
 uary 13, 1 811; Lavina, born November 3, 
 1813; Elizabeth W. , born December ii, 
 1816; John H., born September 28, 1819; 
 George G. , born Noveihber 19, 1821 ; Albert 
 I^., born December 29, 1824; Azor, born 
 May 8, 1828; and Mary Louise, born June 
 9, 1832, now Mrs. Levi Marston. Of these, 
 Lavina, George G., and Albert L. are no 
 longer living. The mother died July 13, 
 1872, aged eighty-two years. Captain Mars- 
 ton has four children living, namely: Ellen 
 M., born July 6, 1843, who married James 
 Lawrence, March 31, 1869, and is now resid- 
 ing at the old homestead; Charles L. , born 
 May 21, 1846, who married Lizzie J. Drum- 
 mond, of Phippsburg, Me., and resides in Yar- 
 mouth; Alfred T., born April 29, 1849, who 
 married Emma Lawrence, of Boston (born in 
 England), and is now living in Arlington, 
 Mass.; and George H., born May 13, 1851, 
 married Orissa H. Bragdon, of Corinth, Me., 
 and lives in Cambridge, Mass. In politics 
 Captain Marston supports the Republican 
 party, while in religious belief he is a Metho- 
 dist. He is now one of the oldest ship- 
 masters in Maine. 
 
 -t^ PRENTISS POTTER, M.D., a well- 
 
 I ^ known physician of Cumberland 
 J[5^ County, Maine, a public-spirited 
 ^""^^ and much esteemed citizen of 
 Bridgton, his native town, was born on a farm 
 on the Highlands on October 13, 1845. This 
 farm was also the birthplace of his father, 
 Nathaniel Potter, who was a Deacon of the 
 Congregational church of Bridgton for about 
 fifty years. 
 
 The Doctor's grandfather was the first of the 
 Potter family to make his home on the High- 
 lands. Nathaniel Potter was a carpenter by 
 trade, and during the greater part of his life 
 was engaged as a contractor and builder. He 
 
 was four times married, and he had two chil- 
 dren by his first wife; namely, Charles and 
 Miranda (deceased). His children by his 
 fourth wife, Rhoda B. Dresser, were: Lizzie 
 A., N. Prentiss, and Allie I. (deceased). 
 Deacon Potter departed this life a number of 
 years ago. His remains rest in the new ceme- 
 tery at Bridgton. 
 
 N. Prentiss Potter learned his early lessons 
 in the district schools, and later pursued the 
 higher branches of learning in the academy 
 at North Bridgton, improving his time so well 
 that at eighteen he began teaching in the 
 Derby Academy in Vermont. Having taught 
 there a year and at Limington Academy, Me., 
 one term, in 1866 on account of- ill health 
 he started for the West. He was gone three 
 years, and visited nearly all the Western 
 States and Territories, experiencing hardships 
 and discomforts at some stages of his progress 
 that would have sent a less resolute youth back 
 to the parental roof. The unpleasantness of 
 existence at the pest-house, whither he was 
 sent to be treated for the small-pox, and the 
 wonder of his coming out alive after several 
 weeks' detention, may be left to the imagina- 
 tion of the reader. Finding himself almost 
 penniless on his recovery, and casting about 
 for means of support, he took up the life in- 
 surance business, becoming an agent in a 
 fresh field, and, at the end of the second day 
 after starting out in this new venture, was the 
 happy possessor of about one hundred dollars. 
 He continued in this business during the re- 
 mainder of his stay in the West, journeying 
 from town to town on horseback. In 1869 he 
 returned to Bridgton ; and in the following year 
 he began the study of medicine under the in- 
 struction of Dr. J. H. Kimball and Dr. 
 Charles T. Fessenden, of Portland. He con- 
 tinued it at the Marine Hospital and later at 
 the Bowdoin Medical School, where he was 
 graduated in 187 1. He began practice in his 
 native town, being for five years in partner- 
 ship with Dr. T. H. Kimball, and has here 
 since been actively engaged in the duties of 
 his profession, with the exception of three 
 winters passed elsewhere, one, that of 1879, 
 in Colorado and California, and the winter of 
 1889, in the hospitals of Naples, Italy. 
 
 Doctor Potter is connected with the Ma- 
 
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 sonic fraternity, belonging to Oriental Lodge 
 and Chapter, Bridgton; St. Albans Command- 
 ery, Portland; and Kora Temple, Lewiston 
 Me. ; is also a member of the Knights of 
 Pythias, Highland Lodge, Bridgton. In poli- 
 tics he is a Republican, keeping well informed 
 on State and national issues; and as a citi- 
 zen he is public-spirited, always interested in 
 the welfare and progress of his town and 
 county. His attainments in scholarship are 
 worthy of note, he being proficient in the 
 Latin language and extremely well read in 
 the sciences. He devotes himself entirely to 
 his profession, and is regarded as a thoroughly 
 competent and trustworthy physician, one who 
 keeps up with the times as regards new dis- 
 coveries in medicines and surgery. His 
 cheery presence in the sick-room is welcomed 
 alike by the rich and the poor. 
 
 'OHN S. HEALD, Claim Agent of the 
 Maine Central Railway, residing in 
 Portland, is a native of Maine, having 
 been born November 4, 1833, at 
 Phippsburg, Sagadahoc County. His paternal 
 grandfather, John Heald, was a prominent 
 farmer of Georgetown and a veteran of the 
 Revolutionary War. His father, the late 
 Sumner Heald, was born at Georgetown, this 
 State, and there lived until he attained ma- 
 turity. Removing then to Phippsburg, Sum- 
 ner Heald followed farming in that place until 
 his decease in March, 1894. He also was 
 engaged in milling and the fishery business, 
 both of which he found profitable. In poli- 
 tics he was not especially active, but always 
 cast his vote with the Democratic party. He 
 married Miss Cordelia, daughter of Mark 
 Langdon Hill, who was the first member of 
 Congress from this State, and subsequently 
 became Judge of the Supreme Court of Maine. 
 Of their union thirteen children were born, 
 five of whom are still living. The mother- 
 lived but a few months after the death of her 
 husband, her death occurring in September, 
 1894. Both parents were members of the 
 Congregational church. 
 
 John S. Heald acquired his education in 
 the common schools of his native town, re- 
 maining on the home farm until fifteen years 
 
 of age. He then entered the employment of 
 a firm of ship-builders, with whom he served 
 an apprenticeship of six years, becoming 
 master builder. At the age of twenty-one 
 years Mr. Heald removed to Bath, Me., where 
 he engaged in carpentering, erecting a number 
 of fine houses. In 1856 he came to Portland, 
 where he continued at his trade for four yea^s. 
 He relinquished it in i860, when he was ap- 
 pointed First Deputy Marshal. A year later 
 he was promoted to the position of City Mar- 
 shal or Chief of Police, a position which he 
 ably filled for ten years. Under his wise 
 administration many- important and beneficial 
 changes were made in the police regulations. 
 These so augmented the efficiency of the 
 department that Mr. Heald has since been 
 repeatedly urged to again accept the office, the 
 position having been tendered him even so l^te 
 as the spring of 1895 by Mayor Baxter. J 
 
 During the late Civil War Mr. Heald was 
 employed in the United States Secret Service, 
 working in New England mostly, where he 
 made some important arrests. One was that 
 of a political refugee, whom he took from an 
 English vessel, securing thereby a number of 
 cipher despatches that enabled the govern- 
 ment to capture a vessel laden with arms and 
 ammunition for the Confederate States. Mr. 
 Heald was also influential in breaking up 
 several gangs of counterfeiters who wqre 
 operating in Maine and New Hampshire, and 
 who had passed the spurious money in this 
 city. Among those arrested by him were 
 Hartley Bonney and Jim Tuttle, two well- 
 known and desperate men, this being his first 
 detective work for the United States. In the 
 course of time he established a wide reputa- 
 tion as the leading detective of the State of 
 Maine, and his services were frequently called 
 into requisition in neighboring cities. He 
 was employed in several cases connected with 
 bank robberies, some of the noted ones having 
 been those committed at Bowdoinham, Norway, 
 Cornish, Rockland, and Dexter. It was in the 
 robbery committed at Dexter that the notorious 
 Le Barron was killed. Mr. Heald was the 
 prime mover in all of these cases. In 1876 he 
 w^s appointed as special detective on the Maine 
 Central Railway; and in 1879 he accepted, in 
 the duties of Claim Agent of the. 
 
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 373 
 
 road. Since then he has filled both positions 
 most acceptably to the company and with 
 credit to himself. He was instrumental in 
 bringing to justice men who placed obstruc- 
 tions on the road at Unity, Bucksport, Pitts- 
 field, besides discovering scores of criminals 
 whose names and offences have not been made 
 public. Mr. Heald's position as Claim Agent 
 is most important. As the system of the 
 Maine Central covers a large territory, the po- 
 sition of Claim Agent is, of necessity, a most 
 important one. 
 
 Mr. Heald was married August 30, 1862, 
 to Miss Isabelle L. Cutler, of Portland, who 
 presides with a winning hospitality over his 
 beautiful home at 265 State Street. 
 
 For upward of twenty years Mr. Heald has 
 taken an active interest in the Maine State 
 'Agricultural Society and the Gorham County 
 Fair, of which he is a Director and Manager. 
 He occupies a similar position in the Maine 
 Mile Track Association, of which he was Man- 
 ager in 1894, an office that the pressure of 
 other business obliged him to relinquish the 
 following year. He has been a prominent 
 Director of the New England Fair, which has 
 been held for many years on the Maine Mile 
 Track Association grounds. Mr. Heald is also 
 much interested in the breeding of fine stock, 
 having raised some of standard breed, and his 
 driving horse being one of the finest in the city. 
 
 'MOS LOWE, who occupies the old 
 Lowe homestead at North Yarmouth 
 Centre, was born where he now re- 
 sides, December 9, 1830, son of 
 Joseph and Sarah (Huston) Lowe. The fam- 
 ily is of Colonial origin; and Mr. Lowe's 
 great-grandparents, Stephen and Elizabeth 
 (Woodbury) Lowe, were residents of Cape 
 Ann, Massachusetts, where they died. Nich- 
 olas Lowe, Mr. Lowe's grandfather, who was 
 a seafaring man in his early days, migrated 
 from Cape Ann to Maine, becoming an early 
 settler in North Yarmouth. He later re- 
 moved to Gray, where he engaged in agricult- 
 ural pursuits, residing there until his death, 
 which took place when he was eighty years 
 old. He was three times married ; and Joseph, 
 Mr. Lowe's father, was his third son. 
 
 Joseph Lowe was born on Cape Ann, and 
 accompanied his father to Maine. He was 
 reared to farm life, and in 1803 he settled 
 upon the farm in North Yarmouth which is 
 now carried on by his son. He cleared and 
 improved the land, erected the present build- 
 ings, and, aside from cultivating his farm, he 
 engaged successfully in lumbering during the 
 winter seasons. He was an energetic and 
 thrifty man, who labored diligently for what 
 he possessed; and at the time of his death, he 
 owned one hundred and fifteen acres of desir- 
 able land. His last years were passed upon 
 the farm which had been the scene of his 
 industry and toil. He died at the age of 
 seventy-seven years. In his religious views 
 he was liberal, and he supported the Demo- 
 cratic party in politics. His wife, Sarah 
 Huston, was born in Falmouth, daughter of 
 George Huston, who is thought to have been 
 a descendant of one of the Mayflower pilgrims. 
 She became the mother of nine children who 
 grew to maturity, and of these but two are 
 now living, namely: Mrs. Martha Fowler, who 
 is the widow of Mark Fowler, and resides in 
 East Gray; and Amos, the subject of this 
 sketch, who is the youngest. The others 
 were: Hannah, George, Nicholas, Sarah, 
 Julia, Joseph, and Cephas W. Mrs. Sarah 
 H. Lowe lived to reach the age of eighty-two 
 years. 
 
 Amos Lowe received his education in the 
 district schools of his native town; and at an • 
 early age he began to assist in carrying on 
 the farm, where he has always made his home. 
 He has kept the land in a good state of culti- 
 vation, and aside from farming he has engaged 
 in lumbering and butchering with prosperous' 
 results. He has been a tireless worker, tak- 
 ing advantage of every opportunity for ad- 
 vancement; and the farm, which is owned 
 jointly by the family, has been increased to 
 one himdred and sixty-five acres. He is a 
 Democrat in politics, and, although not a pro- 
 fessor of any religious faith in particular, he 
 attends the Congregational church. 
 
 In April, 1875, Mr. Lowe was united in 
 marriage with Eliza B. (Whitten) Lowe, 
 widow of his brother, Cephas W. Lowe. She 
 was born in Buxton, Me., daughter of James 
 and Ruth (Bradbury) Whitten, who were both 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 natives of that town. James Whitten settled 
 in Gray when a young man, and was a pros- 
 perous farmer there until his death, which took 
 place at the age of sixty-eight years. He was 
 the father of sev^n children, as follows: 
 Lorenzo D., who died in infancy; Elbridge 
 E. ; Eliza B., who is now Mrs. Lowe; Lorenzo, 
 second; Bradbury; Eunice W., who is now 
 Mrs. Allen; and James K. P., who served in 
 Company C, Thirty-second Regiment, Maine 
 Volunteers, and died in Andersonville Prison. 
 Mrs. Whitten lived to reach the age of eighty- 
 seven. Mrs. Lowe has two children by her 
 first marriage; namely, Joseph L. and 
 Cephas W. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Lowe are among the old and 
 highly respected residents of North Yarmouth, 
 and are pleasant people to meet. They possess 
 some exceedingly interesting curiosities in the 
 shape of relics which were brought from Eng- 
 land by their immigrant ancestors, and they 
 take just pride in showing them to strangers. 
 
 EV. THOMAS SMALLWOOD 
 SAMSON, the present pastor of the 
 Free Street Baptist Church of Port- 
 land, was born in the city of Wash- 
 ington, D.C., October 26, 1845. Although by 
 accident of birth a native of America's na- 
 tional capital, Mr. Samson belongs to purely 
 Puritan stock. On the paternal side he is 
 the eighth in line of descent from the emi- 
 grant progenitor, who was one of the Plym- 
 outh Pilgrims. His grandfather, Abisha 
 Samson, married Miss Mehitable Kenrick, 
 who was of the sixth generation of an old Bos- 
 ton family. 
 
 George Whitefield Samson, the father of 
 the subject of this memoir, was born in the 
 township of Harvard, Mass., September 29, 
 1 8 19. At Worcester Academy he prepared 
 for Brown University, from which he gradu- 
 ated in the year 1839. He then entered the 
 Newton Theological Institution, and passed 
 his examination for ordination in 1843. For 
 many years he was pastor of a Baptist church 
 in Washington, D.C. ; and between the years 
 of 1859 and 1871 he was President of Colum- 
 bian College of that city. He afterward be- 
 came President of Rutgers Female College in 
 
 New York City. The Rev. George W. Sam- 
 son had, previous to his acceptance of the 
 Presidency of Columbian College, been some- 
 thing of a traveller; and his letters and essays 
 published during his wanderings in Europe and 
 the East had awakened general interest. The 
 period of the publication of these letters was 
 1848-49, and was the beginning of his literary 
 career. Pamphlets on theological questions, 
 critical essays on art, and treatises on ab- 
 struse subjects appeared over his name. The 
 subjects of some of his works show the 
 deep interest the author took in psychic prob- 
 lems. For instance the title "To Damomon, 
 or the Spiritual Medium," which was after- 
 ward published in an enlarged form, under the 
 title of "Spiritualism Tested," indicates the 
 trend of an analytical and philosophic mind. 
 His "Outline of the History of Ethics" was 
 published about i860; and in 1867 his "Ele- 
 ments of Art Criticism " appeared, followed 
 two years later by a work entitled "The Phys- 
 ical Media in Spiritual Manifestations.'" He 
 has also written "The Atonement historically 
 considered, ""Wine in Religious Use^,"" Evo- 
 lution," and "The Future State," showing a 
 wide range of thought and knowledge. To 
 this gentleman belongs the distinction of hav- 
 ing satisfactorily identified those spots so ven- 
 erated by Christians of all races and shades of 
 belief, the places where the strangest drama 
 of the world was enacted — the places of 
 Christ's birth, baptism, transfiguration, death, 
 and ascension. Although Mr. Samson is 
 seventy-six years of age, he is very strong and 
 vigorous, and still devotes himself to his 
 favorite pursuits— teaching and writing. He 
 married Miss Elizabeth Smallwood, daughter 
 of Mr. Thomas Smallwood, of Newton, Mass. 
 The Smallwoods were among the early settlers 
 of Newton, coming thither from Macclesfield, 
 Cheshire, England. • Eight children were 
 born to them, five of whom are now living. In 
 the order of their births these were : Thomas 
 Smallwood Samson, whose name heads this 
 article; George Clement Samson, a physician 
 of Washington, D.C. ; Charles Edwin Samson, 
 of East Orange, N.J. ; Emma, wife of Will- 
 iam A. Dayton, a physician of New York 
 City and brother of Postmaster Dayton of that 
 place; and Elizabeth Samson, 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 37S 
 
 With the Christian influences of a home in 
 which both parents were allied in faith and 
 effort, the atmosphere was conducive to the 
 development of high types of character; and 
 the intellectual life of the father was naturally 
 a factor in the mental growth of the son. It 
 is therefore no surprise that the son, Thomas 
 S. Samson, chose one of the learned profes- 
 sions for his life work. After winning his 
 diploma in Columbian College (now Colum- 
 bian University) in 1864, he entered the law 
 school of that institution, graduating three 
 years later, 1867, and was immediately ad- 
 mitted to the bar of the District of Columbia, 
 where he practised his profession until 1870. 
 Hereditary instinct now began to assert itself, 
 and he entered the Union Theological Semi- 
 nary of New York. From this institution he 
 accepted a call two years afterward to a Bap- 
 tist church in Newton, Mass. Not having as 
 yet completed his theological course, he pur- 
 sued his studies at the Theological Institution 
 in the town in which his charge was located, 
 graduating therefrom in 1875. On May i, 
 1880, after seven years of faithful service, he 
 left Massachusetts to become pastor of the 
 Calvary Baptist Church in New Haven, Conn., 
 which was destroyed by fire, but afterward very 
 handsomely built. This charge he retained 
 until 1887. In the autumn of this year he was 
 called to the Delaware Avenue Baptist Church 
 in Buffalo, New York; and this pastorate was 
 accepted. Here Mr. Samson was engaged in 
 ministerial work until 1892, when he came to 
 the Free Street Baptist Church of Portland, of 
 which he is now pastor. 
 
 The Rev. Thomas S. Samson married Miss 
 Marian D. Brown, a daughter of Mr. Eleazer 
 Brown, of Washington, D.C. This marriage 
 was celebrated May 18, 1870. Four children 
 were the offspring of the union. Three of 
 them are at school and college — Marian Eliza- 
 beth, in the class of 1896 at Vassar; George 
 Whitefield, in the class of 1897 at Yale; and 
 Eleanor Kenrick, in the class of 1896 in the 
 high school of Portland. 
 
 Mr. Samson is a member of the Elm City 
 Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
 of New Haven, Conn., and has served as 
 Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Massa- 
 chusetts. He belongs to Hiram Lodge, A. F. 
 
 & A. M., of New Haven, and to the Chi 
 Alpha Society and Ministers' Club of Port- 
 land. Culture and piety have gone hand in 
 hand for two generations in this family, from 
 which two scholarly clergymen have gone forth 
 to labor and achieve. It is by such transmis- 
 sion of high aspiration from father to son that 
 the national standard of American citizenship 
 shall become more and more elevated intellect- 
 ually and spiritually. 
 
 bfREEMAN H. MORSE, a well-known 
 
 PI farmer of New Gloucester, Me., and a 
 
 breeder of fine horses, was born upon 
 
 the farm which he now owns and occupies, 
 
 July II, 1844, son of Benjamin and Sarah 
 
 (Bennett-Allen) Morse. 
 
 Mr. Morse's father was born in New 
 Gloucester, December 18, 1809. When a 
 young man he engaged in farming, and fol- 
 lowed that occupation here in connection with 
 butchering for some years. He bought the 
 farming property which is now owped by his 
 son; and he conducted it successfully until his 
 death, which took- place January 20, 1890. 
 He was a great admirer of fine oxen, preferring 
 them to horses for working purposes; and his 
 knowledge and judgment of these animals was 
 reliable. He was a very prominent Mason, 
 and also a stanch Democrat, but not an office- 
 seeker. His wife, Sarah Bennett Allen, who 
 was born May 2, 1805, was the widow of John 
 Allen, a prosperous farmer of New Gloucester. 
 She married Benjamin Morse for her second 
 husband, and by this union there were fotir 
 children, as follows: Ursula C, who was born 
 January 27, 1838, married T. S. McConky, 
 and is no longer living; Nelson, who was 
 born September 2, 1841, and died April 17, 
 1846; Freeman H., the subject of this sketch; 
 and Josephine M., who was born November 9, 
 1846, and is the wife of Lemuel B. Small, of 
 North Pownal. The mother died April 3, 
 1888. 
 
 Freeman H. Morse finished his education by 
 attending the high school and an academy; 
 and at the age of twenty-one he worked in 
 the quartermaster's department in Nashville, 
 Tenn. In the early part of 1867 he was in 
 the patent right business in Montreal, and 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 during the remainder of the year 1867 and in 
 1868 he was in trade in West Pownal. In 
 1870-72 he was employed as a horse-car con- 
 ductor in Boston, at the end of which time he 
 once more returned to the homestead in 
 Maine. Possessing a natural talent for music, 
 which he improved by study, he became a 
 cornet player of ability, and for ten years was 
 leader of the band in Gray. In 1880 he 
 joined the Daniel Ducello Variety Show Com- 
 pany as a musician, and travelled over the 
 New England States for one season, later 
 being attached to another travelling company 
 in a similar capacity, at the conclusion of 
 which engagement he relinquished that busi- 
 ness, and settled upon the homestead, which 
 he inherited at his father's death. His farm, 
 which consists of one hundred and seventy-five 
 acres, is admirably adapted for stock purposes; 
 and, aside from producing hay and corn, which 
 constitute his principal crops, he devotes much 
 attention to raising fancy horses of Genera) 
 Lightfoot stock. He has at the present time 
 some promising colts, which he is breaking 
 for speed upon his own private track; and as a 
 horseman he has gained a wide reputation 
 throughout bis section. He also raises some 
 excellent cattle. 
 
 On May 2, 1869, Mr. Morse was united in 
 marriage with Eugenia Hayes. She was born 
 in North Yarmouth, Me., August 24, 1848, 
 daughter of Isaac S. and Asenath (Batchelder) 
 Hayes, who were residents of North Yar- 
 mouth, and are no longer living. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Morse have had four children, as follows: 
 a child who died in infancy; Gertrude H., 
 who is now a school teacher in New Glouces- 
 ter; Winifred C., who resides at home; and 
 Bertha, who died at the age of four years and 
 one month. 
 
 Mr. Morse is well known throughout Cum- 
 berland County as a horseman and a musician. 
 He has always kept alive his fondness for 
 music. He taught a singing-school in New 
 Gloucester for three years, and materially 
 aided in creating a taste for the art in his 
 neighborhood. His children have been well 
 educated; and his daughter, who possesses 
 much talent in a musical way, is an accom- 
 plished cornet player. He is a liberal- 
 minded and. progressive citizen, and is popular 
 
 with his fellow-townsmen. He is a Demo- 
 crat in politics, always voting with that party,* 
 and he is a member of Cumberland Lodge, 
 A. F. & A. M, of New Gloucester. 
 
 bpREEMAN EVANS SMALL, M.D., 
 pi one of the most prominent physicians 
 of the city of Portland, was born in 
 Stofieham, Oxford County, Me., July 24, 
 1854, son of Henry A. and Fannie D. (Evans) 
 Small. His grandfather, David Small, lived 
 for a time in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, 
 Me., and died in Lovell, Oxford County. 
 
 Henry A. Small, son of David, was born in 
 Lewiston, July 16, 1826, and was educated 
 and passed his early life in that place. At 
 Lewiston he conducted a general store, and 
 later, after working as clerk for "a while, at 
 Gray, was in business successively at Stone- 
 ham, Me., in Lovell, and in Rumford Centre. 
 While a resident of Stoneham Mr. Small was 
 Selectman and Town Clerk for many years; 
 and he was appointed Postmaster of Rumford 
 Centre during Johnson's administration, and 
 heldthe ofBce until Garfield took the Presi- 
 dential chair, when he resigned. He died 
 suddenly in Portland in October, 1891. His 
 \yife, who was a daughter of Simeon Evans, 
 was born in Shelburne, N.H., but was a- resi- 
 dent of Stoneham, Me., when he met her. 
 They were the parents of seven children, five 
 of whom are yet living. Mrs. Small now 
 makes her home with her son, the subject of 
 this sketch. 
 
 Freeman Evans Small attended the common 
 schools of Stoneham, Lovell, and, Rumford, 
 and was subsequently a student for three terms 
 at Dixfield Academy. He fitted for college 
 at Gould's Academy at Bethel, Me., and, 
 entering Amherst in 1873, was graduated in 
 1877, with the degree of A.B. . He at once 
 began to read medicine, having previously 
 registered, and received the degree of M.D. 
 from the Medical School of Maine, at Bruns- 
 wick, in 1879. Dr. Small then located at 
 Rumford Centre, and for seven years was one 
 of the busiest physicians in the locality, 
 attending closely to the calls of a large prac- 
 tice and accomplishing a great amount of' 
 work. In July, 1886, he removed to Portland, 
 
FREEMAN EVANS SMALL 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 379 
 
 and here also he meets the demands of a large 
 general practice, his visiting list yearly in- 
 creasing; and, besides this, he discharges the 
 duties of adjunct surgeon at the Maine General 
 Hospital. Dr. Small was connected with the 
 Eye and Ear Infirmary during the first four or 
 five years of its existence, when it needed help. 
 He is now a member of the Maine Medical 
 Association, which he joined in 1881 ; of the 
 Cumberland County Association ; the Portland 
 Medical Club; the Lister Club; the American 
 Academy of Medicine; and the American 
 Public Health Association. He is devoted to 
 the interests of his profession, and skilled in 
 the latest theories and methods of practice. 
 
 Dr. Small and Mary E. Hoyt, daughter of 
 the Rev. Patrick Hoyt, of Rumford Centre, 
 were united in marriage on November 5, 1879. 
 They have one child, a daughter, Lida I. 
 Small. 
 
 While in Rumford Centre Dr. Small served 
 as Town Clerk and- Supervisor of Schools five 
 years each. During this time also he was 
 made a Mason, joining Blazing Star Lodge, 
 No. 30, of Rumford Centre ; and he was 
 elected Master of the Lodge at the age of 
 twenty-eight. He is now well advanced in 
 the ancient craft, belonging to Greenleaf Chap- 
 ter of Portland, Portland Coramandery, 
 Knights Templars, and St. Albans Com- 
 mandery; Yates Lodge of Perfection; Port- 
 land Council, Princes of Jerusalem ; Dunlap 
 Chapter of Rose Croix ; and the Maine Consis- 
 tory. Dr. Small has a beautiful home at TJ6 
 Congress Street, and is the owner of one of the 
 finest private libraries in the city. 
 
 'OHN W. FRANK, one of the leading 
 farmers of Gray, was .born in West 
 Gray, June 12, 1833, son of Alpheus 
 and Naomi (Stimson) Frank. 
 Alpheus Frank, who was also a native of 
 Gray, born August 31, 1794, died in Portland, 
 October 7, 1876. His wife, Naomi, whose 
 birth occurred May 29, 1798, reared him nine 
 children, namely: Maria L., born Novem- 
 ber 13, 1822; George R., born May 2, 1824; 
 Mary E., born May 5, 1826; Julia A., 
 born March 28, 1828; Charles W., born 
 April 2, 1830; John W., the subject of 
 
 this sketch; Royal F., born May 6, 1836; 
 Francis E., born May 14, 1838; and 
 Melvin P., born December 26, 1841. Maria 
 L. was married on July i, 1849, to Cap- 
 tain Ezra Haskell, who died on September 
 3, 1879; and she now resides in Portland, Me. 
 George R., who removed to Boscobel, Wis., 
 aided in organizing a company of soldiers for 
 the Civil War, was appointed Captain and 
 afterward Major, and served for three years 
 in the war, taking part in various battles and 
 skirmishes. In 1883, while in Chicago, 111., 
 he met with an accident whereby he lost a 
 foot. He married Miss Matilda Price, who 
 subsequently died, leaving seven children. 
 Mary E. married Albion White, by whom 
 she had six children, and died June 12, 
 1893. Julia A. married Alma Small, now 
 deceased, and died September 23, 1853. 
 Charles W. died June 28, 1853, at West 
 Point. Royal F., who is a graduate of West 
 Point Academy, served in the Civil War, was 
 taken prisoner, and was confined for a year in 
 Libby Prison. Since the close of the war he 
 has been in the regular army, where he holds 
 the rank of Colonel and is very popular. He 
 married Miss Emma Knight, of Brooklyn, 
 N. Y. , and died some time ago. Melvin P., 
 who is one of the, leading lawyers of Portland, 
 Me., married Miss Susan Humphrey, and is 
 the father of two children. He and his wife 
 attend the Universalist church, in which they 
 are very active workers. 
 
 John W. Frank, in 1853, when twenty 
 years of age, taking his fortunes into his own 
 hands, went to California. He spent five 
 years in that State and Nevada, where , he 
 carried on a successful business in lumber. 
 In 1858 he sold out and returned to Gray, Me. 
 Soon after he went to Lewiston, where, in 
 company with a Mr. White, he engaged in the 
 shoe business under the firm name of. White & 
 Frank. A year later he sold his interest in 
 the firm and returned to Gray to take charge 
 of his father's farm. He lived here until 
 1890, when he traded the place for the farm on 
 which he is now living, then known as the 
 Stimson place. He and his son are suc- 
 cessfully engaged in general farming, and 
 conduct an agency for the sale of the Walter 
 A. Wood harvesters and other farm machinery. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 On September 29, 1862, Mr. Frank enlisted 
 in Company C of the Twenty-fifth Maine 
 Regiment of Volunteer Infantry, being the 
 first man from the town of Gray to join that 
 company. With his regiment he left Portland 
 on October 16, 1862, for Washington, D.C., 
 where they went into camp on East Capitol 
 Hill. After remaining in that position un-til 
 October 23 of the same year, they were ordered 
 to Chantilly, at which place they were em- 
 ployed in picket duty until June 26. He was 
 mustered out of service July 15, 1863, having 
 taken part in no engagement. 
 
 On June 18, 1868, he was joined in mar- 
 riage with Miss Augusta Thayer, who was 
 born December 25, 1842, a daughter of Captain 
 Edward and Eunice (Fernald) Thayer. Her 
 father, who was a native of Gray and a Cap- 
 tain in the State militia, had three children, 
 namely: Augusta, the wife of Mr. Frank; 
 Abbie, born January 5, 1845, who was married 
 on November 29, 1868, to Francis Cragin, of 
 Groton, Mass. ; and Henry G. , born October 
 IS, 1847, who married Miss Emma Oxnard. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Frank have two children, 
 namely: Edward, born June 10, 1869, a travel- 
 ling salesman for a Boston firm, and also an 
 agent for farm implements; and Julia Lillian, 
 born December 19; 1871, a teacher in the 
 public schools of Everett, Mass., who also 
 taught a number of terms in Gray. Both are 
 graduates of Pennell Institute, of Gray, Me. 
 Mr. Frank is a stanch Democrat. From 1867 
 to 1869 and from -1882 to 1885 he served as 
 Selectman of Gray. He has also held the 
 office of Overseer of the Poor six years. He 
 is a member of Cumberland Lodge, No. 12, 
 A. F. & A. M., of New Gloucester; a charter 
 member of the Grange of that town; and he is 
 a comrade of the George F. Shipley Post, No. 
 78, Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 YgTORACE H. TOWLE, General Baggage 
 1"^ Agent of the Maine Central Railroad, 
 Jis ^^ ^ with his office at Portland, has held 
 this responsible position since 1881, 
 his long term of service with this company 
 being indicative of the esteem heartily ac- 
 corded him by his employers. He was born 
 February 7, 1852, at Epping, N.H., where his 
 
 great-grandfather Towle and his grandfather, 
 Levi G. Towle, were pioneer settlers. 
 
 Levi Towle, the father of Horace H., was 
 born at Epping, N.H., ?-ebruary 4, 18 19, and 
 died in the same town in December, 1881, his 
 death being caused by an accident. He fol- 
 lowed the occupation to which he was reared, 
 being engaged in general farming during the 
 greater part of his life. He married Caroline 
 Bartlett, daughter of Richard Bartlett, an old 
 and respected resident of Deerfield, N.H. 
 She bore him six children, four of whom grew 
 to maturity, as follows: Levi F., now de- 
 ceased; Mary Ann, wife of Charles W. Bean, 
 of Brentwood, N.H.; Horace H.; and Etta 
 L., deceased. The mother is yet living, re- 
 siding on the old homestead. Though ad- 
 vanced in years, she is active and vigorous, 
 and is a devout member of the Baptist church.^ 
 
 Horace H. Towle was reared on the home 
 farm; and, having completed his common- 
 school education, he pursued his studies for a 
 time at the Northwood Seminary near by. 
 Having no particular taste for agricultural 
 pursuits, he was subsequently engaged at dif- 
 ferent kinds of work until 1872, when he 
 came to Portland. For the first year there- 
 after Mr. Towle was employed on the street 
 railway; but in September, 1873, he entered 
 the service of the Main Central Railway Com- 
 pany, his first employment being general 
 work. Being zealous and faithful in the per- 
 formance of his duties, he was soon promoted 
 to the office of baggage master at the old 
 station, afterward having full charge of the 
 baggage-room at Portland, from which place 
 he was advanced to his present position in 
 1 88 1. At that time this line was but three 
 hundred and twenty-eight miles long, against 
 the eight hundred and thirty-one rniles it now 
 covers. His work and responsibilities have 
 correspondingly increased, Mr. Towle having 
 charge of all steamer connections, as well as 
 the main line and its branches, with several 
 hundred employees to look after. Under his 
 wise supervision many improved methods of 
 keeping records and of tracing baggage have 
 been made, the value of the office being 
 greatly enhanced. 
 
 Mr. Towle is a man of prominence among 
 railway officials and employees, and was one 
 
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 381 
 
 of the promoters of the Maine Central Relief 
 Association, he having been one of its first 
 Board of Directors and its Vice-President 
 since its incorporation in 1887. This organi- 
 zation has a membership of about seventeen 
 hundred men, and is under excellent manage- 
 ment, both financially and socially. Mr. 
 Towle is likewise a member of the National 
 and of the New England Associations of Gen- 
 eral Baggage Agents. He has been among the 
 leading Masons of Portland and this vicinity 
 for some time, being a member of Deering 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; of Greenleaf Chap- 
 ter; of the Portland Commandery, Knights 
 Templars; and of the Scottish Rites, includ- 
 ing the Maine Consistory, thirt3'--second de- 
 gree. Politically, Mr. Towle sympathizes 
 with the Democratic party, although he votes 
 independently. 
 
 On October 22, 1886, Mr. Towle was 
 united in marriage with Miss Amelia Home- 
 stead, daughter of Timothy Homestead, for- 
 merly a business man in Skowhegan, but a 
 resident of this city since 1870. Two chil- 
 dren have been born of their union, both sons; 
 namely, Gerald Homestead and Horace H., Jr. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Towle reside at 544 Cumber- 
 land Street, in a very pleasant portion of this 
 beautiful city. Mr. Towle is the owner of the 
 ancestral homestead in Epping, N.H. The 
 dwelling-house in which he was born was built 
 by his grandfather, who manufactured the brick 
 used in its construction. 
 
 'OHN BURNHAM BRAY, M.D., a 
 popular practising physician of Bridg- 
 ton, Me., was born in this town, Febru- 
 ary 21, 1833, son of the Rev. Jacob 
 Bray. He is of English stock, his great-great- 
 grandfather, William Bray, who was a barris- 
 ter, having emigrated from England in early 
 Colonial times. He was accompanied by his 
 family; and he located on Cape Cod, Massa- 
 chusetts, where his children, consisting of four 
 sons and one daughter, were reared. His son, 
 the Rev. William Bray, removed from Cape 
 Cod to that part of Massachusetts that is now 
 included in Androscoggin County, this State, 
 being a pioneer settler. Of his children 
 Ebenezer was the next in line of descent. 
 
 Ebenezer Bray was born, it is supposed, in 
 the town of Minot, Me., where he was edu- 
 cated. He became a preacher in the Calvin- 
 istic Baptist church, holding pastorates in the 
 towns of Hartford, Bethel, Bridgton, Lancas- 
 ter, N.H.. and in Middletown, N.Y., where 
 he passed his last days, dying at the venerable 
 age of ninety-four years. His wife, Penelope 
 Royal, of Yarmouth, died during their resi- 
 dence in this village, aged seventy-five years. 
 They reared ten children, as follows: Ebene- 
 zer, Ansel, Eleanor, Washington, Jacob, 
 Betsey, Olive, Eliza, Elizabeth, and Mary A. 
 
 Jacob Bray was converted in the days of his 
 youth, and, following in the footsteps of his 
 father and grandfather, became a minister of 
 the Calvinistic Baptist faith, and preached in 
 the towns of Hairison, Bridgton, Leeds, Hart- 
 ford, and North and South Paris. He made 
 his home in Bridgton for many years, owning 
 a fine farm in the western part of the town, 
 where he carried on general farming for some 
 time, although his last years were spent in 
 the village, where his death occurred in 18S2. 
 The maiden name of his wife, mother of the 
 Doctor, was Plarriet McClellan Lewis. She 
 was a native of Gorham, Me. Her father. 
 Major George Lewis, was born near Hingham, 
 Mass., and in 1806 settled in Gorham, whence 
 he removed to Bridgton in 18 10, residing there 
 until his decease in 1857, at the good old age 
 of eighty-two years. He served with distinc- 
 tion in the War of 181 2, being Major of his 
 regiment. Major Lewis married Ruth Lin- 
 coln, who lived to the age of seventy-five 
 years. Three children were born to the Rev. 
 Jacob and Mrs. Bray; namely, John Burnham, 
 Harriet E., and Ruth Lincoln. 
 
 John B. Bray acquired his early education 
 in the district schools and at the Fryeburg 
 Academy. Having inherited great musical 
 talent, he began when quite young to teach 
 music, continuing for sixty-seven terms, and 
 having under his instruction during this period 
 nearly five thousand different pupils. Relin- 
 quishing his first calling, he began the study 
 of medicine with Dr. W. VV. Green, of Port- 
 land, and was afterward graduated from the 
 medical department of Bowdoin College. Dr. 
 Bray at once began practice in Bridgton, where 
 he has won a good reputation for professional 
 
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 skill and integrity. He is quite prominent in 
 social circles, being a member of Cumberland 
 Lodge, No. 30, Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows, of Mount Pleasant Encampment, and 
 of Oriental Lodge, No. 13, A. F. & A. M. 
 He is also a member of the Superintending 
 School Committee, and President of the Board 
 of Health. 
 
 On September 24, 1861, Dr. Bray was 
 united in marriage with Lydia Susan Pitman, 
 daughter of Esquire Hazen and Polly (Pen- 
 dexter) Pitman. She was born in Bartlett, 
 N. H. Dr. and Mrs. Bray have one child, a 
 daughter, Mary Almeda Bray, who is a 
 talented artist, an instructor of vocal and in- 
 strumental music, and a teacher in the Bridg- 
 ton public schools. 
 
 ■"TilTsHA M. morgan, a practical 
 pi farmer of New Gloucester, Me., an 
 "^^ II ^ esteemed citizen who has served ac- 
 ceptably in various offices of public trust, was 
 born in this town, October 28, 1826, son of 
 John and Sarah (Ramsdell) Morgan. 
 
 Luke Morgan, the grandfather of John Mor- 
 gan, came from Cape Ann with his wife and 
 three children in 1779, a"d settled on a farm 
 in New Gloucester. His eldest son, John M. 
 Morgan, married Sarah Tarbox, born August 
 28, 1763; and they were the parents of seven 
 children— John, Mary, Sarah, Luke, Lydia, 
 Susan, and Martha, all of whom have departed 
 this life. John M. Morgan died in November, 
 1842. 
 
 John Morgan, son of John M. and Sarah 
 (Tarbox) Morgan, lived on the farm during his 
 life, never being absent more than two weeks 
 at any one time. His wife, Sarah, a daughter 
 of Kimball and Sarah (Pearse) Ramsdell, was 
 born on November 18, 1791. They had six 
 children: Mary, born January 21, 1819, mar- 
 ried Samuel O. Cobb, of New Gloucester; 
 Elizabeth P., born October 5, 1820, died on 
 Novembers, 1842; Harriet K., born July 19, 
 1822, married Benjamin W. Merrill, of New 
 Gloucester, and died May 15, 1895; Charles 
 M., born December 10, 1824, married Mary 
 E. Lock, of Woodstock, Me. ; Elisha M. is the 
 special subject of the present sketch; John P., 
 born September 24, 1829, was a Congregation- 
 
 alist minister in Portland, Me. His first wife, 
 Elizabeth Hasty, died leaving three children; 
 and his second wife, Hannah M. Chandler, 
 bore him two children. Only one of the five 
 children is now living. John Morgan died in 
 February, 1881, and his wife, Sarah, on 
 November 19, 1883. 
 
 Elisha M. Morgan, after completing his 
 school education, remained at home until 
 1845. He then went to work in a brickyard 
 in Cambridge, Mass. ; but he returned after a 
 short time and has since continued farming. 
 He now owns one hundred and fifty acres of 
 good land, on which he has made all the im- 
 provements. His principal products are hay 
 and small grain. He also raises some stock, 
 keeping ten head of cattle and selling cream. 
 In politics Mr. Mojrgan is a Republican. 
 He served the town as Selectman for six years, 
 and was also a School Trustee for some time, 
 besides holding other offices. He belongs to 
 the Grange at Danville Junction, Me. 
 
 On October 28, 1858, Mr. Morgan was mar- 
 ried to Miss Rosilla C Tucker, who was born 
 in Norway, Me., June 12, 1828. Her parents 
 were Benjamin and Mary (Pike) Tucker. Her 
 father, a harness and saddle maker, was the 
 first man in Norway who carried on that trade. 
 He also carried on farming. He was born in 
 Canton, Mass., in 1776, and her mother was 
 a native of New Gloucester, born in 1786. 
 Mr. Tucker could remember when the first 
 wheel carriage was run into Norway. He died 
 October 27, 1857. Mrs. Tucker lived with 
 her son-in-law until her death on October 5, 
 1859. She had fifteen children, only three 
 of whom are now living, namely: Mary, widow 
 of Jeremiah Howe, residing with her daughter 
 in -Haverhill, Mass.; Rosilla C, Mrs. Elisha 
 M. Morgan; and Luther P. Tucker, a broker 
 in New York City, who- married Georgiana 
 Manning, and after her death married for his 
 second wife Marion E. Dick. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Morgan have three children: 
 Benjamin Tucker, born January 17, i860, 
 is assistant manager in a lumber-yard in Win- 
 chester, Mass. ; Dr. George Prentiss Morgan, 
 born June 22, 1861, married Madge E. Elliot, 
 and practises medicine in Dover, N.H. ; Mary 
 Georgia, born January 20, 1866, is the widow 
 of Dr. I. E. Hobart, of Dunningville, Me., 
 
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 and now lives in Milford, Mass. By liis assi- 
 duity, perseverance, and square dealing Mr. 
 Morgan has won a large measure of success 
 in the business world. Socially, he is well 
 known, and everywhere esteemed for his lib- 
 eral hospitality. 
 
 ENJAMIN S. SKILLINGS, a 
 highly intelligent farmer and repre- 
 sentative citizen of Otisfield, is a 
 native of Harrison, Cumberland 
 County, born August 26, 1833, son of Merrill 
 and Fannie (Stewart) Skillings. His paternal 
 grandfather, John Skillings, removed to Harri- 
 son from Gorham,Me. 
 
 Merrill Skillings was born in Gorham, Sep- 
 tember 28, 1803. In his boyhood he removed 
 with his parents to Harrison, which was his 
 home for a number of years. He learned the 
 trade of a stone cutter, and thereafter followed 
 that occupation during the summer season. 
 His chief employment in winter was cutting 
 timber. In 1834 he settled at Bolsters Mills 
 village, in Harrison township, where the re- 
 maining years of his life were passed, and 
 where he died March 16, 1874. His wife. 
 Miss Fannie Stewart before marriage, was 
 born in Harrison, December 10, 1806. She 
 survived her husband three years, dying No- 
 vember 8, 1877. They were the parents of 
 eight children, namely: Eliza A., born Octo- 
 ber 13, 1825, who is now the widow of the 
 late William C. Hobbs, and resides in Abi- 
 lene, Kan. ; Caroline, born June 10, 1827, who 
 died September 28, 1828; Harriett E., born 
 November 14, 1829, who is the wife of O. D. 
 Hancock, of Bolster's Mills village; Merrill 
 A., born April 2, 1831, who married Miss 
 Maria Rich, and resides' in Harrison, where 
 he is successfully engaged in farming; Benja- 
 min S., the subject of this sketch; Sarah, 
 born December 24, 1834, who is the widow 
 of the late Whitman Weston, and makes her 
 home with her brother Isaac in Harrison; 
 Caroline, born August 14, 1836, who is the 
 wife of George B. Dorman, of Auburn, Me. ; 
 and Isaac S., a tradesman of Bolster's Mills 
 village, who married Miss Alma Edwards. 
 Benjamin S. Skillings has had the advan- 
 tage of a thorough common-school education. 
 
 He remained at home until twenty-one years 
 of age. During the succeeding four years he 
 was employed on different farms in the county. 
 At the end of that time, on account of poor 
 health, he decided to try a new line of work, 
 and started as a pedler of general merchandise, 
 including dry goods and groceries, throughout 
 Oxford and Cumberland Counties. This proved 
 a successful venture, and he continued in it 
 without interruption for twelve years. He then 
 settled down to farming for himself, carrying 
 on in connection therewith a considerable trade 
 in live stock. He has made various improve- 
 ments in his farm, which contains about one 
 hundred and twenty-three acres of land. 
 
 In June, 1857, he was united in matrimony 
 with Miss Mary S. Scribner, of Harrison. 
 She was born in Otisfield, April 12, 1830, 
 daughter of Clements Scribner. Mr.^ Scribner, 
 who was an early settler of this town, died 
 April 18, 1 88 1. His wife's death occurred 
 July 29, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Skillings have 
 had a son and two daughters, all of whom are 
 living. They are: James Sumner, born Feb- 
 ruary 12, 1859, who' married Miss Lilla Jill- 
 son, and lives with his wife under the parental 
 roof-tree; Fannie S., born March 24, 1863, 
 who married Arthur E. Tyler, a farmer of 
 Mason, Me. ; and Carrie, born December 2, 
 1866, the wife of Fred C. Weston, a farmer, 
 residing in Bolster's Mills village. Their 
 parents were careful to have each furnished 
 with a good practical education. As a politi- 
 cian Mr. Skillings is well known throughout 
 the county, being one of the leading canvas- 
 sers for the Republican party. For the past 
 five years he has served as Deputy Sheriff. In 
 1878 he was elected Selectman, and is now 
 holding that office, having served eight years 
 in all. He is a member of Crooked River 
 Lodge, No. 152, A. F. & A. M., of Otisfield, 
 and also belongs to the Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows. Mr. and Mrs. Skillings are 
 attendants of the Free Baptist Church at 
 Bolsters Mills. 
 
 If: 
 
 ILLIAM LEONARD BILLINGS, 
 who is retired from active business, 
 owns and occupies the commodious 
 brick residence at the corner of Franklin and 
 
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 Cumberland Streets, Portland, having lived 
 there since 1853. He is an excellent repre- 
 sentative of Portland's native-born citizens, 
 the date of his birth being October 17, 1832. 
 His paternal grandfather, Leonard Billings, 
 Sr., was born and reared in Massachusetts, 
 In the prime of life, a married man and a 
 father, he came to' Maine with his family, set- 
 tling for a while in Farmington, but eventu- 
 ally removed to Butterfield, Ohio, where he 
 died in 1843, aged seventy-six years. 
 
 Leonard Billings, Jr., son of Leonard, Sr., 
 and father of William L., was born at Sharon, 
 Mass., July 11, 1793, and was fifteen years of 
 age when his parents removed to Farmington, 
 he himself at the same time coming directly 
 to this city, where he was first employed in 
 an eating-house, owned by a Mr. Quincy. 
 Ambitious, energetic, and versatile, Mr. 
 Leonard Billings, Jr., was engaged in various 
 occupations until 1844, when he became one 
 of the organizers of the Portland Steam 
 Packet Company, which began business in a 
 modest way with but two propellers, the 
 " General Warren " and the " Commodore 
 Preble." These packets were used chiefly for 
 freighting, but carried a few passengers. The 
 business increased rapidly; and before his 
 .death, which occurred July 31, 1872, a regu- 
 lar line of passenger steamers, commodious 
 and elegantly furnished, plied between this 
 city and Boston. 
 
 Ann I. Knight, who was married to Leonard 
 Billings, Jr., on January 30, 1828, was the 
 daughter of Benjamin Knight, a pioneer mer- 
 chant of this city, who in early life was 
 prosperously engaged in the clothing business, 
 but later was interested in the steamship line. 
 She was a native of Portland, born July 13, 
 1804; and she died June 20, 1887, having sur- 
 vived her husband nearly fifteen years. Four 
 sons were born to them, as follows: William 
 Leonard, who died in infancy; Alvas Ray, 
 who died young; William Leonard, the spe- 
 cial subject of this biographical sketch; and 
 George Washington, deceased. 
 
 William Leonard Billings, having acquired 
 a substantial education in the public schools 
 of this city, learned the cooper's trade, and 
 was for some time engaged in that occupation. 
 After reaching years of maturity, he entered 
 
 his father's office, being at first engaged as a 
 clerk, but later, as his father's health failed, 
 to a large extent bearing the burden of the 
 management of the business, and, after the 
 death of the father, holding for a time the po- 
 sition of agent of the company, his whole 
 term of service embracing a score of years. 
 For the past twenty years Mr. Billings has 
 lived practically retired, enjoying leisure and 
 freedom from business cares., 
 
 On April 9, 1870, Mr. Billings was united 
 inmarriage with Miss Laura Helen Gushing, 
 daughter of Rufus Gushing, one of the old 
 settlers of the town of Freeport, where her 
 girlhood days were passed, her birth having 
 occurred there December 17, 1833. Liberal- 
 minded and charitable, Mr. and Mrs. Billings 
 are sincere members of the Universalist 
 church, having been born and reared in that 
 faith. 
 
 M 
 
 R. REBECCA A. BUZZELL, a suc- 
 cessful lady physician practising 
 at Gorham, was born in the town of 
 Buxton, York County, November 20, 
 1 8 16, daughter of Captain Jabez and Betsey 
 (Hancock) Hobson, both natives of the same 
 place. Her grandfather, Joseph Hobson, a 
 farmer by occupation, was a resident of Buxton 
 throughout an active life of fourscore years. 
 Joseph Hobson's wife, whose maiden name 
 was Rebecca Sawyer, was also a native of Bux- 
 ton. She died at the age of sixty years, hav- 
 ing borne him a family of five sons and four 
 daughters. 
 
 Captain Hobson was for many years an 
 officer in the State militia, and one of the 
 prominent men of his native town. He was 
 extensively engaged in farming and lumber- 
 ing, giving employment to many men. He 
 was quite active in church affairs, having been 
 a Deacon in the Free Will Baptist church for 
 ten years. To him and his wife nine children 
 were born, four of whom are living — Sewell, 
 Rebecca A., Ellen, and Jabez. Sewell, born 
 March 20, 1815, was twice married. His first 
 wife, Martha Buzzell, bore him five children, 
 three of whom are living — Ethelinda, Eliz- 
 abeth, and Alma. His second wife, Ann 
 Thompson, had one child, Sewell. Ellen 
 
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 Hobson, born in 1834, is the wife of Ingalls 
 Paine, and has one child, Alice Leona. 
 Jabez Hobson, born- in 1837, married Eliza 
 Smith, and they are the parents of three chil- 
 dren — Lillian, William, and Rebecca. 
 
 Dr. Buzzell obtained her elementary educa- 
 tion in the common schools of Buxton, after 
 which she continued her studies at the acad- 
 emy in Limerick and Parsonsfield Seminary 
 in Parsonsfield, this State. In 1836 she 
 became the wife of Dr. James M. Buzzell, a 
 prominent surgeon and physician of Parsons- 
 field. He afterward removed to Worcester, 
 Mass., remaining there two years as a profes- 
 sor in the Eclectic Medical College. He 
 subsequently filled the same chair in the Uni- 
 versity of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia for 
 about the same length of time. Resuming 
 private practice, he returned to Maine, locat- 
 ing at Gorham, but afterward settled in the 
 city of Portland, where he continued in active 
 practice until his death in 1892. He was 
 very successful as a practitioner, being a skil- 
 ful surgeon and a most able physician, highly 
 esteemed by his professional brethren and by 
 his large circle of friends and acquaintances. 
 
 Dr. Rebecca A. Buzzell was always inter- 
 ested in the study of medicine, and after her 
 marriage became a close student of the science. 
 She first made a study of the allopathic 
 method of treating diseases, later taking up 
 the study of homoeopathy. She has practised 
 the latter since 1870, meeting with excellent 
 results, both in Gorham and in the surround- 
 ing towns. Although now an experienced 
 practitioner, she is still a close student, keep- 
 ing up with the modern methods as they come 
 into authorized use. Of late years the Doctor 
 has confined herself principally to office work, 
 treating home patients, of which she has 
 many. Religiously, she is a member of the 
 Gorham Congregational church. In politics 
 both her husband and father were stanch Re- 
 publicans. 
 
 'OSEPH HELLEN, a prosperous farmer 
 
 of New Gloucester, was born on the 
 
 island of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 
 
 June 8, 1833, son of Robert and Sarah 
 
 (Guinn) Hellen. Mr. Hellen's paternal 
 
 grandparents were natives of Ireland, who em- 
 igrated to America and settled upon the is- 
 land of Cape Breton, near the Straits of Can- 
 cer. They later moved to Aspen Bay, N.S., 
 where they passed the rest of their lives. 
 They raised a family of six children, two of 
 whom are still living, namely: Eliza, the 
 wife of William Young, who resides in Nova 
 Scotia; and Robert, Mr. Hellen's father. 
 
 Robert Hellen, who was born in Queens- 
 town, Ireland, came to America with his par- 
 ents. He engaged in the fishing industry at 
 Aspen Bay, an occupation which he followed 
 with success for many years. He was also 
 profitably occupied in farming. Still smart 
 and active at the age of eighty-seven years, 
 he has long been a prominent resident of the 
 locality. Hiis wife, Sarah, who is a native of 
 Aspen Bay, has had eleven children, as fol- 
 lows: Joseph, the subject of this sketch, who 
 was the first-born; Mary, who is now residing 
 in Massachusetts, the widow of John Guinn ; 
 John, who died at the age of twenty-five years; 
 Ellen, who married Thomas Guinn, and re- 
 sides at Aspen Bay, N.S.; Sarah, who resides 
 in Boston, and is the widow of David Harcas; 
 Robert, who married Catherine Morrison, and 
 resides near Aspen; Eliza, now living at 
 Cape Ann, Massachusetts, the widow of 
 Charles Whittier, who was killed at sea; Me- 
 hitable, residing in Boston; Ann, who married 
 John McPherson, and lives at Aspen Bay ; Will- 
 iam, who married Elizabeth Young, and now 
 resides at the homestead with his father; and 
 James, who died at the age of three years. The 
 mother, who still survives, is eighty years old. 
 
 Joseph Hellen commenced to assist in his 
 own support at an early age. His attendance 
 at the regular sessions of the common schools 
 ended after a brief period, but he afterward 
 availed himself of the opportunity of advanc- 
 ing his education by attending night school. 
 At the age of twenty-three he engaged in the 
 fishing industry, which is the principal source 
 of employment at Aspen Bay; and he followed 
 that occupation quite extensively in connec- 
 tion with farming for thirty-six years. In 
 1892 he came to New Gloucester, and bought 
 the property of one hundred and twenty-nine 
 acres known as the True farm, upon which 
 he now resides. Since entering upon posses- 
 
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 sion of it he has improved the farm, which is 
 now in a good state of cultivation. He car- 
 ries on general agriculture, fruit growing, and 
 stock raising with an energy and ability that 
 show his familiarity with the most approved 
 methods. He occupied a leading position 
 among the residents of Aspen Bay, his former 
 home; and he served as Justice of the Peace 
 there for sixteen years. He is a Republican 
 in his political relations. 
 
 On July 6, 1857, Mr. Hellen was united in 
 marriage to Isabella McPherson. She is a 
 native of Scotland, born in October, 1833, 
 whose parents brought her with them to Aspen 
 Bay in 1849, and there resided for the rest of 
 their lives. Her father was engaged in the 
 fisheries, and was also a prosperous farmer. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Hellen have had seven children, 
 as follows: Sarah Ann, the wife of B. D. 
 Goring, who is superintendent of the furnish- 
 ing-goods department in a large mercantile 
 house in Boston ; Christiana, who married 
 George H. Jordan, and lives in Auburn, Me.; 
 John, who married Mary Chisholm, and is 
 superintendent of an electric light plant in 
 Auburn; Mary, the wife of John A. Reed; 
 Eliza; Catherine, who married H. A. Mc- 
 Cleod, a prosperous merchant of New Haven, 
 N.S.; and Efifie, who married Ransom Verill, 
 of Gray, Me. Mr. and Mrs. Hellen are Pres- 
 byterians in their religious belief, and united 
 with that church in Aspen Bay. Mr. Hellen 
 is an able farmer, an intelligent and useful 
 citizen, and is highly esteemed by his fellow- 
 townsmen. He has lived a busy and indus- 
 trious liffe, and his prosperity is the result of 
 his own unaided exertions. 
 
 ENRY WARREN LORING, one of 
 Pownal's most enterprising and pro- 
 gressive farmers, was born in this 
 town, August 9, 1857, son of Will-' 
 iam and Susan Y. (Moody) Loring. Mr. 
 Loring's grandfather, William Loring, was 
 born in the year 1800, and was one of the 
 early residents of Pownal, where he owned and 
 conducted a farm. He was a hard-working 
 man, who succeeded in obtaining a comfort- 
 able-prosperity by a diligent application of 
 the resources at his command. He resided in 
 
 Pownal until his death, which took' place' No- 
 vember 22, 1885. He attended the Baptist 
 church. He married Susan Staples, a native 
 of Gray, Me., and reared a family of five chil- 
 dren, as follows: Andrew G., who resides in 
 Pownal; Alonzo, a resident of Yarmouth; 
 Ellen, wife of Stephen Richardson, of 
 Pownal; William, Mr. Loring's father, who 
 was the eldest son, and is no longer living; 
 and Henry, who died at the age of sixteen. 
 Mrs. Susan S. Loring lived to reach the age 
 of seventy-four years. 
 
 William Loring was born in Pownal in 
 1S26, and was a lifelong resident of this town. 
 He adopted agriculture as an occupation, own- 
 ing a good farm, which he cultivated with 
 energy and success, and was known as an in- 
 dustrious and worthy citizen., He died April 
 3, i860. His wife, Susan Y. Moody, became 
 the mother of two children, namely: Henry 
 Warren, the subject of this sketch; and Etta, 
 who is now Mrs. Downs, and lives in Belfast, 
 Me. Mrs. Susan Y. Loring married for her 
 second husband Joseph Black, by whom she 
 had four children; and she died in 1872. 
 
 Henry Warren Loring was but three years 
 old when his father died. When he was 
 five years old he went to reside with his grand- 
 father. He received his education in the 
 schools of his native town, and at an early age 
 engaged in the bptchering business, which he 
 learned so rapidly that at the age of thirteen, 
 being, as it would seem, unusually strong for 
 his years, he was able to kill and dress an ox 
 without assistance. He followed that occupa- 
 tion for eight years; and, after engaging in 
 other kinds of employment for a time, he se- 
 cured a position as clerk in the store of 
 Tuttle & Lawrence of West Pownal, where he 
 remained for eighteen months. In 1874 he 
 entered the employ of the Grand Trunk Rail- 
 road Company as a switchman, six years later 
 becoming a fireman upon the road>; and he 
 continued in that capacity until 1887. Nat- 
 urally economical and thrifty, he had saved 
 his surplus earnings; and with this money he 
 then bought his farm of one hundred and 
 sixty acres, where he has since carried on 
 general farming with success. He also de- 
 votes considerable attention to a dairy, keep- 
 ing a herd of ten full-blooded Jersey cows; and 
 
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 he is the owner of a registered Jersey bull. 
 Although his experience as a farmer has been 
 short, his natural capability and good sense 
 have led him to avail himself of the improved 
 methods of modern agriculture, so that he 
 already ranks among the foremost members 
 of the farming community of Pownal. 
 
 On November 22, 1885, Mr. Loring was 
 married to Cornelia E. Plummer, daughter of 
 Moses and Cornelia (Warren) Plummer. 
 Moses Plummer was born in Gloucester, 
 Mass., February 11, 1816; and when a young 
 man he learned the trade of a blacksmith, 
 which he followed for some time. He later 
 entered mercantile business in Gray, Me., 
 where he continued in trade successfully for 
 several years, and served as a Justice of the 
 Peace and Trial Justice. In 1858 he moved 
 to Pownal, and engaged in farming upon the 
 property which Mr. Loring now owns. He 
 died July 25, 1890. He was twice married; 
 and by his union with his wife, whose maiden 
 name was Elizabeth Merrill, he had two 
 daughters. Mrs. Elizabeth M. Plummer died 
 December 28, 1856; and he married for his 
 second wife Cornelia Warren, who was born 
 in Pownal, October 4, 1825, and by whom he 
 had three children. The five children of 
 Moses Plummer are as follows: Lizzie M., 
 who is now Mrs. Pierce, and resides in San 
 Francisco, Cal. ; Jennie E. who is now Mrs. 
 Flagg, and lives in Lewiston, Me. ; Cornelia 
 E., who is now Mrs. Loring; Charles M. 
 and Harry L., who reside in Lewiston. Mrs. 
 Cornelia W. Plummer, the mother of the last 
 three, is a Universalist in religion. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Loring have no children. 
 They are liberal in their religious views, and 
 are very pleasant people to meet. Mr. Loring 
 is in every way a self-made man, his prosper- 
 ity being the result of his own persevering in- 
 dustry. He is a member of Cumberland 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; Cumberland Chapter, 
 Royal Arch Masons; and of Portland Council. 
 In politics he supports the Republican party. 
 
 ILLIAM H. PAYNE, one of the 
 leading and well-to-do farmers of 
 North Yarmouth, Me., was born in 
 Gorham, an inland town of Cumberland 
 
 County, April 7, 1822, son of Richard and 
 Eunice (Blake) Payne. Mr. Payne's grand- 
 father. Captain John Payne, was born on 
 Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and became a well- 
 known ship-master of his day. He early set- 
 tled upon a farm in Gorham, but continued 
 for the most part engaged in nautical pur- 
 suits, and was lost at sea in middle life. H^e 
 married Anna Pike, who was a native of Cape 
 Cod, and who lived to reach the age of sev- 
 enty-seven years. She reared a family of 
 seven children; namely, John, Abner, Elisha, 
 Thomas, Leonard, Richard, and Mary. 
 
 Richard Payne was born in Gorham, May 18, 
 1788, and was the youngest son of his parents. 
 When a young man he learned the cooper's 
 trade, which he followed as an occupation. 
 Later he succeeded to the ownership of the 
 home property by purchasing the interests of 
 the other heirs. He was a practical and suc- 
 cessful farmer and a worthy citizen. He re- 
 sided in Gorham until his death, which took 
 place May 29, 1859. He was a Whig in poli- 
 tics. His wife, Eunice Blake, who was born 
 in Gorham, September 8, 1787, became the 
 mother of eight children, as follows: Solo- 
 mon; Elmira: Martha; Freeman; Charles; 
 William H., the subject of this sketch; John; 
 and Abner. Of these the only ones now liv- 
 ing are: William H., of North Yarmouth; 
 and Abner, who resides in Portland. Mrs. 
 Eunice B. Payne passed her last years at the 
 home of her son in North Yarmouth, where 
 she died January 28, 1870. She was a mem- 
 ber of the Methodist Episcopal church. 
 
 William H. Payne attended the district 
 schools of his native town, and was reared to 
 farm life. He resided with his parents until 
 reaching the age of eighteen, when he bought 
 his time, and went to Saccarappa, now West- 
 brook, Me., where he found employment in 
 the cotton-mills, and remained there for two 
 years. On account of his father's failing 
 health he then returned to the homestead for 
 the purpose of taking charge of the farm, and 
 later he purchased the property. He resided 
 there until 1865, when he sold the farm; and, 
 after engaging in mercantile pursuits at Gor- 
 ham Corners for one year, he in 1866 moved 
 to his present farm in North Yarmouth. He 
 has about fifty acres of well-improved land de- 
 
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 voted to general farming with gratifying suc- 
 cess. He has made various improvements 
 upon the buildings, which present a neat and 
 substantial appearance. In his political 
 views he is a Prohibitionist. He has taken 
 an active part in town affairs, having served 
 with ability as a member of the Board of Se- 
 lectmen and in other offices. 
 
 On November 17, 1845, Mr. Payne was 
 united in marriage to Mary E. P. Moulton. 
 She was born in Standish, Me., January 28, 
 1828, daughter of Eben and Martha (Phil- 
 brook, Moulton, both of whom were natives of 
 that town. Eben Moulton was a tanner and 
 currier, and followed his trade successfully 
 for many years. He has now reached an ad- 
 vanced age, and is residing with his son 
 Charles in Wilmington, 111. His wife, Mrs. 
 Payne's mother, lived to reach the age of 
 seventy-one years. Of their five children 
 three are now living, namely: Mrs. Payne, 
 who is the eldest; Mrs. Maria Fitz, of Oak- 
 land, Cal.; and Charles Moulton, who resides 
 in Illinois. The departed are: Amanda S., 
 who became Mrs. Andrews; and Horatio F. 
 Moulton, who was for some years a conductor 
 on the Chicago & Alton Railroad. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Payne have had six children, 
 but two of whom survive, namely: Emma F., 
 who was born September 30, 185 1, married 
 Charles Longshore, and resides in Iowa; and 
 Lincoln A., who was born March 16, 1870, 
 and now resides in Lunenburg, Vt., where he 
 is freight clerk for the Maine Central Rail- 
 road Company. He married Abbie Lane, of 
 Strafford, Vt. .The other children were: 
 Llewellyn V., who was born July 3, 1S47, and 
 died at the age of three years and nineteen 
 days; Ellen M., who was born June 21, 1850, 
 and died August 30, 1854; Llewellyn W., 
 who was born January 31, 1855, and died June 
 24, 1864; and Mary E., who was born Octo- 
 ber 17, 1865, and died December 3 of that 
 year. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Payne are members of the 
 Methodist Episcopal church, and Mrs. Payne 
 has long been prominent in church and Sun- 
 day-school matters. He is well and favorably 
 known among the hading residents of North 
 Yarmouth, being a man of high moral prin- 
 ciples and one who keeps himself in touch 
 
 with the progress of the times. On Novem- 
 ber 17, 189s, Mr. and Mrs. Payne celebrated 
 their golden wedding at their pleasant home 
 in North Yarmouth. 
 
 ON. DAVID W. MERRILL is a 
 well-known and influential citizen of 
 New Gloucester, Me.-, his native 
 town. He was born on December 
 18, 1820, and has been a resident of the vil- 
 lage of Upper Gloucester since 1855, and has 
 held various public offices, discharging the 
 duties thereof with ability and faithfulness. 
 
 His parents were William and Lydia (Pu- 
 rinton) Merrill. William Merrill moved at 
 an early day with his parents from Falmouth 
 to West Gloucester, where he was engaged in 
 farming until his death in 1839. His wife, 
 Lydia, was from Kittery, Me. She died No- 
 vember 30, 1859. They had four children — 
 James, Charles, Rhoda, and David W. James 
 Merrill married Lucy Tobie, and lives in New 
 Gloucester. Charles married first Malind^ 
 Brackett, and after her death married Mrs. 
 Buck, who survived him, and is now living at 
 Paris, Me. Rhoda's first husband was Lewis 
 Holmes, whom she outlived. Her second was 
 Jesse Young. They have both passed away. 
 
 David W. Merrill at the age of nineteen 
 was obliged on account of the death of his 
 father to take charge of the old farm in West 
 Gloucester. In 1855 he came to Upper 
 Gloucester, and rented a farm. Two years 
 later, with Mr. George Blake and others, he 
 started in the general mercantile business in 
 this village, continuing thus engaged for five 
 years, when he sold out his interest in the 
 store and resumed the life of a farmer, having 
 bought his present farm in 1859. 
 
 In politics Mr. Merrill is an earnest and 
 active Republican. He was elected Select- 
 man in 1861, and served six years. In 1866 
 he was Collector and Treasurer of New 
 Gloucester, and in 1867 he represented his dis- 
 trict in the State legislature. He was also in" 
 the custom-house for six years, and as Chair- 
 man of the Town Committee he served thirty 
 years. Mr. Merrill is a member of the Ma- 
 sonic Order, belonging to Cumberland Lodge, 
 
 F. & A. M., No. 12, of Upper Gloucester. 
 
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 He is also interested in the temperance cause, 
 being an active member of the Society of Good 
 Templars. 
 
 On October 14, 1844, Mr. Merrill was 
 united in marriage with Mrs. Pamelia (Dun- 
 lap) Soule, of Lisbon, Me., where she was 
 born September 8, 18 14, a daughter of David 
 Dunlap. Five children were the fruit. of this 
 union — Willie, who died in infancy; Elmira, 
 wife of Charles A. Metcalf, who is in the 
 Treasury Department at Washington, D.C.; 
 Harvey W., who married Ida Gerrish, and 
 lives in West Medford, Mass. ; Neal Dow, 
 who died at the age of ten years; and Willie 
 F., who passed away at the age of seven. The 
 surviving children were educated at Westbrook 
 Seminary, Me. Mrs. Pamelia D. Merrill died 
 in 1873; and in 1882 Mr. Merrill married 
 Hannah, daughter of Perez B. Latham, who 
 came to this village in 1864. She was born 
 August 7, 1845. By this union there were 
 no children. Mrs. Hannah Merrill died on 
 September 10, 1893. Mr. Merrill married on 
 June 6, 189s, his third wife, Florence H. 
 Leach, who was born August 29, 1846, daugh- 
 ter of Benjamin F. Leach, of Auburn,- Me. 
 Her parents are both deceased. 
 
 Mr. Merrill has practically retired from his 
 various business enterprises; but he. still car- 
 ries on a small farm of twenty-five acres, hav- 
 ing plenty of healthful exercise, and enjoying 
 the freedom and quiet of country living and 
 thinking. With only a common-school edu- 
 cation Mr. Merrill has pushed his way on- 
 ward and upward, leading an industrious, use- 
 ful life, working not for himself alone, but 
 mindful of his obligations as a citizen and 
 neighbor, contributing to the welfare and ad- 
 vancement of the community. He is widely 
 known and highly esteemed. 
 
 iLIHU H. RICE, Freight Agent of the 
 Portland & Rochester Railroad at 
 Portland, was born in this city 
 March 26, 1859, son of Richard G. and Mary 
 E. (Libby) Rice. The father spent the larger 
 part of his life in Cumberland County, living 
 in different towns. He was engaged in truck- 
 ing in Portland for several years. His wife 
 was a daughter of- Eli Libby, who belonged to 
 
 the family of Libbys that settled in Scarboro, 
 and was of Revolutionary stock. They reared 
 a family of three children — Elihu H., James 
 L. , and R. M. James is a grocer in Portland. 
 R. M. Rice also resides in this city. 
 
 Elihu PI. Rice obtained his elementary edu- 
 cation in the country schools of North Pownal, 
 this county, where his parents lived for a 
 while. He afterward attended the schools at 
 Deering, Cumberland County, completing his 
 studies in the Deering High School. He 
 began life as a clerk in the wholesale store of 
 D. W. True & Co., for whom he worked a 
 year. Mr. Rice then entered the service of 
 the Boston & Maine Railroad Company, and 
 was employed in their local freight office here 
 for twenty years. For the last fifteen years 
 of the time he was cashier of the freight de- 
 partment. On December 10, 1894, he was 
 appointed to his present position, the duties of 
 which he is discharging with characteristic 
 fidelity and ability. The position places upon 
 him a heavy responsibility; for the road, 
 although a small one, carries on a large freight 
 business. 
 
 On April 29, 1885, Mr. Rice was united in 
 marriage with Miss Lizzie J., daughter of 
 John T. Sterling, of this city; and he is the 
 father of one child, Richard, L. He is a Mason 
 and an Odd Fellow. He belongs to Atlantic 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Greenleaf Chapter 
 and Portland Commandery; and to Ligonia 
 Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
 and Eastern Star Encampment. He is also 
 a member of a life insurance order. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Rice are regular attendants of the Con- 
 gress Square Church. The family residence 
 is pleasantly located at 192 Clark Street. 
 
 BEL HEALD HARRIMAN, a resi- 
 dent of the village of Bridgton, is a 
 native of Lovell, Oxford County, 
 born May 14, 1844. His father, 
 Asa B. . Harriman, was born, it is supposed,' 
 in Chatham, N. H. Very little is known of 
 the ancestral history beyond the fact that Asa 
 was a little lad when he lost his father, who 
 was accidentally killed by a falling tree. He 
 was reared on a farm. After his removal to 
 this State he bought land in Lovell, on which 
 
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 he cleared a homestead, and resided until his 
 death, at the age of seventy-two years. His 
 wife, formerly Amanda Heald, was a lifelong 
 resident of Lovell, where her death occurred 
 when she was but fifty-four years old. 
 
 Abel H. Harriman entered the army when 
 eighteen years of age for service in the Civil 
 War. He enlisted in Company D, Sixteenth 
 Maine Volunteer Infantry, which was assigned 
 to the Army of the Potomac. With his gal- 
 lant comrades he took an active part in the 
 memorable battle of Fredericksburg, at which 
 one-half of the men in his regiment were 
 killed, wounded, or captured, he being fortu- 
 nate enough to escape unscathed. Mr. Harri- 
 man was subsequently detached as one of the 
 headquarter guards of the First Corps. He 
 performed this duty until the spring of 1864, 
 when he was transferred to the ambulance 
 corps as stretcher-bearer. In this capacity 
 he was present, and assisted in removing the 
 killed and wounded from the field, after the 
 battles of the Wilderness, Laurel Hill, Spott- 
 sylvania. North Anna, Chickahominy, Sand 
 Hill, and the various engagements before 
 Petersburg. In April, 1865, being then the 
 driver of an ambulance wagon, he was present 
 at the closing scenes of the campaign. He 
 was at Appomattox when Lee surrendered, and 
 afterward participated in the Grand Review at 
 Washington. From Washington he returned 
 home, receiving his discharge at Augusta, 
 June 14, 1865. 
 
 After visiting his friends and home in 
 Lovell for a month, Mr. Harriman went to 
 Massachusetts. Here he was for a time em- 
 ployed in a shoe factory at Halifax and engaged 
 in lumbering in Brockton. Having passed 
 three years in the old Bay State, he returned 
 once more to Lovell, bought an interest in 
 a saw-mill, and was for several years there- 
 after occupied in the manufacture and sale of 
 lumber and wood. In 1877 he settled in 
 Bridgton, which has since been his home. 
 
 Mr. Harriman has been twice married. His 
 first marriage was contracted in 1868, with 
 Mary Bass, a native of Wilton, this State. 
 She bore him two children — Linwood A. 
 and Adelia I. The latter died when but four 
 years old. The mother's death occurred in 
 1883. Two years later he married Miss Mary 
 
 J. Lewis, who was born in New Brunswick, 
 and reared in Bridgton. Socially, Mr. Harri- 
 man is connected with Farragut PQ,st, No. 
 27, Grand Army of the Republic; Cumberland 
 Lodge, No. 30, and Mount Pleasant Encamp- 
 ment, No. 14, Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows; the Rebecca Lodge; Highland 
 Lodge, No. 10, Knights of Pythias; and Ori- 
 ental Lodge, No. 13, A. F. &. A M. 
 
 RED VIVIAN MATTHEWS, attor- 
 ney-at-law of Portland, resides at 58 
 Pearl Street, Deering. He was born 
 at Boothbay, Me., September 2, 1865, eldest 
 son of Elbridge Matthews, now a prominent 
 business man of this city, who is also a native 
 of Boothbay. 
 
 Mr. Matthews' s paternal grandparents were 
 Alfred and Charlotte (Dunton) Matthews. 
 Charlotte Dunton was the daughter of Timothy 
 Dunton and Margaret (Pinkham) Dunton, of 
 Boothbay, and grand-daughter of Timothy 
 Dunton, Jr., an Englishman, who, with a 
 brother and sister, settled in what is now 
 Westport, Me., prior to 1749, where he and 
 his wife, Mary Elizabeth, lived and died. 
 Margaret Pinkham Dunton was the second 
 wife of Timothy Dunton, of Boothbay, and was 
 a daughter of Solomon and Sarah Pinkham, of 
 Boothbay. Alfred Matthews was a carpenter 
 by trade, much respected in business and re- 
 ligious circles, being a prominent member of 
 the Free Will Baptist church, at the time of 
 his death, which occurred January 26, 1879, 
 holding the office of Deacon. He always lived 
 in Boothbay, though he made occasional sea 
 voyages, and was well acquainted with the 
 New England coast. 
 
 He was the grandson of John Matthews, Sr., 
 a pioneer of that town, and his wife Janette 
 (Barter) Matthews, and a son of Captain John 
 and Rebecca (Southard) Matthews. Rebecca 
 was one of the twelve children of John and 
 Sarah (Lewis) Southard, of Boothbay, and a 
 grand-daughter of a French pioneer of the 
 town named Scerott^, who came from Mar- 
 seilles, France, and settled there about the 
 time of the French and Indian War, and 
 changed his name to Southard. Captain John 
 Matthews, the great-grandfather of Fred 
 
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 Vivian, born at Boothbay, May 20, 1779, was 
 a seafaring man ; and, as master of a vessel 
 during the early years of the present century, 
 he visited every quarter of the globe, his trips 
 sometimes reaching three years in length. 
 
 Elbridge Matthews was born on October 24, 
 1840. He inherited from his grandfather. 
 Captain John Matthews, love for the sea, which 
 was fostered in his younger years by the old 
 man's tales of adventure and personal experi- 
 ences ; and so, when a young lad, he went as a 
 cabin boy on a brig, after which he rapidly 
 worked his way upward until at the age of 
 twenty-two he took charge of a vessel, thus 
 visiting many of the important ports of the 
 world, crossing the line in different parts of 
 the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans 
 eighty-eight times. He sailed the seas as 
 master mariner continuously for twenty-four 
 years, never having the misfortune to be 
 wrecked. He was run down in the night at 
 one time by a steamer of the Guion Line, 
 about four hundred miles out of New York; 
 but by dint of courage, coolheadedness, and per- 
 severance he succeeded in bringing his vessel 
 and -valuable cargo of South American goods 
 safely into port, although the ship was badly 
 stove forward and leaking fast, and his crew 
 at one time deserted him. Retiring from sea- 
 faring in 1886, he continued to reside on Me- 
 chanic Street, Deering, where he has made his 
 home since January i, 1874. Soon after set- 
 tling permanently on shore, he established 
 himself in the grain and feed business at 
 Knightville, Cape Elizabeth, now South Port- 
 land, where he is still engaged, having rebuilt 
 ' his place of business, which was destroyed by 
 fire in the spring of 1894. In 1892 he opened 
 another store at the corner of Kennebec and 
 Green Streets in Portland. Mr. Matthews is 
 at present Alderman of his ward in the city of 
 Deering; is a member of the Fraternity Lodge, 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Deer- 
 ing; of Machigone Encampment; of the old 
 Lincoln Lodge of Free Masons, of Wiscasset, 
 Me. ; and of the Improved Order of Red Men. 
 Elbridge Matthews has been twice married, 
 his first wife having been Miss Lovesta Hodg- 
 don, who was born November 19, 1839, in 
 Boothbay, being the daughter of Timothy and 
 Frances (Tibbetts) Hodgdon. Frances Tib- 
 
 betts, born December 2, 1801, in Boothbay, 
 was a daughter of James and Abigail (Lewis) 
 Tibbetts, and grand-daughter of Nathaniel and 
 Abigail (Alley) Tibbetts, who were among the 
 first settlers of the town of Boothbay. Sarah 
 Lewis Southard, mentioned above, and Abigail 
 Lewis Tibbetts were daughters of Joseph and 
 Sarah (Dexter) Lewis, of Boothbay. 
 
 Miss Lovesta Hodgdon 's father, Timothy 
 Hodgdon, was born March 13, 1798, at 
 Westport, near Boothbay, was married July 
 20, 1820, and died at Boothbay, October 19, 
 1 88 1. He was the son of John and Deborah 
 (Dunton) Hodgdon, of Westport; and John in 
 turn was son of Thomas, of Westport, whose 
 father, Alexander Hodgdon, was born and 
 reared in Boston. Deborah Dunton was a 
 daughter of John and Abigail (Walker) Dun- 
 ton, of Westport; and John Dunton was a 
 brother to Timothy, the father of Mrs. Char- 
 lotte Matthews, mentioned above. 
 
 By his first wife Elbridge Matthews had 
 five children — Fred Vivian; Chester, who is 
 in business with his father; Genevieve; Leslie, 
 who died in infancy; and Lovesta. Mrs. Lo- 
 vesta Matthews died March 9, 1883; and in 
 October, 1884, Mr. Elbridge Matthews mar- 
 ried her niece, Miss Flora D. Hodgdon, also 
 of Boothbay. They have one child, Marion 
 Laura. 
 
 Fred Vivian Matthews was graduated from 
 the Deering High School in 1883, from 
 Hebron Academy the following year, and was 
 a member of the class of 1889 of Colby Uni- 
 versity, where he was President of his class 
 while a Freshman, taking the first prize for 
 declamation in his Sophomore year, and being 
 a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Society. 
 Leaving college at the end of the Sophomore 
 year, he read law with Drummond & Drum- 
 mond of Portland, and was admitted to the 
 Cumberland bar in October, 1889. Mr. 
 Matthews at once entered upon the practice of 
 his profession, opening an office in Portland, 
 where he has met with success. 
 
 Continuing his residence in Deering, Mr. 
 Matthews has been active in the political 
 circles of that city, being Secretary of the 
 Republican City Committee and a delegate to 
 every county convention, as well as to other 
 conventions, during the last six years. For 
 
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 four years he was Collector of Deering, for 
 two years the Republican member of the Board 
 of Registration ; and he is at present City So- 
 licitor, besides which he has held other minor 
 offices. Socially, he is a member of Deering 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; of Fraternity Lodge, 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Deer- 
 ing; of Una Encampment of Portland and 
 of the Portland Club; of the Congregational 
 Club of Portland, of which he has been the 
 Secretary for. the last three years;" and of 
 Deering Board of Trade. He is a member 
 of the Woodfords Congregational Church of 
 Deering. 
 
 On June 25, 1890, Mr. Matthews was united 
 in marriage with Miss Annie B. Harmon, a 
 daughter of Truman and Harriet (Files) Har- 
 mon, of Deering. They have one child, a 
 daughter, Vivien Harmon Matthews. 
 
 Mrs. Matthews, through her ancestors the 
 Phinneys, is a lineal descendant from the 
 earlier Pilgrims of Plymouth and the Plym- 
 outh Rogers family. She is the great-great- 
 grand-daughter of Colonel Edmund Phinney, 
 who commanded a Maine regiment in the 
 Revolutionary War, and thus a descendant of 
 Colonel Phinney' s father, Captain John Phin- 
 ney, who was the first settler in Gorham, in 
 this county; and she is a great-grand-daughter 
 of Samuel Files and of Josiah Harmon, vet- 
 erans of the Revolution. By virtue of this 
 lineage Mrs. Matthews is clearly eligible to 
 membership in various laatriotic and Colonial 
 organizations. She has become a member 
 of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 
 and is also prominent in literary, musical, and 
 social circles. 
 
 jDWIN AYER, superintendent of the 
 paper-mills of S. D. Warren & Co. at 
 Westbrook from 1884 till the time 
 of his death in 1892, was born in Cornish, 
 Me., February 26, 1842. He was the son 
 of Jacob and Abigail (Sargent) Ayer. Jacob 
 Ayer, who was a carpenter by trade, spent the 
 latter part of his life in Westbrook in business 
 as a contractor and builder. He acquired a 
 reputation for exactness and thoroughness in 
 all his work, and completed some important 
 contracts, including the old high-school house. 
 
 the residence of L. W. Edwards, and the 
 handsome dwelling of John Cloudman. He 
 died in 1864. 
 
 Edwin Ayer was three years old when his 
 parents removed to Westbrook, and his educa- 
 tion was received in the common schools of 
 this town. He learned to make paper boxes, 
 but never worked at that business, as he en- 
 tered the employ of Day & Lyons, paper man- 
 ufacturers, on finishing his apprenticeship. 
 The Day & Lyons mills were situated at Cum- 
 berland Mills (Westbrook), and were the em- 
 bryo, so to speak, of the large mills now con- 
 ducted under the name of S. D. Warren & Co. 
 Mr. Ayer was in the establishment many 
 years, and obtained a thorough knowledge of 
 the different styles of paper-making and all the 
 processes, from the beginning to the, finishing 
 of the paper. When the office of superin- 
 tendent was left vacant by the death of Williarq 
 L. Longley, he was promoted to that position; 
 and during the time of his incumbency he 
 held the entire confidence of his employers 
 and the esteem of all under his charge. Dur- 
 ing the summer of 1892 he travelled exten- 
 sively through England and Scotland- on 
 special business in the interest of the Warren 
 mills. He was universally esteemed in West- 
 brook; and his death, on November 26, 1892, 
 was the cause of general regret. 
 
 Mr. Ayer voted the Republican ticket, but 
 never sought public office. He was a promi- 
 nent member of the Warren Phillips Lodge, 
 A. F. & A. M., No. 186, of Cumberland 
 Mills, in which he had been through all the 
 chairs and held the degree of Master, belong- 
 ing also to the Chapter; and he was NobTe 
 Grand of Ammoncongin Lodge of Cumber- 
 land Mills, in which also he had been through 
 all the chairs. Mr. Ayer was a member of the 
 Warren Congregational Church. He was mar- 
 ried in 1 861 to Miss Maria E. Bacon, a native 
 of South Windham. 
 
 One son lives to perpetuate his name, Will- 
 iam E. Ayer. He was born in Westbrook, 
 Me., December 2, 1863, and received his edu- 
 cation in the public- schools of Westbrook and 
 the State Normal School at Gorham. He 
 taught in the Westbrook schools for about four 
 years, and then was engaged as private secre- 
 tary by Mr. John E. Warren, agent^for the 
 
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 mills of S. D. Warren & Co. Since 1892 he 
 has been purchasing agent for the company, 
 buying all the wood for making pulp for the 
 Warren mills at Westbrook and the Forest 
 Paper Company of Yarmouthville, Me. As 
 they use about thirty-five thousand cords of 
 poplar wood annually, which they get from 
 different sections of Maine, Northern New 
 Hampshire, and Canada, this is a very respon- 
 sible position. The Warren mills have a wide 
 reputation for the excellence of their products. 
 The quality of their paper may be seen in the 
 Youth' s Companion and the Century Magazine. 
 William E. Ayer was married in December, 
 1888, to Miss Louise Brown, daughter of Free- 
 man Brown, of Westbrook, and has one child, 
 Florence E. He, too, votes the Republican 
 ticket. He takes an active interest in educa- 
 tional progress, and served on the School Com- 
 mittee in 1890-91. Belonging to but one 
 fraternal organization, the Masons, he is 
 highly esteemed by his brethren, and holds 
 the office of Past Master of Warren Phillips 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M., No. 186. Mr. Will- 
 iam E. Ayer is organist of the First Congre- 
 gational Church of Westbrook. 
 
 /^TeORGE C. CANNELL, of Portland, 
 V 5 1 Me., state agent for the industrial 
 ^ — department of the Travellers' Insur- 
 ance Company, is a native of Cumberland 
 County, having been born at Windham, June 
 2.4, 1855. His father, Clark Cannell, son of 
 Thomas Cannell, was born in 181 5, and is 
 now an aged man of more than fourscore years. 
 He was reared to the occupation of farming, 
 which he carried on in connection with the 
 trade of carriage manufacturer for a great 
 many years. He was twice married, the 
 maiden name of his first wife being Hannah 
 Harmon. She died, leaving him with one 
 child, M'ary H. His second wife, formerly 
 Dorcas Plaisted, passed from earthly scenes 
 in 1875, leaving two children — Sarah F. ; 
 and George C, the subject of this biographi- 
 cal notice. 
 
 George C. Cannell acquired the rudiments 
 of his substantial education in the common 
 schools of his native town, afterward attending 
 Gorham Seminary and the Portland Business 
 
 College. After his graduation from the latter 
 institution Mr. Cannell was engaged as assist- 
 ant cashier of the Portland Street Railway 
 Company, holding that position five years. 
 Later he accepted a similar position in the 
 employ of the Eastern Railway Company, with 
 which he was connected one year. In 1883 
 he became agent of the Travellers' Insurance 
 Company, to whose business interests he has 
 continued to devote his energies, performing 
 the duties connected with his department in a 
 worthy and acceptable manner, his excellent 
 judgment and practical business ability mak- 
 ing him a most valuable official. Mr. Cannell 
 is an active member of Harmony Lodge, Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and of Fal- 
 mouth Encampment of Portland, while, politi- 
 cally, he is a stanch Republican. He attends 
 the Methodist Episcopal church, his religious 
 beliefs harmonizing with the tenets of that 
 denomination. 
 
 On September 29, 1879, Mr. Cannell was 
 united in marriage with Miss Florence E. 
 Hanscom, daughter of William S. and Mary 
 A. (Libby) Hanscom, of Sebago Lake, Me. 
 The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Cannell is now 
 at 51 Chestnut Street, Portland, Me. 
 
 -AMES LAWRENCE, a leading farmer 
 and prominent resident of North Yar- 
 mouth, an ex-member of the Maine 
 legislature, and a veteran of the Civil 
 War, was born in Gray, September 4, 1842, 
 son of Nathaniel S. and Mary Ann (Har- 
 ris) Lawrence. Mr. Lawrence's grandfather, 
 Ephraim Lawrence, who was born in Groton, 
 Mass., in i^SS, moved from Groton to Gray, 
 where he was engaged in farming the major 
 part of his life, and died in that town June 13, 
 1847, aged eighty-two years. He was an in- 
 dustrious and successful farmer, a Whig in 
 politics and in religious belief a Methodist. 
 Ephraim 's wife, whose maiden name was 
 Sarah Sawtelle, born in Pepperell, Mass., 
 May I, 1773, died November 11, 1863. They 
 had ten children, some of whom died young. 
 Nathaniel S. Lawrence, who was born in 
 Groton, Mass., July 2, 1799, accompanied his 
 parents to Gray. He received a good educa- 
 tion, and afterward taught school for fifty 
 
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 terms. In early manhood he engaged in mer- 
 cantile pursuits, which he followed with 
 success. He went to California in 1852, but 
 returned in 1854. Prominent in public affairs, 
 he was a member of the Board of Selectmen 
 and Town Clerk for a number of years, and 
 ably represented his district in the legislature 
 for two terms. In politics he was a Republi- 
 can, joining that party at its formation ; and 
 in his religious belief he was a Universalist. 
 He died October 19, 1882, aged eighty-three 
 years. He was twice married, first to Eliza- 
 beth S. Harris in 1833, having one child, 
 Elizabeth A. In 1835 he married his second 
 wife, maiden name Mary Ann Harris, a sister 
 of the first wife and a native of Gray. They 
 had nine children, of whom twin girls died 
 in infancy. The rest attained maturity, and 
 four are now living, namely: James, the sub- 
 ject of this sketch; Mary A., who has taught 
 school successfully for many years; Alice J., 
 the wife of W. G. Freeman, of Portland ; and 
 Maria O., the wife of Ansel L. Dunn, of 
 North Yarmouth. The deceased were: Eliza- 
 beth A., who was the wife of Dr. William 
 Warren Green, formerly a well-known surgeon 
 of Portland; Frank, a resident of Portland, 
 who married Lucinda P. Sawyer, of Gray, and 
 by her had one child, Lucinda M. ; Luther, 
 who served as Captain of Company H, 
 Eleventh Regiment, Maine Volunteers, in the 
 Civil War, was mortally wounded in the battle 
 at Deep Bottom, Va., August 16, and died in 
 Chesapeake Hospital at Fortress Monroe, Sep- 
 tember 3, 1864, aged twenty-four years; and 
 Charles, who served as a private in Company 
 C, Twelfth Maine Regiment, and was drowned 
 while skating on Royal's River at the age of 
 eighteen years. The mother died January 2, 
 1894, aged eighty-two. 
 
 James Lawrence spent his youth in Gray and 
 Pownal, receiving his elementary education 
 in the district schools and completing his 
 studies at the North Yarmouth Academy. He 
 was reared to farm life, and resided with his 
 parents until March 26, 1864, when he en- 
 listed as a private in Company H, Eleventh 
 Maine Regiment, commanded by his brother. 
 Captain Luther Lawrence. With his regiment 
 he participated in the series of engagements 
 that immediately preceded the surrender of 
 
 General Lee, and was present at Appomattox 
 when that memorable event occurred. He 
 was wounded at the battle of Deep Bottom on 
 August 16, 1864. In July, 1865, he was 
 promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant of 
 Company C, Sixth United States Colored 
 Troops. He subsequently served until Octo- 
 ber of that year, when he was honorably dis- 
 charged. After leaving the army, he entered 
 the clothing and furnishing business in Boston 
 as a clerk. Four years later he engaged in 
 store-keeping on his own account, dealing, in 
 hats, caps, and general furnishing goods. He 
 continued in this occupation until July, 1874, 
 when he moved to North Yarmouth, where he 
 has since resided. In 1882 he took possession 
 of the old Marston homestead, a farm of eighty 
 acres, which he has since conducted with profit. 
 He carries on general farming and dairying, 
 keeping from ten to fifteen finely bred cows. 
 In politics he actively supports the Republi- 
 can party, being a prominent leader in local ■ 
 public affairs. He has served as a member of 
 the Board of Selectmen for six consecutive 
 terms, and he was elected to represent his 
 district in the legislature for 1895 and 1896. 
 He is now one of the Trustees of the North 
 Yarmouth School Fund and a Director of the 
 North Yarmouth Fire Insurance Company. 
 
 On March 31, 1869, Mr. Lawrence was 
 united in marriage to Ellen M. Marston, who 
 was born in North Yarmouth, July 6, 1843, 
 daughter of Captain Levi and Lavina (Mitch- 
 ell) Marston. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence have 
 five children, as follows: Alice L., who was 
 born October 27, 1870, married the Rev. 
 Charles P. Cleaves, June 12, 1893, and has 
 one daughter, named Mary Lawrence; Frank 
 L., who was born- July 20, 1872, and is now 
 filling a responsible position in the United 
 States General Appraiser's office of New York 
 City; Herbert M., who was born August 25, 
 1874, and is now a prosperous farmer; Chester 
 J., who was born August 13, 1876, and is also 
 engaged in farming; and Charles D., who was 
 born August 5, 1878, and is now a student in 
 North Yarmouth Academy. Mr. Lawrence 
 is a member of Casco Lodge, A. F. & A. M., 
 and of the Knights of Pythias; and he is a 
 comrade of Haskell Post, Grand Array of the 
 Republic. He occupies a prominent position 
 
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 in North Yarmouth, where both he and his 
 wife are highly esteemed for their liberal 
 hospitality and social qualifications. 
 
 iDWIN A. HOLBROOK, conducting a 
 profitable carriage-manufacturing busi- 
 ness in the village of Otisfield, is a 
 native of Oxford, Oxford County, born May 25, 
 1831, son of Henry and Judith (Holmes) Hol- 
 brook. Henry Holbrook, who was born in 
 Mendon, Mass., on September i, 1786, re- 
 mained with his parents during his minority. 
 He then came to Oxford, Me., and engaged in 
 farming. A carpenter and joiner, he also fol- 
 lowed those trades whenever the opportunity 
 offered. He continued to reside on his farm 
 until within a few years of his death, when he 
 retired to the village of Oxford. His wife, 
 Judith, who was born in Oxford, April 29, 
 1792, died in Otisfield. The fruit of their 
 union was nine children, namely: Seth T., 
 born December 17, 1819, who died January 
 29, 1893; Henry, who died March 20, 1881; 
 Gennett, born November 23, 1822, who died 
 November 21, 1886; two unnamed children, 
 twins, that died in infancy; William Gen- 
 nett, born May 19, 1829, who died August 7, 
 1830; Edwin Augustus, born May 25, 1831; 
 William Gennett, born March 7, 1833, who 
 died May 7, 1833; and one unnamed child, 
 who also died in infancy. 
 
 Edwin A. Holbrook, equipped with a prac- 
 tical, common-school education, started out at 
 nineteen years of age to make his way in the 
 world. The following year he was employed 
 in a cabinet-maker's shop in Norway, Me. 
 Returning to Oxford, he then worked at car- 
 pentry for a number of months. He then took 
 advantage of an opportunity to learn carriage 
 painting, and was thereafter engaged in that 
 business in Casco, this county, for five years. 
 After his marriage he again returned to Ox- 
 ford, and opened a shop for the manufacture 
 and repair of carriages, conducting that busi- 
 ness successfully for two years. He next 
 went to Livermore, Me., where he took up the 
 same line of business; but he sold it in 1864, 
 two years later, and came to Otisfield. Here 
 he purchased the building now used as his 
 carriage shop, where for over thirty years he 
 
 has carried on a successful business. In addi- 
 tion to conducting his shop, he holds the 
 agency of the Charter Gas Engine Company of 
 Sterling, 111. 
 
 On December 22, 1856, Mr. Holbrook was 
 joined in matrimony with Miss Sarah Whit- 
 more, who was born in Windham, this county, 
 August I, 1838, daughter of Benjamin and 
 Sarah (Cressey) Whitmore. Her father, a 
 blacksmith by trade, died at Auburn, Me., 
 July 28, 1870. Her mother's death occurred 
 at Greenwood, Me., September 30, 1873. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Holbrook's home has been 
 blessed by the birth of two sons — Frank A. 
 and Charles. Frank A., born December 4, 
 1857, a cabinet-maker by trade, living in 
 Maiden, married Miss Lalia J. Parker, who 
 has borne him two sons — Charles Henry, 
 born October 28, 1885; and Parker, born Sep- 
 tember 20, 1888. Charles, born April 11, 
 1859, was a printer, married Miss Emma E. 
 Keene, now living in Mechanic Falls, Me., 
 and died January 24, 1890. Both sons had 
 good educational advantages. Mr. Holbrook 
 has always been a supporter of Democratic 
 principles, but his attention has been devoted 
 principally to his business. Beginning with 
 very scanty resources outside of his native 
 tact and ability, he has worked his way well 
 up on the ladder of success, and is looked 
 upon as one of the most enterprising men of 
 the town of Otisfield. 
 
 OSHUA SEARS PALMER, who held 
 the office of Postmaster of Portland, 
 Me., for five years, beginning in 1885, 
 continued to make his home in this 
 city, occupying his pleasant residence on 
 Grove Street, which he erected in 1852, till 
 his departure to spirit life on April 26, 1893. 
 His parents were Barnabas and Ann (Grant) 
 Palmer. His father came to Maine from 
 Rochester, N.H., and was a pioneer of Kenne- 
 bunk, where he contracted for and built the 
 piers. A well-to-do business man, he was 
 prominent as a Democrat, served as a member 
 of Governor Wells's Council, and was Collec- 
 tor of the port for many years. He was an 
 officer in the War of- 1812. His wife was a 
 daughter of John Grant, of Berwick. 
 
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 Joshua Sears Palmer was born in Kenne- 
 biink, Me., November 29, 1824. He was grad- 
 uated from Bowdoin College in the class of 
 1844. Among his classmates may be named 
 General Samuel J. Anderson, the Hon. Horatio 
 G. Herrick, of Lawrence, Mass., and Josiah L. 
 Pickard, LL.D., of Iowa. After graduation 
 he read law, and was admitted to the bar, but 
 he did not practise. He was for some time 
 in the wholesale dry-goods business with J. 
 Dow and others. Later, on his return from 
 a European tour, he became Treasurer and 
 Manager of the Portland Glass Company, after 
 which he was engaged in the insurance busi- 
 ness until 1885, during President Cleveland's 
 first administration, when he was appointed 
 Postmaster. This position he retained five 
 years, leaving a good record for faithfulness 
 and efficiency. Mr. Palmer was Chairman of 
 the Democratic State Committee, and promi- 
 nent in politics all his life, his opinions in 
 the party councils being much valued. In 
 1851 he served as Councilman; and in 1852, 
 1856, and i860 he was an Alderman. The 
 Grand Trunk Railroad secured him as Treas- 
 urer and Chairman of its Board of Under- 
 writers. Mr. Palmer was a Knight Tem- 
 plar and a member of the Fraternity Club, 
 which he joined on February 9, 1874. 
 
 Mr. Palmer's first wife, whom he married 
 in early manhood, Caroline E., daughter of 
 Jeremiah Dow, his business partner, died in 
 1867. His second wife, whom he married two 
 years later, was Mrs. Helen L. Bronson, of 
 Toledo, Ohio, who survives him. He had no 
 children. 
 
 From an appreciative tribute to the memory 
 of Mr. Palmer, voicing the sentiments of the 
 Fraternity Club, we quote the following: 
 "Mr. Palmer was a man of wide reading and 
 daring inquiry, not much concerning himself 
 about who would agree with him or would 
 differ from him in the opinions which he put 
 forth. . . . There was in him an unfailing 
 candor and good nature, which endeared him 
 to associates at the farthest remove from his 
 point of view. 
 
 " What he read to the club was always very 
 entertaining, from the abundance of his infor- 
 mation and the liveliness of his style. 
 
 "In his business career and in the offices 
 
 which he held Mr. Palmer was a personal 
 product and illustration of what is best in the 
 social influences, educational institutions, 
 industrial opportunities, and intellectual asso- 
 ciations of our State and time. His liberal 
 learning fitted him for successful attention to 
 affairs, while it kept, him from a servile devo- 
 tion to affairs, such as might have shut out 
 those varied studies that made him so interest- 
 ing and valuable a member of a literary asso- 
 ciation." 
 
 TTiDWARD RUSSELL STAPLES, one 
 pi of Bridgton's valued citizens, was born 
 -^^ — ^ in the town of Milo, Piscataquis 
 County, December 8, 1829, in the log cabin 
 reared by his father, Eliott Staples. He is of 
 English ancestry, his great-grandfather, Na- 
 thaniel Staples, having emigrated from Eng- 
 land to this country, locating at Cape Eliza- 
 beth, where, it is supposed, his son Peter, Ed- 
 ward's grandfather, was born and reared. 
 Peter Staples spent his years as a tiller of the 
 soil, locating in that part of the town of. 
 Raymond that is now included within the 
 limits of Casco. Here he cleared a good 
 farm, upon which he and his wife,, whose 
 maiden name was Dingley, rounded out nearly 
 a century of life. 
 
 Eliott Staples was one of a family of five 
 sons and two daughters. He was early in- 
 structed in all work pertaining to the cultiva- 
 tion of the soil, afterward his life occupation 
 with the exception of a few years spent in 
 hotel-keeping in Casco. He removed to Milo 
 when a young man, becoming one of the 
 pioneer settlers of tha:t place. Securing a 
 tract of unbroken land, he erected a log house, 
 in which he and his family resided until he 
 had quite a tract of land in tilling condition. 
 Then he replaced the old log cabin with a 
 good frame house, and erected suitable farm 
 buildings, remaining in occupancy some six- 
 teen years afterward. The following two 
 years he spent on the parental homestead in 
 Casco, after which he removed from there to 
 Naples, where he bought a Tarm. This he 
 conducted until within a few years of his 
 death, when he removed to South Bridgton, 
 and thereafter lived with his son Edward. 
 
ALMON V. THOMPaON. 
 
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 Fie was ninety years old when he died, April 
 18, 1869. His wife, whose maiden name was 
 Mary Swett, was a native of Stroudwater, this 
 county, born May 18, 1789. She, too, lived 
 to a venerable age, the date of her death being 
 October 17, T876. Nine children were born 
 to them; namely, Elizabeth G., Harriet S. , 
 Louisa S., Rebecca E., Charles M., Sarah M., 
 Samuel A., Edward Russell, and Marietta. 
 
 Edward Russell Staples, after receiving his 
 elementary education, attended Windham Hill 
 High School and the Bridgton Academy, 
 where he was well prepared for a teacher's 
 duties. Having finished his studies in these 
 institutions, he was engaged in teaching for 
 several winter terms, which included the even- 
 ings in the fall of the year, when he taught 
 writing to large and appreciative classes. 
 Soon after his marriage he removed to Bridg- 
 ton, where he was engaged in mercantile busi- 
 ness for ten years. Going thence to the city 
 of Portland, Mr. Staples was employed in an 
 official capacity some four years, when he 
 returned to this place to engage in business 
 with Mr. B. C. Stone. Five years later he 
 bought out his partner's interest, and con- 
 tinued the business alone for five years. Mr. 
 Staples then sold out and went to Portland, 
 where, in company with C. A. Kennard, he 
 was engaged by contract in sprinkling the 
 streets for two years. At the expiration of 
 that time he returned to this village, and 
 resumed mercantile occupations. He fol- 
 lowed these, successfully engaged, until 1889, 
 when, on account of failing health, he 
 disposed of his stock and interest, and has 
 since lived retired, devoting his time to 
 his private affairs. 
 
 In 1857 Mr. Staples married Miss Chad- 
 bourne, a native of Cornish, York County, and 
 a daughter of Nathan and Abigail (Boody) 
 Chadbourne. They have had two children, 
 one of whom, Hattie P., lived but two and 
 one-half years. The other, Clara E., is now a 
 teacher in the Bridgton public schools. Mr. 
 Staples cast his first Presidential vote for the 
 candidate of the Free Soil party, but since 
 the formation of the Republican party he has 
 been one of its stanchest adherents. While a 
 resident of Naples he served as a member of 
 the School Committee, and at the present 
 
 time is a member of the Bridgton School 
 Board. He has likewise served as Town 
 Clerk, and from 1867 until 1871 was Regis- 
 trar of Probate. He has always been inter- 
 ested in the advancement of the educational 
 and literary interests of the town, and is now 
 Treasurer of the Maine Chautauqua Union. 
 Both he and his family are earnest members 
 of the Methodist Episcopal church. 
 
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 LMON V. THOMPSON, M.D., whose 
 portrait accompanies this sketch, is a 
 well-known physician and surgeon 
 of Portland, Me. He was born at 
 Eaton, Carroll County, N.H., March 22, 
 1843, son of John Thompson, Jr. John 
 Thompson, Sr., the Doctor's grandfather, was 
 a native of Newfield, Me., living there the first 
 few years of his life. He subsequently became 
 one of the original settlers of the town of Eaton, 
 N.H., making the journey thither by a path- 
 way marked by blazed trees. That section of 
 the country was then in its primitive wild- 
 ness; and in the midst of the woods he erected 
 his modest dwelling, subsequently clearing a 
 farm, there spending his remaining days. 
 
 John Thompson, Jr., was born on the pa- 
 rental homestead in Eaton, where, when a 
 young man, he learned the trade of a carpenter 
 and builder, which he made his life occupa- 
 tion. He died while yet in the prime of a 
 vigorous manhood, at fifty-one years of age, 
 his death being caused by a wound in the knee 
 in 1870, which was before the use and value 
 of antiseptics were understood. Plis wife, 
 whose maiden name was Patience Drew, sur- 
 vived him, dying in 1889, aged seventy-four 
 years. She also was a native of Eaton, being 
 the daughter of Clement Drew, a farmer, and 
 a soldier in the War of 1812. Both parents 
 were active members of the Free Will Baptist 
 church. 
 
 Almon V. Thompson was the first-born of a 
 family consisting of seven sons. He received 
 his academic education at the New Hampton 
 Literary Institute, N.H., which gave a college 
 course, after which he taught in the various 
 schools of his native town, besides serving as 
 superintendent of the Eaton schools. Contin- 
 uing his pedagogical career, he taught in Mad- 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 ison, Brownfield, Lovell, Cape Elizabeth, and 
 in Ellison township, Warren County, 111., at 
 the same time pursuing the study of medicine. 
 Returning to Maine, he entered the Bowdoin 
 Medical College, from which he was gradu- 
 ated with the class of 1874. Dr. Thompson 
 began the practice of his profession at Stand- 
 ish, this State, where he settled on August 
 10, 1874, continuing there for nine years, dur- 
 ing which time he established a lasting repu- 
 tation for professional wisdom and skill. In 
 1883 he came to Portland, where he has since 
 built up an extensive and lucrative practice. 
 His first year was spent at 291 Brackett Street, 
 whence he removed to 805 Congress Street. 
 Six years later, in 1890, Dr. Thompson 
 bought the house at 87 Carleton Street, being 
 located there until the summer of 1895, when 
 he removed his office to 559 Congress Street, 
 and the same season built his pleasant and airy 
 summer home at Woodford's. 
 
 The Doctor is, identified with several social 
 organizations, being a member of the Bruns- 
 wick Alumni Association; of the Maine Med- 
 ical Association and the American Medical 
 Association; of Atlantic Lodge, A. F. & 
 A. M., of this city; of Hadattah Lodge, Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows, of Portland; 
 and of Munjoy Lodge, Knights of Pythias. 
 He also belongs to Windsor Castle Lodge, 
 Golden Eagle, and to the Golden Cross, con- 
 sisting of ladies and gentlemen. 
 
 Dr. Thonipson has been twice married, his 
 first wife having been Miss Martha A. Thomp- 
 son, a daughter of James Thompson, of Eaton. 
 Of the five children born to them, three grew 
 to maturity, namely: Charles A., a druggist; 
 Howard E. ; and Alice M., who died in 1893. 
 The death of his first wife occurred on October 
 26, 1892; and the Doctor was again married 
 on January 28, 1895, to Miss Fannie T. Mc- 
 Dermott, of St. John, N.B. Mrs. Thompson 
 IS a woman of pleasing address, and a devout 
 member of the Church of England. 
 
 T^HARLES B. GIBBS, a prosperous 
 
 I y and worthy citizen of Bridgton, was 
 
 Vte_^ born in this village, January 22, 
 
 1835. His father, Alpheus Gibbs, 
 
 a native of Cumberland County, was engaged 
 
 when a young man in running boats on the Ox- 
 ford and Cumberland Canal for some years. 
 In 1842 Alpheus Gibbs went to Mississippi, 
 where he was employed as overseer on a plan- 
 tation until his premature- death, which was 
 caused by lightning. He married Sophia 
 Brigham, also a native of Cumberland County, 
 who, after surviving him many years, died in 
 1894, at the venerable age of eighty-six. Her 
 parents were Artemus and Lydia (Brigham) 
 Brigham, both natives of Marlboro, Mass., 
 The race springs from the Baron of 13righam, 
 of the parish of Brigham, Cumberland County, 
 England. His son was the Earl of Northum- 
 berland, whose son Thomas came from England 
 to Watertown, Mass., in 1635, and subse- 
 quently built his home in Cambridge, Mass. 
 Samuel Brigham, the son of Thomas, removed 
 to Marlboro, Mass., and had a son Jedidiah, 
 whose son Winslow married Elizabeth Har- 
 rington. Winslow's son Artemus was the 
 great-grandfather of Charles B. Gibbs. Al, 
 pheus Gibbs and his wife reared four children, 
 as follows : Aaron, a farmer, who lives on the 
 Highland; Charles B., the subject of this 
 sketch ; Lydia, wife of Colonel E. B. Baldwin, 
 of Kansas; and Mary, widow of Micajah 
 Gleason. 
 
 Charles B. Gibbs was reared and educated 
 in the village where he was born. He began 
 life for himself when eighteen years old, his 
 first employment being on the canal, where he 
 had charge of a boat for Mr. Benjamin Walker 
 until 1862. He was occupied for a year in 
 superintending the building of the foundation 
 for the Pond i cherry mills, and for another 
 year he drove a freight team for the milling 
 company, using four or six horses. In the 
 following year he started in the freighting 
 business on his own account, running from 
 Bridgton to Portland. After continuing this 
 for ten years, Mr. Gibbs took a contract to 
 build two miles of the Bridgton & Saco 
 River Railroad, and subsequently engaged in 
 an express and dray business in this village for 
 about six years. He then established himself 
 in the ice business, in which he has since been 
 extensively engaged, supplying the people 
 with the larger proportion of the ice here used. 
 
 On September 7, 1858, Mr. Gibbs was mar- 
 ried to Miss Sarah E. Billings, a daughter of 
 
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 George C. and Rebecca (Whitcomb) Billings, 
 both natives of Oxford County. She is the 
 younger of two children, the other child being 
 George H. Billings, of Waterford, this State. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs have two children, 
 namely: Harry C, a druggist; and Frederick 
 C., who is engaged in the boot and shoe busi- 
 ness. In politics Mr. Gibbs had been a Dem- 
 ocrat, but in 1 891 he became a stanch Repub- 
 lican and an active worker for the party. For 
 two years he served as Constable, and for four 
 years was Commissioner. He is quite influ- 
 ential in social circles, being a member of the 
 Masonic Order and of that of the Odd Fellows. 
 Both he and his wife hold liberal views regard- 
 ing religion, while belonging to the Universal- 
 - ist church, toward the support of which they 
 are generous contributors. 
 
 TTtHARLES WINSLOW ROBERTS, 
 I V^ acting Deputy Collector and clerk of 
 ^lU the custom-house at Portland, Me., 
 born in this city on February 21, 
 1843, is the son of Thomas A. and Mary A. 
 (Frates) Roberts, the former of whom was 
 born in Bath, although his parents were only 
 residing there temporarily at the time, Port- 
 land being their home. 
 
 Nathaniel Roberts, father of Thomas A., 
 was born at or near Portland, and spent the 
 greater part of his life in this city, successfully 
 engaged in the trade of a carpenter, being one 
 of the earliest builders here. During the 
 War of 1 8 12 he served in defence of the city 
 as a member of the Portland Light Infantry. 
 He lived to an advanced age. 
 
 Thomas A. Roberts was born July 7, 181 7, 
 and grew to manhood in Portland, where he 
 learned the trade of a painter, which business 
 he pursued throughout a long and successful 
 life. He was for many years connected with 
 the old State militia as a member of the Port- 
 land Mechanic Blues, being Orderly Sergeant 
 of that company as far back as 1843 and its 
 Captain from 1852 to 1861. In 1862, at the 
 organization of the Seventeenth Maine Volun- 
 teer Infantry, he received a commission as 
 Colonel; and he served- with his regiment as 
 such in the Army of the Potomac until the 
 summer of 1863, when he was forced to resign 
 
 on account of ill-health. He had command, 
 however, during the battle of Fredericksburg 
 and a portion of the time at Chancellorsville. 
 
 A Republican in politics. Colonel Roberts 
 served as a member of the Common Council 
 both before and after the war, representing 
 Wards 5 and 6. He was a charter member of 
 Bosworth Post, No. 2, Grand Army of the Re- 
 public, of Portland, and continued his mem- 
 bership during his life. In religious belief 
 he was a Unitarian, and prominently connected 
 with the Park Street Church during the life 
 of that religious body. He died February 9, 
 1888. His wife, born January 2, 181 7, whose 
 maiden name was Mary A. Frates, was a 
 daughter of Antonio Frates, a Portuguese by 
 birth and a native of Fayal Island, who came 
 to Portland when a young man and here spent 
 the remaining years of an active and useful 
 life. Colonel and Mrs. Thomas A. Roberts 
 became the parents of seven children, the three 
 youngest sons and a daughter dying in 
 infancy. The others were: Charles Winslow 
 Roberts; Thomas F. Roberts, residing in 
 Portland ; and George H. Roberts (who died 
 January 10, 1885). During the Rebellion 
 the father and his three sons were all in the 
 service, two in the army and two in the navy. 
 The mother died November 17, 1878. 
 
 Charles Winslow Roberts received his edu- 
 cation in the public schools of Portland, and 
 for a short time after leaving school he was 
 engaged as a clerk in a mercantile house in 
 the city. Two years prior to the war, at the 
 age of sixteen, he joined the State militia as 
 a member of the Portland Mechanic Blues, 
 and at the breaking out of the war was, on 
 April 28, 1 861, appointed Orderly Sergeant 
 of that Company (B) in the First Regiment of 
 Maine militia. The First Regiment was mus- 
 tered into the United States service for three 
 months on May 3, 1861, under the first call of 
 the President upon the State for troops, and dur- 
 ing that time was stationed in the defences of 
 Washington. Upon the expiration of its term 
 of service the regiment returned to Maine. 
 
 In September, 1861, his company, which 
 retained its organization, was assigned to the 
 Tenth Maine Regiment for two years' service. 
 On September 24 he was elected Second Lieu- 
 tenant, and on September 28 First Lieutenant, 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 and received a commission under the latter 
 rank and date as First Lieutenant of Company 
 B in the Tenth Maine Volunteer Infantry, 
 being mustered into service as such on October 
 
 4, 1 86 1. He served with that regiment dur- 
 ing the following winter in and near Balti- 
 more, Md. , and in Virginia until the spring of 
 1862, when his regiment was ordered to the 
 army operating in the Shenandoah Valley 
 imder the command of General Banks, and was 
 assigned to the brigade commanded by General 
 
 5. W. Crawford in Williams's Division. He 
 was with his regiment during General Banks's 
 retreat from Winchester to Williamsport, 
 Md., on May 25, the company making the un- 
 precedented record of a march of fifty-seven 
 miles in twenty-four hours, and was also with 
 his regiment during the advance of General 
 Banks's army down the Shenandoah Valley in 
 the months of June and July. 
 
 On July 30, 1862, he was commissioned 
 Adjutant of the Seventeenth Maine Volunteer 
 Infantry, a new regiment in process of organ- 
 ization in Maine, commanded by his father. 
 Colonel Thomas A. Roberts, was mustered 
 out of the Tenth Regiment near Culpeper 
 Court-house, Va., August 6, 1862, and im- 
 mediately proceeding to Maine reported for 
 duty at Portland, August ii, 1862, and was 
 mustered into service in the Seventeenth 
 Regiment on August 18, 1862. He was one 
 of the youngest commissioned officers in 
 Maine. After serving a short time in the for- 
 tifications at Washington, the regiment was 
 transferred to the Army of the Potomac, and on 
 October 8 joined the brigade commanded by 
 General Hiram G. Berry, of Maine. This 
 brigade formed a part of the famous fighting 
 division formerly known as Kearney Division 
 and later as Birney's Division of the Third 
 Army Corps, taking part in the battle of Fred- 
 ericksburg, December 13, 14, and 15, 1862; 
 Chancellorsville, May 2, 3, and 4, 1^63 ; and 
 Getty.sburg on July 2 and 3, 1863. In the 
 last-named battle (July 2) Mr. Roberts re- 
 ceived a severe gunshot wound, which ren- 
 dered the amputation of his right leg at the 
 upper third necessary on the following day. 
 He remained at Gettysburg in a private house 
 until August 6, when he was conveyed to his 
 home in Portland, where he remained on leave 
 
 of absence, as the nature of the wound pre- 
 cluded further field service; and he was dis- 
 charged for disability by order of the War 
 Department on December 23, 1863, having 
 rendered valiant service to his country as long 
 as physically able to do so. 
 
 In the spring of 1864, having regained his 
 health in a measure, he was offered a clerk- 
 ship in the Portland custom-house, which 
 he accepted, and in 1867 was appointed super- 
 intendent of warehouses, holding that position 
 until the office was abolished in January, 
 1895; but he is still in the custom service, 
 in the capacity of acting Deputy Collector and 
 clerk, and, in point of continuous service, is 
 now the oldest custom-house officer' at Port- 
 land, it being over thirty years since he first 
 entered the custom-house as an employee. 
 
 On October 4, 1864, he was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Elizabeth W. Clark, a daugh- 
 ter of Freeman S. Clark, who was for many 
 years actively engaged in business in Portland. 
 They are the parents of two children, namely: 
 Eleanor C., born June 29, 1865, now the wife 
 of Howard N. Leighton, of Portland; and 
 Herbert Augustus Roberts, born July 26, 
 1869, now a clerk in the Portland Savings 
 Bank, who married the daughter of Major 
 William H. Green, the present Commander of 
 the Department of Maine, Grand Army of", the 
 Republic. Mr. Roberts has one grandchild, 
 Clarence Adams, the son of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Howard N. Leighton, born March i, 1888. 
 
 Mr. Roberts was for many years a Director 
 of the Mercantile Library Association, and its 
 President in 1878 and 1879. He is a charter 
 member of Bosworth Post, No. 2, Grand Army 
 of the Republic; is a member of Unity Lodge, 
 of the Order of Odd Fellows; and Chancellor 
 of the Maine Commandery of the Military Order 
 of the Loyal Legion. He attended the Park 
 Street Unitarian Church until it was discontin- 
 ued, since which time he has attended the Con- 
 gress Square Universalist Church in Portland. 
 
 fOHN H. RICH, junior member of the 
 firm of L. Rich & Son, general mer- 
 chants at Sebago Lake, was born May 
 30, 1852, in Windham, this county. 
 While yet an infant, he was adopted by Mr. 
 
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 and Mrs. Lemuel Rich, the latter being a 
 sister of his mother, who was a daughter of 
 James Bangs, of Gorham. Israel Rich, the 
 father of Lemuel Rich, was formerly a promi- 
 nent resident of Gorham, where his birth oc- 
 curred in 1776. He was an industrious and 
 well-to-do farmer, spending his years of ac- 
 tivity in tilling the soil. He married Rhoda 
 Smith, of Standish, who bore him six children, 
 of whom two are living — Lemuel and Ann. 
 Ann, born in 1809, is the wife of Joseph Hig- 
 gins, of this town, and has three children — 
 Susan, the wife of George Blake, of Brown- 
 field ; William S. ; and Forest L. 
 
 Lemuel Rich, born in Gorham, August 25, 
 1804, after receiving an excellent education, 
 was for many years a popular and successful 
 teacher in Standish and the neighboring towns. 
 In 1 83 1 he established himself in a mercantile 
 business in Standish, locating at a place called 
 "Cabbage Yard." After a short experience 
 here, he opened a small hotel in the town of 
 Limerick, York County, and had conducted it 
 for about two years when he returned to Stand- 
 ish. He then engaged in the wood and lum- 
 ber business, shipping his wood by the canal. 
 He continued at this until 1875, when he built 
 the store now occupied by himself and adopted 
 son. This store has a complete assortment of 
 general merchandise. Although in his ninety- 
 second year, Mr. Lemuel Rich is hale and 
 hearty, and nearly every day walks from his 
 house to the store, where he attends to 
 business with the same vigor as of yore. In 
 1826 he was commissioned Lieutenant in 
 the State militia. He has taken a very 
 prominent part in local affairs, and is, with- 
 out doubt, the oldest living ex-Representative 
 in the State, having served in the legislature 
 in 1840 and 1841. He was Selectman for 
 many years, serving during the Civil War, 
 and was County Commissioner in 1842, 1844, 
 1845, and 1846. Since 1831 he has been 
 Justice of the Peace. In early life he was 
 a Democrat, but now votes with the Repub- 
 licans. He is a member of the Baptist church. 
 
 On December 2, 1831, Lemuel Rich was 
 united in marriage to Esther L. Bangs, a 
 daughter of James Bangs, of Gorham. Their 
 happy wedded life had lasted more than forty 
 years when her death occurred in 1874. No 
 
 children were born of their union ; but their 
 home life was cheered by the presence of 
 their adopted son, who was to them as one of 
 their own. 
 
 John H. Rich completed his school days at 
 the Westbrook Seminary, where he acquired a 
 good education. During the year following 
 the close of his school life he worked for Mr. 
 J. S. Webster in Standish. Since then he has 
 been a partner of his father. The business, 
 which, is in a flourishing condition, is now left 
 practically to his management. 
 
 Mr. Rich was married March 21, 1876, to 
 Susan A., daughter of George T. Blake, of 
 Gorham. They had two children, namely: 
 Lemuel Rich, born December 24, 1876; and 
 Eva M., who died when thirteen months old. 
 Mr. Rich is influential in political and social 
 circles. He served as Town Clerk and Treas- 
 urer in 1884 and 1885 and Town Collector in 
 1881 and 1882. In 1895 Mr. Rich was elected 
 Selectman, an office which he still holds. He 
 is a member of Standish Lodge, No. 70, A. F. 
 & A. M. ; of Saco Valley Lodge, No. 43, In- 
 dependent Order of Odd Fellows, of West 
 Buxton ; and of Oriental Lodge, No. 1 7, 
 Knights of Pythias, of South Windham. He 
 is a Republican in politics, and in his relig- 
 ious views is broad and liberal. 
 
 T^APTAIN LORENZO HAMILTON, 
 I \r^ a farmer of Cousins Island in the town 
 ^IL) of Yarmouth, was born on Chebeague 
 
 Island, this county, March i, 1835, 
 son of Robert C. and Syrena S. (Henley) 
 Hamilton. Captain Hamilton's grandfather, 
 John Hamilton, was a native and lifelong 
 resident of Chebeague Island, where he fol- 
 lowed agricultural pursuits with energy and 
 success during his active period. He lived to 
 be over ninety years of age. He was a Baptist 
 in his religious belief and a Whig in politics. 
 He married for his first wife Anna Sawyer, 
 who had seven children. His second wife, 
 whose maiden name was Mehitable Soule, bore 
 him five children, of whom there is one sur- 
 vivor, Barney Hamilton. Solomon Hamilton, 
 who resides on Chebeague Island, is the only 
 survivor of the first wife's children. 
 
 Robert C. Hamilton, Captain Hamilton's 
 
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 father, was born on Chebeague Island, April 
 21, 1800. He was a seafaring man during his 
 younger days, but followed agricultural pur- 
 suits as his main occupation. He always lived 
 upon the island, where he owned and. culti- 
 vated a good farm during the active period of 
 his life, which terminated on December 7, 
 1886. He supported the Republican party in 
 politics, and was an industrious worker and 
 a useful citizen. His wife, Syrena, who was 
 born in Norway, Me., April i, 1803, became 
 the mother of nine children, as follows: Sarah 
 H., born September 17, 1824; Nancy H., 
 born November 28, 1828; Robert, born June 
 14, 1830; Syrena A., born August 17, 1832; 
 Lorenzo, the subject of this sketch; Roswell, 
 born October 16, 1837; Harriet, born Febru- 
 ary 6, 1840; Alfred, born February 27, 1843; 
 and William E., born March 19, 1847. Sarah 
 H. and Syrena A. are no longer living. 
 Nancy H. is now the. widow of Joseph S. 
 Hamiltoli. He was born on Cousins Island, 
 August 12, 1825, son of Jacob and Mary Ham- 
 ilton, and grandson of Roland Hamilton, who 
 was one of the early settlers there. The 
 mother died in November, 1889. Captain 
 Hamilton's parents were members of the Bap- 
 tist church. 
 
 Captain Lorenzo Hamilton received his edu- 
 cation in the school on Chebeague Island. 
 During his youth he assisted his father upon 
 the farm. At the age of twenty-one he be- 
 came a sailor upon coasting-vessels, later 
 rising to the rank of master of the sloop 
 "Island Belle," which was engaged in carry- 
 ing stone. Subsequently he owned and com- 
 manded other craft. In 1873 he built the 
 sloop "A. L. Hamilton," naming her after 
 his daughter; and he sailed her successfully 
 until 1886. He then sold the vessel and 
 retired from sea life, which had been his prin- 
 cipal occupation for thirty years. In 1858 he 
 settled upon Cousins Island, where he pur- 
 chased a farm; and in 1864 he moved to his 
 present farm, which adjoins his former prop- 
 erty. He owns twenty-five acres of fertile 
 land, and carries on general farming very 
 profitably. He has seen a great deal of hard 
 work both upon land and sea; but by patient 
 industry and .perseverance he has reached a 
 comfortable haven of shelter, and is now pass- 
 
 ing his days pleasantly upon his farm. He 
 supports the Republican party in politics, 
 and is at the present time serving as Con- 
 stable. 
 
 On November 25, 1858, Captain Hamilton 
 was united in marriage to Lovina Groves, who 
 was born on Cousins Island, October 3, 1837, 
 daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Hill) Groves. 
 Mr. Groves was a prosperous farmer of Cousins 
 Island, where he arrived in 1835, and bought 
 a tract of land upon which he resided until 
 his death at the age of eighty-five. His wife 
 lived to the age of eighty-one years. They 
 were the parents of eleven children, ten of 
 whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton 
 have had eight children, four of whom died in 
 infancy. The living are: Samuel W. , born 
 September 13, 1861, who married Aulena J. 
 Pinkham, and is engaged in trade in Cumber- 
 land Centre; Octavius G., born April 26, 
 1865, who married Clara Greve, and resides in 
 Aurora, 111., where he is a mechanic; Alletta 
 C, born September 13, 1870, who resides on 
 Cousins Island; and Carrie E., born April 2, 
 1876, who resides at home. Captain Hamil- 
 ton is connected with Casco Lodge, A. F. & 
 A. M., and the Knights of Pythias of Yar- 
 mouth. Both he and his wife are members of 
 the Baptist church. 
 
 rail ON.. GEORGE MELVILLE 
 
 SEIDERS, President of the Maine 
 
 Senate, was born in the town of 
 
 Uniori, Knox County, Me. His 
 
 were Henry and Mary W. (Starrett) 
 
 His fataily on the paternal side is 
 
 parents 
 Seiders 
 
 of German origin. Conrad Seidefs, with his 
 son Cornelius, irnmigrated to this country 
 with the Waldo cojony 'in 1748, and settled in 
 the town of Waldoboro. Jacob Seiders, son 
 of Cornelius, took up his residence in Waldo- 
 boro, and died there. 
 
 Henry Seiders, son of Jacob, was born and 
 reared in Waldoboro, afterward removing to 
 Thoraaston, where he was employed in ship 
 building, and became owner in several vessels. 
 In 1837 he bought a farm in the town of 
 Unioii, and was there engaged in agricultural 
 pursuits up to the time of his decease, in 1881, 
 at the advanced age of eighty-three years. 
 
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 He was a man of positive views, a great 
 reader, and particularly interested in politics 
 and religion. He was one of a few of his 
 townsmen who took upon themselves the labor 
 and pecuniary obligations of building the first 
 Congregationalist meeting-house in Union, 
 and he was for many years a Deacon in the 
 Congregationalist church. Mary W. Starrett, 
 to whom he was married in 1827, was the 
 daughter of John Starrett, of Warren, Me., a 
 descendant of Colonel Thomas Starrett, who 
 immigrated to Warren from Scotland. 
 
 Henry and Mary W. Seiders were the par- 
 ents of nine children, of whom the first-born, 
 John Henry, died in infancy. The following 
 is the record of the eight who lived to matu- 
 rity: Mary Jane, born in 1829, married Cap- 
 tain Oliver Starrett, of Warren, Me. (both now 
 deceased); Margaret S., born in 1834, mar- 
 ried Charles G. Snell, and is now living in 
 Portland: Joseph Henry, born in 1836, died 
 at New Orleans, La., of yellow fever; Ed- 
 ward, born in 1838, was lost at sea on passage 
 from New York to New Orleans, he being 
 mate of the vessel; Emerson, born in 1840, 
 was lost on Lake Erie in 1864; Sarah L., 
 born in 1842, resides in Union, and is unmar- 
 ried; George Melville, the subject of this 
 sketch, was born January 15, 1844; and Fred- 
 erick A., born in 1848, now lives on the old 
 homestead in Union. 
 
 George -Melville Seiders acquired his early 
 education in the schools of his native town. 
 On September 10, 1862, while he was in the 
 high school and but eighteen years of age, he 
 enlisted in Company B, Twenty-fourth Maine 
 Volunteer Infantry, and was made a Corporal 
 in his company. The regiment first encamped 
 at Augusta, Me., and later in the fall of that 
 year was ordered to Long Island, N.Y. After 
 remaining in camp there some weeks, the regi- 
 ment took passage on the " Lizzie Southard " 
 to New Orleans, and immediately on arriving 
 was ordered up the river, and encamped at 
 Bonnet Carre, being thence ordered to Port 
 Hudson. At Bonnet Carre Mr. Seiders was 
 taken sick with typhoid fever, and his life 
 hung in the balance for many days; but, finally 
 recovering, he rejoined his regiment in season 
 to be present at the fall of Port Hudson. 
 After the fall of Vicksburg his regiment was 
 
 ordered home via the river to Cairo, thence by 
 rail to Chicago, Albany, Boston, and Augusta, 
 where he was mustered out of service, August 
 25, 1863. 
 
 Returning to Union, Mr. Seiders resumed 
 work upon his father's farm; but, on attain- 
 ing his majority, agricultural pursuits being 
 distasteful to him, he went to Portland, and 
 found employment in the machine works of 
 Charles Staples & Son. Mr. John C. Phenix, 
 of Deering, a most estimable man, who was 
 foreman of the pattern shop, learning of Mr. 
 Seiders's desire to obtain a liberal education, 
 took more than ordinary interest in him, ad- 
 vising him, after he had been there some six 
 months, to close his engagement with Charles 
 Staples & Son, and to work to that end. Mr. 
 Seiders acted on his advice, and his employers 
 generously passed over to him the fifty dollars 
 that had been reserved from his wages as a 
 guarantee that he would remain with them two 
 years at least. Mr. Seiders speaks of Mr. 
 Phenix as one of his greatest benefactors in 
 his early years, since it was through that 
 gentleman's interest and advice that his busi- 
 ness course was changed to more agreeable 
 and congenial pursuits. 
 
 On his way back to Union he engaged to 
 teach the winter school at Tenant's Harbor, 
 St. George. This agreement he fulfilled, and 
 in the spring and fall of 1866 he attended 
 school at Kent's Hill. The winter following 
 he again taught school at Tenant's Harbor, 
 and afterward continued his studies at Lin- 
 coln Academy, New Castle, where he fitted for 
 college, alternately attending school and 
 teaching winters. In 1868, having completed 
 his studies at Lincoln Academy, he was ad- 
 mitted to the Freshman class of Bowdoin Col- 
 lege, and pursued his studies there until the 
 spring of 1869, when he took charge of 
 Cherryfield Academy, Washington County, 
 for two terms, thereby losing nineteen weeks 
 of his college course. After finishing his 
 engagement at Cherryfield Academy, he re- 
 turned to college, made up lost time, and the 
 two succeeding winters taught at Bristol 
 Mills, Lincoln County. He graduated from 
 Bowdoin College in 1872, and received from 
 his Alma Mater the degree of A.B. and in 
 1895 the [honorary degree of A.M. He had 
 
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 scarcely any pecuniary help in his preparation 
 for and during his college course. 
 
 Immediately after his graduation Mr. 
 Seiders wa^ elected Principal of Greeley Insti- 
 tute, Cumberland, where he taught for two 
 years, during which time the institute pros- 
 pered to a greater degree than it had ever be- 
 fore. He was then elected submaster of the 
 high school at Waltham, Mass., where he re- 
 mained one year, when he received and ac- 
 cepted an offer of a professorship in the Epis- 
 copal academy at Cheshire, Conn. He taught 
 there during the school year of 1875-76, em- 
 ploying his leisure time in reading law. He 
 then returned to Portland, and in July, 1876, 
 commenced reading law with the Hon. Thomas 
 B. Reed, who was then one of the most promi- 
 nent lawyers in the State, continuing with 
 him until October, 1878, when he was ad- 
 mitted to the bar. Mr. Seiders first opened a 
 law office in Portland with the Hon. F. M. 
 Ray, of Westbrook, but after a few months 
 went back to the office of Mr. Reed, with 
 whom he has been associated until the present 
 time. In January, 1893, Mr. Seiders formed 
 a copartnership with Frederick V. Chase; and 
 this firm, under the name of Seiders & Chase, 
 has had an extensive general law business^. 
 
 In 1883 Mr. Seiders was appointed Assist- 
 ant United States Counsel in the Alabama 
 Claims Court, in which capacity he continued 
 to act during the continuance of that court. 
 In 1885 he was elected County Attorney in 
 Cumberland County for a term of two years, 
 and was re-elected to a second term in 1887. 
 
 While serving as County Attorney, among 
 the important cases of which he had charge 
 were two murder cases, in both of which con- 
 victions were secured. In January, 1894, the 
 firm of Seiders & Chase, associated with 
 George H. Allan, Esq., as counsel for the ac- 
 cused, defended in the case of the State v. 
 Prawda, who was indicted for murder; and 
 also again in January, 1895, the firm of 
 Seiders & Chase defended James Lewis, ac- 
 cused and indicted for murder. These two 
 cases attracted a great deal of public attention, 
 and particularly the attention of the best legal 
 talent of the State, on account of the circum- 
 stances surrounding the cases and the atrocity 
 of the crime in each instance. In both of 
 
 these cases the State secured a conviction 
 of the accused before the jury. In the case 
 of Lewis, the State, not being able to hold the 
 conviction it had secured, finally nol. pressed. 
 the case, and Lewis was set at liberty. 
 
 Mr. Seiders resided in North Yarmouth 
 from July, 1876, until November, 1880,. be- 
 coming while there identified with the inter- 
 ests of the place, and taking an active part in 
 town matters. He was elected Representative 
 to the State legislature in 1878 on the Re- 
 publican ticket from the classed towns of 
 North, Yarmouth and Yarmouth. In the leg- 
 islature he served on several committees, the 
 most important being the Judiciary Commit- 
 tee, although at that time he had not been 
 admitted to the practice of law. In 1880 he 
 removed his residence to Portland, his home 
 being now on Thomas Street. In the fall of 
 1892 Mr. Seiders was elected on the Republi- 
 can ticket to the Maine Senate, of which he 
 became a member in J,anuary, 1893. He was 
 appointed on various prominent committeesj 
 and from the first took a strong position in 
 legislative matters. He was re-elected to 
 that body in 1894, and by a unanimous vote 
 was elected President of the Senate, over 
 which he presided with marked ability. He 
 has always been a Republican. 
 
 Mr. Seiders has been located in his present 
 office on Exchange Street near a score of 
 years, and has enjoyed a steadily growing 
 practice. He has been attorney for and a Di- 
 rector of the Mechanics' Loan and Building 
 Association since its organization, and is en- 
 gaged largely in corporation business. So- 
 cially, Mr. Seiders is a member of the Bram- 
 hall Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and also 
 of Bosworth Post, Grand Army of the. Repub- 
 lic, and the Portland Club. He has been an 
 active member in the Congregational ist church 
 for many years. 
 
 November 24, 1874, he was united in mar- 
 riage with Clarice S., daughter of the late 
 Isaac S. Hayes, of North Yarmouth, who was 
 a descendant of one of the oldest families in 
 that town, and was an active business man, 
 and influential in the affairs of the town. 
 Three children have been born to them; 
 namely, Grace R., Mary A., and Philip Reed 
 Seiders, all of whom are now living. 
 
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 EEWIS SMITH, a furniture dealer and 
 a manufacturer of house-furnishing 
 ^ supplies at Bridgton, was born in 
 Harrison, this coijnty, June 10, 
 1829, son of Lewis and Jemima (Packard) 
 Smith. Lewis Smith, Sr. , was born and 
 bred in the town of Waterford, Oxford County. 
 Being a mechanic by nature, he worked for 
 many years at the wheelwright's trade in 
 Waterford, although he had never served an 
 apprenticeship. He likewise engaged to some 
 extent in painting, and for some time kept a 
 tavern in Harrison. He married Jemima 
 Packard, a native of Greenwood, Oxford 
 County, whither her father, James Packard, 
 a soldier of the Revolution, removed from 
 Bridgewater, Mass., in the latter part of the 
 eighteenth century. They reared five chil- 
 dren — Lewis, Harriet, Aaron, Ezra, and 
 Emily. The mother died at the age of sixty- 
 nine years. The father subsequently came to 
 Bridgton, spending his last years at the home 
 of his son Lewis, and dying here aged seventy- 
 five years. 
 
 Lewis Smith concluded his school life at the 
 North Bridgton Academy prematurely, that he 
 might assist in supporting the family. At 
 first he received but fourpence a day. In- 
 heriting the mechanical genius of his father, 
 he was able to execute various kinds of work 
 requiring special skill, and occasionally made 
 a trip on the canal as a helper on the boat. 
 When about eighteen years of age, Mr. Smith 
 secured employment in a cabinet shop. Here 
 he worked as a painter for a year, and the fol- 
 lowing three years at the bench. Going from 
 Harrison to Massachusetts, he worked in 
 Johnson's organ factory a few months, after- 
 ward spending a time in North Bridgton, 
 whence he went to Lancaster, N.H., to engage 
 in cabinet-making. From there Mr. Smith 
 returned to North Bridgton, but soon afterward 
 went to Portland, where he was employed for 
 three years with the firm of Walter Corey & 
 Co. He next established himself in business 
 in Lancaster, N. H., where he staid but a few 
 months, coming back then to this State. He 
 established a cabinet shop in Harrison, where 
 he carried on cabinet business in a small way, 
 doing hand-made custom work. He continued 
 at this until 1868, when he settled in Bridg- 
 
 ton. Here he built a mill, entered the furni- 
 ture business, and engaged in the manufacture 
 of staves. Meeting with good success, he has 
 since fitted his mill so that he can manufacture 
 all kinds of house-furnishing material, in 
 which he has a profitable and extensive trade. 
 In 1887 Mr. Smith, in order to meet the de- 
 mands of his increasing business, erected a 
 large double store, which has a frontage of 
 forty feet and extends back to the depth of 
 seventy feet. In this he carries a large and 
 varied stock of furniture, his assortment being 
 one of the best-selected and most complete of 
 any in this vicinity. 
 
 Mr. Smith has been twice married. His 
 first wife, whose maiden name was Susan 
 Brigkett, died leaving him two daughters; 
 namely, Lelia A. and Celia A. The latter is 
 the wife of William Thaxter, of Portland. 
 After the death of his first wife Mr. Smith 
 was united in marriage with Lydia J. Smith, 
 a native of Bridgton. In politics Mr. Smith, 
 who has ever been a warm advocate of the 
 temperance cause, was formerly a Republican, 
 but of late years has been identified with the 
 Prohibitionists. He is a member of the Cum- 
 berland Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
 lows ; and of Oriental Lodge, No. 13, A. F. 
 & A. M. Both he and his wife are conscien- 
 tious members of the Congregational church. 
 
 lAPTAIN WILLIAM W. SNOW- 
 MAN, senior captain of the line of 
 the Portland Steamship Company 
 and master of the elegant new 
 steamer "Bay State" since she went into com- 
 mission, was born at Penobscot, Me., Septem- 
 ber 21, 1830, son of Captain Thomas 'and 
 Sarah (White) Snowman. 
 
 Captain Thomas Snowman was likewise a 
 native of Penobscot, and was a seafaring man, 
 being engaged in the coasting trade during 
 his active life, sailing first from Castine, then 
 from Newburyport, and later from Portland. 
 He was interested in the politics of his day, 
 and voted the Whig ticket. He died in Port- 
 land about 1856. His wife died in 1894. 
 She was a member of the Baptist church. 
 They reared four sons and two daughters, 
 namely: John, who resides in Portland; 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Thomas, of Everett, Mass.; Merrill P. (de- 
 ceased); Hannah, wife of William Snowman, 
 of Portland; Abbie (deceased), who married 
 Henry M. Holmes, of Wilton, Me.; and 
 William W., whose name heads this article. 
 
 William W. Snowman was four years old 
 when his parents removed to Newburyport; and 
 there he received his education, graduating 
 from the high school at the age of sixteen. 
 He was associated with his father in the coast- 
 ing trade for three years, and when twenty- 
 one years of age was master of a coasting- 
 vessel himself. He was engaged in coasting 
 for twelve years, sailing chiefly between New 
 England ports and never going south of Nor- 
 folk, Va. ; and the last three years of his con- 
 nection with sailing-vessels he was master of a 
 packet between Boston and Portland. In 1865 
 he entered the service of the Portland Steam- 
 ship Company as pilot, a position for which 
 he was well qualified, knowing every turn and 
 shoal of the New England coast. His first 
 trip as pilot was on the "Forest City." He 
 was soon appointed Captain; and he has had 
 charge, at different times, of every boat of the 
 line except the "Tremont," among them being 
 the "Portland," which is one of the largest 
 side-wheelers this side of Fall River. When 
 the "Bay State" was added to the line. Captain 
 Snowman was made master of that beautiful 
 steamer. 
 
 He is the oldest Captain in point of service 
 in the employ of the Steamship Company, 
 and during these thirty years has been off duty 
 only six weeks, two weeks for a vacation and 
 four weeks when he was ill. He averages six 
 passages a week between Boston and Portland, 
 and in the summer time often makes seven. 
 His' trips are usually made after dark; and, as 
 fogs and storms are frequent, the responsibil- 
 ity of safely conducting the vessel is very 
 great. Only an experienced pilot can under- 
 stand what it is to bring a steamer into Boston 
 Harbor in a fog, to steer clear of the passing 
 vessels, and to keep in. the narrow channel, 
 which can be followed only by reckoning. 
 At such times Captain Snowman is always in 
 the pilot-house, following every calculation 
 and ready for any emergency. Decisions are 
 made on the instant, and once made cannot be 
 revoked. He has never had a serious accident 
 
 to account for, and his long record has been a 
 remarkably clear one. 
 
 When he was twenty-five years old, Captain 
 Snowman was united in marriage with Miss 
 Henrietta Purbeck, of Salem, Mass., who died 
 twenty years ago. He has. one daughter, 
 Alice, who resides in Boston ; and with her he 
 has made his home for the past six years, his 
 residence prior to that time having been in 
 Portland. 
 
 Captain Snowman is a member of Ancient 
 Brothers Lodge, Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows, although he has had time to attend 
 but six meetings in twenty years; and he is 
 also a member of the Masters' and Pilots' 
 Association of Boston. A faithful follower 
 of the sea, he has but two or three times in all 
 his life been more than ten miles inland from 
 the shore, a day's trip to the White Moun- 
 tains marking the extent of his acquaintance 
 with alpine scenery. He is a good reader 
 and a fine conversationalist, having a rare 
 fund of anecdote and illustration; and he 
 handles a jack-knife with the expertness of a 
 true Yankee, finer tools also, as specimens of 
 his skill in wood-carving attest. He has a 
 large circle of friends and acquaintances. 
 
 OHN N. STINSON, a prominent mem- 
 ber of the fishing and farming commu- 
 nity of East Harpswell, Me., was born 
 on Swan's Island, Hancock ■ County, 
 Me., January 14, 1840, son of John and Lucy 
 (Smith) Stinson. His great-grandfather, 
 William Stinson, was a native of the western 
 part of Maine. He spent the greater part of 
 his life on Deer Isle, engaged in fishing and 
 farming. His son Benjamin was born on Deer 
 Isle, and was content to follow the same occu- 
 pations, cultivating the soil and drawing finny 
 treasures from the well-stocked sea. As old 
 age approached, he retired from the hazardous 
 business of fishing, and devoted all his time 
 to the work of his farm. He died at the ad- 
 vanced age of eighty-three, his wife, whose 
 maiden name was Sarah Smith, living to the 
 age of eighty-one years. They reared a family 
 of ten children. 
 
 John Stinson, son of Benjamin, was reared 
 on Deer Isle, and early took part in the prin- 
 
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 411 
 
 cipal industries of the place, farming and fish- 
 ing. When he attained his majority, he 
 purchased a farm near the place of his birth, 
 but was hardly allowed to establish a home for 
 himself, an attack of typhoid fever ending his 
 life when he was but thirty-three years of age. 
 His wife was a daughter of David Smith, a 
 farmer of Swan's Island. Her father left his 
 fields and herds at the breaking out of the 
 Revolution, and served with distinction 
 throughout the war. His last days were 
 spent on Swan's Island, where he died at the 
 age of eighty-four. Mrs. Lucy Smith Stinson, 
 who lived to be seventy-two years of age, was 
 again married some years subsequent to Mr. 
 Stinson' s death. By her first marriage she 
 had four children — Meltiah J., who died at 
 the age of thirty-two; Deborah, who married 
 James L. Smith, of Swan's Island; Helen C, 
 who married Francis J. Gott, of Swan's 
 Island; and John N., the subject of this 
 sketch, who was the first-born. Mr. and Mrs. 
 John Stinson were members of the Methodist 
 church. 
 
 John N. Stinson was but twelve years of 
 age when his father died. He acquired a 
 good comipon -school education, making marked 
 progress in music, for which he has a natural 
 talent and which he taught to some extent in 
 after years. He being the eldest son, the 
 greater part of the responsibility of the farm 
 devolved upon him until his mother's second 
 marriage took place ; and he remained with 
 her until he attained his majority. He then 
 bought a farm near his childhood's home, and 
 successfully engaged in farming and fishing 
 until 187s, when he sold that property and 
 purchased his present place in Harpswell. 
 This is a fine estate of one hundred and sixty 
 acres, a large part of which is devoted to gar- 
 den produce and small grain, the remainder 
 affording ample pasture ground for a large 
 number of sheep and about a dozen head of 
 cattle. There are also within its limits some 
 productive cranberry meadows, from which Mr. 
 Stinson gathered in 1895 sixty bushels of 
 berries. From 1878 to 1881 he was engaged 
 in manufacturing menhaden oil, which he 
 shipped in large quantities to Boston; but he 
 jiow gives his attention almost wholly to the 
 work of his farm. 
 
 Mr. Stinson was married January 23, 1863, 
 to Mary E. Reed, daughter of Jacob S. Reed, 
 of Swan's Island. Her father was a "fore- 
 handed" man, who worked as a farmer and 
 blacksmith, and built and successfully man- 
 aged a mill on the island. Mrs. Stinson was 
 born in Sedgwick, Me., and was educated at 
 the Maine Wesleyan Seminary and Bucksport 
 Seminary. She taught for twenty-five terms 
 before her marriage. She is the mother of 
 three children — Adelbert N., Mary Eva, and 
 Weston R. Adelbert N. Stinson, who works 
 with equal skill and success at shoemaking 
 and farming, and' is also a fisherman, married 
 Miss Lucy Hook, of Harpswell, and has three 
 children — Anna, Ralph, and Henrietta. 
 Mary Eva Stinson was graduated from the 
 Normal School of Gorham, Me., and studied 
 instrumental music under Professor Sumner, 
 of Boston, Mass. She has been a public 
 school teacher for some years, and is an ac- 
 complished musician. Weston R. has been a 
 student at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary and 
 at the Normal School at Gorham. He is now 
 assisting his father. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Stinson favors the Republi- 
 can party. He has been Collector of Taxes 
 for some years ; and he was offered the office 
 of Selectman, but refused to serve, his time 
 being fully occupied with various duties. He 
 is a member of Tremont Lodge, No. T], A. F. 
 & A. M., of Tremont. Mr. and Mrs. Stinson 
 have been members of the Free Will Baptist 
 church for nearly twenty years. He has led 
 the singing in the church for many years and 
 been superintendent of the Sunday-school. 
 His daughter has been organist for some 
 time, and his wife and daughter rank among 
 the most efficient teachers in the Sunday- 
 school. A cultured and remarkably accom- 
 plished family, the Stinsons occupy a leading 
 place in Harpswell society; and their house 
 is famed for its generous and unfailing hospi- 
 tality. 
 
 fRA M. SMITH, of Naples, Me., a veteran 
 of the Civil War, who lost his sight 
 while fighting in defence of the Union, 
 was born in Otisfield, this county, Feb- 
 ruary 14, 1826, son of Jonathan and Catherine 
 
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 (Weston) Smith. Jonathan Smith was a well- 
 to-do farmer of Otisfield. He reared six sons 
 and four daughters, and furnished his quota 
 for the suppression of the Rebellion, two of 
 his sons, James and the subject of this sketch, 
 joining the Federal ranks. James Smith was 
 a private in the Thirtieth Regiment of Maine 
 Volunteers. 
 
 Ira M. Smith spent his boyhood in Otis- 
 field, attending the district school and work- 
 ing about the home farm. At the age of 
 fifteen he began to learn the trade of shoe- 
 making with his brother. After finishing his 
 apprenticeship, he worked at his trade for some 
 time. , On August 6, 1863, he enlisted in 
 Company F, Seventeenth Regiment, Maine 
 Infantry, and was mustered in at Portland. 
 Soon after he was on the way to the national 
 capital to join the troops concentrating there. 
 He faced the guns of the enemy first at Au- 
 burn, and was afterward in many hard-fought 
 battles, including Locust Grove, Mine Run, 
 the stubborn struggle of the Wilderness, and 
 Petersburg. While on picket duty, October 
 14, 1864, he was wounded by a rebel sharp- 
 shooter, the ball entering a little in front of 
 the left ear and coming out over the eye. 
 Weeks of intense suffering followed, during 
 which he was under the care of surgeons in 
 the Emery Hospital at Washington. When 
 convalescent he went home on furlough, and 
 received his final discharge June 6, 1865, at 
 Augusta. He had left home a strong and well- 
 favored young man, and returned with his 
 sight destroyed, and his face marked with the 
 scars of battle, eloquent witnesses to his faith- 
 ful service. Mr. Smith lived in Otisfield till 
 1889, when he moved to Naples; and during 
 his stay in the latter town he has made many 
 friends. 
 
 January i, 1855, he was united in marriage 
 with Elmira H. Winslow, who was born in 
 Otisfield, July 12, 1836, daughter of Gilbert 
 and Rachel (Edwards) Winslow. Six chil- 
 dren have blessed their union. They were: 
 Harold, Leona F. (deceased), Ellen M. (de- 
 ceased), Lillian, Alice, and Kendall C. Mr. 
 Smith votes the Republican ticket. He is a 
 Grand Army man, belonging to Charles S. 
 Bickmore Post, No. 115, of Naples, of which 
 he was a charter member. 
 
 OBEY S. JONES, one of the New Eng- 
 land heroes of the Civil War, who 
 suffered the horrors of a rebel prison, 
 and finally died within its gloomy 
 walls, was born in Sefort, N.H., August ii, 
 1834, son of Benjamin S. and Paulina (Heath) 
 Jones. He learned the shoemaker's trade, 
 and worked at it for some time. In 1861 he 
 enlisted in Company E, Ninth Regiment of 
 New Hampshire Infantry, and started for the 
 South, knowing that it was possible that he 
 would never return to home and friends, but 
 lii^tle dreaming of the lingering tortures in 
 store for him. He was in many engagements, 
 including the battle of the Wilderness, where 
 so many thousands of the bravest and best of 
 both armies fell. In the engagement at North 
 Anna River he was wounded in the hip by a 
 minie ball. This was on May 24, 1864. In 
 his helpless condition he was taken prisoner 
 and carried first to Richmond, then to Jordan, 
 S.C, and finally to Andersonville. The 
 horrors of that charnel-house have been 
 painted too often to need repetition. It is a 
 well-known fact that, in the merciful course 
 taken by the North in settling the "great 
 trouble," only five persons were legally exe- 
 cuted. These were the four implicated in the 
 assassination of President Lincoln and Captain 
 Wirz, the Confederate keeper of the military 
 prison at Andersonville. The latter was 
 guilty of so many brutalities in his treatment 
 of Northern prisoners it was declared that 
 "hanging was too good for him," when he 
 mounted the scaffold, November 10, 1865. In 
 Andersonville during the administration of 
 this man Mr. Jones suffered a lingering death 
 from starvation, and on October 8, 1864, his 
 soul departed for the bourne "where the 
 wicked cease from troubling, and the weary 
 are at rest. " 
 
 On May 2, 1857, he was united in marriage 
 with Ellen M., daughter of Gilbert and Rachel 
 (Edwards) Winslow, of Otisfield, Me., and 
 sister of Mrs. Ira M. Smith, of Naples, whose 
 husband was rendered permanently blind by a 
 wound received in the war. At the time of 
 her husband's death Mrs. Jones was left with 
 three young children — Otis S., Ida S., and 
 George W. She resided in Salisbury, Mass., 
 until November 3, 1892, when she removed 
 
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 to Fair Haven, Vt. ; and there her daughter 
 died. She then went to Edes Falls, Me., and 
 is now living with Mr. and Mrs. Smith, in 
 Naples, the two sisters, so sadly afflicted, find- 
 ing comfort in mutual companionship. 
 
 and 
 
 father was a native of 
 
 in 1788, being a son 
 
 ONAS HAMILTON, Superintendent of 
 the Mountain Division of the Maine 
 Central Railway, was born November 
 ig, 1827, at Paris, Me., son of Jonas 
 Abigail (Bradbury) Hamilton. His 
 North Yarmouth, born 
 of William Hamilton, 
 one' of the pioneer settlers of that place and 
 a soldier of the Revolutionary War. 
 
 Jonas Hamilton, Sr., was reared to farming 
 pursuits, and lived in North Yarmouth until 
 after his marriage with Mrs. Mitchell (born 
 Bradbury), of Buxton, Me. He subse- 
 quently removed to Paris, Oxford County, 
 where he carried on an extensive business in 
 freighting goods to and from Portland, that 
 being prior to the days of railroads. He 
 finally retired from active pursuits on account 
 of age;- and after the death of his wife, which 
 occurred in 1870, he removed to Turner's 
 Island, where he passed his declining years, 
 dying in 1875. He was a prominent member 
 of the Congregational church, of which he was 
 Deacon for many years. To him and his wife 
 four daughters and two sons were born, Jonas 
 being the only son now living. 
 
 After leaving the district schools of Paris, 
 Jonas Hamilton went to Boston to learn the 
 machinist's trade, spending some two years 
 in the Hinkley and Drury locomotive shops. 
 Coming to Portland in 1847, he entered the 
 Portland company's shops, and, after work- 
 ing faithfully for eighteen months, was pro- 
 moted to the position of locomotive engineer 
 on the Atlantic & St. Lawrence Railroad, now 
 known as the Grand Trunk, but which was 
 then completed to Mechanic Falls only. 
 After five years of engine-driving, Mr. Hamil- 
 ton was made master mechanic in the Portland 
 shops of the Grand Trunk Railway, continu- 
 ing until 1870, a period of sixteen years, 
 which, with his previous time, gave him 
 twenty-one years of consecutive service with 
 that road. Mr. Hamilton then became con- 
 
 nected with the Portland & Ogdensburg Rail- 
 way, being appointed superintendent on July 
 I, 1870, an office which he held until the road 
 was leased in 1888 to the Maine Central Rail- 
 way Company. Daring that time the entire 
 road was built, Mr. Hamilton having charge 
 of the work, and buying the first rolling-stock. 
 Since the lease of the road he has occupied 
 his present responsible position, for which he 
 seems to be especially adapted. Great im- 
 provement in civil engineering has been made 
 within the time he has been connected with 
 railway traffic, but still more progress in me- 
 chanical engineering is apparent. At the 
 time he worked at his trade in Boston the 
 locomotives weighed from seventeen to twenty 
 tons, which was three times as much as the 
 earlier ones. They now weigh from fifty to 
 eighty tons, and are able to draw on a level a 
 correspondingly larger weight. 
 
 Socially, Mr. Hamilton is a member of the 
 well-known club, the Bramhall League, and 
 is an active member of the local Masonic 
 organizations, belonging to Atlantic Lodge, 
 A. F. & A. M. ; to the Mount Vernon Chap- 
 ter; and to the Portland Commandery, Knights 
 Templars. 
 
 In 1851 Mr. Hamilton was married to Miss 
 Harriet J. White, who passed to the life im- 
 mortal after a brief period of wedlock, leaving 
 one son, Henry L., who is now a locomotive 
 engineer on the Mountain Division of the 
 Maine Central Railway. On November 4, 
 1857, Mr. Hamilton was united in marriage 
 with Angle Sawyer, daughter of William 
 Sawyer, an old and respected resident of 
 Portland. This union has been blessed by 
 the birth of two children, namely: Frederick 
 W., who was educated at the Portland High 
 School and Tufts College, and is now pastor 
 of the First Universalist Church at Roxbury, 
 Mass. ; and George F., who was graduated 
 from the West Point Military Academy with 
 the class of 1894, and is now a Lieutenant 
 in the Ninth Cavalry, United States Army, 
 being stationed at Fort Robinson, Neb. Mr. 
 Hamilton is a man of broad and liberal 
 views in all things, and is a Universalist in 
 religious faith, attending and contributing 
 toward the support of the Congress Square 
 Church. 
 
 
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 "ON. ALBERT F. NUTTING, one 
 of the leading farmers of Otisfield, 
 is well known throughout the 
 county as an enterprising business 
 man, and is a worthy example for young men 
 starting in life who have to depend upon their 
 own resources. He was born in this town 
 August 2, 1835, and is a son of Lyman and 
 Charlotte (Chadbourne) Nutting. Nathan 
 Nutting, his paternal grandfather, was a na- 
 tive of Massachusetts. He was the first of 
 this family to settle in this county, coming 
 here in 1795, a full century ago. Here he 
 took up the life of an agriculturist, and was 
 successfully engaged in that vocation until his 
 death. 
 
 Lyman Nutting was born in Groton, Mass., 
 in 1793. When two years of age he came with 
 his parents to Cumberland County, which was 
 his home from that time. After his marriage 
 he settled on a farm on Oak Hill in Otisfield. 
 He resided there until the death of his 
 brother, when he returned to the old home to 
 care for his parents. Here he carried on gen- 
 eral farming, and was also largely interested 
 in lumbering. He died here in 1859. His 
 wife, Charlotte, a native of Gorham, Me., 
 survived him many years, dying in 1884. 
 Seven children were born of their union, as 
 follows^ James L., who married a Miss Graeff, 
 both deceased; Charlotte C, now deceased, 
 who married Charles Chadbourne; Lyman (de- 
 ceased), who married Miss Louisa Halter, 
 now residing in Pennsylvania; Dorcas A., 
 who is the wife of Moses Eastman,, now living 
 in retirement in Casco village; Emma H., 
 who became the wife of Dr. Webb, of Bridg- 
 ton, both deceased; Silas W., who died at the 
 age of twenty-three years ; and Albert F., the 
 subject of this sketch. 
 
 Albert F. Nutting acquired a good educa- 
 tion in the elementary schools and high school 
 of his native town. During his younger days 
 he remained at home, assisting his father in 
 carrying on the farm. After his marriage he 
 took charge of the place, and has conducted it 
 since. It contains about two hundred acres of 
 land, every part showing signs of careful 
 superintendence. Besides carrying on general 
 farming, Mr. Nutting raises stock, deals in 
 milch cows, and supplies milk to the Poland 
 
 creamery. He also carries on quite an exten- 
 sive lumber business. 
 
 In June, 1874, he was married to Miss 
 Martha E. Andrews. She was born in Otis- 
 field, and is a daughter of Robert Andrews, a 
 successful farmer, who was one of the early 
 settlers of the town. Mr. and Mrs. Nutting 
 have had a son and daughter. The son, Silas 
 D., was born April 23, 1875, and is living 
 with his father. The daughter, Charlotte, died 
 in infancy. Mrs. Nutting died April 23, 
 1891. 
 
 The Hon. Albert F. Nutting has always 
 taken a very active interest in political 
 matters and in everything else relating to the 
 welfare of the town, county, or State. He has 
 often been called upon to occupy positions of 
 responsibility and trust, such as Selectman, 
 Supervisor of Schools, and Town Clerk. In 
 1880 he was chosen State Senator for this dis- 
 trict, and served with distinction for four 
 years. He has long held the esteem and con- 
 fidence of his neighbors by his sterling quali- 
 ties, both in his public and private capacities. 
 
 "IPV J- EDWARDS, a prosperous 
 |==| farmer and one of the largest tax- 
 ^^J^S/. payers of Otisfield, was born in that 
 town. May 5, 1832, son of Nathaniel 
 and Mary (Gammon) Edwards. Mr. Edwards's 
 grandfather was an early settler in Otisfield, 
 having moved there when his son Nathaniel 
 was but eight years old; and he followed agri- 
 cultural pursuits successfully for the rest of 
 his life. 
 
 Nathaniel Edwards was reared to farm life. 
 In young manhood he settled upon a tract of 
 wild land, which he cleared and improved into 
 a good farm. He experienced all the diffi- 
 culties that usually beset the early pioneer 
 settlers, first having to dwell in a rude log 
 house; but he overcame them all. His farm 
 IS now the one owned and occupied by his son, 
 D. J. Edwards. He died in July, 1872, leav- 
 ing the reputation of an able and industrious 
 farmer and an upright, conscientious man. 
 His wife, Mary, who was a native of Otisfield 
 was reared in Buckfield, Me., to which town 
 the parents removed when she was four years 
 old. She became the mother of seven chil- 
 
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 dren, as follows: Nancy, who is now the 
 widow of William Bolster, and resides in 
 Otisfield; David and Bretania, deceased; 
 Margaret, the widow of William McClelland, 
 of Raymond ; Jonathan, who died at the age 
 of twenty years; James, who married Dorcas 
 Piper, and resides in Otisfield; and D. J. Ed- 
 wards, the subject of this sketch. The mother 
 died in August, 1871. 
 
 D. J. Edwards received his education in the 
 common schools of Otisfield. At an early age 
 he began to assist in carrying on the farm. 
 During his father's declining years he took 
 charge of the property. Eventually succeeding 
 to the homestead, it has been his residence for 
 his lifetime. He owns three hundred acres 
 of fertile land, desirably located and well 
 improved. He pays particular attention to 
 raising hay, corn, fruit, and hops, producing 
 large and superior crops, which he markets 
 with profit. He is also engaged to some 
 extent in stock raising. At one time he was 
 very profitably engaged in lumbering. His 
 life has been a busy and a prosperous one. 
 
 In 1872 Mr. Edwards was united in marriage 
 to Lottie T. Gage, a native of St. George, 
 N.B., and daughter of Kennedy Gage, who 
 is still engaged in farming in New Brunswick. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Edwards have three children, 
 namely: Llewellyn N., who is now pursuing 
 a collegiate course; Forrest L. and Dayton J., 
 who are residing at home. Mr. Edwards is a 
 Democrat in politics, and has served with 
 ability in some of the town offices. He has 
 never aspired to political prominence, his 
 business interests having always required his 
 close and undivided attention. He is now 
 practically retired from active business pur- 
 suits. Mrs. Edwards is a member of the 
 Baptist church. 
 
 iLMER F. WOODBURY, a very capable 
 young business man of Portland, is 
 now manager of the largest system 
 of railway dining-rooms and caf^s east of Bos- 
 ton, including those at the Union Station, 
 Portland, and other cafes on the line of the 
 Maine Central Railroad. He was born at 
 South Paris, Me., March 18, 1865, and is the 
 son of George E. and Sophia (Morton) Wood- 
 
 bury. His paternal grandfather, Elmer Wood- 
 bury, was one of the earliest and most popular 
 hotel men of Maine, managing hotels at South 
 Paris and at Gray. He was widely known to 
 the travelling public throughout New England, 
 and his name was a synonym for first-class en- 
 tertainment. 
 
 George E. Woodbury was born at South 
 Paris, and there made his home until he 
 attained his majority. He then engaged in 
 railroading, and was for many years a popular 
 and efficient conductor on the Maine Central 
 Railroad, eventually taking up the business of 
 which his father had made such a success, and 
 obtaining from Payson Tucker, general man- 
 ager of the Maine Centra], the cafe privilege 
 at Brunswick, Me. He soon began to increase 
 his business, and within a few years had many 
 first-class restaurants along the line of the 
 Maine Central. He married a daughter of Jo- 
 seph Morton, of Andover, Me. Mr. and Mrs. 
 George E. Woodbury have resided for some 
 years at Brunswick. Their only living child 
 is the subject of this sketch. 
 
 Elmer F. Woodbury attended the common 
 and high schools of Bath, Me., and later took 
 a course of study at a business college in Port- 
 land. On leaving school, he immediately 
 became associated with his father at the Bruns- 
 wick Cafe, and was for some years connected 
 with the railroad dining-rooms, the Bangor 
 Cafe being soon taken by them. Mr. Wood- 
 bury subsequently took charge of the Nor- 
 mandie, a well-known hotel in Washington, 
 D. C, of which he was proprietor two years. 
 Returning to Portland, he was again for some 
 time in partnership with his father; and in 
 189s he put the line of restaurants into the 
 hands of a company, the Elmer F. Woodbury 
 Hotel and Restaurant Company, of which he 
 is manager. The fare and service of these 
 caf^s is such as to command a first-class 
 patronage. Mr. Woodbury likewise attends 
 to other business interests, being an active 
 member of the Arlington Loan and Trust 
 Company of Washington, D.C., the Baker Ex- 
 tract Company of Portland, and the Morton 
 Bonbon Company of this city. He is a busi- 
 ness man of ability, who commands success in 
 all that he undertakes. Mr. Woodbury was 
 married to Miss Emma J. Schofield, of Bruns- 
 
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 EIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 wick, Me., on January 2, 1885; and their 
 liome has been brightened by two children — 
 Samuel S. and Virginia. In politics Mr. 
 Woodbury is a Democrat. He is a member 
 of Fort George Lodge, Knights of Pythias, 
 of Brunswick; and in religious matters he 
 favors the Congregational church, of which his 
 wife is a member. 
 
 'OHN TALMAN LAWRENCE, a well- 
 known resident of Pownal, who for 
 thirty years was superintendent of 
 schools, has now retired from official 
 life with the reputation of having performed 
 his duties faithfully and for the best interests 
 of the community. He was born in Pownal, 
 July I, 1823, son of John and Elizabeth 
 (Jones) Lawrence. 
 
 Mr. Lawrence's paternal grandfather, John 
 Lawrence, Sr., served as a soldier in the 
 Continental army during the entire Revolu- 
 tionary struggle. He became an early settler 
 in North Yarmouth, Me., where he engaged 
 in farming and lumbering and was a promi- 
 nent man in his day. He was identified with 
 the formation of the early State militia, in 
 which he held a Colonel's commission; and he 
 was widely known as an able business man and 
 a useful citizen. He died in North Yarmouth 
 at the age of eighty-four years. He reared 
 four sons; namely, Samuel, John, David, and 
 Joseph. 
 
 John Lawrence, son of John, Sr., was born 
 in North Yarmouth, and was reared to agricult- 
 ural pursuits. He was also a good mechanic, 
 and was for many years engaged in building, 
 which he followed in connection with farming. 
 He was an industrious man and a patriotic cit- 
 izen, serving as an officer in the militia, and 
 being actively engaged in the War of 1812. 
 Be. joined the Republican party at its forma- 
 tion, and supported its principles for the rest 
 of his life. He owned a good farm in the 
 vicinity of Pownal Centre, which he cultivated 
 successfull5' for many years. He died there 
 on August 18, 1859, aged seventy-five years 
 and seven months. His wife, Elizabeth Jones, 
 whom he married November 27, 1806, was a 
 daughter of Dr. David Jones, a surgeon' in the 
 Revolutionary War and a well-known medical 
 
 practitioner of his day, who died in North 
 Yarmouth, March 27, 1822. Dr. Jones mar- 
 ried Elizabeth Hobart, daughter of Aaron 
 Hobart. Her father was a caster of hollow 
 ware, and it is said that the first cannon ever 
 cast in the United States was the work of his 
 hands. 
 
 John Lawrence was the father of nine chil- 
 dren, as follows: William T., who was born 
 November 7, 1807, and died Septe'mber 20, 
 1822; David J., born December 3, 1809, and 
 died April 15, 1810; Mary H., born April 10, 
 i8ii,*and died December 6, 1868; Joseph, 
 born April 17, 181 3, and died November 13, 
 1834; Henry S., born April 29, 181 5, and 
 died September 9 of the same year; Elizabeth 
 J., born August 23, 1816, and died November 
 lo of the .same year; Sarah S., born Septem- 
 ber 10, i8i8, now residing in Holyoke, Mass,, 
 the widow of Charles S. Upham ; -John Tal- 
 man, the subject of this sketch; and David J., 
 second, born February 22, 1827, and died 
 June 8, 1884. The mother died in March, 
 1 86 1, aged seventy-seven years and ten months. 
 Mr. Lawrence's parents were members of the 
 Congregational church. 
 
 John Talman Lawrence commenced his edu- 
 cation in the schools of Pownal ; and, after com- 
 pleting his course of study at the North Yar- 
 mouth Academy, he taught school for some 
 ten years. His principal employment, how- 
 ever, has been farming. In 1852 he purchased- 
 the old homestead, where he continued to 
 reside for over twenty years ; and on May 14, 
 1873, he removed to his present farm, consist- 
 ing of one hundred and seventy acres of valu- 
 able land; and he has since conducted general 
 husbandry, his energy and good management 
 ensuring success. He was for many years 
 closely identified with the administration of 
 public affairs in Pownal, and rendered valuable 
 services to the town, commanding the hearty 
 approbation of his fellow-citizens. He was 
 Chairman of the Board of Selectmen for seven 
 years, was Town Clerk and Treasurer for some 
 time, and served as superintendent of schools 
 for thirty years, a position for which he is 
 especially well qualified. 
 
 On August 24, 1852, Mr. Lawrence was 
 united in marriage with Eunice Johnson, who 
 was born in North Yarmouth, January 4, 1820, 
 
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 daughter of Samuel Johnson, a prosperous 
 farmer of Pownal. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence 
 have one daughter; narriely, Esther J., who was 
 born December- 1 5, 1853, and is now the wife 
 of Eliab H. Latham, a resident of Pownal. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Latham have a daughter named 
 Lillian Lawrence, who was born May 4, 1878. 
 Mr. Lawrence is well informed upon all the 
 important issues of the day, and occupies a 
 leading position among the intelligent and 
 well-to-do residents of Pownal. He is liberal 
 in his religious views and a Republican in 
 politics. 
 
 (gj- 
 
 ^YRUS COLE, for many years one of 
 the prominent business men of Cum- 
 berland County, was born February 
 28, 1814, in Winthrop, Kennebec 
 County, this State, son of William Cole. He 
 spent his boyhood days in Buckfield, working 
 much of the time in his father's carding-mill. 
 When nineteen years of age, he went to Boston, 
 hoping to find some congenial employment; 
 but after a short stay in- the metropolis he re- 
 turned to- Maine, securing work at the Tontine 
 House in Brunswick, where as a clerk he 
 earned and saved some money, leaving the 
 place with a bank account of sixty dollars. 
 Going thence to Buckfield, Mr. Cole, with true 
 Yankee enterprise, established himself in 
 trade, entering into partnership in 1838 with 
 Mr. Ephraim Atwood, with whom, under the 
 firm name of Cole & Atwood, he carried on a 
 good business in general merchandise for two 
 or three years. Shortly after his marriage 
 Mr. Cole disposed of his interest in the store 
 to his partner, and removed to Turner village, 
 Androscoggin County. Forming a copartner- 
 ship with Washington Long, he began the 
 manufacture of woollen cloths and satinets, 
 also establishing a general store, besides carry- 
 ing on an extensive business in buying and 
 selling wool and in exchanging that com- 
 modity for woollen cloth. 
 
 In 1844 Mr. Cole sold out his share of the 
 business to Mr. Long, and changed his place 
 of residence to Freeport, where he operated 
 a grist and flour mill, conducted a general 
 store, managed a large farm, and in addition 
 to these varied industries built several vessels, 
 
 being prospered in each of his ventures. Ten 
 years later he, in company with Mr. Bibber, 
 started a wholesale grocery business in the 
 city of Portland, under the name of Cole & 
 Bibber, continuing five years, and also dealing 
 largely in real estate, having some heavy trans- 
 actions in Munjoy Hill property. Coming 
 thence to Cape Elizabeth, the northern part 
 of the town, since incorporated as South Port- 
 land, Mr. Cole purchased the homestead farm 
 at Pleasantdale, now occupied by Mrs. Cole, 
 residing here until his decease, December 2, 
 1892. 
 
 Cyrus Cole and Sarah A. De Coster were 
 united in marriage on September 29, 1840. 
 Mrs. Cole was born at Buckfield, Me., on 
 January 18, 1817, being the youngest of a 
 family of eight children. Her parents were 
 Samuel and Sarah (Bacon) De Coster. No 
 children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Cole, but 
 they adopted a boy whom they reared as their 
 own son; namely, Charles M. Cole, who still 
 lives to requite his foster-mother's care. Mrs. 
 Cole is sustained and cheered by strong relig- 
 ious faith, being a devout Universalist. 
 
 A man of much native ability and force of 
 character, a stanch Republican in politics, Mr. 
 Cole ever takes a leading part in local public 
 affairs, serving for several years as Selectman 
 and representing his district in the State 
 legislature. Religiously, he was an active 
 and conscientious member of the Universalist 
 church. Socially, he belonged to the Aged 
 Brotherhood, or Society of Old Men. 
 
 (YMAN W. HOLDEN, who is pros- 
 perously engaged in mercantile busi- 
 ness in Casco village, was born on 
 May 28, 1834, son of Colonel Levi 
 and Annie (Leach) Holden. His father was 
 one of the first merchants of this place. 
 
 Levi Holden was born in Otisfield, Me., in 
 February, 1803. When he started out on his 
 life career, he engaged in trade in Casco vil- 
 lage, where he continued in business up to 
 1845, when he sold out and purchased a farm, 
 which he conducted with success until his 
 death, in March, 1875. In politics he was a 
 stanch Democrat; and among the offices in 
 which he served the town of Casco was that of 
 
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 Selectman, which he held for several years, 
 and that of Postmaster for a number of years. 
 He was for some time Colonel of the State 
 militia, a position that brought him in touch 
 with many leading men; but, whatever the 
 position in which he was placed, his manly, 
 straightforward bearing won the esteem and 
 respect of his associates. His wife, Annie 
 Leach, was born in Naples, Me., in June, 
 1805. She died in December, 1869, leaving 
 one son, Lyman W. Holden. Their only 
 daughter, Mary E., died in 1857. 
 
 Lyman W. Holden remained with his 
 parents until twenty-two years of age, receiv- 
 ing his education in the public schools of 
 Casco. He then went to Illinois and engaged 
 in teaching, and subsequently spent a year 
 canvassing for nursery stock in Kansas. On 
 leaving the latter place, he returned to Casco; 
 and from that time until his marriage he was 
 alternately engaged in farming and teaching. 
 He then started in a general merchandise busi- 
 ness, and has continued to carry on a profit- 
 able trade since that time, a period of about 
 ten years. 
 
 On July 17, 1885, he married Miss Mary 
 Jane Brackett, who was born in Naples, Me., 
 May 15, 1847. Her parents, Robert and 
 Mary (Gammon) Brackett, were natives of 
 Casco;. and her father spent his life as a 
 farmer. He died in August, 1895, and his 
 wife in July, 1888. They had eleven chil- 
 dren, briefly mentioned below: Charles E., 
 residing in Naples, married Miss Helen 
 Tenny, and has three children — Gertrude, 
 Frank, and Eva; Maria E., the wife of Solo- 
 mon Gale, of Casco, has three children — 
 Everett, Alice, and Richard; Malvina D., 
 who married George Bean, of Lynn, Mass., 
 also has three children — Mabel, Hattie, and 
 Mary; Iseta died in infancy; Martha A., the 
 wife of R. Gay, of Casco, has two sons — 
 Everett R.and Merritt B. ; Mary Jane is now 
 Mrs. Holden; Robert A., residing in Casco, 
 married Hattie L. Cook, and has a son and 
 daughter— Ruby and Herman; John G., also 
 of Casco, married Miss Alice Colwell, who has 
 borne him four sons and a daughter— Edward, 
 Clarence, Etta, Elmer, and Raymond; Anna 
 A. married R. Edwards, of Otisfield, Me., 
 and has two daughters— Ethel and Florence'; 
 
 Thomas Franklin died at eight years of age; 
 and one child died in infancy. Both parents 
 were communicants of the Baptist church. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Holden have no children. She 
 is successfully engaged in the millinery busi- 
 ness, and has one of the most attractive stores 
 in the village. 
 
 In political affiliations Mr. Plolden is a 
 firm Democrat and a stanch advocate of the 
 principles of his party. In 1865 he was 
 elected to the office of Town Clerk, and he 
 has held that office at intervals for fifteen 
 years. He also served a number of years as 
 a member of the School Committee, and has 
 held other offices of lesser importance, fulfil- 
 ling the duties of each in a manner acceptable 
 to his fellow-townsmen. Mr. Holden and his 
 wife are members of the Free Baptist church, , 
 in the work of which they are actively in- 
 terested. 
 
 M 
 
 ANIEL F. NASH, of Portland, who, 
 as a financier, manages large and 
 ^ 1 varied interests, his private business 
 being trade in stoves, furnaces, heat- 
 ing and plumbing apparatus,, and manufactur- 
 ing tinware, copper, and sheet iron, was born 
 in Portland, October 19, 1858. His parents 
 were Daniel W. and Mary Elizabeth (Smith) 
 Nash, his father being a native of East Ray- 
 mond, Me., born in December, 1827, his 
 mother of Portland, born in 1833. Daniel 
 W. Nash, who also was a stove dealer, senior 
 partner of the firm of O. M. & D. W. Nash, a 
 well-known stove firm of Portland, died in 
 June, 1883. His wife also has passed away. 
 They reared three children — Ella Frances, 
 wife of Peter S. Nickerson ; Carrie Adelaide, 
 wife of Frank M. Strout; and Daniel F., our 
 subject. 
 
 Daniel F. Nash attended the public schools 
 of Portland, graduating from the high school 
 in 1878. He subsequently took a course of 
 study at the Portland Business College, and 
 earned his first salary as book-keeper for 
 O. M. & D. W. Nash, his uncle and father. 
 After the death of his father the son pur- 
 chased his interest, and the business was con- 
 tinued without change of name. In 1891 Mr. 
 O. M. Nash died; and our subject became 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 42 r 
 
 sole proprietor of the enterprise, still retain- 
 ing the original firm name. The business, 
 which is one of the oldest of its kind in Port- 
 land, has materially increased since Mr. Nash 
 became its manager. He has added plumbing 
 and steam and hot water apparatus to the 
 stock; and his trade, which is mainly local, 
 is very extensive. He employs a large num- 
 ber of men, and occupies five floors of the 
 building at 6 Exchange Street, where he has 
 hardly room for his increasing business. Mr. 
 Nash is a member of the Merchants' Exchange 
 of Portland and a stockholder in the follow- 
 ing corporations: the Portland Steam Packet 
 Company, International Steamship Company, 
 Portland Railroad Company, Portland Water 
 Company, Standish Water and Construction 
 Company, Underwood Spring Water Com- 
 pany; and he is also a stockholder in the 
 Merchants' National and First National Banks. 
 He is part or whole owner of various vessels, 
 including steamboats, schooners, brigs, and 
 barques. In fact, his interests are so many 
 and various that it seems hardly possible for 
 one man to attend to them all ; but he neglects 
 nothing, and every enterprise with which he is 
 connected prospers. 
 
 In December, 1883, Mr. Nash was married 
 to Miss Flora R. Parker, a native of Putney, 
 Vt., daughter of Henry M. Parker; and three 
 children have brightened their home — Edith 
 Marion, Mabel Frances, and Arthur Freeman. 
 
 In politics Mr. Nash is a Republican. He 
 was elected a member of the City Council in 
 1894 from Ward 7, and re-elected this year, 
 during both terms serving as a member of the 
 Committee on Finance. He has passed the 
 thirty-second degree of Masonry, belonging to 
 Portland Lodge, No. i ; Greenleaf Chapter, 
 No. 13; St. Albans Commandery, No. 8; 
 Portland Council, No. 4; and Maine Consis- 
 tory, Kora Temple, N. M. S. He was a 
 charter member of lona Lodge, No. 21, Order 
 of the Eastern Star; is Past Noble- Grand of 
 Harmony Lodge, No. 19, Independent Order 
 of Odd Fellows, of which he has been a Trus- 
 tee for a number of years; a member of the 
 Grand Lodge of Maine; Past Chief Patriarch 
 of Eastern Star Encampment, No. 2, Indepen- 
 dent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is 
 also a Trustee; a member of the Grand En- 
 
 campment of Maine; a charter member of the 
 Grand Canton Ridgely, Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows; and a Director in the Indepen- 
 dent Order of Odd Fellows Relief Associa- 
 tion. He was a charter member of the Wood- 
 bine Lodge, Daughters of Rebecca, and of 
 the Royal Society of Good Fellows, of which 
 he is also a Trustee; is Pa.st Chancellor and 
 Trustee of Pine Tree Lodge, Knights of 
 Pythias; a member of the Grand Lodge of 
 Maine of the same Order; a charter member 
 of Samoset Tribe, No. 32, Independent Order 
 of Red Men; and he belongs also to the 
 Young Men's Christian Association, and to 
 the social organization known as the Portland 
 Fraternity. Both Mr. and Mrs. Nash attend 
 the Williston Congregational Church of Port- 
 land. Their home, which is at 277 Spring 
 Street, is one of the handsomest in the city. 
 
 -|p)TON. CHARLES EDWIN GIBBS, a 
 L^J Director of the Pondicherry Com- 
 \\s I pany and ex-Postmaster of Bridgton, 
 
 ^—^ was born in the town, August 7, 
 1835, son of Rufus and Adaline (Sears) Gibbs. 
 His paternal grandparents, Alpheus and 
 Abigail (Wheeler) Gibbs, were born in Mas- 
 sachusetts, whence they removed to this county 
 in the latter part of the last century. They 
 were pioneers of the town of Harrison, where 
 they cleared a homestead, and thereon spent 
 the remainder of their lives. 
 
 Rufus Gibbs, the father of Charles, was 
 born in Bridgton, on the home farm. Not 
 liking agricultural life, he served an appren- 
 ticeship with Major Perley, of South Bridgton, 
 at the tanner's trade. On attaining his major- 
 ity he received one hundred dollars, and 
 shortly after established himself in the tanning 
 business in this village, continuing for a num- 
 ber of years. He afterward gave some atten- 
 tion to general farming and lumbering. Fi- 
 nally he purchased a water privilege in Bridg- 
 ton, built the Cumberland mill on the site, 
 and there manufactured blankets for a number 
 of years. He was one of the organizers of the 
 Pondicherry Company, and subsequently was 
 its President until his decease. He married 
 Adaline Sears, who was born in 1803, a 
 daughter of Joseph Sears. She died in 1874, 
 
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 leaving five children — Edward A., Ann M., 
 Charles Edwin, John S., and Horace. The 
 father died in 1893, being then in his ninety- 
 third year. 
 
 Charles E. Gibbs acquired a practical edu- 
 cation in the public schools of his native 
 town, finishing his studies at the Bridgton 
 Academy. He began his business career with 
 his father, and was engaged with him in man- 
 ufacturing blankets for a number of years. 
 During that time he built the Mount Pleasant 
 Hotel, situated on Mount Pleasant. In 1870 
 Mr. Gibbs engaged in-, steamboating on the 
 Sebago Lake. He continued in this business 
 until 1892, when he sold out his interest to 
 S. D. Warren, for whom he has since man- 
 aged the enterprise. Mr. Gibbs is a Director 
 in the Pondicherry Company, which his father 
 assisted in organizing. 
 
 Mr. Gibbs was united in marriage in 1857 
 with Miss Augusta Bangs, of Bridgton, and 
 became the father of two children — Rudolf 
 R. and Nellie E. 
 
 In his political afifiliations he is a sound and 
 trustworthy Republican. He has served the 
 community in various offices of responsibility. 
 He was elected to the State legislature in 
 1867, and re-elected the following year. 
 While a member of that body he cast, his vote 
 for Lot M. Morrill as United States Senator. 
 In 1869 he was elected to represent his dis- 
 trict in the State Senate, and served so ac- 
 ceptably that he was honored with a re-elec- 
 tion in 1870. He was Postmaster of Bridgton 
 from 1 87 1 to 1885. 
 
 rpjION BRADBURY, whose death in 
 CN July< 1887, left a marked vacancy in 
 li^'' the foremost legal and political 
 circles of the State of Maine, was 
 born at Biddeford, York County, this State, 
 December 6, i8ii. He was a son of Jere- 
 miah and Mary Langdon (Storer) Bradbury 
 and grandson on the paternal side of a captain 
 in the Revolutionary army. 
 
 Jeremiah Bradbury, the father of Bion, was 
 a native of Saco, Me. He studied law, and 
 after his admission to the bar settled first at 
 Biddeford, afterward removing to South Ber- 
 wick. While a resident of the latter town he 
 
 received from President Madison the appoint- 
 ment of Collector of Customs for the port of 
 New York, a post which he held until 1820, 
 when he was appointed Clerk of the Courts. 
 This latter appointment necessitated his re- 
 moval to Alfred, Me., where he resided dur- 
 ing the twenty years of his incumbency as 
 clerk. His last place of residence was Calais, 
 Me., where he died in 1848. His wife was a 
 daughter of Captain Seth Storer, of Saco, and 
 grand-daughter of Mrs. John Storer, a sister 
 of Governor Langdon, of New Hampshire, one 
 of the signers of the Declaration of Indepen- 
 dence. 
 
 Bion Bradbury prepared for college in Gor- 
 ham and South Berwick Academies, and was 
 graduated from Bowdoin in 1830. The fol- 
 lowing year he was principal of Alfred Acad- 
 emy, the teacher's calling being but a step- 
 ping-stone to his profession. He began to 
 study law in the office of Daniel Goodenow, 
 of Alfred, continued his course in the office 
 of William Pitt Preble, of Portland, and was 
 admitted to the bar at Alfred in May, 1834. 
 In July of the same year he opened an office at 
 Calais, and soon formed a partnership with 
 Anson G. Chandler, which lasted till 1838, 
 when Mr. Chandler was appointed to the ju- 
 dicial bench. In 1842 Mr. Bradbury began 
 his political career, being elected to represent 
 the Calais district in the lower house of the 
 State legislature. He was appointed Collector 
 of Customs at Eastport, Me., in 1844, and was 
 reappointed by President Polk and by Presi- 
 dent Pierce, serving also during the last term, 
 1849 and 1850, in the lower house as Repre- 
 sentative from Eastport. In 1856 he was a 
 member of the National Democratic Conven- 
 tion held at Cincinnati, and in 1858 was the 
 candidate of the Democratic party in the Sixth 
 District of Maine for Congress, being defeated 
 by a bare majority. In 1 860 he was delegate 
 to the National Democratic Convention held 
 in Charleston, S.C, and was subsequently a 
 member of the convention held at Baltimore. 
 Those- were portentous times, and Mr. Brad- 
 bury arrayed hirnself with those who were re- 
 solved that the integrity of the country and 
 the supremacy of national organic law should 
 be maintained. In 1862 he was elected to the 
 State legislature as a war Democrat from 
 
ALBERT W. BRADBURY. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 425 
 
 Eastport by the unanimous vote of both great 
 political parties, patriotic citizens, regardless 
 of party, having equal confidence in his prob- 
 ity and public spirit. In 1865 he was a can- 
 didate for Governor of Maine, and in 1874 he 
 was nominated by his party at Portland for 
 Congress. He was a member of the National 
 Democratic Convention held in Cincinnati in 
 1880, being delegate at large from Maine, and 
 was Chairman of the delegation. Throughout 
 the period of his political activity Mr. Brad- 
 bury maintained his professional practice, and 
 after his removal to Portland in 1864 devoted 
 his time almost exclusively to legal work. 
 An energetic and elegant forensic orator, he 
 was skilful in the examination of witnesses, 
 persuasive and convincing to a jury. In 
 politics his opinion and counsel were much 
 respected by his party, and in the legislature 
 he was known as an able debater. 
 
 Mr. Bradbury married October 25, 1837, 
 Alice Williams, daughter of Johnson Will- 
 iams, of Brooklyn, N.Y. ; and seven children 
 were born of their union, five of whom attained 
 maturity. They were as follows : Albert W., 
 further named in a separate sketch; Bion, Jr.; 
 Mary Langdon, widow of Charles C. Wells, 
 of Portland; Alice, wife of the Hon. Charles 
 E. Libby; and Marcia Dow, wife of Edward 
 C. Jordan, civil engineer of Portland. 
 
 T^OLONEL ALBERT WILLIAMS 
 I vy BRADBURY, son of Bion and Alice 
 
 \^JL^ (Williams) Bradbury, was born in 
 Calais, Me., in 1840, and had barely 
 reached his majority when he entered on the 
 military career which he completed with so 
 much honor, winning the title which he now 
 bears. His early youth was passed in East- 
 port, and, having fitted for college at the Uni- 
 versity Grammar School of Providence, R.I., 
 he was graduated from Bowdoin in i860. In 
 1861 he began to recruit for the First Maine 
 Battery of Mounted Artillery, and was mus- 
 tered in as Second Lieutenant in December of 
 that year, subsequently passing the grades of 
 First Lieutenant, Captain, Major of First 
 Maine Mounted Artillery, and Brevet Lieu- 
 tenant Colonel of volunteers. He was in ac- 
 tive service during the entire war, serving first 
 
 in General Butler's Department of the Gulf, 
 under the immediate command of General 
 Godfrey Weitzel, and subsequently in the 
 Nineteenth Army Corps, first under command 
 of General William B. Franklin, later of Gen- 
 eral Emory. 
 
 At the approaching expiration of his three 
 years' term of enlistment, during which he 
 was constantly in the field, he re-enlisted his 
 entire command. In the winter of 1864 he 
 went to Augusta to recruit, and, after a stay 
 of thirty days, was ordered to join Burnside, 
 who sent him to an artillery camp near Wash- 
 ington for guns and horses. He was afterward 
 placed in command of Fort Lincoln with a 
 battalion of one-hundred-days' men. Colonel 
 Bradbury was next placed in command of Forts 
 C. F. Smith and Strong on the southern side 
 of the Potomac, with two battalions of one- 
 hundred-days' men, reporting to General De- 
 Russey. On July 4, 1864, he was ordered 
 from Arlington Heights to Washington, and 
 then to Fort Stevens, where Jubal Early was 
 making his demonstrations against Washing- 
 ton, and had command of a long line of fortifi- 
 cations. Soon after this General Emory of 
 the Nineteenth Army Corps came up from the 
 Department of the Gulf, and made application 
 for Colonel Bradbury to be ordered to his com- 
 mand. The Colonel was in Sheridan's army 
 in the valley of the Shenandoah, and partici- 
 pated in all the battles of that brilliant and 
 successful campaign. He was Chief of Artil- 
 lery of the Nineteenth Army Corps, and was 
 later appointed, in general orders by General 
 Sheridan, Chief of Artillery of the Army of 
 the Shenandoah. 
 
 Colonel Bradbury's brilliant military career 
 closed July 24, 1865, when he was mustered 
 out of service; and he immediately entered on 
 the work of the profession in which he has 
 since distinguished himself, reading law in 
 the ofifice of his father. He was admitted to 
 the bar in 1867, and became associated with 
 his father, under the firm name of Bradbury 
 & Bradbury. This firm conducted an exten- 
 sive business in the State and Federals courts 
 till the death of the senior member in the 
 summer of 1887. Subsequently Colonel Brad- 
 bury was City Solicitor, and later he was a 
 member of the firm of Bradbury & McQuillan. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 He is now the United States District Attorney, 
 appointed by President Cleveland. He is a 
 man of rare mental capacity and great execu- 
 tive powers, a leader in whatever sphere of ac- 
 tion may claim him. Politically, he is a 
 member of the Democratic party, taking an ac- 
 tive interest in State and national affairs; and 
 he has delivered addresses on many important 
 political occasions in Maine and in other 
 States. 
 
 and 
 
 'OHN S. WHITE, of Portland, Me. A 
 man never quite belongs to the great 
 public or his acquaintances, but only 
 to the extent of certain external duties 
 observances required of him from these 
 sources. In this respect he pays the penalty 
 of position or acquired reputation outside of 
 his immediate family circle, but more truly 
 outside of himself. However humble the in- 
 dividual, it is himself, the Ego, which about 
 fills the horoscope of his life and life experi- 
 ences, however trifling and unimportant these 
 may be to outsiders. From this point of view 
 a work of the character of the volume now in 
 hand is one of remarkable interest, because 
 one's own biography affords the most enter- 
 taining reading he can possibly be favored 
 with; and, second onjy to this, his life is re- 
 corded in living print for the gratification of 
 generations in the family line yet unborn. 
 Herein lies the great value of this work, a 
 family record, or record for the family, which 
 makes it fairly excusable for the biographer to 
 indulge in the rare privilege of talking unre- 
 servedly about himself, relating the minor in- 
 cidents, accidents, and experiences of his life 
 to interested and appreciative readers. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born in Port- 
 land. October 27, 1838. He is the son of 
 Mary Y. and Darius White, parents whom he 
 honored and revered, both of whom sprang 
 from old Colonial ancestry. On the mater- 
 nal side he belongs to the oldest native family 
 of New England that was not of original stock, 
 being a descendant of Thomas Young, of 
 Scituate, Mass., who married Sarah, daughter 
 of Peregrine White, the first child of European 
 extraction born in New England. 
 
 After a somewhat turbulent boyhood, such 
 
 as is incident to boys who are "all" boys, 
 being of a venturpsome and adventurous spirit, 
 which led him, at least on two occasions, intp 
 "scrapes" or accidents, which came near ter- 
 minating his then very brief existence, he 
 began to prepare for the serious business of 
 life. He attended the primary, grammar, and 
 high schools of his native city, and entered 
 Waterville College (now Colby) in the class 
 of 1 861. He remained in college only one 
 year, and then commenced the study of law in 
 the office of Fessenden & Butler, of Portland, 
 completing his legal studies at the Law School 
 of Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.. 
 
 He was admitted to the Cumberland bar 
 July 17, 1S60, and, after two years' practice 
 in Portland, enlisted as a private August 2, 
 1862, in Company E, Seventeenth Maine 
 Regiment, of which company he was appointed 
 Orderly Sergeant, August 10. His military 
 career was brief, he being discharged for 
 disability in the following spring, and sent 
 to Trinity Hospital, Washington, and after- 
 ward to Calvert Street Hospital, Baltimore, 
 where he was laid up for some time. After 
 recovering his health he made a trip to the 
 interior of Mexico during the period of the 
 Maximilian War, and, there losing his little 
 available capital, was obliged to start for 
 home, tramping the highway for many weary 
 miles, night and day, during which he came 
 
 near being shot as an (alleged) "d d 
 
 Frenchman" by a party of guerillas, many 
 bands of whom were then encamped in the 
 woods along the route. While on this tramp, 
 he met one day two horsemen riding toward 
 him, who, on coming up, halted for a chat or 
 for some other purpose. One of them said he 
 was a Colonel in the Confederate service. By 
 a singular coincidence, within one month 
 from that date the subject of this sketch met 
 t;he same gentleman, astride the same horse, 
 five thousand miles away from that spot, cross- 
 ing the Mississippi on a ferry-boat, then run- 
 ning from Winona, Minn., to the Wisconsin 
 side of the river. 
 
 Obtaining passage from Vera Cruz to New 
 York, Mr. White left Mexico, and shortly 
 after his return to the States moved to Chicago 
 and opened a law office there. He met with 
 good success. The times were booming then, 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 427 
 
 especially in a place like Chicago; but, re- 
 ceiving from his father an offer which prom- 
 ised to be more immediately profitable, he 
 returned to Boston, and took charge of a 
 branch concern there, and remained in the 
 business from 1866 to i888. 
 
 Mr. White has never confined himself so 
 closely to business or the law as to be unable 
 to use his energies in other directions. He 
 has done a great deal of newspaper and lit- 
 erary work. Before commencing the practice 
 of law he was connected with the Evening 
 Courier^ a Portland war paper; and in July, 
 1864, he revived the old Maine Temperance 
 Journal, and kept it alive till the funds, fur- 
 nished more liberally by the Hon. John M. 
 Wood than by the subscribers, gave out. 
 Before this date and after, he did considerable 
 service in the cause of prohibition and tem- 
 perance, lecturing throughout Maine, Illinois, 
 and other States. From 1884, for eight or 
 ten years, he took a conspicuous part in 
 the promotion of prohibitory legislation and 
 for the advancement of the Prohibition party. 
 He served as Chairman of the State Commit- 
 tee, and was nominated for various county and 
 State offices. Aside from this he never took 
 any active part in politics. 
 
 During his business career and for busi- 
 ness purposes he travelled very extensively 
 through the Western and Southern States, and 
 also made a brief trip to Europe, journeying 
 through England, France, and Italy. In 1894 
 he published a book entitled "Huraanics, " 
 which met with flattering success, having at 
 least gone through a large first edition. Mr. 
 White is still a young man, or thinks himself 
 so, and has not, as he believes, reached the 
 end of a somewhat active career. He has re- 
 sumed the practice of law, and is now domi- 
 ciled in one of the most beautiful summer 
 residences in Maine, on the shore of Long 
 Lake, Naples. 
 
 "OHN W. TRUE, one of the leading 
 farmers of New Gloucester and a man 
 well known throughout the county, was 
 born in this town on August 4, 1848, 
 
 son of Winthrop and Ophelia T. (Gooding) 
 
 True. 
 
 Winthrop True, a native of New Gloucester, 
 was a shoemaker. On account of poor health 
 he abandoned his trade and took up farming, 
 which he followed with success until his death, 
 on September 9, 1874. His wife Ophelia, 
 now an octogenarian, being eighty-one years 
 old, makes her home with her son, John W. 
 True. They were the parents of four children, 
 of whom the first-born died in infancy. The 
 others were: Lucy E., John W., and Annie T. 
 Lucy E. is the widow of John Cunningham, 
 now living in New Gloucester. Annie T. is 
 the widow of Elisha C. Newcomb, and lives 
 in Maiden, Mass. 
 
 John W. True first attended the common 
 schools, and afterward the Bailey School of 
 New Gloucester. In 1868 he went to Boston, 
 where he obtained employment driving an ex- 
 press wagon. After working at this for four 
 and a half years, he became a clerk in a gro- 
 cery store of that city. Two and a half years 
 later, when his father died, he returned home 
 and took charge of the old homestead, on which 
 he has since resided. Since coming into the 
 ownership of the farm, he has made marked 
 improvements, setting out orchards and bring- 
 ing the land into a higher state of cultivation. 
 It now contains about two hundred and ten 
 acres of land. Besides general farming, he 
 gives considerable time to raising stock ; and 
 he keeps a dairy of fifteen cows, whose milk 
 he ships to Portland. He also makes a spe- 
 cialty of raising light brahma chickens. 
 
 He was married on July 17, 1873, to Miss 
 Carrie Murdock, born in Cambridge, Mass.-, 
 March i, 1848, daughter of Horace and Sarah 
 (Harris) Murdock, both now deceased. Her 
 father was station agent at Wendell, Mass., 
 for a number of years. When he retired he 
 went to Springfield, Mass., where he died. 
 Mr. and Mrs. True have four children. They 
 are: Albert D., born December 6, 1874, now 
 attending college; Bertha O., born June 13, 
 1877, attending school in New Gloucester; 
 George W., born March 9, 1881, also at home; 
 and Louise E., born March 22, 1891. 
 
 The Republican party has ever found in 
 Mr. True a loyal supporter of its principles. 
 From 1877 to 1892, and again in 1895, seven- 
 teen years in all, he has held the office of 
 Selectman. In 1892 and 1893 he served as 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Town Clerk. He is now President of the 
 State ^Pomological Society, a Trustee of the 
 Cumberland County Agricultural Society, and 
 a member of the New Gloucester Grange So- 
 ciety. Mr. True, his wife, and their two 
 oldest children are members of the Congrega- 
 tional Church of New Gloucester. 
 
 (sYv'^^^^-^L D. LANE, a prominent farmer 
 LjA and dairyman of Yarmouth, was born 
 yj|j,\ in East Gray, Cumberland County, 
 ^~^ November 14, 1834, son of Captain 
 Joseph H. and Miranda (Merchant) Lane. 
 Mr. Lane's grandfather was an early settler 
 in East Gray. Joseph H. Lane was born at 
 the homestead in that town. In early man- 
 hood he followed the sea, becoming an able 
 ship-master. It is related of him that upon 
 one memorable occasion in his seafaring life 
 he was the only one of fourteen who was 
 saved from a wreck. After thirteen years of 
 sea life he abandoned it, and was occupied in 
 farming for many years after. His last days 
 were passed in retirement in Yarmouth, where 
 he died at the age of seventy-nine years. His 
 religious belief was that of the Universalist 
 denomination, while he was a Republican in 
 politics. His wife, Miranda, became the 
 mother of six children, as follows: Alvin A., 
 who resides in Portland; Charles M., who 
 occupies the old homestead; Frances E. , now 
 Mrs. True, of Yarmouth; Aerial D., the sub- 
 ject of this sketch, who is the eldest living; 
 Lucretia, who died at the age of thirty-three; 
 and Caroline M., who died at the age of eleven 
 years. The mother lived to the age of 
 seventy-nine. 
 
 Aerial D. Lane received his education in 
 the schools of his native town and New 
 Gloucester. At the age of twenty years he 
 began to follow the sea, becoming second mate 
 and later first mate of the barque "Meldon. " 
 After three years spent on shipboard he gave 
 up the life of a sailor, preferring to try his 
 fortune on terra firma. In 1859 he went to 
 California, where he engaged in mining. 
 From there he went to Boise City, Idaho, then 
 but a small mining camp. He remained in 
 the West for thirteen years, at the expiration of 
 which time he returned home, and in 1873 
 
 bought the farm where he now resides. The 
 property originally consisted of sixty-five 
 acres. By industry and good management he 
 has since enlarged it to one hundred and 
 twenty acres. It is now a valuable farm,- de- 
 sirably located and well improved. He raises 
 large and superior crops, and his dairy products 
 are considered among the very best to be found 
 in Yarmouth. He also finds it profitable to 
 keep from ten to fifteen graded Jersey cows, 
 handling them with the utmost care. He 
 keeps his buildings always in good repair. 
 His residence, an interesting old structure of 
 Colonial times, is in good condition. He is 
 one of the progressive and wide-awake farmers 
 of Yarmouth, pursuing his daily duties with 
 spirit and energy, and meriting the substantial 
 prosperity he enjoys. He is well informed 
 upon the general topics of the day, and he 
 ranks in social importance among the leading 
 residents of the locality. In politics he is 
 a Republican; and he is a member of Ligonia 
 Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
 of Portland. 
 
 In 1872 Mr. Lane was united in marriage 
 to Elizabeth S. Hayes, of North Yarmouth. 
 She is a daughter of David and Lydia (Par- 
 sons) Hayes, both of whom were natives of 
 North Yarmouth. Her grandfather, John 
 Hayes, was an early settler of that town and 
 a prominent man in his day. David Hayes 
 was a prosperous farmer and a representative 
 citizen. He died November 5, 1851, .aged 
 forty-two. He was liberal in his religious 
 views and a Republican in politics. He 
 married a daughter of David Parsons, who was 
 also a successful farmer of Yarmouth. Mrs. 
 David Hayes reared a family of eight children, 
 seven of whom are now living, and are as fol- 
 lows : William, Lucy C. (now Mrs. Luf- 
 kin), Frank E., Elizabeth S. (now Mrs. 
 Lane), Frederick A., Arexine G., and John. 
 The mother lived to . the age of seventy-two 
 years. Mr. and Mrs. Lane have four sons; 
 namely, Joseph H., Ebenezer D., Beecher T., 
 and Forrest D. Mrs. Lane is a very pleasing 
 and hospitable lady. To her supervision must 
 be credited the excellent quality of butter pro- 
 duced at the Lane dairy. Both the Lane 
 and Hayes families are among, the oldest and 
 best-known 'in Cumberland County. The 
 
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 family attend the First Congregational Church, 
 of which Mr. and Mrs. Lane are members. 
 
 TTAHARLES AUSTIN KENNARD, of 
 I \r^ Portland, where he has resided for the 
 ^jIL) last thirty-six years, a citizen of 
 
 sterling worth, was born in Bridg- 
 ton, Cumberland County, October 28, 1839, 
 the youngest son of Nathaniel and Abby 
 (Wales) Kennard. His grandfather, Edward 
 Kennard, was a resident of Limington, but 
 subsequently removed to Bridgton when Na- 
 thaniel was a small lad. 
 
 Nathaniel Kennard, son of Edward, was 
 engaged a large part of his life in agriculture, 
 but also did a good business as a manufacturer 
 of wagons and agricultural tools. He was 
 a veteran of the War of 1 812-14, serving as 
 Drum-major of the Thirty-third Massachusetts 
 Militia Regiment, and taking part in the battle 
 of Plattsburg. Peace being concluded, he 
 again settled down to farming and mechanical 
 pursuits. His wife, Abby, was a daughter of 
 Thomas Wales. Her father was a seafaring 
 man, who met his death in the pursuit of his 
 calling, his vessel being run down at sea in 
 a gale. Mr. and Mrs. Kennard had eight 
 children, four of whom still survive, namely: 
 Benjamin P., now a resident of Portland; 
 James E., also a resident of this city; Eliza- 
 beth S., who became the wife of Osborne 
 Fernald; and Charles A., whose name appears 
 at the head of this sketch. Amanda P. be- 
 came the wife of Walter Corbett, of Newport, 
 R.I., and both she and her husband have 
 passed away; Abby (deceased) married J. T. 
 Shattuck; Mary E. died at the age of thirty 
 years. Mrs. Nathaniel Kennard died in 1869, 
 and her husband in 1868. They were both 
 members- of the Baptist church. 
 
 Charles, A. Kennard spent five precious 
 years of his boyhood on an island far removed 
 from educational advantages, devoid even of 
 a primary school. He subsequently attended 
 North Bridgton Academy, pursuing his studies 
 with the object of fitting himself for college. 
 The breaking out of the Civil War, however, 
 changed all his plans. Filled with patriotic 
 ardor, he was only prevented from going to 
 the front with the earliest regiments raised in 
 
 this State, by a violent attack of typhoid 
 fever; but on his recovery he wasted no time, 
 giving up a fine position to enlist as private 
 in Company B, Twenty-third Regiment, Maine 
 Volunteers, and serving to the end of the term 
 of enlistment. His greatest regret connected 
 with his military experience is that, the regi- 
 ment's term of enlistment having expired 
 just before the battle of Gettysburg, they de- 
 clined an opportunity afforded them to volun 
 teer for a share in that momentous struggle, 
 which was the turning-point of the war, and, 
 filled with a desire to see their kindred, once 
 more availed themselves of their privilege of 
 returning home. 
 
 After the war was over, he came to Port- 
 land and found employment with Emery & 
 Fox, large outfitters in the West India trade, 
 loading and fitting as many as one hundred 
 vessels a year. Leaving them he next en- 
 gaged in the printing business for about a 
 year, at the end of which he secured the con- 
 tract for sprinkling the streets of the city, 
 which enterprise he managed for eighteen ' 
 years, giving general satisfaction. He began 
 this business with only one horse, but on his 
 retirement from it he had forty-four horses 
 and a large number of employees. During 
 his management of this important branch of 
 the municipal service he introduced a new 
 and improved system, his own patent, which 
 he subsequently supplied to other cities, Ot- 
 tawa, Canada, being one of the larger munici- 
 palities to appreciate and profit by his in- 
 ventive genius. Mr. Kennard was engaged 
 largely at one time in the trade with Cuba. 
 He also invested to a considerable extent in 
 building and real estate. 
 
 In politics he has always been a Republi- 
 can, and he was once prevailed upon to accept 
 service for one term as a member of the Com- 
 mon Council; but, not desiring public honors, 
 he has since refrained from active politics. 
 His fidelity to his party is tempered only by 
 a manly independence which reserves the right 
 to "scratch" the name of any candidate who 
 in his opinion is unfitted for the position with 
 which the name is associated on the ticket. 
 
 Mr. Kennard was married at the age of 
 thirty years to Miss Etta Holden, daughter of 
 Benjamin T. Holden, of Otisfield, this State. 
 
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 Their home for some years has been at 150 
 Federal Street, opposite Lincoln Park. Mr. 
 Kennard is now retired from active business 
 pursuits. By diligence and economy he has 
 achieved a fair competency, which it may be 
 hoped he has many years to enjoy, being but 
 little past the prime of life. Throughout his 
 active career it has been his custom to extend 
 ready aid and counsel to those battling with 
 the tide of adversity, and more than one human 
 bark has he rescued from the rocks of business 
 failure and the quicksands of despondency to 
 set a straight course for the haven of success. 
 His helping hand has also rescued from the 
 gutter many a wretched victim of drink, who, 
 by his friendly counsel and such aid as medical 
 science could bestow, has been delivered from 
 the fatal bondage of a master habit, to become 
 once more a useful member of society. Mr. 
 Kennard has followed close the Golden Rule, 
 believing that the highest object of this earthly 
 existence is to build character for the limit- 
 less life beyond the veil. 
 
 ^HARLES H. GOULD, the descend- 
 ant of a respected pioneer family, was 
 born on the farm he now owns and 
 occupies, in the town of Bridgton, 
 Me., August 13, 1841. His paternal grand- 
 father, Ezra Gould, was a native of Massachu- 
 setts, born March 6, 1760, in the town of Box- 
 ford, Essex County. When a young man, he 
 migrated to Cumberland County, locating in 
 Bridgton, of which he was an early settler. 
 Taking up the land now included in the home- 
 stead of his grandson Charles, he reared his log 
 cabin and here improved a farm. In Septem- 
 ber, 1794, he married Hephzibah Stevens, 
 also of Bridgton, and they had the following 
 children: Amos, born July 16, 1795, who died 
 February 21, 1876, having never married; 
 Moses, born November 5, 1799, married Susan 
 P. Perley in February, 1827, died January 27, 
 1874; Aaron, born in 1801, died when four 
 years old; Asa, father of Charles H., born 
 April 5, 1803, a fuller account of whom is 
 given below; Phebe, born July 25, 1805, 
 never married, died in March, 1835; Hephzi- 
 bah, born March 29, 1808, married Deacon 
 Jacob H. Lovejoy, of Albany, Me., October 
 
 16, 1839, and is the only one of the family 
 now living; Stephen, born January 13, 18 10, 
 married October 6, 1848, died July 30, 1859. 
 Asa Gould was born on the homestead, and 
 here spent his entire life, rounding out a full 
 period of useful activity, his death occurring 
 March 27, 1892, at the age of. eighty-eight 
 years, eleven months, and twenty-two days. 
 He was an energetic and prosperous agricult- 
 urist and a worthy and influential member 
 of the Congregational church, of which he 
 was Deacon for many years. His wife, whose 
 maiden name was Jane J. Tread well, was borii 
 July 29, 1806. They were married January 
 10, 1833; and she died on the home farm 
 February 20, 1890. The remains of both 
 were interred in the Ridge Cemetery. They 
 were the parents of twelve children, namely: 
 Samuel T., deceased; Caroline E., who died 
 May II, 1867; Phoebe J., the wife of P. W. 
 Kilbourne; Asa S., who enlisted as a private 
 in the Eleventh Maine Volunteer Infantry, 
 and died in the fall of 1863 at Hilton Head 
 from disease contracted while in the army; 
 Susan, deceased ; Charles H. ; Jacob, who 
 died in infancy; Angeline, who died when 
 young; Eliza, who died December 12, 1886; 
 Albion C, residing in Missouri; Thomas F., 
 who died in infancy; and Martha H., wife of 
 James E. Bird, now a resident of Albany, Me. 
 Charles H. Gould remained with his parents, 
 attending school and working on the farm 
 until September 15, 1863, when he entered 
 the service of his country, joining as a private 
 Company H, Sixteenth Maine Volunteer In- 
 fantry. He served until the close of the war, 
 being detailed a large portion of the time to 
 duty in the regimental band. He received his 
 discharge, dated July 16, 1865, at Augusta. 
 Returning then to the old farm, he has since 
 made this his home, hiring the property on the 
 death of his parents. He has a valuable farm, 
 and devotes his time to general husbandry and 
 dairying, being prospered in all of his under- 
 takings. Politically, Mr. Gould is a stanch 
 adherent of the Republican party, and takes an 
 active and intelligent interest in local affairs, 
 having for three years served as Selectman of 
 the town of Bridgton. Socially, he is a mem- 
 ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows 
 ; and of the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
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 The marriage of Mr. Gould and Miss 
 Bethia S. Wadsworth, daugliter of Peleg C. 
 and Mary M. (Richardson) Wadsworth, was 
 celebrated January i, 1866. Four children 
 have been born to them, namely: Mabel J., 
 who died January 14, 1880; Harris P.," a grad- 
 uate of the Maine State College, now an 
 assistant in the horticultural department of 
 that institution; Eudora W. ; and Mildred E. 
 Religiously, Mr. Gould and his family are 
 active workers in the Congregational church, 
 of which they are valued members. 
 
 TT^APTAIN ANDREW J. YORK, of 
 I K^ the firm of Charles H. Robinson & 
 \%^ Co. of Portland, Me., wholesale 
 dealers in paper, twine, and bags, 
 was born at Cape Elizabeth, now the town of 
 South Portland, July 25, 1850, son of Captain 
 Jeremiah C. and Sarah C. (Hamlin) York. 
 
 Jeremiah C. York was born on Long Island, 
 Me., August 16, 1 8 16. He followed the sea 
 from early youth, fishing in his younger days 
 and later sailing as master, and at the present 
 time is part owner of a number of vessels 
 sailing from eastern ports. He is now in his 
 seventy-ninth year, and has been retired from 
 active business for seven or eight years. He 
 married Sarah C. Hamlin, who was born in 
 Jewel Island, Me., February 15, 18 18, and 
 comes of Revolutionary stock, being a relative 
 of the late Hannibal Hamlin. Captain Jere- 
 miah York and his wife are zealous .church 
 members, believing strongly in the Methodist 
 doctrines. They had a family of seven sons 
 and two daughters, namely: Robert Merrill; 
 James Monroe; Joseph Henry; George Frank- 
 lin; Rosamond, who died in childhood; An- 
 drew P., who died in infancy; Andrew J. ; 
 Jeremiah Hamlin; and Sarah Maria, who mar- 
 ried Charles A. Harmon, and died in 1882. 
 At one time Captain Jeremiah York and six of 
 his sons were running out of eastern ports as 
 masters of vessels. 
 
 Andrew J. York received his early education 
 in the schools of Cape Elizabeth, finishing his 
 studies at Gray's Commercial College. When 
 he was a very small boy, he began to make 
 voyages in his father's vessels; and at fifteen 
 he shipped before the mast on the schooner 
 
 "Starlight," which was loaded with hay for 
 the government, and sailed from Winneport 
 for Fortress Monroe. The lad's first voyage 
 as a seaman was a disastrous one ; for the 
 schooner took fire, and, grounding on Nan- 
 tucket Shoals, between Pollock Rip and 
 Shovelful Lightships, was totally destroyed, 
 the crew being taken into Vineyard Haven 
 by a Philadelphia schooner. He subsequently 
 sailed from Portland in the brigs "Orison 
 Adams," "Ellen Maria," and "J. C. York," 
 the schooners "Frank Skillings " and "Con- 
 gress," the ship "Kate Dyer," and the > 
 barque "Hunter," shipping first before the 
 mast and eventually rising to the position of 
 mate. Mr. York was mate of the "Congress," 
 of the barque "Endeavor," of the schooner 
 "Edward Waite," and of the brig "Mattie B. 
 Russell"; and he sailed as master of the 
 "Mattie B. Russell" from June 21, 1873, to 
 March 20, 1876; of the "Edward Waite " from 
 1876 to 1883; and of the schooner "Benjamin 
 C. Cromwell," which he built, from June 30, 
 1883, to October 31, 1890. Of each of these 
 vessels he was part owner. 
 
 The "Mattie B. Russell," which was carry- 
 ing a cargo of molasses from Matanzas, Cuba, 
 to Boston, went ashore on March 20, 1876, at 
 Vineyard Haven ; and the same man who had 
 given the crew of the "Starlight" a number 
 of years before a pass to New Bedford — Cap- 
 tain Benjamin C. Cromwell — then took the 
 contract to float the "Mattie B. Russell." 
 While Captain Cromwell was at work on Cap- 
 tain York's vessel. Captain York was laying 
 siege to the affections of Captain Cromwell's 
 daughter; and, exemplifying the old adage, 
 "It is an ill wind that blows nobody good," 
 he thus secured happiness for himself and 
 another from the disaster to his vessel. After 
 the brig was floated. Captain York had her 
 repaired at New Bedford ; and then, going back 
 to the Vineyard, he reloaded her cargo and de- 
 livered it safely at its destination. He is still 
 part owner of the "Mattie B. Russell," as 
 master of which he took his first voyage on the 
 Kennebec River, and also of the schooner 
 "Benjamin C. Cromwell." 
 
 On October 31, 1890, he came into port 
 with this vessel and concluded to remain on 
 shore. He bought out the interest of the heirs 
 
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 to the clothing house of J. T. Lewis & Co., 
 and formed a copartnership with Frederick R. 
 Lewis and Edward I. Hall, under the firm 
 name of Lewis, Hall & York, successors to 
 J. T. Lewis & Co. ; and on December 31, 
 1892, he sold his interest in that business, 
 forming on January i, 1893, a stock company 
 for the sale of paper, twine, and such com- 
 modities at wholesale, under the style of 
 Charles H. Robinson & Co. This company 
 has conducted a very successful business up to 
 the present time. 
 
 On July 5, 1877, Captain York was married 
 to Ellen M., daughter of Captain Benjamin C. 
 and Abbie Bradford (Luce) Cromwell, of 
 Vineyard Haven. Mrs. York traces her 
 ancestry back to a Pilgrim progenitor who 
 came over in the "Mayflower." 
 
 In politics Captain York is neutral. He 
 is, however, a strong Baxter man and an un- 
 flinching supporter of President Cleveland, 
 though he says he never attended a caucus and 
 never voted. He has been a membef of the 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows since 
 1878. Socially, the Captain is a very popular 
 man ; and he may often be found surrounded 
 by a circle of entranced listeners, relating 
 stories of the sea and of the many ports which 
 he has visited. He is familiar with almost all 
 parts of the globe, having visited South 
 America, the West Indies, France, Italy, 
 Spain, Scotland, Ireland, and the shores of the 
 Mediterranean, and has a cosmopolitan fund 
 of anecdotes, which he relates in an inimitable 
 manner. 
 
 jUEL A. DODGE, an enterprising 
 agriculturist of the township of 
 , Bridgton, was born on the farm 
 where he now lives, September 20, 
 1837. His father, Nathan Dodge, who fol- 
 lowed farming throughout his entire life, 
 brought his homestead property to a good 
 state of cultivation. He married Miss Julia 
 Carsley, who bore him ten children, five sons 
 and five daughters, six of whom are now 
 living. 
 
 Ruel A. Dodge remained a member of the 
 parental household until after the breaking out 
 of the late Rebellion, Then in 1862 he en- 
 
 listed in the service of the Union, becoming a 
 private in Company L, Eleventh Maine Vol- 
 unteer Infantry, which was mustered in at 
 Augusta. Until the following January he was 
 stationed in Yorktown, Va. From there he 
 went with his regiment to South Carolina, 
 where he was taken sick, and was s^nt to the 
 hospital. Subsequently he was sent North to 
 the Portsmouth Grove Hospital in Rhode 
 Island, where he remained nearly six months. 
 Having recuperated, a Mr. Dodge was trans- 
 ferred to the Twenty-first Maine Volunteer In- 
 fantry at Bedloe's Island, New York Harbor, 
 where he was stationed seven months. He 
 went thence to Washington, D.C., and was on 
 patrol duty for an equal length of time. He 
 was afterward ordered to Newark, N.J., where 
 he served as Provost Marshal until, his dis- 
 charge from the service in 1865. 
 
 After his return from war Mr. Dodge as- 
 sumed the charge of the home farm. He came 
 into its ownership upon the death of his 
 father. Since then he has been actively and 
 prosperously engaged in cultivating and im- 
 proving its one hundred and fifty acres of rich 
 and productive land. It is beautifully located 
 on the Highlands, commanding an extensive 
 view of the surrounding country and favored 
 with remarkably pure air. Since taking pos- 
 session of the property, he has every summer 
 thrown open his commodious house to the re- 
 ception of summer boarders, who come from 
 Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and other 
 cities. Mr. Dodge is a stanch Republican, 
 and has been always true to the principles of 
 his party. He is an influential member of the 
 Grand Army of the Republic, of the Masons, 
 and the Odd Fellows. 
 
 ON. JOHN HOWARD HILL, at- 
 torney -at-law and a Representative 
 in the State legislature, is a native 
 of York County, having been born 
 November 25, 1864, in the town of Liming- 
 ton. His father, John Hill, although born in 
 Buxton, in the same county, was brought up 
 in Limington. In his earlier years he was a 
 prominent teacher in that vicinity. He sub- 
 sequently turned his attention to farming, and 
 after his removal to Portland, in 1887, estab- 
 
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 433 
 
 lished himself in business as a contractor and 
 builder. He is a Democrat in politics, and, 
 while a resident of Limington, served for a 
 number of years as a Selectman. He married 
 Miss Clara L. Webster, a daughter of James 
 D. S. Webster, a well-known mill-owner and 
 lumberman of Limington, the only child of 
 their union being John Howard Hill. 
 
 John Howard Hill was fitted for college in 
 the schools of Limington, entering Dartmouth 
 in 1883, and being graduated four years later, 
 his class making choice of him to deliver the 
 address to the President. While in college he 
 took a prominent part in athletic sports, be- 
 longing to the base-ball and tennis clubs, and 
 was also a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon 
 Society. The first year after his graduation 
 Mr. Hill was principal of the Limerick High 
 School, coming thence to Portland to read law 
 in the office of N. & H. B. Cleaves, the latter 
 of whom now occupies the Maine gubernato- 
 rial chair. Being admitted to the bar by ex- 
 amination at Portland, April 12, 1890, Mr. 
 Hill immediately opened an office, and has 
 since that time had an extensive general prac- 
 tice. His first office was in the Canal Bank 
 Building, with Mr. Augustus F. Moulton; 
 but in 1 891 they removed to their present 
 location in the Jose Building at 98 Exchange 
 Street. 
 
 Mr. Hill is a member of several prominent 
 social organizations, belonging to Highland 
 Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
 of Limerick; to Una Encampment of this city, 
 in which he has served as Chief Patriarch; to 
 Longfellow Lodge, Knights of Pythias, in 
 which he has held the chair of Chancellor 
 Commander. He also belongs to the Portland 
 Club, being one of the Directors; is also one 
 of the Directors in the Young Men's Repub- 
 lican Club; and is a member of the Athletic 
 Club. 
 
 In 1894 Mr. Hill was urged by his party to 
 accept the Republican nomination as Repre- 
 sentative to the State legislature, and was 
 elected for the term of 1895 with a handsome 
 majority of the votes cast. He was a member 
 of the Committee on Legal Affairs, and Chair- 
 man of the Committee on Library, serving 
 with credit to himself and benefit to the pub- 
 lic on both. 
 
 Mr. Hill was united in marriage in June, 
 1894, with Grace J., daughter of William 
 Nash, of Portland. Their hospitable home is 
 located in one of the most attractive portions 
 of the city, at 272 State Street, Mr. Hill hav- 
 ing erected the house just prior to his mar- 
 riage. Religiously, both Mr. and Mrs. Hill 
 are liberal in their views, and attend the Con- 
 gress Square Universalist Church. 
 
 USTIN BRIGHAM, successfully en- 
 gaged in agricultural pursuits in 
 Bridgton township, was born on the 
 farm he now occupies, February 20, 
 1843, son of Aaron and Asenath (Carsley) 
 Brighara. The father lived near Marlboro, 
 Mass., working there as a farm hand until a 
 short time prior to his marriage, when he 
 bought the farm now owned by his son Austin. 
 The purchase consisted of one hundred and 
 sixty acres of land, on which he resided until 
 his demise in 1872. He was a Democrat in 
 his political views, was much interested in 
 local matters, and served his fellow-townsmen 
 as Selectman for several terms. He married 
 April 16, 1823, Miss Asenath Carsley, who 
 bore him ten children. These were: Ruth, 
 born March 8, 1824, who is the wife of Joel 
 Fosgate, of Berlin, Mass.; Elizabeth, the 
 widow of Addison Sawyer, residing in Read- 
 ing, Mass.; Alvina, deceased; Otis, de- 
 ceased; Angeline, deceased; Jane, the wife 
 of Alvin Gibbs, living^ in California; Aaron, 
 a resident of Massachusetts; Austin, the sub- 
 ject of this sketch; Martha, deceased; Adelia 
 L., living at Windham Centre, and the wife 
 of James Fellows. The mother died in 1876, 
 her remains being laid to rest beside her hus- 
 band's in the Ridge Cemetery. 
 
 Austin Brigham acquired a fair education 
 in the public schools. After leaving school 
 he devoted his time and attention to assisting 
 in the work of the home farm. At the death 
 of his father the care of the place fell to his 
 exclusive charge. Since then it has become 
 his property. Mr. Brigham also owns two 
 hundred and twenty acres of land in Bridgton 
 and an eighty-acre tract in the town of Water- 
 ford, all being valuable land. Besides general 
 farming he is engaged in the lumber busi- 
 
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 ness, having extensive dealings therein, 
 chiefly carried on in the winter season. 
 
 Mr. Brigham was united in wedlock in 1870 
 to Elizabeth Carter, and became the father of 
 two children, namely: Beulah, now the wife 
 of John Gore, of Bridgton; and Harry, who 
 was educated at the Bridgton Academy. 
 Brought up a Democrat, Mr. Brigham has 
 never swerved from party allegiance. He is 
 an esteemed member of the Independent Order 
 of Odd Fellows. 
 
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 'LBION LITTLE, a portrait of whom 
 appears in connection with the follow- 
 ing sketch, is a public-spirited, 
 philanthropic citizen of Portland, 
 prominent in business, political, and social 
 circles, who is at present devoting his energies 
 to the building of the Eastern Maine Insane 
 Hospital, being Chairman of the Building 
 Commission. He was born in Whitefield, 
 Lincoln County, Me., January 22, 1836. He 
 is the son of Samuel and Hannah (Boynton) 
 Little, and is a representative of an old and: 
 honorable family, his first ancestor in this 
 country, George Little, who came from Uni- 
 corn Street, London, near London Bridge, 
 having settled in old Newbury, Mass.,, in 
 1640. (See "Descendants of George Little, 
 Newbury, Mass.," by George T. Little, Au- 
 burn, Me., 1882.) From him the line is 
 traced through Joseph, Daniel, and Samuel, 
 to Joshua, the great-grandfather of Mr. Albion 
 Little. 
 
 Joshua Little was born September 17, 1741, 
 and was one of the first settlers in Whitefield, 
 Me. A man of courage, patriotism, and abil- 
 ity, he served in the Revolutionary War, bear- 
 ing the rank of Lieutenant, and was in charge 
 of a company at Castine and in action at 
 Crown Point. He was subsequently Captain 
 of a company of State militia for many years; 
 and he represented Whitefield in the Massa- 
 chusetts legislature when the town was incor- 
 porated, Maine being then a part of Massachu- 
 setts. Samuel Little, son of Joshua, was a 
 farmer, who lived in Pittston, Me. ; and there 
 his son Samuel, the father of our subject, was 
 born, June 3. 1811. He also was a farmer, 
 living in Whitefield from 1834 to 1867, when 
 
 he moved to Bowdoinham, where he and his 
 wife are now living. He is a prominent man 
 in the town, and has served in various official 
 capacities. 
 
 Albion Little attended the district schools 
 of his native town, and was graduated from the 
 high school of Alna. When but seventeen 
 years of age he took charge of a school; and 
 from that time until he was twenty-one he 
 taught school for two terms in a year at 
 Boothbay Harbor, historic Pemaquid Point in 
 Bristol, Jefferson, Whitefield, and Windsor. 
 In 1857 he obtained a position in Portland as 
 clerk in a dry-goods store ; and he shortly be- 
 came associated with Peter Lane, with whom 
 he formed a partnership, March 4, 1861, under 
 the firm name of Lane & Little. At first 
 they conducted a retail business, and later es- 
 tablished a wholesale store on Middle Street. 
 The senior partner retired in 1872, and the 
 firm name was changed to A. Little & Co. 
 The establishment was one of the leading 
 wholesale houses of the city; and a flourishing 
 trade was carried on until 1893, when Mr. 
 Little retired. 
 
 He is a Director of the First National 
 Bank, with which he became connected in 
 1878; was one of the active founders of the 
 : Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary, an institution 
 of which the State may well be proud, and 
 has been Vice-President from the time of its 
 organization; has been a Director of the Saco 
 River Woollen Company since it was organ- 
 ized; and was principal stockholder in the 
 HoUis woollen-mill before its incorporation, 
 and is now on the Board of Directors. In 
 1877 Mr. Little was appointed Trustee of the 
 State Reform School ; and he was soon after 
 chosen President of the Board, a position that 
 he has filled with great credit, taking an ac- 
 tive interest in the school, which ranks high 
 among the public institutions of the State. 
 He is now the oldest member of the Board; 
 and, as stated above, he is Chairman of the 
 Commission for building the Maine Insane 
 Hospital at Bangor. 
 
 On December 24, 1861, Mr. Little was 
 united in marriage-with Miss Sarah Ellen Hart, 
 who was born in Portland, January 12, 1840, 
 daughter of Deacon Henry B. and Sarah (Hill) 
 Hart. They have the following children: 
 
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 437 
 
 Alice May, wife of Edmund T, Davis, of Bos- 
 ton; Florence Kingman, wife of F. O. Keene, 
 of Freeport, 111.; Sarah Ellen; Albion 
 Henry, in his father's office; and Maude Gar- 
 field. 
 
 A Republican in politics, Mr. Little was 
 elected to the Common Council in 1877, and 
 twice re-elected, filling the President's chair 
 the last term. He was elected to the Board 
 of Aldermen three times from the same ward, 
 and was Chairman of the Board in his third 
 term. He was in the convention which nomi- 
 •nated Garfield in 1880, and was a delegate to 
 the National Convention at Chicago, which 
 nominated James G. Blaine in 1884. Mr. 
 Little is President of the Bramhall League of 
 Portland, and is a member of the Portland 
 Club and the Country Club. In religious be- 
 lief he is a Baptist, being a member of the 
 Free Street Baptist Church. He has a beauti- 
 ful residence at 227 Western Promenade, 
 Portland. 
 
 -tp)"rON. ALBERT A. CORDWELL, 
 L^ ex-Mayor of Westbrook, Me., is a 
 lis I. native resident of this city. He, 
 ^""^ was born May 31, 1854, son of 
 Stephen A. and Mary Jane (Bacon) Cordwell. 
 Several generations of his family have made 
 their home in the State of Maine, and many 
 of his kin were independent farmers. His 
 paternal grandfather, who was born in Green- 
 wood, Me., owned and cultivated a farm in 
 that town. He married and reared four chil- 
 dren, who are all living to-day, namely: 
 George, a farmer on the homestead in Green- 
 wood ; Roxanna, a resident of Auburn, Me.; 
 Stephen A., mentioned above; and Sarah, 
 residing in San Francisco, Cal. , widow of 
 Frank Staples. 
 
 Stephen A. Cordwell was born in Green- 
 wood, Me., and there reared and educated. 
 When he was about eighteen years of age, he 
 obtained employment in the S. D. Warren 
 mills at Westbrook, and after some years of 
 faithful service was appointed overseer. He 
 is a capable and efficient man, eminently 
 qualified to fill the responsible, position which 
 he holds. Believing firmly in the principles 
 of the Republican party, he stands well with 
 
 his fellow-partisans, who made him Selectman 
 when Westbrook was managed by town govern- 
 ment, and elected him to the Board of Alder- 
 men in 1890-92, under the city charter. Mr. 
 Stephen A. Cordwell is a Mason, belonging 
 to Warren Phillips Lodge, No. 186, of Cum- 
 berland Mills. He was first married to Mary 
 Jane Bacon, daughter of John W. and Eunice 
 J. Bacon, of Windham, Me. She died after 
 a brief term of wedlock, leaving one child, 
 the subject of this sketch; and Mr. Cordwell 
 subsequently married Lucretia D. Grant, 
 daughter of Charles Grant, of Gray, Me. By 
 this union he has two children: Stephen E., 
 ticket agent at Portland, on the Portland & 
 Rochester Railroad; and Fanny C. , wife of 
 P'rank H. Cloudman, who lives with her father. 
 
 Albert A. Cordwell received his education 
 in the common and high schools of Westbrook, 
 Gorham Academy, and Westbrook Seminary. 
 On leaving school he entered the S. D. Warren 
 mills, and worked as office boy, messenger, 
 and telegraph operator successively for eight 
 years. He then worked for five years as in- 
 voice and shipping clerk, and when the change 
 was made from monthly to weekly payment 
 was appointed paymaster. Three years after 
 his appointment the cashier, Mr. Bunnell, 
 took a position in another establishment; and 
 Mr. Cordwell was made cashier, at the same 
 time retaining his position as paymaster. In 
 this double capacity he has now been serving 
 for some years, and his ability and good judg- 
 ment have made him an indispensable adjunct 
 of the Warren mills. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Cordwell is a strong Repub- 
 lican. He was elected Mayor of Westbrook 
 on the Republican ticket, and held the office 
 from 1893 to 1895. During his incumbency 
 many changes for the better were made in the 
 city : the Warren Street School-house was 
 built, much grading and improving of public 
 property was done, land damages were settled, 
 and Main Street was macadamized from the 
 east to the west side of Westbrook. 
 
 April s, 1876, Mr. Cordwell was united 
 in marriage with Ella F. Quimby, daughter of 
 William and Jane L. Quimby, of Westbrook. 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Cordwell were born two chil- 
 dren, who were given but to be taken away. 
 Mr. Cordwell is an Odd Fellow, belonging to 
 
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 Ammoncongin Lodge, No. "j^, of Cumberland 
 Mills, and, as a Knight of Pythias, belongs to 
 Presumpscot Lodge, No. 4, in which he has 
 held the office of Past Chancellor. Both he 
 and his wife attend the Universalist church. 
 
 George 
 
 ii^nERLEY PUTNAM BURNHAM, the 
 ' ^ ' leading dry-goods dealer of Bridgton, 
 was born June 26, 1845, ii^ the town 
 of Gilead, Oxford County, son of 
 and Florilla A. (Burbank) Burnham. 
 Perley Putnam Burnham, first, grandfather of 
 the gentleman whose name appears at the head 
 of this sketch, was born, it is thought, in 
 Bridgton, whither his parents came from Mas- 
 sachusetts. He removed to Gilead when a 
 young man, and purchased a tract of land, on 
 which he engaged in general farming until his 
 death, at the early age of thirty-eight years. 
 His widow, whose maiden name was Mary A. 
 Adams, a native of Jaffrey, Vt. , subsequently 
 married Joseph G. Swan, and lived to a good 
 old age. 
 
 George Burnham, also a native of Gilead, 
 born in 18 16, was reared to agricultural pur- 
 suits, and succeeded to the ownership of the 
 farm which his father cleared from the wilder- 
 ness. He is still living there, a well-pre- 
 served man of seventy-nine years. He mar- 
 ried Florilla A. Burbank, who was born in 
 Gilead in 1824. She was a daughter of Gen- 
 eral James Burbank, who, as far as known, 
 was a lifelong resident of Gilead, where he 
 was a successful farmer. He was also an ex- 
 tensive dealer in cattle, which he bought in 
 the adjacent towns, and drove to the cattle 
 market in Brighton, Mass. He was quite 
 prominent in military circles, being an officer 
 in the State militia. George Burnham's fam- 
 ily included eight children; namely, Mellen 
 P., James V., Perley P., Charles A., Mary E., 
 Martha L, George L, and Stella A. 
 
 Perley Putnam Burnham was educated at 
 Gould Academy in Bethel and at the Maine 
 Wesleyan Seminary at Kent's Hill. After 
 completing the course of study at the latter 
 institution, Mr. Burnham began clerking in 
 the general store of R. A. Chapman in Bethel, 
 where he remained four years, obtaining a 
 general insight into the details of the busi- 
 
 ness. He was next employed for two years 
 with the firm of Deering, Milliken & Co. of 
 Portland. He left them to come to Bridgton 
 as a member of the firm of Davis, Stevens 
 & Co., general merchants. In 1875 Mr, 
 Burnham purchased the interest of his partners, 
 and has since that time conducted a thriving 
 business alone. He occupies a double store 
 on Main Street, where he carries an extensive' 
 and well-selected stock of dry- and fancy goods 
 and a complete line of carpets. The constant 
 increase of the number of his customers shows 
 that his tireless efforts to please and accommo- 
 date the public are appreciated. Outside his 
 store he has other interests. He is President 
 of the Bridgton Creamery Association, Treas- 
 urer of the Bridgton & Saco River Railroad 
 Company, and a Trustee of the savings-bank 
 for the past twenty-six years, during seven of 
 which he was also Treasurer. 
 
 Mr. Burnham has been twice married. His 
 first marriage was contracted in 1874 with 
 Helen M., daughter of Lincoln and Maria 
 Nichols, of Searsport. She died in 1885; and 
 Mr. Burnham subsequently married her sister, 
 Catherine F. Nichols, Of his first union 
 there was born one child, named Edith; and 
 of his second, a son, named Harold N. In 
 politics Mr. Burnham is a steadfast Republi- 
 can. Both he and his estimable wife attend 
 the Congregational church. 
 
 ■fgTENRY M. JONES, of the Megquier 
 r=Tl & Jones Company, makers of plain 
 Jjs ^^^ ^ and ornamental brass and iron 
 works, located at 31 and 33 Pearl 
 Street, Portland, is an active and valued factor 
 of the mercantile and manufacturing life of the 
 city. A native of Portland, he was born May 
 6, 1857, being one of the three sons — Charles 
 F., Louis M., and Henry M. — of Levi J. and 
 Susan A. (Frye) Jones. His father, whose 
 birth occurred April 22, 1830, is a cooper by 
 trade, being at the present time foreman in 
 J. H. Hamlin & Son's West India Cooperage 
 Company. His mother, who was born March 
 17, 1828, died in 1893. 
 
 Henry M. Jones attended the Portland 
 schools until reaching the age of fourteen 
 years, when he entered the employ of C. A. 
 
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 Donnell, a manufacturer of brass goods, con- 
 tinuing with him fourteen years, and becom- 
 ing thoroughly acquainted with every detail 
 of the business. In 1888, in company with 
 Arthur S. Megquier, he bought Mr. Donnell's 
 entire business, the two men forming a copart- 
 nership under the firm name of Megquier & 
 Jones, which connection continued until the 
 death of the senior partner in June, 1892. 
 Mr. Jones then conducted the business alone 
 until February, 1895, when Mr. H. C. Gilson 
 took an interest, a corporation being formed 
 under its present style of Megquier & Jones 
 Company. This firm makes a specialty of 
 iron work for buildings, patent sidewalk lights 
 and gratings, wire guards and railings, ship 
 and yacht fittings, and fireplace furnishings, 
 their manufactures being among the finest of 
 the kind in the city, and noted for their artis- 
 tic and substantial finish. They are also 
 largely engaged in nickel-plating and polish- 
 ing. Mr. Jones is a member and at the pres- 
 ent time President of the Builders' Exchange, 
 and is likewise a member in high standing of 
 the Portland Board of Trade and of the Port- 
 land Club. In politics he is a stanch Repub- 
 lican, sustaining the principles of his party 
 by voice and vote. 
 
 The union of Mr. Jones with Miss Emma 
 E. Kimball, daughter of George and Elvina 
 (Hodgdon) Kimball, of Bethel, Me., was 
 solemnized September 22, 1881. Three chil- 
 dren have been born to them ; namely, Harold 
 D., Albert H., and Marion. The family re- 
 sides at 31 Crescent Street, and is held in 
 high esteem throughout the neighborhood as 
 thoroughly representative of the best element 
 of citizenship. Religiously, Mr. and Mrs. 
 Jones are believers in the fatherhood of God, 
 and are attendants of the Congress Square 
 Universal ist Church. 
 
 XFrANK MORRIS FLOYD, superin- 
 p] tendent of Evergreen Cemetery in 
 -■- Portland, Me., was born in this city 
 September i, 1847. His parents were 
 Daniel and Harriet (Kimball) Floyd, the 
 former a native of Gorham, and the latter of 
 Kennebunkport, this State. . Daniel Floyd 
 had an aptitude for mechanics; and, when a 
 
 young man, he learned the trade of carpenter 
 and builder, carrying it on for a while in the 
 place of his nativity, but afterward removing 
 to Portland, where he continued in business 
 until his demise, April 17, 1857. On first 
 settling here, he engaged in contracting and 
 building; but later he owned and operated a 
 planing and builder's finishing mill on Com- 
 mercial Street, on the site now occupied by 
 the Gault Block. He was a member of the 
 Mechanics' Association of this city, being 
 quite influential in its councils. Flis wife, 
 who lived until April 27, 1884, bore him five 
 children, namely: Hattie, who died young; 
 Andrew M., of Deering; Charles R. , de- 
 ceased ; George Mendum, of Maine ; and Frank 
 Morris. 
 
 After completing his education in the Port- 
 land public schools, Frank M. Floyd was 
 employed as a teamster until 1869, when he be- 
 came connected with the city fire department 
 as a driver, a position which he filled for fif- 
 teen consecutive years, becoming a veteran in 
 the service. Beginning with the least im- 
 portant team, he was gradually promoted until 
 at the time of his resignation, July 20, 1884, 
 he was driver of the large hook and ladder 
 truck. On the above given date Mr. Floyd 
 was elected foreman of Evergreen Cemetery, 
 in that capacity showing such good taste and 
 practical skill that two years later he was ap- 
 pointed to his present responsible position. 
 This cemetery is one of the most beautiful 
 burial-grounds in the State. It includes two 
 hundred and sixty acres, and is finely laid out, 
 with winding avenues and footpaths. Under 
 the able superintendence of Mr. Floyd, who 
 keeps some thirty men and seven horses em- 
 ployed during the entire season, radical 
 changes have been made, the drives having 
 been widened, and the main entrance re- 
 modelled. In addition to his other duties, 
 Mr. Floyd also keeps a complete record of all 
 the burials, his management of the place being 
 very systematic. 
 
 Mr. Floyd occupies a very high position 
 among the leading members of the Masonic 
 fraternity, belonging to Ancient Landmark 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Greenleaf Chapter; 
 St. Albans Commandery, Knights Templars; 
 Portland Council ; Yates Lodge of Perfec- 
 
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 tion ; and to the Maine Consistory, whicli 
 includes Princes of Jerusalem and Rose Croix, 
 thirty-second degree. He is also a member 
 of the Ionia Chapter of the Eastern Star, 
 which admits ladies to membership, and 
 is likewise identified with the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to the 
 Ancient Brothers Lodge; the Portland En- 
 campment, the Grand Canton, Ridgely; and 
 to the Woodbine, Rebekah Degree, Lodge. 
 
 On September 27, 1868, Mr. Floyd was 
 married to Miss Delia F. Knight, daughter of 
 James Knight, of Scarboro, Me. Two chil- 
 dren have been born of this union, namely: 
 Daniel, deceased ; and Arthur James, who was 
 graduated from Gray's College and is assisting 
 his father. Religiously, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd 
 are one in their faith in God's eternal love, 
 and are regular attendants of the Church of 
 the Messiah, which earnestly sustains the Uni- 
 versalist doctrines. 
 
 irx AVID GRAY LORING, formerly a 
 1=1 well-known and still a well-remem- 
 ^J^J bered resident of North Yarmouth, a 
 member of the Maine legislature in 
 1874, was born in this ancient town, March 
 24, 1813. He was a son of David and Mary 
 (Chadbourne) Loring. 
 
 The ancestors of the family were early set- 
 tlers in Cumberland County. Three brothers 
 came from England and settled, one in 
 Maine, one in Massachusetts, and one in New 
 Hampshire. From the first of these the sub- 
 ject of this sketch is descended. David Lor- 
 ing was a native and life-long resident of 
 North Yarmouth. He was a schoolmaster, 
 giving some attention to farming, and was a 
 worthy and influential citizen. He died in 
 1825, aged forty-one years. He and his wife, 
 Mary Chadbourne, who was a native of Gor- 
 ham, Me., were the parents of the following 
 children: David Gray, Samuel Chadbourne, 
 Francis, George, Mary Ann, Nancy Chad- 
 bourne, and Elizabeth Chadbourne. ^ 
 
 Left a widow with this group of little ones, 
 the eldest, David Gray, being only twelve 
 years of age, the mother sought by careful 
 training to inculcate in her children's minds 
 high ideals of right and honor, and was re- 
 
 warded by seeing them all at length occupying 
 useful positions in life. Then, as a shock of 
 corn Cometh in, in his season, she came to her 
 grave in a full age, being over eighty-one 
 years old when called to pass from earth. 
 
 David Gray Loring, having acquired his ed- 
 ucation in the schools of his native town, 
 learned the trade of a cooper, which he fol- 
 lowed a short time in his early manhood, re- 
 siding in Massachusetts. Later he returned to 
 North Yarmouth, where he settled upon a tract 
 of unimproved land, which he cleared into a 
 good farm, and by his energy and perseverance 
 reached a state of comfortable prosperity, own- 
 ing the homestead property of over forty acres, 
 together with other valuable lands in the vicin- 
 ity. The present buildings were erected by 
 him in a thoroughly substantial manner; and 
 he always manifested a just pride in the care 
 and cultivation of the farm which he had so 
 laboriously reclaimed from the wilderness, 
 ever aiming to keep pace with the times in all- 
 improved methods of farming and in new ma- 
 chinery. He died at his home in North 
 Yarmouth, December 22, 1884. 
 
 In politics Mr. Loring was a Republican, 
 ever active, looking well to the best interests 
 of his town and party and of the community. 
 He rendered good service to the district as its 
 Representative to the legislature during the 
 season of 1874. An honest man and upright 
 in all his dealings, he left a fragrant memory 
 as one who ably and faithfully performed the 
 duties of citizenship. He was a charter mem- 
 ber of the Wescustogo Grange, in whose in- 
 terests he worked diligently, both as an officer 
 and patron, until his death. In religious 
 preference he was a Congregationalist. 
 
 On November 11, 1840, Mr. Loring was 
 united in marriage with Phebe Gray Loring, 
 who was born in North Yarmouth, September 
 14, 18 1 5. She was a daughter of Ichabod 
 Richmond and Marjory (York) Loring, a 
 direct descendant of Miles Standish, the 
 former of whom was a prosperous farmer and a 
 well-known citizen of North Yarmouth. Mr. 
 and Mrs. David Gray Loring had a family of 
 three children, as follows: Georgianna F., 
 who is now the wife of Joseph Hilton, of 
 North Yarmouth; Ella B., who resides at the 
 homestead; and Frank W., a resident of An- 
 
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 dover, Me. Mrs. Loring died July 24, 1887. 
 She was a member of the Congregational 
 church and'an earnest Christian. 
 
 The old Loring farm, which was cleared and 
 improved by David G. Loring over fifty years 
 ago, is now owned and conducted by his 
 daughter, Miss Ella B. Loring, an intelligent 
 and highly respected lady, possessing many 
 estimable traits of character. 
 
 RTHUR LEE BATES, Vice-President 
 of the Union Mutual Life Insurance 
 Company of Portland, Me., was 
 born at Northbridge, Mass., March 
 25, 1851, his parents being the Rev. William 
 and Cornelia F. (Lee) Bates. His father was 
 a, well-known Congregational clergyman, born 
 January 18, 1816, in Dedham, Mass. 
 
 The Bates family are of English origin, the 
 name having formerly been spelled Bate. 
 The "History of the Town of Plingham, 
 Mass.," in its genealogical pages, gives the 
 names of several of the Bate ancestors who, 
 so far as known, never left their native Eng- 
 land, namely :• Thomas Bate, of Lydd, parish 
 of All Hallows; his son John, who died in 
 1522 ; Andrew, son of Join and father of John, 
 second ; and in the fifth generation James, 
 son of John, second, and father of Clement. 
 Elsewhere it is recorded that John Bate, son 
 of Thomas, in his will bequeathed his soul to 
 "God, Our Lady, St. Mary, and all the Holy 
 Company of Heaven," and, after various doles 
 for the poor and for the service of the church, 
 left special legacies to the wife and daughter 
 of his son Andrew and to his son Thomas, 
 appointing these sons executors. 
 
 James Bates had thirteen children, one son 
 being Clement, who was born January 22, 
 1 595, and was a tailor by trade. Clement Bates 
 with his wife Ann and five children embarked 
 at London for America on April 6, 1635, in 
 the ship "Elizabeth," William Stagg, master, 
 and, oil arriving in Massachusetts, settled in 
 Hingham. His son Joseph, probably born in 
 England about 1630, died April 30, 1706. 
 Joseph's son Joshua was born in Hingham, 
 August 14, 1671; and his son Joshua, second, 
 born June 15, 1698, was a lifelong resident of 
 Hingham, dying there March 16, 1766. 
 
 He 
 
 was father of Joshua, third, who was born De- 
 cember I, 1724, and died June 8, 1816. His 
 son Zealous, born March i, 1754, died at 
 Westboro, Mass., July 5, 1831. Zealous 
 Bates married Abigail Nichols, of Westboro, 
 who was born January 22, 1757, and died in 
 Cohasset, September 25, 1812. 
 
 Their son Joshua was born at Cohasset, 
 March 20, 1776, and was graduated from 
 Harvard College in 1800. He was assistant 
 one year at Phillips Academy, Andover, was 
 ordained pastor of the First Congregational 
 Church at Dedham, March 16, 1803, remaining 
 there fifteen years. September 4, 1804, he 
 married Anna Poor, daughter of Deacon 
 Daniel Poor, of Andover. She died February 
 7, 1826. On February 8, 1827, he married 
 Maria Sage Latimer, a native of Middletown, 
 Conn., born in 1786, her death occurring 
 August 12, 1855. From March 18, 181 8, 
 until after the Commencement in 1839, the 
 Rev. Joshua Bates was President of Middle- 
 bury College, afterward serving as Chaplain of 
 the National House of Representatives at 
 Washington during the Twenty-sixth Con- 
 gress, 1839-40. Going then to Portland, 
 Me., he supplied the pulpit of Dr. Chickering 
 for several weeks, then declined a call to 
 settle at Northboro, Mass., but preached there 
 two years, going thence to the Congregational 
 church at Dudley, Mass., where he was in- 
 stalled March 22, 1843, forty years after his 
 ordination at Dedham. He continued pastor 
 of the Dudley church until his decease, Janu- 
 ary 14, 1854. He had thirteen children by 
 his first marriage and one by the second. Two 
 sons and three daughters became teachers; two 
 married college professors; one son became a 
 lawyer; and one, William, father of Arthur 
 Lee, a clergyman. 
 
 William Bates was graduated at Middlebury 
 College, Middlebury, Vt., in 1837, while his 
 father, the Rev. Joshua Bates, was President 
 of that institution, and from Andover Theo- 
 logical Seminary in 1840. He was ordained 
 as pastor of the Congregational church at 
 Northbridge in November, 1845, retaining the 
 pastorate twelve years. He was installed 
 pastor of the church in Falmouth, Mass., June 
 16, 1858, continuing there until the close of 
 his earthly labors by death, September 10, 
 
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 1859. On June 8, 1848, in Northampton, he 
 married Miss Cornelia F. Lee, who was born 
 in Conway, Mass., December 7, 1826. Five 
 children were born to them, namely: William, 
 who died, aged five; Arthur Lee; Jeannie; 
 Samuel Lee, a manufacturer of church organs 
 in Philadelphia; and Katharine Lee, Professor 
 of English Literature in Wellesley College. 
 Arthur Lee Bates was educated in the public 
 schools, and while yet a boy was employed in 
 a book store in Northampton, Mass. When 
 but eighteen years of age, he became junior 
 clerk for the Union Mutual Life Insurance 
 Company, and on its removal to this city in 
 1 88 1 he came with it. Having risen from 
 one position to another, in 1885 he was elected 
 Assistant Secretary, and two years later was 
 made Secretary. In 1893 his executive ability 
 as well as his trustworthiness being recognized 
 by the company, he was elected to his present 
 responsible position, and at the same time 
 elected a member of the Board of Directors 
 of the company. On November 15, 1894, 
 Mr. Bates completed his twenty-fifth year in 
 the service of the company, the anniversary 
 being made the occasion of many congratula- 
 tions from friends in this city and elsewhere. 
 His long connection with the company and 
 his personal contact with its agents and em- 
 ployees have made him hosts' of friends; and 
 their congratulations, coming from all sections 
 of the United States and Canada, were as 
 hearty as they were spontaneous. Mr. Bates 
 is a stanch Republican in politics and a popu- 
 lar member of many social organizations, be- 
 longing to Portland Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; 
 to Haddattah Lodge, Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows ; and to Cagawesco Tribe of Red 
 Men. 
 
 Of the union of Mr. Bates with Miss Nellie 
 Gertrude, daughter of George L. and Elizabeth 
 (Locke) Bean, of Newtonville, Mass.', three 
 children have been born — Elizabeth Frances; 
 Margaret, who died in infancy ; and Dorothy 
 Whittemore. Mr. and Mrs. Bates are attend- 
 ants of the WillLston Congregational Church, 
 and reside at 95 West Street, having erected 
 their beautiful house in 1890. 
 
 As previously mentioned, Mr. Bates comes 
 of a highly intellectual and cultured family, 
 many of whom are prominent in the professions 
 
 and in the literary world, not the least note- 
 worthy being his sister Katharine, of whom 
 the Wellesley Magazine, in its issue of Novem- 
 ber, 1894, speaks in most glowing terms, as 
 follows: "Miss Katharine Lee Bates, Pro- 
 fessor of English at Wellesley College, 
 Wellesley, Mass., is universally agreed to be 
 far and away the most brilliant graduate 
 Wellesley has ever turned out. While still a 
 young student hef power was recognized, she 
 even then writing verse of so rare and fine a 
 quality that she received complimentary notice 
 from the poet Longfellow, her work being 
 accepted and published by the Atlantic 
 Monthly. 
 
 "Since her graduation, notwithstanding her 
 duties as teacher, she has been an indefatigable 
 writer, editing books for class work, such as 
 'The Ballad Book,' the 'Ancient Mariner,' and 
 the 'Merchant of Venice,' even in this semi- 
 hack work imparting her own inimitable grace 
 and depth of thought. Fler book on 'The 
 English Religious Drama,' brought out about 
 a year ago, received hearty commendations 
 from the press and from scholarly men. Miss 
 Bates has also published two books for younger 
 children, one of them, 'Rose and Thorn,' 
 winning the seven-hundred-dollar prize offered 
 by the Congregational Society of Boston, the 
 other being 'Hermit Island,' which was 
 written in the same charming and sympathetic 
 vein that makes her work so delightful. The 
 Lothrop House has also brought out a 'Wed- 
 ding Day Book' compiled by Miss Bates, and 
 three dainty booklets, 'Sunshine,' 'Santa 
 Claus's Riddle,' and 'Goody Santa Claus. ' 
 Two volumes of her verse, 'The College Beau- 
 tiful' and 'Sunshine,' she has allowed to be 
 used for the benefit of various college funds. 
 Her poems are widely known and read, appear- 
 ing in the leading magazines and papers of the 
 day, the Century., Atlantic, New England 
 Magazine., the Independent, Christian Union, 
 Youth's Companion, and a host 'of others, the 
 poem with which she herself is most satisfied 
 being ' The Ideal,' which was published in the 
 Century. 
 
 "There are none connected with Wellesley 
 College whose hearts have not been stirred by 
 the poetic insight, the wonderful depth and 
 breadth of thought, and the pure sweetness of 
 
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 all work that leaves her hand. And the best of 
 it all is that this daughter of Wellesley, in 
 whom our hearts feel most pride, is still a 
 young woman; and, when she shall be able to 
 devote all her time and strength to her beloved 
 art, she will do yet more exquisite and more 
 wonderful work. " 
 
 'AMES PENNELL, President of the 
 Westbrook Trust Company, one of the 
 most reliable banking institutions in 
 Cumberland County, was born in Gray, 
 Me., July 4, 1818, son of Joseph and Elizabeth 
 (Stone) Pennell. He is of Scottish descent, 
 and is a representative of the fourth genera- 
 tion of his family in Cumberland County, 
 where his great-grandfather settled some time 
 prior to the Revolution. 
 
 Mr. Pennell's paternal grandfather, Joseph 
 by name, was born and reared in Cumberland 
 County, andhere spent his life; and his son 
 Joseph was a native resident of the town of 
 Gray, in the same county. Joseph Pennell, 
 the younger, was a farmer and shoemaker. 
 He died in Gray, Me., while yet in the prime 
 of life. His wife, who was a native of York 
 County, Maine, was also called to depart be- 
 fore her years had numbered threescore and 
 ten. Eight children were born to them, 
 James being the sixth and to-day the only 
 living member of the family. 
 
 James Pennell remained with his parents 
 until about fifteen years of age. He then went 
 to Gray Corners to learn the shoemaker's 
 trade, entering the establishment of Pennell 
 & Berry, shoe manufacturers, the senior part- 
 ner being his eldest brother. After an ap- 
 prenticeship of three years he worked as a 
 journeyman for some time, and then he started 
 a business of his own in New Gloucester, Me. ; 
 but within five years he was compelled to dis- 
 pose of his business on account of ill health. 
 In 1854 he went to Westbrook and engaged in 
 the manufacture of wire in company with G. 
 & L. P. Warren, under the style of Warren & 
 Pennell. This enterprise proved a successful 
 one; and Mr. Pennell retained his connection 
 with it till 1877, when the firm sold the busi- 
 ness. Shortly after, Mr. Pennell engaged in 
 the sale of hardware in Westbrook; and, this 
 
 venture also proving successful, he remained 
 in the business some fifteen years. In 1892 he 
 sold his stock in trade to H. T. Boynton, and 
 has since been practically retired from mer- 
 cantile activities, giving his whole attention 
 to his private business and the affairs of the 
 Westbrook Trust Company. This company 
 was organized January 11, 1890, with a capital 
 of fifty thousand dollars. Mr. Pennell was 
 one of the first Directors; and soon after the 
 death of the first President, Leander Valen- 
 tine, which occurred in the fall of 1895, he 
 was elected President. The company has a 
 progressive history, and its President is one 
 of the representative business men of the 
 county. 
 
 Mr. Pennell was married in New Glouces- 
 ter, Me., to Miss Mary Abigail Taylor, a na- 
 tive of New Gloucester, daughter of William 
 and Mary Taylor. She died in 1852, leaving 
 three children — Mary, George, and Joseph, 
 all of whom have joined their mother in the 
 world beyond. Mr. Pennell subsequently 
 married, in 1853, Miss Jane M. Haskell, of 
 Westbrook, a lady of more than ordinary in- 
 telligence, who still lives to grace his home. 
 She is the mother' of six children, namely: 
 Frank H., in the Cumberland paper-mills in 
 Westbrook; Anna S., wife of Frank B. 
 Libby, proprietor of the Joslin House at 
 Prout's Neck, Me. ; Jennie F. , who has taught 
 school in Westbrook for some years, and is re- 
 siding with her parents; Marcia W. , who died 
 at the age of eighteen; Bertha M., wife of 
 Harry Brooks, of Westbrook; and Mary E. , a 
 graduate of the Westbrook High School, who 
 is with her parents. 
 
 Mr. Pennell cast his first vote with the 
 Whigs, and helped to swell the majority for 
 the first President Harrison. He has been a 
 member of the Republican party since its 
 organization, and has filled many offices of 
 public trust in Westbrook. He was a mem- 
 ber of the Board of County Commissioners 
 three years, the last year officiating as Presi- 
 dent of the Board. Before Westbrook was 
 granted a city charter he served on the Board 
 of Selectmen for many years, filling the Presi- 
 dent's chair two years; and under the city 
 government he has served as Assessor one 
 year. He has been a Mason and Odd Fellow 
 
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 for many years; has filled all the offices of 
 Temple Lodge, No. 86, A. F. & A. M. ; and 
 has advanced as far as Scribe in Eagle 
 Chapter, No. 1 1 ; is a member of Portland 
 Commandery, Knights Templars; and belongs 
 to Saccarappa Lodge, No. ii, Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. and Mrs. Pennell 
 attend the Congregational church, and their 
 daughters are active workers in the church and 
 Sunday-school. 
 
 T^HARLES B. WOODMAN, oL West- 
 I V^ brook, Alderman for Ward 3 and the 
 ^^U^^ leading druggist of the city, was born 
 in Westbrook, July 6, 1841. He is 
 the eldest son of Benjamin J. and Charlotte F. 
 (Babb) Woodman. His first ancestor in this 
 country came from England in the latter part 
 of the seventeenth century and settled in 
 Massachusetts; and there the family was well 
 and favorably known for generations, produc- 
 ing active and hardy citizens. Samuel Wood- 
 man, the grandfather of our subject, was a 
 native of Buxton, Me. He was a cooper and 
 worked at his trade for many years. 
 
 His son, Benjamin J. Woodman, was born 
 in Portland, Me. He learned the shoemaker's 
 trade and worked at it in early manhood, and 
 eventually settled on a farm in Westbrook, 
 where he is now living, a hale and active man 
 of seventy-six years. His wife, who is a 
 native of Westbrook-j celebrated her seventy- 
 third birthday on June 29, 1895. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Benjamin J. Woodman are among the 
 oldest living members of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal church in Westbrook, their names 
 having been entered on its rolls over fifty 
 years ago. Six children have brightened the 
 years of their wedded life, namely: Charles 
 B., the subject of this sketch; Paulina E. ; 
 Benjamin F. ; Clara F. ; Mary (deceased) ; and 
 Lottie M. 
 
 Charles B. Woodman received his education 
 in the common schools of his native town and 
 Gorham Academy. He was for ten years em- 
 ployed in the steward's department of different 
 steamboats, three years of that time being 
 spent on government transports during the war. 
 April 16, 1869, he purchased an interest in a 
 grocery business, in company with E. H. 
 
 Sturgis ; and the firm of Sturgis & Woodman 
 conducted a thriving trade until May, 1872. 
 Mr. Woodman then bought his partner's share 
 in the business, and gradually sold out his 
 stock of groceries, at the same time investing 
 largely in drugs. In 1882 he located at his 
 present place of business, improving and em- 
 bellishing an old building until it looked like 
 new. He now has one of the handsomest and 
 most reliable drug stores in the pity. In busi- 
 ness in Westbrook nearly twenfy-seven years, 
 Mr. Woodman holds the respect of' all who 
 know him. There are but three men in the 
 city whose business record antedates his, and 
 there is none who bears a higher reputation. 
 
 Mr. Woodman was married in 1863 in 
 Waterville, Me., to Miss Clyde Spear, a 
 native of Waterville, daughter of Zaccheus and 
 Rebecca (Parker) Spear. Six children have 
 blessed their union, two of whom — Philip 
 Everett and Alice Lduise — have passed away. 
 The others are located as follows: Charles 
 Harold, a registered pharmacist, is clerk in 
 a drug store in Boston ; Guy Perley is in his 
 father's store in Westbrook; George M. is 
 a student in the Maine Medical School, Bruns- 
 wick, Me.; and Benjamin J., a Westbrook 
 High School boy, is. with his parents. 
 
 Mr. Woodman has taken an active part in 
 public affairs as a member of the Republican 
 party. Before Westbrook became a city, he 
 was for years a member of the town Republi- 
 can Committee, of which he was Chairman 
 thirteen years. He was Postmaster four years, 
 during Harrison's administration, and was five 
 years consecutively Town Clerk and Treasurer. 
 In 1885 and 1887 he represented Westbrook 
 in the State legislature, serving on the Insane 
 Hospital Committee and the Committee on 
 Banks and Banking, and is a member of the 
 Board of Aldermeri of Westbrook at the present 
 time. In political circles he is very popular, 
 and has the confidence of all his constituents. 
 Mr. Woodman is a member of Temple Lodge, 
 No. 86, A. F. & A. M., of Westbrook; a 
 member of Cummings Encampment, Indepen- 
 dent Order of Odd Fellows, having filled all 
 the chairs in the Order; Westbrook Lodge; 
 Knights of Pythias, in which Order also he 
 has passed all the chairs. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Woodman attend the Methodist church. 
 
JOHN JORDAN GERRISH. 
 
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 'OHN JORDAN GERRISH,, of Port- 
 land, Me., founder of the well-known 
 mercantile firm of J. J. Gerrish & Co., 
 dealers in railroad supplies, was born* 
 in Durham, Androscoggin County, December 
 21, 1 82 1. His parents were James and Mary 
 (Sylvester) Gerrish, both being of old Colo- 
 nial families. Captain William Gerrish, the 
 earliest known progenitor of the Gerrish fam- 
 ily in the United States, born in Bristol, 
 Somersetshire, England, in 161 7, came to 
 New England in 1639, ^^^ settled at New- 
 bury, Mass. He removed to Boston in 1678, 
 and died in Salem, at the home of his son 
 Benjamin, August 9, 1687: His son, John 
 Gerrish, was born May 15, 1646, and died in 
 1714. He settled at Dover, N. H., was a 
 Judge of the Supreme Court of New Hamp- 
 shire. Nathaniel, born 1672, settled first at 
 Berwick, Me., and afterward at Dover, N. H., 
 died in Berwick in 1752. Major Charles 
 Gerrish was born in Berwick, Me., in 171 8. 
 He and several of his sons served their coun- 
 try in the Revolutionary War. In 1748 he 
 came to Portland, then Falmouth, and lived 
 in what is now known as the old Admiral Tate 
 house, which he sold in 1753, when he moved 
 to Saccarappa. In 1762 he moved again, prob- 
 ably to Royalsboro. 
 
 He had four sons, who married and settled 
 around him — William had nine children; 
 Charles had eight children; Nathaniel also 
 had eight; and George, who settled upon the 
 farm, had five to bear the family name. 
 Strange as it may seem, there is not a single 
 representative of the Gerrish family now in 
 town. George, the grandfather of the subject 
 of this biography, was born in Saccarappa, 
 Me., in 1753. He also lived on the old home- 
 stead, and was a soldier of the Revolution. 
 On December 20, 1781, he married Mary 
 Mitchell, of Freeport, by whom he had five 
 children. Mr. George Gerrish died May 23, 
 18 14; and his wife, who was born June 21, 
 1758, died December 7, 18 16. 
 
 Their son, James Gerrish, was born on the 
 old Gerrish homestead in Durham, then 
 Royalsboro, where he pursued farming and 
 shoemaking. On October 8, 1808, he mar-* 
 ried Mary, a daughter of Barstow Sylvester, 
 of Freeport. She was born April 22, 1787. 
 
 They had five children, namely: Harrison S., 
 who died in 1849; George B., born July 3, 
 181 1, and died in Freeport; Emeline, Mrs. 
 Amos Field, who lives in Gorham, N.H. ; 
 Stephen S., born March 25, 1820, died May 6, 
 1864; and John J., the subject of this sketch. 
 The father died June 8, 1824. The mother 
 lived until August 20, 1859. She was of 
 French ancestry, the Sylvester family dating 
 back to 1062. Richard Sylvester, the first 
 one of the name who came to America, settled 
 in Massachusetts in 1633. 
 
 John J. Gerrish, after completing his school 
 education at the Bath High School, went to 
 help construct the Atlantic & St. Lawrence 
 Railroad. A month prior to this the ground 
 had been broken near his present home. 
 After the road was completed he took charge 
 of a section for a few years; and later he be- 
 came conductor, running on what is now the 
 Grand Trunk Railroad, from Portland to Island 
 Pond, Vt., for' a period of ten years. During 
 the construction of the Portland Street Railway 
 he served that company, and he subsequently 
 became its superintendent for five years. Mr. 
 Gerrish then engaged in the mercantile busi- 
 ness, handling railroad supplies, which he 
 followed for twenty years; and the firm still 
 continues under the old name. 
 
 In politics Mr. Gerrish affiliates with the 
 Republican party. He was elected a member 
 of the Common Council in 1866, which posi- 
 tron he retained several years; and in 1875 he 
 became an Alderman, remaining on that Board 
 several years. For eleven years he has been 
 one of the Board of Trustees of Evergreen 
 Cemetery. Since 1862 he has been a member 
 of Portland Lodge, A, F. Sz; A. M., and 
 Greenleaf Chapter. The Widows' Wood So- 
 ciety, the Provident Society, and the Asso- 
 ciated Charities all claim the attention of 
 Mr. Gerrish. At one time he served the 
 town as Overseer of the Poor for three years. 
 
 His wife, Susan R. Small, was a daughter 
 of Thomas Small, of Lisbon. She was born 
 in Lisbon, May i, 1822; and they were mar- 
 ried on December 21, 1848. They reared six 
 children, as follows: Ella Susan, wife of S. A. 
 Haynes, of Westboro, Mass. ; Mary Ida, wife 
 of Harvey W. Merrill, of West Medford, 
 Mass., formerly residing in Auburn, Me.; 
 
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 John Herbert, who also lives at West Med- 
 ford; George Lester, of this city; Hattie 
 Small Gerrish, who lives at home; and Elmer 
 Grenville, who carries on the business. Mrs. 
 Susan R.. Gerrish died March 13, i8g6. The 
 family attend the St. Lawrence Street Con- 
 gregational Church, of which they are mem- 
 bers. Mr. Gerrish 's fine house, at 47 Eastern 
 Promenade, overlooks the entrance of the bay 
 and the islands, commanding a beautiful and 
 extensive view. While sitting at his dining- 
 table he can see ocean steamships passing, 
 probably not more than a thousand feet away. 
 
 ■/^HARLES S. WHITNEY, of Harri- 
 I VX son. Me., furniture manufacturer and 
 ^ls^_^ exporter, was born in Harrison, May 
 6, 1853, son of Stephen and Cath- 
 erine (Brown) Whitney. Stephen Whitney 
 was a mason by trade, and devoted many years 
 to the pursuit of his calling. He was also an 
 able and successful farmer. He is now liv- 
 ing near Harrison Village, retired from active 
 work. His wife, who is a native of Water- 
 ford, Me., is also living. They are the par- 
 ents of nine children — Irene, deceased; Ann 
 Eliza, the wife of George Tarbox, a travelling 
 man, whose home is in Harrison ; Frances B. , 
 the wife of Daniel Woodsum, now residing in 
 New Hampshire; Charles S., the subject of 
 this sketch; William H., a farmer of Harri- 
 son, who married a Miss Whitney of that 
 town; Horace, a resident of Harrison Village, 
 who married Miss Hattie Rodic, and is now a 
 widower; Fred, a farmer living with his 
 father, who married Miss Mabel Wheeler; 
 Lizzie, the wife of Andrew Ricker, a hair- 
 dresser of Portland, Me. ; and Mary, the first- 
 born, who died in infancy. 
 
 Charles S. Whitney received a common- 
 school education, remaining with his parents 
 until he was twenty-one years of age. He then 
 obtained work as a coat presser in Harrison 
 Village, and remained three years. He then 
 took up the lumber business, in which he is 
 still extensively engaged. In the prosecution 
 of this industry he has been obliged to purchase 
 a good deal of timber land; and he now owns 
 large tracts in the townships of Paris and Nor- 
 way, Me. In 1888 he took under a lease for 
 
 three years the property known as the Eastern 
 Wire Works. He purchased it outright in 
 the spring of 1891, and shortly after organized 
 a stock company for the manufacture of furni- 
 ture. This is the Ellingwood Manufacturing 
 Company of Harrison, - Me. , a name familiar 
 to furniture dealers all over the world. Their 
 chairs, lounges, couches, etc., are sold to 
 dealers in Portland, and shipped thence to 
 different parts of the globe. Starting in life 
 with no resources but, a strong will and a good 
 practical judgment, Mr. Whitney has carved 
 his own fortune, such as it is. 
 
 He was married August 28, 1877, to Annie 
 D., daughter of Gideon and Lydia Ellen 
 (Sawyer) Ridlon, of Hollis, Me. Mrs. 
 Whitney was born in Buxton, Me., April 28, 
 1851. Her parents are yet living in Hollis, 
 her father working at his trade, that of a ma- 
 chinist. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney have two 
 children — Harvey S., born April 17, 1878; 
 and Flora Ethel, born September 27, 1883. 
 Mr. Whitney has been a stanch Republican 
 since he was first qualified to vote. He is a 
 member of Harrison Lodge, No. 41, Indepen- 
 dent Order of Odd Fellows, of Harrison.. 
 Mrs. Whitney is a member of the Baptist 
 church. A lifelong resident of Flarrison, 
 which is also the birthplace and permanent 
 home of h.is father, Mr. Whitney is well 
 known and highly esteemed in the town and 
 vicinity. 
 
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 ILLIAM F. HOLT, a well-known 
 farmer residing in the town of Bridg- 
 ton, is also a worthy representative 
 of the veterans of the Civil War, from which 
 he brought a record that he and his descend- 
 ants can well be proud of. A native of 
 Maine, he was born September 28, 1841, in 
 the town of Fryeburg, one of the eight chil- 
 dren, four sons and four daughters, reared by 
 his parents, Thomas K. and Eliza (Brackett) 
 Holt. He was brought up to farming, and 
 was engaged in that peaceful occupation when 
 President Lincoln called for men to defend 
 the Union. Among the first to respond was 
 Mr. Holt, who enlisted June 22, 1861, in 
 Company A, Seventieth New York Volunteer 
 Infantry. 
 
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 Serving with his regiment in the Army of 
 the Potornac, he participated in many of the 
 more important engagements of the war. He 
 fought in the battle of Stafford Court-house, 
 at the siege of Yorktown, in the battles of 
 Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Gaines's Mills, 
 Frazier's Farm, in the seven days' retreat to 
 Malvern Hill, in the battles of Malvern Hill 
 and Bristow Station, and in the second battle 
 of Bull Run. In this last engagement he re- 
 ceived a ball through the left shoulder and a 
 wound in the left side of his breast. A com- 
 rade bore him, as he supposed, to a place of 
 safety, laying him behind a fence, where, a 
 half-hour later, four of his ribs were fractured 
 by a bursting shell. The following two 
 weeks he spent in a Washington hospital, 
 whence he was transferred to Philadelphia, 
 where he remained in the hospital for three 
 months. On rejoining the regiment he was 
 made Third Sergeant of his company, after 
 which he shared in the battles of Chantilly, 
 Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg. At Gettys- 
 burg he was again wounded, a piece of a shell 
 striking him in the left foot, and necessitat- 
 ing his removal to the hospital at Newark, 
 N.J. , where he was under the doctor's care 
 for three months. Going back to the seat 
 of war, he subsequently was in the battles 
 of Mine Run, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania 
 Court-house, in the celebrated charge by 
 which General Johnson and three thousand 
 rebels were captured, in the battle of Cold 
 Harbor, and in those before Petersburg. The 
 three years for which he enlisted having ex- 
 pired, he was honorably discharged June 22, 
 1864. He now receives a pension of seventeen 
 dollars per month. Returning to the place of 
 his nativity, Mr. Holt lived there until 1881, 
 when he removed to Massachusetts, which was 
 his home for two years. In 1883 he bought 
 thirty-five acres of his present farm property, 
 aad has since been engaged in agriculture. 
 He has bought other land since that time, his 
 farm now containing one hundred and ten 
 acres, a goodly portion of which is under cul- 
 tivation. 
 
 On November 24, 1864, Mr. Holt was 
 united in wedlock' with Miss Elmira W. 
 Lewis, daughter of Iver and Olive P. (Cole) 
 Lewis, who had six sons and four daughters. 
 
 Of the union three children have been born, 
 namely : Cora, the wife of M. M. Rupert ; 
 Alice S., wife of J. C. Buzzell; and William 
 L. , who remains on the home farm. In poli- 
 tics Mr. Holt is a steadfast Republican, and 
 for seven years has served as Postmaster of 
 Bridgton. He is an esteemed comrade of the 
 Grand Army of the Republic, and also has 
 affiliations with the Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows. 
 
 EV. BENJAMIN P. SNOW, A.M., 
 Principal of the North Yarmouth 
 
 to V Academy at Yarmouth, Me., was 
 born February 14, 183 1, in the 
 town of Rumford, Oxford County, son of Sam- 
 uel Stillman Snow. His paternal grand- 
 father, Ono Snow, going from East Douglass, 
 Mass., settled in Bethlehem, N.H., in 1798, 
 and with a brother was joint surveyor of a 
 large part of the land in that town, which was 
 then in its pristine wildness and grandeur. 
 Grandfather Snow was a farmer by occupation, 
 well educated for a man of his generation, and 
 took a prominent part in advancing the inter- 
 ests of the little settlement in the mountains, 
 being one of the leading members of the Con- 
 gregational church and one of the committee 
 that hired its first pastor. He was twice mar- 
 ried, rearing a family of seven children, of 
 whom Samuel S. was the youngest. 
 
 Samuel S. Snow, whose birth occurred in 
 Bethlehem, September 20, 1802, was in his 
 early manhood a hotel manager in Andover, 
 Mass., but afterward engaged in farming and 
 paper manufacturing in Maine, spending many 
 years of his life in this State. His last days 
 were passed with his children in Worcester, 
 Mass., where his death occurred October i, 
 1877. He married Mary S. Hoit, who was 
 born April 26, 1805, in Concord, N.H., and 
 died April 8, 1878, in Worcester, Mass. 
 Both parents were earnest Christians, being 
 connected by membership with the Congrega- 
 tional church. Their household circle in- 
 cluded nine children, four of whom — Harriet 
 N., Caroline E., Edward P., and Samuel 
 N. w. — have passed to the life immortal, the 
 other five being: Benjamin P., of Yarmouth, 
 who is the eldest child; Mary A., widow of 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Captain L. H. Drinkwater, living in Oakland, 
 Cal.; Temple H., in business in Westbrook, 
 Me., a dealer in stoves and tinware; Clarissa 
 E., wife of H. E. Stratton, residing in 
 Worcester, Mass.; and Ezra H., a printer in 
 Orange, N.J. 
 
 Benjamin P. Snow acquired the rudiments 
 of his liberal education in the place of his na- 
 tivity, which he left at the age of fourteen 
 years to obtain a situation in the paper-mill 
 at Westbrook, where he worked for six years. 
 Spending his leisure hours in study, he fitted 
 himself for college, in 185 1 began his collegi- 
 ate course at Waterville, and the next year 
 entered Bowdoin College, from which he was 
 graduated with high honors in 1855. The fol- 
 lowing two years he was engaged in teaching 
 in high schools in the West, being recalled to 
 his Alma Mater in 1857 as a tutor of Latin, a 
 position which he held three years. Always 
 eager for learning, in order to make further 
 advancement in scholarship Mr. Snow subse- 
 quently took a course of study at the Bangor 
 Theological Seminary, and was there gradu- 
 ated. He then resumed his pedagogical 
 labors, first as Principal of Fryeburg Acad- 
 emy, Maine, and, for some five years from 
 the close of the Civil War, as an instructor in 
 high schools in Massachusetts. With the ex- 
 ception of the time in which he held pastorates 
 in North Yarmouth, Alfred, and Cape Eliza- 
 beth, the Rev. Benjamin P. Snow has since 
 devoted his attention to educational work in 
 his native State. For three years he was su- 
 perintendent of the Biddeford High Schools. 
 In the autumn of 1890 he came to Yarmouth 
 to accept his present position at the head of 
 the North Yarmouth Academy. 
 
 This institution of learning is among the 
 oldest and most famous in the State. In 
 June, 1894, was celebrated its eightieth an- 
 niversary, many of its aged and prominent 
 alumni assisting, perhaps the oldest present 
 being the venerable Dr. John C. Stockbridge, 
 of Providence, R.I., a graduate of the class 
 of 1833, who opened the exercises with 
 prayer. 
 
 The oration upon this occasion was given 
 by Major-general O. O. Howard, class .of 
 1847, and the poem by Fabius Maximus Ray, 
 England, class of 1857 and a member of the 
 
 Cumberland bar. Many others eminent in 
 literary, educational, legal, political, and 
 financial circles were there to pay tribute to 
 their beloved Alma Mater. Among its oflScers 
 and instructors have been several men of 
 prominence — as in 1836 Cyrus Hamlin, 
 later President of Robert College, Constanti- 
 nople, and Prentiss Mellen, First Chief Jus- 
 tice of Maine — the names of these with its 
 alumni, among them the "War Governor" 
 Andrew, of Massachusetts, forming a note- 
 worthy list, too long to be enumerated. Suf- 
 fice it to say that graduates of this academy 
 have held an honored place in the records of 
 Bowdoin, Colby, Dartmouth, Yale, and Har- 
 vard Colleges, and have attained high posi- 
 tions in the various States of the Union. 
 Under the efficient management of Professor 
 Snow this school has kept pace with the pro- 
 gressive educational methods of the day, the 
 courses being so arranged as to give to each stu- 
 dent a thorough training in English, classical, 
 or scientific instruction, fitting for admission 
 to any college of the land, whatever its stand- 
 ard of scholarship. 
 
 The Rev. Benjamin P. Snow was united in 
 marriage August 26, 1862, with Miss Anna 
 Louise Chandler, who was born March 13, 
 1835, in New Sharon, this State, daughter of 
 Jason S. and Catherine B. Chandler. Of the 
 two children of Professor and Mrs. Snow, Mary 
 Catharine, the first-born, died in childhood. 
 The second, Miss Ellen F. Snow, was gradu- 
 ated from Bates College, where she took a 
 full course, including Greek and mathematics, 
 in 1890, and is now preceptress in the acad- 
 emy. Professor Snow is a Republican in poli- 
 tics and, with his family, a Congregationalist 
 in religion. Socially, he is a Chapter Mason 
 and a member of the State Pedagogical So- 
 ciety, in wTiich he is Chairman of the Section 
 of Geography and History, and is a member 
 of the Standing Committee on Professional 
 Reading. He is likewise a member of the 
 Phi Beta Kappa Society of Bowdoin College. 
 
 A. PLUMMER is one of the oldest 
 merchants of Raymond Village, where 
 he has held the office of Postmaster 
 ever since his first appointment in 1864. He 
 
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 was born. in Raymond on May 3, 1835, son of 
 Dr. William and Hannah (Files) Plummer; 
 and he is a grandson of Moses B. and 
 Margaret (Simonton) Plummer. 
 
 Moses B. Plummer was a native of Scar- 
 boro, Me., where his birth occurred on May 
 10, 1780.' He learned the trade of a black- 
 smith, and followed that vocation with success 
 during his early years j but in his later life he 
 turned his attention to agriculture, purchas- 
 ing a farm, on which he devoted his last years 
 to this less arduous occupation. He died in 
 August, 1855. His wife, Margaret Simonton, 
 was born in Scarboro on June 30, 1782, and 
 died on March 6, 1829. They were the par- 
 ents of twelve children, a brief record of 
 whom is here given — William, the eldest, was 
 born June 19, 1805; Jessie, born March 20, 
 1807, died May 6, 1827; Lydia, born March 
 4, 1809, died June 3, 1832; Moses, Jr., born 
 May S, 181 1, died April 21, 1837; Eliza, 
 the fifth, who was born August i, 1813, and 
 died June 29, 1838, married Osgood Libby, 
 who is also dead; Rebecca, born June 15, 
 181 5, died May 29, 1838; Gibeon, born No- 
 vember 12, 1 81 7, married Miss Maria Cloud- 
 man, and died in February, 1880; Jordan, 
 born October 27^ 18 19, married Miss Margaret 
 Brown (both deceased); David was born June 
 I, 1822, married Miss Sarah Tukey (de- 
 ceased), and died in December, 1882; Eben- 
 ezer, born September 3, 1824, married Miss 
 Eliza Welch (deceased), and resides in Ray- 
 mond; Mark Leach, born October 7, 1826, 
 went to California at the time of the gold ex- 
 citement in 1849, 3-"d has not been heard from 
 since 1853; Margaret Ann, the youngest, born 
 February 20, 1829, married Stillman A. Dan- 
 forth, and both died at their home in Chicago, 
 III. Between three and four years after their 
 m^her's death, their father, on December 9, 
 1832, married Mrs. Mary Barter, a widow, 
 who was born on October 2, 1789. 
 
 William Plummer grew to manhood in Ray- 
 mond, acquiring the rudiments of his educa- 
 tion in the common schools. He afterward 
 pursued more advanced studies in Brunswick, 
 and then CAtered Bowdoin College, from 
 which he was graduated with honor. He 
 made a special study of medicine, and, on 
 completing his course, opened an office in 
 
 Raymond, his field of practice being this and 
 the adjoining town of Casco. He was quite 
 successful, and was well known and generally 
 esteemed and respected. His wife, Hannah 
 Files, bore him one son, E. A. Plummer, with 
 whom she made her home after her husband's 
 death. She died in October, 1880. Dr. 
 Plummer was a Democrat in political views 
 and an active worker for the interests of his 
 party. About 1850 he was sent as a Repre- 
 sentative to the State legislature, and he also 
 served as Selectman in the town of Raymond 
 during several terms. 
 
 E. A. Plummer grew to manhood in the pa- 
 rental home, and received a good, practical 
 education in the schools of Raymond. In 
 1861 he opened a general merchandise store in 
 this place in partnership with D. Plummer,^ 
 the firm name being D. & E. A. Plummer. 
 Since 1883 his son Fred has been in company 
 with him. They carry a large assortment of 
 such goods as are usually kept in a general 
 store, and have an excellent trade. Besides 
 their mercantile interests they are engaged to 
 a moderate extent in farming. 
 
 On December 31, 1857, Mr. Plummer was 
 united in marriage with Miss Rebecca Tokay, 
 who was born in Raymond, March 18, 1838, 
 and was a daughter of Joseph and Mary 
 (Plummer) Tokay. Her father was a mason 
 by trade, and was also successfully engaged in 
 farming. Mrs. Rebecca T. Plummer died on 
 July 3, 1884, leaving a son and daughter — 
 Fred W. and Louisa H. Fred W. Plummer, 
 born April 7, i860, is in partnership with his 
 father in the store. He married Miss Alice 
 Morton, of Raymond, and has two children — 
 Angeline N. and Clifford I. Louisa H. 
 Plummer, born October 27, 1868, is the wife 
 of Irving Morton, a prosperous farmer and 
 blacksmith of Raymond. Mr. Plummer was 
 again married June 17, 1885, to Miss Abbie 
 J. Brown, of this town, a daughter of the late 
 Sewell and Charlotte (Plummer) Brown. 
 
 Mr. Plummer is a loyal Republican, and 
 takes a deep interest in the movements of his 
 party. In 1864 he received the appointment of 
 Postmaster at Raymond Village, and since that 
 time he has continued to fulfil the duties of 
 the office with satisfaction to its patrons. 
 Among the other positions of responsibility 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 and trust held by him is that of Selectman, 
 first in 1866, and at intervals since then, mak- 
 ing thirteen years in all; also that of Town 
 Treasurer, which he filled from 1870 to and 
 including 1877, 1879, 1881, 1883-84, 1886- 
 88, and in 1890, sixteen years all together. 
 He is a member of Windham Lodge, No. 127, 
 A. F. & A. M. ; Siloam Lodge, Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows, of Gray, Me. ; and 
 Hawthorne Lodge, No. 16, Knights of Pythias, 
 of Raymond. Mrs. Plummer is a communi- 
 cant of the Baptist church. 
 
 7TAHARLES R.. MILLIKEN, President 
 I VX of the Portland Rolling Mill and 
 
 ^^Is^^ Treasurer and Manager of the Po- 
 land Paper Company, was born in 
 Poland, Me., December 12, 1833, son of 
 Josiah and Elizabeth (Freeman) Milliken. 
 He is of Scotch descent, and represents the 
 seventh generation of his family in this 
 country, his first ancestor here being Hugh 
 Milliken, a Scotsman, who settled in Boston 
 about 1680. John Milliken, son of Plugh, 
 accompanied his father and mother to Massa- 
 chusetts. He married Elizabeth Alger in 
 Boston, and resided there for many years, sub- 
 sequently becoming the owner of extensive 
 lands in Scarboro, Me. Their son John, who 
 was born December 27, 1691, worked in 
 Boston as a saddler for many years, but* spent 
 the last forty years of his life in Scarboro, 
 Me., dying September 8, 1779, during the 
 Revolutionary War, in which he took an active 
 part. He was married in Boston, January i, 
 1718, to Sarah Burnett; and their son John, 
 third, the next in line, was born February 17, 
 1723. He died in 1766. His wife, to whom 
 he was united August 16, 1761, was Elizabeth 
 (Libby) Sallis, widow of Benjamin Sallis, of 
 Scarboro. Benjamin Milliken, who repre- 
 sented the fifth generation, was born in 1764 
 in Scarboro. He worked as a farmer, tanner, 
 and currier in that town, dying September 20, 
 1818. His wife's maiden name was Elizabeth 
 Babbridge. Their son Josiah was the father 
 of Mr. Charles L. Milliken. 
 
 Josiah Milliken was born in Scarboro, Janu- 
 ary I, 1803. He spent some of the early years 
 of his life in Buckfield, and subsequently 
 
 moved to Poland, working in both places at 
 his trade, tanning, and also engaging exten- 
 sively in lumbering, general manufacturing 
 and farming. He died in Portland in 1866. 
 His wife, Elizabeth Freeman, was born in 
 Minot, Androscoggin County, Me. She out- 
 lived her husband many years, dying in 1889. 
 Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs, 
 Josiah Milliken, namely: Mary F. , now the 
 widow of Daniel W. True; Weston F; Will- 
 iam Henry ; Charles R. (our subject) ; Seth 
 M. ; George; and Adelaide, wife of L. 0- 
 Short, of the firm of Loring, Hammond & 
 Short. 
 
 Charles R. Milliken attended the public and 
 high schools of Minot, finishing his course of 
 study at Hebron Academy. In 1854 he 
 engaged as clerk for Abner Shaw & Co., of 
 Portland, and was afterward with True & 
 Frothingham, their successors, about three 
 years. He was next associated in grocery 
 jobbing with F". A. Shaw, under the firm 
 name of F. A. Shaw & Co., for two years, 
 changing the name later to C. R. Milliken. 
 At this time his brother, Weston F., was 
 associated in business with Charles Shaw, a 
 brother of Charles Milliken's partner; and, 
 when his term of partnership expired, Weston 
 Milliken joined his brother, und^r the style 
 of W. & C. R. Milliken, and until 1889- they 
 were successfully engaged in grocery and flour 
 business. C. R. Milliken then took entire 
 charge of the Glen House in the White Moun- 
 tains. In 1 88 1, in company with the late 
 H. N. Jose and the' late G. E. Spring, Charles 
 R. Milliken purchased the Portland Rolling 
 Mill ; and they organized a corporation, of 
 which he was elected President and Manager. 
 In 1887 he bought the Dennison Paper Manu- 
 facturing Company's plant, which he later sold 
 to a corporation called the Poland Paper Com- 
 pany. This company elected Mr. Milliken 
 Treasurer and Manager; and for many years 
 he has efficiently and faithfully served as Pres- 
 ident and Manager of the rolling-mill, and 
 Treasurer and Manager of the paper company. 
 He is also a Director of the electric light 
 company of the city, and of .the Portland 
 Company (the locomotive works). 
 
 In 1857. Mr. Milliken was united in mar- 
 riage with Elizabeth R., daughter of Isaac and 
 
DANIEL W. HOEGG. 
 
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 455 
 
 Margaret (Wiley) Fickett; and three children 
 were born of their union — Charles H., Mar- 
 garet W. , and Elizabeth F. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Milliken is one of the rep- 
 resentative men of the Republican party in 
 Portland, and has served on the City Council. 
 He belongs to but one social organization in 
 the city, the Cumberland Club. Mr. Milliken 
 and his family are members of the State Street 
 Parish Congregational Church. They have a 
 handsome residence at the corner of Brackett 
 and Danforth Streets. 
 
 Ji 
 
 ANIEL M. COOK, formerly a pros- 
 perous farmer of Casco, was born in 
 Windham, this county, December 
 19, 1 813. His parents, Richard and 
 Mary (Mayberry) Cook, were both natives of 
 Windham. After their marriage they moved 
 to this town, settling in Chateaugay. Richard 
 Cook, who was a successful agriculturist, spent 
 his manhood in that occupation. He and his 
 wife died at their home near Webb's Mills. 
 Daniel M. Cook lived with his parents until 
 his marriage, spending the early years of his 
 manhood in assisting his father about the farm 
 work. He then came to Casco Village,^ where 
 during the succeeding five years he engaged 
 in the tin business. This kind of work, how- 
 ever, did not prove so agreeable as his former 
 occupation, so he purchased a farm near Cook's 
 Mills, and again took up farming. After 
 fifteen years on this place, profitably spent in 
 agriculture, he removed to Auburn, Me., to 
 again try a mercantile business, groceries 
 being the line chosen. He had conducted a 
 lucrative trade in this line for five or six years, 
 when he gave it up and thereafter confined his 
 attention to farming. He resumed it first in 
 Poland, whence he removed to New Glouces- 
 ter, and later to Otisfield, remaining in the 
 last-named place nine years. He then came 
 to Casco and lived here until his death, 
 August 19, 1 891, aged seventy-eight years. 
 On March 12, 1846, Mr. Cook, being then 
 thirty-two years old, married Miss Mary 
 Holden, a very estimable woman. She was 
 born March 9, 1814, and is still living in the 
 home where her husband's last days were 
 spent. Her parents, John and Mary (Ray) 
 
 Holden, were both born in the town of Otis- 
 field. After their marriage they settled in 
 Massachusetts, but subsequently returned to 
 Otisfield, and there spent their remaining 
 years. John Holden's father, who was a doc- 
 tor and miller, was closely identified with the 
 welfare and interests of the community. Two 
 daughters came to gladden the home of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Cook. Both are now living, namely : 
 Mary H., born September 7, 1847, the widow 
 of Henry Young, who resides with her mother; 
 and Ida A., who married True M. Merrill, 
 now deceased. The daughters received a good 
 education. 
 
 Mr. Cook's political principles were those of 
 a stanch Democrat. In 1861 he was a member 
 of the State legislature. He also served the 
 community in important capacities. He was 
 County Commissioner for four years. Clerk of 
 the town of Casco for several years, and Select- 
 man almost continually from the time he 
 attained an eligible age. His frequent elec- 
 tion to office shows the high esteem in which 
 he was held by all. He was considered one of 
 the most public-spirited men in the county, 
 one to be depended upon for the support of any 
 worthy undertaking. Mr. Cook and his family 
 were attendants of the church in Casco Village. 
 
 M 
 
 ANIEL W. -HOEGG, an enterprising 
 resident of Deering, Me., who is ex- 
 tensively engaged in the packing and 
 canning industry on Bay Chaleur, 
 Canada, was born November 12, 1827, in East 
 Cambridge, Mass. His father, Daniel Hutch- 
 ins Hoegg, a native of Bow, Merrimack County, 
 N. H., was born in 1793, and died in 1853. 
 
 When twenty-one years of age, or about the 
 time of the close of the War of 1812-14, 
 Daniel H. Hoegg removed to Cambridgeport, 
 Mass., where he secured employment with 
 William Walker, a brick manufacturer, with 
 whom he remained for some time after serving 
 his apprenticeship. He subsequently estab- 
 lished himself in business in that locality, 
 continuing there until his removal to West- 
 brook, in this State, where he purchased a farm, 
 and, in conjunction with general farming, en- 
 gaged in manufacturing brick. He married 
 Elizabeth Walker, who bore him six children. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 of whom but two are' living, namely: Eliza 
 Ann, wife of Obadiah George, of Cambridge- 
 port, Mass. ; and Daniel W. The parents 
 were among the leading members of the Meth- 
 odist church. 
 
 Daniel W. Hoegg completed his education 
 in the public schools of Westbrook, whither 
 his parents removed when he was about sixteen 
 years old. In 1851 he left the home farm, be- 
 coming one of a party of four, three of whom 
 were boys, to start for California, purchasing 
 their through tickets from Boston to San Fran- 
 cisco from a Boston firm who represented them^ 
 selves as having a commodious line of 
 steamers running from New York to the Isth- 
 mus, and equally fine accommodations from 
 Panama to their point of destination. On 
 arriving in New York, instead of a ship of 
 twelve hundred tons the party found a small 
 steam propeller of five hundred and thirty tons, 
 which was to carry the five hundred passengers 
 holding tickets. The accommodations being 
 so limited, the authorities removed two hun- 
 dred of the passengers before. issuing clearance 
 papers. Meeting with severe storms off Cape 
 Hatteras, they were fourteen days in reaching 
 Chagres, and were then obliged, as the rivers 
 were low, to walk across the Isthmus. After 
 a stay of four weeks in Panama, a merchant 
 fitted up an old barque, the "Ann Smith," in 
 which Mr. Hoegg and hjs companions con- 
 tinued their journey. After fifty-two days, 
 having traversed fifteen hundred miles, but 
 still being two thousand miles from San 
 Francisco, they put in at Acapulco, where Mr. 
 Hoegg's cousin, a member of the party, died, 
 and was buried on shore. Their barque being 
 condemned, the party were obliged to remain 
 here five weeks, this detention taking the last 
 remaining penny of Mr. Hoegg and his two 
 associates. They were, however, fortunate 
 enough to find a friend from the States who 
 assisted them in securing a passage to Califor- 
 nia, which they reached four and one-half 
 months after their embarkation at New York. 
 Returning to Maine in 1854, after two years 
 of California life, Mr. Hoegg shortly entered 
 the employ of the Winslow Packing Company 
 of Portland, remaining with them many years, 
 locating and superintending their different 
 factories. 
 
 In 1873 he started in business for himself 
 on Bay Chaleur, Canada, where he has now 
 twelve factories in active operation.. He is 
 the pioneer packer of fruits and vegetables in 
 Canada, having established this branch of his 
 industry in 1878, prior to which time he had 
 given his attention to the salmon and lobster 
 business only. 
 
 He has made annual visits to the Bay for the 
 past thirty-seven years, having been the first to 
 establish the business on a permanent basis. 
 In June, 1894, the factory at Fredericton was 
 burned out, but has been rebuilt u^Don a much 
 more extensive scale, all the newest machinery 
 and appliances having been put in. Something 
 of the magnitude of the business carried on 
 may be gathered from the following figures, 
 which are for the Fredericton factory, one of 
 the twelve under their control. Here are 
 packed about two million pounds of lobsters 
 and two hundred thousand jpounds of salmon, 
 which are frozen and sent to New York and 
 Boston markets. Most of the lobsters' and 
 blueberries are sent to the United States, the 
 other fruits and the vegetables being largely 
 sold in Canada. At this Fredericton factory 
 are also packed about one h-undred and fifty 
 thousand cans of corn, one hundred thousand 
 cans of peas, and from one hundred and fifty 
 thousand to two hundred thousand cans of other 
 fruits and vegetables. Mr. Hoegg was like- 
 wise at one time engaged in business with 
 Messrs. Thompson & Hall at Jay Bridge, but 
 sold his interest in the factory to his partners 
 in 1892. 
 
 Mr. Hoegg's first wife, Maria A. Bailey, 
 of Westbrook, died, leaving, one son, George 
 W., who is in partnership with his father. 
 His present wife, Mary A., daughter of John 
 W. Wilson, of Leominster, Mass., is the 
 mother of two children — Isabel H. and D. 
 Winfield. Mr. Hoegg is a strong Republican 
 in politics, and, socially, is a Chapter Mason, 
 belonging to Temple Lodge of Westbrook. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Hoegg attend the Methodist 
 church. 
 
 The portrait placed opposite the beginning 
 of the foregoing sketch will be recognized as a 
 very good likeness of the gentleman whose 
 business career is thus briefly set forth — Mr. 
 Daniel W. Hoegg. 
 
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 llarence atwood baker, 
 
 A.M., M.D. , one of the leading phy- 
 sicians of Portland, was born at 
 New Castle, Lincoln County, this 
 State, January 3, 1852, being the representa- 
 tive of one of the early families of that 
 county. His paternal grandfather, Snow 
 Baker, spent the greater portion of his life- 
 time in that section of the State, as a resident 
 of Boothbay or Alna. 
 
 John P. Baker, the Doctor* s father, was born 
 May 16, 1816, at Alna, where his parents 
 were then residing. He was a millwright by 
 trade, and followed that calling in various 
 towns, including Bristol, and spending many 
 years at New Castle. He came to this city 
 in 1874, and resided here until his decease, 
 November 22, 1887. He married Abbie W. 
 Eord, a native of Marshtield, Mass., and a 
 daughter of Benjamin Ford, who removed from 
 that place to Bristol, Lincoln County, when 
 she was eight years old. Five children were 
 born of their marriage, as follows: Augusta, 
 who died in 1891 ; Edward L., of Portland; 
 Clarence Atwood, the subject of this sketch; 
 Charles W. , of Boston; and Annie H. 
 
 Dr. Baker received his preliminary educa- 
 tion in the public schools of Bristol. He was 
 prepared for college at the Lincoln Academy, 
 New Castle, and in due course graduated in 
 1878 from Bowdoin College, with the degree of 
 JK.B. Three years later he was honored with 
 the degree of A.M. While a collegian he 
 partly paid his expenses by teaching in the 
 public schools. On leaving college he read 
 medicine at the Portland Medical School, a 
 preparatory institution. He subsequently 
 graduated from the Medical Department of 
 Bowdoin College in 1882. He entered upon 
 , his profession in this city at 284 Congress 
 Street. Two years later he purchased his 
 present property at 312 Congress Street, 
 where he has been located since. Dr. Baker, 
 who has met with eminent success from the 
 first, took a post-graduate course at Edinburgh, 
 Scotland, in 1887, and devoted the succeeding 
 year to gathering practical experience in his 
 profession at the hospitals of Vienna, Berlin, 
 and London. He has a very large practice, 
 which demands his entire time and attention. 
 
 The marriage of Dr. Baker with Miss Mary 
 
 A. Whitman, daughter of Thomas Whitman, 
 of Providence, R. I., was performed June 4, 
 1884. Religiously, the Doctor attends and 
 supports the Second Congregational Church, of 
 which Mrs. Baker is a conscientious member. 
 
 He is a prominent member of the Port- 
 land Medical Club, the State of Maine Medi- 
 cal Association, of the Maine Academy of 
 Medicine and Science, of the British Gyneco- 
 logical Society of London, and of the Ameri- 
 can Academy of Medicine. He is one of the 
 foremost Masons of the city, being a member 
 of Bristol Lodge, No. 70, A. F. & A. M. ; of 
 Greenleaf Chapter; of St. Albans Command- 
 ery; of the Portland Council ; of the Scottish 
 Rites of Portland ; of the Maine Consistory, 
 being a thirty-second degree Mason; and of 
 the Mystic Shrine, Kora Temple, of Lewiston. 
 
 rail ENRY B. PETERS, Manager of the 
 Portland Beef Company and Treasurer 
 of the Portland Rendering Company, 
 doing business at 336 and 338 Com- 
 mercial Street, Portland, is a man of great 
 executive ability and tact, possessing in a large 
 measure those qualities of industry, energy, 
 and thrift that compel success in the battle of 
 life. He was born July 26, 1863, in this city, 
 being the son of George C. and Susan J. 
 (Burbank) Peters. His father is Cashier of 
 the Canal National Bank. 
 
 Henry B. Peters was educated in the Port- 
 land schools, being graduated from the high 
 school with the class of 1881. He began his 
 business career in the Canal National Bank, 
 being subsequently engaged for a short time in 
 the iron business. In 1884 he began work for 
 the concern of which he is now manager, the 
 company being composed of the widely known 
 Chicago packers, G. F. & E. C. Swift. The 
 Rendering- Company, of which Mr. Peters is 
 Treasurer only, is a separate establishment. 
 Mr. Peters began in the lowest position, being 
 advanced from time, to time as he became 
 familiar with the business. He devoted him- 
 self so faithfully to the interests of his em- 
 ployers that in 1887 he was appointed to his 
 present responsible position, which requires 
 a man of activity and quick perceptive 
 faculties. Mr. Peters, though not a politician 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 in any sense of the term, takes an interest in 
 public affairs, and uniformly casts his vote 
 with the Republican party. 
 
 In 1885 the union of Mr. Peters with Miss 
 Calista Tay, a native of Maiden, Mass., was 
 solemnized. Mrs. Peters is a daughter of the 
 late Francis J. and Albina (Noyes) Tay, her 
 father having been a very prominent business 
 man of Boston for many years. He lived 
 retired for a few years prior to his death, which 
 occurred in 1894. Two children have been 
 born to Mr. and Mrs. Peters — Clinton Noyes 
 and Janet Burbank. The family has a pleasant 
 home in Woodford's. 
 
 ^S^OHN H. ROES, Manager and Treas- 
 urer of the Bridgton Creamery, was 
 born in this town September 23, 1843, 
 son of Henry and Sarah (Goodwin) 
 Roes. Henry Roes was a native of Germany, 
 born in 1813, and left the Fatherland in 1827, 
 when a boy of fourteen years, and came to 
 America unaccompanied by relatives or friends. 
 After residing in Gorham, this county, for a 
 few years, he came to Bridgton, where he 
 has been a resident upward of sixty years. 
 His wife, Sarah, who was born in 181 8, 
 died September 20, 1895, at the age of 
 seventy-seven years. They were the parents 
 of six children; namely, Hattie, Mary A., 
 John H., Albert ]., George W., and Ella. 
 
 John H. Roes acquired his education in the 
 public schools, which he attended for the usual 
 period of time. At the age of fifteen years he 
 began to work for his living at farm labor, 
 which he followed for the succeeding ten years. 
 Being an industrious and faithful worker, Mr. 
 Roes always commanded good wages. He 
 prudently saved his money until he had 
 accumulated a sum sufficient to purchase a 
 farm. He then bought land in this locality, 
 and resided upon it for several years, during 
 which he added largely to the improvements 
 already begun, erecting new farm buildings, 
 placing the soil in a high state of culture, 
 and rendering the estate one of the most val- 
 uable in the neighborhood. In 1890 Mr. Roes 
 moved to the village, having accepted his 
 present position in the Bridgton Creamery, 
 which was organized -^nd established in 1889! 
 
 Mr. Roes was united in marriage April 11, 
 1868, to Miss Louise S. Martin, and became 
 the fa,ther of one child, named Bertha. Mrs. 
 Roes died in March, 1893. In politics Mr. 
 Roes is an active Republican. He was Post- 
 master of Bridgton from 1891 to 1895. He 
 was also Tax Collector for nine years, and 
 served four years under Sheriff Isaiah S. Webb 
 as Deputy Sheriff. His connection with fra- 
 ternal organizations is limited to membership ■ 
 in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 
 
 TEPHEN C. PERRY, a representa- 
 tive lawyer and business man of 
 Portland, was born in Bath, Me., 
 October 11, 1858. 'His parents re- 
 moving to Portland soon after his birth, he 
 has since resided in this city-, haying received 
 his education in its public schools. In March, 
 1874, he entered the employ of the law firm of 
 Howard & Cleaves; and three years after, on 
 the death of Judge Howard, which event 
 occurred in December, 1877, the surviving 
 members, the late Judge Nathan Cleaves and 
 the present Governor of the State, the Hon. 
 Henry B. Cleaves, formed the law firm of 
 Nathan & Henry B. Cleaves, with whom Mr. 
 Perry continued, being admitted to the bar 
 in Cumberland County in 1882, at the Oc- 
 tober term of the Supreme Judicial Court. 
 In December, 1887, he became one of the 
 firm whose present members are- Governor 
 Henry B. Cleaves and our subject, Judge 
 Nathan Cleaves having died September 5, 
 1892. 
 
 In politics Mr. Perry is a Democrat, and is 
 regarded as one of the leaders of the party in 
 Cumberland County. He was one of th'e 
 founders of the Young Men's Democratic Club 
 of Portland, and has served as its President 
 and Vice-President. He was for a number of 
 years President of the Portland Turnverein. 
 He was also one of the incorporators of the 
 Portland Athletic Club, one of the leading 
 athletic clubs of New England, and from its 
 formation he has been its Secretary and Chair- 
 man of its Committee on Athletics. Mr. 
 Perry is a member of and a Director in a num- 
 ber of corporations doing business in the State, 
 including water, gas, and electric light com- 
 
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BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 461 
 
 panics, and he is considered an authority on 
 corporation law. 
 
 In November, 1877, Mr. Perry married Miss 
 Charlotte Littlejohn, of Portland, a descendant 
 of the Cushings and Littlejohns, early settlers 
 in New England. They have two children — 
 Elmer, aged twelve; and Stephen C, Jr., aged 
 six years. 
 
 -1p)TENRY BABBITT BENNETT, one 
 l^J of the prominent business men of 
 
 \\s I Portland, where he has resided since 
 
 ^""^ 1867, was born in Houlton Me., 
 June 26, 1850, son of Samuel W. and Nancy 
 Prentice (Kendall) Bennett. He was named 
 by General Babbitt, United States Army, for 
 his son, deceased. 
 
 Samuel W. Bennett was born in Derby- 
 shire, England, and grew to manhood in the 
 mother country. When a young man, he emi- 
 grated to America, and, locating at Wood- 
 stock, N.B., worked for some time at cabinet- 
 making, later removing to Houlton, Me., 
 where, he followed his trade for some time. 
 He died at Butte des Morts, Wis., in 1850, 
 while there in the interest of the lumber busi- 
 ness. His wife, Nancy, who was born July 
 5, 1808, at New Salem, Mass., was a daughter 
 of Samuel and Eunice (Green) Kendall. Mr. 
 Kendall was born in New Salem, and was for 
 some time a prominent business man there. 
 Later he was one of the early settlers of Houl- 
 ton, purchasing a large 'tract of land and 
 building the third house in the town, the 
 other two being occupied by the Houltons and 
 Greens. Mr. Kendall became one of the lead- 
 ing men of Houlton, and was commonly know 
 as "Squire Kendall." He Uved to attain the 
 ripe age of ninety-two. His daughter, Mrs. 
 Nancy P. Kendall Bennett, taught a private 
 school in Houlton, and also at the garrison, 
 for many years, both before and after her mar- 
 riage. She is a writer of some note, her 
 patriotic poems, which she wrote during the 
 war, possessing such merit that they were 
 copied by the press throughout the Union. 
 Mrs. Bennett is a member of the Swedenbor- 
 gian church. She is now in her eighty-eighth 
 year,, living with her son Henry in Portland. 
 She reared two other children, namely: 
 
 Charles W., now a resident of San Francisco; 
 and Lilla Kendall (deceased), who was the 
 wife of W. R. McDonald, of Calais, Me. 
 
 Henry Babbitt Bennett finished his educa- 
 tion at Houlton Academy, and came to Port- 
 land in April, 1867, to fill a situation ob- 
 tained for him by the Hon. James P. Baxter, 
 at stencil cutting, learning the trade of Ed- 
 ward Fairfield in Portland. Within six years 
 Mr. Bennett purchased the business of his 
 employer, who worked for him up to the time 
 of his death. The establishment was first 
 located at the old No. 130 Exchange" Street, ■ 
 and the business was so small that it was easily 
 handled by Mr. Fairfield and Mr. Bennett 
 alone. It now employs a number of men, and 
 includes, besides stencilling, rubber stamps 
 and engraving. It is the largest establish- 
 ment of its kind east of Boston, also the oldest 
 in this State, having been in existence since 
 1850, and is now conducted by a stock com- 
 pany, which was formed in 1893, Mr. Bennett 
 being manager. Mr. Bennett is a sagacious 
 and competent business man, and is promi- 
 nently connected with other enterprises in 
 different localities. In the progress of Old 
 Orchard especially he has taken an active 
 interest, and is now Treasurer of the Old 
 Orchard Water Company, and also of the 
 Old Orchard Electric Light Company, person- 
 ally owning the plant, which he himself put 
 in. He also acts as General Manager of the 
 Duff Construction Company of Old Orchard, 
 which does a general piping, plumbing, and 
 manufacturing business, and employs a large 
 number of men. Mr. Bennett has been phe- 
 nomenally successful; and, starting as he did, 
 with only his trade as capital, he is a fine ex- 
 ample of a self-made man. Singularly accu- 
 rate and prompt in all business engage- 
 ments, he has never "missed a train" in 
 his life. 
 
 February 10, 1871, Mr. Bennett was united 
 in marriage with Georgia A. Gardiner, of Old 
 Orchard. Miss Gardiner's father died when 
 she was a child; and her mother, formerly 
 Matilda Cuthbert, who was a native of Scot- 
 land, married Benjamin Milliken, of Old 
 Orchard, in which place the daughter grew to 
 womanhood. Three children were born to 
 Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, of whom two are liv- 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 ing — Lilla Irene and Bessie Mildred, both, 
 with their parents. The other child, a bright 
 boy called Neddie, lived but six brief sum- 
 mers. 
 
 Mr. Bennett votes with the Republican 
 party, but is not an aspirant for office. He is 
 well advanced in Masonry, belonging to Port- 
 land Lodge, No. I, A. F. & A. M., of which 
 he is Past Master, and was at the head of its 
 one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary; is 
 Past High Priest of Greenleaf Chapter; a 
 member of Portland Council; St. Alban 
 Commandery, No. 8, Knights Templar, of 
 which he is present Eminent Commander; and 
 all the 'Scottish Rite bodies up to the Consis- 
 tory, having attained the thirty-second degree 
 in Maine Consistory, holding various offices. 
 He is a member of Maine Lodge, No. 1, Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and has served 
 as an official in various capacities; belongs to 
 Ivanhoe Lodge, Knights of Pythias; is Past 
 Sachem of Samoset Tribe, No. 32, Indepen- 
 dent Order of Red Men; and was one of 
 the original members of the Portland Athletic 
 Club. He is a member of the Maine Genea- 
 logical Society .and of the Maine Charitable 
 Mechanics' Association. Mr. Bennett is one 
 of the Parish Committee of the New High 
 Street Swedenborgian Church, of which his 
 family also are members. He has a handsome 
 residence at 16 Elm Street. 
 
 'IDNEY BECKWITH STEWART, 
 who has been connected with the 
 Grand Trunk Railroad at Portland 
 since September 22, 1857, the last 
 thirty-three years being yardmaster, was born 
 March 31, 1839, at Newport, N.S., being a 
 son of Dunbar Douglas and Mary (Wier) 
 Stewart. His near ancestors were prominent 
 members of the legal profession, his paternal 
 grandfather, James Stewart, having been a 
 noted attorney in Maryland and subsequently 
 Chief Justice of Halifax, N.S., which position 
 he held at the time of his death. 
 
 Dunbar D. Stewart was born at Halifax, 
 N.S., where he was educated and admitted to 
 the bar. He afterward settled in Newport, 
 where he was one of the leading lawyers for 
 many years, continuing to practise his pro- 
 
 fession until his death. He was twice mar- 
 ried, his first wife bearing him six children. 
 After her death he married Miss Wier, wIiq 
 was a native of Newport, N.S., whither her 
 father removed about the middle of the eigh- 
 teenth century, taking advantage, with many 
 others, of certain royal grants of land, which 
 were made at that time for the purpose of at-- 
 tracting colonists. She died at St. John, 
 N. B. , at the age of fifty -two years, having 
 borne him ten children. 
 
 Sidney Beckwith Stewart obtained the rudi- 
 ments of knowledge in his native town, com- 
 ing thence to this city with his mother and 
 family, when eleven years of age, and com- 
 pleting his education in the schools of Port- 
 land. Five years later his mother returned to 
 her former home, he remaining here. After 
 an initiatory business experience in some of 
 the city stores, he entered the Grand Trunk 
 Railway office, where he found employment for 
 a time, being made yardmaster in 1863, when 
 but twenty-three years of age. He has since 
 had entire charge of all the employees of the 
 yard and supervision of. the cars and freight, 
 his duties being especially onerous in the 
 winter season, when the ocean steamers dis- 
 charge here, instead of at Montreal, the 
 freight being all shipped over this road. The 
 business has grown rapidly since Mr. Stewart 
 assumed his present position, the number of 
 tracks having been increased from four to 
 eleven, with a corresponding increase of work 
 and responsibility. 
 
 Mr. Stewart is well known in the Masonic 
 circles of this city, being a member of Atlan- 
 tic Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Greenleaf Chap- 
 ter, and of the Portland Council. 
 
 Mr. Stewart's first wife, whose maiden name 
 was Adelia V. Haskell, died a few years after 
 her marriage, leaving one child, Arthur S., 
 who is now with the Rumford Falls Paper 
 Company at Rumford Falls. On September 
 4, 1883, Mr. Stewart formed a second matri- 
 monial alliance, being wedded to Miss Jessie 
 Elliot, a daughter of Charles Elliot, of 
 Lawrencetown, N.S. Both Mr. and ■ Mrs. 
 Stewart are active and faithful members 
 of the Second Parish Congregational Church 
 of this city. They have a comfortable home 
 at 160 Cumberland Street. 
 
Prof, lucian hunt, Mrs. Caroline hunt. 
 
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 /^^TeORGE R. WINSLOW, a veteran 
 y •) I farmer of Casco, Me., where for 
 
 — upward of sixty years he has en- 
 gaged in the cultivation and conduct of the 
 farm on which he resides, was born in Free- 
 port, another Cumberland County town on the 
 coast, December 25, 1816. His parents, 
 Isaiah and Phoebe (Pride) Winslow, were na- 
 tives of Westbrook, Me. 
 
 James Winslow, the grandfather of George 
 R. , was a farmer in the town of Westbrook, 
 this county. Isaiah Winslow, son of James, 
 learned the trade of a shoemaker, in which he 
 was engaged, when his father did not need his 
 assistance on the farm, until he came to Casco 
 in 1820. He purchased a farm near the one 
 now owned by his son; and during the re- 
 mainder of his life he followed general farm- 
 ing, also working at carpentry to a limited 
 extent. His death occurred when he was 
 seventy-one years old. His wife, whose 
 maiden name was Phoebe Pride, lived to be an 
 octogenarian, dying at eighty-one years of age. 
 Eleven children were the fruit of their union, 
 namely: Elizabeth Ann, born January 21, 
 18 12, now deceased; Francis, born November 
 4, 1814, residing in the State of Washington; 
 George R. ; Esther, born February 24, r8i8, 
 who died in infancy; Mary Jane, born 
 December 10, 1820, living in Bridgton, Me. ; 
 Isaiah P., born January 23, 1825, now jiving 
 in Hiawatha, Kan. ; Harry, who was born 
 April 27, 1827, and died October 5, 1828; 
 Miram P., born August 24, 1829, living in 
 Chicago, 111. ; Noah, born April 22, 1832, 
 who died in 1892; Josiah, born March 15, 
 1834, a resident of Westbrook, Me. ; and a 
 child that died in babyhood. 
 
 George R. Winslow remained with his par- 
 ents until he attained his majority, and during 
 his home life acquired a good practical com- 
 mon-school education. When he started out 
 for himself he purchased the farm on which 
 he resides, and where he has since been suc- 
 cessfully engaged in general farming, during 
 a part of the winter seasons having worked at 
 lumbering. This farm contains about seventy- 
 five acres of well-improved land; and besides 
 his stock he raises each year good crops of 
 such staple products as hay, grain, potatoes, 
 and fruit. 
 
 At twenty-six years of age, on December 
 25, 1842, Mr. Winslow was married to Miss 
 Sybil A. Dyer, who was born at Sebago, Me., 
 and was a daughter of Daniel and Martha 
 Dyer. Mr. Dyer was a native of Sebago, and 
 his wife of Limington, York County. He was 
 a prosperous farmer in the town of Sebago, 
 Cumberland County. Mrs. Sybil A. Winslow 
 died on September 2, 1891. She was the 
 mother of ten children, all of whom received 
 the advantages of a good common-school edu- 
 cation. Vernon E. , Mr. Winslow's eldest 
 son, born October 12, 1843, died September 
 28, 1868. Dennis E. , the second, born Sep- 
 tember 8, 1845, was killed on March 22, 1861. 
 Edgar B. , born January 19, 1849, married 
 Miss Matilda Edwards, and is living in Casco. 
 Lunetta Winslow (now deceased), born May 
 18, 1851, married Levi G. Small, who is liv- 
 ing in Gray, Me. Anson I., born June 28, 
 1855, married Miss Addie Tenny; and after 
 her death he formed a second marriage with 
 Miss Ellen Edwards, with whom he is living 
 in Casco. Hattie, born August i, 1858, is 
 the wife of Lyman Proctor, of Casco. An- 
 thony T. , born June 28, i860, married Miss 
 Jennie Shaw, and lives in Otisfield, Me. 
 Randall, born September 3, 1862, died July 
 8, 1863. George N. , born March 4, 1866, 
 married. Miss Ilvina Snell, who has borne him 
 four children; he lives with his father, and 
 has charge of the farm. Annie, born Febru- 
 ary 16, 1868, died June 22, 1871. 
 
 Mr. Winslo.w has always been a supporter 
 of the Democratic party. He is a member of 
 Manama Lodge, No. 40, Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows', of Mechanic F"a]ls, Me. He 
 and his family are attendants of the Univer- 
 sal ist church. 
 
 iROFESSOR LUCIAN HUNT, 
 A.M., is a New England man in the 
 fullest sense of the term, his birth 
 having occurred in Vermont, the 
 substantia] foundation for his liberal education 
 having been laid in New Hampshire, his de- 
 gree of A. M. obtained in the Wesleyan Uni- 
 versity of Connecticut, and many years of his 
 professional life spent in the States of Massa- 
 chusetts and Maine, the town of Gorham, in 
 
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 Cumberland County, Maine, being in these 
 latter years his place of residence. 
 
 The name of Hunt is very ancient, being 
 known all over the civilized world, the Amer- 
 ican family originating in England, whence 
 the emigrant ancestor came to Massachusetts, 
 locating in Amesbury. Subsequently three 
 brothers bearing this patronymic removed to 
 New Hampshire, two of them, Humphrey and 
 William, going to Guilford, the other, Philip, 
 removing to Sanbornton. There he married 
 and reared a family of twelve children, his son 
 Philip, the eldest-born, inheriting the home- 
 stead. He, too, married there; and, of the 
 eleven children born to him and his wife, An- 
 thony Colby, father of Professor I-lunt, was 
 the seventh in succession of birth. 
 
 Anthony C. Hunt was a farmer Jay occupa- 
 tion, carrying on his labors in different places, 
 residing a few years successively in Gilman- 
 ton, Sanbornton, and the Weirs. When but 
 eighteen years old he married Mary Chase, 
 who was of nearly the same age, and was the 
 daughter of Parker Chase, then of Deerfield, 
 N. H. While this young couple were living 
 in Sanbornton, their daughter Sarah and their 
 eldest son, Lucian, who lived but five years, 
 were born. In 1815 Mr. Anthony C. Hunt, 
 in company with several others from that 
 place, among them Mr. Parker Chase, with 
 several of his sons and daughters and their 
 families, removed, to Woodbury, Vt., where 
 they lived in a most primitive style for some 
 years. Mr. Hunt first built a rude log house 
 in the midst of the primeval forest; and here 
 Lucian, named for the little son they had 
 buried, was born, and here he spent his first 
 years. The settlement flourished but a few 
 years, the distant markets, the severe priva- 
 tions, and the scarcity of the necessaries of 
 life driving the colonists to more civilized 
 regions, Anthony C. Hunt and his family 
 spending a few years in the neighboring town 
 of Cabot before returning to Sanbornton, 
 where both he and his wife passed their re- 
 maining days, he dying at seventy-five years 
 of age, and she living to the venerable age 
 of eighty-seven. 
 
 Lucian Hunt was from his earliest years 
 fond of books and study, and after his removal 
 to Sanbornton Bridge he had an excellent 
 
 opportunity for satisfying his intellectual am^ 
 bitions. Under the wise instructions of the 
 Rev. Enoch Corser, for those times a classical 
 scholar of more than ordinary gifts and attain- 
 ments, he began to study Latin, commencing 
 with the grammar in the spring, and in the 
 fall of the, same year finishing Virgil's 
 ^neid, which he reviewed the following 
 winter during his first term as a teacher in 
 the public schools. He was also a pupil for 
 a time of Professor Dyer H. Sanborn. At 
 the early age of sixteen Lucian Hunt began 
 teaching, his first school being in the Bay 
 Hill District, Northfield, where he was again 
 engaged for the second winter. He then was 
 urged to take charge of the school in the 
 centre of Northfield; but, as this was a partic- 
 ularly hard position, his friends advised him 
 to decline. Nevertheless, he accepted the in- 
 vitation, and taught three winters, meeting 
 with eminent success, resigning then to take 
 a school in Natick, Mass., where he taught 
 three winters, being subsequently a teacher in 
 Kingston, Mass., for a year. During all of 
 this time the future Professor was earnestly 
 continuing his studies, reading Latin far 
 beyond the college requirements and mak- 
 ing notable advancement in Greek, French, 
 and German, besides pursuing the English 
 branches, paying his own way, as he did later 
 in going through college, being neither 
 -harassed by debts nor by charitable donations 
 while taking his college course. When his 
 funds were too heavily drawn upon, he went 
 to Boston during the summer, and there earned 
 enough to take him through the ensuing col- 
 lege year. He was graduated from Wesleyan 
 University, Middletown, Conn., in 1863. 
 
 Mr. Hunt was for a time undecided as to his 
 future career, being somewhat inclined toward 
 the study of law, but finally accepted the 
 charge of the academy at Marlow, N.H., a 
 school which was apparently fast approaching 
 its dissolution. Under his enthusiastic ad- 
 ministration new life was infused, the number. ' 
 of pupils, which at first barely numbered a 
 score, being increased during the second year 
 to one hundred and forty ; and, had the capac- 
 ity of the building been greater, it would have 
 reached .two hundred, as one class was refused 
 admittance owing to the limited accomraoda- 
 
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 tions. This was partly due to Professor 
 Hunt's success in procuring competent assist- 
 ants, Miss Mary Clough being his preceptress 
 and the Hon. George C. Hubbard the teacher 
 of mathematics. Many men since prominent 
 in literary, professional, and political circles 
 have been pupils of Professor Hunt, being 
 students either at this academy or in some of 
 the other schools which he has had in charge, 
 among the number worthy of mention being 
 Judge Hard}', the Hon. Mr. Hammond, the 
 late Sanborn Tenney, Professor of Natural 
 History at Williams College, President An- 
 drews of Brown University, and Rufus Will- 
 iams, Professor of Chemistry at the English 
 High School in Boston. 
 
 Professor Hunt afterward taught two years 
 in the academy at Standish, this State, going 
 thence to Boston, where he was engaged for 
 several years in the Eliot School. His 
 health becoming impaired, he then rested 
 from his labors- two years, when he accepted 
 the principalship of Powers's Institute at 
 Bernardston, Mass., which he resigned five 
 years later to take charge of Lawrence Acad- 
 emy in Falmouth, Mass., which was then in 
 the lowest ebb of existence. His experience 
 at Falmouth was very similar to that in Mar- 
 low, the academy being brought up to a high 
 standard of efificiency, the town experiencing 
 a salutary revival o'f interest in educational 
 matters. After twelve years of excellent ser- 
 vice Professor Hunt left that school in charge 
 of a former pupil, and for the next two years 
 he was the principal of McCollom Institute 
 at Mount Vernon, N. H. Having spent nearly 
 forty years in teaching, he then relinquished 
 his calling in order to devote himself more ex- 
 tensively to literary pursuits. In 1888 he set- 
 tled in Gorham, where he and his estimable 
 wife are happy in the companionship of their 
 books and their many friends. Mrs. Hunt 
 was formerly Caroline Higgins. She is a na- 
 tive of Standish, this State but their marriage 
 was celebrated at their present residence in 
 Gorham on June 22, 1863. Her father, the 
 late Enoch F.. Higgins, was a Colonel in the 
 State militia and a soldier of the War of 
 1 8 12. 
 
 In 1880 Professor Hunt delivered the cen- 
 tennial address at Northfield, N.H., celebrat- 
 
 ing -the incorporation of the town. This 
 address was published in pamphlet form and in 
 the Grmtite Montlily of New Hampshire. He 
 has since written a "History of Northfield, 
 N. H.," of which a Philadelphia firm are the 
 publishers. Professor Hunt is a Trustee of 
 McCollom Institute and of the New Hamp- 
 shire Conference Seminary in Tilton, where 
 at the semi-centennial he was one of the 
 after-dinner speakers. He also made an inter- 
 esting address at the centennial anniversary of 
 the birth of Saul C. Higgins, of Gorham, 
 being introduced by Governor Robie. 
 
 The library of the Professor is one of the 
 most valuable private collections of books in 
 New England, embracing some three thousand 
 choice volumes by standard authors, among 
 them being the works of French, German,, and 
 other foreign authors, written in their native 
 language, the complete historical works of 
 Prescott, Allison, Grote, Bancroft, Gibbon, 
 and Macaulay; Rawlinson's "Herodotus"; 
 Thucydides ; Barton's "Life of Andrew 
 Jackson"; Emerson's works; Plutarch's 
 "Lives"; Boswell's "Life of Johnson"; 
 Irving's works; Correspondence of Daniel 
 Webster, and of Carlyle and Emerson; 
 Macaulay's "Life and Letters"; the novels of 
 Thackeray, Dickens, Bulwer, Scott, George 
 Eliot, C. Bronte; a fine edition of Shakspere; 
 Homer's Iliad; Goethe's Faust; the works 
 of Chaucer, Butler, Gray, Dryden, Cowper, 
 Burns, Keats, Beaumont and Fletcher; 
 Ossian ; and nearly a complete set of the 
 Latin classics, Ovid, Cicero, Juvenal, Tacitus; 
 a "Life of Washington" in Latin; and 
 Schiller in the original. 
 
 P. REED, M. D., a physician in 
 active practice in Naples, is of Eng- 
 lish descent. He was born in 
 South Bridgton, Me., November 16, 
 1856, son of Matthew W. and Hannah H. 
 (Miller) Reed. Matthew W. Reed, who was 
 a native of Danvers, Mass., born in 181 8, set- 
 tled on a farm in South Bridgton, Me., in 
 1848, and there spent the rest of his life. He 
 died February 11, 1892. His wife, a daugh- 
 ter of Robert and Lucy Miller, of Denmark, 
 Me., is still living in South Bridgton, being 
 
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 now seventy- eight years of age. They were 
 the parents of seven children, of whom five are 
 deceased. The survivors are: Asa P., the 
 subject of this sketch; and Wilbur M. , who 
 resides on the homestead at South Bridgton. 
 
 Asa P. Reed received his early education in 
 the elementary schools and the high school of 
 South Bridgton. Upon leaving school ^he was 
 engaged in farm work on the homestead for a 
 while. In 1886 he went to Champlin, Minn., 
 where he spent some time managing a general 
 store. In 1887, with his brother Wilbur, he 
 engaged in the manufacture of coats at South 
 Bridgton for Boston firms. Meeting with 
 success in this occupation he pursued it for 
 five years. At the end of that time he had 
 saved money enough to carry out his purpose 
 of qualifying himself for the medical profes- 
 sion. In 1892 he sold his interest in the 
 business to his brother, and entered the office 
 of Dr. H. D. Torrey, of South Bridgton, with 
 whom he pursued a course of study, at the 
 same time attending Tufts Medical College, 
 Boston. He received his diploma in June, 
 1895; and after a few months' practice in 
 Boston he came to Naples, Me., as the suc- 
 cessor to Dr. C. Y. Lord. Here he is fast 
 acquiring a reputation for a thorough knowl- 
 edge of the latest and best methods of medical 
 practice. A part of his scant leisure is use- 
 fully devoted by him to writing medical 
 articles for household journals. 
 
 Dr. Reed was married June 25, 1881, to 
 Miss Nellie M. Sawyer, a native of Naples 
 and daughter of Charles R. Sawyer. In poli- 
 tics he is a Republican. He is not an aspirant 
 for office, his professional work requiring all 
 his time and attention. In religious matters 
 Dr. and Mrs. Reed hold liberal views. 
 
 'AMES. M. SMALL, a prosperous 
 farmer of Freeport, Cumberland 
 County, Me., was born in Bowdoin- 
 ham, this State, March 26, 1827, being 
 a son of Ephraim Small, who was born and 
 reared in the same place. Mr. Small's pater- 
 nal grandfather, Ephraim Small, Sr., was one 
 of the early settlers of Small Point, and after 
 his marriage with the daughter of one of the 
 thrifty farmers of Sagadahoc County "he be- 
 
 came a pioneer farmer of Bowdoinham. Ob- 
 taining a tract of timbered land, he cleared 
 and improved a. good farm, his wife being a 
 helpmeet in the true sense of the word, spin- 
 ning and weaving the household linen as well 
 as the family clothing, even her Wedding dress 
 being of her own manufacture. They reared 
 a family of nine children, bringing them up to 
 habits of diligence and prudent economy. 
 
 Ephraim Small, Jr., grew to man's estate 
 in Bowdoinham, or, as it was then called, Hard 
 Scrabble, succeeding to the occupation and the 
 homestead of bis father. He continued a tiller 
 of the soil during his years of activity, round- 
 ing out a full period of years on the old home 
 farm. He married Miss Anna Higgins, who 
 bore him eleven children, seven boys and four 
 girls, all of whom grew to maturity; and the 
 following are yet living: Annie, Richard, 
 Elizabeth, James M., and Gilbert. 
 
 James M. Small received, his education in 
 his native town, and there learned the trade 
 of a ship carpenter, following that vocation for 
 many years thereafter. On May 4, 1857, in 
 view of his approaching marriage, Mr. Small 
 came to Freeport, where he 'purchased his 
 present farm of one hundred and fifteen acres. 
 On the 29th of the following July he married 
 Mrs. 'Mary Jane (Curtis) Curtis, the widow 
 of John T. Curtis, who had died leaving 
 her without children. Mrs. Small was born 
 at Freeport, Me., September 9, 1831. Her 
 parents, Melzar and Ruth (Woodman) Curtis, 
 both lived to the age of seventy-four years. 
 They. had three children, namely: Henry Cur- 
 tis, born Novembers, 1828; Mary Jane (Mrs. 
 Small) ; and Eliza, who was born September 
 
 I, 1833, and married George W. Warren, of 
 this town, who served three years in the late 
 Civil War. Mr. Curtis was a man of sterling 
 integrity, quite prominent in local affairs, 
 being one of the most earnest adherents of the 
 Whig party. He and his wife were very 
 liberal-minded people. His father, David 
 Curtis, was born in Harpswell in 1763, and 
 died June 14, 1843. He was married March 
 
 II, 1788, to Jane Curtis, of Fligh Head, and 
 had six children. 
 
 Mr. Small was an active participant in the 
 late Civil War, serving under Captain George 
 W. Randall in Company G, Twenty-fifth 
 
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 Maine Volunteer Infantry. After his dis- 
 cliarge from the army, at the expiration of his 
 terra of service, he resumed his agricultural 
 labors, in which he has continued successfully 
 until the present time, accumulating a com- 
 fortable property through his untiring industry 
 and intelligent management of his affairs. 
 He is an active member of the Baptist church, 
 in which he has faithfully performed the duties 
 of a Deacon for the past ten years. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Small are the parents of five children, of 
 whom the following is a brief record : Walter 
 M., born June 22, -1859, is a carpenter, living 
 at Freeport; Henry E., born July 7, 1861, a 
 carpenter by trade, lives at Rumford I-'alls; 
 Frank L., born June 3, 1865, is now chief 
 engineer of the power station of the electric 
 railway running from Hampton to Old Point 
 Comfort, Va. ; Mrs. Laura E. Randall was born 
 January 17, 1868; and Mrs. Mary E. Curtis, 
 born December 28, 1873, resides in Freeport. 
 
 (sTYLONZC 
 M brook 
 
 LONZO LIBBY, prominent in West- 
 brook as a farmer, stock breeder, and 
 ilk dealer, belongs to a family 
 that for many generations have been 
 residents of Cumberland County. He was born 
 in the town of Gorham, Me., on February 5, 
 1 84 1, son of Andrew and Sophronia (Small) 
 Libby, and grandson of Edward and Jane Libby. 
 Andrew Libby was a native of Gorham, born 
 April 2, 1800. He was an educated man, and 
 for a number of years was employed as a 
 school teacher. Following that he conducted 
 a general store in the town of Gorham, and 
 died there in 1848. In his political views he 
 was a Whig, while he was an attendant of the 
 Congregational church. His wife, Sophronia 
 Small, was a daughter of Francis Small, of 
 Limington, York County. They had eight 
 children, of whom six are living, namely: 
 Melissa, who married Oren Babb, of West- 
 brook; Sophronia, who successively married 
 George E. Cole, of Limington, and Alonzo 
 Chapman, of Naples, Me. ; Alonzo, the sub- 
 ject of this sketch; Henrietta, the wife of 
 B. M. Edwards, of Portland; Laura F., who 
 married Alonzo Cook, of Maiden, Mass. ; and 
 Mary A., the wife of Fred Walker, of Eliza- 
 beth, Me. 
 
 Alonzo Libby was educated in the public 
 schools of Gorham and at the Limington 
 Academy. Soon after leaving school he went 
 to Little Falls in the town of Gorham, and 
 there learned the trade of a shoemaker. In 
 1 861 he enlisted in Company Q, First Maine 
 Regiment. After returning to civil life, he 
 secured a position in the paper-mills of Grant, 
 Warren & Co. (now S. D. Warner & Co. ) at 
 Cumberland Mills, where he remained, a few 
 years. Following that he went to Davenport, 
 la., where he conducted a grocery business 
 for about six months. In 1864 he returned to 
 Westbrook and took up farming and stock 
 breeding, at which he has since been very suc- 
 cessful. He makes a specialty of the breeding 
 of fine horses and cattle. At his home in 
 Westbrook he has eighteen head of Wilkes, 
 Elector, Almont, and Mambrino Patchen bred 
 horses, and about sixty head of pure bred Jer- 
 sey and Ayrshire cattle. His barn is a model 
 in its convenient and orderly arrangement. 
 His real estate includes a large grass farm; on 
 which he cuts about two hundred tons of hay 
 each year. 
 
 Mr. Libby married Miss Alice Anna 
 Boothby, of Buxton, Me., a daughter of Levi 
 and Mary Ann Boothby. Their union has been 
 blessed by the birth of four children, of whom 
 three are now living. They were: Alice Jo- 
 sephine, a teacher in the high school building 
 in Westbrook; George Johnson Libby, who 
 died at the age of fifteen years, when a student 
 of the high school ; Sarah Boothby, a student of 
 the Westbrook High School; and Ella Bart- 
 lett, who attends the Westbrook Grammar 
 School. The family are attendants of the 
 Congregational church. Mr. Libby casts his 
 vote with the Republican party. He was 
 Chairman of the Board of Selectmen for the old 
 town of Westbrook in 1874 and 1877. For 
 the past fifteen years he has been one of the 
 Trustees of the Maine State Agricultural So- 
 ciety, and he is a Trustee of the Cumberland 
 County Florticultural and Agricultural So- 
 ciety. He is one of the Directors and 
 founders of the Rigby Trotting Park Associa- 
 tion of Portland, Me., and was one of the 
 associate managers of the New England Fair 
 in 1895. Mr. Libby is a prominent Mason of 
 this section, and has taken the thirty-second 
 
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 degree of the Order. He is a member of 
 Temple Lodge, No. 86, A. F. & A. M., of 
 Westbrook; of Eagle Chapter, No. ii, Royal 
 Arch Masons, in which he served as High 
 Priest for four years; and for twenty-five years 
 of St. Albans Commandery, Knights Templars. 
 He has also affiliation with the Grand Army 
 of the Republic, being a comrade of Cloudman 
 Post, No. lOO, Westbrook, of which he was 
 the first Commander. 
 
 Ij- 
 
 kOSCOE G. HARDING, who has been 
 for forty-two years a merchant of Gor- 
 ham, Cumberland County, Me., was 
 born in this town, July lo, 1834, 
 son of Colonel William B. and Mary A. (Ed- 
 wards) Harding. 
 
 Colonel William B. Harding, who was also 
 born in Gorham, was a man of versatile busi- 
 ness talent, and was engaged at different times 
 as a trader, a contractor, and builder. His 
 strict integrity made him a general favorite in 
 business circles. He was a Democrat in poli- 
 tics; and, although his party was in a minority 
 in his district, he held several offices of trust. 
 In military matters he was also prominent, 
 and was Colonel of the home militia; and in 
 the work of the Methodist church he was an 
 active participant, holding many offices. He 
 died September 23, 1859. His wife, who was 
 a daughter of James Edwards, of GorhSm, a 
 representative of one of the oldest and most 
 respected families, was called to rest Decem- 
 ber i, 1 88 1. They reared, besides the subject 
 of this sketch, two daughters, the wives of 
 William W. Lowe, of Boston, namely: Mary 
 C, who died in 1858; and Martha E., now 
 living. Mr. Lowe was formerly a leather mer- 
 chant, but has been for the last twenty years a 
 prominent broker and real estate dealer. He 
 was a inember of the Massachusetts legislature 
 during the years 1892 and 1893. 
 
 Roscoe G. Harding received his early edu- 
 cation in the common schools of Gorham and 
 Gorham Academy. He was in 1853 appointed 
 station agent of Gorham on the York & Cum- 
 berland Railroad, now the Portland & Roches- 
 ter; but railroading had no charms for him, 
 and in 1854 he resigned his position and 
 opened a general store, which he has con- 
 
 tinued up to the present time. Mr. Harding 
 has been a Trustee of Gorham S^vilhgs Bank 
 twenty-two years — that is, since its incorpo- 
 ration; and he has been for upward of thirty 
 years Trustee of Gorham Seminar^' and Acad- 
 emy, which was for many yeafs the leading 
 Congregational institution of learning in the 
 State. 
 
 On March 24, 1857, Mr. Harding was 
 united in marriage with Mary E., daughter of 
 William F. Higgins, then a farmer of Thorn- 
 dike, Waldo County, Me., now a resident of 
 Maiden, Mass. Mr. Higgins was for twenty- 
 one years a teacher in Thorndike, and was a. 
 prominent member of the community. He was 
 active in rnilitary matters, and held the rank of 
 General of the militia. He comes of a long- 
 lived family, and is now in his ninetieth year. 
 His uncle, Saul C. Higgins, died in 1894, in 
 his one hundred and first year, being the oldest 
 resident of Gorham. Mr. and Mrs. Harding 
 have three children : Fred William, who is in 
 the dry-goods business in Gorham ; Mary Col- 
 man, who has been a stenographer in Portland 
 for several years; and Harry Leon, book- 
 keeper for his father and American Express 
 Company agent. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Harding is a Democrat. In 
 1870 he was nominated for the legislature; and^ 
 though his opponent represented the popular 
 political party, Mr. Harding was elected, his 
 record during the war having won for him the 
 support of many Republican^. When he was 
 offered the nomination a second time, he de- 
 clined, his business requiring his whole atten- 
 tion. He was twice elected Treasurer of Cum- 
 berland County, in 1879 and 1880, and was a 
 third time offered the nomination, but declined 
 on account of ill health, publishing an open 
 letter of refusal. In 1878 he was elected Se- 
 lectman of Gorham, and in 1888 was appointed" 
 by Governor Plaisted County Commissioner. 
 
 Mr. Harding has been a member of Harmony 
 Lodge, No. 38, A. F. & A. M., of Gorham, 
 forty-one years, and a member of the Meth- 
 odist church for thirty-seven years. He has 
 been Trustee and official member for thirty- 
 three years, and, has acted as superintendent or 
 assistant superintendent of the Sabbath-school 
 fourteen years. 
 
 He has been prominent in all public enter- 
 
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 prises of his town, and has made many friends 
 in social, -business, and political circles. 
 
 YER P. AVER, a member of the 
 firm known as the Portland Paper 
 Box Company, with headquarters at 
 31 Pearl Street, Portland, was born in Cornish, 
 Oxford County, Me., August i, 1843, son of 
 Jacob and Abigail (Sargeant) Ayer. His 
 father, who was born in 1802, was a carpenter 
 and builder, fairly successful in his line of 
 business. He died in 1864. His wife, who 
 was born in 1803, died in 1884. They were 
 the parents of eight children ; namely, Albion 
 P., Jacob, Wyer P., Edwin, Abigail, Sarah, 
 Patience, and one who died in childhood. 
 
 Wyer P. Ayer received a good education, 
 attending the common schools and the high 
 school of Westbrook. He worked first as- a 
 clerk for A. B. Stevens & Co., grocers, in 
 Westbrook, remaining with them three years. 
 This apprenticeship familiarized him with the 
 ins and outs of mercantile life, and the knowl- 
 edge gained was of use to him in his after 
 career. On leaving the grocery business, he 
 took up the manufacture of paper boxes, at first 
 in Westbrook and subsequently in Portland, 
 associating himself with J. P. Libby, under 
 the firm name of Libby & Ayer. In 1873 Mr. 
 T. M. Dodge, in company with Mr. Ayer, pur- 
 chased Mr. Libby's interest ; and the business 
 was thereafter conducted under the name of 
 Ayer & Dodge. About twenty years ago the 
 Portland Paper Box Company was formed, the 
 members of the firm being Wyer P. Ayer, 
 T. M. Dodge, and J. A. Pratt; and since then 
 they have answered the demands of an ex- 
 tensive trade, their business yearly increasing. 
 In politics Mr. Ayer is a Republican. In 
 1872 he was elected to the Board of Aldermen 
 from Ward 4, Deering; and in 1873 he was the 
 Republican candidate for Mayor of that city, 
 but was defeated by thirty-four votes. He 
 was again elected Alderman in 1896. He is a 
 member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging 
 to Deering Lodge, No. 183, A. F. & A. M., 
 and also- has social interests in Portland, being 
 a member of the Lincoln Club of that city. 
 Mr. Ayer married Sarah E. Colby, of Gorham, 
 Me., daughter of the Rev. Joseph and Eliza- 
 
 beth (Blanchard) Colby. He and his wife 
 attend the Congregational Church of Deering, 
 and reside on Pleasant Street in that suburb. 
 Mr. Ayer is a man of sound judgment and 
 good business tact, who has climbed unaided 
 the hill of prosperity, and is a typical repre- 
 sentative of Portland's solid business interests. 
 
 fEWIS P. WARREN, who was born in 
 Westbrook, Me., on August 11, 1817, 
 ^ is now living retired from active 
 work at his pleasant homestead not 
 far from the scene of his birth. This town 
 was also the native place of his parents, John 
 and Eleanor (Lamb) Warren. 
 
 His paternal grandfather, John Warren, Sr. , 
 was born in Berwick, Me., March 5, 173 i, and 
 is supposed to have been of French ancestry. 
 A blacksmith by trade, he was a good work- 
 man; and in Falmouth, where the greater part 
 of his life was spent, he was esteemed as a 
 leading citizen. During the time of his resi- 
 dence in Falmouth the town w'as divided, so 
 that eventually his home was in Westbrook, 
 being on the road between Saccarappa and 
 Stroudwater. There be died after a long and 
 useful life. His wife was Jane Johnson, of 
 Falmouth, who was born June 15, 1740. She 
 died in Westbrook, November 18, 1809. Mr. 
 and Mrs. John Warren, Sr. , were the parents 
 of the^following children: John, born Novem- 
 ber 9, 1756, who died on May 23, 1776, while 
 in service in the Revolutionary army; Polly; 
 David; Elizabeth; Sally; James; Jane; Mar- 
 garet; John (second); Robert; Nathaniel; and 
 Nancy. 
 
 John Warren (second) was born at the home- 
 stead in Westbrook, May 23, 1776, the day of 
 his brother John's death, as above mentioned. 
 In early manhood he engaged in lumbering, 
 and established an extensive business, cutting 
 and manufacturing large quantities of lumber. 
 He died September 10, 1845. John Warren 
 was married November 29, 18 10, to Eleanor 
 Lamb, who was born in Falmouth, July 5, 
 1785. She passed away January 13, 1835, 
 leaving three children — George, William L., 
 and Lewis P. William L. Warren was killed 
 while landing a log on Crooked River when a 
 promising young man of twenty. 
 
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 Lewis P. Warren grew to manhood in West- 
 brook, trained by good parental tutelage, a fair 
 education, ending with a course of study at 
 Parsonsfield Academy in York County, and an 
 early insight into good business methods. As 
 a first step in his mercantile career he became 
 associated with Rufus and Cyrus King and his 
 own brother, George Warren, primarily in the 
 dry-goods trade in Westbrook. The business 
 was originally conducted under one roof by the 
 King brothers, who kept a large general store. 
 After the Warren brothers joined them, Cyrus 
 King and Lewis P. Warren took charge of the 
 dry-goods department, while George Warren 
 and Rufus King, the older members of the 
 firm, managed the grocery department. The 
 firm existed as a whole, and they pooled their 
 profits. It was in May, 1836, that the Warren 
 brothers became interested in the business ; 
 and six years later Lewis P. Warren withdrew 
 from active work in the enterprise, in order to 
 look after his father's farm business. This 
 was in the fall of 1842. At this juncture 
 Cyrus King established a dry-goods house on 
 his own account, George Warren and Rufus 
 King continuing in the grocery trade under 
 the firm name of King & Warren. George 
 Warren owned a share of one-half in the gro- 
 cery business, and Lewis P. owned one-fourth 
 of the whole, but was not an active partner. 
 
 From 1845 to 1854 the lumber business 
 established by their father was conducted by a 
 partnership consisting of their uncle, Nathan- 
 iel Warren, brother of the founder of the en- 
 terprise; Lewis P. Warren; his brother 
 George; and Joseph Walker, the donor of the 
 beautiful memorial library of Westbrook, who 
 owned one-half. In 1854 a new copartnership 
 was formed under the name of Brigham, 
 Clemens & Warren. The first member of the 
 firm, Dana Brighgm, had for many years been 
 a clerk and book-keeper in the employ of John 
 Warren, and later of the firm of Walker & 
 Warren. This new association was extensively 
 engaged in the manufacture of lumber until' 
 1868, when Mr. Brigham died and George and 
 Lewis P. Warren purchased his share and also 
 that of Clemens, changing the firm name to 
 G. &. L. P. Warren. 
 
 This lumber business was for many years one 
 of the largest and most important industries of 
 
 Westbrook. In 1878 Mr. Warren closed up 
 the business of the firm of G. & L. P. Warren ; 
 but he still looks after his personal interests; 
 which are quite large. He has promoted other 
 industrial activities in the town, having been 
 connected for some years with James Pennell 
 in the manufacture of weavers' harness and 
 wire, and with the firm of S. T. Raymond & 
 Co., grain dealers. In all his business trans- 
 actions, he has maintained such a course as to' 
 win and hold the respect of all with whom' he 
 was associated, and to his enterprise is attrib- 
 utable much of the growth of Westbrook in 
 population and wealth. 
 
 Mr. Warren was married in Otisfield, Me., 
 February 20, 1844, to Miss Sarah Turner, -who 
 was born May 21, 1818, in that town. She is 
 the mother of the following. children : John W. , 
 a retired business man of Westbrook; Albert 
 F. , who is interested with his father,' who 
 married Sarah C. Atkinson, and has one child, 
 Edith M. ; Lelia A., with her parents; Edna 
 A., wife of B. F. Joy, a photographer in Ells- 
 worth, Me., and mother of one child, who died 
 April 13, 1896; Benjamin Warren; and Cora 
 B., wife of Albert A. Hawkes, of Cliftondale, 
 Mass., who is connected with a packing house 
 in Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Hawkes have two, 
 children — Marion S. and Alberta L. 
 
 In politics Mr. Warren is a Republican. 
 He belongs to the Masonic Order, and in relig- 
 ious belief he is a Congregationalist. 
 
 ^EIL W.' R. STRAW, M.D., a popu- 
 lar physician in active practice in 
 
 Is I. Gorham, was born in ^Newfield, 
 
 York County, Me., April' 15, 1854, 
 son of Daniel and Hannah S. (Chadbourn) 
 Straw. The family is of Scotch-Irish descent, 
 and traces its American ancestry to an emi- 
 grant from the north of Ireland, who came to 
 this country early in the seventeenth century. 
 The Straw family has been favorably known 
 in. New Hampshire for many years; -^nd one 
 member, Ezekiel, was Governor of the State. 
 Gideon Straw, Dr. Straw's grandfather, was 
 born in Nottingham, N.H., and reared in 
 Epping. When about twenty-one years of 
 age, he went as a pioneer to Newfield, York 
 County. Here, clearing a farm, he esta^- 
 
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 473 
 
 lished a comfoilable home for the rest of his 
 days. He married Mary Robinson, a native 
 of New Hampshire; and they reared seven 
 children — Agnes, Abigail, Betsey, Sarah, 
 Cyrene, David R. , and Daniel. 
 
 Daniel Straw, who was a native of Newfield, 
 received a good common-school education. 
 On reaching man's estate he chose the inde- 
 pendent calling of a farmer, which he followed 
 in Newfield until his death at an advanced 
 age. His wife was a daughter of Ira Chad- 
 bourn, a well-to-do saddler, of Limerick, Me. 
 They were the parents of ten children, five of 
 whom died in infancy and one, a son, at the 
 age of nineteen. Those living at present are: 
 Mary R. , Cyrene A., David R. , and Neil 
 W. R. 
 
 Neil W. R. Straw, M. D., acquired the rudi- 
 ments of his education in 'the common schools 
 of Newfield. He afterward studied at Limer- 
 ick and Gilmanton Academies. Subsequently 
 he read medicine for one year with Dr. Traf- 
 ton, of Newfield, for two years with Dr. 
 Wight, of Gilmanton, N. H., and graduated 
 from Bowdoin College in 1877. He com- 
 menced practice in Auburn, Me., where he 
 remained two years. He then located in Gor- 
 ham, which has been the field of his labor ever 
 since, and where he has built up a large prac- 
 tice. His skill as a physician has won for 
 him the respect of patients and fellow-practi- 
 tioners, and his generous disposition has 
 drawn about him a large circle of friends. 
 He keeps in touch with the medical world as 
 a member of the Maine Medical Association 
 and the Maine Academy of Medical Science, 
 and he is well versed in all the latest methods 
 of professional work. 
 
 April 21, 1886, Dr. Straw was united in 
 marriage with Anne Ayer, daughter of James 
 M. Moulton, of Newfield, Me. They have a 
 son, named Palmer, who was born July S, 
 1887. In politics Dr. Straw favors the Dem- 
 ocratic party. He is a member of Day Spring 
 Lodge, No. 107, A. F. & A. M., of Newfield; 
 of Eagle Chapter, No. 11, Royal Arch 
 Masons; of Portland Commandery, No. 2, 
 Knights Templars; of Gorham Lodge, No. 98, 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and of 
 Dirigo Lodge, No. 21, Knights of Pythias, of 
 Gorham. Dr. Straw and his wife have been 
 
 members of the Congregational church for 
 some years, having joined it together. 
 
 f^AMES WILLIAMS KING, manager of 
 the King Manufacturing Company of 
 Portland, Me., was born at Plymouth, 
 Mass., March 21, i'842, son of James 
 and Betsey W. (Hathaway) King, the former 
 a native of Brewster, Cape Cod, Mass., the 
 latter of Plymouth. He traces his descent 
 from John King, who removed from Eastham, 
 Mass., to Harwich about the year 1700, the rec- 
 ords showing that he was in Eastham as early 
 as 1688. His will, which was dated Novem- 
 ber 18, 1752, shows that he was a man of con- 
 siderable means. His eldest son, Roger, was 
 born in Eastham, and settled in the part of 
 Harwich now called Brewster, where he died 
 May 23, 1768, in his seventy-fourth year. 
 His estate was valued at seven hundred and 
 thirty-three pounds, eighteen shillings, five 
 pence, a large amount for those days. Na- 
 thaniel King, the eldest son of Roger, was 
 born March 21, 1726 or 1727, and married 
 Reliance Clark. Their eldest son, who was 
 also named Nathaniel, was born at Harwich, 
 December 25, 1751, and died in Brewster, 
 February 22, 1832. He married Hannah 
 Taylor, of Chatham, in 1771. 
 
 James King, first, the grandfather of James 
 Williams, was the fifth child of Nathaniel and 
 Hannah (Taylor) King, and was baptized in 
 September, 1784. He was a seafaring man, 
 and at the time of the struggle of the Argentine 
 Republic with Spain for independence was 
 master of one of the Argentine war-ships, and 
 was quite seriously wounded in the head. At 
 the close of the war he had large grants of 
 land, and prize money from the government to 
 the amount of thirty thousand dollars, the 
 latter not to be taken out of the country. In 
 attempting to get away with it he was ar- 
 rested, carried inland, and confined in a stock- 
 ade. There were six hundred or seven hun- 
 dred others with him. He was chosen leader 
 of the company, and once escaped, but was re- 
 captured. Fully seven years elapsed before 
 his case came to trial. He was then released, 
 given his sword, uniform, land grants, and his 
 passage home. His last years were spent in 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 New Bedford as master rigger of vessels. He 
 died in 1857. He was three times married, 
 his first wife, who was the grandmother of 
 James Williams King, being Mrs. Temper- 
 ance Knowles Paddock. She became Mrs. 
 King in 1816; and during the time of her 
 husband's captivity in South America she 
 supported the family, which consisted of four 
 children — James, the father of our subject; 
 Temperance; David; and Mary — by teaching 
 common-school branches and navigation at her 
 home on Cape Cod. 
 
 James King, second, also followed the sea, 
 being Captain of a whaler at twenty-one or 
 twenty-two years of age. He died of heart 
 disease in July, 1868, while fast to a 
 whale, being then but fifty-one years of age. 
 His wife was a daughter of Joshua Hathaway, 
 who was a resident of Plymouth. Captain 
 King's family resided in Plymouth till the 
 subject of this sketch was nine years old, 
 when they removed to Middleboro, making 
 their home on a small farm. Captain and 
 Mrs. King reared three children — ^ Matilda 
 E., who died in January, 1862; James 
 Williams; and Bessie B. , who is now 
 the wife of Lyman E. Shaw, of Waterville, 
 Me. Mrs. Betsey W. King is still living, 
 making her home with Mrs. Shaw. She is a 
 member of the Baptist church of Plymouth, 
 Mass. 
 
 James Williams King attended the schools 
 of Middleboro, Mass., until fifteen years of 
 age. He spent a year in Mattapoisett, where 
 his family had removed, and August 30, 1858, 
 started on a whaling voyage, going around 
 Cape Horn in the barque "J. D. Thompson " of 
 New Bedford. At Honolulu he saw the first 
 delegation of seventy-two of the ablest men of 
 Japan on their way to the United States and 
 England, to become familiar with the advanced 
 ideas of Western civilization. He spent one 
 season in the Okhotsk Sea and one in the 
 Arctic Ocean, and did not reach home until 
 1 86 1, the first year of the war of the Rebell- 
 ion, the voyage consuming three years. The 
 first intimation he received of trouble in the 
 United States was from a vessel near Cape 
 Horn, about January, 1861 ; and when near the 
 Azores Islands another vessel threw off some 
 New Orleans papers tied to a stick, which con- 
 
 tained the surprising news of the beginning of 
 hostilities. The day the first battle of Bull 
 Run was fought Mr. King was whaling off the 
 Azores. Reaching home August 20, 1861, he 
 rested for a while, and in January of the fol- 
 lowing year went to Waterville, Me., to work 
 for his uncle, C. F. Hathaway, a shirt manu- 
 facturer. In August, 1862, he returned to 
 Massachusetts, enlisting on the second day of 
 the month in Company D, Eighteenth Massa- 
 chusetts ilegiment, Volunteer Infantry, which 
 had been in the field with the Army of the 
 Potomac nearly a year. He enlisted as a pri- 
 vate, and joined his regiment at or near Hall's 
 Hill, Va. , one week after the second battle of 
 Bull Run. The battle of Antietam was the 
 first action in which he participated, his regi- 
 ment belonging to the Fifth Army Corps; and 
 after that he was in all the engagements of the 
 Army of the Potomac, the last being at Ap- 
 pomattox Court-house, Va., April 9, 1865. 
 Mr. King was under the command of 
 General Chamberlain, to whom Lee formally 
 surrendered April 13. A new recruit in an 
 old regiment stood little chance of promotion; 
 but Mr. King was raised step by step from the 
 rank of private to that of Second Lieutenant, 
 being the only enlisted man in his company 
 of the Eighteenth Massachusetts who obtained 
 a commission. At the end of his first term of 
 service he re-enlisted in the old regiment, and 
 was afterward transferred to the Thirty-second 
 Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, receiving 
 his discharge July 17, 1865, at the close of. 
 the war. He was not wounded during his 
 term of service, but at the first Fredericksburg 
 battle, December, 1862, had his clothing 
 riddled by shot. Of his company twenty-six 
 were there killed or wounded out of fifty-one 
 engaged. At the close of the war Mr. King 
 returned to Waterville to work for C. F.- 
 Hathaway, who eventually took him into part- 
 nership. In 1879 he established a business of 
 his own in Waterville, manufacturing shirts 
 and underwear, but in 1882 returned to the 
 employ of C. F. Hathaway. In 1888 he re- 
 moved to Portland, and engaged in the manu- 
 facture of ladies' and children's muslin 
 underwear, to which he later added wrappers. 
 Starting with but one girl as an assistant, 
 he now employs from eighty to ninety hands, 
 
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 475 
 
 and is manager of a prosperous corporate com- 
 pany. 
 
 March i6, 1865, while on a twenty days' 
 furlough from the army, Mr. King was united 
 in marriage with Miss Amelia M. Thurber, of 
 North Providence, R. I. Four children were 
 born of this union — Cora A. , James, Ralph T. , 
 and Emma M. Cora A. became the wife of 
 William C. Crawford. She died in 1893 at 
 Gloucester, Mass., leaving one daughter, 
 Cora. James, who is a graduate of Colby 
 University, was two years Deputy Consul at 
 Halifax, and is no.w in the insurance business 
 at Chicago. Ralph Thurber resides in Provi- 
 dence. Emma M. is with her parents. In 
 politics Mr. King is a Republican. He and 
 his wife and daughter are members of the Bap- 
 tist Church of Waterville, Me. 
 
 lAPTAIN WALTER K. SWETT, a 
 retired ship-master of Falmouth, Me., 
 was born in this town, August ig, 
 1839, son of Simon M. and Margaret 
 S. (Davis) Swett. Captain Swett's paternal 
 grandfather, Josiah Swett, was a resident of 
 Falmouth, where he owned and conducted a 
 good farm during the active period of his life. 
 He married Eunice Noyes, a native of Fal- 
 mouth, and reared a family of four children, 
 of whom there are now no survivors. 
 
 Simon M. Swett, son of Josiah, was born in 
 Falmouth, and when a young man he learned 
 the ship carpenter's trade.- He diligently and 
 skilfully followed that occupation for many 
 years in his native town, where he was held in 
 high esteem by the entire community as an 
 upright, worthy, and exemplary citizen. He 
 died in 1876, aged sixty-three years. In poli- 
 tics he was originally a Whig, and in his re- 
 ligious faith he was a Congregationalist. His 
 wife, Margaret S. Davis, who was born in Fal- 
 mouth, became the mother of four children, 
 two of whom are living, namely: Leander N., 
 a resident of Falmouth; and Walter K., the 
 subject of this sketch. 
 
 Walter K. Swett received his education in 
 
 the common schools and at the Falmouth 
 
 Academy. After the completion of his course 
 
 ■of study he adopted a seafaring life, the first 
 
 three and a half years being spent before the 
 
 mast on board of a vessel engaged in foreign 
 trade. He was then able to perform the 
 duties of third mate; and, being naturally in- 
 telligent and progressive, he so rapidly ac- 
 quired a knowledge of the science of naviga- 
 tion and the art of managing a ship that he 
 rose through the rank of second and first mates 
 in the short space of two years, at the end of 
 that time becoming master of a merchantman. 
 He commanded different vessels, among which 
 were the ship "C. F. Sargent" and the 
 " Rufus E. Wood," which were engaged ex- 
 clusively in the foreign trade, his voyages al- 
 ways proving profitable both to himself and 
 his owners; and he continued to follow the 
 sea until 1889, since which time he has lived 
 in retirement in Falmouth. 
 
 He owns the old Norton homestead, border- 
 ing on Casco Bay, consisting of thirty-five 
 acres, a part of which is woodland; and he has 
 made various improvements on the buildings. 
 He occupies the house he built in 1873. The 
 tillable portion of his farm is very fertile, and 
 he devotes his time and attention to its culti- 
 vation with satisfactory results. The estate 
 contains a valuable spring, which resembles 
 in character the well-known Underwood 
 Spring of Falmouth, and is claimed by many 
 to equal it in purity. Politically, in town 
 affairs Captain Swett is not governed by any 
 one party, but votes independently, support- 
 ing the candidate for office whom he considers 
 the most capable to serve ; but otherwise he is 
 a Democrat. He has been three times elected 
 a Selectman, serving his last term as Chair- 
 man of the Board; and at the present time he 
 is Collector of the town. 
 
 Captain Swett was united in marriage with 
 Abbie U. C. Norton, daughter of Shubael D. 
 Norton, of Mount Desert, Me., in 1864, and 
 has had two children, one of whom is living; 
 namely, Orrin R., who is residing in Port- 
 land. 
 
 Among the fraternal orders Captain Swett 
 is prominent as a valued member and an able 
 official. He has filled the different chairs of 
 Presumscot Lodge, No. 91, Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows; is a member of Piscat- 
 aquis Lodge, No. 65, Knights of Pythias; 
 and, of Tolam Tribe, No. 14, Improved Order 
 of Red Men, being at present Great Keeper 
 
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 of Wampum of the State. He is also a mem- 
 ber of the Portland Marine Society, which was 
 formed one hundred years ago for the benefit 
 of ship-masters and their families, and has a 
 fund of thirty thousand dollars at its command. 
 In religious belief he is a Congregationalist, 
 and he attends that church. 
 
 OSEPH N. MARTIN, locomotive fore- 
 man at the Portland station of the 
 Grand Trunk Railway, whose portrait 
 is herewith presented, was born at 
 Falmouth, N. S., March 8, 1828, his parents 
 being Joseph and Abigail (Davidson) Martin. 
 The father was an old and respected farmer of 
 Falmouth and a valuable town official, serv- 
 ing as Street Commissioner for many years, 
 besides holding other offices. He possessed 
 good musical ability, for thirty years being the 
 leader of the choir of the Baptist church, to 
 which he belonged. He reared a family of 
 seven children, namely: Harris D. and Jacob 
 N., both of Falmouth, N.S., Eliza, who 
 died when "twenty-one years old; Maria, 
 deceased; Joseph N. ; Gideon D., of Halifax, 
 N.S. ; and Theresa, wife of Stilson Hutchins, 
 formerly of Dubuque, la., but now of New 
 Hampshire, one of the prominent Democrats 
 of that State. 
 
 Joseph N. Martin was bred and educated in 
 his native town, remaining there until after he 
 had become proficient in the blacksmith's 
 trade, coming here when about twenty years 
 of age, just prior to the death of his parents. 
 Mr. Martin worked for the first two years in 
 the machine shop of Freeman & Gould, being 
 afterward employed for a year in a shipyard. 
 In 1854 he began working for the Grand 
 Trunk Railway Company, during the first three 
 months as a common hand in the shop, and 
 the remainder of the year as fireman on a loco- 
 motive, subsequently becoming engineer on a 
 gravel train under Captain Everett, an old and 
 well-known conductor of the road, running this 
 engine four months. He was then given 
 charge of a freight engine, which he ran for a 
 number of years, being then promoted to the 
 position of passenger train engineer, for seven 
 years running to Paris and return, and from 
 Portland to Gorham and return. He was next 
 
 placed in charge of the repair shops in this 
 city under Jonas Hamilton, who was locomo- 
 tive foreman; but, when the main shops' were 
 removed to Gorham, he began running on the 
 road again. 
 
 In 1870, on the resignation of Mr. Hamil- 
 ton, Mr. Martin succeeded to his position, 
 which is particularly responsible. Pie has 
 entire charge of all the locomotives, locomotive 
 repairs, the firemen and engineers, and the shop 
 water-works, besides which he receives and 
 distributes all of the coal for the one hundred 
 and fifty miles of the road under his charge, 
 this including the main line from Portland to 
 Paris, the Lewiston branch, and the Norway 
 branch. It is also his especial duty to look 
 after the wrecking crew, and attend to the 
 clearing of . the road from all obstructions. 
 Some forty of the sixty-five men under his 
 charge are located in this city. He is one of 
 the oldest men in point of service on this part 
 of the Grand Trunk Railroad, and is held in 
 high regard by both his employers and his em- 
 ployees. 
 
 Mr. Martin married Miss Anna D. Whit- 
 . more, a daughter of Joseph Whitmore. Her 
 father was born in Salem, Mass., and lived 
 there until after the birth of his children, 
 when he removed to Portland, where he has 
 been engaged as a clerk in the Post-office for 
 many years. The home of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Martin is at 15 Fort Allen Park, a most desir- 
 able location, commanding an extensive view 
 of the beautiful bay. 
 
 Mr. Martin has found very little time to de- 
 vote to politics, but is a Mason and an Odd 
 Fellow, belonging to Atlantic Lodge, A. F. 
 A. M., No. 81; to Beacon Lodge, Indepen- 
 dent Order of Odd F"ellows; and to the 
 Eastern Star Encampment of this city. He is 
 likewise a charter member of the Crumple 
 Duck Shooting Club, and no pastime affords 
 him greater pleasure than its yearly excur- 
 sions. This club held its first duck shoot at 
 Jonesport, Me., in 1876, with headquarters on 
 Great Wass Island, where, in May of that 
 year, they erected a small shanty near the 
 mouth of Wilmouth Cove at the south end of 
 the island, which served as their camp for two 
 years. 
 
 In the winter of 1878 two of the club mem- 
 
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 479 
 
 bers, J. N. Martin and A. B. Moulton, of 
 Portland, purchased Crumple Island, contain- 
 ing' thirty-one acres, more or less, from the 
 widow Kelly, of Jonesport. In the spring of 
 that year the Crumple Club, with the follow- 
 ing charter members, Warren Noyes, of Gor- 
 ham, N.H., C. M. Wormwell, of Bethel, Me., 
 Fred W. Noyes, of Gorham, N. H., G- C. 
 Cobb, W. W. Thomas, Jr., John Dennis, 
 A. B. Moulton, and J. N. Martin, of Portland, 
 was formally organized. They soon erected a 
 fine club-house, eighteen by thirty-six feet, 
 and one and one-half stories in height, with a 
 cook-room, fourteen by fourteen, attached to 
 the north end. It will accommodate twenty 
 men, and is furnished with stoves and all 
 necessary equipments for comfort and con- 
 venience. This is truly the best ducking lo- 
 cality in the State of Maine. Six men, shoot- 
 ing six days, not over five hours per day, have 
 bagged four hundred and seventy-five birds. 
 
 During the second week in the month of 
 May, 1879, after the life-saving service crew 
 had been dismissed, and the Crumple Club 
 were on their annual ducking excursion at 
 Crumple Island, they had two very exciting 
 and dangerous adventures. About nine 
 o'clock on the morning of May 9, after having 
 come in from gunning and eaten breakfast, 
 J. N. Martin, one of the club members, was 
 looking through his field-glass, when he dis- 
 covered a man standing on Egg Rock, which 
 lies due east a mile and a half from the 
 Crumple. The day previous there had been a 
 heavy storm of wind and rain from the south- 
 east, and the sea was still running very high. 
 Mr. Martin spoke to Captain Church, and 
 asked him if a boat could land on Egg Rock, 
 to which he received a negative reply. He 
 then told the Captain of his discovery. The 
 latter felt that there must be some mistake; 
 but, on taking the glass himself, he saw three 
 men, and upon looking again saw a fourth. 
 Mr. Martin then took the glass from him, and 
 saw, not only the four men, but a smoke ris- 
 ing from their fire; and, turned toward the 
 south-east end of the rock, the glass revealed 
 the stubs of two masts sticking up through the 
 water. They immediately came to the con- 
 clusion that it was a shipwrecked crew. 
 
 There were at the time a number of guests 
 
 at the club-house, and, a consultation being 
 held, it was decided to get into their boats 
 and pull for Browney's Island, two miles or 
 more to the north-west, where the life-saving 
 station and buildings were located at that 
 time. Breaking the locks, they took out the 
 life-boat with all the equipments, and manned 
 it with a crew determined to rescue those 
 men or die in the attempt. They pulled to 
 the west end of Egg Rock, and, watching for 
 a favorable opportunity, drove the life-boat on 
 to the beach. The men jumped out into the 
 water and seized the life-boat, and with the 
 next wave she was borne up on to the beach 
 out of harm's way. When this had been ac- 
 complished and greetings exchanged, they 
 learned that the schooner "Zina, " Captain 
 Bradbury, with a full cargo of groceries from 
 Boston for Machias, had run on to the south- 
 east end of Egg Rock in the fog, and at the 
 second crash the sea had swept over her, carry- 
 ing the cook and galley overboard. The body 
 of the cook was found three months later on an 
 island near by. The other four men, who 
 made up the ship's company, managed to get 
 up on the rock. After Captain Bradbury and 
 the other three men had been got into the life- 
 boat, their rescuers started for the club-house 
 on Crumple Island, where they arrived in 
 safety; and the rescued men were soon enjoy- 
 ing a hearty meal served with plenty of the 
 club's delicious coffee, steaming hot, and in a 
 short time had recovered from the effects of 
 their exposure. Some of the crew were in 
 bed when the schooner struck, and conse- 
 quently were minus much of their clothing, 
 boots, shoes, and hats; but their necessary 
 wants were promptly supplied by the club 
 members, and the following day the crew were 
 sent in a fishing-smack to Jonesport, whence 
 they were conveyed to Machias by stage. 
 
 The day following, the club and their 
 guests were out early on the gunning grounds; 
 but the wind continued to blow from the 
 south-east, a dense fog still prevailed, and 
 there was a heavy sea running. About nine 
 o'clock, the ducks having let up on flying out, 
 the party returned to the club-house, and 
 while eating their breakfast the discharge of 
 two guns was heard. One of their number 
 suggested that some of the fishermen were 
 
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 gunning at Sile Rocks, but Captain Church 
 thought that the guns sounded near by. After 
 breakfast the fog lifted a little, and through 
 the mist two topmasts were seen outside of 
 the Crumple in a south-westerly direction, and 
 about a half-mile from the club-house, very 
 near duck ledges. Captain Church and Darius 
 Norton asked the loan of Mr. Martin's boat, 
 which was promptly granted; and, jumping in, 
 each with a pair of oars, they pulled out be- 
 tween the Crumple and Great Wass Island, 
 more commonly called the Flying Place or 
 Pond Gut, and around the Crumple, where 
 they found the schooner "Mary B. Harris," 
 Captain Crowley, commander, at anchor with 
 her stern within seventy-five feet of the 
 western duck rocks. There were ten men and 
 one lady on board the schooner, which hailed 
 from Indian River, and was bound for Jones- 
 port. Owing to the very heavy sea that was 
 running at the time, the chain cable was 
 liable to give way at any moment, and in such 
 an event not one of the eleven persons on 
 board could have been saved. Another rush 
 was made for Browney's Island, the life-boat 
 again taken out, fully equipped and manned, 
 and pushed to the rescue. Fortunately the 
 chain held the schooner in her perilous posi- 
 tion nobly. All the while the sea was run- 
 ning at a fearful height; but the eleven were 
 lowered into the life-boat one by one by means 
 of a bowline from the schooner, the charts and 
 valuables taken off, and all landed safely in 
 the cove on Crumple Island. The lady bore 
 up through the whole proceedings with won- 
 derful courage and fortitude, never speaking 
 or murmuring from the time she was taken 
 out until she was landed in a chair near a 
 good hot stove; and then she fainted dead 
 away, but by the application of camphor and 
 a little cold water she was soon restored. 
 The first words spoken by 'her were, "Thank 
 God we are saved, and I hope and pray that 
 God will be as merciful to all you rescuers 
 as you have been merciful to us; and I hope 
 God will bless each and all of you." She 
 was soon taken with a part of the crew of 
 the "Mary B. Harris" to Jonesport. Since 
 returning the life-boat to Browney's Island 
 after this second exciting adventure, the 
 club have not been called upon to act as 
 
 life-savers. The crew that performed this ser- 
 vice, according to the memory of Mr. Martin, 
 were Captain A. G. Church, Captain Sam 
 Crowley, D. Norton, A. B. Moulton, G. C. 
 Cobb, J. N. Martin, and two other men whose 
 names he does not recall. 
 
 An account of their heroic deed reached 
 Captain Merriman, chief of the life-saving ser- 
 vice at Washington; and a letter was shortly 
 received asking the Crumple Club to render a 
 bill for board and services. Mr. Martin im- 
 mediately wrote in reply that the club had no 
 bill to present, feeling that they had done 
 nothing more than their duty in saving life 
 when it was in their power so to do, to which 
 he asked the suggestion that the life-saving 
 station should be on Crumple Island. Two 
 weeks later the club received a second letter 
 from Captain Merriman, asking when he could 
 meet the Crumple Club on the island to ar- 
 range for a site on Crumple Island for the lo- 
 cation of a life-saving station. On May. 8, 
 1879, the day appointed, the chief and his 
 aids were prompt on time. One little circum- 
 stance took place which caused considerable 
 surprise on the part of the life-saving people. 
 Crumple Club had prepared a three-course 
 dinner of wild fowl, the first being loon steak. 
 " Loon steak, did you say, Martin ? " repeated 
 Captain Merriman. "Yes, Captain," replied 
 Mr. Martin. "My dear sir," returned the 
 Captain, "loons are considered worthless in 
 the way of food. I have followed the sea for 
 years, and this is the first time I have ever 
 seen loon steak on the bill of fare." "Cap- 
 tain, try a small piece," said Mr. Martin, 
 "and then give us your judgment on loon 
 steak." He took two good-sized pieces; and 
 his verdict was that it was very good, indeed, 
 adding, "We are never too old to learn." 
 Later he said, "I have thoroughly enjoyed 
 this wild fowl dinner at your club-house on 
 Crumple Island, and shall in future blow for 
 loon steak. " 
 
 After their meal was over, they proceeded 
 to locate the spot for the life-saving station, 
 the Hon. W. W. Thomas, Jr., who was a 
 member of the club, acting as attorney for the 
 club. Early in June a deed was forwarded to- 
 the government, and a check returned to the 
 club for the amount agreed upon. The signal 
 
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 and lookout station was soon placed on Red 
 Head, which is the turning-point into the Bay 
 of Fundy, at the extreme south end of Crumple 
 Island, and is one hundred feet above the level 
 of high-water mark, commanding a clear view 
 east and west of from forty to sixty miles, tak- 
 ing in Mooseyback Harbor, the Seal Island 
 Lights, and Grand Manan to the east, and 
 Petit Manan and Baker's Island Light to the 
 west. There has been talk of the government 
 purchasing the island, and the club are will- 
 ing to dispose of it at a reasonable price. 
 
 ISAAC D. JORDAN, a highly intelligent 
 farmer and respected citizen of Ray- 
 mond, Cumberland County, Me., was 
 born in this town on September 5, 1851. 
 He is the only surviving son of the late 
 Daniel S. Jordan. His paternal grandparents, 
 Samuel and Martha (Small) Jordan, were both 
 natives of Raymond, where the former was en- 
 gaged in farming. 
 
 Their son, Daniel S. , also chose agriculture 
 as his chief occupation, and became the owner 
 of the farm on which his son now resides. In 
 addition to his farm duties he engaged in stone 
 work as opportunity offered. He lived here 
 until his death, which" occurred on February 
 5, i8gi. His wife, whose maiden name was 
 Rhoda A. Davis, survived him, and is now 
 living with her son, Isaac D. Jordan. Seven 
 children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. 
 Jordan; namely. Ransom D., Hansom, Isaac 
 D., Isaiah E., Isaiah E. (second), Martha M., 
 and Isa D., all of whom, with the exception 
 of Isaac D. , are now deceased. 
 
 Isaac D. Jordan enjoys the advantages of 
 a common-school and academic education, 
 which was acquired in Bridgton, Paris, and 
 Limington, Me. After completing his course 
 of study he was engaged in school teaching for 
 a number of winters, and worked on the home 
 farm during the summers. At the time of his 
 father's death the entire charge of the farm 
 fell upon his shoulders. Evidences of his 
 painstaking and intelligent management are 
 everywhere visible, the well-kept fences, 
 meadows free from stone, the sleek cattle, 
 the productive fields, betokening the thrifty, 
 enterprising farmer. The place contains 
 
 about two hundred and twenty-five acres of 
 land, well adapted for general farming, stock 
 raising, and orcharding. Mr. Jordan makes a 
 specialty of raising Hereford stock, and sells 
 the cream from his dairy of choice cows. He 
 has never married. 
 
 In politics Mr. Jordan is a Democrat, and 
 for many years has been a member of the 
 Democratic Committee of Raymond, and also 
 of the County Committee. Among the offices 
 held by him are those of Collector and Con- 
 stable for four years, and Supervisor several 
 terms. He is a member of Windham Lodge, 
 No. 2276, Knights of Honor, of North 
 Windham. His father and mother were mem- 
 bers of the Free Baptist church. 
 
 /^^^RGE E. CHADBOURNE, a prac- 
 I '*) I tical farmer and leading citizen of 
 
 — ^ Bridgton, Me., was born August 26, 
 1828, in the town of Hiram, Oxford County, 
 Me., being a son of Benjamin and Nancy 
 (Richardson) Chadbourne. His parents reared 
 two children. The other, Mary Ann, born 
 May 15, 1833, married Charles B. Thompson. 
 She died in 1866. 
 
 Benjamin Chadbourne was born in Hiram, 
 Me. He was of English ancestry, as repre- ■ 
 sented by the following genealogy : Humphrey 
 Chadbourne (first), with his sons Humphrey 
 and William (second), came to this country 
 A.D. 1631; Humphrey (third), son of Will- 
 iam, died 1667; James, Sr. (fourth), Hum- 
 phrey's son, died 1686; James, Jr. (fifth), born 
 1684, died 1754; Joshua (sixth), born 1729, 
 died 1805; Joseph (seventh), born 1763, died 
 1848; Benjamin (eighth), born February 14, 
 1798, died December 18, 1875. Benjamin 
 Chadbourne was a natural mechanic and learned 
 the trade of a cooper, which he followed in 
 connection with farming. In 1852 he removed 
 with his family to the town of Bridgton, pur- 
 chasing the one hundred acres of land now 
 owned and occupied by his son, George E. 
 Here he engaged in mixed husbandry until his 
 death in 1875, at the age of seventy-eight 
 years. His wife, who was born in 1807, sur- 
 vived him until 1892. He was a man of prom- 
 inence in public affairs, having been a Lieu- 
 tenant in the State militia. Justice of the 
 
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 Peace, Selectman, and Constable of his native 
 town for a number of years. He was a practi- 
 cal Christian, being an active member of the 
 Methodist Episcopal church, and was also an 
 earnest advocate of the cause of temperance, 
 signing the first temperance pledge in the early 
 days of this great modern reform movement. 
 George E. Chadbourne, ninth in descent 
 from Humphrey Chadbourne (first), mentioned 
 above, was reared as a farmer's son, working 
 on the home farm through seed-time and har- 
 vest, and attending the district and high 
 schools during the long winter seasons. On 
 reaching mature years, he took charge of the 
 farm work, but was also engaged as a house 
 painter much of his time. In 1852 he came 
 to Bridgton with his parents; and he has since 
 resided on his present estate, Prospect Hill 
 Farm, succeeding to its ownership after the 
 death of his father. In his farming operations, 
 as in his trade, Mr. Chadbourne has been more 
 than ordinarily successful. A man of ex- 
 cellent business ability, strict integrity, and 
 wise judgment, he has often been called upon 
 to serve in official capacities, and has in each 
 instance performed his duties to the general 
 satisfaction. In 1864, during the progress of 
 the Civil War, he was chosen Selectman ; and 
 he retained the office until 1871, being Chair- 
 man of the Board the greater part of the time. 
 From that year until 1874 he was County 
 Commissioner, also serving fourteen years as 
 Trial Justice of the Peace. In 1874 he was 
 appointed agent by the County Commissioners, 
 to superintend the comparing and revision of 
 the indexes to the Registry of Deeds with the 
 records of Cumberland County, from the first 
 volume, 1760, to 1870, which now constitutes 
 the Leger Index to that date. This task occu- 
 pied more than three years, requiring the most 
 careful and laborious work. Mr. Chadbourne 
 holds a life commission as Dedimus Potesta- 
 tem Justice; and for several years he has been 
 a voluntary observer at Station 302, North 
 Bridgton, Me., belonging to the New England 
 Division of the United States Weather De- 
 partment. For twenty-nine years he has been 
 one of the Trustees of the Bridgton Academy, 
 fifteen years being Secretary of the Board. 
 He is a stanch and loyal member of the Re- 
 publican party, with which he has long been 
 
 actively identified. Fraternally, he is an es- 
 teemed and valued member both of the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows and of the 
 Masons; and he was officially connected with 
 agricultural and temperance societies for many 
 years. He has served continuously as Secre- 
 tary of the Society, for the Prevention and 
 Detection of Crime thirty-nine years, attend- 
 ing every annual meeting. 
 
 Mr. Chadbourne and Miss Louisa B. Libby 
 were united in marriage in 1851, and they are 
 the parents of six children, namely: Frank O., 
 born November 29, 1852; Edwin R., born 
 June 26, 1855; Charles B., born February 5, 
 1858, died September 13, 1869; Carrie E. , 
 born January 17, i860; Addie M., born 
 March 11, 1862; and Walter C, born August 
 13, 1866. Frank O. Chadbourne (tenth), who 
 is in company with his father in the manage- 
 ment of the home farm, married Miss Clara 
 Lincoln. They have three sons and a daugh- 
 ter, who are of the eleventh generation by 
 lineal descent, namely: Charles L., born Sep- 
 tember 30, 1876; Ethel A., born July i, 
 1879; Irving E., born October 7, 1881 ; 
 George E. , born September 21, 1894. Edwin 
 R. Chadbourne, who was graduated from both 
 the Maine Medical College and the College of 
 Physicians and Surgeons in New York, is a 
 successful practising physician in that city, 
 where the death of his wife, Annie M. Howe, 
 occurred October 27, 1887. Carrie E. Chad- 
 bourne is the widow of Frank "S. Knight, who 
 died September i, 1888. Her children are: 
 George E. Knight, born October 6, 1881, died 
 September 4, 1888; and Mary L. Knight, 
 born July 27, 1885. 
 
 ■OHN WARREN PERKINS, of the 
 firm of John W. Perkins & Co., whole- 
 sale druggists and dealers in drugs, 
 paints, oils, and dyestuffs, whose ware- 
 houses are at 94 and 96 Commercial Street and 
 2 and 4 Custom-house Whari, Portland, Me., 
 was born in Weld, Me., March 17, 1820, son 
 of Dr. Lafayette and Dorcas (Abbott) Perkins. 
 His grandfather. Colonel William Perkins, 
 was a distinguished officer in the Revolution- 
 ary army, and at the close of the war was ap- 
 pointed Commandant of Castle William, now 
 
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 Fort Independence, in Boston Harbor. On 
 March 26, 1786, a son was born to him and 
 his wife; and the event was made the occasion 
 of great rejoicing, in which all the garrison 
 participated. At the proper time the boy was 
 taken to Boston, escorted by a band of music 
 and a squad of soldiers from the fort to King's 
 Chapel, where he was christened, the Marquis 
 de Lafayette being the godfather and bestowing 
 upon him his name. 
 
 Lafayette Perkins was a boy of fourteen 
 when his father died and the family removed 
 from Castle William. He received his early 
 education in Boston, and took up the study of 
 medicine under the tuition of the famous Dr. 
 John C. Warren. Before he received his di- 
 ploma the War of 1812 broke out, and he was 
 appointed surgeon of the .ship "Argus." The 
 youthful physician became very popular with 
 all on board; and at the close of the war, when 
 the vessel was at anchor in the River Lyde in 
 France, he was presented by her officers with 
 a beautiful dress sword, which is now in the 
 possession of his son, the subject of this 
 sketch. Dr. Perkins returned to Boston, and 
 was graduated from the Harvard Medical Col- 
 lege, August 31, 1 8 14. He commenced prac- 
 tice in Boston, but soon removed to Weld, Me., 
 where he lived twenty-one years, residing on 
 a beautiful farm on the shore of a lake. 
 Though actively engaged in the duties of his 
 profession, he also dealt in real estate, making 
 large sales; and Perkins Plantation was named 
 in honor of him. On March 18, 1836, he re- 
 moved to Farmington, where his courteous and 
 agreeable manners, together with his skill as 
 a physician, soon won him a large practice and 
 made him a prominent citizen. Some years 
 prior to his death he was obliged to retire 
 from active practice on account of failing 
 health. He died in Farmington, May 9, 
 1874, in his eighty-ninth year. Dr. Perkins 
 was a member of the convention which met in 
 Portland on the second Monday of October, 
 1819, for the purpose of framing a constitution 
 for the State of Maine. 
 
 The Doctor and his wife, Dorcas Abbott 
 
 Perkins, were the parents of six children; 
 
 namely, Charles, John W., Emeline, Benja- 
 
 'minA., George A., and Samuel E. Charles 
 
 Perkins was cut off in the promise of young 
 
 manhood, just as he had finished his studies, 
 qualifying to practise as a doctor of dentistry. 
 Benjamin A. is associated in business with his 
 elder brother as one of the firm of J. W. 
 Perkins & Co. George A., who was a 
 missionary in Turkey and a teacher at Robert 
 College, Constantinople, returned to the 
 United States some twenty years ago, and until 
 a short time before his death, which occurred 
 July 15, 189s, was active in evangelical work, 
 preaching in different places in Maine, New 
 Hampshire, and Massachusetts. Samuel E. 
 was a well-known druggist in Bangor some 
 thirty years ago; it is now six or seven years 
 since he died at Farmington. 
 
 John Warren Perkins attended the common 
 schools of Weld and Farmington, finishing his 
 studies at the F"armington Academy. He was- 
 sixteen years of age when his family removed 
 to Farmington, and in that town in 1840 he 
 took the initial steps in the drug business. 
 In 1853 he removed to Portland and opened a 
 wholesale drug, paint, and oil establishment 
 in company with L H. Titcomb; and when, 
 in the following year, Mr. Titcomb retired, 
 Mr. Perkins's brother, Benjamin A., who had 
 been a member of the firm of Curtis & Perkins 
 of New York, took that gentleman's place, the 
 firm being J. W. Perkins & Co. In 1863 
 J. A. Titcomb became a member, and on his 
 retirement in 1869 J. Henry Crockett was ad- 
 mitted. W. S. Kyle joined the company in 
 1880, but retired in 1890 ; and in January, 
 1892, Mr. Crockett died. The Perkins 
 brothers with the following new associates — 
 George L. Fogg, Bion R. Lane, and William 
 P. Millay — now constitute the firm. The es- 
 tablishment is one of the largest and best- 
 appointed of the kind in New England, and 
 has maintained a high standard of credit during 
 all the time that Mr. John W. Perkins has 
 been its head. 
 
 Mr. Perkins has been married twice, and 
 has three children. His first wife, Margaret 
 Hunter, of Farmington, daughter of Thomas 
 and Betsey (Belcher) Hunter, left one son — 
 Edward Warren Perkins, who is in business 
 in Arizona. The second wife, Mrs. Eliza 
 Bellows Perkins, daughter of Charles Bellows, 
 of New Hampshire, is the mother of two 
 daughters: Mary B., wife of James B. Cahoon, 
 
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 of Elmira, N.Y., who was an ensign in the 
 United States Navy ; and Maude E. Pericins, 
 who is yet with her parents. 
 
 In politics Mr. Perkins favors the Republi- 
 can party. He is not an office-seeker, but 
 acceptably filled the position of Postmaster in 
 Farmington four years, from 1849 to 1853. 
 He is prominent in Masonry, and has filled 
 several offices, being at present Past Com- 
 mander of St. Albans Commandery, Knights 
 Templars, of which he is also a charter 
 member. In religious belief he is a Congre- 
 gationalist, belonging to the State Street 
 Church, of which his wife is also a member. 
 He has a handsome residence at 328 Spring 
 Street. No man in active business for fifty 
 years can show a better record or stands higher 
 for integrity among his fellow-citizens than 
 John W. Perkins, who, enjoying the confidence 
 and esteem of his associates to a remarkable 
 degree, occupies a prominent place among the 
 honored merchants and public men of Portland. 
 
 irAANIEL L. BRETT, a prominent 
 1=1 stock raiser of Cumberland County, 
 _— i!;^y proprietor of the Holstein Stock 
 Farm in Otisfield, was born in Paris, 
 Me., January 22, 1838, son of Seneca and 
 Sarah (French) Brett. An earlier home of the 
 family was Bridgewater, Mass., from which 
 town Mr. Brett's paternal grandfather, removed 
 to Paris, Me. lie was a blacksmith by trade, 
 and followed that occupation in connection 
 with farming. 
 
 Seneca Brett was born in Bridgewater and 
 was six years old at the time of the removal to 
 this State. In 1855 he settled upon what is 
 known as the Timothy Jordan farm in Otisfield. 
 Like his father, he both worked at the anvil and 
 followed the plough, and was a useful member 
 of the community. His wife, Sarah French, 
 who was born in Fayette, Me., became the 
 mother of seven children, as follows: Susannah 
 and Harrison, who died young; Cyrus, a pros- 
 perous farmer of Otisfield, who married for his 
 first wife Cynthia ParrLsh, of Massachusetts, 
 and for his second Martha Woodard ; Daniel 
 L., the subject of this sketch; Elizabeth Jane 
 Staples, wife of A. F. Andrews, of Norway, 
 Me. ; Sarah Augusta, who married Freeman 
 
 Merrill, of Paris, Me., and is no longer living; 
 and Loren Thayer, a prosperous farmer at the 
 old homestead, who married for his first wife 
 Jennie Keene, and for his second Mrs. Marion 
 Emerson Evans. Mrs. Sarah F. Brett died in 
 February, 1892. 
 
 Daniel L. Brett received a common-school 
 education and was reared to agricultural life. 
 He resided with his parents for several years 
 after his marriage, when he settled upon his 
 present property, which contains two hundred 
 acres of fertile land and is known as the " Hol- 
 stein Stock Farm." He has cleared and im- 
 proved the land with a view of placing it in the 
 best possible condition for general farming 
 and stock-raising purposes; and his jaroducts 
 consist chiefly of hay, com, and other grain, 
 Lima beans, potatoes, and apples, of which he 
 raises large and superior crops. He has made 
 stock raising a specialty, formerly handling a 
 yearly average of fifteen head of choice Hol- 
 stein cattle; and he also conducted a boarding- 
 stable for horses. He is a recognized author- 
 ity upon live stock of all kinds, having been 
 one of the most extensive dealers in his part 
 of the county-, and has been awarded many 
 premiums at the State and county fairs for 
 fine exhibits of stock, receiving as high as two 
 hundred dollars in money prizes in one year, 
 also having in his possession about three hun- 
 dred ribbons. He is at present giving his 
 attention to the dairy interests, and is con- 
 nected with the creamery at Poland Corners, 
 to which he is supplying a large quantity of 
 cream. 
 
 On November 20, i8"59, Mr. Brett was mar- 
 ried to Julia Ann Gorham. She was born in 
 Norway, Me., July 17, 1842, daughter of Levi 
 and Mary (Hall) Gorham, who were prosperous 
 farming people of that town, and are no longer 
 living. Mr. and Mrs. Brett have three chil- 
 dren, namely: Sarah Augusta, who was born 
 in 1 86 1, and is now the wife of Elmer D. 
 Jillson, of Green, Me. ; Charles Henry, who 
 was born in 1866, married Mabel Dorman, 
 and resides in Green ; and Ebbie Montell, who 
 was born in 1875, and is now following agri- 
 cultural pursuits in Hampton, N. H. 
 
 Mr. Brett is an active supporter of the Re- 
 publican party in politics, and is prominently 
 identified with local public affairs. He has 
 
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 served with ability as a Selectman for three 
 years, being Chairman of the Board for one 
 year; and he has also acted as Tax Collector 
 and in other town offices. Mr. Brett has 
 labored diligently for the prosperity he now 
 enjoys, and his success is the result of his own 
 unaided exertions. He is well and favorably 
 known throughout Cumberland County, and is 
 highly esteemed by all. He is a member of 
 the Otisfield Grange, and he and his wife 
 attend the Second Advent church. 
 
 "ON. AUGUSTUS HALL WALKER, 
 an ex-Judge of Probate and senior 
 member of the law firm of A. H. & 
 E. C. Walker, of Bridgton, Cum- 
 berland County, Me., is a native of Oxford 
 County, having been born December 22, 1833, 
 in Fryeburg. His father. Captain Isaac 
 Walker, was a native of Stow, being one of 
 a family of four sons and four daughters born 
 to Mr. and Mrs. James Walker, of that town, 
 which is only a few miles north of Fryeburg. 
 The grandfather owned a farm, which he 
 managed most successfully until he came to his 
 death by an accident, while he was yet in the 
 prime of manhood. 
 
 Isaac Walker was but eight years of age 
 when his father died; and he remained on the 
 old homestead with his mother, attending 
 school as opportunity offered, and assisting on 
 the farm when needed. On attaining hi-s ma- 
 jority, he commenced the battle of life for 
 himself, even with the world. Being a young 
 man of enterprise and thrift, he soon had 
 enough money to warrant him in buying an 
 intervale farm in North Fryeburg, where he 
 engaged in his chosen vocation until the ter- 
 mination of his earthly career, at the early age 
 of forty-one years. His wife, Eliza Colby, a 
 native of Fryeburg, lived to the age of forty- 
 nine years. She was the daughter of Joseph 
 and Elizabeth (Evans) Colby, the former of 
 whom was a lifelong resident of Fryeburg, his 
 birth having occurred at Mount Tom. Cap- 
 tain and Mrs. Isaac Walker reared four chil- 
 dren ; namely, Simeon Colby, Sarah E., 
 Augustus Hall, and Olive C. Simeon C. 
 Walker, who died at the age of thirty-three 
 years, was educated at North Bridgton Acad- 
 
 emy and Bowdoin College, afterward becoming 
 a successful teacher. Sarah E. died when but 
 twenty-two years of age. Olive C. became 
 the wife of the Rev. Wellington R. Cross, a 
 Bowdoin College graduate and a minister in 
 the Congregational denomination. 
 
 Augustus H. acquired his elementary edu- 
 cation in the district school, where his keen 
 intellect easily mastered the prescribed course 
 of study. When fourteen years old, he began 
 teaching school in the winters; while in the 
 summer season he worked at farming, earning 
 sufficient money to enable him to attend the 
 Bridgton Academy during the spring and fall 
 terms. In 1852 Mr. Walker entered Bowdoin 
 College, whence two years later he was trans- 
 ferred to Yale' College, graduating from that 
 institution in 1856, having for his classmates 
 many men who have since become distinguished 
 in public life, among them being Associate 
 Justices Brown and Brewer, of the United 
 States Supreme Court, and Chauncey M. 
 Depew. After securing his diploma, Mr., 
 Walker returned to his native county; and, 
 locating in Lovell, he studied law with the 
 Hon. D. R. Hastings, being admitted to the 
 bar in 1858. Mr. Walker began the practice 
 of his profession in Anoka, Minn., remaining 
 there a year, when at the earnest solicitation of 
 his only brother, Simeon, who was suffering 
 from a fatal illness, he returned home, and 
 soon established a law office in Fryeburg, con- 
 tinuing there till 1861. He then went to 
 Lovell, where he carried on a successful law 
 practice for about twenty years. Removing to 
 Bridgton in 1881, ]\^r. Walker has since made 
 this place his home, and has continued active 
 in his profession, having a large clientage. 
 In 1891, his nephew, Edwin Colby Walker, 
 was admitted into partnership with him, the 
 firm name now being A. H. & E. C. Walker. 
 On October i, 1863, Mr. Walker was united 
 in marriage with Miss Mary E., daughter of 
 Samuel and Charlotte (Goodale) Thurston, of 
 Bangor. In politics Mr. Walker has ever been 
 identified with the interests of the Republican 
 party, having loyally supported its principles 
 since casting his first Presidential vote in 1856 
 for John C. Fremont. While living in Oxford 
 County in 1867, Mr. Walker was elected 
 Judge of Probate; and he was re-elected to the 
 
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 same position several consecutive terms, serv- 
 ing until 1880. In the fall of that year he 
 was elected to the State Senate, in which he 
 served during the two following years, which 
 were the commencement of biennial sessions. 
 In the Senate he was Chairman of the Guber- 
 natorial Committee and Chairman of the Com- 
 mittee on Legal Affairs; and at that time two 
 United States Senators were elected from this 
 State, Hale and Frye, for both of whom he 
 voted. 
 
 ILLIAM G. SOULE, commission 
 merchant and importer's agent at 
 180 1-2 Commercial Street, Port- 
 land, was born in Waterville, Me., son of 
 Thomas J. and Mary A. (Gilbert) Soule. He 
 is one of a family of nine children, but four 
 of whom are living; namely, Charles S. , 
 George H., and Horatio M. Charles S., 
 superintendent of a Western railroad, is 
 otherwise prominent, having been nominated 
 as Mayor of a city in Wisconsin without his 
 knowledge. He declined to accept. His 
 wife is Treasurer of the Women's Christian 
 Temperance Union of Minnesota; and his son 
 William, a namesake of the subject of this- 
 sketch, is a Judge in Iowa. George H. is a 
 shoe manufacturer in Stamford, Conn., being 
 a member of the firm of Lounsbury & Soule. 
 Horatio M. Soule, the other brother, is a 
 fancy painter and decorator. 
 
 William G. Soule, after attending the pub- 
 lic schools of Waterville, was fitted for the in- 
 stitute under the tutorage of H. M. Plaisted, 
 who was afterward Governor of Maine. When 
 he was about seventeen years of age he was 
 graduated from Waterville Institute, and came 
 to Portland, where he served his uncle, J. J. 
 Gilbert, as clerk. A year later he took 
 another clerkship on Commercial^ Street, but 
 subsequently went to New Bedford, in the 
 lumber business, as a member of the firm of 
 Noble & Soule, where he remained about a 
 year. Enlisting in the secret service, he was 
 in that employ three months, and then entered 
 the United States Navy, being in battles off 
 Hatteras, Charleston, and Port Royal. Later 
 he was on blockade duty for a short time, 
 being afterward transferred to New York and 
 
 Boston to aid in the |ransportation of troops 
 to the South ; and later he came into the harbor 
 of Portland, where he received his discharge. 
 
 Mr. Soule then entered the service of Henry 
 Fling, wholesale grocer, with whom he subse- 
 quently became associated as partner, under 
 the style of Henry Fling & Co. On the 
 death of Mr. Fling the business was contin- 
 ued by the other members of the firm as Wey- 
 mouth, Soule & Co. When Mr. Weymouth 
 died, a new firm was formed, under the style 
 of Davis, Berry & Co., composed of Abner 
 Davis, Joseph S. Berry, Leonard Williams, 
 and Mr. Soule, who is the only survivor of all 
 the partners. Leaving the grocery business in 
 1868 on account of failing health, in 1870 
 he entered the insurance business, but later 
 was connected with Smith, Gage & Co, whole- 
 sale grocers, with whom he remained four 
 years. After that he was confidential clerk 
 and book-keeper for the wholesale drug firm 
 of Tarbox, Carney, Parsons & Co., for four 
 years. During the past fifteen or sixteen 
 years he has been engaged in the commission 
 and brokerage business, representing several 
 importing houses, now exclusively that ^f 
 N. W. Taussig & Co., the largest concern of 
 the kind in the United States, which firm have 
 branch houses in Boston and New Orleans. 
 Besides attending to the local trade Mr. Soule 
 ships from Portland, on orders from the house, 
 molasses to Canada, the New England States, 
 and the South. 
 
 In politics Mr. Soule is a Republican. He 
 was elected a member of the Common Council 
 from Ward 2 in 1864 and 1865, and from 
 Ward I in 1879 and 1880, being a member at 
 the time Lincoln was assassinated, also when 
 Garfield was assassinated. In 1889 he was ap- 
 pointed by Governor Burleigh as one of the 
 Commissioners to represent the State of Maine 
 at the Washington Centennial, April 30, 1889, 
 each State being represented by its governor 
 and his staff, besides the Commissioners. 
 When the Australian Ballot System was intro- 
 duced, Mr. Soule was nominated as one of the 
 candidates for Mayor, but not desiring to con- 
 test for the position he withdrew in favor of 
 George W. True, who was nominated and 
 elected. Mr. Soule is an honorary member of 
 the Eighth and Thirteenth Maine Regiments, 
 
WILLIAM G. SOULE. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 487 
 
 and is also a member of the Lincoln Club of 
 Portland, having been Chairman of its Execu- 
 tive Committee since its organization in 1890. 
 He is a member of the Wholesale Grocers' 
 Association, and has also been a member of 
 the Board of Trade. 
 
 His wife was Miss Fannie E. Davis, adopted 
 daughter of Captain George W. and Joanna Y. 
 (Pomeroy) Davis. They have two children 
 living — ^ Ardella M. and Eugenie F. One 
 child died in infancy. Mrs. Soule was on the 
 barque "Tennessee," one of her father's ves- 
 sels when it was wrecked off the coast of 
 France. 
 
 Mr. Soule finds relief from the pressure of 
 his engrossing business cares in his pleasant 
 home at 17 Dow Street. He is a man of cult- 
 ure, with literary ability, being the author of 
 numerous poems, which have been published 
 from to time to time in various newspapers 
 and magazines. Among the most widely 
 known of his contributions may be mentioned, 
 "Our Brotherhood" and the "Reply of 'Old 
 Willey ' to David Barker, " and many others, 
 which have been deservedly popular. The 
 late John G. Whittier was a personal friend of 
 Mr. Soule; and when the noted poet was a 
 guest of Mr. Pickard, of this city, he re- 
 quested Mr. Soule to call with his family, 
 which invitation was accepted, to the mutual 
 enjoyment of the interested parties. 
 
 field. 
 
 -OHN T. MAXFIELD, a prominent 
 farmer and Grand Army man of Naples, 
 was born in Casco, Me., June 10, 1841, 
 son of Nathan and Sarah (Cook) Max- 
 His father, who was a farmer of Casco, 
 died in iSgo. His mother's death occurred in 
 1893. They reared four sons and four daugh- 
 ters. All of the sons served in the Civil 
 War. 
 
 John T. Maxfield was reared on his father's 
 farm, receiving his education in the schools 
 of his native town. He went to work at the 
 age of seventeen in a saw-mill in the town of 
 Harrison, Me., where he remained until the 
 breaking out of the war. On October 16, 
 1 861, he enlisted as a private in Company G, 
 Fourteenth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infan- 
 try, and was 'mustered in at Augusta, Me. He 
 
 took part in several important engagements, 
 facing the enemy's guns for the first time at 
 Baton Rouge in Louisiana. In the siege of 
 Port Hudson, under General Banks, he was 
 severely wounded. He was subsequently in 
 the battles of Opequan Creek, Cedar Creek, 
 and Fisher's Hill. Cedar Creek was the last 
 important engagement during his first term of 
 enlistment. Discharged December 31, 1863, 
 he enlisted again. He received his final dis- 
 charge in August 28, 1865, at Darien, Ga. 
 Returning to Casco, he remained there till 
 1868, when he moved to Naples, taking pos- 
 session of his present farm. This is a fine 
 estate of seventy acres. On it Mr. Maxfield 
 raises a variety of garden produce, and keeps 
 pasturage for some live stock. He is a lead- 
 ing member of the Naples farming community, 
 and is very progressive in his methods. 
 
 On September 27, 1867, Mr. Maxfield was 
 married to Clara E. Ames, a native of Den- 
 mark, Oxford County, Me., daughter of Will- 
 iam A. Ames, a farmer of Denmark, now de- 
 ceased. Mrs. Ames, who was a native of 
 Maine, died January i, i860. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Maxfield have one child, a son named John, 
 born in 1872, who is still with his parents. 
 In politics Mr. Maxfield is a Republican. He 
 belongs to Crooked River Lodge, A. ¥. & 
 A. M., and is Officer of the Day of Charles 
 S^ Beckmore Post, Grand Army of the Repub- 
 lic, of Edes Falls. Residents of Naples for 
 nearly thirty years, the family are well known 
 and highly esteemed in the community. 
 
 'Cm)/illia^ 
 
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 *^ '^ railroa 
 
 LLIAM L. BLAKE, of the firm of 
 iam L. Blake & Co., dealers in 
 Iroad, steamship, and mill sup- 
 plies and manufacturers of oils at 109, iii, 
 and 126 Commercial Street, Portland, Me., is 
 one of the most active business men of the 
 city and an important factor of its mercantile 
 interests. He was born in Portland, August 
 9, 1857, being a son of John F. Blake, who 
 has charge of the oil and grease department of 
 our subject's store. John F. Blake has been 
 a lifelong resident of Portland, where, when 
 a young man, he married Miss Rosella Little- 
 field, also a native of this city, their union 
 being hallowed by the birth of seven children. 
 
488 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 as follows: Thomas F. ; William L. ; George 
 M. ; Albert H. ; John F., Jr.; Charles C. ; 
 and Rose M. 
 
 William L. Blake completed his studies 
 when seventeen years old at the Portland High 
 School, and at once entered the employ of 
 A. B. Butler, inspector of flour, remaining 
 with him until his decease, a period of three 
 years. Very soon after, in 1877, Mr. Blake 
 established his present business, beginning on 
 a modest scale, and" gradually enlarging it 
 until now he has a very heavy trade, his house 
 being the leading establishment of the kind in 
 the city. Politically, Mr. Blake supports the 
 Democratic ticket, but is not an active parti- 
 san neither an aspirant for official honors, al- 
 though he served in 1892 and 1893 as a 
 member of the School Board. Several times 
 he has been tendered nominations to various 
 political offices, but on account of his business 
 has invariably declined. He is a member of 
 the Portland Athletic Club, besides which 
 he belongs to several social organizations of 
 the city. Religiously, he and his family are 
 active and consistent members of the Congre- 
 gational church of St. Lawrence Street. 
 
 Mr. Blake married Miss Mary E. Menish, 
 daughter of the late Duncan Menish, who 
 for many years was superintendent of the car 
 department of the Grand Trunk Railway of 
 Portland. Their happy family circle includes 
 two children — Ethel Maud and Arthur W., 
 who enliven and cheer the home. 
 
 fHOMAS R BEALS, President of the 
 Thomas P. Beals Company of Portland, 
 was born in Wiscasset, Me., March 24, 
 1833, son of William and Hannah (Porter) 
 Beals. His father was Sheriff of Lincoln 
 County and proprietor of the Wiscasset 
 House. He and his wife had nine children, 
 but three of whom are now living, namely: 
 Mrs. Mary C. Gould, of Lynn, Mass. ; Mrs. 
 H. B. Dennison, whose husband is ex-Presi- 
 dent of the Dennison Tag Manufactory of Bos- 
 ton; and Thomas P., whose name appears at 
 the head of this sketch. 
 
 Thomas P. Beals, after completing his 
 school education in the academy at Wiscasset, 
 came to Portland in 1848, at the age of fifteen. 
 
 to work for Walter Corey & Co. as an appren- 
 tice to the furniture business. He remained 
 with that firm until 1861, when, joining the 
 ranks of the nation's defenders, he enlisted as 
 a private in the Seventh Regiment, Maine Vol- 
 unteer Infantry. Being soon promoted to the 
 rank of Sergeant, he filled that position for a 
 year, when he was discharged for disability, 
 and returned home. Six months subsequently, 
 he obtained an appointment upon .the Portland 
 police force, where he remained until the 
 spring of 1864, when he again enlisted, this 
 time in the Thirty-second Maine Regiment, as 
 First Sergeant. He was promoted succes- 
 sively to the ranks of First Lieutenant and 
 Captain. He took part in seven battles — 
 North Anna River, Cold Harbor, Tolopotomy 
 Creek, Petersburg, Poplar Grove Church, 
 Hatch's Run, and at the capture of Peters- 
 burg, when he was wounded while leading a 
 charge. He came home as a member of the 
 Thirty-first Regiment, with which the Thirty- 
 second, having lost greatly in numberSj -had 
 been consolidated. At Petersburg Captain 
 Beals secured the muster-roll of the Confeder- 
 ate regiment which had occupied Fort Mahone, 
 a relic which, framed, now adorns his oflfice. 
 In August, 1865, he was reappointed on the 
 police force, and, later became Deputy Sheriff 
 and Crier of the Courts in Cumberland 
 County. 
 
 The year 1 867 was a momentous one in Mr. 
 Beals's career, as he then, having resigned his 
 position as Deputy Sheriff, embarked in his 
 present business, in which he has been so 
 prosperous. His first shop was on Congress 
 Street, on the site of the present R. C. Cav- 
 anaugh School; and he began with a small 
 force of workmen. He subsequently removed 
 to Federal Street, and thence to the corner of 
 Middle and Franklin Streets. His products 
 were then largely wrought by hand process; 
 but year by year he made improvements, and 
 increased his facilities for executing a better- 
 class of work. In 1871 he admitted Joseph T. 
 Darling to partnership, the style of the firm 
 for the two following years being Thomas P. 
 Beals & Co. Mr. Beals then continued the 
 business alone for a while, first on Kennebec 
 Street and later on Exchange Street, return- 
 ing finally to his present location on Market 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 489 
 
 Street. In 1889 Mr. Beals's son, Fred H., 
 was admitted to partnership, the firm name 
 again becoming Thomas P. Beals & Co. ; and 
 with the change a new impetus was given to 
 the business. About this time they purchased 
 a building on Newbury Street, to which they 
 have since been compelled to make additions. 
 In February, 1893, the company was incor- 
 porated with Thomas P. Beals as President, 
 Fred H. Beals as ^Secretary and Treasurer, 
 and Sewall C. Ripley Superintendent. The 
 business by this time had assumed large pro- 
 portions, and was, as it is to-day, one of the 
 oldest, largest, and best-equipped manufactur- 
 ing jobbing houses in New England. The 
 Portland factories now cover over two acres of 
 floor space. Tliey confine themselves strictly 
 to jobbing and export business, and make a 
 specialty of low-price oak, ash, and birch 
 chamber sets, bedsteads, woven wire spring 
 mattresses, wood and cane seat chairs, iron 
 bedsteads, and nearly everything in common 
 furniture for which there is a demand. Every 
 article in their line, which is called for in any 
 town or city throughout the New England 
 States, New York State, and as far south as 
 Florida, can be produced at short notice in the 
 best style of workmanship, and at prices that 
 hold and increase their trade. The company 
 employs from forty to seventy-five skilled 
 workmen ; and, as far as possible, Portland 
 men are employed throughout the manufactory. 
 
 During the past year a number of changes 
 and valuable and radical improvements have 
 been made in the plant, which have resulted 
 in great advantages with respect to variety of 
 patterns, particularly of chamber sets and 
 chairs, a convincing proof to the trade that the 
 firm is thoroughly "up-to-date." In their 
 commodious sample rooms is exhibited a fine 
 display of the latest and best style of goods, 
 to inspect which the trade has a cordial stand- 
 ing invitation. The weekly pay-roll, five 
 hundred to eight hundred dollars, is an item 
 of interest to the industrious wage-earners who 
 are favored with steady employment through- 
 out the year. 
 
 Mr. Beals's fraternal connections are with 
 the Maine Lodge, Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows; Eastern Star Encampment, Indepen- 
 dent Order of Odd Fellows; the Maine Chari- 
 
 table Mechanic Association; Bosworth Post, 
 Grand Army of the Republic; the Loyal 
 Legion; and the Veteran Firemen's Associa- 
 tion. Mr. Beals was first married to Maria F. 
 Simonton, a daughter of James Simonton, and 
 by her he had two sons — Frederick H., now 
 in business with his father; and Charles T. , 
 who died in 1889. The mother of these chil- 
 dren died in 1872. His second wife was 
 Celia A. Smith, of Boston, a daughter of Jacob 
 and Maria Smith, of Exeter, N. H. She 
 passed away in 1889. Mr. Beals subsequently 
 married Adelaide M. Bibber, of Portland, a 
 daughter of Captain Bibber, of Brunswick, 
 Me. Mr. Beal is a liberal in religious belief. 
 He resides with his family at 517 New Cum- 
 berland Street, Portland. 
 
 (51 RUE M. MERRILL, a lifelong resident 
 * I of New Gloucester, where he is ex- 
 tensively engaged in shipping apples 
 to foreign markets, and carries on general 
 farming and stock raising, was born in New 
 Gloucester on St. Valentine's Day in 1850, 
 son of Cephas and Lovina (Nevins) Merrill. 
 Edmond Merrill, his grandfather, came to 
 New Gloucester in the early days of that town, 
 and united with the Society of Shakers who 
 now have a settlement near West Gloucester. 
 His connection with this community lasted 
 until his marriage, after which he purchased 
 the farm where his grandson now lives; and 
 the remainder of his life was spent here in 
 improving and cultivating the land. He mar- 
 ried Miss Phoebe Merrill, who was also a mem- 
 ber of the Shaker community. They became 
 the parents of nine children, all of whom have 
 since died. They were : Rachel, Susan, Ce- 
 phas, Mary, Joshua, Rozella, Elisha, Nathan, 
 and Sewell. 
 
 Cephas Merrill lived at home until his mar- 
 riage. He then settled on the east side of 
 Sabbath Day Lake in New Gloucester, where 
 he purchased a large tract of land, now known 
 as the Bickford farm. After sixteen years 
 spent there he sold the place and returned to 
 the old homestead to care for his parents in 
 their declining years. At their decease he 
 purchased the old homestead, and lived there 
 until his death, which occurred January 28, 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 1879. His wife, Lovina, who was a native 
 of Lewiston, Me., bore him eight children; 
 namely, Nathan, Benjamin, Davis N., Charles 
 E., Augustus, True M., Henry, and Mary. 
 Nathan died when four years old. Benjamin 
 married Miss Helen Dumont, and lives in 
 Littleton, Mass., where he is engaged in can- 
 ning vegetables and fruit. Davis N., who is 
 a successful dentist of Trenton, N.J., married 
 Miss Estella Hilt. Charles E. makes his 
 home with his brother. Augustus resides in 
 New Gloucester, where he owns four hundred 
 and twelve acres of land, half of which is 
 covered with a heavy growth of timber. In 
 1885 he purchased the saw-mill known as the 
 old William Small mill, and since then has 
 engaged quite extensively in lumbering, while 
 still carrying on his regular farm work. ' Con- 
 cerning political matters he holds to the views 
 of the Democratic party. He has been twice 
 married. His first wife, in maidenhood Miss 
 Eunice Merrill, died April, 1890, leaving one 
 child — Davis A., who married Marzilla Ver- 
 rill (deceased), and is now living with his 
 fathdr. In April, 1893, he contracted his 
 second marriage with Miss Martha Herssey, 
 who was born in Minot, Me. Henry Merrill, 
 the seventh child of Cephas Merrill, died when 
 four years of age; and Mary, the eighth child, 
 died in infancy. The survivors received a 
 good practical education. 
 
 True M. Merrill acquired his education in the 
 common schools of New Gloucester. Until he 
 became twenty-one years of age, he remained 
 with his father, assisting in the work of the 
 farm. He then started out as a salesman of 
 fruit trees and other nursery products, and 
 successfully followed that business for fifteen 
 years. Since his father's death he has had 
 full charge of the old homestead, a productive 
 farm of one hundred and fifty acres. He de- 
 votes a portion of the land to raising large 
 quantities of fruit, for which he finds a ready 
 sale by shipment to Europe. His dairy pro- 
 duces choice butter that is also a source of 
 income. He makes a specialty of breeding 
 Jersey cattle for the home market. 
 
 On March 4, 1875, Mr. Merrill was married 
 to Miss Nettie Cook, who was born in Casco, 
 Me., in 1853, a daughter of Daniel M. Cook^ 
 a prosperous farmer of that place. She died 
 
 on July 8, 1878, leaving two children — Ada 
 M. , born in 1876, now living with her grand- 
 mother in Casco; and Nettie C, born April 
 10, 1878, living at home. On February 2, 
 1888, Mr. Merrill formed a second union with 
 Miss Hattie Rhino, a native "of Nova Scotia, 
 born June 20, 1862. Her parents were John 
 and Fanny (Whiles) Rhino. Her father, who 
 is deceased, was engaged in the twofold occu- 
 pation of farmer and lumberman. Her mother 
 still lives in Nova Scotia. Two sons came of 
 this second union, namely : Harry, born August 
 21, 1889; and Jason, born July 10, 1891. Both 
 of his daughters have received a good ediication. 
 Mr. Merrill has ever been a stanch Demo- 
 crat. He has been Magistrate for seventeen 
 years and Selectman and Overseer of the 
 Poor for two years. He is a member of Cum- 
 berland Lodge, No. 12, A. F. & A. M.^ of 
 New Gloucester; and of Golden Cross Lodge, 
 No. 236, also of New Gloucester. 
 
 ARON GIBBS, an industrious and skil- 
 ful agriculturist, owning, a finely cul- 
 tivated* farm on the Highlands of 
 Bridgton, is a native of the village, 
 born June 10, 1830. His parents, natives Of 
 Cumberland County, were Alpheus and Sophia 
 (Brigham) Gibbs, who had a family of five 
 children, one of whom died in infancy. The 
 rest attained maturity, and were : Aaron, the 
 special subject of this sketch; Charles B., the 
 subject of a sketch on another pa^e, contain- 
 ing a more detailed account of the family's 
 ancestry; Lydia, wife 'of Colonel Briggs Bald- 
 win, of Kansas; and Mary, widow of Micajah 
 Gleason, of Bridgton. The mother, who out- 
 lived her husband many years, had reached the 
 age of eighty-six at the time of her death in 
 August, 1894. 
 
 Aaron Gibbs is a self-made man in every 
 sense implied by the term. He began to be 
 self-supporting at the age of eleven years, 
 when he went to work for his board and 
 clothes. On these terms he worked nine years 
 for one farmer. He received his education in 
 the district school, paying close attention to 
 his studies when privileged to attend. He at- 
 tended as earnestly and faithfully to his farm 
 duties, giving so much satisfaction to his em- 
 
LINCOLN WEBB TIBBETTS. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 493 
 
 ployer that when dying the latter bequeathed 
 to him one hundred dollars. He afterward 
 worked by the month at farm labor or any 
 other useful employment. After his marriage 
 he settled on the farm which has been his resi- 
 dence ever since. The property contains 
 sixt3'-five acres of land, which he has put in a 
 condition that makes it compare favorably, in 
 point of improvements and cultivation, with 
 any in the vicinity. In addition to this, Mr. 
 Gibbs also owns a tract of thirty-five acres, 
 the entire one hundred acres being on the 
 Highlands. Politically, he is a sound Demo- 
 crat, strictly adhering to the principles 
 promulgated by that party. 
 
 On November ii, 1858, Mr. Gibbs formed 
 a matrimonial alliance with Miss Eliza A. 
 Walker. He is the father of one child, Ben- 
 jamin W. , who is successfully conducting a 
 meat market and provision store in the village 
 of Bridgton. 
 
 T^APTAIN LINCOLN WEBB TIB- 
 I SX BETTS, whose features are portrayed 
 ^1^ on the opposite page, one of the 
 prominent business men of Port- 
 land, Me., was born in Boothbay, Lincoln 
 County, September 18, 1834, son of James 
 and Eunice (Brookings) Tibbetts. 
 
 His paternal grandfather, James Tibbetts, 
 Sr., born in 1768, married Abigail Lewis, who 
 was born in 1772. They had twelve children, 
 all of whom grew to maturity, married, and had 
 families of their own. Grandmother Tibbetts 
 died at the age of eighty-two years, leaving 
 eighty-three grandchildren, and also eighty- 
 three great-grandchildren, her death being 
 the first in the family in that long period of 
 eighty-two years. 
 
 James Tibbetts, the younger, was born in 
 Boothbay in 1806; and from that port he en- 
 tered on the life of a seaman, eventually becom- 
 ing a Captain and the owner of several vessels. 
 In the latter part of his life he resided perma- 
 nently on shore, and was engaged in farming 
 and in mercantile business. In politics he 
 was formerly a Democrat, but afterward a pro- 
 nounced Republican, being one of the organ- 
 izers of that party. He was active in town 
 affairs, holding the office of Justice of the 
 
 Peace for many years, and that of Selectman. 
 He died in Boothbay at an advanced age. His 
 wife, Eunice, was a daughter of Josiah and 
 Eunice (Bailey) Brookings, of Woolwich, Me., 
 where she was born in 181 1. She also died in 
 Boothbay. Mr. and Mrs. James Tibbetts 
 reared eight children, namely : Sumner R. , a 
 resident of Melrose Highlands, Mass. ; Lin- 
 coln Webb, of Portland; Mary Louise, wife 
 of Leonard Lewis, of Farmington, Minn. ; 
 Eliza, wife of Roscoe Hodgdon, of Boothbay; 
 Jennie, wife of Captain Ward H. Lewis, of 
 Portland; Ellen, a teacher in Massachusetts; 
 Hattie, wife of John Dow, of East Branch, 
 Mich. ; and Albert S., the eldest (deceased), 
 formerly a prominent sea captain of Falmouth, 
 in the River Platte trade during the latter 
 part of his life. 
 
 Lincoln Webb Tibbetts received a good ed- 
 ucation, finishing his course of study at Litch- 
 field Academy. He was very young when he 
 took his first voyage, a long cruise to Africa; 
 and he was Captain of a vessel engaged in 
 African trade before he attained his majority, 
 bringing hides, ginger, and palm oil from 
 ports on the west coast of the Dark Continent. 
 He made but a few voyages to Africa, being 
 engaged but two years in that trade, a round 
 trip consuming six months. After that he 
 sailed to West Indian and European ports in 
 large vessels, of which he was part owner, 
 and previous to the breaking out of the Civil 
 War he had entered into trade with the 
 South, Captain Tibbetts sailed from New 
 York just before secession was proclaimed, 
 with eight thousand kegs of gunpowder for 
 New Orleans, was dismasted in a gale, and 
 put into St. Thomas for repairs; but, when the 
 repairs were completed, Louisiana had seceded, 
 and he returned North without delivering the 
 powder, arriving in New York the day after 
 the bombardment of Fort Sumter. Captain 
 Tibbetts would have realized a neat sum had 
 he delivered the powder, but he preferred to 
 suffer loss rather than injure the Union, even 
 in an indirect way; and, though the matter has 
 been before Congress since 1872, when the 
 country could afford to reward her faithful ser- 
 vants, his loss has never been reimbursed. 
 
 The Captain was on the high seas until 
 1865, and had many hair-breadth escapes from 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 privateers, as he always refused to put his 
 vessel under foreign flags for protection. 
 After that he was four years in the furniture 
 business on shore, but in 1870 returned once 
 more to the sea, trading with the West Indies 
 and Mexico for two years, and then engaging 
 in traffic on the River Platte, carrying lumber 
 to South America, and returning with hides. 
 He was thus engaged until 1887, sailing in 
 the barque "Celina" the last five years. He 
 then went into the roofing business, represent- 
 ing a New York firm in the city of Portland, 
 an occupation which he still follows. He 
 is an eminently successful business man, his 
 knowledge of different parts of the world and 
 all sorts and conditions of men admirably 
 supplementing the tact which is his natural 
 endowment. He is Treasurer and Manager of 
 the Maine Lighting Company (incorporated) 
 and Treasurer of the Mountain Farm Seashore 
 Company, which is improving the property at 
 Small Point, near the mouth of the Kennebec. 
 July 7, 1857, Captain Tibbetts was united 
 in marriage with Elizabeth Merrill, of Rich- 
 mond, Me., daughter of Captain John Merrill, a 
 seafaring man of that locality. The following 
 children have brightened their home: Lizzie 
 May, Hattie, Emma, and Alice. The latter 
 is the wife of Dr. J. B. Thornton, of Boston. 
 Captain Tibbetts takes an active interest in 
 political affairs. He is a member of the 
 Democratic City Committee, and has been 
 twice elected Councilman from Ward i (in 
 F892 and 1893), serving while in the Council 
 on important committees; and in 1894 he was 
 nominated for the legislature, but defeated by 
 a small majority. He is well advanced in the 
 degrees of Masonry, belonging to Herman 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Gardiner, Lebanon 
 Chapter, and Maine Commandery, Knights 
 Templars, of the same place, and is also a 
 member of the Portland Marine Society. The 
 residence of Captain Tibbetts and his family 
 is at 23 Becket Street, Portland. 
 
 LONVILLE BENNETT, M.D., 
 actively engaged in the practice of 
 medicine at Bridgton, is a native of the 
 town, born August 6, 1842, son of the 
 late Joseph and Dolly (Chaplin) Bennett. Jo- 
 
 seph Bennett was born July 10, 18 10, and 
 during his long and active life was engaged in 
 the pursuit of agriculture. In 1855 he pur- 
 chased the homestead now occupied by his 
 sons, there carrying on mixed husbandry until 
 his death, August 2, 1890. He was buried in 
 the Burnham Cemetery on the farm, beside his 
 wife, who had passed away September 13, 1882, 
 at the age of seventy-eight years. Their chil- 
 dren were: Dr. Bennett and William, both of 
 whom reside on the home farm ; and Daniel E., 
 who died in infancy. 
 
 J. Lonville Bennett grew to man's estate on 
 the family homestead, receiving his early edu- 
 cation in the district and the high school. 
 Subsequently at the Bridgton Academy he was 
 fitted for Bowdoin College, which he entered 
 when nineteen years old. One year later he 
 relinquished his studies to defend the Union. 
 He enlisted as a private, September 10, 1862, 
 in Company B, Twenty-third Maine Volunteer 
 Infantry, being mustered in as a nine months' 
 man at Portland. The following March, on 
 account of physical disability, he was honor- 
 ably discharged from the service. In the fall 
 of 1863 the Doctor resumed his place in Bow- 
 doin College, remaining there until the close 
 of that school year. On November 15, 1864, 
 having recovered his usual health and vigor, 
 he again offered his services to his country, 
 joining the Seventh Maine Battery. The bat- 
 tery was stationed in Virginia during the 
 winter of 1864 and 1865. With his comrades 
 he was at the forefront in the siege of Peters- 
 burg, and afterward joined in the pursuit of 
 Lee, prior to his surrender at Appomattox. 
 He received his second discharge at Augusta, 
 Me., June 21, 1865. 
 
 After returning from the war, the Doctor 
 studied medicine with Dr. J. H. Kimball, of 
 Bridgton, for two and a half years, and then 
 entered the Portland Medical School. He 
 subsequently attended lectures at the Bowdoin 
 Medical College, from which he was graduated 
 in 1869. Dr. Bennett entered upon his pro- 
 fession at North Fryeburg, Oxford County, 
 continuing in practice there and in Lovell for 
 five years. After spending eight months in 
 Weston, Mass., he removed to Hiram,- Me., 
 where he built up an extensive patronage and' 
 remained a full decade. The Doctor next prac- 
 
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 tised in Peabody, Mass., for some time, and 
 then returned to the old homestead, where he 
 has since resided. In the exercise of his pro- 
 fession he has won an enviable reputation as a 
 practitioner of skill and knowledge. 
 
 Dr. Bennett was united in marriage in 1886 
 with Miss Rosalia Larrabee, a most pleasing 
 and estimable woman. Politically, the Doctor 
 affiliates with the Republican party, but is too 
 busy professionally to take any very active 
 part in public affairs. While in North Frye- 
 burg, he served as a member of the School 
 Committee, and while in Hiram was Super- 
 visor and member of Board for a number of 
 years. At present he is superintendent of 
 schools in Bridgton. In 1893-94 he was 
 Supervisor. Dr. Bennett is a Knight of 
 Pythias, a comrade of the Grand Army of 
 the Republic, and a member of Oriental 
 Lodge, No. 13, A. F. & A. M. 
 
 -OSEPH M. STROUT, D.D.S., who is 
 successfully engaged in the practice of 
 his profession at 457^2 Congress Street, 
 Portland, was born in Gorham, Cum- 
 berland County, Me., October 20, 1843. He 
 is a son of William and Sarah (Meserve) 
 Strout, and a grandson of George and Comfort 
 Strout. George Strout, his grandfather, was 
 born April 9, 1780, and died September 10, 
 1837; his wife, Comfort, was born October 
 24, 1780, and died April 15, 1839. 
 
 Their son William Strout was born in Gor- 
 ham, November 17, 1804, and obtained his 
 education in the common schools of that town. 
 He learned the trade of a shoemaker, which he 
 followed exclusively until 1845, at which time 
 he purchased a farm, subsequently devoting 
 a part of his time to agriculture. During the 
 last twelve years of his life he suffered greatly 
 from rheumatism, which completely inca- 
 pacitated him for the performance of any 
 kind of labor, though his mental faculties re- 
 mained clear to the last. His cleath took 
 place October 31, 1886. His wife Sarah, 
 who was a daughter of John Meserve, of Scar- 
 boro. Me., was born August 21, 1805, and 
 died June 15, 1864. She bore her husband 
 two sons and a daughter, namely: Mary E. , 
 who was born March 26, 1836, and became the 
 
 wife of Jedediah Wheeler, of Deering, Me. ; 
 William E., born May 18, 1839, and now a 
 resident of Gorham, Cumberland County ; and 
 Joseph M. Both parents were members of the 
 Free Will Baptist church, which the father 
 served as Deacon for a number of years. 
 
 Joseph M. Strout was educated in the com- 
 mon schools and academy of his native town. 
 Fie then took up the study of dentistry in the 
 office of Charles FI. Osgood, of Portland. 
 After acquiring a good knowledge of his pro- 
 fession, he formed a partnership, in 1868, 
 with Albert Evans, which continued until 
 1873, when he opened an office of his own. 
 He has since acquired a large and successful 
 practice, and has a good standing among his 
 professional brethren. He is progressive in 
 his methods, keeps in touch with the latest 
 discoveries and improvements in dentistry, and 
 possesses a large share of technical skill. His 
 genial manners and gentlemanly characteristics 
 also have much to do with his personal popu- 
 larity. On September 17, 1879, Dr. Strout 
 was married to Miss Sarah A. Willard, a 
 daughter of William Willard, of Portland. 
 Dr. Strout is associated by membership with 
 Portland Encampment arid with Beacon Lodge, 
 No. 6"], Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
 of Portland, of which he i.s Past Grand Master. 
 
 7TAHARLES E. SMALL, of Raymond, 
 I \^ the proprietor and manager of the 
 ^^'^ well-known Raymond Springs and 
 
 the Raymond Springs Hotel, was 
 born in Falmouth, Cumberland County, No- 
 vember 25, 1845, son of the Hon. William 
 and Sarah H. (Churchill) Small. 
 
 William Small grew to manhood in Minot, 
 Me., whence he afterward removed to Fal- 
 mouth, where he conducted a hotel and store 
 from 184s to 1847. F"rom Falmouth he went 
 to Gray, Me. ; and, after keeping a store and 
 hotel in that place for about three years, he 
 settled in Raymond. He was a stirring busi- 
 ness man. For thirty years he was at the head 
 of a general store in this town, being at the 
 same time engaged quite extensively in. farm- 
 ing, and conducting one of the largest lumber- 
 ing enterprises in Cumberland County. In 
 politics he was a Republican; and, although 
 
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 an active worker in the interests of his party, 
 he was never an office-seeker. He was never- 
 theless oftefl chosen for positions of responsi- 
 bility and trust. He served as Selectman for 
 a number of terms, as County Commissioner 
 from 1873 to 1875, and as Postmaster of Ray- 
 mond for over a quarter of a century. He died 
 in this town on December 18, 1886. His 
 wife, Sarah, to whom he was married in 
 March, 1845, was born in Raymond, April 25, 
 1826, daughter of Matthew and Dolly (Hall) 
 Churchill. Her father was from Buckfield, 
 Me. ; and her mother was a native of Falmouth. 
 Mr. Churchill spent his life in Falmouth, suc- 
 cessfully engaged in the trade of a stone 
 cutter, and also in farming to some extent. 
 William Small and his wife were the parents 
 of five children, namely: Charles E. , the sub- 
 ject of this sketch; George L., born April 17, 
 1848, who died December 18, 1877; Roland, 
 born October 27, 1855, who died March 21, 
 1864; Clarence Elmer, born July i, 1858, 
 who died April 2, 1864; and William Everett 
 Burnside, born December 19, 1863, who died 
 March 22, 1864. 
 
 Charles E. Small, the only survivor of his 
 parents' children, at his father's death took 
 charge of the Raymond Springs property, 
 which had become his father's by purchase 
 some time previously. He lost no time in 
 completing the improvements designed and 
 begun by his father. On this estate is the 
 Raymond Springs House, but twenty-two 
 miles distant from the city of Portland, and 
 located in one of the most beautiful spots in 
 the county, overlooking a picturesque valley 
 dotted with a chain of small lakes, and within 
 four miles of the famous Poland Springs. 
 Since his marriage Mr. Small has conducted 
 the hotel as a health and pleasure resort. 
 Persons desiring to spend the summer months 
 in one of the most attractive places in the 
 State will make no mistake in selecting Ray- 
 mond Springs. The hotel has accommodations 
 for thirty guests, but each year its proprietor 
 is compelled to turn away a large number of 
 people. It is conducted in first-class style, 
 and its guests are all of the better class of those 
 who leave our New England cities during the 
 summer months. Mr. Small also carries on 
 farming and gardening in connection with his 
 
 hotel, being in this way able to supply his 
 table with fresh vegetables, eggs, milk, and 
 small fruits. The springs are but a few steps 
 from the hotel, and are now covered with a 
 fine spring house. 
 
 1844, at 
 place of 
 Lucy T. 
 comes of 
 scendant' 
 
 ,HILIP J. LARRABEE, who has 
 been actively engaged in the legal 
 profession at Portland for the past 
 twenty-five years, was born April 12, 
 Scarboro, Me., which was also the 
 nativity of his parents, John S. and 
 (Libby) Larrabee. Mr. Larrabee 
 pioneer stock, being the direct de- 
 of Stephen Larrabee, who removed 
 from Maiden, Mass., to Cumberland County 
 at a very early day, locating in North Yar- 
 mouth, where his son Thomas was born in 
 1660. In 1 68 1 the said Thomas was a land- 
 holder in Scarboro; but at the time of the 
 Indian War, in 1686, he changed his residence 
 to Kittery. He subsequently returned to 
 Scarboro, and on April 19, 1723, was killed 
 by the Indians. His son John was married 
 January 13, 1726, to Mary Ingersoll, of Kit- 
 tery; and on March 3, 1744, their son Philip, 
 the great-grandfather of Philip J. Larrabee, 
 whose name we have placed at the head of this 
 sketch, was born. 
 
 Philip Larrabee married Sally Smith, of 
 Berwick, afterward settling in Scarboro, 
 where his death occurred May 11, 1826. 
 Their son Daniel, the next in the line of 
 descent, was born April, 1782, and settled in 
 North Scarboro, where he lived until the time 
 of his decease, July 6, 1864. He was. a 
 farmer by occupation, and was a soldier in the 
 War of 1 81 2, serving as Captain of a company. 
 Captain Larrabee married Mary Quimby, who 
 bore him several children, among them being 
 John S., who is mentioned above. 
 
 John S. Larrabee was born June 12, 1816, 
 and was reared to agricultural pursuits, which 
 he followed for several years. He subse- 
 quently engaged in mercantile business, hav- 
 ing a general store at Scarboro. In 1858 he 
 removed to Portland, where he lived about 
 seven years, returning then to the place of his 
 birth, there making his home until his death, 
 which occurred on the old homestead January 
 
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 24, 1884. In December, 1841, he married 
 Lucy T. Libby, a daughter of Johnson and 
 Emeline Libby, the latter of whom attained 
 the venerable age of ninety-four years. Mrs. 
 Lucy T. Larrabee, now an active woman of 
 threescore and ten years, bids fair to live as 
 many years as her mother. She bore her hus- 
 band three children, two of whom are now 
 living — ^ Philip J. ; and Lucy M., wife of Will- 
 iam D. Libby. 
 
 Philip J. Larrabee attended the Scarboro 
 schools till fourteen years of age, when he 
 came to this city, where he continued his edu- 
 cation, being graduated from the high school 
 in 1863. He subsequently entered Tufts Col- 
 lege, from which he was graduated in 1867. 
 While in college Mr. Larrabee taught school 
 two or three winters, afterward being an in- 
 structor in the Portland Academy for two 
 years. In the mean time he read law with 
 Howard & Cleaves; and, being admitted to the 
 bar by examination in 1869, he established 
 himself in the law business, practising alone 
 until 1883. In that year Mr. Larrabee formed 
 a copartnership with the Hon. M. P. Frank, 
 the firm being one of the strongest in the city, 
 with an extensive and lucrative practice. Mr. 
 Larrabee is well known as one of the most 
 able attorneys in this locality, thoroughly ac- 
 quainted with the intricate points of the law, 
 and an indefatigable worker. He is influen- 
 tial in politics, actively supporting the Demo- 
 cratic party, which has at various times nomi- 
 nated him for official positions, he having been 
 a candidate for Councilman, Alderman, County 
 Attorney, and as Representative to the State 
 legislature. The Republican party, however, 
 being in power, he was defeated each time. 
 For five or more years he served his party as a 
 delegate to the different State conventions. 
 
 Mr. Larrabee is identified with many busi- 
 ness and social organizations, being President 
 of the Washington Casualty Insurance Com- 
 pany of Portland ; Treasurer of the State En- 
 graving and Manufacturing Company, with 
 quarry and factory at Monson and Portland; 
 and one of the Directors and Clerk of the 
 Lakeside Press, which is the best-equipped 
 printing and binding establishment in the 
 State. He likewise belongs to the Falmouth 
 Club, which is devoted to the interests of the 
 
 Democratic party, and to the Knights of 
 Pythias. 
 
 The pleasant home of Mr. Larrabee at 102 
 Emery Street is presided over by his wife, 
 whose maiden name was Sara L. Ballard. 
 She is a native of Buxton, this State, where 
 she was bred and educated. They are the par- 
 ents of three children — Frank P., a graduate 
 of Tufts College; Emily D. ; and Helen. In 
 religious matters Mr. Larrabee has always 
 attended and supported the Universalist 
 church, but is a free thinker and entirely inde- 
 pendent in his views of faith and doctrine. 
 
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 ILLIAM WALLACE ANDREWS, 
 a wealthy farmer and highly re- 
 spected citizen of Otisfield, Me., 
 was born in this town on June 18, 1839, son 
 of Asa and Alazander S. (Stubbs) Andrews. 
 
 The paternal grandparents of Mr. Andrews 
 were among the pioneer settlers of Norway, 
 Oxford County. They died there, and when a 
 small boy Asa Andrews went to live with an 
 uncle who resided in that town. In his new 
 home he became familiar with practical farm- 
 ing, and on starting for himself he took up 
 that vocation in Otisfield. Here he purchased 
 a farm that he continued to carry on with 
 profit until his death in 1894. He was a 
 prominent citizen of this town, and was called 
 upon to fill official positions, the duties of 
 which he performed in a creditable manner. 
 
 His wife's maiden name was Alazander 
 Stubbs. Left an orphan at an early age, she 
 came to Otisfield to live with an uncle, re- 
 maining with him until her marriage. Pilr. 
 and Mrs. Asa Andrews had five children — 
 Henry L., William Wallace, Abner L., Ellen 
 R., and Julia A. Henry L. Andrews, born 
 June 18, 1837, died September 19, 1859. 
 Abner L., born September 14, 1844, died in 
 California, May 4, 1873, survived by his wife, 
 formerly Maria Millett, who is again married, 
 and lives in Portland, Me. Ellen R. An- 
 drews, born May 6, 1851, who became the wife 
 of Albert L. F. Pike, of Norway, died July 
 29, 1889. He still resides in Norway, where 
 he is Manager of the Norway Medicine Com- 
 pany and Secretary of the Odd Fellows' 
 Graded Mutual Relief Association of Maine. 
 
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 The youngest child, Julia A., born August 2, 
 1853^ died January 5, 1888. All of the chil- 
 dren were well educated, and some of them en- 
 gaged in teaching in this county. Their 
 mother is still living, occupying a house near 
 that of her son William. 
 
 Until some time after the outbreak of the 
 Civil War, William Wallace Andrews was a 
 member of the paternal household. On 
 August 25, 1862, he enlisted as a recruit in 
 Company G of the Tenth Maine Infantry, 
 commanded by Colonel Beal. This regiment 
 had but eight months to serve, but Mr. An- 
 drews together with some three hundred other 
 men, having been mustered into the service 
 for three years, were retained in the field; 
 and these few men served for a time as a dis- 
 tinct organization, known as the Tenth Maine 
 Battalion, but were finally consolidated with 
 ■the Twenty-ninth Maine Regiment. 
 
 Mr. Andrews was at the battles of Chan- 
 cellorsville arid Gettysburg, and took part in 
 three of the battles in the Shenandoah Valley, 
 the second battle of Winchester, Fisher's 
 Hill, and Cedar Creek. In the last-named 
 engagement, fought October 19, 1864, he re- 
 ceived a bullet wound in the left leg, and on 
 account of disability thus caused he was 
 honorably discharged while in the hospital at 
 Augusta, Me., April 28, 1865. About two 
 years later he was married, and he subse- 
 quently purchased one-half of his father's 
 farm. He has since purchased other land, in- 
 cluding the old homestead, so that he now 
 owns about three hundred and twenty acres. 
 He devotes considerable attention to general 
 farming, but makes a specialty of fruit and 
 dairying. He keeps on an average about 
 eighteen milch cows, from which he sells the 
 cream. 
 
 On October 26, 1867, Mr. Andrews was 
 married at Norway, Me., to Miss Addie Au- 
 gusta Pike, the ceremony being performed by 
 the Rev. P. B. Wilcox. Mrs. Andrews was 
 born in Norway, April 5, 1844, daughter of 
 Luther F. and Adaline A. (Millett) Pike, her 
 parents being natives of the town of Norway. 
 Throughout his active years her father was 
 profitably engaged in farming. He is still' 
 living in Norway at- the advanced age of 
 ninety-one years. Her mother died May 21, 
 
 1886. Mr. and Mrs. Andrews have two chil- 
 dren now living — Lillian May and Henry 
 Asa. Lillian May Andrews, born October 2,, 
 1870, who has been a very successful teacher, 
 is now attending the State Normal School at 
 Farmington, Me., where she will' be graduated 
 a few weeks hence, June 11, 1896; Henry 
 Asa Andrews, born October 29, 1878, is now 
 being educated at Norway Liberal Institute, 
 Norway, Me. Their elder son, Luther 
 Abner, born April 17, 1875, died October 26, 
 1876. 
 
 Mr. Andrews takes an active interest in 
 political matters, and has always been a sup- 
 porter of the Republican party. He has 
 served acceptably as Selectman and for sev- 
 eral terms as a member of the School Board. 
 He is a member of the following fraternal 
 organizations: Norway Lodge, No. 16, Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows; Harry Rust 
 Post, No. 54, Grand Army of the Republic, 
 of Norway; and Frederick Robie Grange, of 
 which he was Master. He was a member of 
 the Crooked River Grange, of which he was 
 Master fifteen years; and he was Master of 
 Oxford County, Pomona, Grange for two years. 
 Mr Andrews is a communicant of the Congre- 
 gational church, in which he holds the posi- 
 tion of Treasurer. He is an ardent believer 
 in the progressive development of Christian- 
 ity, has devoted much attention to the relig- 
 ious thought of the day, and in 1891 pub- 
 lished a pamphlet of his own production, 
 which is regarded by those of like faith as 
 ' a logical, careful, well-written work, with 
 the positions taken well sustained." 
 
 ON. SEWALL GROSS, a prominent 
 Justice of the Peace and an ex-Rep- 
 te I resentative of the State legislat- 
 ure, now living in retirement in 
 Upper Gloucester, was born in New Glouces- 
 ter May 21, 1809. His parents were Isaac 
 and Sarah (Woodman) Gross. The father, a 
 shoemaker by trade, was born in Hingham, 
 Mass., on August 27, 1763. He came to New 
 Gloucester when he was seventeen years of 
 age, and there remained, being engaged In 
 farming until his death in 1827. The mother 
 died in 18 14. They had seven children, 
 
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 namely: Betsey, born March lo, 1793, who 
 married Henry R. Parsons, now deceased; 
 Isaac, born December 5, 179S, who succes- 
 sively married Percis N. Davis and Maria 
 Bearce, of Turner, Me., and died on January 
 12, 1 89 1, leaving a widow, now residing in 
 Auburn, Me. ; Sallie, born December 7, 1798, 
 who died on October 30, 1815; Otis C, born 
 September 21, 1800, who married Sallie Nel- 
 son, both now deceased, his death having oc- 
 curred July 18, 1849; Annie, born June 12, 
 1803, who died May 21, 1821; Abigail, born 
 October 5, 1805, who successively married 
 Isaac Curtis, of Richmond, Me., and Joseph 
 Freeman, and died July 5, 1879; ^^^ Sewall, 
 the subject of this sketch. 
 
 The Hon. Sewall Gross, after completing 
 his school education, was engaged in the mer- 
 cantile business in New Gloucester, associated 
 with Joseph Cross as partner for about twenty 
 years. His interest in the enterprise there- 
 after continued for the balance of sixty years, 
 during thirty of which he was Postmaster. 
 He was Selectman ancl^Collector for a number 
 of years; and in 1857 he was a Representative 
 to the State legislature. Mr. Gross was Jus- 
 tice of the Peace for thirty-five years. In 
 politics he has been a stanch Republican since 
 the organization of the party. He is also 
 actively interested in the temperance cause, 
 being a member of the Society of Good Tem- 
 plars in this town. 
 
 Mr. Gross was twice married. His first 
 wife, whom he led to the altar on November 
 14, 1836, was Louisa N. (Parsons) Gross, a 
 native of North Yarmouth, Me., born August 
 22, 1 81 5, daughter of David and Mary (Bacon) 
 Parsons. Her father belonged in Poland, 
 Me., where he was engaged in farming until 
 his death. The mother belonged in North 
 Yarmouth, Me. Mrs. Gross had four chil- 
 dren. These were: David S., born August 
 13. 1837, who died in infancy; Charles S., 
 born May 5, 1839, who married Cornelia J. 
 Cook, and is living in Auburn, N.Y.; George 
 P., born December 20, 1840, who married 
 Georgiana M. Harlow, and resides in Newton, 
 Mass. ; Jabez Henry Cushman, born August 
 27, 1842, who married Mary J. Boone, of 
 Chicago, and died June 15, 1886, leaving a 
 -- widow, since a resident of Chicago. On No- 
 
 vember 10, 1844, Mr. Gross married his first 
 wife's sister, Caroline E. Parsons, also a na- 
 tive of North Yarmouth, born August 7, 1822. 
 Mr. Gross and his present wife are the parents 
 of three children — Grenville M., Frank Les- 
 lie, and Otis Crosby. Grenville M. , who was 
 born May 24, 1846, was twice married, • Ella 
 G. Ross being the first wife, and Miss Eu- 
 genia Schofield the second; he now lives 
 with the latter in Chicago, 111. Frank Leslie, 
 born November 30, 1847, entered matrimony 
 with Mary Ellen Woodard; and they live in 
 Newton, Mass. Otis Crosby Gross, born in 
 January 18, 1852, died on August 4, 1854. 
 The surviving children of Mr. Gross had the 
 advantage of a high-school education. Both 
 parents are highly esteemed members of the 
 Baptist church. In the retirement Mr. Gross 
 now enjoys, having done his duty well, he 
 must find much pleasure in retrospection. 
 
 OSES MELVIN BAILEY, of the 
 firm of H. J. Bailey & Co., dealers 
 in carpetings and upholstery, 
 Portland, Me., was born in 
 Winthrop, Me., September 30, 1869, son of 
 Moses and Hannah C. (Johnston) Bailey. 
 His great-grandfather, Jacob Bailey, settled 
 in Maine about 1786, locating in the town of - 
 Leeds. His son Ezekiel, the grandfather of 
 our subject, was a manufacturer of oil-cloth, 
 when that industry was in its infancy. He 
 spent the last fifty years of his life at Bailey- 
 ville, Winthrop, dying without sickness at the 
 age of eighty. He was twice married, his 
 first wife being Hannah Robbins, of Win- 
 throp. She died July 28, 1828, leaving four 
 sons, whom their maternal grandmother took 
 charge of to the time of her death, which took 
 place in 1847. Ezekiel Bailey subsequently 
 married Mary Robbins, the sister of his first 
 wife, and by this union had three sons. 
 
 Moses Bailey, the first of the name, was the 
 second son of Ezekiel and Hannah (Robbins) 
 Bailey, and was ten years of age when his 
 mother passed to the world beyond. At the 
 age of sixteen he entered the Friends' Board- 
 ing School at Providence, R. I., where he 
 studied during part of 1834, 1835, and 1836, 
 and while there developed a literary talent of 
 
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 no mean order, writing several essays of merit, 
 some of which have been preserved in a volume 
 entitled "Reminiscences of a Christian Life." 
 This book was edited and published by his 
 wife, Mrs. H. J. Bailey, and -contains essays 
 on "The Ocean," "The Character of Man," 
 "The Ruins of Time," "Education," "The 
 Works of Nature," "Virtue," "The Existence 
 of God," and a poem entitled "Man," dated 
 
 1837- 
 
 At the age of eighteen Moses Bailey en- 
 tered on his business career, engaging in the 
 manufacture of oil-cloth with his father; and 
 when he reached his majority he and his 
 brother Charles purchased the business. They 
 prospered increasingly from year to year, en- 
 larging their manufacturing capacity and im- 
 proving on the crude modes of labor until their 
 trade grew to vast proportions. Moses Bailey 
 threw all his energy into his work, hesitating 
 not to do the most humble service, peddling 
 goods from place to place, laboring with his 
 hands in any department of the factory, and 
 working mentally for the promotion of all 
 interests concerned. He eventually sold his 
 share in this business to his brother, and 
 erected a new factory consisting of many sepa- 
 rate buildings for the different departments. 
 This was located at Baileyville; and there he 
 conducted a thriving business until the sum- 
 mer of 1870, when his buildings were de- 
 stroyed by fire. His health being impaired at 
 this time, he decided not to rebuild immedi- 
 ately; but, not desiring to retire from busi- 
 ness altogether, he formed a partnership with 
 J. S. Marrett, of Portland, purchasing the 
 store of Marrett, Poor & Co. of that city, and 
 on January i, 1871, they opened for business 
 under the style of Marrett, Bailey & Co. The 
 elder Mr. Bailey retained his interest in this 
 establishment during the rest of his life. In 
 1871 he rebuilt his factories at Winthrop with 
 enlarged capacities. The plant was afterward 
 sold to his brother, Charles M. Bailey; and a 
 thriving business -is still carried on there. 
 Moses Bailey was a birthright member of the 
 religious Society of Friends, his ancestors for 
 several generations having been believers in 
 the Quaker doctrine. He was a prominent 
 member of the local community of Friends, 
 serving as clerk of the Fairfield quarterly- 
 
 meeting thirteen years and of tb,e Winthrop 
 monthly meeting twenty-two years. He died 
 June 6, 1882. 
 
 Moses Bailey was twice married. In his 
 twenty-third year he was united to Betsey 
 Jones, daughter of Reuben Jones, of Win- 
 throp; and they began housekeeping in a 
 prudent way in a modest residence, which 
 they occupied for fourteen years. In 1856 he 
 erected a larger and more convenient house, 
 which was his home during the rest of his 
 life; and there the partner of his joys and 
 sorrows, who had shared with him the trials 
 and privations of early life, died March 21, 
 1867, having attained the age of fifty-two 
 years, five months, and thirteen days. On 
 October 13, 1868, Mr. Bailey married Hannah 
 C. Johnston, daughter of David Johnston, of 
 Plattekill, Ulster County, N.Y. Mrs. Han- 
 nah C. Bailey, who is still living at the old 
 homestead at Winthrop, is a most estimable 
 lady, well educated and capable. 
 
 Moses Melvin Bailey received a good educa- 
 tion, attending the common schools of Win- 
 throp, and taking a three years' course at the 
 Maine Wesleyan Seminary at Kent's Hill, 
 Me. In 1890 he engaged in the carpet busi- 
 ness in Portland, succeeding to his father's in- 
 terest in the firm of H. J. Bailey & Co. This 
 firm has a large establishment, and conducts a 
 very prosperous business. Mr. Bailey is the 
 owner of considerable real estate, including a 
 farm of three hundred acres, of which he is 
 manager. He has a fine herd of some thirty 
 cows on this farm, and other valuable stock. 
 He is also the owner of the estate at 181 
 Forest Avenue, Woodford's, which was for- 
 merly owned and occupied by Captain Coyle, 
 a well-known steamboat officer. Mr. Bailey 
 purchased this property since engaging in 
 business in Portland, and makes it his perma- 
 nent home. 
 
 In 1 89 1 Mr. Bailey was united in marriage 
 with Miss Lettie M. Smith, daughter of An- 
 drew J. and Matilda (Record) Smith, of Fair- 
 field, Me. One child brightens their home, 
 a little son named Moses, who is now (1896) 
 two years old. 
 
 In politics Mr. Bailey is independent, vot- 
 ing for the men whom he thinks will carry out 
 the principles in which he believes. He and 
 
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 his wife are members of the Friends' Church 
 of Portland, and are highly esteemed in the 
 community. 
 
 'AMUEL S. LATHAM, a leading 
 farmer of Pownal, was born in Gray, 
 Me., April 8, 1825, son of Galen 
 and Betsey (Soper) Latham. Mr. 
 Latham's grandfather, Eliab Latham, who was 
 probably a native of Bridgewater, Mass. , became 
 an early settler in Gray, where he followed 
 the trade of a blacksmith. He resided in Gray 
 for many years, and died March 18, 18 18, his 
 death having been caused by a conflagration, 
 which destroyed his residence. He reared 
 five children, all of whom grew to maturity, 
 and became heads of families. 
 
 Galen Latham, who was born in Gray in 
 1790, learned the trade of a ship carpenter, 
 which he followed as an occupation conjointly 
 with farming An industrious and worthy citi- 
 zen, he was a lifelong resident of Gray, where 
 his death occurred February 22, 1831, at the 
 age of forty-one years. His wife, Betsey, 
 also a native of Gray, born in 1793, became 
 the mother of six children, three of whom are 
 living. These are: Samuel S. , the subject of 
 this sketch; Lucy F., who was born August 
 13, 1828, and is now the wife of Edwin B. 
 Madden, of Old Town, Me. ; and William W., 
 born March 17, 1830, and now residing in 
 Portland, Me. The others were: Eliab, born 
 April 5, 1 8 19, who died September 29, 1844; 
 Mary, born April 28, 1821, who died October 
 12, 1858; and Artemas, born October 6, 1817, 
 who died December 2, 1880. The mother 
 lived to the age of eighty years. She was a 
 member of the Free Will Baptist church. 
 
 Samuel S. Latham received his education 
 in the schools of East Gray. As he was left 
 fatherless at a very early age, he was obliged 
 to begin to work for the support of his mother 
 and himself when quite young. He accepted 
 any suitable employment that presented itself, 
 and resided at home until he reached the age 
 of twenty-seven years. Then he moved to 
 Pownal, where he located upon the farm he 
 now owns and occupies. His property, which 
 is desirably situated, consists of one hundred 
 acres of fertile land. He has brought it into 
 
 a high state of cultivation, and has made vari- 
 ous improvements upon the buildings. He 
 devotes his time and energies to general farm- 
 ing, producing large crops of a superior 
 quality. In politics he has always supported 
 the principles of the Democratic party. He 
 has been conspicuous in town affairs for many 
 years. He served with ability and good 
 judgment as a member of the Board of Select- 
 men for five years, and he has also held other 
 offices of responsibility and trust. 
 
 On June 9, 1852, Mr. Latham was united in 
 marriage to Harriet E. Starbird, who was born 
 in Gray, May 28, 1831. They have had two 
 children, namely: Alice Jeanette, who, born 
 September 22, 1853, married Jabez True, and 
 died November 28, 1872; and Fannie C., born 
 June 6, i860, who married George A. Mars- 
 ton, and died April 24, 1893. Mrs. Latham^ 
 died May 22, 1894. She was a member of 
 the Congregational church. Mr. Latham pos- 
 sesses the keen intelligence characteristic of 
 the New England farmer. He is well in- 
 formed upon the important issues of the day, 
 and has long been recognized as an active 
 leader of the Democratic party in his locality. 
 
 T^APTAIN EBEN RING YORK, a 
 I Vt-^ retired ship-master residing at Yar- 
 ^^'^ mouthville. Me., who died on April 
 
 2, 1896, and was buried with Ma- 
 sonic honors, was born in Falmouth, Me., 
 April 20, r822. He was a son of Captain 
 William Ring and Mary (Sanborn) York, and 
 came of a line of seafaring men, his ancestors 
 for at least two generations having been mar- 
 iners. His grandfather, Joseph York, was 
 among the early settlers of Falmouth. He 
 died in comparatively young manhood, leaving 
 a family; and his widow, Hannah York, who 
 lived to reach the advanced age of over ninety, 
 died in Falmouth. 
 
 William Ring York, son of Joseph and 
 Hannah, was born in Falmouth. He served 
 under General Washington in the Revolution- 
 ary War, and assisted in the defence of Bos- 
 ton at Dorchester Heights. His sea life dated 
 from an early age; and he became a pioneer 
 sea captain and a well-known ship-master in 
 the early merchant marine service, well versed 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 in the details of foreign trade. He was a 
 sturdy mariner of the old school, strong, able, 
 fearless, and independent; and he was above 
 all a strictly temperate man. He finally re- 
 tired from a prosperous career on the ocean 
 wave, and settled at the homerstead in Fal- 
 mouth, where he passed the rest of his life, 
 and died at the ripe old age of ninety-one 
 years. In politics Captain William R. York 
 was a Whig, and his record is one of honor 
 and of loyalty to the country which gave him 
 birth. He was twice married ; and he reared a 
 family of twenty-one children, fourteen by his 
 first wife, and seven by his second. His 
 second wife, Mary Sanborn, who was a native 
 of Cumberland, Me., died at the age of ninety: 
 and of his large family there is now but one 
 survivor — namely, John F. York, of Califor- 
 nia. Captain York's parents were members 
 of the First Congregational Church of Yar- 
 mouth. 
 
 Eben Ring York passed hi^ early boyhood 
 in Falmouth, and was educated in the schools 
 of that town. At the age of fourteen he began 
 his seafaring life by shipping before the mast 
 on board the brig "General Scott," which was 
 commanded by Captain Charles Littlejohn ; and 
 he received sixteen dollars per month during 
 his first voyage. He became an able seaman, 
 passing rapidly upward through the different 
 grades in the merchant service ; and at the age 
 of twenty-one he was "given the command of 
 the schooner "Independence," a vessel of 
 ninety tons' register, which was engaged in 
 the West India trade. He next became 
 master and part owner of the brig "Finan- 
 cier," of one hundred and twenty tons, in 
 which he continued in the West India trade 
 for three years ; and at the expiration of that 
 time he took command of the "S. C. Blanch- 
 ard," a ship of twelve hundred and fifty tons' 
 register, which was built at Yarmouth. He 
 was master of the "S. C. Blanchard " for three 
 years, during which time he was engaged 
 wholly in the foreign trade; and later for sev- 
 eral years he commanded other vessels built 
 by the same company. He followed the sea 
 for nearly fifty years, over forty of which he 
 was a successful ship-master; and, finally retir- 
 ing in 1879, from that time till his death, 
 only a few weeks since, he resided at his 
 
 pleasant and comfortable home at Yarmouth- 
 ville. He enjoyed a long and successful 
 career in the merchant service, during which 
 time he visited and traded in nearly all of the 
 principal ports of America and Europe, win- 
 ning a high reputation as a skilful commander 
 and an able business man, and his undertaking 
 being productive of good financial results. 
 
 In 1846 Captain York was united in mar- 
 riage with Sarah T. True, daughter of Samuel 
 and Mary T. True, the former of whom was an 
 early settler and a prosperous farmer of Yar- 
 mouth. Captain and Mrs. York had four chil- 
 dren, as follows: William F. , who was lost at 
 sea at the age of twenty-seven years and six 
 months; Ada G. , wife of John P. Carswell, 
 v^ho resides in Yarmouthville, and is ticket 
 agent for the Grand Trunk Railway; Charles 
 B. , who is now a ship-chandler of San Fran- 
 cisco, Cal. ; and Samuel T. , a merchant of 
 Yarmouthville. 
 
 Mrs. York attends the Baptist church. 
 Captain York was liberal in his religious 
 views. In Yarmouth he occupied a prominent 
 position among the well-to-do residents of the 
 town ; and he was socially very popular, being 
 a member of Casco Lodge, A. F. & A. M. 
 He was a Republican in politics, and always 
 supported the principles of that party. A 
 true-hearted, whole-souled man, he made many 
 acquaintances in his adventurous life; and he 
 left a host of friends to mourn his loss. 
 
 An excellent likeness of .the late Captain 
 York on an adjoining page adds greatly to the 
 interest and value of the foregoing biographi- 
 cal notice of that worthy ship-master. 
 
 ir\AVID F. CARSLEY, a representa- 
 1^=^ tive farmer of Harrison, was born 
 ^,-X^jf upo" the farm he now owns and 
 occupies, October 26, 1829, son of 
 William C. and Esther (Cottan) Carsley. Mr. 
 Carsley's grandfather, who was a native of Gor- 
 ham, Me., settled in Harrison when a young 
 man, and for the rest of his life carried on a 
 farm in the vicinity of his grandson's present 
 property. 
 
 William C. Carsley, Mr. Carsley's father, 
 born in Harrisoii, was reared to agricultural 
 pursuits. In early manhood he cleared the 
 
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 farm now occupied by his son David F., and 
 cultivated it successfully during his active 
 period. He was an intelligent, well-informed 
 man, was especially familiar with the history 
 of his locality, and was held in high esteem 
 by his neighbors. He resided upon the farm 
 until his death, which took place in Septem- 
 ber, 1867. His wife, Esther, who was a native 
 of Gorham, became the mother of five children, 
 as follows : Nathan, now deceased, who mar- 
 ried Mary E. Newcomb, the latter being now 
 a resident of Bridgton ; Bethiah D., the wife 
 of Clark Chase, of Lynn, Mass. ; Valentine, 
 a carpenter residing in Harrison, who married 
 Augusta Smith; David F., the subject of this 
 sketch ; and Mary J., who successively married 
 Peter Hodgdon, of Gorham, and Seth Moore, of 
 North Bridgton. The mother died December 
 7, 1882. 
 
 David F. Carsley received his education in 
 the common schools of his native town. At 
 an early age he commenced to assist in carry- 
 ing on the farm, and had full charge of it dur- 
 ing his father's declining years. He suc- 
 ceeded to its possession when his father died, 
 and has resided upon it since. The property, 
 which is well-improved and finely located, con- 
 tains one hundred and twenty-five acres of 
 land, with good substantial buildings. The 
 proprietor makes a specialty of raising corn 
 and hay, of which he obtains very superior 
 crops. 
 
 On March 16, 1863, Mr. Carsley was united 
 in marriage to Annie D. Cummings, born in 
 Harrison, May 10, 1831, daughter of Jonas 
 and Nancy S. (Piper) Cummings, both now 
 deceased. Mr. Piper, who was a native of 
 Salem, Mass., settled upon a farm in Harrison 
 when a young man. His wife was born in 
 Otisfield, Me. Mr. and Mrs. Carsley have 
 three children, namely: Willis E., born Feb- 
 ruary 28, 1867, who married Lida B. Frost, 
 and now resides in Boston; Annie E., born 
 June 13, 1868, living with her parents; and 
 George P., born September 23, 1870, also 
 residing at home. Both sons are members of 
 the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. 
 Carsley, who is a stanch supporter of the Re- 
 publican party, is a prominent figure in local 
 politics. He has filled some of the town 
 ofifices with marked ability. Occupying a 
 
 leading place among the well-to-do residents 
 of Harrison, he enjoys the esteem of all. 
 
 ZRA PIAWKES, Special Deputy Sheriff 
 of Cumberland County, Maine, was born 
 in China, Me., March 22, 1834, son 
 of Ezra and Hannah (Winslow) Hawkes. The 
 elder Ezra Hawkes was a native of Windham, 
 Me., born in 1792. He was a millstone 
 cutter, and was also engaged in farming, 
 spending a part of his life in the town of Jack- 
 •son. He died in 1878. His wife, who was a 
 native of Falmouth, Me., died in 1871. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Hawkes were members of the Society 
 of Friends, to which the Hawkes family has 
 belonged for many generations. They were 
 the parents of twelve children, two of whom 
 died in infancy. Four are now living, namely: 
 Joseph J. G. ; Abbie, wife of John Lane; 
 Mary, widow of Peleg Collings; and Ezra, bur 
 subject. 
 
 Ezra Hawkes, Jr., attended the common 
 schools of Jackson and completed his education 
 at the Friends' Boarding School at Providence, 
 R.I. He learned the trade of granite cutting, 
 at which he worked for several years, being em- 
 ployed for some time as foreman of the govern- 
 ment yards at Portland, established for supply- 
 ing the material for the erection of public 
 buildings, and going thence to Richmond, Va., 
 on the James River, to fill the position of fore- 
 man on the Army and Navy Building at Wash- 
 ington, the stones for which were prepared in 
 Richmond. Mr. Hawkes was next appointed 
 superintendent of stone work for the Philadel- 
 phia post-office, the stones being prepared at 
 the Old Dominion granite quarry on the 
 James River; and after that he was made 
 government inspector of granite cutting and 
 stock to be used in different public buildings, 
 a position which he held for several years. 
 He was subsequently engaged in the real estate 
 business in Portland for a year, at the end of 
 which time he was appointed city marshal by 
 Mayor C. J. Chatman. In that capacity he 
 served three years, and was then sent to Con- 
 cord, N. H., as one of the inspectors of the 
 stock of material and the stone cutting for the 
 Congressional Library Building at Washing- 
 ton. This work consumed three years. On 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 January i, 1895, Mr. Hawkes was appointed 
 to his present position as one of the special 
 deputy sheriffs of the county, and his time is 
 now devoted exclusively to office work, his 
 place of business being Room 18, City Hall 
 Building. Mr. Hawkes is a man of unusual 
 ability and conservative judgment, who wins 
 and holds the confidence of all with whom he 
 is brought in contact. 
 
 On May 28, 1863, in Boston, Mass., Mr. 
 Hawkes was united in marriage with Alice 
 Waite, daughter of Henry and Jane E. (Waite) 
 Smith, and the grand-daughter of General 
 John K. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Hawkes have 
 no children. In politics Mr. Hawkes is a 
 Republican. He and his wife belong to the 
 Society of Friends, Mrs. Hawkes being a con- 
 vert to the Quaker doctrine. They have a 
 pleasant and homelike residence at 259 
 Brackett Street, Portland. 
 
 SOLOMON JORDAN, one of the 
 oldest and most highly esteemed 
 residents of Naples, was born in 
 the town of Newry, Oxford County, 
 Me., October 15, 18 14, son of Solomon Jor- 
 dan. He was reared by his grandfather, a 
 farmer of Naples, who took charge of him when 
 he was a year old, and with whom he remained 
 until he attained his majority. He then began 
 to earn his own living, hiring out as a farm 
 hand. In 1850 he purchased the farm on 
 which he has since made his home". It is now 
 a fine property of about two hundred and 
 twenty-five acres. An enterprising and indus- 
 trious man, he labored continually, tilling his 
 fields in the growing season and lumbering in 
 winter. His prosperity is the fruit of his own 
 effort, as he started in life with no resources 
 but a strong constitution and a willing hand. 
 In the sunset of life he can now take a rest 
 with the pleasing sense of having earned it by 
 a work well accomplTshed. 
 
 On March 3, 1840, Mr. Jordan was united 
 in marriage with Abigail Russell, daughter of 
 Samuel and Abigail (Barker) Russell. Seven 
 children blessed the union, two of whom are 
 now living, namely: Pascal, who is with his 
 parents; and Leonora, the wife of Ansel' 
 Hawkes, of Standish, Me. Pascal Jordan was 
 
 a soldier in the Tenth Maine Regiment at the., 
 time of the war, and participated in several 
 hard-fought battles. He now sujDerintends 
 the home farm, and is also engaged in lumber- 
 ing in the winter time. He is a man of ability 
 and good judgment, and owns some real estate 
 in the town. Solomon Jordan votes the Re- 
 publican ticket. He and his wife are mem- 
 bers of the Methodist Episcopal church. His 
 home is pleasantly situated in the pretty town 
 of Naples, which is not without some of the 
 natural beauty of the situation that has made 
 its namesake in Italy renowned throughout the 
 world. 
 
 YRON KIMBALL, a prominent resi- 
 > dent of North Bridgton, actively 
 ^J identified with its agricultural, man- 
 ufacturing, and social interests, was 
 born August 8, 1840, in the town of Bridgton, 
 son of Richard and Zilpah (Dresser) Kimball. 
 His pfirents, who were farming people in com- 
 fortable circumstances, had four children, of 
 whom a daughter died in infancy. The others 
 were: Elizabeth, Nancy, and Byron. Nancy 
 also died at an early age. Mr. Kimball was 
 reared on the home farm, which was located 
 near Bridgton Centre. He attended the public 
 schools until he was sixteen years of age. 
 Then for five years, in the spring and fall 
 terms, he pursued the more advanced course of 
 the Bridgton Academy, from which he gradu- 
 ated in 1 861. He spent the summers of this 
 period in farm labor and the winters in teach- 
 ing. This latter occupation he continued 
 afterward for twelve terms. After this he 
 engaged in farming, first in Bridgton and then 
 in North Bridgton. In 1876 he took up his 
 residence permanently in the latter place 'upon 
 his present homestead, then purchased by him. 
 Seven years later he bought an interest in 
 the Luke & F. H. Brown furniture factory. 
 This place was established in 1840, and its 
 business is one of the pioneer industries of 
 the town. The present firm have extensive 
 dealings. Their goods are sold throughout 
 New England, in some of the States farther 
 west, and even in England! They manufacture 
 their own lumber, and employ from thirty' to 
 sixty men. Pplitically, Mr. Kimball is iden- 
 
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 tified with the Republican party, the principles 
 of which he earnestly sustains both by voice 
 and vote. A man of broad and liberal views, 
 he is an esteemed member of the Universalist 
 church. 
 
 In i866 Mr. Kimball was united in matri- 
 mony with Miss Adeline Hazen, and has be- 
 come the father of four children. They are : 
 Willis H., a graduate of the Bowdoin Medical 
 College, who is now a practising physician ; 
 Sophronia B. , the wife of Virgil H. Johnson, 
 of the town of Norway ; George R. ; and Carrie. 
 He has served two terms as Selectman of 
 Bridgton. He has been a Trustee of Bridg- 
 ton Academy since 1879, and is now Vice- 
 President of the Board. He joined the Odd 
 Fellows when quite a young man, being one 
 of the earlier members of the local Lodge. In 
 1872 he was chosen Secretary of the State As- 
 sociation, which then had a membership of 
 three hundred. He held the office for eleven 
 years, and in that time the membership in- 
 creased to five thousand. Mr. Kimball was 
 elected Grand Master of the Maine Odd Fel- 
 lows in 1880. Subsequently he was elected 
 as a representative to the Sovereign Grand 
 Lodge for two years. 
 
 (5ir^. 
 
 H. RICKER & SONS, of Harrison, 
 'I Me., manufacturers of saw-mill sup- 
 
 -*-• plies, shafting, and machinery in gen- 
 eral. This firm now consists of Franklin C. 
 and 41vin P. Ricker, sons of the founder of the 
 enterprise, Timothy H. Ricker, and his wife 
 Drusilla (Wiggin) Ricker. 
 
 Timothy H. Ricker was born in Shapleigh, 
 York County, Me., in 1802, and there grew 
 to manhood, becoming a skilful blacksmith. 
 He worked as a journeyman in Waterford and 
 Oxford, Me., and in 1847 moved to Harrison 
 village, where he shortly after established the 
 thriving industry which perpetuates his name. 
 He died July 29, 1891. His wife, who was 
 born in Parsonsfield, Me., May 9, 1802, was 
 a daughter of Nathan and Olive (Weymouth) 
 Wiggin. She lived to the age of seventy-seven 
 years and six months. Eight children were 
 born to Mr. and Mrs. Timothy H. Ricker — 
 Nathan, Sherburne H., Horatio, Franklin C, 
 Olive, Freeland, Alvin P., and Ellen. Nathan 
 
 Ricker is in the real estate business in New 
 York City. Sherburne H. was married August 
 26, 1871, to Amelia Kneeland, daughter of 
 Almon and Dorcas (Sands) Kneeland, of Flar- 
 rison. Horatio died in California. Franklin 
 C, born August 24, 1834, is the present senior 
 member of the firm. Olive, who became the 
 wife of H. W. Lewis, of Portland, Me., died 
 March 12, 1896, leaving one child, a daughter, 
 who married George Crocket, of Portland, Me. 
 P"reeland H., born July 19, 1S38, has been in 
 trade in Harrison since 1888, and has a wife, 
 formerly Miss Mary Turtellot, but no children, 
 his only daughter having died at the age of 
 twenty-five. Alvin P., born August 13, 1841, 
 is the junior member of the firm whose name 
 heads this article. Ellen is the wife of J. M. 
 Smith, a plumber of Harrison, and mother of 
 three children. 
 
 Franklin C. Ricker went to Lewiston, Me., 
 when he was sixteen years of age to learn the 
 machinist's trade, and after finishing his ap- 
 prenticeship worked for a year as a store sales- 
 man in Bridgton and Portland, Me., and New 
 York City. In 1858 he returned to Harrison 
 and entered into partnership with his father 
 and brother; and in 1889 he and his brother 
 Alvin bought their father's interest in the 
 business, and have since successfully con- 
 ducted the enterprise together. They make a 
 specialty of fitting saw mills, and manufacture 
 all necessary saw-mill supplies, including one 
 machine which deserves more than a passing 
 notice. This machine is familiarly known as 
 the Ricker bolter, and may be seen in opera- 
 tion throughout at least fifteen States and in 
 the provinces of Canada. They also produce 
 shafting and machinery for other manufacturing 
 establishments; and such is the quality of 
 their work that orders come to them from Can- 
 ada, Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia, 
 and other parts of the country West and 
 South. 
 
 Franklin C. Ricker married Miss Zelpha 
 Brickett, of Stow, Me., who died in 1870. 
 She had but one child, Annie Adelia, who 
 was called to the world beyond just as her feet 
 had touched the threshold of womanhood, at 
 the age of fifteen. Mr. Ricker subsequently 
 married Miss 'Cora Burnham, of Bridgton, Me. 
 Politically, Mr. Ricker favors the Republican 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 party. He and his wife attend the Free Will 
 Baptist church. 
 
 Alvin P. Ricker learned the machinist's 
 trade in Harrison, and worked as a machinist 
 in Worcester, Mass., for about a year, going 
 there when he was nineteen years of age. He 
 then returned to Harrison, and in 1889, as 
 stated above, in company with his brother 
 Franklin, purchased- his father's interest. 
 Practical machinists themselves, the brothers 
 thoroughly understand their business; and the 
 success of the enterprise is due to their com- 
 bined ability and good judgment. 
 
 Alvin P. -Ricker married Miss Fannie Tib- 
 betts, of Harrison; and two children have 
 blessed their union — Josephine and Jessie. 
 Politically, Mr. Alvin P. Ricker is a mem- 
 ber of the Republican party. He belongs to 
 Harrison Lodge, No. 41, Independent Order 
 of Odd Fellows, but has no other social affilia- 
 tion. In religious belief he is a Congrega- 
 tionalist. 
 
 ^ REN SCOTT THOMES, a prominent 
 business man of Cumberland Centre, 
 Me., was born in the town of Cumber- 
 land, May 24, 1837, son of Ebenezer 
 S. and Dolly (Rideout) Thomes. Mr. 
 Thomes's great-grandfather, Ebenezer Scott 
 Thomes, wasa native of Portland and a pioneer 
 resident of Cumberland County. His son, 
 Moses P., Mr. Thomes's grandfather, was born 
 in Gorham, Me., December 18, 1780. When 
 a young man he settled upon a farm in Cum- 
 berland, where he passed the rest of his life 
 in agricultural pursuits. He was an industri- 
 ous, practical farmer and a useful citizen, and 
 lived to reach a ripe old' age, He married 
 for his first wife Jane Hasty, and for his second 
 Abigail, widow of Jacob Blanchard ; and he 
 was the father of eight children, Ebenezer S., 
 Mr. Thomes's father, being the eldest son. 
 Ebenezer S. Thomes was born in Scarboro, 
 Me., in 1810. He began the work of life at 
 an early age as a sailor, and, advancing rapidly 
 in seamanship, soon became master of a vessel. 
 A prosperous future seemed open to him ; but 
 he was not permitted to enjoy its realization, 
 as he contracted yellow fever while upon a 
 foreign voyage, from the effects of which he 
 
 died in 1837, aged twenty-seven years. His 
 wife, Dolly Rideout, who was born in Cumber- 
 land, died on October 8, 1847, leaving but 
 one son; namely, Oren Scott, the subject of 
 this sketch. Both parents were members of 
 the Congregational church. 
 
 An orphan at the age of ten years, Oren 
 Scott Thames was brought up in the family 
 of John Blanchard, a resident of Cumberland. 
 He received his education in the schools of his 
 native town, and at the age of eighteen com- 
 menced to learn the carpenter's trade, which 
 he followed as an occupation at intervals, as 
 his health would permit. *In 1861 he bought 
 a small farm in Cumberland, and there devoted 
 himself to agricultural pursuits for some time, 
 eventually selling that property: In 1877 he 
 was called to the Pacific Coast upon business 
 connected with the estate of his uncle, Robert 
 H. Thomes, who was a wealthy Californian. 
 In 1879 Mr. Thomes removed to his present 
 place of abode. For eight years he has en- 
 gaged in mercantile business, but at the 
 present time he is operating a saw and grist 
 mill, and manufactures all kinds of lumber and 
 building materials. His mills are equipped 
 with the latest improved machinery, which is 
 capable of turning out the finest work; and his 
 energy and business ability are the means of 
 establishing an industry of considerable value 
 to the town. In 1883 Mr. Thomes commenced 
 the erection of his fine residence, which was 
 built according to his own plans and under his 
 own supervision, and was completed the fol- 
 lowing year. 
 
 On August IS, 1861, Mr. Thomes was mar- 
 ried to Abbie Eveleth, who was born in Farm- 
 ington. Me., September 23, 1842, daughter of 
 Levi and Elizabeth (Kempton) Eveleth. They 
 have two sons— Robert S. and John B. Rob- 
 ert S. Thomes, who was born August 15, 1866, 
 and is now engaged in the wholesale fancy- 
 goods business in Portland, as a member of the 
 firm of Merrill, Thomes & Co., married Viola 
 B. Drummond, of Waterville, Me., and has 
 three children — John B., Margaret D., and 
 Aubigne. John B. Thomes, who was born Au- 
 gust 9, 1870, was graduated from Dartmouth 
 Medical School in the class of 1895, and is 
 now residing in Cumberland, but expects to 
 settle in Massachusetts. 
 
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 Mr. Thomes is one of the most prominent 
 residents and able business men of Cumber- 
 land, and his efforts in developing the town's 
 industrial resources have been productive of 
 success. In politics he acts with the Republi- 
 can party, and he served as Town Treasurer for 
 two years with credit both to himself and his 
 constituents. He is widely known both in 
 business and in the social orders, and is con- 
 nected with Casco Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of 
 Yarmouth, and the Red Men of Cumberland. 
 Both he and his wife are members of the Con- 
 gregational church. 
 
 'AMUEL T. DOLE, an excellent 
 representative of the native-born 
 citizens of Windham, Cumberland 
 County, Me., first opened his eyes 
 to the light January 17, 1831, being a son of 
 Major Daniel W. Dole. He comes of pure 
 English stock, the emigrant ancestor having 
 been one Richard Dole. 
 
 Said Richard was baptized on his father's 
 estate, Ringworthy, near Bristol, England, 
 December 31, 1622. In 1639 he left his 
 native land, coming to America, shortly after- 
 ward settling himself as a trader near Parker 
 River, in Newbury, Mass., being thereafter 
 known as Merchant Dole. His first wife, 
 Hannah Rolfe, whom he married May 3, 1647, 
 bore him ten children; namely, John, Richard, 
 Anna, Benjamin, Joseph, William, Henry, 
 Hannah, Apphia, and Abner. On March 4, 
 1679, he married Mrs. Hannah Brocklebank, 
 widow of Captain Samuel Brocklebank; but of 
 this union no children were born. Neither 
 were there any children by his third marriage, 
 which was with Patience Walker, of Haver- 
 hill, Mass. There is no record of the death 
 of Merchant Dole or of his last two wives; 
 but the inventory of his estate was taken July 
 26, 1705, and his will approved four days 
 later, so that it is probable he died in his 
 eighty-third year. 
 
 The next in line of descent was William 
 Dole, who was born in Newbury, Mass., April 
 10, 1660, and married Mary Brocklebank, of 
 Rowley, Mass. They reared nine children; 
 namely, William, Hannah, Mary, Richard, 
 Jane, Patience, Apphia, Samuel, and Benja- 
 
 min — Samuel, the eighth child, being the 
 great-great-grandfather of Samuel T. He was 
 born June i, 1699, at Newbury, Mass., and 
 there married Iilizabeth Knight, who bore him 
 ten children, as follows: Elizabeth, Samuel, 
 Moses, Mary, Apphia, Oliver, Richard, Sarah, 
 Eunice, and Hannah. 
 
 Richard Dole, seventh child of Samuel and 
 Elizabeth, was born February 3, 1736, and died 
 in 1825, almost ninety years of age. He was 
 a joiner and chair-maker by trade, and in 1760 
 removed from Newbury, the place of his na- 
 tivity, to Portland, Me., then included within 
 the limits of Massachusetts. On May 15, 
 1767, he bought land in Windham, being the 
 first of his name to locate here. He was a 
 Deacon in the church and a man of promi- 
 nence. He and his wife, Martha Merrill, of 
 Newbury, were the parents of six children, 
 namely : Ruth and Betty, born in Newbury ; 
 Samuel, born in Portland; Nabby Merrill, 
 Polly, and Martha, born in Windham. Dea- 
 con Dole was among the leading citizens of 
 Windham, where he held town office for 
 twenty-one years, being a Deacon in the Con- 
 gregational church for about the same length 
 of time. He fought in the Revolutionary 
 War, enlisting for three years in the company 
 raised by Captain Benjamin Wolcott, belong- 
 ing to the regiment of Colonel Thomas Mar- 
 shall at West Point, but being discharged at 
 the close of the war after a service of two 
 years, eleven months, and twenty-six days. 
 He then returned to Windham, but spent his 
 closing days in Hebron. 
 
 Samuel Dole, grandfather of Samuel T., 
 was born in Portland, as above mentioned, in 
 1765, but was reared and lived in Windham, 
 where, when a young man, he married Mehita- 
 bel, daughter of Ephraim Winship. Of their 
 eleven children — Richard, Catherine, Sally, 
 Apphia, Nancy, Oliver, Enoch, Polly, 
 Mattie, Daniel W., and Sally F.— six grew 
 to adult life. 
 
 Daniel W. Dole was born November 29, 
 1807, in Windham, and during his early man- 
 hood was engaged in teaching in various towns 
 in this county, being a most successful and 
 popular educator. He was a man of scholarly 
 attainments, and was also versed in military 
 tactics, taking a deep interest in the old State 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 militia, of which he was an officer, rising to 
 the rank of Major, a position which he hon- 
 orably filled. His death occurred July 4, 
 1876, in the town of Phillips, his remains 
 being brought to Windham for interment. 
 
 On September 16, 1830, Major Daniel W. 
 Dole married Eliza A., daughter of Thomas 
 and Betsey (Maybury) Bodge. She died 
 March 19, 1832, leaving two children — 
 Samuel T. and 'Richard. Richard Dole, born 
 March 18^ 1832, was accidentally killed, in 
 1864, on the Boston & Maine Railway, near 
 Boston, Mass. He married Rosilla Chute, of 
 Otisfield, Me., and they had three children — 
 Jennie, born in August, 1856, died October 
 II, 1863; Freddie,' born March 18, 1858, 
 lived but ten days ; and Sarah, born August 
 25, i860, married F. H. Freeman, of Gorham, 
 in 1880, and has two children — Bertha R., 
 born January 30, 1886, and Harland Dole 
 Freeman, born November 4, 1890. On De- 
 cember 31, 1835, Major Dole married Mary 
 W., daughter of Daniel Hasty, of Standish. 
 Five children were the fruit of this union; 
 namely, Oliver, Eliza, Daniel H., Florence 
 A., and Susan M. Oliver, born October 19, 
 1837, was united in marriage April 19, 1865, 
 with Elizabeth C. Chaplin, of Gorham, who 
 has borne him four children, a brief record of 
 whom is as follows: Lucinda H., born June 
 22, 1866, is the wife of Henry J. Hanscom, 
 of Standish; George H., born September 25, 
 1869, married Elizabeth Sands Sawyer, of Bux- 
 ton, April 20, 1890, and has one child — Al- 
 fred L., born December 21, 1891 ; Mary L. 
 was born November 5, 1871; and Edward L. 
 was born August 7, 1873. Daniel H. Dole, 
 M.D., born June 12, 1843, was married De- 
 cember 26, 1874, to Margaret Bryant, of Ray- 
 mond, Me., by whom he has two children 
 
 Florence M., born January 14, 1876; and 
 Richard B., born May 8, 1880. 
 
 Samuel T. Dole acquired a good education 
 in the public schools of Windham in his boy- 
 hood, and by reading and study has since 
 continually added to his stock of knowledge, es- 
 pecially of the natural sciences and of histori- 
 cal facts and dates, on which he is considered 
 an authority. In his youth he learned the 
 shoemaker's trade, serving an apprenticeship 
 of three years with Oliver Robinson. This 
 
 occupation he has followed, the larger part of 
 his life, continuing his residence in his native 
 town. He is a great lover of books, and- has 
 without doubt one of the largest and finest 
 private collections in the town, his library 
 containing many rare and valuable volumes. 
 Mr. Dole was married May i, 1853, to 
 Phoebe Cobb Larry, daughter of Joseph C. 
 and Mary (Purinton) Larry. Mrs. Dole is 
 a lady of refinement and culture, possessing, 
 marked literary ability. For, the past thirty 
 years poems from her gifted pen have appeared 
 in the Portland Transcript and many other 
 periodicals ; and she is the present editor-in- 
 chief of the Narragansett Sun, a weekly paper 
 published in Portland. She also possesses 
 artistic talent, and has produced landscapes 
 which have received special mention. Mrs. 
 Dole is represented in Griffith's "Poets of 
 Maine " and Moulton's "A Woman of the Cent- 
 ury." Mr. and Mrs. Dole have had two chil- 
 dren — William B. and George H. William 
 B. Dole, born April 23, 1854, died January 4, 
 1887. He married Mary E. Brown, of Gor- 
 ham, May 15, 1874; and their only child, 
 Frederick H., born July 15, 1875, is at present 
 Senior at Bowdoin College. George H. Dole, 
 born May i, 1856, died September 2, 1864. 
 Religiously, Mr. Dole is a member of the 
 First Parish Congregational Church of Gorham. 
 
 /STeORGE W. BROWN, President and 
 ytey General Manager of the Belknap 
 Motor Company of Portland, Me., 
 was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., May 31, 1850, 
 son of Captain Joseph K. and Mary K. (Chap- 
 man) Brovvn, the former a native of Topsham, 
 Me., the latter of Damariscotta. ■ Joseph K. 
 Brown was born in 1819. He followed the sea 
 for a livelihood, being Captain of the barque 
 "Missouri," which was built at Newburyport, 
 Mass. Captain Brown died, and was buried 
 at sea in 1850, while on a voyage from New 
 York to Sumatra. His wife, who is still liv- 
 ing, is now seventy-three years of age. They 
 were the parents of three children — Josie,' 
 Susie, and George W. 
 
 George W! Brown received his early educa- 
 tion in the schools of Damariscotta, his mother 
 having removed from Brooklyn after her hus- 
 
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 baild's death, and returned with her_ little 
 family to her old home. He subsequently at- 
 tended Lincoln Academy at New Castle. In 
 1874, when he was twenty-four years of age, 
 he went into the grocery business in Damaris- 
 cotta, continuing in this some fourteen years; 
 and, some years later removing to Portland, he 
 engaged in the sale of water motors. From 
 handling these goods Mr. Brown became in- 
 terested in their mechanism, and invented a 
 combined water motor and mill, which was a 
 grand success. He afterward added to this 
 mill an electric motor, and later combined 
 water motors and dynamos. The sale of these 
 machines led to the handling of other electric 
 contrivances, which were all made by con- 
 tract. In 1888 a stock company was formed, 
 known as the Belknap Water Motor Company. 
 A large amount of advertising was done, and 
 the company secured, orders for its inventions 
 through all parts of the United States. 
 
 In 1890 the Belknap Motor Company, which 
 includes some of the leading citizens of Port- 
 land, was organized, purchasing all the right, 
 title, and interest of the Belknap Water 
 Motor Company, whose stock had advanced in 
 value from ten dollars to fifty dollars per 
 share. Up to 1892 all the products of the 
 corporation were manufactured by outside 
 companies, the electrical machines being made 
 by the Giant Motor Company. On the failure 
 of that company, being unable to obtain the 
 products required to fill their orders, the Bel- 
 knap Company was obliged to take up the 
 manufacturing business, which they did in 
 March, 1892, taking the building that the 
 Giant Company had formerly occupied. At 
 the end of a year the business had so increased 
 that they were obliged to double their capac- 
 ity; and in 1894 they enlarged it one-third 
 more, adding fifty feet to their three-story 
 building, making a factory one hundred and 
 ten feet long and three stories high, covering 
 a floor surface, of about twelve thousand feet. 
 
 The products of this company have been 
 shipped to nearly every country on the globe, 
 and are known as the most efficient and desir- 
 able machines in the market, the name Bel- 
 knap having" become a synonym for excellence. 
 Their motors range from one-eighth horse- 
 power to one hundred and fifty horse-power. 
 
 their dynamos from five to two thousand lights 
 in capacity, and generators from six and a half 
 to one hundred and twenty-five kilowatts' ca- 
 pacity. They are built on both the multi- 
 polar and the bipolar principle, and are of the 
 direct current variety, alternating apparatus 
 never having been a part of their manufacture. 
 This company has supplied hundreds of motors 
 and dynamos to buildings in Portland; and 
 the Maine State College, the Delaware Col- 
 lege, the Kansas State Agricultural College, 
 the United States Marine Hospital, and the 
 Vermont State Insane Asylum are using their 
 electrical enginery. The installation of iso- 
 lated lighting plants has become an important 
 part of the company's business, particularly 
 marine work; and the steamers "Bay State" 
 and "Portland" of the Portland and Boston 
 line, and the "St. Croix" of the International 
 Steamship Company and "Cottage City" and 
 "Manhattan" of the New York line, are 
 pointed at with pride as particularly fine elec- 
 trical installations. 
 
 Mr. Brown is the inventor of the composite 
 woven wire and graphite bi'ush, the cyclone 
 coffee-mill, and the combined water motor 
 and dynamo; and he has made improvements 
 on the water motors. He is a man of great 
 inventive talent, possessing at the same time 
 remarkable business qualifications, and has 
 risen to his present position through his own 
 efforts alone, pushing by his energy and sagac- 
 ity the affairs of the company of which he is 
 President and General Manager to a plane of 
 prosperity and eminence. 
 
 Mr. Brown married Miss Emma Hatch, of 
 Damariscotta, Me., daughter of Briggs and 
 Eliza (Nubert) Hatch. In politics Mr. Brown 
 is a Republican. He and his wife are mem- 
 bers of the Congregational church at Wood- 
 ford's. They have a pretty home at Deering 
 Centre, where Mr. Brown finds rest and quiet 
 after the cares and activities of business hours 
 in the city. 
 
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 'AMES C. BABB, the courteous host of, 
 
 a pleasant farm cottage for summer 
 
 boarders in Sebago, was born on the 
 
 farm where he now resides, January 27, 
 
 son of Captain James and Sally (Potter) 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Babb. The family is of English descent. 
 Captain James Babb, who was born September 
 3, 1792, in Buxton, Me., followed farming 
 successfully, and died June 2, 1882. His 
 wife, a native of Sebago, who was a daughter 
 of David and Sybil (Fitch) Potter, of Groton, 
 Mass., died' April 7, 1878. They reared 
 three children, namely: Sarah, the wife of 
 George Hardin, of Swampscott, Mass. ; Luther 
 P., a doctor, of Eastport, Me., who died in 
 February, 1895; and James C, the subject of 
 this sketch. 
 
 James C. Babb, after attending the district 
 schools of his native town, finished his course 
 of study at Bridgton Academy. He began to 
 teach at the age of nineteen, and was so suc- 
 cessful at the outset that he followed that pro- 
 fession for thirteen years, conducting schools 
 in Cumberland and Oxford Counties. In 
 1862 he took charge of the old homestead, an 
 estate of two hundred acres, and engaged in 
 general farming. Fifteen years ago he opened 
 his house to summer guests, a class with 
 whom Sebago has long been a favorite resort. 
 The attractions are its beautiful lake, afford- 
 ing opportunities for boating and fishing, and 
 the pure air, giving new life to enervated city 
 people. Mr. Babb has since increased his ac- 
 commodations, so that now he is prepared to 
 provide for forty persons. His register shows 
 the "names of guests from New York City, 
 Brooklyn, Philadelphia, F"airfield, Ind., Bos- 
 ton, and Fall River. He still carries on gen- 
 eral farming, providing his table with fresh 
 vegetables and fruit, besides dairy products, 
 from his own land. 
 
 On January 7, 1862, Mr. Babb was united 
 in marriage with Miss Annette Douglass, a 
 native of Sebago, daughter of Andrew and 
 Casiah (Irish) Douglass. She is a capable 
 housewife, an able helpmeet to her husband; 
 and all who have spent a summer under her 
 roof remember her with pleasure. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Babb have three children — George H., 
 principal of the Manual Training School at 
 Portland; Willie P., a clerk in Boston; and 
 Mary A., a teacher in Sebago. Mr. Babb is 
 prominent in local politics as a Republican. 
 He was Selectman of the town of Sebago for 
 eight terms. Supervisor of Schools several 
 terms, and rendered good service to the town 
 
 in several other capacities. Mr. and Mrs'. 
 Babb attend the Union Congregational Church 
 of Sebago. 
 
 OHNSON K. LOVEWELL, a well- 
 known and highly esteemed rnerchant 
 of Otisfield in the sixties, was born in 
 Otisfield, April 16, 1824, son of Dennis 
 and Margaret (Knight) Lovewell, both natives 
 of. that town. Dennis Lovewell, who was a 
 well-to-do farmer, lived in Otisfield until his 
 children were grown. He then moved to 
 Harrison, Me., and subsequently to Norway, 
 Me., where he died. His wife died in Otis- 
 field. They were the parents of four children 
 — Alpheus B., a clergyman of the Methodist 
 Episcopal church; Henry, who died in the 
 army; Johnson K., the subject of this sketch; 
 and Elizabeth Jane, widow of Winburn Earle, 
 who resides at Kent's Hill, Me. 
 
 Johnson K. Lovewell acquired a fair knowl- 
 edge of the branches taught in the common 
 school of Otisfield. At first he was engaged 
 in teaching successfully for a number of 
 years. Subsequently he sold general mer- 
 chandise at Spurr's Corner, Otisfield. After 
 occupying this stand for several years he 
 moved to Portland, where for some time he ■ 
 was in business with Mr. Worthy Barrows, re- 
 tailing general merchandise. In 1865, dispos- 
 ing of his Portland interests, he returned to 
 Otisfield, and established a general store in 
 East Otisfield. This he conducted success-- 
 fully until his death, which occurred October 
 28, 1875. His honest dealing and unfailing 
 courtesy made him very popular, so that his 
 death was felt as a loss by the community. A 
 stanch Democrat, he represented the district 
 in the legislature in 1861, was Selectman of 
 Otisfield for some time, and was Postmaster 
 at Otisfield and East Otisfield. He. prospered 
 in all his undertakings; and the home now oc- 
 .cupied by his widow, which he purchased and 
 adorned, is a lasting memento of the success 
 which crowned his industry. 
 
 November i, 1868, Mr. Lovewell was 
 united in marriage with Miss Augusta Spurr, 
 who was born in Otisfield, June 9, 1833, daugh- 
 ter of Oliver and Hephzibah (Shedd) Spurr. 
 Mr. Spurr, who was a prosperous farmer, was 
 
ISAAC LINCOLN SKOLFIELD. 
 
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 a lifelong" resident of Otisfield. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Lovewell were the parents of two daughters — 
 Augusta Spurr, born November 17, 1869; and 
 Marguerite E. H., born May 24, 1872. Both 
 young ladies reside with their mother in 
 Otisfield. Mrs, Lovewell and her daughters 
 are members of the Congregational church 
 near their home. The daughters are promi- 
 nent members of the Young People's Society 
 of Christian Endeavor. Mrs. Lovewell, who 
 belongs to one of the old families of Otisfield, 
 is highly esteemed by the townspeople. 
 
 'RANK W. STOCKMAN, proprietor of 
 the wholesale and retail grocery estab- 
 lishment at 112 Exchange Street, Port- 
 land, bearing the firm name of W. L. Wilson 
 & Co., was born in Topsham, Me., July 14, 
 1847. His parents were Samuel and Rachel 
 P. (Haley) Stockman, both natives of Tops- 
 ham, where Mr. Samuel Stockman spent his 
 life, engaged in farming. Frank W. was their 
 only child. 
 
 Frank W. Stockman attended the common 
 and high schools of Topsham, and subsequently 
 took a course of study at the Portland Busi- 
 ness College. On leaving school he entered 
 the employ of W. L. Wilson & Co., whose 
 store at that time (1862) was on West Market 
 Row, and worked for them as clerk until 1867. 
 In that year he was admitted as a partner, and 
 the company took possession of the building 
 they now occupy. In 1873 the senior partner, 
 W. L. Wilson, who was at that time in Cali- 
 fornia, died; and his son, William A., took 
 his place as a member of the firm. In 1883 
 Mr. William A. Wilson withdrew; and since 
 then Mr. Stockman has been sole proprietor of 
 the enterprise, which has grown and prospered 
 under his management. He controls a large 
 local trade, and transacts business in Maine, 
 New Hampshire, and Vermont, over the Grand 
 Trunk Railway and the Mountain Division. 
 The business is one of the oldest mercantile 
 .enterprises in the city, having been estab- 
 lished in 1844. The main store is sixty-five 
 by forty-five jFeet in dimension, and includes 
 two stories and basement. The adjoining 
 building at 167 Federal Street, which is also 
 occupied by the establishment, is thirty-five 
 
 by forty feet, and includes two stories and 
 basement ; and Mr. Stockman has storehouses 
 in ditferent parts of the city. The immense 
 trade controlled and the good reputation of the 
 establishment prove Mr. Stockman to be a man 
 of unusual business ability and executive 
 talent. 
 
 Mr. Stockman married Nellie E. Barbor, 
 daughter of Charles M. and Mary E. Barbor, 
 of Deering, Me. ; and two sons were born to 
 them — Ralph and Frank W. , Jr. 
 
 In politics Mr. Stockman is a Republican, 
 but is not an aspirant for political honors. 
 He is well advanced in Masonry, being a 
 member of Ancient Landmark Lodge of Port- 
 land, Mount Vernon Chapter, and Portland 
 Commandery; and he is also a member of 
 Unity Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
 lows. He and his family attend the Baptist 
 church. They have a fine residence at 521 
 Cumberland Street, Portland. 
 
 T^APTAIN ISAAC LINCOLN SKOL- 
 I Sj-' FIELD, a retired seaman of Brims- 
 ^Hs wick, Me., for twenty years master 
 
 of sailing-vessels, was born in the 
 adjoining town of Harpswell, May 3, 1824, son 
 of George and Lydia (Doyle) Skolfield. He 
 is of English descent, his great-grandfather, 
 Thomas Skolfield, having been a native of the 
 county of Kent in the mother country. Emi- 
 grating to America, he settled in Brunswick 
 in the latter part of last century, and taught 
 school there for some time. He died in 1796. 
 His son Clement, Captain Skolfield's grand- 
 father, was a well-to-do farmer, who spent 
 the greater part of his life in Harpswell, dying 
 there at an advanced age. 
 
 George Skolfield, son of Clement, was a 
 well-known and prosperous ship-builder of 
 Brunswick. He died at the age of eighty-six. 
 His wife, who was a daughter of Lydia Doyle, 
 of lower Brunswick, attained the advanced age 
 of eighty-two. She was an esteemed member 
 of the Congregational Church of Brunswick. 
 Thirteen children were born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 George Skolfield, three of whom are now liv- 
 ing — George R., a ship-builder of Harps- 
 well ; Isaac Lincoln, the subject of this sketch; 
 and Samuel, a ship-master of Brunswick. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Isaac L. Skolfield acquired a good common- 
 school education, in the mean time helping 
 about the farm on which his parents lived, 
 When eighteen years of age he went to sea. 
 shipping before the mast on a vessel which 
 was engaged in carrying cotton from southern 
 ports to England and France. He was at sea 
 but four years when he was made master of a 
 vessel ; and he remained in the cotton trade 
 till the war caused a cessation of that traffic. 
 Then until 1866 he traded at different ports, 
 carrying various kinds of merchandise. In 
 that year his father died, and he resigned his 
 position, settling in his present home. His 
 residence, which is beautifully situated, fac- 
 ing the north end of the common, is one of 
 the handsomest in the locality. 
 
 Captain Skolfield was married in 1850 to 
 Frances E. Forsaith, a native of Brunswick, 
 Me., daughter of Rodney Forsaith, a promi- 
 nent lumber man of this town. They have 
 two children — Lydia and George L. The 
 daughter married S. E. Turner, now a steve- 
 dore, of Brooklyn, N. Y. , formerly master of a 
 vessel. The son, who is Captain of a vessel 
 formerly in the West India trade, but now 
 plying between Hong-Kong and New York, 
 married Sarah Cheney, a native of the eastern 
 part of Maine, and has two children — George 
 L. and Frances L. His home is aboard the 
 vessel, his wife and children accompanying 
 him on his long voyages, the last of which, 
 atrip to Hong-Kong, consumed one hundred 
 and ninety-seven days. Captain I. L. Skol- 
 field followed the sea for twenty-five years, 
 and during sixteen years of that time his wife 
 was his constant companion. With him she 
 visited ports in nearly all parts of the globe; 
 and their children, who were born aboard the 
 vessel, looked on Old World scenes which most 
 children know but vaguely through the pages 
 of a geography. 
 
 Captain Skolfield votes the Democratic 
 ticket. He is a member of Fort George 
 Lodge, No. 37, Knights of Pythias. With 
 his family he attends the Hill Congregational 
 Church of Brunswick. The Captain has but 
 one active business interest at present, that of 
 Director of the Pejapscot Bank, a position 
 which he has held for over thirty-five years. 
 He is one of the most popular men in the 
 
 county, his intelligence, knowledge of the 
 world, fund of anecdote, and talent as a story- 
 teller drawing to him with subtle magnetism 
 a large circle of admirers; and his genial dis- 
 position and fine traits of character make , 
 many lasting friendships. 
 
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 ILLIAM MILLER MARKS, a 
 book, card, and job printer of Port- 
 land, proprietor of one of the best- 
 appointed printing-offices in the State of 
 Maine, was born in Ydughal, Ireland, Decem- 
 ber 13, 1 84 1, and is a son of John and Dora 
 (Hall) Marks. He attended public and pri- 
 vate schools in Ireland and in Sherbrooke, 
 P. Q. , and in 1854 entered the office of the 
 Canadian Times at Sherbrooke, owned by 
 Ritchie Brothers, to learn the printing busi- 
 ness. In September, i860, he came to Port- 
 land, and entered the office of Brown, 
 Thurston & Co., where he worked for about a 
 year. He then accepted the foremanship of 
 the Portland Daily Advertiser, and was subse- 
 quently invited to assume the management of 
 the Daily Press job printing-office, entering on 
 his duties in 1863, and retaining the position 
 until November, 1877, when he resigned on 
 December 13 of that year, opening the book 
 and job printing-office of which he is now pro- 
 prietor. His establishment, which is located 
 at 97 1-2 Exchange Street (the "Printer's Ex- 
 change"), is equipped with all modern con- 
 veniences for first-class printing; and Mr. 
 Marks, has established a reputation for fine 
 work that keeps his presses busy throughout 
 the year. He does all kinds of job printing, 
 railroad, law, and insurance work, and has 
 printed a large number of the State reports, 
 receiving the highest commendations on his 
 completion of the Revised Statutes of the 
 State in 1882 from the Commissioner, Judge 
 Goddard, and the legislative committee under 
 whose supervision the work was carried on. 
 
 On September 20, 1870, Mr. Marks mar- 
 ried Amanda Althea Stearns, daughter of Mar- 
 shall and Mary Ann (Chase) Stearns, of Paris 
 Hill, Me. Two children blessed their union 
 — Henry Thornton, born September 25, 1871; 
 and .H^elen Amanda, born March 15, 1874, 
 both of whom died in October, 1879, the for- 
 
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 517 
 
 mer on the 20th, the latter on the 22d of the 
 month. 
 
 In politics Mr. Marks is a Republican. He 
 was a member of the Republican City Com- 
 mittee from Ward 6 from 1867 to 1885, 
 Chairman from 1883 to 1885, and has been 
 Treasurer since 1894. He was a member and 
 Treasurer of the Republican District Commit- 
 tee from 1876 to 1894, member of the City 
 Council from Ward 6 from 1879 to 1881, 
 Alderman from 1885 to 1887, and Chairman 
 of the Board of Aldermen in 1886-87. He 
 also belongs to various fraternal orders and 
 associations. He is a member of Maine' 
 Lodge, No. I, Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
 lows, and Machigonne Encampment of the 
 same Order; Bramhall Lodge, No. 3, Knights 
 of Pythias; and was President of the Asso- 
 ciated Charities from 1886 to 1890. He is a 
 member of the Maine Charitable Mechanic As- 
 sociation, the Maine State Society for the Pre- 
 vention of Cruelty to Animals, is President of 
 the Portland Provident Association, and be- 
 longs to the Young Men's Christian Associa- 
 tion. He is also a Fellow and Trustee of the 
 Maine Academy of Medicine, and was a Trus- 
 tee of Evergreen Cemetery from 1881 to 1884. 
 He is a leading member of the High Street 
 Congregational Church, of which he was 
 elected Deacon October 28, 1873, and of 
 whose Parish Committee he has been a mem- 
 ber since April 17, 1876, serving as Chairman 
 since April, 1888. Mr. Marks is a man of 
 good physique and strong mentality. Though 
 quiet in manner, he makes a marked and favor- 
 able impression on those with whom he comes 
 in contact by his uniform courtesy and innate 
 force of character. 
 
 Yfs\ATHANIEL RIDEOUT, or Deacon 
 I =7 Rideout, as he is generally known 
 J5~l throughout the county, is a leading 
 
 ^*~^ agriculturist and one of the sub- 
 stantial citizens of New Gloucester. He was 
 born in the town of Pownal, Cumberland 
 County, Me., on October 14, 1826, son of Na- 
 thaniel, Sr., and Ruth (Lufkin) Rideout. 
 
 Nathaniel Rideout, Sr., was born in Cum- 
 berland, Me. He learned the trade of a car- 
 penter and joiner, and worked at it for several 
 
 years in his early manhood. In 18 16 he 
 walked to Quebec, Canada, and for two years 
 was employed there at his trade. After that 
 he returned to Cumberland County, and turned 
 his attention to agriculture, purchasing in 
 1830 the farm now owned by his son. He 
 was one of the pioneers of New Gloucester, , 
 where he died on June 25, 1854. His first 
 wife, who before marriage was Miss Katherine 
 Richardson, died in 1818, leaving three chil- 
 dren, a brief record of whom is as follows: 
 Benjamin A., born July 10, 1815, lives in • 
 Auburn, Me. ; Perez B., born November 25, 
 1 8 16, died in 1848; and Katherine, who was 
 born on October 30, 1818, died in infancy. 
 His second and last wife, formerly Ruth Luf- 
 kin, was the mother of nine children, namely: 
 Katherine, born January 17, 1820, who died 
 May 25, 1821 ; Nicholas, bom February 24, 
 1822, died March 9, 1885; Mary A., born 
 March 24, 1824, now the wife of Dr. H. T. 
 Cummings, of Tacoma, Wash.; Nathaniel; 
 Sarah J., born May 24, 1829, who married 
 Wallace Atkins, of South Paris, Me. ; Harriet, 
 born July 24, 1831, who became the wife of 
 Ezekiel W. Haskell (both deceased); Bertha, 
 born November 30, 1833, residing in Portland, 
 Me. ; Deborah, born March 17, 1837, living 
 in South Paris, Me. , the widow of George F. 
 Green; and Serena, born August 3, 1842, who 
 married William Sweetser, of Pownal, Me. 
 
 Nathaniel Rideout in his boyhood was an 
 attendant of the common schools; and after 
 completing his educational course he engaged 
 in teaching in the northern part of Cumberland 
 County, this being his winter occupation for 
 nine years. At his father's death he took 
 charge of the old homestead, which he after- 
 ward purchased, and has continued to reside 
 here since that time. He has also bought 
 additional land, so that he now has about three 
 hundred and nine acres, making one of the best 
 farms in the town; and his good management 
 and diligent labor have placed him among the 
 most successful farmers of New Gloucester. 
 He keeps sixteen milch cows, from which he 
 sells the milk in Portland. Stock raising is 
 also an important feature of his farm economy, 
 and he has a number of fine horses. Although 
 upward of sixty years of age. Deacon Rideout 
 still continues to give his personal attention to 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 the numerous and varied details of farming in- 
 dustry, and, as in his younger days, may 
 usually be found engaged in some work about 
 the place. 
 
 He was married on June $, 1855, to Miss 
 Rachel P. Rogers, who was born in Freeport, 
 Cumberland County, on January 17, 1828, 
 daughter of George and Margaret (Brewer) 
 Rogers. Both her parents were natives of 
 Freeport, where her father was born on Sep- 
 tember II, 1794, and her mother on -April 10, 
 1797. Mrs. Rideout has borne her husband 
 four children, two sons and two daughters — 
 'Annie P., the eldest, born February 17, 1858, 
 died March 22, 1877; Flora R., born March 
 6, i860, is the wife of Frank W. Berry, of 
 New Gloucester; Albert L. , born December 
 31, 1862, married Gertrude A. Morse, and is 
 engaged in farming on a place near his father's ; 
 and Benjamin W., born March 7, 1871, is as- 
 sistant book-keeper in Paine's furniture store 
 in Boston, Mass. 
 
 In his early days Nathaniel Rideout voted 
 the Whig ticket, and after the organization 
 of the Republicans he became an adherent 
 of that party, but is now in close sympathy 
 with the Prohibitionists. In 1858 and 1859 
 he served very acceptably as Selectman of New 
 Gloucester; and he has been urged to become 
 a candidate for the legislature, but has de- 
 clined the nomination. He and his wife are 
 active and influential members of the Congre- 
 gational Church of New Gloucester, and he 
 holds the offices of Deacon and chorister. 
 
 'AMUEL AUGUSTUS TRUE, 
 President of the S. A. & J. H. True 
 Company, wholesale dealers in 
 grain and flour, at 202 Commercial 
 Street, Portland, was born in this city, July 
 22, 1837, son of Samuel and Mary J. (Has- 
 kell) True. His father was a native of New 
 Gloucester, Me., born September, 1808. In 
 early manhood he engaged in mercantile pur- 
 suits, and for many years conducted an exten- 
 sive wholesale dry-goods business in Portland 
 as a member of the firm of Woodbourn, True 
 & Co. He was an active and energetic busi- 
 ness man, and is well remembered by the 
 older residents of the city as a prominent 
 
 figure in mercantile circles. He died in 1855,^ 
 his wife, Mary J., who was also a native of 
 New Gloucester, having preceded him to the 
 final rest in 1843. 
 
 Samuel Augustus True completed his stud- 
 ies at the Portland High School. He began 
 his business career as a clerk in a store on 
 Commercial Street, and at the age of twenty- 
 one he engaged in the grain and flour trade 
 as a member of the firm of Waldron & True. 
 That concern conducted a brisk business for 
 some time, being finally dissolved; and one 
 year later the firm of S. A. & J. H. True was 
 formed. In July, 1895, a stock company was 
 organized under the name of the S. A. & 
 J. H. True Company, of which the subject of 
 this sketch became President. Mr. True is 
 an able and successful business man, noted for 
 his regular methods and sterling integrity,' his 
 entire life having been governed by a steadfast 
 adherence to these principles. He is a Re- 
 publican in politics, and in 1881 he capably 
 represented the Portland district in the Maine 
 legislature. He is well advanced in Masonry, 
 being a member of Atlantic Lodge, Mount 
 Vernon Chapter, and Blanquefoot Command- 
 ery. He is also a member of the Portland 
 Club and of the Portland Athletic Club. 
 
 Mr. True married Ellen A. Hart, daughter 
 of Hanson M. and Phebe (Hill) Hart, and 
 has two children, as follows: Charles A., a 
 prominent lawyer of Portland and the present 
 County Attorney, wedded Gertrude A. Paine, 
 daughter of Henry Paine, of Portland, and has 
 one daughter, Gertrude; Ellen, wife of Ed- 
 ward- C. Robinson, of Brookline, Mass., has 
 one daughter, Catherine. Mr. True's relig- 
 ious affiliations are with the Free Street Bap- 
 tist Church. 
 
 a, lERRiTT LAMB, an enterprising 
 citizen of Westbrook, Me., who 
 has been instrumental in building 
 one of the finest residential quar- 
 ters of the city, was born on the old Lamb 
 homestead, now known as Deer Hill Farm 
 Westbrook, February 18, 1843. His parents 
 were John and Lucy (Leighton) Lamb, the 
 former a native of Westbrook, the latter of 
 Windham, Me. ; and he is of the third gen- 
 
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 eration of his family on the homestead. This 
 estate was purchased by his grandfather, Will- 
 iam Lamb, Jr., who settled in Falmouth (now 
 Westbrook) at an early date. A thrifty and 
 progressive farmer, he gathered many harvests 
 from the broad acres, living to an advanced 
 age. In politics he was an adherent of the 
 Whig party, in religion a Congregational ist. 
 His wife, who was a Miss Warren, of Fal- 
 mouth, lived to an advanced age, rearing a 
 large family. 
 
 John Lamb was born on the homestead in 
 1787. He likewise followed farming as a life 
 pursuit, but also engaged at the same time in 
 other kinds of work. In the early days, before 
 the advent of railroads, he managed a sort of 
 express business, driving a team between Bos- 
 ton and Bangor. The country was wild and 
 rough, the roads poor in many places, and in 
 stormy weather almost impassable. The trip 
 each way usually consumed about two weeks; 
 and Mr. Lamb met with many adventures, 
 pleasant and otherwise. In the latter part of 
 his life he was engaged in the manufacture 
 of bricks in connection with the cultivation of 
 his farm. Politically, he supported the same 
 principles that found favor with his father, 
 voting in his later years in the ranks of the 
 Republican party. He died in 1865. His 
 wife, who was a daughter of Ebenezer Leigh- 
 ton, a well-to-do farmer of Windham, was 
 called to rest March 2, 1896. Mr. and Mrs. 
 John Lamb were members of the Congrega- 
 tional church. They were the parents of ten 
 children, six of whom are living, namely: 
 Emily J., wife of Horatio Daniels, of Cum- 
 berland Mills, Westbrook; Mary E., wife of 
 Benjamin Webber, of Westbrook; Merritt, the 
 subject of this sketch ; William W. ; John W. ; 
 and Annie R., wife of Scott Swett, of West- 
 . brook. 
 
 Merritt Lamb received a good education, 
 attending the public schools of his native town 
 and the academy at Gorham, Me. On leaving 
 school he engaged in the pursuit of agriculture 
 on the homestead, which he still follows; and 
 for many years he has been interested in real 
 estate, evincing in his transactions a shrewd- 
 ness and ability that place him in the foremost 
 rank of Westbrook's business men. He has 
 sold many building lots for business purposes, 
 
 always with the understanding that nothing 
 but first-class houses should be built on them, 
 and as a result he has greatly increased the 
 value of real estate in his neighborhood. His 
 own residence on Deer Hill Farm is a beauti- 
 ful structure, situated on the crest of a hill 
 and commanding a fine view of the surrounding 
 country. 
 
 On November 18, 1869, Mr. Lamb was 
 united in marriage with Olive B. , daughter of 
 Thomas and Sarah Smith, of Lovell, Me. 
 Four children have brightened the years of 
 their wedded life, three of whom are living; 
 namely, Elden P., William M., and Louie M. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Lamb follows the traditions 
 of his family, voting the Republican ticket. 
 He is interested in public affairs, but, though 
 frequently urged to accept nomination for 
 office, invariably refuses, believing that he 
 could not properly attend to official duties and 
 at the same time give the requisite amount of 
 attention to his large real estate and agricult- 
 ural interests. He is prominent as an Odd 
 Fellow, belonging to Ammoncongin Lodge, 
 No. ^6, of Westbrook, in which he has held 
 several offices. In religious belief he is a 
 Congregational ist. 
 
 1828. 
 
 AMUEL T. PICKARD, of the 
 Portland Transcript, friend and 
 biographer of the poet Whittier, was 
 born in Rowley, Mass., March i. 
 
 His parents were Samuel and Sarah 
 (Coffin) Pickard. His father, also a native of 
 Rowley, born March 7, 1793, in early man- 
 hood was a teacher. Removing to Lewiston, 
 Me., in 1832, to become the Treasurer of the 
 Lewiston Manufacturing Company, he held 
 that position for forty years. At one time he 
 owned the whole of the land on which the 
 company's factories were afterward built. An 
 early abolitionist, in politics he affiliated with 
 the old Liberty party. Before coming to 
 Maine he had served as Representative from 
 Rowley to the State legislature. He died 
 November 9, 1872, aged seventy-nine years. 
 Mr. Samuel Pickard was twice married. His 
 wife Sarah, the mother of Samuel T. , was a 
 daughter of Joseph Coffin, of Newburyport, 
 a descendant of Tristram Coffin, who came 
 
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 from Devonshire, England, to this country in 
 1642, and was in Newbury, Mass., in 1648. 
 The Coffin homestead on High Street, Newbury- 
 port, was built by his son Tristram, Jr., in 1655. 
 Mrs. Sarah Coffin Picicard was a sister of 
 Joshua Coffin, Whittier's schoolmaster, of 
 whom the poet wrote : — 
 
 " Olden teacher, present friend, 
 Wise witli antiquarian search 
 In the scrolls of State and Church, 
 Named on history's title-page 
 Parish-cleric and justice sage." 
 
 Mrs. Pickard and her husband were members 
 of the Congregational church. She died in 
 her early married life, leaving four children. 
 
 Samuel T. Pickard was a child of but four 
 years when his parents removed to Maine. 
 After completing a course of study in Lewis- 
 ton Falls Academy, he came to Portland in 
 1844 to serve an apprenticeship to the printing 
 trade, almost on the spot where the Transcript 
 is now located. Later he went to Boston, 
 where he was connected with B. P. Shillaber's 
 humorous paper, The Carpet Bag ; and in 1852 
 he returned to Portland to take an interest in 
 the Eclectic. Three years later this publica- 
 tion was merged in the Transcript, a weekly 
 of great strength, founded nearly twenty years 
 before. Mr. Pickard is editor and one of the 
 proprietors of the Transcript, and has been con- 
 nected with the paper longer than any one else: 
 
 His most important literary work of recent 
 years has been the "Life and Letters of John 
 Greenleaf Whittier, " published in two vol- 
 umes by Houghton & Mifflin. The task was 
 committed to Mr. Pickard by Whittier's 
 desire, and, as the result shows, was a labor 
 of love from beginning to end, presided over 
 by excellent judgment and discrimination. 
 This biography is a revelation of Whittier, the 
 man and the poet, as he was known to few even 
 of his contemporaries. In regard to the anti- 
 slavery movements this work shows that he 
 bore an important part in the struggle, that, as 
 has been remarked, "his stirring lyrics were 
 the outward and visible signs of a life of un- 
 ceasing activity," influential through his in- 
 tercourse with public men. The story of the 
 poet's literary life is given in detail, and is 
 full of interest. To quote from the Indepen- 
 
 dent (New York): "Nothing- better need be 
 said of the author and his work than that, 
 by his diligence, devotion, and good judg- 
 ment, he has erected this scattered and frag- 
 mentary correspondence into a memorial 
 whole, where the poet lives and speaks as he 
 did among his friends when on earth." The 
 Reader, London, England, of March 8, 1895, 
 thus reviews the work: "The biographer of 
 John Greenleaf Whittier has done his work 
 with skill and taste. He is an enthusiastic 
 admirer of the singer, but he does not nau- 
 seate the reader with eulogy. He draws a 
 vivid picture of the man — in boyhood, in the 
 prime of lif^, and in the dignity and beauty of 
 old age. He interprets for us the moods of 
 the poet, the influences that moulded him and 
 made him what he was in the national story of 
 America and in the literature of the English- 
 speaking peoples, with a sympathy and discern- 
 ment that bespeaks to the full his fitness for 
 the task. He makes us love the man the 
 more, and to read in his verse a deeper signifi- 
 cance than its mellifluous form conveys to 
 those who may not hitherto have comprehended 
 the graces of the poet's character. ... We 
 would that we had space in which to tell of 
 the charm of the letters Mr. Pickard has 
 printed, and, above all, of the delightful 
 picture the biographer draws of Whittier's old 
 age — an old age wherein was no querulous- 
 ness, but an even calm, an almost unearthly 
 picturesqueness and moral grace. . . . We' are 
 grateful to Mr. Pickard for having recreated so 
 fine a character. He has done his work ex- 
 cellently — so well, indeed, as to have dowered 
 the poet's verse with an added wealth of 
 meaning. " 
 
 Mr. Pickard was married April 19, 1876, to 
 Miss Elizabeth Whittier, a niece of the poet, 
 in whose household she was reared, being a 
 daughter of Matthew F. Whittier, his younger 
 and only brother. Mr. and Mrs. Pickard have 
 one son, Greenleaf Whittier, the poet's name- 
 sake, who is still in school. 
 
 LISHA A. CLARK, of the firm of 
 Clark Brothers, wholesale and retail 
 dealers in corn, oats, flour, and mill 
 feed at Freeport, Me., was born in Harpswell, 
 
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 521 
 
 Cumberland County, October i, 1859, son of 
 Isaac and Jane (Allen) Clark, both natives of 
 Harpswell. His grandfather, Samuel Clark, 
 was also born in Harpswell, Me. After fol- 
 lowing the sea for some years in his early man- 
 hood, deciding to spend the rest of his life in 
 the enjoyment of domestic comfort — a bless- 
 ing which a sailor more thoroughly appreciates 
 than does the man who has never been deprived 
 of it — he settled on a farm in Harpswell 
 Centre. There he died in 1839. He was 
 the father of thirteen children. 
 
 His son, Isaac Clark, went to sea when a 
 mere lad, and rose step by step from the berth 
 of cabin boy to that of Captain, finally owning 
 and commanding the "Exchange," a coasting 
 vessel plying between Bangor, Portland, and 
 Boston. He followed the uncertain fortunes 
 of the sea until he was fifty-five years of age, 
 then settling on the homestead farm, where he 
 died at the advanced age of eighty-eight. His 
 wife was the daughter of Elisha Allen, of 
 Harpswell Centre, one of the best-known citi- 
 zens of the locality. Mr. Allen was equally 
 expert as a farmer, a ship-builder, a black- 
 smith, and a shoemaker, and was regarded as 
 a "smart " rqan, as that was then used in New 
 England. He died at the age of eighty-three. 
 His daughter, Mrs. Clark, who was one of a 
 family of eight children, died in Harpswell at 
 the age of sixty-two. She was a devoted mem- 
 ber of the Baptist church, in which her hus- 
 band, Isaac Clark, was one of the leading men, 
 serving for many years as clerk and taking a 
 prominent part in all church matters. Isaac 
 and Jane (Allen) Clark reared four children 
 — William, Isaac, Joseph C. , and Elisha A. 
 Joseph and Elisha are twins, and resemble 
 each other so strongly that one is often taken 
 for the other. 
 
 Elisha A. Clark attended school regularly 
 until thirteen years of age. After that he 
 pursued his studies in the winter season only, 
 working on the farm during the time of sowing 
 and harvest. In 1880, in connection with 
 his brother, J. C. Clark, he purchased the 
 store at Harpswell Centre, which was then 
 owned by Captain Lemuel Stover, and for five 
 years the brothers conducted a successful 
 trade. Elisha Clark then bought his brother's 
 interest, and from that time was sole proprie- 
 
 tor of the store. He carried a large stock of 
 fine groceries, and had an extensive trade in 
 flour and feed, both 'wholesale and retail, buy- 
 ing grain by the carload. In 1885 he erected 
 a steam-mill, and besides supplying his whole- 
 sale trade he did a large amount of custom 
 work. In April of the present year, 1896, he 
 sold out his business at Harpswell Centre, and 
 with his brother, J. C, bought out the steam- 
 mill at Freeport, known as the Mallet steam- 
 mill, where they are doing a thriving business 
 in the grain trade. Mr. Clark is a Director 
 of the Harpswell Insurance Company, of which 
 he has been Treasurer seven years. 
 
 December 23, 1883, he was united in mar- 
 riage with Lydia D., daughter of Francis and 
 Lucretia (Pinkham) Haskell, of Harpswell. 
 Francis Haskell also was a seafaring man, 
 gaining his livelihood from the fisheries. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Clark have three children — Frank, 
 Leonard, and Raymond. 
 
 Mr. Clark is a Democrat in politics. He 
 was Town Treasurer of Harpswell five years. 
 Constable several years, and also held the 
 office of Postmaster. In religious belief he is 
 an old-school Baptist — an uncompromising 
 Predestinarian. He has been a member of the 
 Baptist church in Harpswell thirteen years, 
 and taken an active part in its affairs, serving 
 as clerk for some years, teaching in the Sun- 
 day-school, and efficiently filling the position 
 of superintendent. Mrs. Clark also is a de- 
 voted member of the Baptist church. Mr. 
 Clark has attained his present position of 
 prominence in the business world through his 
 own energy and ability, and his fine social 
 qualities have made him the centre of a large 
 circle of friends. 
 
 1830. 
 
 OSEPH R. FARRINGTON, superin- 
 tendent of the State Reform School at 
 South Portland, Me., was born in 
 Brewer, Penobscot County, Me., May 5, 
 PI is grandfather, John Farrington, was 
 born October 20, 1756, in VVrentham, Mass. 
 He learned the carpenter's trade, and was 
 likewise a farmer. In 1786, in company with 
 a number of his fellow-townsmen, he migrated 
 to Orrington territory, as it was called, then 
 a part of Massachusetts, but now known as 
 
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 Brewer, Me. They were pioneers of that part 
 of the country, forming the Wrentham settle- 
 ment. The grandfather became a large landed 
 proprietor; and, as his sons became of age, 
 " he gave to each one hundred and twenty-five 
 acres. He became one of the leading spirits 
 of the new settlement in Brewer, which he 
 afterward represented in the General Court of 
 Massachusetts. He married Cynthia, daugh- 
 ter of Daniel Hawes, on July 14, 1788; and 
 of their nine children Oliver, father of Joseph 
 R., was the fifth son and the seventh child. 
 John Farrington and his wife were active 
 members of the Congregational church of 
 Brewer, he serving as Deacon for many years. 
 Both lived until well advanced in years, his 
 death occurring at the age of eighty. 
 
 Oliver Farrington was a native of Brewer, 
 Me., the date of his birth being September 18, 
 1797. Reared by loving parents in the prin- 
 ciples of true Christianity, he became a 
 powerful factor in advancing the higher inter- 
 ests of his native town, being among the fore- 
 most in moral reform, peace-loving, yet un- 
 swerving in his defence of what he believed to 
 be the truth, even though he might be the 
 sole champion of that particular principle. 
 On land cleared by his wife's grandfather he 
 engaged in general farming, residing there 
 until his death, September 16, 1863. On 
 November 11, 1822, he married Hannah 
 Rider, who was born in Brewer, and who out- 
 lived him many years, passing away December 
 18, 1893. They were both esteemed members 
 of the Congregational church of Brewer, and 
 each of their ten children became identified by 
 membership with the Congregational church. 
 
 Nine of their children are now living; 
 namely, Henry M., Ann L., Hannah J., 
 Joseph R., Sarah E., Clarissa E., Charles O., 
 George S., and Caroline A. Henry M. Far- 
 rington, born January 12, 1824, occupies the 
 old homestead in Brewer, where for eighteen 
 years he served as Assessor and Selectman. 
 His first wife, Deborah Baker, died December 
 6, 1865, leaving two children — Jennie L. ; 
 and Henry B., who has since died. He mar- 
 ried for his second wife Susan Colburn. Ann 
 L., born October 29, 1825, is now living in 
 Cloverdale, Cal., being the wife of the Rev. 
 W. L. Jones, by whom she has four children 
 
 — Myron H., Caroline E.,. William F., and 
 Harold McKeen. Hannah J. Farrington, 
 born October 3, 1827, lives with her eldest 
 brother on the old homestead. Sarah E. , 
 born May 17, 1832, is the widow of the Rev. 
 George A. Perkins, who died leaving three 
 children — ^ William Abbott, I-lerbert F., and 
 Carroll A. Clarissa Elvira, born October 25, 
 1834, lives on the old homestead. Charles 
 Oliver Farrington, born May 4, 1837, married 
 Sarah B:, daughter of Joshua Chamberlain, 
 of Brewer, and of their five children two are 
 now living — Alice May, born December 15, 
 1870; and Dana, born June 30,1878. George 
 Shepherd, born June 14, 1842, married Laura 
 Jackson; and they have one "child living, — 
 Sarah Edith, born April 25, 1870. Caroline 
 Amanda, born April 15, 1845, is the wife 
 of Myron W. Jones, 
 
 Joseph R. Farrington acquired his first 
 knowledge of books at the common schools of 
 his ne^five town, completing his course of study 
 at the Farmington Academy, now called the 
 Normal School. In early life, in company 
 with his brother Henry, he started the brick- 
 maker's business in Brewer, continuing pros- 
 perously engaged until 1871, when he gave up 
 the management to his brother, although he 
 retained his interest in the same until 1890. 
 On leaving Brewer in 1871, Mr. Farrington 
 became superintendent of the State College 
 Farm at Orono, and likewise instructor of the 
 agricultural department of the college. In 
 that important position he remained nine 
 years, resigning in 1880 to accept his present 
 office as superintendent of the State Reform 
 School at- Cape Elizabeth, now South Port- 
 land. Mr. Farrington's long retainment in 
 this office is a speaking evidence of the ability 
 and fidelity with which he has performed his 
 duties, and of the appreciation in which his 
 services are held by the ofificers and friends 
 of the institution. 
 
 Mr. Farrington was united in marriage 
 October 11, 1855, with Miss Ellen Elizabeth 
 Holyoke, daughter of Edward and Melinda 
 (Snow) Holyoke. She was born Marclr 12, 
 1832, at .Brewer, where she was reared, edu- 
 cated, and married. Her parents subsequently 
 removed to Yarmouth, where her father was for 
 many years a Deacon of the Congregational 
 
LORENZO L. SHAW. 
 
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 525 
 
 church. Mrs. Farrington died at Cape Eliza- 
 beth, February 28, 1895. From a memorial 
 to her worth and high character vve copy 
 the following words ; "She was a member of 
 the First Congregational Church of Brewer, 
 and was well known as a tireless worker in 
 her Master's service. She passed away full 
 of years and good works, at the age of 
 sixty-two years." Mr. Farrington is a sin- 
 cere Christian, faithful to the tenets of the 
 church in which he was reared. After remov- 
 ing to Cape Elizabeth, Mr. and Mrs. Far- 
 rington united with Williston Church, Port- 
 land. 
 
 The following is a brief record of their six 
 children: Arthur M., born September 2, 1856, 
 resides at- Washington, D.C., where he is 
 employed in the Bureau of Animal Industry. 
 He belongs to the B. S. D. V. S. , being 
 Chief of the United States Division. He 
 and his wife, formerly Addie M. Powers, have 
 three children — Helen, born December 7, 
 1886; Ethel, born January 21, 1890; and 
 Gladys, born September 13, 1892. Sarah P. 
 (deceased), born November 18, 1858, married 
 George P. Merrill, by whom she had four chil- 
 dren — Joseph F. , born November 3, 1884; 
 Annie M., born February 7, 1888; Mildred, 
 born November 7, 1889; and Ruth, born Au- 
 gust I, 1 891. Edward H., born December 
 20, i860, is Chief of the Dairy School at the 
 University of Wisconsin in the city of Madi- 
 son. He married January 2, 1890, Maud 
 Howard Wyckoff, who died March 26, 1896. 
 Oliver Cummings Farrington, born October 
 9, 1864, is Curator of the Department of 
 Geology in the Field Columbian Museum at 
 Chicago. Horace Parker, born May 26, 
 1867, is living in Madison, Wis., where, at 
 the State University, he is taking a course in 
 dairying. Wallace R., born May 3, 1871, 
 is editor of the Daily Commercial Advertiser, 
 at Honolulu, Hawaii. 
 
 Yp)ORENZO L. SHAW, promoter and 
 Ijl sole proprietor of one of Yarmouth's 
 jL ^ ^ leading industries and an ex-mem- 
 ~ -^ ber of the Maine legislature, was 
 borri in Holderness, N.H., November 8, 1828, 
 son of Asa and Diedama (York) Sha^. Mr. 
 
 Shaw's paternal grandfather was an early 
 settler in Holderness; and Asa Shaw was a 
 native of that town and resided there for some 
 time, but later moved to the town of Campton, 
 where the major part of his active life was 
 passed. 
 
 An able and useful citizen, as well as an 
 industrious and successful farmer, Asa Shaw 
 became a representative man of his locality. 
 He was liberal in his religious views, and in 
 politics he was a Jackson Democrat. He died 
 in 1863. His wife, Diedama York, who was 
 born in Holderness, became the mother of nine 
 children, six of whom are living, namely : 
 Daniel A. ; Lorenzo L. , the subject of this 
 sketch; Charlotte, who became Mrs. Leavitt ; 
 Elias H. ; William H. ; and Aurelia A., who 
 became Mrs. Watson. The other three chil- 
 dren, now departed, were: Alanson ; Simeon 
 W. ; and Harriet J., who became Mrs. Smith. 
 Mrs. Asa Shaw lived to reach the age of 
 eighty-seven years and twenty days. 
 
 Eorenzo L. Shaw was educated in the com- 
 mon schools of his native town; and at the age 
 of sixteen he went to Lowell, Mass., where 
 he secured a position as bobbin-boy in the 
 Massachusetts Company's cotton-mill. He 
 remained in their employ for ten years, during 
 which time he rose to the position of overseer; 
 and while there he became familiar with the' 
 business which he has. since followed with such 
 gratifying results. After leaving the employ 
 of the Massachusetts Company in Lowell, he 
 went to Lewiston, Me., as overseer and super- 
 intendent of the Bates Manufacturing Com- 
 pany; and from there he went to Hallowell, 
 Me., where he took charge of a ingnufacturing 
 business which had been greatly run down, 
 and succeeded in placing it in a flourishing 
 condition. In 1871 he came to Yarmouth, 
 where he, in company with Barnabas Freeman, 
 engaged in business, taking hold of a small 
 mill, which they soon placed upon a paying 
 basis. Under able management business in- 
 creased rapidly; and the products, which in- 
 clude cotton yarns, twines, seamless bag.s, and 
 a variety of warp yarns, soon found a ready 
 market. In 1889 Mr. Freeman retired from 
 the firm, leaving Mr. Shaw sole proprietor; 
 and he has since continued the enterprise 
 alone. The factory is located upon the best 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 water-power in town, and is well equipped 
 with improved machinery. About fifty hands 
 are employed, the mill running steadily the 
 year round with the exception of a short in- 
 terval in which to make repairs; and the pro- 
 duction amounts to an average of four hundred 
 thousand pounds annually. 
 
 In August, 1848, Mr. Shaw was united in 
 marriage with Susan M. Burnham, of Deer- 
 field, N. H. She died in September, 1880, 
 aged fifty-two years. Mr. Shaw has one 
 daughter living; namely, Nellie F., who mar- 
 ried Charles B. Corliss, and resides in Dor- 
 Chester, Mass. 
 
 In politics Mr. Shaw is a Republican, and 
 his business ability has been of valuable ser- 
 vice to that party. He was elected a Repre- 
 sentative to the legislature for the sessions of 
 1883 and 1885, and while a member of that 
 •body he displayed an earnest desire for the 
 furtherance of good government and the main- 
 tenance of a progressive administration of 
 public affairs. He was prominent in securing 
 the electric light system for Yarmouth, being 
 at the present time President of the company; 
 and he is also serving upon the Committee of 
 Public Improvement. He is an able, enter- 
 prising, and successful business man ; and the 
 industry which he has been the prime mover in 
 developing is a great benefit to the town. 
 He is a Unitarian in his religious views, and 
 is prominent in the Masonic Orders, in which 
 he has advanced to the thirty-second degree. 
 He is also connected with the Knights of 
 Pythias of Yarmouth. He occupies a pleasant 
 residence on Main Street, which is located but 
 a short distance from the water front, overlook- 
 ing Casco Bay. 
 
 The foregoing sketch, which is accompanied 
 by a very good likeness of Mr. Shaw, shows 
 the hapiDy results of choosing one's line of 
 work early and concentrating one's efforts in 
 continually pushing forward on that line. 
 ''Men," it has been said, "may be divided 
 into two classes — those who have a 'one thing' 
 and those who have no 'one thing' to do, 
 those with aim and those without aim in 
 their lives; and practically it turns out that 
 almost all of the success, and therefore the 
 greater part of the happiness, goes to the first 
 class. '•' 
 
 OHN M. ADAMS, the able editor of 
 the Eastern Argus and the Nestor of 
 modern journalism, was born in Rum- 
 ford, Me., September 22, 18 19. Be- 
 reft of a father's care in his youth, he was 
 compelled, while yet in tender years to largely 
 look out for himself, receiving from a widowed 
 mother, who was left with five children to care 
 for, only such aid, support, and instruction as 
 she with her many other cares and responsi- 
 bilities was able to give him. Faithful in his 
 filial love, he devoted the first five years after 
 his father's death to assisting in the work of 
 the farm. 
 
 When he was about fifteen years of age, he 
 received from a relative who was a student 
 at Bowdoin College such instruction as the 
 young man was able to give outside of his col- 
 lege studies. This proved exceedingly val- 
 uable. It created a thirst for learning which 
 he and his mother resolved to have gratified. 
 In tjie autumn he attended school at Turner, 
 the next summer was a student at Bridgton 
 Academy, and the following autumn at Bethel, 
 in which town he taught school the next winter. 
 
 In 1838 the troubles over the north-eastern 
 boundary question were becoming serious, and 
 young Adams in a spirit of adventure and a 
 desire to see the new country volunteered as 
 a soldier in the Aroostook War, being an Or- 
 derly Sergeant. The disputes were soon 
 settled through the intervention of General 
 Winfield Scott; and the soldiers were dis- 
 charged after a month's service, never having 
 gone further than Augusta on their way to the 
 scene of strife. His kinsman and former in- 
 structor, having gone to Maryland, wrote John 
 that there was an opening for a teacher in an 
 academy near where he was residing; and the 
 young man, then only nineteen years of age, 
 resolved to accept the offer. The' facilities 
 for travel were few. He was two days in 
 journeying from Rumford to Portland and six 
 days in reaching Maryland. There he found 
 a fine opportunity. He taught two years most 
 successfully, receiving the princely . sum of 
 four hundred dollars a year, with board at one 
 dollar per week in one of the wealthiest fam- 
 ilies of the place. His time outside of the 
 school-room was spent in study in preparation 
 for higher service. 
 
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 527 
 
 In December he was called home by the 
 death of a brother ; and, though strongly urged 
 to return to Maryland, he concluded not to do 
 so, having abandoned the idea of going to col- 
 lege, mainly because two years were required 
 to be devoted to the study of Greek, which he 
 considered unprofitable. He took a two years' 
 course at Gorham Seminary. Desiring to 
 acquire the French language, he studied for 
 about ten months at a college at St. Hyacinthe, 
 Canada. The President of the college secured 
 him board in the famous Papineau family, who 
 were wealthy and cultured people. This ad- 
 mitted him to the best society, in which 
 French was spoken in its purity; and he soon 
 became able to speak like a Parisian. Return- 
 ing to Maine, he began in the spring of 1844 
 to study law in the office of Fessenden & De- 
 Blois. He also taught a class in French at 
 Packard's School, the principal of which was 
 a brother to Professor Packard, of Bowdoin. 
 
 In the fall of 1844 he attended a meeting 
 of prominent citizens, including John A. Poor, 
 to consider the question of building a railroad 
 to Montreal. This was the inception of the 
 great enterprise in which he afterward had 
 an active interest. Four years after becoming 
 the law partner of its chief promoter, J. A. 
 Poor, in 185 1, he made an extensive tour of 
 Europe and acted as the correspondent of the 
 Railroad J ournal oi New York, writing chiefly 
 of the railroad systems of Europe. Upon his 
 return he was appointed on the staff of Gov- 
 ernor Hubbard, whose election he had ear- 
 nestly advocated before his departure. In 
 185s he edited the Argits for John Appleton, 
 who was Secretary of Legation at London ; and 
 in 1856 he was appointed, by Governor Wells, 
 Reporter of Decisions, and edited the forty- 
 first and forty-second volumes of the Maine 
 Reports. The next year he formed a law 
 partnership with Nathan Clifford, which was 
 very congenial to both parties, and which con- 
 tinued until Mr. Clifford was appointed to the 
 United States Supreme Bench, January 12, 
 1858. 
 
 About this time Mr. Adams was elected 
 editor of the Eastern Argus, much against his 
 will, as he preferred the practice of law, at 
 which he had been successful, to editorial 
 work ; but he was finally persuaded to accept 
 
 the place through the advice of friends whose 
 opinions he did not wish to disregard. After 
 a time he acquired a half-interest in the paper, 
 and in 1866 he became its sole owner. Mr. 
 Adams has been editor of the paper for more 
 than thirty-nine years, during all of which 
 time it has been an able and outspoken advo- 
 cate of Jeffersonian Democracy, to support 
 which it was established in 1803. The Argus 
 never gives out any uncertain sound : it is true 
 to its principles and is ready to defend them 
 at all times. Of late years much attention has 
 been given to the news department of columns, 
 and it now ranks as the leading newspaper of 
 the State. 
 
 In 1877-78 Mr. Adams was elected to the 
 legislature at Augusta, serving on the Finance 
 Committee during both terms. The second 
 year he was nominated by his party for 
 Speaker of the House, and received every 
 Democratic vote. He was one of the origi- 
 nators of the Maine Press Association, in 
 which he takes great interest, and is usually 
 the leading spirit both in its summer excur- 
 sions and winter reunions, always entertaining 
 his editorial brethren with great cordiality. 
 Mr. Adams is justly held in the highest re- 
 spect and esteem in the community in which 
 he resides and throughout the fraternity of 
 which he is an honored and brilliant member. 
 In business and in social life his honesty of 
 purpose, lofty character, and his kind and 
 gentle nature have won him admirers and warm 
 personal friends among all classes with whom 
 he associates. 
 
 Mr. Adams married Miss Adele S. Hobbs, 
 daughter of William Whitman Hobbs and 
 Sarah Farrington (Merrill) Hobbs, of Nor- 
 way, April 18, 1867. This union has been 
 blessed by the birth of five children — ^ Susan 
 Merrill; Sarah Whitman; John. Milton, a very 
 promising young man who died at the age of 
 fifteen; Adele Hobbs; and Charles Henry. 
 
 Nathan Adams, Jr., father of the subject of 
 this sketch, was born January 28, 1788. 
 March 17, 181 7, he married Susan, daughter 
 of Ezekiel Merrill, who was born at Andover, 
 Me., being the first white child born in that 
 town. Mr. Nathan Adams, Jr., became 
 possessed of the old homestead of his father in 
 Rumford, where he lived until his death, Jan- 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 uary 26, 1830. He was a soldier in Captain 
 Wheeler's regiment, and was called out for the 
 protection of Portland in the War of 181 2. 
 Nathan Adams, Sr. , of the sixth generation of 
 the Adams family in America, was in his early 
 manhood a resident of Andover, Mass. He 
 held the rank of First Lieutenant in a company 
 raised in Andover for service in the War of 
 the Revolution. Afterward he came to Maine, 
 and was a prominent and early settler of East 
 Andover, Me., later moving to and develop- 
 ing the home at Rumford, where he resided 
 until his death. (For further facts concerning 
 the Adams family see "History of Rumford," 
 by Lapham, 1890, Augusta.) 
 
 tUGUSTUS J. HASKELL, a native 
 resident of New Gloucester, Cumber- 
 land County, Me., is the owner of 
 ^"^ the Haskell farm near the village of 
 Upper Gloucester, which he carries on in a 
 capable and efficient manner. He was born 
 on January 28, 1845, son of Jabez and Hannah 
 (Griffin) Haskell, and is a grandson of Will- 
 iam B. Haskell, who settled in New Glouces- 
 ter in the pioneer days of this town. The 
 grandfather's place is known as the Whitman 
 farm. He remained there until 1855, and 
 then removed to Y,ivermore, Me., where he 
 ended his days. 
 
 Jabez Haskell was born in New Gloucester 
 on June 8, 1805. At twenty-five years of age 
 he purchased the farm now owned by his son, 
 and he spent the remainder of his life there. 
 In addition to his farm work he did a large 
 amount of freighting with ox teams between 
 New Gloucester and Portland. He died on 
 October 2, 1869. His wife, Hannah Griffiii, 
 was born in Freeport, Me., on October 5, 
 1804. Five children were the fruit of their 
 union, namely: Priscilla G., who was born 
 February 8, 183 1, and died September 30, 
 1833; Martha F., who was born July 23, 
 1834, married W. F. Milliken, now living in 
 Portland, Me., and died on August 5, 1870; 
 Julia E., who was born October 12, 1835, 
 married Israel T. Merrill, now residing in 
 China, Me., and died on October 6, 1866; 
 Augustus J.; and Thomas G., who was born 
 September 19, 1846, married Miss Alice 
 
 Wormwood, died in Auburn, Me., on Septem- 
 ber I, 1886, his widow now living in Yar- 
 mouth, Me. Mrs. Hannah Griffin Haskell 
 died on November 28, 1870. 
 
 Augustus ]'. Haskell acquired a good com- 
 mon-school education. He remained with his 
 parents until he attained his majority; and 
 after his marriage, in company with his 
 brother, he took charge of the old homestead. 
 A little later, however, he purchased his 
 brother's interest; and he is now the owner of 
 one hundred and seven acres of productive 
 farm land. He has . made various improve^ 
 ments, and carries on mixed husbandry with 
 good results, making a specialty of his milk 
 business. On an average he keeps twelve 
 milch cows, which give about sixteen gallons 
 of milk daily. This he ships to the Portland, 
 market. He also raises each year a limited 
 amount of stock. 
 
 On January i, 1871, he was united in mar- 
 riage with Mrs. Emma A. Coding, widow of 
 Charles Coding, of Auburn, Me., and a 
 daughter of Seth and Hannah (Rowe) Lane. 
 Her father, who was a prosperous farmer of 
 New Gloucester, died on September 24, 1875. 
 Mrs. Haskell is now the sole survivor of a 
 family of seven children. She was born on 
 August 14, 1847. The only child of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Haskell, a son named Ernest, was born 
 June 4, 1882, and died on June 19, 1882. 
 
 In politics Mr. Haskell is a Republican, 
 and has always been a faithful adherent of 
 that party. He is a member of the Grange, or 
 society of farmers, at Auburn, Me., and also 
 of the New Gloucester and Danville Fair As- 
 sociation, of which he has served as Director 
 for seven years, and was President in 1893. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Haskell are active members of 
 the First Congregational Church of New 
 Gloucester. 
 
 rs^l ENRY AUGUSTUS SHOREY, a 
 well-known Maine journalist, resid- 
 ing in Bridgton, Cumberland 
 County, was born in Waterville, 
 Me., April 3, 1840. He is the eldest son of 
 Francis Warren Shorey, also a native of 
 Waterville, and a grandson of Reuben Shorey, 
 a native of Somersworth, N.H. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 529 
 
 Reuben Shorey married Mary Warren, who 
 was. nearly related to the family of General 
 Joseph Warren, the gallant patriot among the 
 earliest of the slain at Bunker Hill in the war 
 of the Revolution. Grandfather Shorey died 
 at Waterville, whither he removed early in 
 his married life, at about eighty-five years of 
 age. His widow survived him, dying in the 
 same town at the age of ninety-five. Six chil- 
 dren were born to them — Joseph, James, 
 Francis Warren, Henry Augustus, Reuben, 
 and a daughter who died in infancy. 
 
 Francis Warren Shorey was by vocation a 
 blacksmith, learning the trade in Waterville. 
 In 1842 he removed with his family to Bath, 
 where he continued in the business until his 
 death in 1854, at the age of fifty-four. He 
 married in Waterville Mary Jane Ricker, the 
 daughter of Joseph R-icker, the village tailor, 
 a native and lifelong resident of Waterville. 
 She outlived her husband, dying at the age of 
 sixty-five in Bridgton. Eight children were 
 born to them — Hannah Ricker, Sophia 
 Penney, Henry Augustus, Frazier Trott, 
 Winfield Scott, Francis Warren, and a son 
 and daughter dying in infancy. 
 
 The subject of this sketch, Henry Augustus 
 Shorey, was reared in Bath, attending the pub- 
 lic schools until the age of fourteen, when the 
 death of his father and the family needs ren- 
 dered it necessary for him to withdraw from 
 the schools and seek employment. At that 
 early age he apprenticed himself to the print- 
 ing business in the establishment of the 
 weekly newspaper known as the Eastern 
 Times, thus laying the foundation for his sub- 
 sequent successful career as publisher and 
 editor. He continued in the Bath printing- 
 offices for seven years, following the fortunes 
 of the Eastern Times in various changes and 
 consolidations until he became of age in that 
 eventful year of 1861, when 
 
 " Charleston's frowning cannon 
 Rang their challenge to the fray," 
 
 and he was ■ among the very first in Bath to 
 enter his name as a recruit upon the rolls of 
 the old "Bath City Grays," which afterward 
 became Company A of the Third Maine Regi- 
 ment. But, in the rigid medical examination 
 ordered just prior to going into camp, the 
 
 "pale-faced" printer's boy was among those 
 thrust aside as not being considered suffi- 
 ciently robust for military duty. 
 
 Keenly disappointed and much dispirited, 
 he eagerly watched his opportunity to enter 
 one of the later regiments. In October, under 
 the advice of Governor Washburn, he engaged 
 in recruiting service; and, with his recruits 
 going into camp at Augusta the latter part of 
 November, he was commissioned as Second 
 Lieutenant of Company B, Fifteenth Maine 
 Volunteers, his parchment bearing date De- 
 cember 7, 1 86 1. For four years and seven 
 months he shared the privations and fortunes 
 of this regiment, participating with it in all 
 its campaigns and varied experiences. With it 
 he followed Farragut and Butler to the captttre 
 and subsequent occupation of New Orleans; 
 spent three successive summers in the region 
 of the malaria-infected swamps of the Missis.- 
 sippi; was with Banks in the expedition to the 
 southern coast of Texas, being in command of 
 the boat's crew which first landed and re- 
 stored the "stars and stripes" to Texas soil 
 after its being so dramatically unfurled by 
 Twiggs; was, with his regiment, a participant 
 in the severe marches and desperate engage- 
 ments of the Red River expedition in Western 
 Louisiana; with the Nineteenth Corps joined 
 Grant's forces on the Potomac in 1864; was 
 with Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley in 
 the fall of that year, and with his command 
 imder Hancock was on the march from Win- 
 chester toward Lynchburg when the tidings 
 of Lee's surrender was received. 
 
 He commanded his company in the Great 
 Review typifying the close of the war and the 
 coming of peace. May, 1865, and then, with 
 his regiment, proceeded to Georgia and South 
 Carolina, where for a full year longer he was 
 engaged in the troublous and exciting advent- 
 ures of the reconstruction period, not being 
 finally mustered out until July, 1866. J-le 
 was successively promoted from Second to 
 First Lieutenant and Captain, and brevetted 
 Major "for meritorious services during the 
 war" in March, 1865. He also served for a 
 considerable period as Adjutant of his regi- 
 ment. While in South Carolina he held the 
 important post of Provost Marshal for the 
 counties of Georgetown and Horry, and for a 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 period was commanding officer of a subdis- 
 trict in Northern South Carolina, embracing 
 the counties of Chester, Laurens, York, 
 Union, and Spartanburg, in a period of gen- 
 eral disorder midway between the withdrawal 
 of military and the re-establishment of civil 
 government. He served as Judge Advocate of 
 a Military Commission at Columbia, S.C., 
 trying some noted criminal cases, and also 
 held a number of important detached appoint- 
 ments. 
 
 Returning home in 1866, having married 
 Miss Ida D. Currier in 1864, he at once re- 
 sumed his old vocation, the printing business. 
 Spending a few months in the book-publishing 
 house of John Wilson & Son, Cambridge, 
 Mass., he in 1867 returned to Bath, and with 
 Elijah Upton purchased the Bath Daily Times 
 and American Sentinel (weekly). For three 
 years they pursued this business, then sold the 
 establishment; and a little later Mr. Shorey 
 fitted up a new establishment for job printing 
 and the publication of the Maine Temperance 
 Advocate. This was continued until 1870, 
 when he removed the materials to Bridgton, 
 Cumberland County, where he established the 
 paper which he has successfully conducted for 
 a period of over a quarter of a century, and 
 which is recognized as one of the most in- 
 fluential weeklies of the State, having an ex- 
 tensive circulation. 
 
 Major Shorey is a lifelong temperance man, 
 and has actively engaged in that work. Sign- 
 ing the abstinence pledge as a mere boy, he 
 became active in the temperance organizations 
 in his minority. For several years he was 
 Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Maine, Inde- 
 pendent Order of Good Templars, with a mem- 
 bership of thirty thousand; for two terms was 
 the chief officer of the Order in Maine, known 
 as Grand Worthy Chief Templar; and repre- 
 sented Maine in the Supreme Councils of the 
 Order at St. Louis, Mo., Louisville, Ky., 
 Detroit, Mich., etc. He has been a Mason 
 and Odd Fellow since 1864, and is a member 
 of the Pythian fraternity, etc. For a dozen 
 years he was President of the Maine Odd Fel- 
 lows' Relief Association. He was charter 
 member and Adjutant of the first Grand Army 
 Post organized in Maine, and was immedi- 
 ately appointed on the staff of the Order's 
 
 first Commander-in-chief, and empowered to 
 establish a sufficient number of Posts to 
 warrant the formation of the Department of 
 Maine, which he did. He has twice held the 
 position of Assistant Quartermaster-general 
 for the Department of Maine. 
 
 Major Shorey was a member of the Gov- 
 ernor's staff (rank of Lieutenant Colonel) in 
 1873, and was one of the Trustees of the 
 Maine Insane Hospital during the successive 
 administrations of Governors Sidney Perham, 
 Nelson Dingley, and Selden Connor. He 
 has been more or less interested in politics all 
 his life, an active participant in th6 caucuses 
 and conventions of his party, and has had con- 
 siderable experience as a presiding officer at 
 political gatherings. State and county temper- 
 ance conventions and mass meetings. Under 
 the administration of Collector Lot M. Morrill 
 (1878) Major Shorey was invited to a position 
 in the Portland custom-house, was promoted 
 to the position of weigher and gauger under 
 the collectorship of Colonel F. N. Dow, was 
 removed for political reasons upon the advent 
 of a collector appointed by the first Cleveland 
 administration (1886), and upon the return of 
 his party to power was reinstated under the 
 provisions of the civil service rule which 
 permits the restoration of an honorably dis- 
 charged soldier "separated from the service 
 for no fault of his own." He served as the 
 sole weigher and ganger of the port of Port- 
 land for four and a half years. Under the 
 second Cleveland administration he was in 
 June, 1895, again removed; and the place was 
 filled by a Democratic appointee of Collector 
 Deering. 
 
 In 1889-91 Major Shorey and his son and 
 brother were associated together in the publi- 
 cation of the Bath Daily Times and American 
 Sentinel. For the most of this period his eld- 
 est son was editor of the papers, receiving 
 more or less assistance from the father. For 
 a dozen years Major Shorey has been Secretary 
 and Historian of the Fifteenth Maine Regi- 
 mental Association; and in 1890 he prepared 
 and published an elaborate and expensive work, 
 "The Story of the Maine Fifteenth," which 
 was received with much favor by the press and 
 public. The first edition is entirely exhausted, 
 and a second edition is soon to be issued. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 531 
 
 The Major. has a charming home at Bridg- 
 ton, with an estimable wife and five children, 
 and is just now resting upon his laurels and 
 happy in the enjoyment of home comforts. 
 
 ■OHN R. TWITCHELL, for many years 
 in the wholesale grocery business in 
 Portland, Me., late of the Twitchell, 
 Champlin Company at 252 Commercial 
 Street, Merrill's Wharf, died on February 29, 
 1896. He was born in Bethel, Oxford County, 
 Me., son of John and Roxanna (Howe) 
 Twitchell. His father, a contractor and 
 builder, was born in Sherborn, Mass., in 
 1800. His paternal great-grandfather. Cap- 
 tain Peter Twitchell, was a Revolutionary 
 hero. (See "History of Oxford County.") 
 
 At the age of fifteen, after attending Gould 
 Academy in Bethel, John R. Twitchell came 
 to Portland as clerk for his brother in the firm 
 of Davis, Twitchell & Chapman, where he re- 
 mained eight years, his natural capacity devel- 
 oping by experience till he was able to as- 
 sume business responsibilities for himself. 
 In 1862 he formed a partnership with Mr. 
 J. P. Champlin; and two years later they pur- 
 chased the grocery business of his first em- 
 ployers, the firm name being changed to 
 Twitchell Brothers & Champlin. Afterward 
 the company was known itnder the style of 
 Twitchell Brothers, Champlin & Co. The 
 corporation designated as the Twitchell, 
 Champlin Company was formed in 1890. 
 They own the wharf on which the stores and. 
 factories are located, and they do a large 
 wholesale business besides running a canning 
 factory. In Boston, on the corner of Bowker 
 and Sudbury Streets, they have another flour- 
 ishing house, under the same firm name. 
 
 In politics Mr. Twitchell was a Republican. 
 Nominations were tendered him, but he never 
 held any public office. He, however, served 
 the Board of Trade as Secretary, and at one 
 time was President of the Mercantile Library 
 Association. He was a Knight Templar of 
 the Portland Commandery, and a member of 
 the Cumberland Club. He also belonged to 
 the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Unity 
 Lodge. 
 
 He married in 1863 Miss Angle B. 
 
 Marble, daughter of Stephen M. and Alura 
 (Bonney) Marble, and is survived by his wife 
 and two children, namely: Gertrude M., a 
 graduate of Smith College, twenty-three years 
 of age; and Arthur C, twenty years old, 
 now a Sophomore in Williams College. An- 
 other son, Frederick, died at the age of six 
 years. The family attend the First Unitarian 
 Church, and live at 20 Deering Street in this 
 city. 
 
 ON. WILLIAM WARREN LAMB, 
 broker and real estate dealer, a na- 
 
 [S I five resident of Westbrook, Me., 
 
 was born February 27, 1837, son of 
 John and Lucy (Leighton) Lamb. He is a 
 member of one of the old families of this lo- 
 cality, his great-grandfather, William Lamb, 
 who lived in ante-Revolutionary times, having 
 been a pioneer settler of Westbrook. He 
 lived to be a very old man ; and his son, Will- 
 iam, Jr., a native of this town, attained an 
 advanced age. William Lamb, the younger, 
 reared a large family; and John, the father of 
 William W. Lamb, was one of the older chil- 
 dren. 
 
 John Lamb, born in Westbrook in the early^ 
 days, when farming was the chief industry 
 of the place, followed that occupation as a 
 life pursuit. Working untiringly and living 
 frugally, he amassed considerable property. 
 He was an honest man, with hearty ways and 
 a genial disposition, and was very popular. 
 In politics he was a stanch Whig. He died 
 at the age of seventy-eight. His wife, a na- 
 tive of Windham, Me., died February 29, 
 1896, at the venerable age of eighty-eight 
 years. She was a member of the Congrega- 
 tional church, as was her husband. Ten chil- 
 dren, seven sons and three daughters, were 
 born to Mr. and Mrs. Lamb. Of these the 
 following are living: Emily J., wife of Ho- 
 ratio Daniels, of Westbrook; William Warren, 
 the subject of this sketch; Mary E., wife of 
 Benjamin Webber, of Westbrook; Merrit, a 
 farmer of Westbrook, who married Miss Olive 
 Smith, of this town; John W., a farmer in 
 Sioux City, la., who married Miss Minnie 
 Howell; and Anna R., wife of W. S. Sweet, 
 of Westbrook. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL RiEVIEW 
 
 William Warren Lamb acquired his educa- 
 tion in the schools of his native townc He 
 was for some time engaged in trade in West- 
 brook, and twenty years ago began to deal in 
 real estate. Much of the best property in the 
 east end of the city has passed through Mr. 
 Lamb's hands, and he has laid out for building 
 purposes fully two hundred lots. He owned 
 at one time one hundred acres of land within 
 the limits of the city proper, and two-thirds 
 of this he has devoted to building purposes. 
 An important factor in the financial progress 
 of Westbrook, he was one of the founders of 
 the Westbrook Trust Company, a banking in- 
 stitution organized in 1890 with a capital of 
 fifty thousand dollars, which has since been 
 augmented to three hundred thousand dollars. 
 
 He has also been intimately connected with 
 the political life of the place, taking an active 
 part in public affairs as a Republican. He 
 was the first Postmaster at Cumberland Mills 
 and a member of the Board of Selectmen of 
 Westbrook in 1874 and 1875. In 1889. he 
 was elected to the House of Representatives, 
 and in 1891 was re-elected, serving four years 
 in all. He was a member of the legislature 
 when Westbrook was awarded a city charter, 
 being a zealous worker for the passage of 
 the bill; and he has been a prominent mem- 
 ber of the City Republican Committee for 
 years. 
 
 In 1862 Mr. Lamb was married in West- 
 brook to Susan Smith, a native of Lovell, 
 Me., daughter of Thomas and Sarah Smith, 
 both of whom died in Lovell. Three children 
 have blessed this union — Nellie, who died in 
 childhood; Alice, wife of Wingate C. Tit- 
 comb, a carpenter of Westbrook; and Frank 
 W. Lamb, M.D., a graduate of the medical 
 department of Bowdoin College, who took a 
 post-graduate course of study at Bellevue 
 Hospital, New York City, and is now practis- 
 ing medicine at Tilton, N.H. 
 
 A leader in business and political circles, 
 Mr. Lamb is also prominent in several social 
 Orders. He is a Chapter Mason and Knight 
 Templar, belonging to Lodge No. 186, of 
 Cumberland Mills, and to St. Albans Com- 
 mandery. Knights Templars, of Portland, and 
 is a member of Ammoncongin Lodge, No. 76, 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and also 
 
 of Presumpscdt Valley Lodge, No. 4, Knights 
 of Pythias. Mr. and Mrs. Lamb attend the 
 Congregational church. 
 
 7TXHARLES W. ALLEN, of the firm of 
 I \r^ F. O. Bailey & Co., 46 Exchange 
 ^lU^^ Street and corner of Middle and 
 Market Streets, Portland, was born 
 in Poland, Me'., on November 28, 1848. His 
 parents were William P. and Lucy H. 
 (Porter) Allen, the former of whom was also 
 a native of Poland, the mother being born in 
 the town of Paris, Me. William P. Allen, 
 who was a son of William Allen, followed the 
 combined vocations of a farmer and carriage 
 manufacturer throughout the active period of 
 his life. He died in 1858. His wife, Lucy 
 H. Porter, who was a daughter of Charles 
 Porter and grand-daughter of Charles Porter, 
 Sr., is still living. Of their five children 
 two survive — Ray Hamilton and Charles W. 
 The first named married William Buxton, of 
 North Yarmouth, after his death, which oc- 
 curred in 1882, becoming the wife of Ed- 
 ward J. Hoadley, of Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Charles W. Allen received his education in 
 the public schools of Norway and at the Ed- 
 ward Little Institute of Auburn, Me. On 
 leaving school in 1866, at the age of eighteen 
 years, he came to Portland to take a position 
 as clerk for F. O. Bailey. Three years later 
 he bought an interest in the business, and 
 since then has continued in partnership with 
 Mr. Bailey. Mr. Allen married Miss Ida G. 
 Neal, a daughter of Alvin and Emily E. 
 (Woodside) Neal, who were formerly resi- 
 dents of Portland, but are now living in Lex- 
 ington, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Allen have one 
 son, Neal Woodside Allen. In political 
 views Mr. Allen is a stanch Republican. 
 Among the various fraternal organizations 
 with which he is affiliated are: Ancient Land- 
 mark Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Mount Vernon 
 Chapter, Portland Commandery; Unity Lodge, 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and the 
 Portland Club. He and his wife are members 
 of the Universalist church. Mr. Allen is now 
 erecting a substantial residence at 149 Pine 
 Street, where the family will make their 
 home after its completion.- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 533 
 
 ENRY P. SPURR, a leading member 
 of the farming community of Otis- 
 field, was born in Otisfield, October 
 9, 1825, son of Enoch and Lavinia 
 (Gamman) Spurr, both natives of Otisfield. 
 His paternal grandfather, also Enoch Spurr, 
 came to Otisfield from Massachusetts, and 
 settled on a farm near the present residence 
 of his grandson. He was a patriot of the 
 Revolution, one of the sturdy farmers who, 
 to fight for independence, left, as Whittier 
 puts it, 
 
 " The plough 'mid furrow standing still, 
 The half-ground corn grist in the mill, 
 The spade in earth, the axe in cleft." 
 
 He lived long enough to see the republic 
 firmly established, he breathing his last 
 peacefully in Otisfield, April 28, 1843. His 
 wife, whose maiden name was Abigail Wight, 
 had died several years before, leaving ten chil- 
 dren, of whom Enoch, Jr., was the only son. 
 
 Enoch Spurr, Jr., remained with his par- 
 ents while they lived. After the death of his 
 father he settled on the farm now owned by 
 his son. The cultivation of this, supple- 
 mented by profitable ventures in lumbering, 
 kept him in good circumstances until his 
 death, which occurred in 1883. His wife, 
 Lavinia, was a daughter of Samuel and Susan 
 (Perkins) Gamman, who were married in Gor- 
 ham, Me., and lived for many years in Hart- 
 ford, Oxford County. Mr. Gamman also was 
 a farmer, and spent his last days in Hartford. 
 His daughter, Mrs. Spurr, died in 1856. She 
 was the mother of the following children — 
 Flenry P., the subject of this sketch; Joseph, 
 born in February, 1827, who died at the age 
 of twenty-one; Samuel, a farmer, who mar- 
 ried a Miss Millett, of Minot, Me., and lived 
 near Henry P. ; Lorenzo, who died at the age 
 of twenty; Susan Abigail, who died at the age 
 of eighteen; Sumner, a farmer, who married 
 Miss Ada Dudley, of Waterford, Me., and 
 also resided near Henry P. Enoch Spurr, 
 heeding the words of the apostle Paul, " It is 
 not good for man to be alone," took for his 
 second wife Ann Waite, of Poland, Me., 
 daughter of Captain Waite, a well-known 
 mariner, who died in Poland. She also has 
 passed away. 
 
 Plenry P. Spurr acquired a fair education 
 in the common schools. After learning the 
 mason's trade in Otisfield, he worked at it as 
 a journeyman until 1857. Then he settled on 
 the old Sylvester farm in Otisfieid, and 
 turned his attention to agriculture. One year 
 later he built for himself a house near the 
 one he now occupies, and lived in it for 
 six years. He took possession of his present 
 home in 1863. It is a fine estate, contain- 
 ing one hundred and fifty acres, and has been 
 considerably improved since it came into Mr. 
 Spurr' s hands. He carries on general farm- 
 ing, his principal crops being hay, corn, and 
 small grain. He also raises fruit for the 
 market, and keeps some live stock. Mr. 
 Spurr does no mason work now, but gives his 
 entire attention to farming and his real estate 
 interests. Regarding the latter it may be 
 stated that but one citizen of Otisfield pays 
 more in taxes than he. 
 
 On June i, 1857, Mr. Spurr was united in 
 marriage with Sarah E. Sawyer, a native of 
 Otisfield, born August 4, 1834, daughter of 
 Jeremiah Sawyer, one of the pioneer farmers 
 of Otisfield. She died in 1888, having borne 
 two children — Julia A., wife of Walter W. 
 Hamlin, a resident of Otisfield; and Cornelia 
 p., who died at the age of seventeen. On 
 January 20, 1891, Mr. Spurr was again mar- 
 ried, this time to Miss E. Jennie Muzzy, a 
 native of Oxford, Me., born October 5, 1836. 
 Her father was Alexander H. Muzzy, of 
 Worcester County, Massachusetts, a farmer 
 who died in Norway, Me., in 1891. Mr. 
 Spurr is an earnest Prohibitionist. He was 
 formerly a Republican, and cast his first Pres- 
 idential vote for General Zachary Taylor. 
 He has served as Selectman of Otisfield, and 
 filled other offices in the town, where he is 
 highly respected. In religious belief he is a 
 Baptist. His wife is a member of the Con- 
 gregational church. 
 
 "ARRIS W. JORDAN, formerly a 
 mill superintendent, now a prosper- 
 ous farmer, owning one of the 
 finest-improved and best-appointed 
 farms in New Gloucester, Me., was born 
 March 28, 1844, in the town of Webster, 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Androscoggin County. His father, William 
 Jordan, was born in the same place in 1809. 
 
 William Jordan was a son of- Joshua Jordan, 
 who was born and reared on Cape Elizabeth, 
 whence he removed to Webster, where he sub- 
 sequently engaged in farming until his death. 
 . William succeeded to the occupation of his 
 father, becoming a large farmer and stock 
 raiser. He died March 7, 1870. His wife, 
 who died in 1848, was Adeline Dill, a native 
 of Lewiston, Me. Twelve children were born 
 to them, namely: Peter, deceased; Joshua, 
 who is now living with his brother Harris; 
 Eliza, deceased, who married Isaac Jordan, 
 now a resident of Lynn, Mass. ; Joseph, who 
 since the death of his wife, Lucy Ellen 
 Turner, has lived with his brother Harris; 
 Dorcas, widow of Cooley Davis, residing in 
 Lewiston; Lucy, who died at the age of 
 eighteen years; Rhoda, who died at seven- 
 teen; Clara, deceased, who was the wife of 
 L. Maxwell, of Auburn, this State; Hannah, 
 who married Cyrus Longley, of Raymond, Me. 
 (both deceased) ; Maria, widow of Orrin 
 Jordan, living in Auburn ; Addie, the wife of 
 Fred Tryon, of Auburn, Me.; and Harris W., 
 now of New Gloucester. 
 
 Harris W. Jordan remained with his par- 
 ents, faithful to the occupation in which he 
 was brought up, until the second year of the 
 late Civil War, when, on September 2, 1862, 
 he enlisted for a term of nine months in 
 Company E, under Captain Almon C. Pray, 
 in the Twenty-third Maine Volunteer Infantry, 
 commanded by Colonel William Virgin Wood- 
 man. With his regiment he was at the front 
 in several engagements, at the battle of 
 Gettysburg receiving two wounds, the scars of 
 which still remain on his head, lasting re- 
 minders of that scene of carnage. At the 
 expiration of his term of service Mr. Jordan 
 was discharged at Augusta, Me., but shortly 
 afterward he re-enlisted, joining the Seventh 
 Maine Battery, under Captain A. B. Twitch- 
 ell, and taking part in the closing campaign 
 before Petersburg, subsequently being mus- 
 tered out of service at Augusta, July 3, 1865. 
 Returning to his home in Webster, Mr. 
 Jordan remained there but a short time before 
 securing a position with the Hill Manufactur- 
 ing Company in Lewiston, Me., remaining in 
 
 their cotton-mill two years. He afterward 
 worked for three years as a section hand in 
 the Androscoggin Mills of that place, having 
 charge of one hundred and sixteen looms. 
 Going thence to Olneyville, R.I., Mr. Jordan 
 held the position of overseer in the fancy 
 weaving establishment three and one-half 
 years, or until the mill . shut down. He was 
 next employed in the Durfee Manufacturing 
 Mills in Fall River, Mass., where for seven 
 months he ran a print weaver with one thou- 
 sand and twenty looms. At the expiration of 
 that time the Durfee Company engaged Mr. 
 Jordan, in whose ability and fidelity they had 
 complete confidence, to go to Langley, S.C., 
 to take charge of the weaving, clothing, slash- 
 ing, and spooling, giving him full control of a 
 fifteen-thousand-spindle mill. He remained 
 there seventeen years, being superintendent 
 of the mill the last ten years, likewise having 
 charge of the four hundred and fifty acres of 
 land belonging to the firm, this giving him 
 virtually control of the entire town. ' 
 
 On his return to Maine Mr. Jordan pur- 
 chased the estate in New Gloucester where he 
 now resides, taking possession of it May 5, 
 1890. This farm contains two hundred and 
 seventy-five acres of the best tillage land to be 
 found in Cumberland County, yielding bounti- 
 fully of the staple products of this locality, 
 including hay, corn, potatoes, fruit, and small 
 grains. Like the most of the farmers of this 
 vicinity, Mr. Jordan pays especial attention 
 to the production of milk, keeping twenty 
 milch cows, and shipping an average of thirty 
 gallons of milk per day direct to Portland. 
 Mr. Jordan has likewise business interests in 
 South Carolina, whither he makes a trip each 
 year. He is a man who has been tHe archi- 
 tect of his own fortune. When he left the 
 home farm he had just fivecents in his pocket; 
 and a week later he borrowed twenty-five cents 
 to buy a soldier's cap, which he wore to the 
 war. Since that time he has steadily climbed 
 the ladder of prosperity, being now the posses- 
 sor of a competency and free from debt. 
 
 Politically a stanch Democrat, in 1894 Mr. 
 Jordan served his fellow-townsmen as Select- 
 man, being Chairman of the Board. Socially, 
 he belongs to the Grange Society of this 
 place, and is a prominent Mason, having been 
 
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 Treasurer of the Albert Pike Lodge, A. F. & 
 A. M., No. 176, of Langley, S.C., for twenty 
 years. He also belongs to Custer Post, No. 
 9, Grand Army of the Republic, of New 
 Gloucester. Religiously, though not con- 
 nected by membership with any organization, 
 both he and his wife are regular attendants of 
 the Universalist church. 
 
 Mr. Jordan has been three times married. 
 His first wife, to whom he was married Febru- 
 ary 22, 1868, was Etta M., daughter of Josiah 
 and Pauline Clark, both deceased. She died 
 September 2, 1874, leaving one son, Fred W., 
 who was graduated from the Military School 
 of Charleston, S.C., and, having married 
 Lizzie Schaub, is now engaged in the pip- 
 ing business in Aiken, S.C. On January 4, 
 1877, Mr. Jordan married Mrs. Ella M. 
 (Loomis) Dockendoff, a widow, whose first 
 husband. Captain Dockendoff, died at New 
 Orleans, La., just a week after marriage. 
 She was a native of Winthrop, Me., daughter 
 of John and Sarah Loomis, neither of whom 
 is now living. Mrs. Ella M. Jordan died 
 August 17, 1883, and her two children — 
 Foster and Conway, are both dead. Mr. 
 Jordan and his present wife, formerly Stella 
 A. Cornwall, were united in marriage on 
 August 27, 1887. Mrs. Jordan was born Jan- 
 uary 2, 1867, in Augusta, Ga., where her par- 
 ents, George C. and Susan (Keith) Cornwall, 
 are still residing, her father being connected 
 with the Southern Express Company. He is 
 a native of Savannah, Ga. ; but her mother 
 was born and reared in New York City. Of 
 this union three children have been born, 
 namely: Harry C, the date of whose birth 
 was August 27, 1889; Herbert O., May 15, 
 1891 ; and Alma E., April 25, 1893. 
 
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 OODMAN S. EATON, who has 
 general freight agent of the 
 le Central Railroad since 1885, 
 was born in Portland, October 16, 1846, son of 
 Stephen W. and Miranda (Knox) Eaton. He 
 is of an old and respected Colonial family, 
 whose progenitor, John Eaton, with his wife 
 Anna and six children, came from England 
 to this country more than two hundred and 
 fifty years ago. They were residents of Salis- 
 
 bury, Mass., in 1640. John Eaton, of a later 
 generation, great-grandfather of Woodman S., 
 was born in Seabrook, N.H., in 1748, and was 
 one of the pioneer settlers of Buxton, Me. 
 He was the father of Tristram Eaton, who was 
 born in Buxton, and spent the most of his days 
 there, engaged in farming. 
 
 Stephen W.. Eaton, son of Tristram, was 
 born in Buxton, but spent the greater part of 
 his active life in Portland, engaged first in 
 railroading, later in mercantile business. 
 His first work in connection with the trav- 
 elling public was in the employ of the Cum- 
 berland & Oxford Canal Company; and he 
 was next engaged as one of the engineers in 
 the survey of the Atlantic & St. Lawrence 
 Railroad (now the Grand Trunk), filling the 
 office of freight agent when the road was 
 completed. This office he resigned in 1853 
 to accept a position on the Michigan Central 
 Railroad. Returning East after a short time, 
 he was employed as railroad superintendent at 
 Leeds and Farmington, next filling the office 
 of second superintendent of the Androscoggin 
 Railroad ; and later he was first superintend- 
 ent of the York & Cumberland. This was 
 the last railroad office held by him, his next 
 business venture being in the mercantile line; 
 and for many years his name was on the list 
 of prominent merchants of Portland. 
 
 In politics he was affiliated with the Demo- 
 cratic party, and was Surveyor of the port of 
 Portland during the administration of Presi- 
 dent Taylor, serving under Collector Jewett. 
 He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, 
 prominent in the councils of the Order. Mr. 
 Stephen W. Eaton changed his residence from 
 Portland to Gorham in 1854 on account of ill 
 health in the family, though still attending to 
 his business in the city; and he died in Gor- 
 ham in 1876 at the age of seventy-one. His 
 wife, Miranda Knox, was a member of an old 
 Buxton family, her father also having been 
 born in that town. 
 
 Woodman S. Eaton was the sixth in a fam- 
 ily of eight children born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Stephen W. Eaton. He made his first ac- 
 quaintance with books at a private school in 
 Portland, and later attended the Gorham Acad- 
 emy, a noted school at that time. He went to 
 work in 1863, when seventeen years of age. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 entering the employ of the Berlin Mills Com- 
 pany at Berlin, N.H., as an office assistant. 
 He afterward spent some time in Lewiston, 
 in the freight department of the Androscoggin 
 Railroad, where he got his first idea of rail- 
 road work, and was next called to the South, 
 filling a position in the office of the Provost 
 Marshal in New Orleans till the close of the 
 war. Returning to Portland, he was again em- 
 ployed by the Androscoggin Railroad Com- 
 pany, for whom he worked a year as freight 
 checker. He then obtained a position as 
 freight cashier for the Portland, Saco & Ports- 
 mouth Railroad, remaining from 1867 to 1875. 
 In the latter year he was made freight agent 
 of the Eastern Railroad, and in 1882 assumed 
 the greater responsibilities of freight agent of 
 both Eastern and Maine Central. Mr. Eaton 
 has been general freight agent of the Maine 
 Central Railroad since 1885, and during the 
 past decade • the road has had its greatest 
 growth. Consequently his care and responsi- 
 bility are yearly increasing. He has now in 
 his office in Portland eleven clerks, and the 
 admirable manner in which the great freight 
 traffic of the road is handled proves Mr. Eaton 
 to be a man of exceptional ability. 
 
 October 16, 1867, Mr. Eaton was united in 
 marriage with Judith Annette Colby, of Gor- 
 ham, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Colby, a 
 prominent clergyman of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal church. Of the children born to Mr. and 
 Mrs. Eaton two are now living — ^ William 
 Colby and Edward Stephen. The former, 
 who is a practising attorney in Portland, mar- 
 ried Miss Marion Durant Dow, daughter of 
 Colonel Fred N. Dow and grand-daughter of 
 General Neal Dow. Edward Stephen Eaton 
 is in the general freight office of the Maine 
 Central Railroad, associated with his father. 
 
 Mr. Eaton is a prominent Mason, belonging 
 to Ancient Landmark Lodge, A. F. & A. M., 
 of Portland; Mount Vernon Chapter; Portland 
 Commandery, Knights Templars; and the 
 Consistory, having passed the thirty-two de- 
 grees. He is also a member of Ligonia 
 Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
 and Eastern Star Encampment, and belongs 
 to the Cumberland and Portland Clubs, the 
 Country Club, and the Bramhall League. He 
 attends the High Street Congregational 
 
 Church, and contributes liberally to its sup- 
 port. The Eaton residence, a very handsome 
 and comfortable dwelling, is at 754 Congress 
 Street. 
 
 TT^OLONEL JOHN P. PERLEY, for- 
 I Vr^ merly a much esteemed resident of 
 ^lU^^ Bridgton, was born July 31, 1815, 
 on the home farm in that town, son 
 of John and Sarah (Treadwell) Perley. His 
 grandfather, Enoch Perley, was the original 
 owner of the homestead. John Perley, who 
 was also born on this farm, spent his life 
 there, engaged in agriculture and other pur- 
 suits. He was a prominent man in his time, 
 having held the rank of General in the State 
 militia for several years. He died May 13, 
 1 841. His wife, Sarah, who was a native 
 of Massachusetts, born August 26, 1782,. died 
 September 30, i860. They reared the follow- 
 ing children: John P., the subject of this 
 sketch; Susan H., wife of Dr. Moses Gould; 
 Mary M., wife of Rensellaer Cram; Augustus; 
 Sarah A., wife of the Hon,. Marshall Cram, of 
 Brunswick ; Frederick, a graduate of Bowdoin 
 College; and three that died young. 
 
 Colonel John P. Perley acquired the rudi- 
 ments of his education in a district school in 
 Bridgton. Subsequently he pursued a more 
 advanced course of study at Bridgton Academy 
 and at Gorham Seminary. Before attaining 
 his majority he was called to the charge of the 
 homestead. Thereafter, for the rest of his 
 life, he gave his attention chiefly to general 
 farming. His real estate possessions included • 
 about fifteen hundred acres of land, some of 
 which was the heaviest timber land in the 
 State. The homestead proper contains four 
 hundred acres. Colonel Perley was regarded 
 as a high authority on agricultural questions, 
 and was a prominent member of the County 
 Agricultural Association. He was a Director 
 of the Bridgton Savings Bank and of the 
 Pondicherry mills, being a large stockholder 
 of each firm; and he was a Trustee of the 
 Bridgton Academy. It was largely through 
 him that the Bridgton & Saco River Rail- 
 road was built. 
 
 In politics he was originally a Whig, one of 
 the men who voted for the first Harrison and 
 
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 took an active part in the campaign for 
 "Tippecanoe and Tyler too." He joined the 
 Republicans upon the formation of that party, 
 and represented his district in the State legis- 
 lature in 1861, 1862, and 1865. He was also 
 prominent in local affairs, and served as Se- 
 lectman and Town Treasurer for several terms. 
 In religious belief he was a Congregational- 
 ist, working zealously for the advancement of 
 his church. Colonel Perley was noted for his 
 liberality and public spirit, and was univer- 
 sally esteemed. He died November 9, 1890; 
 and his remains are interred in the private 
 cemetery on the homestead. 
 
 June 25, 1840, he was united in marriage 
 with Miss Clarissa Ingalls, who was born in 
 Bridgton, May 27, 181 7, daughter of Captain 
 Asa and Phoebe (Berry) Ingalls. She died 
 November 3, 1892; and her remains rest 
 beside those of her husband in the private 
 cemetery on the homestead. Mrs. Perley 
 also was a member of the Congregational 
 church. Colonel Perley's adopted children 
 were: Miranda F. Potter, Mary F. and 
 Annette E. Farnham. He gave all the same 
 education and advantages as though they were 
 his own children. The homestead was left to 
 the youngest daughter, Annette E. She was 
 united in marriage with Robert A. Barnard, 
 a young man who was born and reared in 
 Bridgton. Soon after their marriage Mr. and 
 Mrs. Barnard went to Knight's Ferry, Cal., 
 where Mr. Barnard managed a sheep ranch for 
 some four years. They then returned to 
 Bridgton, and lived at the homestead of Mr. 
 Barnard's father until 1892, when they moved 
 to the Perley estate. Mr. and Mrs. Barnard 
 have two children — Evelyn F. and Ruth A. 
 
 fHOMAS J. BROWN, of Raymond, the 
 prosperous owner of Lake View Farm, 
 where he has resided since his mar- 
 riage, was born in Raymond, April 6, 1840, 
 son of Jordan and Catherine (Staples) Brown. 
 Jordan Brown was a native of North Ray- 
 mond. As both his parents died when he was 
 a small child, he came in early boyhood to 
 Raymond to live in the family of John Small, 
 who acted as- a foster-father to the orphan boy. 
 He assisted in the farm work, and as the years 
 
 went by became more and more the depend- 
 ence of Mr. Small, for whom he tenderly 
 cared during his last years. At that gentle- 
 man's decease Jordan Brown assumed entire 
 control of the farm, the place on which his son 
 now resides, and was thereafter successfully 
 engaged in mixed husbandry until his death, 
 which occurred February 3, 1894. His wife, 
 Catherine, was a native of Portland, from 
 which place she came to Raymond with her 
 parents while she was young. She also found 
 a home with John Small and his wife, and it 
 was there that the acquaintance was formed 
 that led to her marriage. They were the par- 
 ents of four children, namely: John Small 
 Brown, born June 18, 1838, who married 
 Sarah Shaw, and now resides in Dry Mills, 
 Gray, Me. ; Thomas Jackson Brown, the sub- 
 ject of this sketch; Sarah E. A. Brown, born 
 July 30, 1842, who died April 28, 1843; and 
 Joseph W., born December 5, 1847, who 
 married Annie J. Harris, of New Gloucester, 
 Me., and lives in Portland, where he holds a 
 position with the firm of Twitchell & Co. 
 Their mother died August 31, 1883. 
 
 Thomas J. Brown received the advantages 
 of a common-school education. After his 
 school days were ended, he assisted his father 
 on the farm until his marriage, with the ex- 
 ception of one year, during which he was em- 
 ployed in Welchville, Me. He then took 
 charge of the old homestead, and has contin- 
 ued to reside here since that time. In the 
 home place there are about seventy-five acres 
 of land, and he owns forty-five acres in 
 another part of the town. Since he became 
 the owner of the farm, he has made various 
 improvements. He does a successful business 
 in stock raising, making a specialty of Jersey 
 and Holstein stock. The cream from his 
 dairy is marketed at the Gray creamery. Be- 
 sides raising an excellent variety of fruit, he 
 devotes considerable attention to the produc- 
 tion of the staple products of this section; and 
 the close of the harvest season finds his barns 
 and granary well filled with hay and grain. 
 During the summer season the Lake View 
 farm-house is opened for the reception of 
 summer boarders, having accommodation for 
 about a dozen guests. 
 
 Mr. Brown was first married on July 2, 
 
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 1862, to Miss Althea P. Messer, who was born 
 in Waterville, Me., July 20, 1844. She 
 died on November 11, 1867, leaving one 
 daughter, Lizzie A., born April 11, 1866, 
 now the wife of Frank W. Edwards, of Free- 
 port, Me., and the mother of one child, 
 Flossie Ida. On November 10, 1877, Mr. 
 Brown formed a second union, taking for his 
 wife Miss Nellie A. Brown, who was born in 
 Raymond on January 20, 1848, daughter of 
 Andrew Brown, a prosperous farmer, now de- 
 ceased. No children have been born of this 
 second marriage; but they have taken Frank 
 L. Means, of Freeport, to bring up and edu- 
 cate. 
 
 Like his father, Mr. Brown has always been 
 a supporter of the Democratic party. Though 
 he has never been an aspirant for ofificial posi- 
 tion, he has served as Selectman of Raymond 
 and in other offices. In fraternal affiliation 
 Mr. Brown is a member of Si loam Lodge, 
 No. 45, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
 of Gray, Me., and also of the Cumberland 
 Grange Society. He and his family are at- 
 tendants of the Union church at East Ray- 
 mond. 
 
 "CiDWIN A. FESSENDEN, M.D., a 
 JR prominent and successful physician of 
 '^■^— ' Portland, where he has an office at 
 478>^ Congress Street, was born in the town- 
 ship of Washington, near Monroe, Green 
 County, Wis., on December 12, 1848, son of 
 Jared and Augusta E. (Pierce) Fessenden. 
 Dr. Fessenden is a descendant of the branch 
 of the Fessenden family that settled in Maine. 
 His grandfather, Solomon Fessenden, removed 
 from that State to New York, whence in later 
 life he went to Wisconsin. 
 
 Jared Fessenden, the son of Solomon, was 
 born in Jamestown, N.Y. On arriving at 
 years of discretion, he went to Green County, 
 Wisconsin, and engaged in farming. At that 
 time the settlement of the district had made 
 but little progress, and Jared's life there was 
 practically that of a pioneer. His land had 
 not been previously cultivated; and he was 
 obliged to convey his wheat and other products 
 to Milwaukee, then the nearest shipping point, 
 in order to reach the consumer. In company 
 
 with two brothers-in-law he served as a soldier 
 in the Black Hawk War. He was an honored 
 and respected citizen of that community. He 
 served as Supervisor of the town, and lived on 
 his farm up to the time of his death. His 
 wife, who was born in Massachusetts, reared 
 him a family of four children, as follows: 
 Edwin A. Fessenden, M.D. ; Eugene, living 
 in Kansas; Flora, the wife of Richard H. 
 Gill, residing near Clyde, Kan. ; and Clara, 
 who married Ernest H. Fessenden, and also 
 lives near Clyde. 
 
 Edwin A. Fessenden, M. D., acquired the 
 rudiments of his education in the common 
 schools of Monroe, Wis. When but sixteen 
 years of age, he enlisted in Company G of the 
 Fifteenth Illinois Infantry. The regiment 
 was assigned to the Second Brigade of the 
 Seventeenth Army Corps, commanded by 
 General John A. Logan, which it joined at 
 Morehead City, N. C. , as Sherman's army was 
 returning from the march to the sea. That 
 was just before the battle of Goldsboro, after 
 which Dr. Fessenden accompanied his regi- 
 ment to Washington and was present at the 
 Grand Review held in celebration of the suc- 
 cess of the Union cause and the restoration of 
 peace. After this the regiment was ordered 
 to Fort Kearney, Neb., to fight the Indians. 
 It went first to Wheeling, W. Va., thence by 
 boat to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., where it 
 arrived July 4, 1865. After receiving neces- 
 sary supplies here, it marched the remaining 
 part of the journey to Fort Kearney. Shortly 
 after it was ordered back, and was mustered 
 out of service at Springfield, 111., in August, 
 1865.- Dr. Fessenden then returned to his 
 home in Wisconsin. As soon as he recruited 
 his health, he resumed his school work, gradu- 
 ating from the Monroe High School two years 
 later. He then taught school for a time. 
 Subsequently he went to Kansas and engaged . 
 in stock dealing and feeding. Whilcthere he 
 attended the State Normal School at Emporia. 
 After graduating there, he began, to study 
 medicine with Dr. Jeannotte, of Clyde, Kan. 
 He afterward took a course of lectures at the 
 Bellevue Medical College in New York, and 
 graduated in the class of 1889. Shortly after 
 he began the practice of his profession at 
 Clyde, Kan. He came east to Falmouth, Me., 
 
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 in 1890, and attended the patients of a friend 
 for two years. Thien, in November, 1892, hie 
 settled in Portland, where he has since resided. 
 Dr. Fessenden took a course at the Post-grad- 
 uate School of New York City in 1889, and 
 in 1895 he took a post-graduate course in the 
 Polyclinic School of that city. Dr. Fessenden 
 married Miss Mary Pengra, a daughter of Mar- 
 shall H. Pengra, of Sylvester, Green County, 
 Wis., and has one daughter, Mary, who is 
 still at home. He casts his vote with the Re- 
 publican party, but is not otherwise actively 
 interested in political matters. During his 
 residence in Kansas he was a member of the 
 Republican Medical Association of that State 
 and of the Knights of Pythias at Logan, Kan. 
 The Portland fraternal orders with which he is 
 affiliated are : Bosworth Post, Grand Army of 
 the Republic, in which he is Surgeon; the 
 Ancient Landmark Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; 
 and Greenleaf Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. 
 
 'ON. MAHLON H. WEBB, ex-Mayor 
 of Westbrook, who is in business as 
 a wholesale meat dealer, was born 
 in Windham, Me., April 13, 1842, 
 son 0^ John and Lucy Ann (Hasty) Webb. 
 His grandfather, Stephen Webb, also a native 
 of Maine, born April 10, 1792, lived for some 
 years in Scarboro, on a farm which his father 
 bought of a Mr. Knight, and spent his last 
 years in Windham, where he died May 13, 
 1 868. He was a stanch Whig in politics, 
 while in religious belief he was a Universalist. 
 His wife, whose maiden name was Mary 
 Padden, died July 13, 1889. They reared one 
 son and two daughters, namely : John, the 
 father of Mahlon H. Webb; Betsey, the 
 widow of Mark H. Stevens, and now residing 
 in Saco, Me. ; and Hannahette, who died 
 August 2, 1840, at the age of sixteen. 
 
 John Webb was born in Scarboro, Me., No- 
 vember 29, 1818. During the greater part of 
 his life he has been engaged in farming in 
 Windham, and for several years past he has 
 been employed in butchering and selling meat 
 at wholesale. Politically, he is a stanch 
 Democrat, while he is no aspirant for public 
 office. He is well known and respected in 
 Windham, of which he may be described as a 
 
 representative citizen. His wife, Lucy Ann, 
 a native of Standish, Me., was born March 11, 
 1822, daughter of Daniel and Susanna Hasty. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Webb are members of the Uni- 
 versalist church. They had three children, 
 namely : Parris 0., a police officer in Portland, 
 Me. ; Mary P., the wife of Edward E. Elder, 
 of Lynn, Mass. ; and Mahlon H., the subject 
 of this sketch. The mother died April 16, 
 1886. 
 
 The Hon. Mahlon J-i. Webb received such 
 an education as the schools of Windham could 
 impart in two terms, every winter, of ten or 
 twelve weeks each, before he was sixteen years 
 old. On leaving school he entered the employ 
 of J. Winslow Jones, of Westbrook, Me. ,. with 
 whom he remained three years canning corn. 
 He then bought a milk route extending as far 
 as Portland, which he conducted about four 
 years. Returning to his former employment 
 after that, he remained with Mr. Jones about 
 four years more. In 1875 he engaged in the 
 wholesale meat business, which he has pros- 
 perously followed for the past twenty years or 
 more. He supplies the stores of Westbrook 
 and Deering, and has established a reputation 
 for first-class goods and honorable dealing. 
 
 On March 7, 1865, Mr Webb was married 
 to Miss Hattie E. Boody, daughter of Nathan 
 W. Boody, of Westbrook, Me. The union 
 was blessed by two children — Lillian M. and 
 Eva A. Both graduated from the Gorham 
 Normal School, and subsequently taught school 
 for several years in Westbrook. Lillian mar- 
 ried D. C. Dennett, M.D., of Portland, Me., 
 and died July 5, 1894. Eva married L. C. 
 Hazelton, of Westbrook, and resides in Millis, 
 Mass. 
 
 Mr. Webb, who is a Democrat in politics, 
 is very popular alike with his own party and 
 with the Republicans. He was Selectman of 
 the town of Westbrook from 1886 to 1890, and 
 was elected Alderman in 1890, serving effi- 
 ciently as a member of the first city govern- 
 ment. In 1891 he was elected Mayor of West- 
 brook on the Democratic ticket, running ahead 
 of his ticket; and his administration met with 
 general approval. He is a member of Temple 
 Lodge, No. 86, A. F. & A. M., of Westbrook; 
 of Saccarappa Lodge, No. 11, Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows, of that city; and Cum- 
 
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 mings Encampment, No. i6. Among relig- 
 ious creeds he has made no choice, while he 
 attends the Friends' meetings ih Deering, Me. 
 
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 ■RTHUR S. MEGQUIER, who for a 
 number of years, as senior member of 
 the firm of Megquier & Jones, iron 
 and brass manufacturers, was a prom- 
 inent factor in the mercantile life of Portland, 
 was born in Winthrop, Me., April 19, 1840. 
 He was the son of Dr. Thomas P. and Jane 
 (Cole) Megquier, and was of Scotch descent. 
 Thomas P. Megquier was a practising physi- 
 cian in Winthrop, Me., where he opened an 
 office as soon as qualified, and worked in behalf 
 of suffering humanity up to the time of his 
 death. His wife, who is still living, is the 
 mother of four children, one of whom died in 
 childhood. The others were : Angie L. (now 
 Mrs. C. S. Gilson) ; John O. ; and Arthur S., 
 late of Portland. 
 
 Arthur S. Megquier in his early years re- 
 ceived a good education, completing his course 
 of study at Little Blue Academy, Farming- 
 ton, Me. He first worked as clerk for his 
 brother-in-law, Charles Gilson, proprietor of 
 a livery stable in Portland, and was next em- 
 ployed as clerk in a grocery store at Lancaster, 
 N. H. Some years later he went to St. Louis, 
 Mo., and while there enlisted as a member of 
 the body guard of General John C. Fremont, 
 remaining two years. Receiving his dis- 
 charge, he returned to Portland and shipped 
 before the mast on a sailing-vessel bound for 
 New Orleans, and from the latter city jour- 
 neyed to New York, where he took the first 
 situation that offered. This proved to be in 
 the produce business in the employ of a Mr. 
 Morrison, with whom he remained about a 
 year. He then entered the employ of W. W. 
 & J. B. Cornell, manufacturers of iron archi- 
 tectural work, such as stairways, beams, and 
 frames for iron buildings. 
 
 Mr. Megquier remained with this firm ten 
 or fifteen years in the capacity of head clerk ; 
 and in 1880 he ventured in this line of busi- 
 ness himself, as a partner in the firm of Lind- 
 say, Graff & Megquier at 106 East 14th Street, 
 New York City. Five years later he sold his 
 interest, and, in company with Henry M. 
 
 Jones, bought the plant of C. A. Donnell,- 
 brass manufacturer, located at that time on the 
 corner of Fore and Pearl Streets, Portland. 
 
 As this building hardly met the 'demands of 
 their growing business, 'they erected two or 
 three years later the building now occupied- 
 by the concern ; and there Mr. Megquier was 
 to be found during the greater part of the time 
 until his death, which occurred November 29, 
 1 89 1. Prosperous in his business undertak- 
 ings, he was yet modest and retiring in dis- 
 position and not an aspirant for public honors 
 of any kind. Lie was gifted with musical 
 talent, and had a fine tenor voice, which for 
 nineteen years he devoted to the uses of divine 
 worship, singing in St. Mark's Church, Brook- 
 lyn, N.Y., several years, in Dr. Porter's Re- 
 formed Church, and in AH Souls' (Universal- 
 ist) Church. 
 
 On September 9, 1868, Mr. Megquier was 
 united in marriage with Adelaide Hall, daugh- 
 ter of Willard and Sarah (Sampson) Hall, and 
 grand-daughter of Captain Daniel Sampson, 
 who was for many years in the United States 
 revenue service. Three children were born 
 to them — Edith, Cornelia, and one who died 
 in childhood. Mrs. Megquier and her daugh- 
 ters are members of the Universalist church 
 in Portland. They have a pretty home at 84 
 Carleton Street. 
 
 Yp)EWIS p. knight, _ a prosperous 
 Ijy farmer and lumber manufacturer of 
 JL J? ^ Naples, Cumberland County, Me., 
 was born in this town, April 20, 
 1852, a son of Major W. and Caroline Jackson 
 Knight. He represents the third generation 
 of his family in the State of Maine, his grand-- 
 father, Nathaniel Knight, settling in the town 
 of Windham at an early date. Major W. 
 Knight, father of Lewis P., was born in 
 Windham in 181 2. He was engaged during 
 the active part of his life in farming and lum- 
 bering. In 1815, when a child of three years, 
 he accompanied his relatives to Naples, where 
 he subsequently purchased a farm, dying 
 thereon after a long and active life, in 1890. 
 In politics he was a Democrat and in religious 
 belief a Universalist. He was twice married. 
 His first wife, whose maiden name was Lydia 
 
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 Bean, was a native of Otisfield. She died in 
 1844, ]ea,ving three children — Sarah J., Na- 
 thaniel, and Lydia. Mr. Knight subsequently 
 married Caroline Jackson, a daughter of Will- 
 iam Jackson, of Naples. Her father, who was 
 a tanner by trade, died in 1850. He and his 
 wife reared eight children ; namely, Sarah, 
 Lorenzo, Andrew, Greenlief, Major, Caroline, 
 Martha, and Hannah. By his second marriage 
 Mr. Knight had three children — Clinton, who 
 died in infancy; Charlie F. , who lived but 
 fourteen years; and Lewis P., the subject of 
 this sketch. 
 
 Lewis P. Knight was reared on a farm and 
 received a common-school education. Taking 
 up the industries with which he was most 
 familiar — farming and lumbering — he re- 
 mained on the homestead till 1885, when he 
 moved to his present fine estate, which covers 
 one hundred and sixty acres, a large part of 
 which is devoted to raising general farm prod- 
 uce. Mr. Knight owns other land in the vi- 
 cinity, his total real estate amounting to two 
 thousand acres. He conducts a fine steam 
 saw-mill, which has a large output of lumber. 
 An enterprising and tireless worker, Mr. 
 Knight has been very successful in his under- 
 takings, and is one of the leading men of this 
 town. 
 
 Mr. Knight was married in 1875 to Miss 
 Ada G. Walker, who was born in Naples, a 
 daughter of Hiram and Henrietta Walker. 
 He and his wife have two children — Charlie 
 C. and Electra H. 
 
 Mr. Knight's political affiliations are with 
 the Republican party. He is prominent in 
 local affairs, and is at present a member of the 
 Board of Selectmen of Naples. He is con- 
 nected with the Masonic Order, being a 
 member of Oriental Lodge of Bridgton. In 
 religious belief he and his wife are Congre- 
 gationalists. 
 
 TT^HARLES W. T. GODING, a grocery 
 I Y^ and provision merchant at 40 St. Law- 
 \%^^ rence Street, Portland, and General 
 — ^ Manager of the Casco Bay Steam- 
 boat Company, was born in Portland, May 29, 
 1855, son of Stillman N. and Amanda H. 
 (Childs)' Coding. His father, who was a son 
 
 of Jonathan Coding, was engaged in the grocery 
 and provision trade in Portland for many 
 years, and conducted a prosperous business. 
 He continued active up to the time of his 
 death, which occurred in 1878. His wife, 
 Amanda, who still survives, was a daughter of 
 Henry PL and Hannah Childs, of Canton, Me. 
 Her mother, who is still living at the vener- 
 able age of ninety-six years, resides in Canton. 
 Mrs. Coding became the mother of four chil- 
 dren — Mary E., Coridon O. , Davis E., and 
 Charles W. T. 
 
 Charles W. T. Coding received his educa 
 tion in the common and high schools of Port- 
 land. After completing his studies, he be- 
 came a clerk in his father's store, remaining 
 in that capacity for some years, and finally 
 purchasing the business, which he has since 
 conducted with success. In 1883 he became 
 a stockholder and Director of the Forest City 
 Steamboat Company; and, when that enterprise 
 was consolidated with the Star Steamboat 
 Company in 1889, he was appointed General 
 Manager of the line, a position which he has 
 since occupied. This company runs a line of 
 steamers among the islands of Portland Har- 
 bor. It owns and controls the rink, the pa- 
 vilions, and other places of amusement on 
 Peak's Island; and during the summer season 
 its boats are crowded with pleasure-seekers, 
 both day and evening. Mr. Coding devotes 
 much of his time and energy to the enterprise, 
 taking great pains to insure the comfort and 
 safety of its patrons; and his untiring efforts 
 in this direction are appreciated by the public. 
 His management of the line is producing the 
 most gratifying results to the stockholders, 
 and he is regarded by them as "the right man 
 in the right place. ' ' He is also a member and 
 one of the managers of the Board of Trade, 
 and a Director of both the Casco and Portland 
 Loan Associations. In politics he is a Re- 
 publican. 
 
 Mr. Coding married Fanny F. Gardner, 
 daughter of Henry and Etta M. (Page) Gard- 
 ner, and has two children living — Blanche 
 Willard, aged five years; and Charles W. T., 
 Jr., whose first birthday occurred on July 4 of 
 the present year. Mr. and Mrs. Coding attend 
 the Universalist church, and reside at 50 St. 
 Lawrence Street. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 UMNER C. BOLTON, a prosper- 
 ous merchant tailor and respected 
 citizen of Gorham, was born in 
 Portland, this State, November 15, 
 1828, a son of Thomas and Martha (Noble) 
 Bolton. He is of English ancestry, being 
 descended from one of two brothers who came 
 to this country from England during the last 
 century, and settled at White Rock in the 
 town of Gorham, Cumberland County. 
 
 Thomas Bolton, who was born in White 
 Rock, lost his father when he was but a child 
 of four years. In early manhood he learned 
 the trade of an edge-tool maker, and subse- 
 quently removed to Portland, where he was 
 engaged in that line of business for many 
 years. He was a member of the State militia, 
 in which he attained the rank of Captain, and 
 saw active service during the War of 18 12-14. 
 He escaped the British bullets, and died many 
 years after the war at his home in Portland. 
 His wife's father also served in the war, and 
 was a man of such remarkable longevity and 
 physical vigor that it is said that, when he 
 was one hundred years old, he came on horse- 
 back from his home to Portland, a distance of 
 thirty miles, to get his pension. Eleven chil- 
 dren were born to Thomas Bolton and his 
 wife, seven of whom reached maturity, and 
 three are now living — Elbridge G., Charles, 
 and Sumner C. 
 
 Sumner C. Bolton, after attending the pub- 
 lic schools of his native city, learned the 
 trade of a tailor, and" worked for different firms 
 in Saco, Portland, and Windham. In 1862 
 he enlisted in Company F of the Twenty-fifth 
 Maine Regiment, which was stationed at Ar- 
 lington Heights as a guard to the long bridge, 
 and subsequently at Chantilly, W. Va. The 
 following year Mr. Bolton returned home, 
 and shortly after entered the employ of Ed- 
 ward Hasty, of West Gorham, being taken 
 into partnership a year later, when the firm 
 name was changed to Hasty & Bolton. This 
 company afterward, owing to another change, 
 became known as Eastman & Bolton. Nine 
 months later Mr. Bolton came to Gorham, and 
 established his present business, in which he 
 has been highly prospered, and is now one of 
 the oldest and most successful business men 
 of the town. He has been twice married, first 
 
 to Miss Lauriette Lane, by whom he had two 
 sons — Frank O. and Joseph L. ; and second 
 to Miss Lottie Shorey, a daughter of Frank 
 Shorey, of Albion, Me., whom he married in 
 1891. By his present wife he has one child, 
 Philip Sumner. 
 
 In political affiliation Mr. Bolton is a Re- 
 publican. Fraternally, he is connected with 
 Saccarappa Lodge, No. 11, Independent Order 
 of Odd Fellows, of Saccarappa; Dirigo Lodge, 
 No. 21, Knights of Pythias, of Gorham; and 
 Warren Post, No. 73, Gi-and Army of the Re- 
 public, of Standish, Me. Religiously, he is 
 a member of the Congregational church. 
 
 T^APTAIN JOHN D. CLEAVES, a 
 1 1 Vx retired mariner of Yarmouth, Me., 
 
 ^^U^^ who is now a prosperous farmer and 
 real estate owner of this town, was 
 born in Rockport, Mass., May 5, 1843, son of 
 John and Ann (Hill) Cl§aves. His ancestors 
 came to the sea-coast from Bridgton, Me.; 
 and the family is distantly related to the pres- 
 ent governor of the State, Henry B. Cleaves. 
 
 Captain Cleaves' s paternal grandfather, 
 Ebenezer Cleaves, was one of the early set- 
 tlers of Cousins Island, where he owned a 
 good farm, which he cultivated with success ' 
 during his active period. He lived to reach a 
 good old age. He was a Whig in politics. 
 He and his wife reared a family of' eleven chil- 
 dren, all of whom grew to maturity. They 
 were named as follows: John, Ebenezer, Levi, 
 Ann, Willard, Moses, Rebecca, Almira, 
 Sarah, Charlotte, and Aaron. The grand- 
 mother lived to attain the advanced age of 
 ninety-four years. She was a Methodist in 
 her religious views. 
 
 John Cleaves, son of Ebenezer, was born in 
 North Yarmouth, May 27, 1799. At an early 
 age he engaged in coasting, a business which 
 he followed until' 1844, when he bought the 
 farm where his son now resides. The prop- 
 erty, which is known as the Reddick Prince 
 farm, is one of the oldest estates in this part 
 of the town. Prince's Point was named for 
 the original ownei:. John Cleaves carried on 
 general farming industriously and with good 
 results for many years, residing there until 
 his death, which took place February 24, 
 
JOHN D. CLEAVES. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 547 
 
 1880. He was a well-known and prominent 
 citizen, public-spirited and benevolent. He 
 was one of the founders of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal church at Rockport, Mass., giving the 
 land for the edifice, and contributing liberally 
 in money toward its erection; but, after mov- 
 ing to Yarmouth, he joined the Congregation- 
 alists, and supported that church with equal 
 liberality. In politics he was a Republican. 
 His wife, Ann Hill, who was born on Cousins 
 Island, February 3, 1800, became the mother 
 of eight children, four of whom died in in- 
 fancy. Those that grew to maturity were: 
 Jane, Eunice, Delia, and John D., the sub- 
 ject of this sketch, who is the youngest and 
 the only one now living. Mrs. Ann H. 
 Cleaves died June 19, 1879. 
 
 John D. Cleaves began his education in the 
 district schools of Yarmouth, and advanced in 
 his studies by attending the North Yarmouth 
 Academy, after which he taught one term of 
 school on Cousins Island. His sea life prac- 
 tically commenced when he was twelve years 
 old, at which time he^ began to make short 
 coasting voyages. In the spring of 1862 he 
 took command of the schooner "Delaware"; 
 and he continued to follow the sea as a master 
 mariner until 1885, making a few voyages to 
 the West Indies, but being principally en- 
 gaged in carrying freights along the coast. 
 Since his retirement from the sea he has de- 
 voted his energies to conducting his farm, 
 which consists of eighty-five acres of well-im- 
 proved land; and he has also been interested 
 in the development of his locality as a summer 
 resort. He owns Prince's Point, which has 
 become very popular among tourists as an 
 agreeable and healthful place to spend the 
 heated term, being now reached by a regular 
 steamboat service, furnished with telephone 
 connection. He accommodates boarders at 
 his residence; and seventeen cottages have 
 been built at the Point during the last few 
 years, which provide pleasant summer homes 
 for many regular visitors. 
 
 On February 8, 1873, Captain Cleaves was 
 united in marriage with Fanny O. Hicks, who 
 was born in North Yarmouth, November 10, 
 1850, daughter of Elbridge D. and Mary 
 (Johnson) Hicks. Her family is an old and 
 prominent one in that locality, her grand- 
 
 father, William Hicks, having been an early 
 settler in North Yarmouth. Elbridge D. 
 Flicks was born there. May 5, 1817. He be- 
 came a prosperous farmer; and he died Sep- 
 tember 26, 1874. He was originally a Re- 
 publican in politics, but later supported the 
 Democratic party; and he was liberal in his 
 religious views. Flis wife, Mary Johnson, 
 who was born in Gray, Me., December 18, 
 1 8 16, and now resides in North Yarmouth, 
 reared four children; namely, Elbridge, Fanny 
 O., Eugene, and James W. 
 
 Three children were born to Captain and 
 Mrs. Cleaves, all of whom died young, 
 namely : Lena Stanwood, at the age of eight 
 months; Mary Hicks, not quite twelve 
 months; and Alice Burbank, who lived to 
 reach the age of nearly seven years. 
 
 Captain Cleaves is highly esteemed by a 
 large circle of friends and acquaintances, both 
 in Yarmouth and elsewhere, and is very popu- 
 lar socially, being connected with Maine 
 Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of 
 Portland. He is a Republican in politics, 
 and both he and his wife are members of the 
 Congregational church. His residence is a 
 landmark in Yarmouth, having been built in 
 1797; and it is one of the oldest houses in the 
 town. 
 
 HOMAS P. R. CARTLAND, sole pro- 
 prietor of the establishment at 105 
 Middle Street, Portland, bearing the 
 sign "Jones & Cartland, Shoe Manufacturers," 
 was born in Brunswick, Me., December 29, 
 1854. He is a son of Isaiah and Eunice H. 
 (Rich) Cartland, and a grandson of Charles 
 Cartland, of Limington, Me. His father, 
 Isaiah Cartland, was a well-known merchant 
 in Portland, where he died in January, 1895. 
 His wife, who was the daughter of Stephen 
 Rich, is still living. They were the parents 
 of two children — Mary R., who married 
 William Graham, of Portland; and Thomas 
 P. R., our subject. 
 
 Thomas P. R. Cartland attended the public 
 schools of Portland, supplementing his ele- 
 mentary studies with a three years' course at 
 the Friends' Boarding School at Providence, 
 R.I. He first went to work for G. C. Tyler 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 & Co., wholesale shoe merchants, and in their 
 employ became familiar with the line of trade 
 which he has since followed. In 1877 he 
 formed a partnership with Mr. A. T. Davis; 
 and they opened a retail shoe store under the 
 Falmouth Hotel, under the name of Davis & 
 Cartland, doing a very successful business 
 until 1887. In that year Mr. Cartland estab- 
 lished his present manufactory, being at first 
 associated with Mr. C. R. Jones. He manu- 
 factures a medium grade of ladies' button 
 boots for the wholesale trade, and has an ex- 
 tensive business, employing a large number of 
 hands, and occupying a building about fifty- 
 five by one hundred and forty feet in di- 
 mension and four stories in height. His 
 goods are sold from his Boston office; and 
 their sales reach from Maine to California 
 and New Orleans, the business steadily ad- 
 vancing each year. 
 
 Mr. Cartland was married in 1883 to 
 Minnie, daughter of William H. and Julia 
 (Wyman) Milliken; and two children have 
 blessed their union — M. Gertrude and 
 Ruth T. 
 
 In politics Mr. Cartland is a Republican. 
 He is a member of Ancient Landmark Lodge, 
 No. 17, A. F. & A. M., Greenleaf Chapter, 
 and Portland Commandery, No. 2; and be- 
 longs also to the Portland Athletic Club and 
 the Bramhall League. He and his wife are 
 members of the State Street Congregational 
 Church. They have a very fine residence at 
 25s Western Promenade, Portland. Though 
 not actively interested in politics and taking 
 no part in municipal affairs, Mr. Cartland is 
 well known to the public as a business man 
 and as a member of the various prominent 
 social organizations, being numbered among 
 the most esteemed residents of the city. 
 
 'OHN BRADFORD, long a representa- 
 tive citizen of Portland, having been 
 engaged in business on one street of 
 this city for sixty-four years, was born 
 in Portland, July lo, 1810, son of Nathaniel 
 and Elizabeth (Corbett) Bradford, of Plym- 
 outh, Mass. He is a direct descendant of the 
 Colonial governor, William Bradford, one of 
 the. "Mayflower" pilgrims, who became so 
 
 prominent in the history of the Plymouth 
 colony. Nathaniel Bradford, who was a spar- 
 maker in Duxbury, Mass., came to Portland in 
 early manhood, and here worked at his trade 
 for many years. 
 
 John Bradford, after making the best of his 
 opportunities for obtaining an education, en- 
 gaged in spar-making with his father, and con- 
 tinued it with an elder brother after his 
 father's death. He was but nineteen years of 
 age, when, his brother having gone to sea, the 
 entire responsibility of the business devolved 
 on him. He then took charge of the estab- 
 lishment on Commercial Street, at the foot of 
 Cross Street, which still bears his^name. By 
 close industry and well-directed effort he built 
 up the largest spar-making business in the 
 city. Giving employment to fifteen men, he 
 furnished spars for most of the new boats built 
 in Portland, and also for many of those that 
 came into the port for repairs. In business 
 from 1829 to 1893, when he retired, Mr. Brad- 
 ford rounded out a prosperous business life of 
 sixty-four years, thereby making a noteworthy 
 record. He was the owner of a considerable 
 amount of real estate in Portland. Careful to 
 avoid debt, he commanded the respect of all 
 with whom he had dealings. His punctual 
 habits and stern integrity were the chief 
 agencies that built up his enviable business 
 reputation. He died January 24, 1896. 
 
 Mr. Bradford was twice married. By his 
 first wife, whose maiden name was Jane 
 Knight, he had two children, namely: John, 
 who now has charge of his father's business; 
 and Elizabeth, who died in childhood. His 
 second wife was Mary A. (Harris) Bradford, 
 a native of Partland, born in March, 1822, 
 and a daughter of Stephen and Mary (Knight) 
 Harris. Her father was from Boston, Mass., 
 his wife being a member of the old and prom- 
 inent Knight family of Portland. By this 
 wife he had one daughter, Lizzie M., who is 
 the wife of Herbert S. Dyer, of Portland. 
 
 Mr. Bradford was a member of the City 
 Council four years and of the Board of Over- 
 seers fourteen years, serving four years as 
 Chairman of the last-named body. He was at 
 one time connected with the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows, but during the latter 
 years of his life did not attend the meetings of 
 
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 S49 
 
 the Lodge. He took a keen interest in mili- 
 tary matters, and in early life was Lieutenant 
 of a company for seven years, having received 
 his commission from Governors Kent and 
 Dunlap about the time of the Aroostook War. 
 His commission read as follows: — 
 
 Governor Kent as Captain, 
 
 Robert P. Dunlap, Governor and Commander-in-chief 
 of the State of Maine, 
 
 To John Bradford, of Portland, Greeting : 
 
 You have been elected a Lieutenant of a Company of 
 the Battalion of Artillery in the Second Brigade and 
 Fifth Division of the Militia of the State, to take rank 
 from the 28th of July, 1837. 
 
 (Signed) Robert P. Dunlap, Governor. 
 
 A. R. Nichols, Secretary of State. 
 
 Mr. Bradford was an attendant of the High 
 Street Church. He had a pleasant home at 
 38 High Street, where he lived for many 
 years, and where his widow now resides. 
 
 ON. PHILANDER TOLMAN, now 
 iving in retirement at Greenwood 
 
 Villa, his home on the shore of 
 Long Lake, Harrison, was born in 
 Troy, N.H., June 13, 1819. His parents, 
 Henry and Mary (Harris) Tolman, were also 
 natives of Troy, N.H. His paternal grand- 
 father, Benjamin Tolman, who was a soldier 
 in Washington's army, was born in Dorches- 
 ter, Mass. The house where Benjamin's birth 
 occurred, known as the old Tolman resi- 
 dence, is still standing, and has been occu- 
 pied by successive generations of the Tolman 
 family ever since the days of the Revolution. 
 
 Henry Tolman, the father of the Hon. 
 Mr. Tolman, was for years engaged in the 
 manufacture of pottery. He moved from 
 Troy, N.H., to Sterling, Mass., where he be- 
 came very prominent as a manufacturer and as 
 a man of much public spirit. He died March 
 6, 185 1 ; and his wife's death occurred August 
 5, 1857. They were the parents of eleven 
 children, namely: Charles M., born January 
 21, 1807,' who died December 27, 1830; 
 Nancy, born June 17, 1808, who died October 
 23, i860; Henry, Jr., born August 13, 1809, 
 who died August 10, 1892; Elisha N., born 
 
 June 17, 181 1, who died January 16, 1875; 
 Daniel, born November 7, 18 12, who died 
 in October, 1885; Mary, born May 5, 1814, 
 who died February 21, 1888; Jacob M., born 
 January 2, 1816, who died December 8, 1873; 
 James, born May 6, 18 17, who died January 
 28, 1821 ; Philander, the subject of this 
 sketch; Sarah Ann, born December 31, 1824, 
 who died November 2, 1844; and Melvina, 
 born May 11, 1828, the wife of F"rank Osborn, 
 of Fitchburg, Mass. 
 
 Philander Tolman received his early educa- 
 tion in the public schools of his native 
 county. When seventeen years of age he 
 went ^to Worcester, Mass., and entered the 
 Washburn wire mills as an apprentice. 
 There he remained twelve years, becoming a 
 most skilled workman. In 1848 he went to 
 Harrison, Me., which was then but a strag- 
 gling village, and started in the manufacture of 
 all kinds of iron and steel wire. His first 
 business associate was a Mr. Farley, and the 
 enterprise was incorporated under the firm 
 name of Farley & Tolman. They erected a 
 mammoth building, which soon became the 
 home of a thriving industry. As the business 
 grew, so grew the town. In 1853 Mr. Tolman 
 purchased his partner's interest, and from 
 that time forward the firm was known as P. 
 Tolman & Co. Mr. Tolman was also for 
 some time extensively engaged in the manu- 
 facture of brick. In 1888 he disposed of all 
 his business interests, and retired to Green- 
 wood Villa, an estate of sixty acres, which is 
 one of the most beautiful country-seats in 
 Cumberland County. Mr. Tolman's enter- 
 prise has been a most important factor in the 
 upbuilding of Harrison and the improvement 
 of the country around. A self-made man, he 
 has not only made his own way up the Ijill of 
 success, but has aided many others in the diffi- 
 cult climb. It is such men as he, steady, 
 self-reliant, enterprising, that have built up 
 the industries of the country, and enabled it 
 to compete in the markets of the world. 
 
 On November 3, 1841, while a resident of 
 Worcester, Mass., Mr. Tolman was united in 
 marriage with Miss Laura Kelton. She was 
 born in Warwick, Mass., February 11, 1814, 
 daughter of James Kelton, a well-to-do farmer 
 and lifelong resident of Massachusetts. Mr. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 and Mrs. Tolman celebrated with zest their 
 golden wedding on November 3, 1891. They 
 have had eight children, as follows: Frank 
 Warren, born August 13, 1842, who died July 
 14, 1877, leaving a widow, Hattie A. (Mor- 
 ton) Tolman, and one child; George Watson, 
 born April 4, 1845, who died September 5, 
 1848; Theodore M., born March 10, 1847, 
 who married Augusta Hazelton, and now re- 
 sides in Portland, Me. ; Georgiana, born No- 
 vember 19, 1848, who died August 30, 1850; 
 Charles Elliott, born July i, 1850, who mar- 
 ried Mattie Richardson, and is living in Jay, 
 Me.; Emma Frances, born April 6, 1852, 
 who is the wife of Albert F. Richardson, 
 principal of the Normal School at Castine, 
 Me.; Anna M.,'now Mrs. Walter S. Dudley, 
 residing with her husband at her father's 
 home; James H., born October 27, 1853, who 
 married Ella Chaplin, and resides in West- 
 brook, Me., where he is Judge of the Munici- 
 pal Court. 
 
 A stanch Republican in politics, Mr. Tol- 
 man has held every civil office within the gift 
 of the town and the county. He represented 
 the towns of Bridgton and Harrison in the 
 legislature in i860, and was State Senator in 
 1878 and 1879. Within the past few years, 
 though urged repeatedly to accept town office, 
 he has refused on account of his age. He was 
 Treasurer of Bridgton Academy for twenty 
 years and Trustee of that institution for 
 thirty-three years. Though re-elected to this 
 office, he has declined to serve again. A 
 strong advocate of total abstinence, Mr. Tol- 
 man belongs to a number of temperance socie- 
 ties. He is a prominent member of the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows. Both he and 
 his wife are members of the Baptist church 
 in the town, and take an active part in church 
 work. Mr. Tolman has been Deacon of the 
 church for many years. 
 
 |APTAIN RICHARD HARDING, a 
 retired ship-master of Yarmouth, Me., 
 was born in Boston, May i, 181 8. 
 His parents having died when he 
 was an infant, he was adopted by Lot and 
 Deborah Harding, who were industrious farm- 
 ing people of Truro, Barnstable County, Mass. ; 
 
 and his boyhood and youth were passed in that 
 town. His foster-parents died at an advanced 
 age. They were kind-hearted Christian 
 people, and the early training which he re- 
 ceived at their hands did much in shaping his 
 future course in life. 
 
 At the age of ten years the lad began to 
 contribute toward his own support by engaging 
 in fishing, which he followed until reaching 
 the age of eighteen years, when he shipped 
 before the mast on board the "Hull," a full- 
 rigged ship of less than three hundred tons, 
 owned by Binnie & Co. of Boston, and com- 
 manded by Captain John A. Paine, of Truro. 
 His first voyage was from Charleston, S. C, 
 to London, with a cargo of leaf tobacco, the 
 vessel returning to Charleston, the entire trip 
 occupying four months, and he receiving six- 
 teen dollars per month for his services. Dur- 
 ing his first year at sea young Harding saved 
 sufficient means to defray his expenses for two 
 terms at Mr. Rice's Academy in Newton 
 Centre, Mass., at the expiration of which time, 
 his funds being exhausted, he again shipped 
 before the mast. At the age of nineteen he 
 became second mate of the ship "Grafton," 
 owned by Binnie & Co., which was carrying 
 a cargo of cotton from Charleston to Liverpool. 
 From that time his course was upward and 
 onward. At twenty-seven he stepped upon the 
 quarter-deck of the brig "Star" as its master, 
 inaugurating a career in the mercantile marine, 
 which was for nearly a quarter of a century 
 attended with prosperous results; and he be- 
 came widely known in shipping circles ,as a 
 thoroughly capable and trustworthy commander. 
 In 1850 he tried his fortune in the gold 
 mines of California, where he was successful; 
 and the proceeds of his labor he invested, in 
 company with three others, in the building of 
 the ship "Abbie Blanchard," which regis- 
 tered six hundred and thirty* tons' burden, and 
 was completed in 1852, being at that time one 
 of the leading vessels in the American mer- 
 chant service. He continued as master and 
 one-quarter owner of the "Abbie Blanchard" 
 for five years ; and then, selling his interest in 
 that, he invested in other first-class vessels, 
 which he commanded with success until 1868, 
 when he retired from the sea and settled in 
 Yarmouth, where he has since resided. He 
 
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 has considered Yarmouth his home since 1840, 
 being at the present time the oldest ship-master 
 residing there, with the single exception of one ; 
 and he owns, besides his pleasant residence, 
 some other valuable real estate in the town. 
 
 In politics Captain Harding is a Democrat, 
 and has always voted with that party. He 
 was a Representative to the legislature in 
 1872, has served as Town Clerk, is now a 
 Justice of the Peace and Notary Public ; and, 
 with the exception of one year, he has been 
 Secretary of the local Board of Health since 
 1887. He has advanced in Masonry as far as 
 the Commandery, and is likewise a member of 
 the Knights of Pythias. 
 
 In 1845 Captain Harding was united in 
 marriage with Ellen Mitchell, of Yarmouth. 
 She was a daughter of Captain Thomas P. 
 Mitchell, one of the pioneer ship-masters of 
 Yarmouth, who died there at the age of sixty- 
 eight years. His wife, whose maiden name 
 was Mehitable Stinson, lived to reach the age 
 of seventy-three. Mrs. Harding became the 
 mother of seven children, three of whom died 
 young and four lived to adult age, namely : 
 Ellen, who married Granville Hodsdon, of 
 Yarmouth, and died in November, 1889; Dr. 
 Edward M. Harding, a successful medical 
 practitioner of Boston ; Captain Frank Har- 
 ding, a ship-master who hails from New York; 
 and Thomas G., who is a travelling salesman 
 for a Boston firm dealing in hats and furs. 
 Mrs. Harding died September 27, 1886. 
 
 During his long career as a master mariner 
 Captain Harding visited many important sea- 
 ports of the world, and his life was one of toil 
 and industry. He has known disaster as well 
 as success and in i860, a fourteen-ton ship, 
 of which he owned one-quarter interest, be- 
 came a total loss. He is a pleasant, courteous 
 gentleman, sociable and entertaining; and 
 his fellow-townsmen, who delight in referring 
 to him as "our Captain Harding, " speak of 
 him in a manner which plainly shows that they 
 know and appreciate the many good qualities 
 of the man. He takes a lively interest in the 
 general welfare of the town, being always ready 
 with his aid and influence in forwarding any 
 movement calculated to benefit the public, 
 with whom he is a general favorite. He is a 
 Unitarian in his religious views.. 
 
 Yp)YMAN M. COUSENS, of the firm of 
 |jj Milliken, Cousens & Short, wholesale 
 J Uf ^ dry-goods dealers of Portland, Me., 
 was born in Poland, Me., January 
 10, 1840. His parents were William and 
 Mary J. (Whitman) Cousens; and his paternal 
 grandfather was John Cousens, one of the 
 original settlers of Poland. William Cousens 
 was a prominent merchant in Poland. He 
 died in 1870. His wife died in 1846. They 
 had but one child, the subject of this sketch. 
 
 Lyman M. Cousens received a good educa- 
 tion, attending the public schools of Poland 
 and Gorham Academy. On leaving school he 
 obtained a clerkship at Minot Corner, where 
 he was employed four years, at the end of that 
 time establishing a business of his own, which 
 he conducted six years. He then became a 
 member of the firm of Marr, True & Co., flour 
 dealers in Portland, and was afterward for five 
 years a partner in the firm of D. W. True & 
 Co. His name next appears in the sign of 
 Cousens & Tomlinson, which remained un- 
 changed for ten years, at the end of which Mr. 
 Cousens became a member of the firm of Milli- 
 ken, Cousens & Short. This company handle 
 an extensive dry-goods business, dealing with 
 firms all through the Eastern States and in 
 New York ; and they are agents for several 
 mills. Their main establishment is a five- 
 story building at 164-166 Middle Street, 
 Portland, which is fifty by one hundred and 
 seventy-five feet in dimensions; and they have 
 storehouses in different localities. Mr. 
 Cousens is a man of unusual business ability, 
 and is also prominent and popular in social 
 circles, and has a host of friends. He is con- 
 nected with various financial enterprises in 
 Portland, being a Director in the Portland 
 National Bank, a member of the Executive 
 Committee of the Union Safety Deposit and 
 Trust Company, Vice-President and Director 
 of the Falmouth Loan Association, a Director 
 in the Maine Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 
 and one of the Trustees of Evergreen Ceme- 
 tery. 
 
 Mr. Cousens and Mary E. True, daughter 
 of John and Mary (Abbott) True, of Portland, 
 were united in marriage on December 8, 1870. 
 They have two children — William T. and 
 Lyman A. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 In politics Mr. Cousens is a Republican, 
 and he has been elected by his party four times 
 to the Common Council. He is a thirty- 
 second degree Mason, belonging to Tyrian 
 Lodge of 'Mechanic Falls, King Hiram 
 Chapter of Lewiston, and Portland Com- 
 mandery, Knights Templars; and he is a 
 member of Unity Lodge, Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows, a member of the Portland Club, 
 and also a member of the Lotus Club of New 
 York City. With his family he attends the 
 Payson Memorial Church of Portland, of which 
 he is a Trustee. He has a handsome resi- 
 dence at 31 Deering Street, Portland. 
 
 'AMUEL FITTS, one of the oldest 
 and most highly respected members 
 of the farming community of Free- 
 port, Me., was born in the house 
 which is now his home, October3i, 1817. He 
 is a son of Samuel and Eleanor (Googins) 
 Fitts, both natives of Maine, the former born 
 in Freeport, the latter in Old Orchard. 
 
 Mr. Fitts' s paternal grandfather, John 
 Fitts, was one of the pioneer settlers of Free- 
 port. He was skilled in wood-working, manu- 
 facturing chairs, wheels, and spinning-wheels, 
 and making articles of furniture of every de- 
 scription. He was an indu.strious and thrifty 
 man, and owned part of the farm where his 
 grandson now lives, dying at the age of 
 seventy in the house whose roof still shelters 
 his posterity. He reared five children, Sam- 
 uel, our subject's father, being the second son. 
 Samuel Fitts, Sr., was a cabinet-maker and 
 was also extensively engaged in farming. He 
 was a hard-working and successful man, who 
 attained a fair degree of prosperity, owning 
 the property which is now held by his son. 
 He was a Democrat in politics. In religious 
 belief he was a Methodist, but was not a pro- 
 fessing member of the church. He died in 
 the old home at the age of eighty-four, his 
 wife living to be nearly eighty-eight. They 
 were the parents of ten children, six of whom 
 have passed away, named as follows : Ebenezer, 
 Eleanor, Joseph G., Elmira, Mary, and Sim- 
 eon P. The survivors are: Susan, wife of 
 Joseph Davis, of Freeport; John, a grocery 
 dealer of Portland; Elizabeth, wife of James 
 
 T. Tuttle, of Yarmouth, Me. ; and Samuel, 
 who is the eldest. 
 
 Samuel Fitts spent his early boyhood on the 
 home farm. He went to sea when fifteen years 
 of age, and for ten years braved the perils of 
 the treacherous deep, then returning to the 
 old home, where he has lived ever since. He 
 has one hundred acres of good land, which he 
 cultivated for many years with profitable re- 
 sults. He erected most of the buildings on 
 the estate and made many radical improve- 
 ments during his years of activity. He 
 worked hard for the prosperity which he now 
 enjoys, and is well known throughout the lo- 
 cality as one of the most successful as well as 
 one of the oldest farmers of Freeport. Politi- 
 cally, he favors the Democratic party. On 
 religious subjects he has liberal ideas. His 
 nephew and namesake, Samuel , Fitts, third, 
 who resides with him, renting and carrying on 
 the farm, represents the fourth generation 
 which has lived on the homestead. This house 
 is one of the landmarks of Freeport, solid and 
 comfortable to-day as it was one hundred 
 years ago. 
 
 ON. LEANDER A. POOR, of Se. 
 bago, was born in Vienna, Kennebec 
 County, June 10, 1833, son of Jona- 
 than D. and Caroline M. (Porter) 
 Poor. His grandfather, Jonathan Poor, was 
 a well-to-do farmer, who owned the estate on 
 which the subject of this sketch now resides. 
 His father, Jonathan D. Poor, followed agri- 
 culture for some years in Kennebec County. 
 In 1835 he returned to Sebago, but after a 
 few years went back to Kennebec County, 
 where he died in 1845. His wife had died six 
 years previously, so that when the father 
 passed away four children were left parentless. 
 These children were: Leander A., the subject 
 of this sketch; Julia C, deceased; Martha O., 
 deceased; and Russell S., who now resides in 
 Pond vi lie, Mass. 
 
 Leander A. Poor was left motherless at the 
 age of six, and deprived of his father when he 
 was twelve years of age. He was reared by 
 his grandfather and attended school in Sebago, 
 finishing his course of study at North Bridg- 
 ton Academy. He took charge of a school 
 
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 when nineteen years of age, and was so suc- 
 cessful that he adopted teaching as a life vo- 
 cation. He subsequently conducted schools 
 in Oxford and Cumberland Counties. Desir- 
 ing to defend the Union when the Southern 
 Rebellion broke out, he enlisted October 28, 
 1861, in the Civil Engineer Corps, Company 
 C, United States Regulars, and for about a 
 year was engaged in the work of building 
 breastworks and other fortifications. Then, 
 his health being seriously undermined, he was 
 discharged for disability at Armory Square, 
 Washington, and returned home with the rank 
 of Corporal. The following spring he joined 
 the Tenth Army Corps at Hilton Head, and 
 was assigned to a clerkship in the quarter- 
 master's department. In June, 1863, he was 
 commissioned Captain and promoted to the 
 position of Assistant Quartermaster in the 
 Fourth Army Corps, under General Sherman's 
 command; and for some time after the close 
 of the war he was stationed at Port Lavaca, 
 Tex. He received his final discharge in 
 1866, and, returning to his native State, took 
 charge of a school in Denmark. After remain- 
 ing here thirteen years, he removed to his 
 grandfather's homestead, where he has since 
 resided, occupied in agriculture. Mr. Poor 
 taught school for thirty-five years, and is 
 widely known and esteemed through his former 
 pupils. His farm, which comprises two hun- 
 dred acres, one of the best in the township, 
 has been brought by his intelligent manage- 
 ment into a high state of cultivation. 
 
 In 1866 he was united in marriage with 
 Miss Mary E. Dore, daughter of John and 
 "Betsy S. (Farrar) Dore, of Meredith, N.H. 
 They have had seven children, as follows: 
 Howard W., residing in Cambridgeport, Mass. ; 
 Effie L., who died in 1891 ; Eva M., who died 
 in infancy; Nina G., who is teaching in Frye- 
 burg Academy ; Saunders C. ; Carrie M. and 
 MattieV., who are living with their parents. 
 Mr. Poor is a stanch Republican. He repre- 
 sented the district in the State Senate for 
 four years, and has held various local ofifices of 
 trust. While living in Denmark he officiated 
 for a year as Chairman of the Board of Select- 
 men, and in Sebago he has served as Select- 
 man and was Supervisor of the town for five 
 years. He still takes an active interest in 
 
 educational matters, and is a member of the 
 Board of Trustees of North Bridgton Academy. 
 As a member of the Grand Army, he belongs 
 to Farragut Post, No. 27, of Bridgton. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Poor are members of the Congrega- 
 tional church. 
 
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 ANIEL T. KELLEY, manufacturer 
 and dealer in agricultural implements 
 in Portland, was born in County 
 Wicklow, Ireland, three weeks be- 
 fore the death of his father, Thomas Kelley. 
 When he was but eight years of age, his 
 widowed mother emigrated to this country, 
 living for a while in Montreal, but coming to 
 Portland in 1852. Daniel T. completed his 
 education in the public schools of this city, 
 and at the age of fourteen years began to learn 
 the trade of a founder. After serving his 
 apprenticeship, he worked in different places, 
 at length settling down as a journeyman for 
 the Portland Company. 
 
 Having labored industriously for some years, 
 by judicious economy accumulating some 
 money, Mr. Kelley started in business on his 
 own account, operating a foundry only for a 
 few years. He subsequently added the manu- 
 facture of ploughs, cultivators, and mowing 
 machines, for some fifteen years making the 
 Kelley mower, which had a. large local sale. 
 The firm, which now includes Mr. Kelley's 
 two elder sons as well as himself, has recently 
 begun the manufacture of a new and improved 
 machine, the National, which has all the latest 
 features, it having proved so successful in 
 the past summer that the manufacture will be 
 continued during the next season on a much 
 more extended scale. This enterprising firm 
 deals in farming tools, implements, and ma- 
 chinery of all kinds, having a large warehouse 
 three stories in height with a frontage of one 
 hundred and sixty feet, the foundry, seventy 
 by one hundred and ten feet, being in the rear. 
 Mr. Kelley is the only manufacturer of mow- 
 ing machines in the State, and in the busy 
 season he gives employment to thirty-five or 
 forty men. On Cross Street he has another 
 shop, where he does custom foundry work only, 
 his increasing business having necessitated the 
 erection of this factory. 
 
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 On November 29, 1866, Mr. Kelley was 
 united in marriage with Ellen L. Shay, of 
 Newburyport, . Mass. This union has been 
 hallowed by the birth of nine children, six of 
 whom are living, namely : James A. and 
 George F., who are in partnership with their 
 father, the firm name being Daniel T. Kelley 
 &.Sons; Susie A., wife of John A. McGowan ; 
 Ellen G. ; Mary J. ; and John William. For 
 sixteen years Mr. and Mrs. Kelley have resided 
 at 38 Pleasant Street, Deering, a charming lo- 
 cality. Both he and his wife are membeirs of 
 the Cathedral Parish. James A. Kelley mar- 
 ried Miss Josephine Best, who has borne him 
 one child, Daniel James. George F. Kelley 
 married Miss Georgia Andrews; and they have 
 one child, Phyllis P. 
 
 TT^HARLES M. LANE, a prominent 
 I \< farmer and fruit grower of Gray, was 
 ^^ ^ born in this town, October 4, 1845, 
 son of Joseph H. and Marinda 
 (Merchant) Lane. 
 
 Mr. Lane's father, who was a native of 
 Gray, followed the sea for many years. He 
 resided in Gray until 1870, when he nioved to 
 Yarmouth, Me., and, settling upon a fai-m, 
 made that town his home for the rest of his 
 life. He was an able and successful farmer, a 
 man of good principles, and in every way an 
 intelligent and worthy citizen. He died in 
 1886. His wife, Marinda Merchant, who was 
 born in Gray, survived him about two years, 
 dying in 1888. They had six children, as fol- 
 lows: Ariel D., who married Lizzie Jordan, 
 and resides in Yarmouth; Frances E., who 
 married Beacher True, of Yarmouth; Alva, a 
 boot and shoe dealer of Portland; Charles M., 
 the subject of this sketch ; Lucretia, who mar- 
 ried John P. Caswell, and is no longer living; 
 and Caroline, who died at the age of eleven 
 years. 
 
 Charles M. Lane was educated in the 
 common schools of Gray, and at the age of 
 twenty years he was employed as baggage 
 master on the Grand Trunk Railroad. After 
 continuing in that position for a few months, 
 he relinquished railroadiiig, and returned to 
 Gray, making his home with his parents for 
 two years. He then bought the farm of one 
 
 hundred acres which he now occupies, being at 
 the present time, one of the leading farmers in 
 the town. He produces grain to some extent, 
 and raises considerable stock, but he makes a 
 specialty of fruit growing, which he finds to 
 be a source of much profit, his large and well- 
 kept orchard being one of the fineist in the 
 county. He is a Republican in politics, hav- 
 ing always supported the principles of that 
 party ; and he is a member of the Grange in 
 New Gloucester. 
 
 On July 4, 1867, Mr. Lane was united in 
 marriage to Frances A. Young, who was born 
 in South' Paris, Me., January 15, 1847. Her 
 parents, George W. and Laura T. (Field) 
 Young, were natives of Oxford County, Maine. 
 Mr. Young, who was a blacksrnith by trade, 
 followed that occupation in South Paris for 
 many years. He finally retired from active 
 labor, and passed his latter years in Braintree, 
 Mass., where he died November 6, 1893. 
 His wife, Mrs. Lane's mother, died in Febru- 
 ary, 1883. Mr. and Mrs. Lane have had ten 
 children, as follows: F"rederick F., who was 
 born May 25, 1868, married Addie L. Call, 
 resides in .South Boston, and is a fireman on 
 the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail- 
 road; Edgar C, who was born May 31, 1870, 
 married Mary S. Mayall, and is a travelling 
 salesman for a Bo.ston boot and shoe firm; 
 Carrie L., born April 18, 1872, died Septem- 
 ber 10 of the same year; J. Caswell, who was 
 born July 29, 1873, and travels for a boot and 
 shoe house of Boston; George T., born August 
 31, 1875, employed as a clerk in a shoe store 
 in Boston; Laura A., born November i, 1878, 
 died June i, 1880; Winfield A'., born August 
 6, 1880, who resides at home; Lester E., 
 born April 27, 1882, died September 27 of 
 that year; an infant who was born February 
 24, 1884, and died March 5 of that year; and 
 Vera E., born September 30, 1885, who re- 
 sides at home. 
 
 Mr. Lane is a Republican in politics, hav- . 
 ing always supported the principles of that 
 party; and he is a member of the Grange in 
 New Gloucester. He has led a busy and 
 • successful life, his prosperity being the re- 
 sult of his own persevering efforts; and he 
 enjoys the esteem and good will of his fel- 
 low-townsmen. Both he and his wife are 
 
CHARLES M. LANE. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 SS7 
 
 members of the Methodist Episcopal church, 
 and they are actively engaged in church 
 work. 
 
 DWARD H. TRICKEY, of Cumber- 
 land, now Chairman of the Board of 
 Selectmen, was born in Cape Eliza- 
 beth, March ii, 1849, son of Mark and Eme- 
 line (Pratt) Trickey. Mr. Trickey's grand- 
 father, John Trickey, a native of Cape Eliza- 
 beth, removed thence to Windham, where he 
 engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was a 
 Whig in politics and a prominent resident of 
 that locality. He married Mary White, of 
 Windham, by whom he had four children — 
 Zebulon, Peter, Otis, and Mark, all of whom 
 became heads of families, and are no longer 
 living. 
 
 Mark Trickey, son of John, was born in 
 Windham, Me. ; and when a young man he set- 
 tled upon a farm in Cape Elizabeth. He was 
 an able and successful farmer, a tireless 
 worker, and a worthy citizen. His last years 
 were passed upon his farm; and he died April 
 29, 1872, aged sixty-three years. His wife, 
 whose maiden name was Emeline Pratt, was 
 a native- of Cape Elizabeth. She became the 
 mother of three children, Edward H., the sub- 
 ject of this sketch, being the only one now 
 living. The others were: Mary C, the wife 
 of William S. Rand, who died in Boston, May 
 3, 1887; and Ellen P., who died in Cape 
 Elizabeth in 1876. Mrs. Emeline P. Trickey 
 died April 30, 1873. 
 
 Edward H. Trickey acquired a knowledge 
 of the elementary branches of learning in the 
 schools of his native town, and advanced his 
 education by courses of study at the semi- 
 naries in Gorham, Westbrook, and Kent's 
 Hill. On the home farm, consisting of one 
 hundred and thirty acres, he carried on general 
 farming and dairying with good results until 
 187s, when he removed to Boston, where he 
 remained for a few years. In 1881 he re- 
 turned to Maine, and, locating in Cumberland, 
 bought a farm of sixty acres. He devoted his 
 attention for some time to gardening, and in 
 189s here established himself in general mer- 
 cantile business. 
 . In politics Mr. Trickey is an active sup- 
 
 porter of the Democratic party. On account 
 of his natural ability and his educational at- 
 tainments, he is especially qualified to serve 
 in public affairs, with which he has closely 
 identified himself since taking up his resi- 
 dence in Cumberland. Five years ago he was 
 elected a member of the Board of Selectmen, 
 and for the past four years he has served as its 
 Chairman, giving to the town a sound and 
 progressive, yet economical, administration of 
 its affairs. 
 
 On January 27, 1880, Mr. Trickey was 
 united in marriage with Carrie R. Sturdivant. 
 She was born in Portland, January 4, 185 1, 
 daughter of Loring and Mary E. Sturdivant, 
 the former of whom was a representative of an 
 old and prominent family in Cumberland 
 County. James W. Trickey, the only child 
 of this union, who was born June 3, 1887, 
 lived but one day. Mr. and Mrs. Trickey are 
 Universalists in their religious views. 
 
 Mr. Trickey is a member of Casco Lodge, 
 A. F. & A. M., of Yarmouth, also of St. 
 Albans Commandery of Portland, of the In- 
 dependent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Red 
 Men of Falmouth. 
 
 ,0L. FREDERIC E. BOOTH BY, 
 
 of Portland, General Passenger and 
 Ticket Agent of the Maine Central 
 Railroad, was bofn in Norway, Me., 
 December 3, 1845, son of Levi Thompson and 
 Sophia Packard (Brett) Boothby. 
 
 Levi Thompson Boothby was born in Liver- 
 more, Me., June 21, 1818. He received a 
 good common-school education, and learned 
 the blacksmith's trade, at which he worked 
 but a short time. He lived a while in Paris, 
 Me., and while there took up insurance as a 
 side issue, developing in that way a talent for 
 business which affected the whole course of 
 his after life. In 1857 he moved to Water- 
 ville, and about a year later established the 
 Waterville Mutual Insurance Company, at the 
 same time accepting an appointment as rail- 
 way station agent; but, finding that he could 
 not attend properly to both lines of business, 
 he decided to devote his attention wholly to 
 insurance. He accordingly resigned his posi- 
 tion in the employ of the railroad company. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 and opened an office in the centre of the town, 
 where he is still in business, his youngest 
 son, William, acting as his assistant. Mr. 
 Levi T. Boothby is undoubtedly the oldest in- 
 surance agent in Maine, and has a large busi- 
 ness to attend to. In politics he is a Re- 
 publican; and he takes an active interest in 
 State and national affairs, having regularly at- 
 tended the Republican conventions as dele- 
 gate for thirty-one years. Though time has 
 sprinkled Mr. Boothby's head with the frosts 
 of many years, he is still active mentally 
 and physically, and is a leading business 
 man of Waterville. He was married in 
 Paris, Me., on his twenty-fifth birthday, to 
 Sophia Packard Brett, a native of Brockton, 
 Mass. 
 
 Frederic Eleazer Boothby acquired his ed- 
 ucation at Oxford Normal Institute at South 
 Paris, the Waterville High School, and the 
 Waterville Academy, now called the Coburn 
 Classical Institute. He was first tendered an 
 official appointment on May i, 1861, when he 
 was made Assistant Postmaster at Waterville. 
 He acquired a taste for railroading when his 
 father was station agent, and in 1864 entered 
 the service of the Maine Central Road as gen- 
 eral ticket agent, with office at Waterville. 
 The road then covered but one hundred and 
 ten miles, extending from Bangor to Danville 
 Junction. In 1871, when this road was con- 
 solidated with the Portland & Kennebec, 
 Colonel Boothby went to Augusta and took 
 charge of the freight department, being ap- 
 pointed auditor and payma.ster. In 1874 he 
 was made general passenger agent, having 
 under his direction nine hundred miles of rail- 
 road. In 1875, when the offices were changed, 
 he was removed to Portland, where he has 
 since been general passenger and ticket agent. 
 He also acts in the same capacity for the Port- 
 land, Mount Desert, & Madison Steamboat 
 Company. Colonel Boothby has a great many 
 interests outside of his railroad business, 
 being a Director of the Union Safe Deposit 
 and Trust Company, of which he was an or- 
 ganizer; a Director of the New England Rail- 
 way Publishing Company of Boston; a Di- 
 rector of the St. Andrew's Land Company, 
 office at Boston; and also of the St. Andrew's 
 Land Company of New Brunswick, a summer 
 
 resort developed by this company, which built 
 a beautiful hotel, the Algonquin. 
 
 On October 25, 1871, Frederic E. Boothby 
 was united in marriage with Miss Adelaide E. 
 Smith, of Waterville, daughter of Charles H. 
 and Vesta B. Smith. In politics Colonel 
 Boothby is a Republican. He was a member 
 of Governor Bodwell's staff, Commissary -gen- 
 eral on Governor Marble's staff, and Assist- 
 ant Quartermaster-general on G'overnor Bur- 
 leigh's staff, serving in all six years. He is 
 a member of the Massalonskee Lodge; of 
 Drummond Chapter of Oakland ; and of Port- 
 land Council and Portland Commandery, 
 Knights Templars. He belongs to the Cum- 
 berland Club, the Portland Club, and to the 
 Portland Art Club, taking an active part in 
 the work of the latter, and is also a member of 
 the Athletic Club. In religious belief Colo- 
 nel Boothby is an Episcopalian, being Vestry- 
 man in St. Stephen's Church. He has 
 travelled extensively through the United 
 States and Mexico, and is a man of varied ac- 
 complishments and broad intelligence. 
 
 
 OODBURY KIDDER DANA, 
 Treasurer and Manager of the Dana 
 warp mills of Westbrook, one of 
 the leading warp factories in New England, 
 was born in Portland, Me., June 7, 1840, son 
 of Luther and Louisa (Kidder) Dana. His 
 grandfather, Richard Dana, was a resident of 
 Massachusetts all his lifetime. 
 
 Luther Dana, who was born in Natick, 
 Mass., in 1792, went to Portland in 1808, 
 when he was sixteen years of age. A few 
 years later he established himself in a general 
 mercantile business, which he followed with 
 success throughout his life. He died in June, 
 1870, seventy-eight years of age. His wife, 
 whose maiden name was Louisa Kidder, was a 
 native of Hallowell, Me., and a descendant of 
 one of the old, established families. of that 
 section of Maine. She survived her husband 
 a number of years. Both were zealous mem- 
 bers of the Congregational church. The fruit 
 of their union was seven sons and two daugh- 
 ters, of whom six are now living. These are: 
 John A. S. Dana, employed in the Dana 
 warp mills; Mary L. Dana, living in West 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
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 Paris, Me. ; Luther W. Dana, also a resident 
 of West Paris; Frank Jones Dana, the clerk 
 and paymaster of the Dana Warp Mills; 
 Samuel H. Dana, D.D., a prominent Conojrega- 
 tional clergyman of Quincy, 111. ; and Wood- 
 bury Kidder Dana, the subject of this memoir. 
 Woodbury Kidder Dana acquired his educa- 
 tion in the schools of Portland and at Lewis- 
 ton Falls Academy of Auburn. He first 
 engaged in warp-making in 1859 in the town 
 of Gray, Cumberland County, and afterward in 
 Lewiston, where he gained a more thorough 
 knowledge of the business. While he was in 
 Lewiston the Civil War broke out; and in Au- 
 gust, 1863, he volunteered in the Twenty- 
 ninth Maine Regiment of Volunteer Infantry. 
 This regiment, as a part of the Nineteenth 
 Army Corps, served in the Red River cam- 
 paign, and in the Shenandoah campaign under 
 Sheridan, taking part in many severe engage- 
 ments. During the latter part of his army 
 life Mr, Dana served as hospital steward. 
 After serving out his term honorably and 
 creditably, he received his discharge and re- 
 turned home. In 1866 he started in a small 
 way at Westbrook manufacturing warps. The 
 demands of trade have steadily increased with 
 the lapse of time, so that he has been con- 
 stantly enlarging and improving his plant. 
 At the start but seven hundred spindles were 
 used. At the present time there are eight 
 thousand. About seventy bales of cotton are 
 used weekly, and from one hundred and fifty 
 to one hundred and seventy-five people find 
 employment in the mills. They manufacture 
 both white and colored warps, which are sold 
 principally in the New England States. 
 Three years ago, in November, 1892, an incor- 
 porated company was formed, and Mr. Dana 
 was elected Treasurer and Manager. 
 
 Mr. Dana was married in Auburn, Me., to 
 Miss Mary Little Hale Pickard, a native of that 
 place. They are the parents of seven children 
 — Louisa W., Hannah Little, Philip, Ethel 
 M., Helen Pickard, Luther, and Mary H. 
 Louisa W. is at home; Hannah Little is a 
 student of Wellesley College, Massachusetts; 
 Philip is attending Bowdoin College, from 
 . which he will graduate in the class of 1896. 
 
 In politics Mr. Dana is a loyal Republican. 
 He has served two years as an Alderman of 
 
 the city, He is a member of Ancient Land- 
 mark Lodge, No. 17, A. F. & A. M. ; Mount 
 Vernon Chapter, and St. Albans Commandery. 
 He a'nd Mrs. Dana are prominent members 
 of the Westbrook Congregational church. 
 
 fHOMAS M. JOHNSTON, senior mem- 
 ber of the firm of H. J. Bailey & Co., 
 wholesale and retail carpet dealers of 
 Portland, was born in Cornwall on the Hud- 
 son, N.Y., May i, 1852, son of David and 
 Lettie (Clark) Johnston. His father, who was 
 a native of Trenton, N.J., was a tanner, 
 which business he successfully followed in 
 Cornwall. His wife, Lettie Clark, who was 
 born in Cornwall on the Hudson, became the 
 mother of nine children, as follows: Hannah 
 J., who became the wife of Moses Bailey; 
 Colonel Frank C, who was on the staff of 
 Major-general Thomas G. Lawler, ex-Com- 
 mander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Re- 
 public; Joseph H., who was killed at the 
 battle of the Wilderness during the Civil War; 
 Phebe A., who married Allen W. Pinkham, 
 of Vassalboro, Me. ; Mary B., who became the 
 wife of Ellsworth Gerow, of Plattekill, N.Y. ; 
 Dr. Charles Lindley, now a practising physi- 
 cian, residing at 467 Vanderbilt Avenue, 
 Brooklyn, N.Y. ; Etta H.; Carrie L. ; and 
 Thomas M., the subject of this sketch._ The 
 mother of these children is no longer living. 
 
 Thomas M. Johnston acquired the rudi- 
 ments of his education in the public schools 
 of Plattekill, and pursued a supplementary 
 course of study at Oakwood Seminary, a 
 Friends' school at Union Springs, Cayuga 
 County, N.Y. In 1872 he went to Portland, 
 and became a chore boy in the wholesale 
 carpet store in which he is now senior partner. 
 He applied himself closely to the task of ob- 
 taining a thorough knowledge of the business, 
 and has worked his way step by step to his 
 present position. He possesses business abil- 
 ity of a high order, is energetic, progressive, 
 and well up with the times. The firm of 
 which he is the leading representative does a 
 large wholesale and retail business in carpets, 
 rugs, oil-cloths, draperies, etc., and has an 
 extensive local as well as outside trade. In 
 politics Mr. Johnston is a Republican, and in 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 1892 he was a member of the Board of Alder- 
 men from Ward 4. Socially, he is a member 
 of Portland Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and of 
 Unity Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
 lows. 
 
 Mr. Johnston married, Nellie L. Jones, -of 
 Winthrop, Me. , daughter of Reuben and Phebe 
 (Winslow) Jones, and has two children — 
 Theo Edna and Inez Earle. He and his wife 
 are members of the Friends' Society of Port- 
 land, and their residence is at 31 Ocean 
 Street, Deering. 
 
 OHN L. HIGGINS, a native of Gor- 
 ham, born November 18, 1829, was left 
 an orphan when but six months old, 
 and was adopted by his uncle, Saul C. 
 Higgins. The latter was a son of Joseph 
 and Mercy (Cook) Higgins. Joseph Higgins 
 was born March 22, 1750, at Cape Cod, 
 Massachusetts, where he lived until after 
 his marriage. Removing then to this county, 
 he took up one hundred acres of land still 
 in its virginal wildness, and from it redeemed 
 a farm. He was also a follower of the sea, 
 being Captain of a trading-vessel sailing 
 between Portland and the West Indies. On 
 June 27, 1804, he left Portland in com^ 
 mand of the sloop "Amicitia, " bound for 
 Guadeloupe with a cargo of house frames, 
 lumber, and general freight; and neither he, 
 the vessel, nor any of the crew were ever again 
 heard of. Of the ten children born to him and 
 his wife, Saul C. was the youngest. 
 
 Saul C. Higgins, born on the old homestead 
 in Gorham, May 11, 1794, was a much beloved 
 and highly esteemed citizen of this town. 
 After living for more than a century, he died 
 February 16, 1895. He was in the War of 
 1 812, being then but eighteen years of age. 
 He enlisted in 1814 in the company of his 
 brother, Captain Barnabas Higgins, of the 
 Massachusetts militia, as Maine then formed 
 a part of the old Bay State. He was never in 
 active service, however, as the war closed 
 fourteen days after his company was ordered 
 to Portland. He drew a pension, and his 
 name is entered on the Register of Member- 
 ship of the General Society of the War of 
 1 812. A graduate of Gorham Academy, he 
 
 was finely educated for his day, and subse- 
 quently taught school twenty-seven years, 
 seventeen of which were spent in his own dis- 
 trict. He was an industrious, hard-working 
 man and a prominent citizen of the place. 
 He served the town for several years as super- 
 intendent of schools. He was temperate in 
 his habits, never using tobacco in any form. 
 He lived to be more than one hundred years of 
 age, retaining his faculties to a remarkable 
 degree. His wife, whose maiden name was 
 Fanny Blake, was born December 9, 1792, 
 and died June 22, 1877. They had no chil- 
 dren of their own, but were much attached to 
 their adopted son. Both were members of the 
 Methodist church, and in politics he was a 
 sound Democrat. 
 
 John L. Higgins acquired a good common- 
 school education. At the age of eighteen 
 years he went West, where he resided until 
 1877. Returning then to the scenes of his 
 boyhood, he settled on the old homestead, 
 which he has since managed. In politics he 
 is identified with the Democratic party, and 
 his religious belief is that of the Universalists. 
 He is a Knight of Pythias, being the oldest 
 Knight in Maine, having membership in 
 Dirigo Lodge, No. 21, of Gorham. 
 
 On June 15, 1850, Mr. Higgins was united 
 in marriage with Sarah A., daughter of Will- 
 iam Warren, of Gorham, she being the fourth 
 of a family of six childi'en. Of the four chil- 
 dren born to Mr. and Mrs. Higgins, but one 
 is now living, namely: Fanny L., born in 
 Chicago, 111., September 23, 1871, residing 
 with her parents. 
 
 (sTrNDREW J. RICH, senior member of 
 ijlj the firm of S. S. Rich & Son, under- 
 yJIsV takers, at 106 Exchange Street, Port- 
 ' land, was born in this city, Septem- 
 ber 14, 1834, son of Samuel S. and Sarah M. 
 (Witham) Rich. His- father, who was a son- 
 of Ephraim Rich, of Westbrook, was born 
 February 22, 1810; and the business which is 
 now carried on by his son, Andrew J., and 
 grandson, Herbert W., was established by him 
 over sixty years ago. He was for many years 
 the principal undertaker in Portland, and also 
 carried on a successful furniture business. 
 
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 He was highly respected, and possessed a wide 
 reputation for upright dealing. His death 
 occurred in May, 1883. His wife, Sarah M. 
 Witham,, who died in 1856, was the mother of 
 nine children. 
 
 Andrew J. Rich received his education in 
 the public schools of Portland, and at the age 
 of thirteen commenced work in his father's 
 store. He gradually gave up the furniture 
 trade for the undertaking business, in which 
 he is still actively engaged, having had a long 
 and successful experience in the process of 
 embalming, and being expert in all the duties 
 of his calling. In politics he is a Republican, 
 and for the past sixteen years has held the 
 office of Coroner. He is a member of Portland 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M. , of Greenleaf Chapter, 
 and St. Albans Commandery. He is also 
 connected with Ancient Brothers' Lodge, Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows; Bramhall 
 Lodge, Knights of Pythias; and the Maine 
 Charitable Mechanic Association. Mr. Rich 
 married Ellen S. Winchester, daughter of 
 William B, and Ruth (Chute) Winchester, 
 and they have had five children, namely: 
 Herbert W. , who is in business with his 
 father; Carrie, wife of John Johnson; Charles 
 S. , a graduate of the Andover Theological 
 Seminary and now Professor of Rhetoric 
 in .Bowdoin College; Ruth W. ; and Susie, 
 who died in 1894. Mr. and Mrs. Rich are 
 members of the Free Will Baptist church. 
 They have a pleasant home at 162 Pearl Street. 
 
 bfRANK HOWE EMERY, a leading 
 pj dry-goods merchant of Gorham, was 
 -'- born in Hollis, York County, Me. He 
 is a son of Joshua Emery, a native of Buxton, 
 who settled early in life in the town of Hollis, 
 where he established himself in the lumber 
 business. He was successful in the enterprise, 
 and., around his saw-mills a settlement sprung 
 up which is now known as Emery's Mills. 
 Joshua Emery was from early youth possessed 
 of strong patriotic instincts ; and, when the War 
 of 1 812 broke out, he was so anxious to have 
 a part in the defence of his country that he ran 
 away from home, and, entering the army, sub- 
 sequently attained the rank of Colonel. He 
 was twice married, and by the first union had 
 
 five children — two sons and three daughters. 
 By his second marriage, which was with Miss 
 Sarah Moody Burnham, a daughter of Thomas 
 Burnham, of Scarboro, Me., he had three sons; 
 namely, Joshua B. , Frank H., and Thomas B. 
 
 Frank H. Emery spent his boyhood in Saco, 
 Me., obtaining an education in the common 
 schools, which he afterward completed under 
 the tutorship of a Mr. Willis Mason. He 
 then went to Boston, Mass., where he secured 
 a position as clerk in the wholesale and retail 
 dry-goods store of Palmer, Waterman & Hatch 
 on Winter Street, being thus employed six 
 years. At the end of that time, or about 1868, 
 he came to Gorham, and began in a small way 
 in his present business. Twelve years later, 
 owing to the increase in his trade, he was 
 obliged to remodel a dwelling-house in order 
 to obtain larger quarters. This being de- 
 stroyed by fire in 1892, he then erected his 
 present fine store, which was designed by John 
 C. Stevens, of Portland, and built by J. W. 
 Burrows and Samuel F. Dolley. It is a two- 
 story brick structure, sixty by thirty-five feet, 
 ground plan, and is supplied with steam heat 
 and first-class modern conveniences. Mr. 
 Emery carries a complete line of dry goods, 
 cloaks, shawls, gentlemen's furnishings, 
 trunks, bags, and similar articles, also a full 
 line of window shades, draperies, and hang- 
 ings, his business giving employment to five 
 clerks. 
 
 His political affiliations are with the Repub- 
 lican party. Fraternally, he is a member of 
 Harmony Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of this 
 town; and, religiously, he attends and contrib- 
 utes toward the support of the Orthodox 
 church of Gorham. 
 
 ILLIAM LUCAS, a prosperous brick 
 manufacturer of Deering, who is 
 also the proprietor of a box manu- 
 factory and lumber-mill in Westbrook, Me., 
 although a man of modest and unassuming 
 bearing is, nevertheless, possessed of good 
 business ability and judgment. He was born 
 at Raskemore, County Tyrone, Ireland, in 
 August, 1848, and is a son of James and Ann 
 (Lee) Lucas, both of whom are of Scottish 
 descent. 
 
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 His grandfather, Robert Lucas, spent his 
 life in County Tyrone, where he followed 
 farming as an avocation. James Lucas, father 
 of William, was born in County Tyrone, 
 Ireland, in 1812. He received a practical 
 common -school education, and took up farm- 
 ing in connection therewith, dealing to some 
 extent in horses. His wife, Ann, bore him 
 nine children, five of whom are still liv- 
 ing, William being the sixth in order of 
 birth. 
 
 William Lucas obtained his education in 
 the public schools of his native town, and re- 
 mained upon the old home farm with his 
 parents until the spring of 1866, when he 
 came to this country. After his arrival he 
 learned the brick-maker's tirade of his two 
 brothers who were engaged in the brick busi- 
 ness in Dover, N. H., working for them two 
 years. He then purchased the Lunt property 
 in Deeringand established himself in the brick 
 business. He afterward sold this property to 
 a brother, from whom he bought his present' 
 property at Nason's Corner, where he still 
 continues the manufacture of brick, giving 
 employment to a number of men. It is now 
 nearly twenty- five years since he began busi- 
 ness in his present location. His wife, to 
 whom he was married on December 15^ 1872, 
 was Miss Mary C. Turple, a daughter of James 
 Turple. Four children have been born of their 
 union, and three still survive, namely: Mary 
 Ann ; Robert Elmore, who married Miss Ade- 
 laide Lumbard, of Portland; William James 
 (deceased) ; and Moses Wesley. 
 
 Mr. Lucas is associated with the fraternal 
 orders, being a member of Deering Lodge, 
 A. F. & A. M., and of the Knights of Pythias. 
 In politics he is a Republican. 
 
 |APTAIN JOHN BENNETT, master 
 of the steamer "Cottage City" of the 
 Maine Steamship Company's line, 
 is one of the oldest captains in the 
 employ of that corporation, having been with 
 them about twenty-two years. He was born 
 at Vinal Haven, Me., September 4, 1832, son 
 of William R. and Betsey (Brown) Bennett, 
 the former a native of Topsham, Me., the 
 latter of Vinal Haven. Captain Bennett is of 
 
 Scottish descent on the paternal side. His 
 grandfather, whose name he bears, John Ben- 
 nett, first, a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, 
 came to this country when a boy, and took to 
 the sea for a livelihood, becoming a sailing 
 master and famous navigator, and voyaging 
 from Bath, Me., to all parts of the world. He 
 served in the War of 181 2, and was on the 
 "Enterprise" when she fought the "Boxer" 
 off Seguin, Me. In this engagement he re- 
 ceived a serious woundj which compelled him 
 to retire from the active life of a mariner. He 
 passed his remaining years at Bath. His wife 
 was Sarah Doughty, of Topsham. 
 
 William R. Bennett was born in 1810, and 
 I'ived in Topsham until twenty years of age, 
 when he removed to Vinal Haven. He went 
 to sea when a young man on long voyages, 
 working his way up until he became master, 
 and during the last few years of his seafaring 
 life was engaged in the coasting trade. In 
 1865, when he was fifty-five years of age, he 
 settled on a small and pleasant farm at Vinal 
 Haven, where he spent the remainder of his 
 days. He died November 7, 1888. His wife, 
 who was a daughter of Reuben Brown, of Vinal 
 H-aven, was called to rest in 1890, at the age 
 of sfivefity-eight. Four children were bqrn to 
 them, namely : John, the subject of this sketch ; 
 Rozella, formerly Mrs. Daniel Holbrook, now 
 wife of Captain Clark, of Vinal Haven ; Louisa, 
 wife of Durray Raymond, of the same place; 
 and Annie, wife of Levy Anthony. 
 
 John Bennett, son of William R. Bennett, 
 received his education in the common schools, 
 of Vinal Haven, also attending two schools of 
 navigation. At the age of thirteen he began 
 his seafaring life with his father, commencing 
 before the mast a'nd working his way up. At 
 seventeen he was mate of a sailing-vessel,; and 
 at the age of nineteen he was master, the first 
 vessel of which he had charge being the "En- 
 terprise." Of this vessel he was master for 
 several years, his next being the brig "Harr 
 mony, " trading in the West Indies and other 
 parts of the world, and hailing from St. 
 George, Me. Captain Bennett was master of 
 the "Harmony" twelve years. In 1864 he 
 was put in command of the "Chesapeake" of 
 the Maine Steamship Company, of which he 
 was master three years; and he next sailed on 
 
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 the New England and Nova Scotia Steamship 
 line, owned by the same parties, as mate and 
 pilot of the "Caiiotta" and the "Chase." 
 He was finally put in command of the 
 "Chase," and was pilot of the steamer "Fal- 
 mouth" in the summer. He remained in the 
 employ of this company eight years, and then 
 took command of the steamship "Cortes" of 
 the Cromwell line, plying between St. John's, 
 N. F., and New Orleans. Five years later, 
 in 1880, he renewed his connection with the 
 Maine Steamship Company, sailing as master 
 of the "Franconia " between Portland and New 
 York; and he also took command at different 
 times of other vessels belonging to the com- 
 pany. When the "Cottage City " was placed 
 in commission, Captain Bennett was placed in 
 charge of her, and has retained his position to 
 the present day. He is well known to the 
 travelling public, and his carefulness and 
 courtesy have won for him universal confidence 
 and esteem. His fraternal relations with 
 other seafaring men are maintained as a mem- 
 ber of the Pilots' Association, Harbor No. 12, 
 of New York. 
 
 February 19, i8S3, he was married to Lucy 
 A., daughter of Captain Thomas Brown, of 
 Vinal Haven. Nine children have been born 
 to them, of whom five are living, namely: 
 Annie, wife of George Randall, of Portland; 
 Elzina C, wife of Frank Sawyer, of the same 
 place; Ida C. ; Lucy, wife of Herbert 
 Hutchins, of Kennebunk; and William B., 
 now quartermaster of the "Cottage City." 
 Captain Bennett's son, John R. , died at the 
 age of thirty-four, leaving three children — 
 Wesley, Wallace, and Marion. His first two 
 children, Roscoe and Tobias, died in childhood 
 of diphtheria, aged respectively fiv.e and seven ; 
 and a daughter Bessie died at sea in 1863. 
 She was then a child of three years, and was 
 with her mother, who had accompanied the 
 Captain on one of his trips. 
 
 Captain Bennett is a prominent Mason, be- 
 longing to Evangelist Lodge, No. 600, A. F. 
 & A. M., of New York City, and to Mount 
 Zion Chapter, No. 231; and he belongs to 
 Maine Lodge, No. i, Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows, and Eastern Star Encampment, 
 No. 2. His portrait appears on a neighboring 
 page of this volume. 
 
 TT^HARLES B. WALKER, who has 
 I \< practically retired from active busi- 
 ^U^^ ness, has been a lifelong resident of 
 Bridgton, where his birth occurred 
 April 2, 1836. His grandfather, Joseph 
 Walker, was one of Cumberland County's 
 early settlers, having removed from Oxford 
 County to Westbrook in 18 14. Joseph 
 Walker, born July 22, 1774, in Denmark, was 
 one of the several children born to his parents, 
 Joseph and Mary Walker. He owned and 
 opi^rated a saw and grist mill in Westbrook 
 for some time. Afterward he established two 
 saw-mills and two grist-mills in this town, 
 the former being located where the Forest 
 mills now stand, and the latter on the present 
 site of the Pondicherry mills at Stevens's 
 Brook. In 1796 he married Mary Foster, who 
 was born January 29, 177S. The children 
 of this union were: Benjamin, born March 25, 
 1798; Joseph, born February 7, 1800; Moody, 
 born February 27, 1808; and Edward S., who 
 died on the day of his birth, July 12, 18:4. 
 
 The Hon. Benjamin Walker, fath«r of 
 Charles B. Walker, was a native of the town 
 of Denmark, Oxford County. When a youth 
 he went to Westbrook with his parents. From 
 there he came to Bridgton in 1827. He was a 
 man of great enterprise and industry. P"or 
 some years he was engaged in running canal 
 boats. He was also an extensive dealer in 
 real estate. Public-spirited and generous, he 
 gave material assistance and encouragement 
 to all plans tending toward the improvement 
 and advancement of Bridgton. His death, 
 September 26, 1869, was mourned by a host 
 of friends. He was an esteemed member of 
 the Odd Fellows Lodge. On March 25, 1797, 
 he married Sarah A. Cross, who bore him nine 
 children, as follows: Mary F., who died Sep- 
 tember 30, 1863; Moody, who died June 6, 
 1867; Joseph, who died December 16, 1875; 
 Benjamin, who died August 27, 1829; Charles 
 E., who died August 26, 1833; Lydia J.; 
 Eliza A. ; Charles B. ; and Caroline A. 
 
 Charles B. Walker ably assisted his father 
 in his many business relations, continuing 
 with him as long as the father lived. After 
 the death of the latter he gave his attention 
 exclusively to his personal interests until his 
 retirement from business. On May 3, 1858, 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Mr. Walker was united in marriage with Miss 
 Harriet M. Merrill, a native of Bridgton. 
 The union has been blessed by the birth of 
 one child, Gertrude, now the wife of Frank 
 Daily, of Roxbury, Mass. 
 
 8 ELAND H. POORE, M.D., ah able 
 young physician, residing at Webb's 
 ^ Mills in the town of Casco, Me., 
 where he settled shortly after his 
 marriage, now has a large and successful prac- 
 tice, not only in Casco, but in the adjoining 
 towns of Otisfield, Raymond, Windham, and 
 Poland. His birth occurred in the town of 
 Sebago, Cumberland County, on April 3, 
 1867; and he is a son of Edwin L. and Amanda 
 M. (Whitney) Poore. 
 
 Edwin L. Poore is a native of Sebago, and 
 has been a lifelong resident of that town. In 
 his earlier years he engaged in the practice 'of 
 law, but at the present time he is successfully 
 conducting a general mercantile business. 
 He also holds the position of Postmaster of 
 Sebago. His wife, whose maiden name was 
 Amanda M. Whitney, is still living. Four 
 children have been born to them, as follows: 
 Willie E., who died in infancy; Leland H.; 
 Lillian A. and Lunetta N. (twins), living 
 with their parents. 
 
 Leland H. Poore acquired his rudimentary 
 education in the common schools of Sebago, 
 after which, in the fall of 18S3, he left home 
 to take a course at Fryeburg Academy, 
 where he was a pupil at intervals during the 
 next five years, spending the time when not 
 in school in teaching. Among the places 
 where he held the position of teacher are Jack- 
 son, N.H., Brownfield, Sebago, and Fryeburg, 
 Me. He was graduated at Fryeburg Academy 
 in June, 1888; and he soon began the study 
 of medicine with Dr. C. E. Wilson at Hiram, 
 Oxford County, Me. In February, 1889, he 
 went to Brunswick, and entered the Medical 
 School, from which he was graduated with the 
 class of 1893. Not long after he came to 
 Webb's Mills, and began the practice of his 
 profession under auspicious circumstances, as 
 within two hours of putting out his sign he 
 received his first call; and from that time he 
 has been a busy and successful practitioner. 
 
 He also conducts a small drug business at his 
 residence. 
 
 On September 7, 1893, he was joined in 
 marriage with Miss Mary E. Fitch, who was 
 born in Sebago, Me. She is a daughter of 
 John and Nancy W. (Sanborn) Fitch, both 
 natives of Sebago, where her father is still 
 successfully engaged in the vocation of a 
 farmer. 
 
 In politics Dr. Poore has always been an 
 adherent of the Democratic party. While a 
 resident of Sebago he served for two years as 
 Supervisor, and was a member of the Board of 
 Health one year. He is now one of the 
 School Committee, also superintendent and 
 Justice of the Peace of Casco. Fraternally, 
 he is an honored member of Raymond Lodge, 
 Knights of Pythias, also N. E. O. P. of 
 Webb's Mills. Dr. and Mrs. Poore are regu- 
 lar church attendants. 
 
 ON. JOSEPH A. LOCKE, of Port- 
 land, Me., was born in Hollis, York 
 
 County, Me., December 25, 1843. 
 
 He is a descendant in the sixth 
 generation from John Locke, of Hampton 
 (now Rye), N.H., who came from Yorkshire, 
 England, in 1644, it is believed, and first set- 
 tled in Dover, N.H., there becoming a land- 
 owner. Through both his father, Stephen 
 Locke, son of Caleb Locke, of Hollis, and his 
 mother, Lucinda Clark, daughter of Charles 
 Clark, of Hollis, Mr. Locke is a representa- 
 tive of the fourth generation in descent from 
 Sarah Pepperrell, the accomplished and be- 
 loved niece of Sir William Pepperrell (and 
 daughter of Andrew Pepperrell), and also from 
 the historic Major Charles Frost, of Kittery. 
 
 In his early childhood Mr. Locke removed 
 with his parents to Biddeford, where he fitted 
 for college, graduating from Bowdoin College 
 in 1865 with honor, being the salutatorian of 
 his class. He taught in the Portland High 
 School the first two years after graduation, 
 having charge of classes in Greek, Latin, 
 chemistry, and mathematics; and while teach- 
 ing he was pursuing his law studies. He then 
 entered the law ofiBce of Davis & Drummond 
 (Judge Woodbury Davis and the Hon. Josiah 
 H. Drummond), and was admitted to practice 
 
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 in the State courts in 1868 and in the United 
 States courts in 1869. 
 
 He settled in Portland, remaining a short 
 time with Messrs. Davis and Drummond, and 
 in October, 1868, opening an office in the 
 Boyd Block, which had just been finished. 
 Here by close application to business, and the 
 care and fidelity with which he attended to all 
 matters intrusted to his charge, both in office 
 work and the trial cases in the courts, he ac- 
 quired a large and successful law practice, 
 commanding the confidence of all with whom 
 he came in contact. In 1880 he formed a co- 
 partnership with his brother, Ira S. Locke, 
 under the firm name of Locke & Locke, which 
 still continues. They have an extensive gen- 
 eral practice, are trustees of several large es- 
 tates, and have the charge of many trust 
 funds. 
 
 Mr. Locke has been frequently honored by 
 his fellow-citizens with positions of trust. 
 He was twice elected Representative from 
 Portland to the State legislature; namely, for 
 the sessions of 1877 and 1879, serving as 
 a member of the Judiciary Committee both 
 sessions, and also as a member of the Library 
 Committee in 1877. The State election in 
 the fall of 1878 for the session of 1879 was a 
 very close one throughout the State, and 
 especially in Cumberland County; and out of 
 the five Representatives to the House from 
 Portland Mr. Locke was the only Republican 
 elected. On the organization of the House of 
 Representatives in 1879 he was the Repub- 
 lican nominee for Speaker, but was defeated 
 by the combined vote of the Democratic and 
 Greenback Representatives. At the State 
 election that fall he was elected a Senator 
 from Cumberland County, being the only Re- 
 publican nominee for the Senate from Cumber- 
 land County who received his certificate of 
 election from the Governor and Council. 
 This was the famous session of the legislature 
 of 1880. 
 
 From the first meeting of the Senate until 
 its final organization, when he was elected its 
 President, he was the leader in the Senate on 
 behalf of the Republican party in opposition 
 to the organization of the same by the mem- 
 bers of the Democratic and Greenback parties; 
 and by his timely written protests, duly pre- 
 
 sented in session while they were attempting 
 to organize the Senate, paved the way to bring 
 the question involved, as to who were the 
 legally elected members of the Senate, before 
 the Supreme Court of the State for its de- 
 cision. This is the only instance since the 
 organization of the State that a member has 
 been elected President of the Senate the first 
 term of service therein. Mr. Locke was the 
 youngest man who ever occupied the chair. 
 He was returned to the Senate in 1881, and 
 re-elected its President. This was the first 
 session of the legislature following the amend- 
 ment to the Constitution providing for bien- 
 nial elections. Consequently Mr. Locke re- 
 mained as President of the Senate, making 
 him the second civil officer in the State, for 
 three years and until the organization of the 
 legislature in January in 1883, when he was 
 elected a member of the Governor's Council. 
 This position he held by subsequent election 
 for four years, serving all the time as Chair- 
 man of the Committee on Accounts and Public 
 Institutions. Since that time he has entirely 
 devoted his time and attention to his law prac- 
 tice. Mr. Locke has ever taken great interest 
 in educational matters. For several years 
 after teaching in the high school he was a 
 member of the School Committee of Portland. 
 He has been for many years a member of the 
 Board of Trustees of Maine Wesleyan Semi- 
 nary and Female College at Kent's Hill, Me., 
 and the last fourteen years President of the 
 Board. Mr. Locke has been interested more 
 or less in the different historical, educational, 
 and social organizations. He is a member of 
 the Maine Historical Society, Genealogical 
 Society, Portland Natural History Society, 
 and the Masonic fraternity. He first became 
 a Mason in 1866, receiving the. Blue Lodge 
 degrees in Dunlap Lodge in Biddeford, 
 and became a member thereof. Having de- 
 cided to make his home in Portland, he trans- 
 ferred his membership to Portland Lodge, No. 
 1, Portland, Me., the oldest Lodge in the 
 State, acting under charter issued in 1769, 
 and at the next election was elected Senior 
 Warden, and afterward Worshipful Master, 
 occupying the chair for the years 1871 and 
 1872. In June, 1877, honorary membership 
 was conferred upon him; and in 1878 he was 
 
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 elected a member of the Board of Masonic 
 Trustees. 
 
 Mr. Locke has at different times' been 
 highly honored by this large and strong fra- 
 ternity. He was Most Eminent High Priest 
 of Greenleaf Chapter, No. 13, in 1870; Emi- 
 nent Commander of St. Alban Commandery, 
 No. 8, for the years 1877 and 1878; Grand 
 High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Maine for 
 the years 1881 and 1882. In the Grand Com- 
 mandery of Maine in May, 1887, he was 
 elected from the floor to the position of 
 Deputy Grand Commander, and elected Right 
 Eminent Grand Commander for the years 1888 
 and 1889. While occupying the latter posi- 
 tion at the Triennial Conclave of the Grand 
 Encampment of the United States holden in 
 Washington, D.C., in 1889, he was elected 
 Chairman of the Ritual Committee, to revise 
 and correct the ritual of the Order throughout 
 the country; and so well was the work done 
 that at the next Triennial Conclave, holden in 
 Denver, Col., in 1892, the report of the com- 
 mittee was accepted, and the ritual presented 
 by it unanimously adopted without a single 
 change being made, although it was the gen- 
 eral opinion of the members of the Order 
 throughout the country before the Conclave 
 that no ritual could be presented which would 
 be adopted. In May, 1895, he was elected 
 Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of 
 Maine, which position he now holds. Mr. 
 Locke has also been honored in the Scottish 
 Rite or so-called higher degrees of Free 
 Masonry. He was for eleven years Thrice 
 Potent Grand Master of Yates Lodge of Per- 
 fection in Portland, and afterward Commander- 
 in-chief of Maine Consistory, thirty-two de- 
 grees, for eight years ; and in September, 1884, 
 he received at Detroit the honorary grade of 
 Sovereign Grand Inspector General of tjie 
 thirty-third and last degree. He is at the 
 present timean officer of the Grand Encamp- 
 ment, Knights Templars, of the United 
 States. 
 
 Mr. Locke married Miss Fhorence E. 
 Perley, daughter of Joseph H. Perley, a well- 
 to-do merchant of Portland, August 27, 1873, 
 and by her has four children now living, 
 namely: Grace Perley Locke, now a student 
 at Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania; John 
 
 R. Locke, aged fifteen; Allan S. Locke, aged 
 eleven; and Joseph A. Locke, Jr., aged seven 
 years. 
 
 /^TaRDNER MERRILL PARKER, a 
 Y 3 1 well known and highly esteemed 
 resident of Gorham, was born in 
 North Scarboro, which is now a part of Gor- 
 ham, Me., September 26, 1833, son of John 
 M. and Louise (Worcester) Parker. John M. 
 Parker was born near Steep Falls in the town 
 of Standish, and by the death of his father was 
 left dependent upon his own resources at an 
 early age. He engaged in farming, also keep- 
 ing a general country store for some time, and 
 was Deputy Sheriff and Collector for several 
 years. His wife, Louise Worcester, who was 
 a daughter of Thomas Worcester, of Gor- 
 ham, became the mother of ten children, five 
 sons and five daughters, of whom Gardner 
 M., the subject of this sketch, was the fifth- 
 born. 
 
 Gardner Merrill Parker received his educa- 
 tion in the common schools of his native town, 
 and subsequently learned the carpenter's 
 trade, which he followed as a journeyman for 
 ten years. He then returned to the home- 
 stead, where he engaged in agricultural pur- 
 suits, carrying on the farm for two years. In 
 1868 he was appointed Deputy Sheriff, a posi- 
 tion which he ably filled a greater part of the 
 time until 1895. He was Tax Collector frorn 
 1890 to 1893, and in that capacity rendered 
 faithful and valuable service to the town. 
 He now owns a good farm of thirty-four acres,, 
 which he cultivates successfully, devoting con- 
 siderable attention to the raising of fruit. 
 
 On January i, i860, Mr. Parker was united 
 in marriage to Sarah M. Meserve, daughter of 
 Deacon Samuel Meserve, a prosperous farmer 
 of Gorham, and has three children, as follows: 
 Esther L., residing at home; Nellie C, who 
 is a school teacher in Manchester, N.H.; and 
 Gardner M., Jr. Mr. Parker is a member of 
 Harmony Lodge, No. 38, A. F. & A. M. ; 
 Gorham Lodge, No. 98, Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows, of which he is Treasurer; and 
 Dirigo Lodge, iKnights of Pythias, of which 
 he IS now Secretary. He is also connected 
 with the Gorham Grange. He has held the 
 
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 principal chairs in all of these lodges, except 
 the Masonic. Mr. Parker is a Republican in 
 politics, and his religious views lead him to 
 attend the Congregational church. 
 
 -1p)TENRY B. HARTFORD, Postmaster 
 L^-l at Standish, Me., and a general mer- 
 \[ s) I chant, is a native of Oxford County, 
 
 ^"■-^ having been born March 9, 1849, 
 in Brownfield. His paternal grandfather was 
 Solomon Hartford, an industrious farmer in 
 Hiram, Oxford County, a Democrat in poli- 
 tics. He reared fourteen children, three of 
 whom are still living, namely; Hosea; Sarah, 
 wife of Ezra Thompson ; and Nancy, wife of 
 Ephraim Ridlon. 
 
 George B. Hartford, son of Solomon, father 
 of Henry B., was born in 1824 in Hiram, and 
 there learned the cooper's trade, which, in 
 conjunction with farming, he carried on dur- 
 ing his years of active labor. He followed 
 the political footpath in which he was reared, 
 being an old-time Democrat. He lived three- 
 score and ten years, dying September 10, 
 1894. His wife, Belinda Wormwood, daugh- 
 ter of Ithamar Wormwood, was a native of 
 Porter, Me. They were married in 1845, and 
 eight children were boi-n to them, six of whom 
 are now living; namely, Ruth T., Henry B., 
 Mary J., Belinda, Cora B., and Maria. Ruth 
 T., wife of Michael Trainer, of Brownfield, 
 has seven children — Mary, Catherine, John, 
 Michael, Margaret, William, and Preston. 
 Mary J., a resident of California, is the wife 
 of Dennis Hatch, and has one child, Alice 
 Hatch. Belinda has been twice married; her 
 first husband, John Hawkins, left her with 
 three children — Bertha, Fannie, and Edgar, 
 and by her second husband, Austin Newcomb, 
 she has four children — Alfred, Allen, Clara, 
 and Harry. Cora B. has also had two hus- 
 bands, her first having been William McLucas, 
 who died leaving her with two children — 
 Ervie and Mina; by her second husband, An- 
 drew Lewis, she has one child. Lulu. Maria, 
 wife of Charles Ward, has four children — 
 Florence, Walter, Alice, and Harry. Mr. 
 and Mrs. George B. Hartford were of the 
 Methodist faith and regular attendants of the 
 church of that denomination. 
 
 Henry B. Hartford received his education 
 in the town of Brownfield, and after leaving 
 school worked on his father's farm a few 
 years. Preferring a business career, he left 
 home, going to Hiram, Me., where he worked 
 for a year with R. G. Green & Co., clothing 
 manufacturers. In 1874 he went to Standish, 
 and for four years was employed by L D. 
 Sawyer, who was engaged in the same indus- 
 try. The following year Mr. Hartford spent 
 in California on a ranch. Returning then to 
 Standish, he worked for Mr. Sawyer another 
 two years, when, in 1884, he bought out his 
 employer, and for ten years conducted the 
 establishment alone. In 1894 he gave up 
 the clothing business, and has since given 
 his whole attention to the management of 
 his store of general merchandise, which he 
 started in 1884. This he has enlarged from 
 time to time, as the interests of his business 
 demanded, and has now a lucrative local trade. 
 
 He was appointed to his present office of 
 Postmaster in 1885, and has served eleven 
 consecutive years. Politically, Mr. Hartford - 
 is an Independent, voting, irrespective of 
 party, for the best men and best measures. 
 Socially, he is an Odd Fellow, belonging to 
 Saco Valley Lodge, No. 43, of West Buxton, 
 Me., and to Falmouth Encampment, No. 11, 
 of Portland. 
 
 On December 25, 1874, Mr. Hartford was 
 united in marriage with Addie, the adopted 
 daughter of Daniel Moulton, of this town. 
 Their wedded pathway has been brightened by 
 the birth of two children, namely: Harry, 
 born May 12, 1876; and Edith, born February 
 24, 1878. Mrs. Hartford is an esteemed 
 member of the Congregational church. 
 
 "ON. ELIAS DUDLEY FREEMAN, 
 ittorney and counsellor-at-law, who 
 has an office at 57 Exchange Street, 
 Portland, Me., was born in Yar- 
 mouth, Cumberland County, August 31, 1853. 
 He is the son of Barnabas and Sarah Crosby 
 (Dudley) Freeman, and on the paternal side is 
 descended from Samuel Freeman, who settled 
 in Watertown, Mass., in 1632. 
 
 Barnabas Freeman, his father, was born 
 October 17, 18 14, in Fairfield, Me. He was 
 
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 a graduate of Waterville College and a lead- 
 ing citizen of Yarmouth, where he was engaged 
 for many years in the practice of law and after- 
 ward in cotton manufacturing. He died De- 
 cember 1 8, 1894. His wife, whose maiden 
 name was Sarah Crosby Dudley, was born Jan- 
 uary 31, i8i6, and died March 27, 1879. 
 She was the daughter of the Hon. Elias Dud- 
 ley, of Hampden, and a direct descendant, in 
 the eighth generation, of Governor Thomas 
 Dudley, of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 
 
 Elias D. Freeman fitted for college at North 
 Yarmouth Academy, and was graduated from 
 Amherst in the class of 1875. O" completing 
 his college course, he immediately took up the 
 study of law in his father's office at Yarmouth, 
 subsequently reading with Clarence Flale, 
 Esq., of Portland, who was afterward City 
 Solicitor. In 1879 Mr. Freeman was ad- 
 mitted to the Cumberland County bar, and 
 opened an ofiRce in Yarmouth. In 1880 he 
 went abroad, and on his return, after a year's 
 absence, he purchased the Yarmouth granite 
 quarries, which he operated till 1889. In 
 that year he went to Alabama, where he re- 
 mained two years, and then resumed the prac- 
 tice of law in his native State, opening an 
 office in Portland. He is now a prominent 
 member of the legal fraternity in this city, and 
 attends to the demands of a large clientage. 
 Mr. Freeman has recently finished a "Supple- 
 ment to the Revised Statutes," which has 
 been highly commended by both bench and 
 bar. He is treasurer of several corporations, 
 and also of North Yarmouth Academy, in 
 which position he succeeds his father, who 
 held it for more than fifty years. 
 
 February 6, 1883, Mr. Freeman was married 
 to Miss Georgia Norman Carlton, daughter of 
 Jacob F. and Maria J. (Tyler) Carlton, of 
 Andover, Mass. They have two daughters — 
 Mary Dudley and Constance. 
 
 Mr. Freeman is a prominent man in the 
 Republican councils of this State. In 1889 
 he wjs a member of the Maine Senate, in 
 1890-91 Chairman of the Cumberland County 
 Committee, has been a member of the State 
 Republican Committee and of the Executive 
 Committee since 1892, and since January, 
 189s, has represented Cumberland County in 
 the Governor's Council. He is a member of 
 
 the Maine Genealogical Society of Portland, 
 Vice-President of the Governor Thomas Dudley 
 Family Association, and a member of the 
 Maine Historical Society. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Freeman are members of the Congregational 
 church. They have a beautiful home in Yar- 
 mouth. 
 
 /STTo 
 
 EORGE CLEMENT JORDAN, a 
 \ 5 I general merchant and the Postmaster 
 at West Gorham, Cumberland County, 
 Me., is a native of Gorham, born March 6, 
 1861. His paternal grandfather, Nathaniel 
 Jordan, was born in Buxton, this State, and 
 there spent a half-century. Removing then 
 to Gorham, he purchased one hundred acres of 
 land, which he conducted until his death in 
 1884, at the venerable age of ninety-two years. 
 He married Desire P., daughter of the Rev. 
 James Lewis, of Marblehead, Mass., and to 
 them six children were born, five of whom are 
 living, namely: Sarah A., widow of Elisha 
 Jordan, residing in California; Hannah E., 
 the widow of the late Albion Jordan of Cape 
 Elizabeth; Charles E., the father of George 
 C. ; Martha, the widow of the late George C. 
 Johnson ; and Louisa, wife of Charles E. Jor- 
 dan, of Cape Elizabeth. 
 
 Charles E., son of Nathaniel and Desire P. 
 Jordan, has been interested in farming pur- 
 suits during his entire working life, and is 
 now actively engaged in carrying on mixed 
 husbandry on his well-appointed farm. His 
 estate contains forty acres of fertile land, the 
 larger part of which is in tillage, yielding- him 
 excellent crops each year. In local affairs he 
 has ever taken an intelligent interest, and 
 from 1888 until 1891 he served as a member 
 of the Board of Selectmen. He is a sound 
 Republican in politics, and on religious sub- 
 jects is liberal in his views. To him and his 
 wife, Caroline M. Topping, of Standish, three 
 children were born, but one of whom is now 
 living, George C, the subject of this sketch. 
 The mother passed to the life beyond Novem- 
 ber 8, 1895, aged sixty-six years and eleven 
 months. 
 
 George C. Jordan entered Gorham Academy 
 when but fourteen years old. Three years 
 later, in 1878, he became a student at West- 
 
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 brook Seminary, and afterward, in 1879 and 
 1880, lie took a course at the Portland Busi- 
 ness College, which now, in honor of its prin- 
 cipal, L. A. Gray, is called Gray's Business 
 College. Receiving his diploma from Pro- 
 fessor Gray in 1880, Mr. Jordan returned to 
 the homestead, where he worked on the farm 
 during the summer season, and in the winters 
 was employed as a clerk in the general store 
 of H. R. Colesworth, of West Gorham. On 
 November 7, 1892, he bought out his em- 
 ployer; and he has since carried on an exten- 
 sive and lucrative business, having a large 
 local trade in groceries, grain, and produce. 
 During the same year he was appointed Post- 
 master at West Gorham, succeeding Mr. Coles- 
 worthy. 
 
 Mr. Jordan was united in marriage January 
 30, 1894, with Miss Olive M., daughter of 
 H. R. Colesworthy, of Gorham. Like his 
 father, Mr. Jordan is liberal and progressive in 
 religion and a stanch Republican in politics. 
 Socially, he belongs to Gorham Lodge, No. 
 98, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 
 
 lOS A. TRUE, a practical farmer in 
 jood circumstances, now one of the 
 oldest residents of Pownal, was born 
 in this town, December 12, 1 82 1 , son 
 of John and Esther (Allen) True. He is a 
 direct descendant of Henry True, the original 
 ancestor of the family in America, who emi- 
 grated from England and settled in Salem, 
 Mass., about the year 1644. 
 
 Mr. True's great-grandfather, Jonathan 
 True, was born in Salisbury, Mass.., February 
 8, 1 72 1, moved to North Yarmouth in or be- 
 fore the year 1758, and became a prominent 
 resident of that town, there spending the re- 
 mainder of his life. He was a man of energy 
 and foresight, who sought to develop the in- 
 dustrial resources of the locality; and he 
 erected and operated the first cloth-mill in the 
 then district of Maine. Both he and his wife, 
 Anna Bradbury, were members of the Congre- 
 gational church. I-Ie died February 2, 1791. 
 
 Mr. True's grandfather, Jonathan True, 
 second, was born in North Yarmouth, April 
 30, 1758. He joined the Continental army 
 during the Revolutionary War, serving at the 
 
 capture of Ticonderoga, and he was for a time 
 stationed at Chebeague Island. Pie subse- 
 quently engaged in agricultural labors, which 
 he followed successfully for many years. He 
 died in Freeman, Me., November 10, 1844. 
 On December 13, 1781, he married Mehitable 
 Worthley. They reared a family of nine chil- 
 dren, of whom John, Mr. True's father, was 
 the second-born. 
 
 John True was born in Freeport, August 7, 
 1785, his birthplace being not far from his 
 son's present home in Pownal. He was reared 
 to farm work ; and in young manhood he settled 
 in Pownal upon a tract of wild land, which he 
 cleared and cultivated. He was a pioneer 
 settler in the town, coming here when it was 
 covered with virgin forests; and he resided 
 here until his death, which took place March 
 28, 1861. Some twelve years previous he had 
 relinquished active labor upon the farm, and 
 in company with one of his sons engaged suc- 
 cessfully in trade in Pownal. He united with 
 the Congregational church in Pownal when a 
 young man, continuing to be one of its active 
 members during the rest of his life; and in 
 politics he supported the Whig and Republi- 
 can parties. He was three times married, 
 and was the father of ten children. Of these 
 but two are now living, namely: Amos A., 
 the subject of this sketch, who was a son 
 by his second union; and John H., who was 
 born May 29, 1824, and is residing with his 
 brother. Mr. John True's second wife, whose 
 maiden name was Esther Allen, was born in 
 Pownal, May 8, 1799, died June 7, 1829. 
 
 Amos A. True was educated in the district 
 school, and at an early age began to assist 
 his father in the lighter labors of the farm 
 and fields. On November 6, 1867, he took 
 possession of his present farm of one hundred 
 acres, which is a part of the original home 
 property; and he has since conducted it with 
 energy and success. 
 
 On November 17, 1846, Mr. True was 
 united in marriage to Irene Ann Berry. She 
 was born in Pownal, March 20, 1824, daughter 
 of Zebulon and Betsey (Nutting) Berry, the 
 former of whom was a native of Scarboro, and 
 the latter of Pownal. Zebulon Berry, who was 
 a prosperous farmer of Pownal and was three 
 times married, died March 16, 1864. Mrs. 
 
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 Betsey N. Berry, Mrs. True's mother, died in 
 1825. Mr. and Mrs. True have three sons, 
 namely: John and Charles L., who assist in 
 carrying on the f arm ; and William J., who is 
 a blacksmith of North Yarmouth. 
 
 Mr. True is liberal in his religious views 
 and a Democrat in politics. He has led a life 
 of industry and toil, always making the best 
 of his opportunities; and he is a well-known 
 figure in his part of the town, enjoying the 
 good will and esteem of his neighbors and 
 fellow-citizens. 
 
 T^APTAIN JOSEPH R. CURTIS, for- 
 I \y merly a well-known ship-master of 
 \fL^ Yarmouthville, who died in Cardiff, 
 Wales, March 3, 1873, was born in 
 Yarmouth, October 11, 1810, son of William 
 and Olive (Stubbs) Curtis. Captain Curtis's 
 father, who was born July 15, 1777, was an 
 early settler in Yarmouth, where for some time 
 he followed the trade of a ship calker. He 
 later moved to Leeds, Androscoggin County, 
 and engaged successfully in farming, residing 
 there until a few years before his death, when 
 became to Yarmouth to live with his son. 
 He died July 12, 185 1. He was an indus- 
 trious farmer, an able business man, and a 
 useful citizen, well known and highly respected 
 for his many estimable qualities. In politics 
 he was a Whig, later joining the Republican 
 party at its formation; and in his religious 
 views he was a Baptist. His wife, Olive 
 Stubbs, who was born December 2, 1779, be- 
 came the mother of twelve children, nine of 
 whom grew to maturity, and all have now 
 passed away. Mrs. Olive S. Curtis died Jan- 
 uary 19, 1849. She was a member of the Bap- 
 tist church. 
 
 Joseph R. Curtis grew to manhood in Leeds, 
 and was educated in the common schools of 
 that town. He began teaching school at the 
 age of seventeen, but, after following that oc- 
 cupation for a short time, decided to try his 
 fortune upon the sea. He shipped as a sailor 
 before the mast, in which humble capacity he 
 labored diligently, seeking to master the 
 details of his calling; and, being intelligent 
 and of keen perceptions, he rapidly acquired a 
 knowledge of the elementary principles of 
 
 navigation. His ability and ambition caused 
 him to advance, step by step through the 
 various responsible positions on shipboard; 
 and, possessing the necessary executive ability, 
 together with a character which was beyond 
 reproach, he at length secured the command 
 of a merchantman, and from that time became 
 a prosperous and successful ship-master. He 
 followed the sea for considerably over forty 
 years, and was in command of several well- 
 known vessels of his day engaged in the foreign 
 trade, his voyages being always attended with 
 profitable results, both to himself and his 
 owners.. His business ability was known and 
 recognized in shipping circles, the utmost con- 
 fidence and reliance being placed in him by his 
 employers, who never had the slightest cause 
 to question his honesty and integrity; and his 
 high character as a man was appreciated by all 
 with whom he had business dealings. He 
 was always alert in forwarding his owners' 
 interests, and was familiar with the methods of 
 trade in the various important seaports of the 
 world ; and, aside from his interest in the 
 vessels under his charge, he owned shares in 
 many other ships, which proved to be profitable 
 investments. His life was an energetic and 
 busy one, he never losing an opportunity for 
 insuring a quick and profitable voyage; and he 
 was actively engaged in attending to his duties 
 at the time of his death, which took place as 
 above mentioned. 
 
 On September 15, 1844, Captain Curtis was 
 united in marriage with Louisa J. Sumner. 
 She was born in Green, Me., August 18, 1821, 
 daughter of Houghton and Mary (Rogers) 
 Sumner, the former of whom was a native of 
 Vermont, and the latter of Hanover, Mass. 
 Houghton Sumner settled in Leeds, Me., 
 where he was a prosperous farmer. He died 
 at the age of seventy-nine. He was a Demo- 
 crat in politics. His wife became the mother 
 of eleven children, eight of whom grew up, 
 and four are now living, namely: Elvira A., 
 now Mrs. Pettingill, residing in Leeds; 
 Louisa J., who became Mrs. Curtis; Augusta 
 W. , who is now Mrs. Carver, of Leeds; and 
 Joshua H., also a resident of Leeds. Mrs. 
 Sumner lived to reach the age of eighty-three 
 years. She and her- husband belonged to the 
 Baptist church, of which their daughter, Mrs. 
 
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 Curtis, has been a member since she was 
 twenty-three years of age. 
 
 Captain and Mrs. Curtis had eight children, 
 as follows: Oceana H., who became Mrs. 
 Thomas McWattie, is now living in Chicago, 
 and has no children ; Josephine R. , who is now 
 Mrs. Warren W. Pullen, resides in North 
 Yarmouth, and has had twelve children, eleven 
 of whom are now living; Mary O., who be- 
 came Mrs. Edward Raynes, and lives in Yar- 
 mouth, has had three children, two now living; 
 William R. , a resident of Seattle, Wash. ; 
 Anna L. , who resides in Yarmouth; Eliza 
 A. T. , who became Mrs. Luther Hyde, 
 and is residing in New York City; Melville 
 S. , who died in infancy; and Herman O., 
 who died at the age of two years. 
 
 Captain Curtis was a Democrat in politics; 
 and, although his long periods of absence from 
 home prevented him from taking an active 
 part in public affairs, he served efficiently as 
 First Selectman. He and his wife settled in 
 Yarmouthville shortly after their marriage. 
 Mrs. Curtis, now in her seventy-fifth year, a 
 lady pf pleasing manners and of unusual intelli- 
 gence and ability7 still occupies the fine old 
 residence which has been her home for more 
 than half a century. Captain Curtis was a 
 highly respected citizen, a generous contrib- 
 utor to charitable movements, and a kind hus- 
 band and father. He was liberal in his 
 religious views, and deeply interested in the 
 Masonic fraternity, in which he had advanced 
 as far as the Royal Arch degree. 
 
 The memory of Captain Joseph R. Curtis 
 is cherished by numerous friends and acquaint- 
 ances, albeit many have followed him to the 
 unknown shore; and his portrait on another 
 page of this volume will be widely recognized 
 and appreciated. 
 
 rOHN L. TAYLOR, a progressive and 
 prosperous farmer of Freeport, Me., 
 was born in the town of Horton, Kings 
 County, N.S., October 9, 1838, son of 
 William and Lovina (Follett) Taylor. 
 
 William Taylor was born in Scotland, Janu- 
 ary 10, 1801, and was an intelligent and 
 ■ thrifty farmer. He spent his early manhood 
 on a farm in Nova Scotia; but, thinking that 
 
 the United States offered better opportunities 
 for advancement, he removed to Maine, locat- 
 ing first in Westbrook and then in Pownal, 
 where he owned a good farm of about one 
 hundred acres. He became a naturalized citi- 
 zen of the United States, casting his vote 
 with the Democratic party; and he joined the 
 leading social organization of the day, the 
 Masonic fraternity. His last years were spent 
 at the present home of his son in I'reeport, 
 where he died in May, 1885. On April 9, 
 1836, he was married to Lovina Follett, who 
 was born in Kings County, Nova Scotia, Sep- 
 tember 18, 1814. She is now living with her 
 son, the subject of this sketch. 
 
 Nine children completed the home circle of 
 Mr. and Mrs. William Taylor, namely^ John 
 L. ; Elizabeth J., born September 17, 1840, 
 who lives on the homestead in Freeport; 
 William, born December 22, 1841, who died 
 December 12, 1894; Absalom, born January 
 S, 1844, a professional nurse, whose home is 
 in West Medford, Mass.; Ellen R., born De- 
 cember 13, 1846, who lives in Lawrence, 
 Mass.; Alexander, who was born January 16, 
 1848, and died December 12, 1891; Alfred 
 A., who was born May 15, 1850, and died 
 November 21, 1892; Julia F-., born July 13, 
 1854, who lives on the homestead; and 
 Charles E., born January 13, 1857, a profes- 
 sional nurse residing in Boston, Mass. 
 
 John L. Taylor acquired the greater part of 
 his education in Westbrook, Me. He went to 
 work when sixteen years of age, engaging as 
 a canvasser for a business firm, and was so 
 employed for two years. This developed his 
 taste for mercantile pursuits; and for many 
 years after he was engaged in trade, selling 
 miscellaneous goods in the New England and 
 Southern States. In 1870 the family united 
 their resources, and purchased the homestead 
 in Freeport, conceding to him the position of 
 general manager. Accordingly, disposing of 
 his mercantile interests, he took up the pur- 
 suit of agriculture, in which he has been emi- 
 nently successful. The estate is a valuable 
 one, comprising about one hundred acres; and 
 the house, which was built in 1891, is one of 
 the finest residences in this part of the town. 
 Here Mr. Taylor has a pleasant home with his 
 mother and sisters; and here his father and his 
 
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 brothers, who have passed to the world 
 beyond, spent their last years, united in filial 
 co-operation. Mr. Taylor has worked very 
 hard to attain the prosperity which is now 
 his, and his success is due to his own energy 
 and good judgment. 
 
 Mr. Taylor votes the Republican ticket. 
 He is an esteemed member of Freeport Lodge, 
 No. 23, A. F. & A. M.; of Freeport Lodge, 
 Knights of Pythias; and of the Independent 
 Order of Red Men of Freeport. He attends 
 the Universalist church, while his mother and 
 sisters are respected members of the Meth- 
 odist church. 
 
 tLBION P. TOPLIFF, M.D., a prom- 
 inent and wealthy physician of Wood- 
 ford's, Me., where he has been in 
 ^"^ ■ practice since 1878, was born at 
 Freedom, Carroll County, N. H., March 14, 
 1843. His parents were Dr. Calvin and Ann 
 (Andrews) Topliff, the father a native of 
 Hanover, N. H., the mother of Freedom, N.H. 
 The Topliff family is of English descent, the 
 ancestral home being in Lincolnshire, England. 
 Calvin Topliff was reared in Hanover, the 
 seat of Dartmouth College, which was his 
 Alma Mater. He was graduated from the 
 medical department, and for forty years was in 
 active practice at Freedom, ranking among 
 the foremost physicians in the locality. He 
 served as Town Clerk of Freedom for many 
 years, and was also a leading man on the 
 School Board. In the councils of the Masonic 
 fraternity he was an active member, being 
 Master of the lodge at Freedom for many 
 years; and the new chapter is named in his 
 honor, Calvin Topliff Chapter. Dr. Calvin 
 Topliff died in 1867. His wife was a daughter 
 of Deacon John A. Andrews, of Freedom, and 
 a professing member of the Congregational 
 church, to which he also belonged. They 
 reared six children, of whom Albion P. was 
 the youngest. 
 
 Albion P. Topliff attended the common 
 schools of Freedom, fitted for college at the 
 Masonic Charitable Institute of Effingham, 
 N. H., and was graduated from Dartmouth in 
 October, 1867. He read medicine with his 
 father, and sujjplemented his studies by a 
 
 course at Bellevue Hospital, New York. Dr. 
 Topliff began to practise in Freedom, N.H., 
 and in 1871 removed to Gorham, Me., in the 
 mean time taking a post-graduate course in 
 medicine. In 1878 he settled at Woodford's, 
 where he has a large established practice. He 
 is thoroughly versed in all branches of his pro- 
 fession, and is a man of kindly disposition 
 and generous nature, a model, so his friends 
 think, of all that a physician should be. He 
 keeps well in touch with modern progress in 
 medical and surgical methods, belonging to 
 the Maine Medical and the Cumberland 
 County Medical Society and the Maine Acad- 
 emy of Medicine. 
 
 December 9, 1875, Dr. Topliff was united 
 in marriage with Caroline B. Adams, daughter 
 of James Adams, a prominent attorney of 
 Norridgewock, Me., law partner of Judge 
 Tenney. Four children have brightened their 
 home, three of whom are living; namely, 
 Annie T., Florence A., and Philip. 
 
 Dr. Topliff is not an aspirant for political 
 preferment, but while at Freedom was Super- 
 visor of Schools for several years; and he has 
 served one year on the School Board at Wood- 
 ford's. He is well advanced in Masonry, be- 
 longing to Woodford's Lodge, A. F. & A. M., 
 Portland Commandery, Knights Templars, 
 and Greenleaf Chapter. Dr. and Mrs. Topliff 
 are esteemed members of the Episcopal church. 
 
 DWARD R. DOYLE, a successful 
 farmer, one of the old residents of Yar- 
 — ^ mouth, was born on Cousins Island, 
 March 9, 1823, son of John and Lydia (Ham- 
 ilton) Doyle. Mr. Doyle's grandfather, 
 Elijah Doyle, who had been a resident of 
 Harpswell, Me., settled upon Cousins Island, 
 a part of the town of Yarmouth, in 1797. He 
 cleared a good farm on the island, which was 
 at that time nearly covered with timber, al- 
 though a few families had established homes 
 there. He reared a family of four children, 
 as follows: Lizzie, who married and had a 
 family; David, who was lost at sea; Jotham, 
 who married and resided on the island; and 
 John, Mr. Doyle's father. 
 
 John Doyle was born in Harpswell, April 4, 
 1 78 1. He was in his early days a coaster and 
 
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 ship carpenter; and he followed other occupa- 
 tions for a time, but eventually engaged in 
 farming with his father. He became one of 
 the leading residents of Cousins Island, own- 
 ing one hundred acres of land; and he resided 
 there until his death, which took place when 
 he was eighty-six years old. He was twice 
 married. His first wife, Lydia Hamilton, a 
 native of the island of Chebeague, became the 
 mother of nine children, two sons and seven 
 daughters, all of whom grew to maturity, and 
 of these two are now living, namely: Edward 
 R., the subject of this sketch; and Jane C, 
 whose husband, Moses True, died June 29, 
 1893, aged seventy years. The others were: 
 Lucy, who became Mrs. Merrill; Lydia, who 
 became Mrs. Mathews; Eliza; Deborah, who 
 became Mrs. Bucknam ; Dorcas; Almira; and 
 John L. Mrs. Lydia H. Doyle lived to the 
 age of fifty-eight years. 
 
 Edward R. Doyle received his education in 
 the schools of Cousins Island, and at an early 
 age he turned his attention to agricultural pur- 
 suits. He purchased the old Hill homestead, 
 which he carried on until thirty-seven years 
 of age, when he moved to the mainland, and, 
 purchasing his present farm, has since resided 
 here. His estate consists of sixty acres of 
 fertile land, and he has followed general farm- 
 ing industriously with excellent results. 
 
 On June 21, 1855, Mr. Doyle was married to 
 Eliza J. Parker. She was born in Yarmouth, 
 September 15, 1830, daughter of George 
 and Jane Parker, the former of whom was a 
 representative of one of the early families of 
 Yarmouth. Mr. and Mrs. Doyle have three 
 children living, namely: John E., who was 
 born December i, 1857; Wallace R. and 
 Oscar W., twins, who were born May 9, 1864. 
 John E. Doyle is an energetic and progressive 
 farmer of Yarmouth, well known and highly 
 esteemed. He owns one-half of the old 
 homestead upon the island. Wallace R. 
 Doyle is also a prosperous farmer of Yar- 
 mouth. Oscar W. Doyle learned the trade of 
 a house joiner, which he follows as an occupa- 
 tion. He is married and resides on Smith 
 Street. 
 
 Mr. Doyle occupies a prominent place 
 among the prosperous residents of Yarmouth. 
 He has led a busy life, his well-directed, un- 
 
 tiring efforts being attended with merited suc- 
 cess; and, besides his valuable farm upon the 
 mainland, he still owns a half-interest in the 
 old homestead property on Cousins Island. 
 Both he and his sons support the Republican 
 party in politics. Mrs. Doyle is a member of 
 the Congregational church. 
 
 OHN E. SAWYER, President of the 
 well-known firm of Maxcy, Sawyer 
 Company, importers of crockery, china, 
 lamps, glass, and silver-plated ware, 
 who do a large and thriving business at 473 
 Congress Street, Portland, was born in West- 
 brook (now Deering), Cumberland County, 
 Me., May 12, 1842, a son of John R. and 
 Mary (Young) Sawyer, and grandson of Sam- 
 uel Sawyer. His father was a carriage manu- 
 facturer by trade. His marriage with Mary 
 Young was blessed by the birth of a son and 
 daughter — Mary H., who married Alfred R. 
 Houston, of Westbrook, Me. ; and John E. 
 
 John E. Sawyer received his education in 
 the common schools and at Westbrook Semi- 
 nary. Shortly after leaving school, in 1859, 
 he entered the employ of Charles E. Jose, 
 who was engaged in the crockery business; 
 and, after continuing with him about ten years 
 as clerk, he was admitted as a member of the 
 firm of Charles E. Jose & Co., this relation- 
 ship extending up to the time of Mr. Jose's 
 retirement from business in 1893. Since then 
 Mr. Sawyer, in company with Mr. Maxcy, 
 who has been a member of the firm since 1866, 
 has carried on the business very successfully. 
 In 1866 Mr. Sawyer was united in marriage 
 with Miss Lucy A. Brazier, a daughter of 
 Enoch and Phoebe (Ilsley) Brazier. Their 
 home has been brightened by the birth of two 
 daughters — Alice Brazier and Helen Blanche. 
 In political affiliations Mr. Sawyer is a Demo- 
 crat. In 1893-94 he served as Mayor of 
 Deering. He is quite prominent in Masonic 
 circles, being a member of Deering Lodge, 
 A. F. & A. M., of which he is Past Master; 
 Mount Vernon Chapter, of which he is Past 
 High Priest; and Portland Commandery, of 
 which he is Past Commander. He is also a 
 member of Unity Lodge, Independent Order 
 of Odd Fellows. He and his family are at- 
 
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 tendants of the Congregational church, and 
 they have a pleasant home at Woodford's. 
 
 fSRAEL G. BROWN, a venerable and 
 highly respected citizen of Bridgton, 
 Me., now among the oldest of the native 
 residents, has spent his long and useful 
 life of fourscore and four years within the 
 limits of this town, August 15, 181 1, being 
 the date of his birth. He is descended both 
 on the paternal and the maternal side from 
 Massachusetts ancestors, his father, Parker 
 Brown, having been born in that State. 
 
 Parker Brown was a carpenter by trade, in- 
 dustriously following his calling until his 
 death, in 1825, while yet in the prime of man- 
 hood. His wife, Ruth Green, who was like- 
 wise a native of the old Bay State, outlived 
 him many years, passing away in 1868. They 
 were the parents of eight children, namely: 
 Sallie; Martha; Jonathan; Parker; Israel G. , 
 the special subject of this brief biographical 
 sketch ; Hannah, who married a Mr. Hazen ; 
 John ; and Betsey. 
 
 Israel G. Brown was but fourteen years old 
 when his father died, and from that time he 
 faithfully contributed his share toward the 
 support of the family. Diligent, persevering, 
 and economical, he gradually acquired capital; 
 and this he wisely invested, purchasing in 
 1855 his present estate. He has worked a 
 great deal at the carpenter's trade, having 
 built many of the handsome residences in this 
 vicinity. Here he and his youngest sister, 
 Betsey G., who, besides himself, is the only 
 remaining member of the parental household, 
 have since resided, he carrying on the agricult- 
 ural work, while she has presided over the 
 domestic affairs, their days being spent in use- 
 ful activity and contentment. Mr. Brown has 
 always taken an intelligent interest in local 
 public matters, and is a faithful supporter of 
 the principles of the Democratic party. 
 
 {W^o 
 
 EORGE A. PORTER, a prosperous 
 
 Vi^T i^ember of the farming community of 
 
 ^— ^ Freeport, Me., was born on the old 
 
 Porter homestead in this town on June 8, 
 
 1836, son of Joseph and Eliza (Huston) 
 
 Porter. His paternal grandfather, Benjariiin 
 Porter, was one of the pioneer settlers of 
 Freeport, cultivating a farm in the primitive 
 days when the forests surrounding his home 
 abounded Jn wild game, and the Indians 
 hunted and fished at will. He was also ac- 
 tively engaged to some extent in brick-mak- 
 ing, taking the products of his labor to Port- 
 land by team, as there were no railroads. He 
 died on the farm which he had cleared, at ah 
 advanced age. His wife, a model helpmate of 
 the olden time, who, besides thriftily perform- 
 ing the many other duties of a farmer's wife, 
 wove the cloth and made the clothing for her 
 family, also attained an advanced age. They 
 reared nine daughters and one son, Joseph, 
 named above, all of whom are now gathered 
 to their fathers. 
 
 Joseph Porter was born in Freeport, and 
 there spent his life, following in the footsteps 
 of his father as a farmer and brick-maker. He 
 owned a large farm, and was one of the sub- 
 stantial citizens of the place. In political 
 bias he was a Democrat in the latter part of 
 his life, though his first vote was cast for the 
 Whig candidates. He lived to the age of 
 eighty-two. His wife, who was born in the 
 town of Gray, Me., died in her sixty-seventh 
 year. They had a family of ten children, of 
 whom the following have passed away: 
 Joseph, William, Rebecca, and Benjamin. 
 The living are: Eliza (Mrs. William Smith); 
 Benjamin; George A., the subject of this 
 sketch; Melissa (Mrs. Charles Jordan); 
 Charles U. ; and John. 
 
 George A. Porter was reared on the old 
 Porter farm, and acquired his first knowledge 
 of reading, writing, and arithmetic in the 
 district schools of Freeport. He chose the 
 independent calling of a farmer as his life 
 pursuit, and for seven years was manager of 
 the town farm in Freeport. In April, 1869, 
 he moved to his present homestead, a fine 
 farm of one hundred and fifty acres, where he 
 raises all kinds of garden produce, and also 
 has a dairy. Intelligent and progressive in 
 his views and methods, Mr. Porter has made 
 many improvements on his property; and he 
 is regarded as- one of the leading farmers of 
 the locality. 
 
 May 20, 1858, Mr. Porter was married to 
 
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 Nellie P. Prescott, who was born in Bath, 
 Me., August 27, 1842, and is a daughter of 
 William H. and Lucy A. (Reed) Prescott. 
 William H. Prescott was born in Calais, Me., 
 in 1 81 3, and died in Boston, where the greater 
 part of his married life was spent. His wife 
 was born in Freeport in 1818. In religious 
 belief Mr. Prescott was liberal, and his wife 
 a member of the Baptist church. They had a 
 family of three children — Sarah E., who died 
 at the age of five years; William H., Jr., who 
 was first mate of a sailing-vessel, and died 
 at sea, in his twenty-eighth year; and Nellie 
 P., Mrs. Porter. Five children were born to 
 Mr. and Mrs. Porter, namely: Addie May, 
 whose span of life embraced but sixteen years; 
 Lulie E., born February 25, 1859, now wife 
 of Captain H. E. Lambert, of South Free- 
 port, and mother of two children — Addie L. 
 and Mary; Joseph W., born December 18, 
 1862, a resident of Yarmouth, who married 
 Grace Mitchell, of that town, and has one 
 child, Harry L. ; George M., born March 14, 
 1870, a resident of Freeport; and Ernest Lin- 
 wood, born August 27, 1872, who is in the 
 express business in Freeport. 
 
 Mr. Porter is independent in politics. On 
 religious subjects he holds liberal views, as 
 does his wife. They are highly esteemed in 
 Freeport, where the Porter family has long 
 occupied a prominent position. 
 
 B 
 
 R. SAMUEL ADAMS PACKARD, 
 one of the oldest active practitioners 
 ^y of dentistry in the city of Portland, 
 where he has been located since 
 1869, was born at Wiscasset, Lincoln County, 
 March 26, 1842. 
 
 His father, the late Nathaniel Packard, was 
 a native of Readfield, Kennebec County. He 
 received a liberal education, and made teach- 
 ing his life work, being employed mostly in 
 the schools of Lincoln and Kennebec Counties, 
 having charge of the Wiscasset Academy dur- 
 ing the winter in which he celebrated the 
 seventieth anniversary of his birth. He was 
 recognized by his fellow-townsmen as a man 
 of unusual ability; and he was called to serve 
 in the various local offices, as Chairman of 
 the Board of Selectmen, Supervisor of Schools, 
 
 and Town Auditor, his skill as a penman mak- 
 ing him particularly valuable in clerical work. 
 He acquired considerable property, owning a 
 good farm in Wiscasset. He married Char- 
 lotte Tibbetts, daughter of Deacon Thomas 
 Tibbetts, one of the patriarchs of the town of 
 Woolwich. The death of Nathaniel Packard 
 occurred February 22, 1869, that of his wife, 
 a long while after, she being, at the time of 
 her decease, September 6, 1895, fourscore and 
 ten years of age. She was the mother of nine 
 children, of whom Dr. Packard is the only 
 one now living. Both parents were earnest 
 laborers in the cause of Christianity and de- 
 voted members of the Free Will Baptist 
 church. ^ 
 
 Having completed the course of study in the 
 public schools of Bath,' Samuel A. Packard 
 there studied dentistry with Dr. A. K. Gil- 
 more, in the mean time taking a course of 
 lectures at the Bowdoin Medical College. In 
 November, 1863, he enjisted in Company B, 
 Second Maine Cavalry, and with his regiment 
 was sent to the Department of the Gulf. 
 Eight months later he was appointed hospital 
 steward in the United States regular army, 
 in that capacity being at different points up 
 and down the Mississippi River until- the ex- 
 piration of his term of service. He then went 
 before the Board of Examiners, and passed for 
 promotion ; but the regiment was too much 
 depleted to give opportunity for any further 
 rise in rank. After returning home Dr. Pack- 
 ard spent some time in recruiting his physical 
 energies, then resumed the work of his pro- 
 fession, locating in this city. He met with 
 signal success from the first, building up a 
 large practice, and becoming one of the lead- 
 ing dentists of the city. For the past twenty- 
 two years Dr. Packard has been the occupant 
 of the office at the corner of Temple and 
 Middle Streets, where he has ever been kept 
 busily employed. 
 
 Dr. Packard was united in marriage in 
 March, 1872, with Miss Lizzie R. Allen, 
 daughter of Reuben Allen, of Falmouth. 
 Their household circle has been enlivened by 
 the birth of six children, namely: Maude 
 Eloise, a teacher in the public schools of Dd'er- 
 ing; Herbert E. ; Samuel A., Jr. ; Reuben A. ; 
 Benjamin Franklin; and Florence R. Dr. 
 
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 Packard has always evinced a genuine interest 
 in the advancement of learning, and for eight 
 years was a member of the Deering Board of 
 Education. Socially, he is a member of the 
 Beacon Lodge, Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows, of the Maine Academy of Medicine 
 and Science, and of the Maine Dental Associa- 
 tion. 
 
 TT^HARLES DAVIS, Town Treasurer 
 I Vj-^ and Clerk of Sebago, Cumberland 
 ^_ts ^ County, Me., was born in this town, 
 August 28, 1 83 1, son of Robert and 
 Mary (Cook) Davis. Robert Davis, who was 
 a native of Limington, this county, was a 
 farmer in moderate circumstances. He was 
 constrained to be content with the necessities 
 of life, without the luxuries, being obliged to 
 devote all his energies to providing for his 
 large family. He had thirteen children, 
 named as follows: Charity, James, Mary, 
 Betsey, Irene, Eliza A., William, Robert, 
 Simon, Charles, Martha, Sewall, and Sarah. 
 Charles Davis, having acquired his educa- 
 tion in the district schools of his native town, 
 left home to begin an independent career when 
 eighteen years of age, and worked in logging 
 camps some two years. He was then engaged 
 in farm work in Sebago for a while; and in 
 1854, sharing the adventurous spirit which 
 caused so many Eastern men at that time to 
 seek fortune in the far West, he went to Cali- 
 fornia, travelling by way of the Isthmus of 
 Panama, then the most direct route. Landing 
 at San Francisco, he there made but a short 
 stay, passing on to the mining camps; and for 
 five years he was engaged in prospecting and 
 mining. Then, leaving the rough and almost 
 lawless gold country, he returned to the quiet 
 and peaceful shades of his native town, pur- 
 chasing in i860 a farm of sixty acres, where 
 he established the pleasant home which now 
 shelters him. Within three years he was again 
 on the road, this time with gun and knapsack, 
 en route for the South. He enlisted in Jan- 
 uary, 1864, as a private in Company I, Thir- 
 tieth Maine Regiment, and was mustered in 
 at Augusta. He participated in the battles of 
 Pleasant Hill and Sabine Cross-roads, and 
 during the latter engagement was struck by 
 
 a minie ball in the upper left arm. The 
 wound was a serious one and disabled him 
 for nine months, during which time he was in 
 the Baton Rouge Hospital. As soon as able 
 he joined his regiment, which was then at 
 Harper's Ferry; and on August 19, 1865, he 
 received his final discharge at Savannah, Ga. 
 Returning home, he took up the pursuit of 
 agriculture, in which he has since ■ been 
 actively engaged. 
 
 In 1859, while in California, Mr. Davis was 
 married to Miss Mary Haley, who still pre- 
 sides over his household. They have no chil- 
 dren living. With a mind broadened by. 
 travel and strengthened and stimulated to 
 activity by varied experiences, Mr. Davis is 
 well qualified to taking a leading paTrt in the 
 affairs of the town. In politics he is a Re- 
 publican. He has been three years Postmaster 
 of the Convene post-office, was Selectman of. 
 Sebago one year, and, as stated above, is at 
 present Town Clerk and Treasurer. He is a 
 Grand Army man, belonging to Thompson 
 Post, No. 85, of Cornish, and is a member, of 
 Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 56, A. F. & A. M. 
 
 /^APTAIN CHARLES DEERING, 
 \\f master of the steamship "Portland" 
 
 v js ^ of the Portland Steam Packet Com- 
 pany and one of the oldest and 
 most experienced captains sailing out of Port- 
 land, was born in New Gloucester, Me., son 
 of Joshua and Susan (Berry) Deering, respec- 
 tively natives of Gorham and Scarboro, Me. 
 The family is of English origin. The Cap- 
 tain's grandfather, Samuel Deering, was one of 
 the largest land-owners in Cumberland County, 
 the bulk of his property having been at Gor- 
 ham. Joshua Deering devoted the greater part 
 of his life to farming, spending his youth in 
 Gorham, and afterward living in New Glouces- 
 ter, Foxcroft, and Bangor. He commanded 
 respect wherever he lived, filled many public 
 offices, and was an esteemed member of the 
 Masonic fraternity. Having reared eight chil- 
 dren, he died in Bangor. 
 
 Charles Deering attended the common 
 schools of Bangor and afterward studied at the 
 academy at Brewer, Penobscot County. When 
 twelve years of age he went to sea as cook on 
 
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 a schooner, and continued in that occupation 
 for three or four years. But twelve when he 
 first went to sea, he was master of a vessel at 
 nineteen and a pilot when he was twenty-one. 
 In the latter capacity he served for many years, 
 running between Bangor and Boston, Bangor 
 and Portland, Portland and Boston, and Boston 
 and St. John, N.B., in the employment of the 
 Portland Steam Packet Company. In 1862 he 
 was given charge of the steamer "Daniel Web- 
 ster," which was employed to transport troops 
 from New York to Washington, Baltimore, 
 South Carolina, and various other points. 
 This vessel was capable of carrying one thou- 
 sand troops. She was afterward used in trans- 
 porting mail from City Point, Grant's head- 
 quarters, up the 'James River to Washington, 
 Captain Deering remaining in command of her 
 till the close of the war. In 1865 he was 
 master of a boat plying between Norfolk, Va., 
 and Richmond, and in the winter of 1865-66, 
 returning to Portland, he became a member of 
 the Portland & Machias Steamboat Company. 
 This company purchased the steamer "Rich- 
 mond," which in the spring of 1866 began to 
 run from Portland to Machias and Bar Harbor, 
 with Captain Deering in command. Two 
 years later the company bought the "Lewis- 
 ton," of which Captain Deering took charge, 
 and which was the first steamer to land passen- 
 gers at Bar Harbor, entering that port July 4, 
 1868. This boat plied between Portland and 
 Machias for some time under command of Cap- 
 tain Deering, who was the senior captain of 
 the line. He had charge of the passenger 
 traffic to Bar Harbor for many seasons, and 
 was personally acquainted with the late James 
 G.. Blaine and other distingui.shed people. In 
 1877 his health failed ; and he retired from 
 active work for two years, residing in Portland 
 while he was recuperating. During his ill- 
 ness the company sold the line to the Maine 
 Central Railroad, which still owns and operates 
 it. Captain Deering was virtually the active 
 founder of the line. He made a trip over the 
 route before the company was started, esti- 
 mated the probable income from the passengers 
 and freight, the probable cost of maintaining 
 the line, and represented the company in pur- 
 chasing the "City of Richmond." He next 
 chartered a steamboat plying between Boston 
 
 and Machias and Bar Harbor, which had a 
 successful business, and subsequently became 
 pilot of the "Star of the East," now known as 
 the "Sagadahoc." In the fall of 1889 he 
 again became connected with the Portland 
 Steam Packet Company as pilot, retaining his 
 position until July, 1895, when he took com- 
 mand of their steamer "Tremont," running 
 between Portland and New York during the 
 months of July and August. He was next 
 placed in command of the steamer "Portland," 
 plying between Boston and Portland, which 
 position he still fills. Captain Deering is well 
 known to the travelling public, who have im- 
 plicit faith in his ability to safeguard them in 
 his boat. He has made a host of friends by 
 his courtesy and care for his passengers. 
 
 Captain Deering has been thrice married. 
 His first wife. Miss Ann Elizabeth (Smith) 
 Deering, a native of Brewer, left one son — 
 Charles N., who was engaged in the steamboat 
 business until his death in January, 1879. 
 Annie C, the only daughter of Charles N., 
 lives with her grandfather. Captain Deering 
 married for his second wife Miss Ann Tate, of 
 Portland. She died without issue, and he 
 subsequently married Miss Annie C. Bardwell, 
 of Boston. In politics he is a Democrat. Pie 
 represented Cape Elizabeth in the State legis- 
 lature of 1872, and served on the Committee 
 on Claims. He was renominated the follow- 
 ing year, but refused to serve again. He is 
 advanced in Masonry, belonging to Hiram 
 Lodge, No. 6, of Cape Elizabeth, Mount Ver- 
 non Chapter, and Portland Commandery. He 
 is a member of Ligonia Lodge, Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows ; and he belongs to the 
 Pilots' Association, Harbor No. 4, of IBoston. 
 His home was at Cape Elizabeth (part of Port- 
 land) till 1887, when he removed to Boston. 
 In religious belief Captain Deering and his 
 family are Methodists, belonging to the Sara- 
 toga Street Church at East Boston, Mass. 
 
 EORGE W. HALL, of Naples, pro- 
 prietor of one of the most popular 
 summer resorts in this part of Maine, 
 was born in Langdon, N.H., April i, 1825. 
 His parents were Joseph and Maria (Cam- 
 bridge) Hall. Joseph Hall moved to Bridg- 
 
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 ton, Me., about 1830, and was for some years 
 engaged in the manufacture of cloth in the 
 town of Naples. He and his wife reared a 
 family of four sons and one daughter. 
 
 George W. Hall was about five years of age 
 when his parents removed to the State of 
 Maine. He went to work in his father's man- 
 ufactory when ten years of age, and was con- 
 nected with the establishment until he at- 
 tained his majority; then, purchasing a farm 
 in the town of Naples, he devoted his time and 
 energy to agriculture, which became his life 
 pursuit. After ten years' residence on that 
 farm he went West, travelling by way of Al- 
 bany, and bought a farm in Green County, 
 Wisconsin. There he remained two years and 
 a half; and then, deciding that the East of- 
 fered better advantages, he returned to Naples, 
 locating at Edes Falls, where, in company with 
 his brother, he built a store, which he and 
 Sumner Plaisted conducted for four years. 
 Shortly after he leased for a few years the farm 
 on which he is now residing, and he subse- 
 quently purchased it. This property covers 
 fifty acres; and Mr. Hall owns other land in 
 the town, the whole aggregating about one hun- 
 dred acres. He is extensively engaged in gen- 
 eral farming, in which he is very successful. 
 About sixteen years ago he opened his resi- 
 dence to summer boarders; and, as his home is 
 beautifully situated within a few hundred feet 
 of Long Lake, it became very popular, and the 
 number of guests steadily increased. For six 
 years now Mr. Hall has housed an average of 
 forty persons annually. He keeps a number 
 of boats on the lake for the use of his guests, 
 no extra charge being made, and has a good 
 livery; and not the least attractive feature of 
 the place is the genial and agreeable host. 
 The terms for board are very reasonable, and 
 fish are in great abundance near at hand. 
 
 On January 19, 1848, Mr. Hall was united 
 in marriage with Miss Sophronia Jackson, who 
 was born in Raymond," now Naples, Me., in 
 1824, and is the daughter of Anthony and 
 Sally (Lakin) Jackson. Mrs. Hall has been a 
 wise and valuable helpmeet to her husband 
 during the long term of their wedded life, and 
 all who have had the privilege of sojourning 
 at the Hall cottage have pleasant recollections 
 of the lady of the house. She is the mother 
 
 of three children — George C, who resides in 
 Boston; Lizzie E., wife of P. O. Cannell, of 
 Naples; and Benjamin G., a resident of Pea- 
 body, Mass. 
 
 Mr. Hall takes a prominent part in local 
 politics as a Democrat, and has served as Se- 
 lectman of Naples a number of terms. He 
 belongs to Crescent Lodge, No. 25, Indepen- 
 dent Order of Odd Fellows, of Lovell, and to 
 Hawthorne Lodge, No. 16, Knights of 
 Pythias, of Raymond. 
 
 LBION HALL BURNHAM, who, 
 without doubt, has been identified 
 with the canning industry of this 
 section of Cumberland County for a 
 longer period of time than any other man now 
 living, was born May 11, 1835, in the town 
 of Raymond, this county. He is of pioneer 
 ancestry, his great-grandfather, Reuben Smith 
 Burnham, a native probably of Ipswich, Mass., 
 having settled in Cumberland County some 
 time during the eighteenth century, when 
 Maine was a part of Massachusetts. Securing 
 a tract of heavily timbered land that is now 
 included in the village of Bridgton, he erected 
 his primitive dwelling on High Street, and 
 there improved a homestead,- on which he re- 
 sided until his death, which was caused by a 
 faljing tree one Fourth of July. 
 
 Abram Smith Burnham, son of Reuben 
 Smith Burnham, was born in Ipswich, Mass., 
 being but a youth when he came to this county, 
 where he assisted his father in clearing a farm. 
 On reaching man's estate, he took up a tract of 
 wild land in the town of Harrison, of which he 
 was the original settler, the log cabin which 
 he erected for his own occupancy being the 
 very first building within the limits of - that 
 town. In this he lived alone for some time, 
 leading a bachelor's life, going home every 
 Sunday, ostensibly to see his parents, although 
 a stronger attraction may have been the young 
 maideri, Alice Scribner, who afterward became 
 his bride. The young married couple began 
 house-keeping in the cabin, but eventually re- 
 moved to the substantial frame house which he 
 erected, and where they passed their declining 
 days, he attaining the advanced age of eighty- 
 six years. Fo.ur children were born to them ■ 
 
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 namely, Reuben, Timothy D., Ai, and Sarah, 
 the second son being the father of Albion H. 
 
 Timothy D. Burnham was born and bred in 
 Harrison, and there learned the carpenter's 
 trade, which he followed for a short time, 
 abandoning it, however, to engage in mercan- 
 tile business in Raymond. His parents be- 
 coming infirm, he returned to the old home- 
 stead, where he cared for them as long as they 
 lived. During the next few years he was 
 engaged in a mercantile and lumbering busi- 
 ness in partnership with Major Joseph Walker 
 and others at VVestbrook. Removing thence 
 to Gorham, associated with others, he erected 
 a woollen-mill, for which he became selling 
 agent, in which capacity he continued active 
 until his decease, in 1883, at the age of eighty- 
 one years. 
 
 His wife, whose maiden name was Catherine 
 J. Dingley, was a daughter of Colonel Joseph 
 and Martha (Jordan) Dingley, and was born in 
 Raymond. Her paternal grandfather, Domini- 
 cus Dingley, was born and reared in Dux- 
 bury, Mass., from which place he migrated to 
 this county, being induced to come here by the 
 offer of a tract of land to the first man to locate 
 in Raymond. Starting for the place, he made 
 his way on foot through the thick forest, and 
 during the journey encountered a Mr. Jordan, 
 who was bent on the same errand. As they 
 camped together one night, a few miles from 
 their destrnation, Mr. Dingley watched and 
 waited until sure his companion was asleep, and 
 then he stole out and hastened onward. When 
 Mr. Jordan found him the next day, he had se- 
 cured the land and was hard at work building 
 a log cabin. Two children only were born to 
 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy D. Burnham — Ellen 
 K., who became the wife of Daniel S. Brown, 
 of Gorham ; and Albion Hall. The mother 
 outlived her husband, attaining the age of 
 eighty-four years. 
 
 Albion Hall Burnham, having finished his 
 education at the Bridgton Academy, which he 
 attended three terms each year for seven years, 
 learned the tinsmith's trade. When about 
 eighteen years old, the canning of corn became 
 an established industry in this county; and he 
 was employed to seal the cans in the pioneer 
 factory. From that time until the present Mr. 
 Burnham has been connected with this busi- 
 
 ness in some capacity, coming to Bridgton in 
 1865 to take charge of a factory here. He is 
 now manager of the Bridgton Canning Com- 
 pany, which has a plant in Bridgton and one 
 in East Fryeburg ; and in addition to manag- 
 ing these Mr. Burnham owns and superintends 
 a canning factory in Waterford. He also is a 
 stockholder and Director in the Bridgton & 
 Saco Railway. 
 
 Mr. Burnham was married in 1866 to Mil- 
 dred Johnson, a native of Yarmouth, whither 
 her grandfather, David Johnson, and his wife, 
 Mary (Marston) Johnson, removed in pioneer 
 times from Gorham, buying a farm and* en- 
 gaging in tilling the soil. Mrs. Burnham's 
 father, Jasper Johnson, was born in Gorham, 
 but reared on the homestead in Yarmouth. 
 After his marriage he located in North Yar- 
 mouth, where he conducted a hotel until his 
 decease at the age of sixty years. He mar- 
 ried Sarah Clark, whose mother, Mrs. Judith 
 Stinchfield Clark, was a daughter of Elder 
 Ephraim Stinchfield and a grand-daughter of 
 John and Mehitable Stinchfield. Mrs. Sarah 
 C. Johnson died at the age of forty-four years, 
 leaving four children; namely, Mildred B. 
 (Mrs. Burnham), Sarah M., Jennie, and Clara 
 Ella. Jasper Johnson subsequently married 
 Mildred Burton, who bore him five sons — 
 Walter R., David, Joseph, Andrew R., and 
 Charles H. Mr. and Mrs. Burnham are not 
 identified with any religious organization by 
 membership, but are regular attendants of the 
 Congregational church. 
 
 JT" 
 
 |OBERT A. McCLUTCHY, Freight 
 Agent of the Boston & Maine Rail- 
 road in Portland, was born in Que- 
 bec, Canada, June 29, 1849. His 
 parents were Robert and Bridget (MacManus) 
 McClutchy, his father being a native of Glas- 
 gow, Scotland, and his mother of Belfast, 
 Ireland. Until reaching the age of ten years 
 Robert A. McClutchy remained at home in 
 Quebec. He then went to Montreal, where 
 at the early age of twelve, owing to his father's 
 death, he was partially thrown on his own re- 
 sources. His first employment was with the 
 American Express line of steamers as office 
 boy, and in 1864 he became clerk and checker 
 
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 on the wharf for the same company. In 1 865 
 he came to Portland to enter the employ of 
 the Grand Trunk Railroad, and in a short time 
 was promoted to the position of superiYitend- 
 ent's clerk, which he filled for five consecutive 
 years. In March, 1872, he entered the em- 
 ploy of the Boston & Maine Railroad, being 
 appointed first freight agent of the road, which 
 at that time had but one main line to Boston, 
 and a few branches covering about one hundred 
 and sixty-five miles. It is now one of the 
 largest trunk lines running through this sec- 
 tion, and has an immense freight business, Mr. 
 McClutchy having about sixty or seventy men 
 under his charge. In politics Mr. McClutchy 
 is identified with the Democratic party. He 
 has been President for two years of the Young 
 Men's Democratic Club, the first organization 
 of its kind in Maine; and he was also Chair- 
 man of the Democratic Committee. He was 
 elected a member of the City Council, and was 
 an Alderman for three successive years, during 
 which time he served on many important com- 
 mittees. He is prominent in Masonry, be- 
 longing to Atlantic Lodge, A. F. & A. M., 
 Greenleaf Chapter, and Portland Commandery. 
 He is also a member of the Elks and Red 
 Men and of the Bramhall League. His wife, 
 whom he married on December 23, 1892, was 
 Miss Gertrude A, Sterling, of Portland, a 
 woman of true worth. Mr. and Mrs. Mc- 
 Clutchy have a pleasant house on the corner of 
 High and Sherman Streets. 
 
 OHN C. KNIGHT, a well-known mason 
 and builder of Westbrook, Me., son of 
 Samuel and Betsey (Crockett) Knight, 
 was born in Portland, February 26, 
 1830. The family for several generations 
 have been residents of Maine; and Mr. 
 Knight's grandfather, Daniel Knight, was a 
 prosperous farmer of Alfred, York County. 
 He retired a family of nine children, but one 
 of -whom is now living. 
 
 Samuel Knight, son of Daniel, was born in 
 Alfred; and in early manhood he followed 
 farming in that town. Later' he removed to 
 Portland, where he engaged in the business of 
 a stone mason, being employed on the public 
 works of the city for twelve years. He then 
 
 went to Limerick, York County, Me., still re- 
 taining his business interests in Portland; and 
 after a residence there of about four years he 
 settled in Westbrook, where he made his home 
 for the rest of his life. In politics he was 
 originally a Democrat, but gave his support 
 to the Republican party at its formation ; and 
 in his religious views he was a Baptist. His 
 wife, Betsey Crockett, who was born in Shap- 
 leigh. Me., became the mother of ten chil- 
 dren, six of whom are living, namely: Mark, 
 a resident of Westbrook ; Catherine," wife of 
 Marshall Hayes, of Westbrook; John C, the 
 subject of this sketch; Joseph, a member of 
 the City Council of Westbrook; Lizzie, wife 
 of Wentworth Jordan, of Lisbon, Me. ; and 
 Ellen, wife of Alphonso Swett, of Westbrook. 
 
 John C. Knight attended the public schools 
 of Portland until reaching the age of eleven 
 years, when he accompanied his parents to 
 Limerick, later removing with them to West- 
 brook, where, after finishing his studies, he 
 assisted in carrying on the farm. At the age 
 of eighteen he began to learn the mason's 
 trade, serving an apprenticeship of three years 
 with Asa Leavitt, of Westbrook, for whom he 
 worked as a journeyman for two years. He 
 then went to California, which was still in 
 the exciting period of its early history, being 
 thronged with fortune-seekers of nearly every 
 class and nationality; and he continued to fol- 
 low his trade for some time, also working in 
 the mines. After his return to Westbrook he 
 engaged as a mason and builder upon his own 
 account, a business which he has since con- 
 ducted with successful results; and his energy 
 and reliability, both as a workman and a busi- 
 ness man, are well known and highly appre- 
 ciated by his fellow-townspeople. 
 
 Mr. Knight has been twice married. His 
 first wife was Elizabeth S. Sawyer, daughter 
 of Nelson Sawyer, of Westbrook; and by this 
 union there were four children, all of whom 
 died in infancy. He wedded for his second 
 wife A. Eugenia Haskell, youngest daughter 
 of Edmund Haskell, and by this marriage has 
 one child. 
 
 Mr. Knight supports the Republican party 
 in politics, and although he has never aspired 
 to official prominence he takes a deep interest 
 in public affairs. He is a member of Temple 
 
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 Lodge, No. 86, A. F. & A. M., and Sacca- 
 rappa Lodge, No. 11, Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows, of Westbrook, and has been 
 officially connected with the administration 
 of these organizations. As a business man 
 and a citizen he is highly esteemed and re- 
 spected, and in social circles his genial dis- 
 position and hearty good fellowship make his 
 company enjoyable and welcome upon all oc- 
 casions. 
 
 |LTON A. HALL, Assistant Superintend- 
 ent of the Maine Central Railroad, 
 having his ofifice at Portland, Me., 
 was born at Westmoreland, Cheshire County, 
 N.H., December. 15, 1842. He comes of 
 English antecedents, his earliest ancestor in 
 America, George Hall, having left Devon- 
 shire, England, the place of his nativity, in 
 1636. Coming to New England, he settled in 
 Taunton, Mass., which he made his permanent 
 home. Mr. Hall's paternal grandfather, 
 Elijah A. Hall, was a pioneer settler of West- 
 moreland, N.H., where he was industriously 
 engaged for many years as a tiller of the soil, 
 and where his children, including Romeo E. 
 Hall, the father of Elton, was born. 
 
 Romeo E. Hall engaged in agriculture dur- 
 ing his earlier years, but abandoned that occu- 
 pation to enter into mercantile business, in 
 which he continued until his decease, in 
 March, 1873, at the comparatively early age 
 of fifty-five years. He married Mary, the 
 daughter of Uzziah Wyman, a pioneer settler 
 of Westmoreland; and she preceded him to 
 the other side, dying in March, 1870. Two 
 children were born of their union; namely, 
 Elton A. and J. Wesley, the last named of 
 whom died in this city in April, 1886. 
 
 Elton A. Hall was reared and educated in 
 the town of his birth, where he completed the 
 high-school course. He was subsequently em- 
 ployed for a while in his father's store, being 
 afterward engaged for a few years in the 
 woodenware trade. After acquiring a knowl- 
 edge of telegraphy in Westmoreland, at the 
 Cheshire Railway office, he secured a position 
 as train despatcher at St. Albans, Vt., on the 
 Vermont Central Railway. Six years later 
 Mr. Hall came to Portland, accepting a simi- 
 
 lar situation with the Maine Central Railway 
 Company, and continuing thus engaged from 
 October i, 1875, until appointed assistant 
 superintendent of the road in 1892. He has 
 control of the trains on all divisions of the 
 road, embracing some eight hundred miles of 
 railway, and has proved himself a capable and 
 faithful official. Mr. Hall joined the Masonic 
 fraternity while a resident of Vermont, and is 
 now a member of Atlantic Lodge, Greenleaf 
 Chapter, of Portland, and the Council at St. 
 Albans, Vt. 
 
 On November 16, 1870, the marriage of 
 Mr. Hall with Miss Sarah J. Knight, of 
 Westmoreland, N.H., was solemnized. Six 
 children have been born to them, namely: 
 Walter and Harry, who died ; Arthur, who is 
 now a clerk in the office of the General Man- 
 ager of the Maine Central Railway; I-Iattie.; 
 Edith; and Charles. Mr. and Mrs. Hall are 
 both esteemed members of the Free Street 
 Baptist Church of this city. They reside at 
 46 West Street. 
 
 H. FOSTER SMITH, a prosperous 
 wood and coal dealer of Gorham, was 
 born in that town, August 30, 1844, 
 son of Edward T. and Margaret H. (Foster) 
 Smith. The family is of English origin. 
 Mr. Smith's great-grandfather, the Rev. Peter 
 Thatcher Smith, the first minister in Wind- 
 ham, Me,, was the son of the Rev. Thomas 
 Smith, first minister of Portland, Me. The 
 Rev. Peter Thatcher Smith resided in Wind- 
 ham for many years. His son, John T. Smith, 
 Mr. Smith's grandfather, who was born in that 
 town, purchased in 1796 from the heirs of 
 Major William Tyng — one of the heirs, Sarah 
 Tyng Smith (the wife of the Rev. Thomas 
 Smith), being his grandmother — a tract of 
 three hundred acres of land in Gorham, 
 granted them by the General Court of Massa- 
 chusetts Bay. On this he cleared a good 
 farm, and there resided for the rest of his life. 
 A part of this property is now owned by his 
 grandson. He was a Colonel in the militia, 
 and during the War of 18 12 was placed upon 
 waiting orders in Portland, but saw no active 
 service. He was an industrious and highly 
 esteemed citizen and a member of the Con- 
 
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 gregational church. He raised a family of 
 six sons. 
 
 Edward T. Smith, Mr. Smith's father, was 
 born in Gorham, and reared to agricultural 
 life. He resided upon the home farm during 
 his whole life, and was a successfij farmer 
 and a worthy, upright man. He died April 
 20, 1885, aged seventy-seven years. His 
 wife, Margaret, who was a daughter of Will- 
 iam H. Foster, of Gorham, became the mother 
 of two children — Mary D. and E. H. Foster. 
 
 E. H. Foster Smith commenced his educa- 
 tion in the common schools of Gorham, and 
 completed his studies at the academy. After 
 working a few years with his father upon the 
 farm, he adopted seafaring as a means of liveli- 
 hood. He followed the sea for twelve years, 
 at the expiration of which time his father de- 
 sired him to take charge of the farm. He re- 
 sided at the homestead engaged in farming 
 until 1886, when he repaired and moved into 
 the Foster house, the early home of his mother 
 in the village. In 1891 he established him- 
 self in the coal and wood business, which he 
 has since conducted. In 1879 Mr. Smith was 
 united in marriage to Bertha Humphrey, 
 daughter of Captain Calvin Humphrey, of 
 Yarmouth, and has one daughter, Ethel H. 
 Smith. 
 
 bfRANK A. CHUTE, a prominent citi- 
 r^l zen of Harrison, actively engaged in 
 farming, was born in the adjoining 
 town of Naples, Cumberland County, on Feb- 
 ruary 25, 1827. His parents were William C. 
 and Rozanna (Mayberry) Chute; and his pater- 
 nal grandfather, Thomas Chute, was one of the 
 pioneer settlers of Windham. 
 
 William C. Chute was born in that town 
 and continued to live there until his marriage, 
 when he removed to Otisfield. He was 
 engaged in farming in that place until Decem- 
 ber, 1826, going at that time to Naples, 
 where the remaining years of his life were 
 spent on a farm. His wife, formerly Ro- 
 zanna Mayberry, was born in Windham. 
 She died in December, 1831. They were 
 the parents of eight children, of whom a brief 
 account follows: Mary married Calvin Brown, 
 and both are now dead. Thomas married a 
 
 Miss Wyer, of Harpswell, Me. (both deceased). 
 Caroline S. first became the wife of Robert 
 King. After his death she married Edward 
 Kilmer; and, being a second time left a widow, 
 she removed to Texas, where she married a 
 Mr. Packing. Both have since died. James 
 was twice married, his first wife being. Ellen 
 Mann, his second Jane Cole, who survives &im 
 and is now living in Naples, Me. Edward P. 
 died at eleven years of age. Newell married 
 Miss Mary Jane Chaplin ; and they are living 
 in Bridgton, Me. Frank A. Chute is a resi- 
 dent of Harrison, as above mentioned. Will- 
 iam Chute, who married Miss Emily Steward 
 is dead ; and his widow resides at Gorham, Me. 
 
 Frank A. Chute, now the youngest living 
 child of his father's family, received a good 
 common-school education, and continued to re- 
 side with his parents until he was twenty- 
 three years of age. At that time he went to 
 work on the York & Cumberland Canal, where 
 for the next few years he was employed during 
 the summers; and during the winters he 
 worked at different places in this county. He 
 then went to the town of Naples and purchased 
 a far.m. After eight years spent in improving 
 and conducting that property, he removed to 
 Waterford, Me., where he followed farming 
 for seven years. In partnership with his son, 
 he then came to Harrison and bought the old 
 Deacon Bray farm, containing about one hun- 
 dred and sixty-five acres of well-improved land. 
 Mr. Chute and his son here devote their atten- 
 tion to general farming, at which they are very 
 successful. 
 
 On September 24, 1853, Mr. Chute was 
 united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth J. 
 Flail. She was born in Bridgton, April 4, 
 1829. After her birth her parents, Thomas 
 and Mary (Riggs) Hall, removed to West- 
 brook, where they lived until their deaths. 
 Mr. Hall was a farmer. Two children have 
 been born to Mr. and Mrs. Chute; namely, 
 Quincy M. and Cora B. Quincy M. Chute, 
 born November 30, 1854, has already been 
 referred to as in partnership with his father. 
 He is well-known throughout this county, .hav- 
 ing held a number of town offices. For a num- 
 ber of years he has served as Chairman of the 
 Board of Selectmen of Harrison, and he is now 
 the Representative from this district to the 
 
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 State legislature. He married Miss Melissa 
 D. Lewis, of South Harrison, and they have 
 four children, respectively named : Blanche 
 A., Roland H., Walter D., and Philip A., 
 all of whom are living at home. Cora B. 
 Chute, born September 14, 1863, is the wife 
 of John Witham, who is engaged in farming on 
 a place near her father's. 
 
 In political views Mr. Chute and his son 
 are stanch Republicans; and, true to the duties 
 devolving upon them as citizens, they make it 
 a point to be present at town meetings, in 
 which public interests are the topic of discus- 
 sion or in which important questions are to 
 be voted upon. Fraternally, Mr. Chute is a 
 member of Mount Tyron Lodge, A. F, & 
 A. M., of Waterford; and he and his son are 
 members of Harrison Lodge, No. 41, Indepen- 
 dent Order of Odd Fellows, of Harrison 
 village. Mr. and Mrs. Chute are members of 
 the Methodist Episcopal church, whose house 
 of worship is but a short distance from their 
 farm. 
 
 T^OLONEL JOHN C. COBB, a prom- 
 I v^ inent member of Cumberland County 
 ^[U^^ bar and one of the leading lawyers 
 of Maine, was born in Westbrook, 
 Me., March 3, 1837, in that part of the town 
 which is now the city of Deering. His an- 
 cestors were of English descent, and had been 
 for several generations prosperous New Eng- 
 land farmers, the father and grandfather being 
 both natives of Westbrook. His mother, 
 Mary Stuart, was of Scottish ancestry; and 
 her father, James Stuart, was one of the early 
 settlers of Windham. 
 
 Colonel Cobb was only four years of age 
 when he lost his father, and when he was ten 
 years old he was by the force of circumstances 
 thrown entirely on his own resources. His 
 education was obtained at the usual country- 
 town schools, including the high school, and 
 later at Westbrook Seminary. While still a 
 mere boy in years, beginning at sixteen, 
 Colonel Cobb was a successful teacher in the 
 common and high schools in different parts of 
 the State, and in this way paid many of the ex- 
 penses attending his literary and professional 
 education. He read law with Chadbourne & 
 
 Miller in Portland, and at the age of twenty- 
 three was admitted to practice before the 
 Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Immedi- 
 ately after coming to the bar he began to 
 practise law in the city of Rockland, where he 
 remained until the outbreak of the Rebellion. 
 In answer to President Lincoln's first call 
 for seventy-five thousand men the young at- 
 torney enlisted as a private in Company H, 
 Fourth Maine Regiment Volunteers in April, 
 
 1 86 1. He was soon after promoted by elec- 
 tion, receiving commission as First Lieu- 
 tenant. In the first battle of Bull Run, July 
 22, 1 86 1, the company under his command 
 was on the extreme right of, the line, and was 
 the last company save one to leave the field. 
 This and the company commanded at that 
 time by Captain Smith moved to the rear 
 together. 
 
 In August, 1 86 1, Lieutenant Cobb was 
 compelled by severe illness to leave the ser- 
 vice. He returned to Windham, Me., where, 
 soon recovering his health, he at once re-en- 
 listed, and went on recruiting service; and on 
 December 10 of the same year he was again 
 mustered into the United States service as 
 First Lieutenant of Company D, Fifteenth 
 Maine Volunteer Infantry. This regiment 
 was assigned to service in the Department of 
 the Gulf; and Lieutenant Cobb proceeded with 
 Butler's expedition in the ship "Great Re- 
 public" to Ship Island, and soon after took 
 part in the capture of New Orleans, April, 
 
 1862. During the summer of 1862 Lieu- 
 tenant Cobb was on duty at Carrollton, La., 
 and at New Orleans until October of that 
 year, when he was ordered by General Butler 
 to Fort Pickens, Fla., in charge of the State 
 prisoners — Major Monroe, ex-Mayor Stith, 
 and the members of the city of New Orleans 
 Finance Committee. On his arrival at Fort 
 Pickens he was detached for staff duty, and 
 for many months served on the staff of Major 
 Allen of the Second United States Artillery, 
 commandant of the fort. While there Lieu- 
 tenant Cobb filled the positions of Acting As- 
 sistant Commissary of Subsistence, Acting 
 Assistant Quartermaster United States Army, 
 Adjutant of the Post, and Treasurer of the 
 Post. 
 
 In May, 1863, he was relieved from staff 
 
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 duty in order to rejoin his regiment and pro- 
 ceed to New Orleans, and from there in a 
 race after General Taylor, who was operating 
 in the rear of General Banks, threatening his 
 base and communications. Banks's army was 
 then before Port Hudson. This object having 
 been accomplished, the regiment returned, 
 and went into camp at Carrollton, La. ; and 
 Lieutenant Cobb was appointed Assistant Ad- 
 jutant-general by General Huston, Banks's 
 chief engineer, who was then in command of 
 the forces (about eight thousand troops of all 
 arms) on the right bank of the Mississippi 
 above New Orleans. General Huston, how- 
 ever, did not give his personal attention to 
 the command, but remained at New Orleans, 
 and left matters in the immediate charge of 
 Lieutenant Cobb, who issued in the General's 
 name such orders as he saw fit from the head- 
 quarters at Carrollton. 
 
 While engaged in this service. Lieutenant 
 Cobb was ordered by General Banks (Com- 
 mander of the Department of the Gulf) to 
 raise, organize, equip, examine, and recom- 
 mend the officers for commission for a r-egi- 
 ment of engineers, one of four such regiments 
 then and thereafter to be raised in that depart- 
 ment for that branch of the service. Of this 
 regiment the second, Lieutenant Cobb was 
 commissioned Colonel in August, 1863, with 
 the distinct understanding between his friend, 
 Major Huston, General Banks, and himself 
 that, as soon as the four engineer regiments 
 were ready for the field. Colonel Cobb was 
 to be commissioned Brigadier-general and 
 placed in command of the Engineer Brigade. 
 Before this was consummated, however, de- 
 partment commanders were changed and plans 
 disturbed. General Banks ordered .Colonel 
 Cobb with his command to Brashear Cky, La., 
 there to construct such fortifications as would 
 enable them to hold the place with a small 
 force and take care of railroad communica- 
 tions. This place had been common fighting 
 ground for some time, which was amply evi- 
 denced by the destruction of property every- 
 where apparent. One day it was in the pos- 
 session of the Confederates, the next in the 
 possession of the Federals. It was in this 
 condition when Colonel Cobb was ordered 
 with his regiment of raw recruits to take com- 
 
 mand of the post, build suitable fortifications, 
 and look out that the Confederates did not 
 gobble him up. It was an unhealthy, unin- 
 viting, and dangerous place; and an order by 
 telegraph for Colonel Cobb to proceed with 
 his command to New Orleans, there to con- 
 struct fortifications, v^as a welcome one. 
 
 From November, 1863, to June, 1864, 
 Colonel Cobb was in command of the post at 
 Matagorda Island, which consisted of engi- 
 neers, artillery, cavalry, and infantry; and for 
 about three of the eight months he commanded 
 a brigade in the Thirteenth Army Corps, or 
 from the time of the arrival of the corps at 
 Matagorda Island until it left to join "General 
 Banks in the Red River expedition. He 
 was also during this period chief engineer of 
 the coast of Texas. In June of 1864 he pro- 
 ceeded to Port Hudson, where he reconstructed 
 the rebel works after their surrender. He 
 was next ordered to Mobile Bay, where he took 
 an active part in the capture of Fort Gaines. 
 He and his command next moved to Mobile 
 Point to conduct the approaches to Fort 
 Morgan, where they were under a' constant and 
 galling fire from the fort. For more than 
 two weeks, until its surrender, they furnished 
 daily and nightly fireworks of shot, shell, 
 grape, and canister. After the fall of this 
 fort in November, 1864, Colonel Cobb and 
 his command were for some time engaged in 
 repairing the fortifications. 
 
 ^ Soon after this he was again detached from 
 his command, and appointed to serve on a mil- 
 itary commission at New Orleans. Here he 
 was engaged five months. Major DeWitt 
 Clinton practised before this commission as 
 judge advocate for the government; and many 
 important cases were tried, involving the per- 
 sonal liberty of numbers of citizens and valu- 
 able property. Many of the ablest attorneys 
 of the South-wesi appeared before the com- 
 mission as counsel in these cases. 
 
 In the winter of 1864-65 Colonel Cobb was 
 appointed to the command of five regiments, 
 with headquarters at New Orleans. He re- 
 mained here until the spring of 1865, -when 
 he accompanied General Canby and staff to 
 Mobile, where he resumed command of his old 
 regiment of engineers until he was promoted 
 by General Canby to the command oL the En- 
 
ROBERT TRICKEY. 
 
JAMES TRICKEY. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
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 gineer Brigade of the army, and Division of 
 West Mississippi. In this position he took 
 part in the siege and capture of Mobile. 
 After its surrender his command was engaged 
 until June, 1865, in i^econstructing the rebel 
 earthworks and lines of defence around the 
 city. 
 
 The Rebellion had now collapsed; and Colo- 
 nel Cobb, having seen over four years' contin- 
 ual service, tendered his resignation to the 
 War Department, and exchanged the conflict 
 of arms for the contests of the forum, recom- 
 mencing the practice of law at Windham, Me. 
 There he filled various municipal offices, and 
 represented the town in the State legislature, 
 where he served on the joint Committees on 
 Military and Legal Affairs. Early in the year 
 1871 he established a law firm at Portland, 
 Me., with Judge Fabius M. Ray, an old 
 schoolmate, under the name of Cobb & Ray. 
 This was continued for five years. 
 
 Colonel Cobb has a large and lucrative law 
 practice, and is frequently connected with 
 large business interests. He is often engaged 
 in the promotion of enterprises calling for 
 energy and experience. He is a member of 
 Presumpscot Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Eagle 
 Chapter and Portland Commandery, Knights 
 Templars; also of Beacon Lodge, Indepen- 
 dent Order of Odd Fellows; and of Ivanhoe 
 Lodge, Knights of Pythias. 
 
 In September, 1859, Colonel Cobb married 
 Hannah M., daughter of Samuel M. Hawkes, 
 of Windham. They have a family of seven 
 children. The eldest, Albert Clifford, is en- 
 gaged in the practice of law in Minneapolis, 
 Minn., being a member of the firm Cobb & 
 Wheelwright; Frederick H., another son, is 
 also engaged in the practice of the law, and 
 is in partnership with Colonel Cobb at Port- 
 land, under the firm name of John C. & F. H. 
 Cobb. 
 
 Tt^OBERT TRICKEY, whose portrait 
 
 I V^ appears on the opposite page, is a sub- 
 
 |t)\ stantial farmer and one of the fore- 
 
 ^^ most citizens of South Portland, 
 
 Cumberland County, Me., a fine representative 
 
 of the native-born residents of this place, 
 
 where his birth occurred March 29, 1818. He 
 
 comes of Welsh antecedents, being, it is said, 
 the lineal descendant of one of three brothers 
 bearing his family name that emigrated from 
 Wales to America about 1700, and settled in 
 York County, Maine. They were of a hardy 
 race, noted for their great strength. It was said 
 that either one of them could hold two men at 
 arm's length; and their descendants, even to 
 the present generation, have in large measure 
 inherited a vigorous physique. 
 
 Mr. Trickey himself, though now in his 
 seventy-ninth year, wields the axe with his 
 old-time dexterity, frequently going to the 
 woods to cut down trees, getting out lumber 
 logs, and chopping and splitting limbs and 
 branches for fuel. His paternal grandfather, 
 Zebulon Trickey, Sr. , was born at Falmouth, 
 now Deering, this county, being there reared 
 to maturity, as a youth working early and late 
 on the homestead which his father had wrested 
 from the wilderness.' He lived there a few 
 years after his marriage with Rebecca Skillin, 
 of Cape Elizabeth, but subsequently removed 
 to that part of the Cape which is now South 
 Portland, where he purchased a very large tract 
 of wild land, a portion of which he cleared. 
 Here he erected the first dwelling on the home 
 farm now occupied by his grandson Robert. 
 He became in the course of time one of the 
 leading agriculturists of this place; and he 
 also followed ship building, remaining here 
 until his demise at a ripe old age. He was an 
 old-time Whig in politics, and both he and his 
 estimable helpmeet were valued members of 
 the Orthodox church. They reared a family 
 of five girls and two boys, all of whom grew 
 to adult life, Zebulon, Jr., being the father of 
 Robert. 
 
 Zebulon Trickey, Jr., was the eldest child 
 born to his parents, his birth occurring Febru- 
 ary 7, 1767, while they were residing on the 
 old Trickey homestead in Falmouth, now 
 Deering. He was very young when brought 
 to South Portland, where he was reared and 
 educated. He began as soon as old enough to 
 assist in felling forest trees, and did his full 
 share in clearing and improving a farm, which 
 eventually became his own. He continued in 
 farming pursuits, but was also engaged in lum- 
 bering, forming a partnership with Thomas 
 Seal, of Westbrook, and J. Bailey, of Sacca- 
 
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 rappa, although he continued his residence 
 here. After many years of successful business 
 he sold out his lumber interests to his part- 
 ners, thereafter living retired until his decease, 
 August 23, 1847. 
 
 He was married December 15, 1799, to 
 Miss Lucy Skillin, daughter of Samuel Skillin, 
 of this town, and they became the parents of 
 seven children, of whom the following is the 
 record: Rebecca, born February 15, 1801, 
 died February 17, 1804; Samuel, born May 
 20, 1803, died unmarried January 2, 1881 ; 
 John, born January 17, 1806, died a bachelor 
 June 17, 1884; James, born April 12, 1809, 
 who died January 2, 1891, unmarried, was a 
 leading citizen, being very prominent in town 
 affairs, having served as Treasurer and Select- 
 man for many years besides representing his 
 town in the legislature for four terms; Ed- 
 ward, born May 16, 18 14, married Martha 
 Bond, of Indiana, and tltey are now living on 
 a farm in Westbrook; Robert, the next in 
 order of birth, and unmarried, is the subject 
 of this sketch; and Lucy E., born September 
 IS, 1824, also single, resides with her brother 
 Robert on the old homestead of her grand- 
 parents. 
 
 Robert Trickey obtained a good practical 
 education in this his native town, and since 
 leaving school has continued to occupy the 
 homestead, where he is still carrying on gen- 
 eral farming. He has about two hundred 
 acres of land, eighty of which are under culti- 
 vation;. and besides this he owns fifty acres in 
 Deering, one-half being tillage land. In poli- 
 tics Mr. Trickey is an earnest supporter of the 
 principles of the Democratic party, and, relig- 
 iously, is a firm believer in the doctrines of 
 Universalism. A man of good principles, 
 noted for his integrity, he has the esteem and 
 respect of the entire community, and holds an 
 honoredposition among the leading citizens of 
 South Portland. 
 
 bfRANK S. STALEY, who has been a 
 pl^ resident of Bridgton for a quarter of a 
 century, is a native of Yorkshire, Eng- 
 land, having been born November 27, 1840, 
 in the parish of Brighouse, being a grandson 
 of Francis Staley, a distinguished military 
 
 man. His parents, Andrew and Edna Staley; 
 had the following children: Benjamin; John; 
 Frank S. ; Ellen, wife of J. Harry Burgess; 
 Andrew; and Betty, wife of George Willis. 
 The father, who was born in 1 800, passed away 
 on February 26, 1890, his wife having pre- 
 ceded him to the better land in 1871, it the 
 age of sixty-two years. He was a contractor 
 of railroad and turnpike work, and carried on 
 a good business for many years. 
 
 Frank S. Staley attended school until about 
 twelve years of age, when he was bound out to 
 learn the trade of wig-making and hair-work- 
 ing, remaining with his employer two years. 
 The following two years he shifted for himself, 
 laboring in different places and at various em- 
 ployments. Enlisting then in the Thirty- 
 fourth West York Rifle Company, he served 
 two years as a private, being then advanced to 
 the rank of Corporal, in which he served 
 another four years. He was then promoted to 
 the rank of Sergeant, and remained with the 
 company until 1868, when he came to this 
 country, taking passage on the steamer "North 
 American." Locating at Lewiston, in this 
 State, Mr. Staley was employed in machine 
 shops and cotton-mills for about two years, 
 when he went to Westbrook, where he worked 
 for a short time in a mill. The next year he 
 found employment in a barber's shop, learning 
 the trade, which he followed for a few months 
 as a journeyman in Bridgton, whither he came 
 in 1871. Mr. Staley then commenced business 
 on his own account, opening a barber shop, 
 which he has since conducted with satisfactory 
 financial results. In his political views he is 
 identified with the Democratic party; and, so- 
 cially, he is an active member of the Indepen- 
 dent Order of Odd Fellows. 
 
 Mr. Staley has been three times married. 
 In 1864 he was wedded to Miss Maria Tiffin, 
 who died five years later, leaving one child — 
 Lizzie, now the wife of Owen B. Ingalls, of 
 Bridgton. In 1871 he married Miss Delvina 
 N. Bradeen, of Limington, of this union 
 three children being born — Andrew R., 
 Frank G., and Philip S. The mother of 
 these children havjng passed away in" July, 
 1893, Mr. Staley was again married in Oc- 
 tober, 1894, Miss Susan E. Durgan becoming 
 his wife. 
 
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 /STeo 
 
 EORGE CHASE PETERS, Cashier 
 \\s I of the Canal National Bank of Port- 
 land, Me., with which institution he 
 has been connected for forty-two years, is in 
 point of service the oldest active banker in 
 this city, and in all probability in the State 
 of Maine. He was born in Portland on April 
 12, 1830, son of Edmund F. and Susan (Corry) 
 Peters, the former of whom was also a native 
 of Portland. 
 
 William B. Peters, father of Edmund F. , 
 was a resident of Portland, although little 
 concerning his life is known by his descend- 
 ants. Edmund F. Peters was for some time 
 in the first half of the present century one of 
 the leading livery men and stable keepers of 
 this city. He died at the early age of thirty- 
 eight years, leaving his widow, whose maiden 
 name was Susan Corry, with five small chil- 
 dren. She was born on July 13, 1804, and 
 still lives in Portland. 
 
 George Chase Peters, who was but a small 
 boy at the time of his father's decease, acquired 
 his education in the city schools, and then 
 entered a Portland book store as a clerk. 
 While he was engaged in that position, he 
 took private lessons in book-keeping and spent 
 his leisure hours in the pursuit of that study 
 till he became competent to fill a place as 
 book-keeper. He was employed in that 
 capacity by different firms in the city until 
 finally he entered the office of the old Atlantic 
 & St. Lawrence Railroad Company, which is 
 now a part of the Grand Trunk Railroad. He 
 remained there until 1853, when he entered 
 the Canal National Bank as junior clerk. 
 Here he so improved the opportunities placed 
 in his way that his diligence and faithfulness 
 were rewarded by advancement first to the 
 position of discount clerk, later to that of 
 teller, at a time when the duties were both 
 those of paying and receiving money, and 
 finally to that of Cashier, which position he 
 has ably filled since 1887. The Canal 
 National Bank is one of the oldest and most 
 reliable banks in the city of Portland, having 
 been established in 1826 with a capital stock 
 of six hundred thousand dollars. It now has 
 a surplus of three hundred thousand dollars 
 and deposits amounting to six hundred thou- 
 sand dollars. 
 
 On June 4, 1854, Mr. Peters was united in 
 marriage with Miss Susan J. Burbank, of 
 South Paris, Me., a daughter of Joseph Bur- 
 bank, who was at one time a resident of Port- 
 land. Mr. and Mrs. Peters have two sons and 
 a daughter, namely: Mary, the wife of Will- 
 iam H. Nauman, Chief Engineer of the United 
 States Navy ; Henry B. I^eters, the able man- 
 ager of the Portland Beef Company ; and 
 Charles T. Peters, the discount clerk of the 
 Canal National Bank. 
 
 Mr. Peters has always confined his attention 
 to his business and has never actively engaged 
 in political matters, although he does not fail 
 to cast his vote when the different elections 
 take place. He is a Republican in his politi- 
 cal views. He and his wife are attendants of 
 the First Parish Unitarian Church. 
 
 KRANKLIN GIBBS, formerly a well- 
 known citizen of Cumberland County, 
 was a native of Bridgton, born Febru- 
 ary 2, 1804. He was a son of Alpheus and 
 Abigail (Wheeler) Gibbs. His father was 
 born in the State of Massachusetts, June 2, 
 1766, and left his native State to come to 
 Bridgton, being one of the pioneers of this 
 town. He resided here many years, and was 
 subsequently a resident successively of Wind- 
 ham, Gorhara, and Harrison, spending his last 
 years on his farm in the last-named town. He 
 died in Harrison on July 7, 18 14, when his son 
 Franklin was but little over ten years old. 
 His marriage with Miss Abigail Wheeler was 
 solemnized on January 25, 1790. Mrs. Gibbs 
 survived her husband many years, passing 
 away at a good old age. Thirteen children 
 were born to them, twelve of whom attained 
 maturity. 
 
 F"ranklin Gibbs, after obtaining in youth a 
 good practical education, developed a manhood 
 full of promise. He possessed a sterling 
 character, based upon well-balanced qualities 
 of mind and heart, and became prominent in 
 public affairs, holding various offices of trust, 
 and remaining a lifelong resident of his na- 
 tive county. The promise of his early years 
 was but partly fulfilled, however, as he was 
 suddenly cut off before he had had opportu- 
 nity to fully develop his capacity for useful- 
 
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 ness. He married Elvira Ingalls, a daughter 
 of Aaron Ingalls, of Denmark, Oxford County, 
 Me. Mrs. Franklin Gibbs died in 1875, hav- 
 ing reared four children — Owen B., Octavia, 
 Emma, and Frank. The first named of these, 
 who was the eldest, became a successful busi- 
 ness man, but, like his father, died in early 
 manhood. Octavia became the wife of Samuel 
 Brown, of North Bridgton ; but both she and 
 her husband fell victims to diphtheria within 
 six months after their marriage. Emma has 
 always made her home in Bridgton, and now 
 cares for her brother Owen's children, who 
 were left orphans at an early age. Frank 
 is an enterprising and successful merchant of 
 Bridgton. 
 
 YkjVOBERT DOWNING HOLLIS, a 
 \b-\ prosperous and respected farmer of 
 |b \^ Deering, was born in the town of 
 ^"^ Folly, Colchester County, N. S., 
 April 26, 1826. His parents were John and 
 Elizabeth (Downing) Hollis, both natives of 
 Colchester County, the former of English de- 
 scent. The first representatives of the Hollis 
 family in America, it is said, were two 
 brothers, Richard and David Hollis, who 
 immigrated to this country more than one 
 hundred years ago and settled in New York 
 State. In 1772 Richard Hollis, ancestor of 
 Robert D., removed to Nova Scotia. 
 
 John Hollis, the father of Robert Downing 
 Hollis, spent his life in Nova Scotia, attend- 
 ing the common schools in boyhood and devot- 
 ing the years of his manhood to agricultural 
 pursuits on the farm which had been tilled by 
 his father. He reared fourteen children, of 
 whom six are now living — Sarah, wife of Will- 
 iam Higgins, of Nova Scotia; Robert Down- 
 ing, the subject of this sketch ; Nathaniel, who 
 is also a resident of Nova Scotia; Lottie, wife 
 of Adam Downing, who lives near her father's 
 homestead; Rebecca, wife of Oliver Wood, a 
 farmer in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia; 
 and Ellen, wife of Wentworth Ebson, of Mas- 
 sachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. John Hollis were 
 members of the Baptist church. 
 
 Robert Downing Hollis received his educa- 
 tion in the schools of his native town, and, 
 as he was a lad of more than ordinary intelli- 
 
 gence, made the most of th€ opportunities 
 afforded. In 1856 he went to Portland and- for 
 about a year worked at whatever offered ; then, 
 in 1857, he entered the employ of Mr. A; W. 
 Longfellow, with whom he remained ten years. 
 In 1867 he purchased the farm on which he 
 now resides, and since that time has been pros- 
 perously engaged in general farming, also con- 
 ducting a large trucking business. 
 
 May 28, 1854, Mr. Hollis was united in 
 marriage with Miss Sarah J. Downing, daugh- 
 ter of George Downing, a farmer of Colchester 
 County, Nova Scotia. This union was blessed 
 with six children, of whom five are living, at 
 present — Olive E., who was born in Nova 
 Scotia, February li, 1855, wife of Obart Cur- 
 tis, of Bath, Me. ; Nellie M., born in West-, 
 brook. Me., November 29, 1857; John F. A., 
 born in Westbrook, now Deering, Me., July 
 26, 1 861, who married Miss O. F. Merry, of 
 New London, Conn. ; Rhoda E., born in Deer- 
 ing, December 25, 1863; and Robert D., Jr., 
 born in Westbrook, Me., May 2, 1866, who is 
 yet living with his parents. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Hollis favors the Republi- 
 can party. Pie is not an aspirant for office, 
 but served acceptably at one time as Street 
 Surveyor. An intelligent and well-informed 
 man, he is unassuming in his manners and way 
 of living, content to enjoy the comforts of 
 prosperity without seeking for luxury. 
 
 DWARD DUDDY, assistant yard-master 
 of the Grand Trunk Railway at Port- 
 -^ land and at the present time a mem- 
 ber of the City Board of Aldermen, represent- 
 ing Ward 2, was born at Westbrook, now 
 Deering, Cumberland County, Me., on De- 
 cember IS, 1847, son of Richard J. and Ann 
 (Owen) Duddy. 
 
 For centuries the ancestral home of the 
 Duddy family was at Londonderry, Ireland; 
 and there on May 18, 1812, Richard J. Duddy 
 was born. On attaining his majority he set 
 out for America, and after his arrival here 
 took up the peddling of dry and fancy goods, 
 following that occupation with good success 
 for a quarter of a century. He then engaged 
 in the grocery business in the city of Pprtland 
 until 1857, when he retired, shortly after ac- 
 
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 cepting a position as agent of the Richardson 
 Wharf Company. He was employed in that 
 capacity for upward of twenty years before he 
 retired from active participation in business. 
 The subsequent six years were quietly spent ; 
 and in April, 1887, he set out for the Emerald 
 Isle with a view to gratifying a strong desire 
 to see the place of his nativity once more. 
 He was, however, permitted to enjoy but a 
 brief sojourn there; for on June 19 of that 
 year, after a short illness, he died in the vicin- 
 ity of his old home. His body was returned 
 to Portland for'burial. His wife, Ann Owen, 
 was born in Ireland in 18 18. At six years of 
 age she came to this country in company with 
 her parents, who settled in Portland, where 
 at that early period there were not more than 
 a dozen of her nationality; and at the time of 
 her death, on May 10, 1890, she was the old- 
 est Portland resident of Irish descent. As a 
 school girl she had the pleasure of marching 
 after General Lafayette, and her children 
 still have the cap she wore upon that occa- 
 sion. She was one of the first to be con- 
 firmed in the first Catholic church erected in 
 the city; and her father, John Owen, was 
 among the first to join that communion. Her 
 union with Richard J. Duddy was blessed by 
 the birth of eight children, five of whom lived 
 to attain years of discretion, and three are 
 still living, namely: the Rev. John Duddy, 
 the first native of Portland ever ordained to 
 the Catholic ministry in that city, and now 
 residing in Somersworth, N.H.; Edward; and 
 Patrick F., of Portland. 
 
 Edward Duddy acquired a good practical ed- 
 ucation in the public schools ; and on October 
 14, 1864, when not quite seventeen, he en- 
 tered the employ of the Grand Trunk Railway 
 Company as an office boy. He soon worked 
 his way up to the position of a switchman in 
 the yard, and four years later became assistant 
 yard-master, in which capacity he has served 
 since 1869; and there are now few who have 
 been connected with that branch of the rail- 
 way service longer than he has. In addition 
 to the duties connected with his employment, 
 he has found time for certain real estate trans- 
 actions; and, as a result of the combined .in- 
 come from both sources, he now owns ten city 
 houses and a number of building lots. 
 
 On August 29, 1875, he was joined in mar- 
 riage with Miss Mary Toomey, a daughter of 
 Matthew Toomey, of Portland. They have 
 had eight children, two of whom died in in- 
 fancy. The living are: Richard J., a car- 
 penter and contractor of Portland; Margaret; 
 David W. ; Edward N. ; John; and Mary 
 Eulalie. 
 
 Like his father, Mr. Duddy is an advocate 
 of Democratic principles, and has been promi- 
 nently connected with the party, being for a 
 number of years a member of the city Demo- 
 cratic Committee. In 1878 and 1879 he was 
 a member of the Common Council from Ward 
 2, and in 1895 he was elected Alderman for 
 the same ward. He has served as one of the 
 assessors of new buildings, also as one of the 
 appraisers of unimproved real estate, and on 
 the Committee on Public Instruction. Mr. 
 Duddy and his family are members of the 
 Catholic Cathedral Parish, of which he is sex- 
 ton. They reside at 229 Congress Street in 
 the substantial brick house which he' pur- 
 chased several years ago, it being the one that 
 his father erected in 1866. 
 
 tl" 
 
 EUBEN CUTTER, formerly a well- 
 known merchant of Yarmouth, was 
 born in this town, December 19, 
 1800, son of Samuel and Mary 
 (Buxton) Cutter. The family is one of the 
 oldest in Cumberland County, and an early 
 ancestor of Mr. Cutter's is credited with 
 being prominent as a minister of the gospel. 
 Mr. Cutter's parents were both natives and 
 lifelong residents of the county, his father 
 being an industrious farmer of North Yar- 
 mouth and a prosperous and useful citizen in 
 his day. Mrs. Samuel Cutter became the 
 mother of six children, all of whom have 
 passed away. They were named respectively 
 — William, Charlotte, Rachel, Moses, Eliza, 
 and Reuben. The mother lived to an ad- 
 vanced age. 
 
 Reuben Cutter was educated in the schools 
 of this town, and in early manhood learned 
 the shoemaker's trade, which he followed for 
 some years. He was subsequently appointed 
 Postmaster of Yarmouth, a position which he 
 continued to hold without interruption for 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 twenty-six years. He later engaged in mer- 
 cantile pursuits, in which he was quite suc- 
 cessful. In politics he was a stanch Democrat 
 of the old school, and was prominently identi- 
 fied with public affairs here, serving as Town 
 Clerk and Treasurer for several years. He 
 was capable as a business man, and was a 
 prime mover in all matters relative to public 
 improvements and the general welfare of the 
 community. His every-day life was above re- 
 proach, and he possessed in a high degree 
 the esteem and confidence of his fellow-towns- 
 men. His death, which took place December 
 27, 1864, caused a void that could not readily 
 be filled. In his religious belief he was a 
 Universalist. He was three times married, 
 haying one child by each wife. His third 
 wife, Eliza, was born in Yarmouth, January 
 14, 1805, being a daughter of Ebenezer Cor- 
 liss, who was then a prominent resident of 
 this town. She died April 5, 1888. 
 
 Miss Lucy Q. Cutter, daughter of Reuben 
 and Eliza (Corliss) Cutter, and the only sur- 
 vi\^or of the family, received her education in 
 the schools of Yarmouth, and has always re- 
 sided here. She is a lady of refined tastes, 
 possessing intellectual qualities of a superior 
 order, and occupies an important position in 
 the community, both socially and otherwise. 
 She was appointed Postmistress of Yarmouth 
 on March i, 1888, and has since conducted 
 the affairs of the office, giving general satis- 
 faction. She is liberal in her religious views. 
 
 tBNER L. HAWKES, an extensive 
 brick manufacturer of Westbrook, 
 Me., owner of the only steam brick 
 '^~^ dryer in the State, was born in 
 Windham, Me., in 1843, son of Joshua L. and 
 Sarah K. (Mayberry) Hawkes, both natives of 
 Windham. His paternal grandfather, Joseph 
 Hawkes, was a prominent farmer of Windham, 
 and was a Quaker in religion. He married 
 Rebecca Lowell, of Windham, and the follow- 
 ing children blessed their union: Daniel, 
 Sarah, Betsey, Joseph, Jr., Joshua L., Eben- 
 ezer, Abner, and Harriett. 
 
 Joshua L. Hawkes was born in Windham, 
 Me, in 18 12. He, too, was a farmer, who 
 was content to live and die within the confines 
 
 of his native town. He did his duty as a cit- 
 izen of the United States, casting his. vote on 
 election days with the Republicans, but never 
 sought public office of any kind. In religious 
 belief he was a Methodist. He died in 1878. 
 His wife was a daughter of Andrew Mayberry, 
 a well-to-do farmer of Windham. Seven chil- 
 dren were born to Mr. and Mrs. Joshua L. 
 Hawkes, five of whom are living, namely: 
 Abner L., the subject of this sketch; Neander 
 L. and Mary E., twins,; the former a promi- 
 nent business man of Westbrook, the latter a 
 resident of Portland, Me. ; Clarissa, wife of 
 F. D. Winslow, of Portland; and Sarah B., 
 wife of A. D. Woodbury, of Westbrook. 
 
 Abner L. Hawkes acquired his education in 
 the public schools of Windham, the West- 
 brook High School, and Gorham Academy. 
 Possessed of an adventurous spirit, he tried 
 many ways of earning a livelihood before set- 
 tling down to his present occupation of manu- 
 facturing brick. After leaving school he 
 worked for his grandfather on the farm in 
 Windham one year, then he was engaged in 
 farming and teaming for his uncle, Simon H. 
 Mayberry, some four years, and next he 
 worked two years in a wire-mill. He was one 
 year in the oil regions of Pennsylvania, sink- 
 ing wells; and then, returning to his native 
 State, he entered the employ of L. W. Ed- 
 wards, of Westbrook, dry-goods dealer, as 
 clerk. Two years later, purchasing a wagon, 
 he bought a stock of dry and fancy goods, and 
 travelled through Cumberland County, selling 
 his wares; but he was not satisfied with this 
 mode of business, and within six months he 
 entered the employ of John M. Webb at S'outh 
 Windham as book-keeper. There he remained 
 six months; and then, in company with his 
 uncle, Simon H. Mayberry, he went into the 
 ice business in Westbrook. In 1875 he 
 bought his uncle's share, and was sole proprie- 
 tor of the ice route some thirteen years. 
 
 In 1882 he became interested in the manu- 
 facture of bricks, which he carried on in a 
 small way in connection with his ice business 
 until 1888. In that year he disposed of his 
 ice trade, his brother, Neander L., becoming 
 proprietor of the route; and it is within the 
 past eight years that he has built up the ex- 
 tensive industry of which he is now manager. 
 
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 His output has increased from one million, 
 five hundred thousand bricks per year to from 
 thirty-five thousand to fifty thousand per day; 
 and he gives constant employment to from 
 thirty to forty men at his works. He makes a 
 specialty of front brick,, specimens of which 
 may be seen in the Edwards, Springer, and 
 Boothy Blocks in Westbrook and the paper- 
 mills of S. D. Warren & Co. at Cumberland 
 Mills, Mr. Hawkes having furnished all the 
 bricks for those buildings. He dries all his 
 brick by steam, a new departure in this sec- 
 tion of the country, and it is to his enterprise 
 that the remarkable success of the industry is 
 due. In 1 89 1 his plant was destroyed by fire, 
 only the engine and boiler house and a small 
 office being saved; and Mr. Hawkes then 
 erected the present plant, which is much 
 larger than the old one. As shown by his 
 rebuilding immediately after this disastrous 
 fire, Mr. Hawkes is a man of unflagging 
 energy and enterprise, and his qualities as a 
 business man entitle him to a prominent place 
 among the manufacturers of Cumberland 
 County. 
 
 Mr. Hawkes and Mary W. Murch, daughter 
 of Nathaniel Murch, of Westbrook, were 
 united in marriage in 1866; and they have 
 one child living, Emma R., wife of E. A. 
 Bodge, of Westbrook. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Hawkes favors the Repub- 
 lican party. He is actively interested in the 
 welfare of Westbrook, and before the city 
 charter was granted he served on the Board of 
 Selectmen from 1866 to 1888. He is well 
 advanced in Masonry, belonging to Temple 
 Lodge, No. 86, A. F. & A. M., of West- 
 brook, the Chapter and St. Albans Com- 
 mandery, Knights Templars, of Portland; and 
 as an Odd Fellow he is a member of Sacca- 
 rappa Lodge, No. 11, in which he has held 
 all the offices except that of Master. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Hawkes attend the Congregational 
 church. 
 
 -OSEPH A. McGOWAN, the efficient 
 cashier of the Grand Trunk Railway at 
 Portland, Me., of which city.he has for 
 a number of years served on the Com- 
 mon Council, was born on July 2t, 1859, son 
 
 of Patrick and Sarah (McGloin) McGowan. 
 His birth occurred at Gurteendarragh (mean- 
 ing oak field). County Leitrim, situated a 
 short distance from Ballyshannon, Ireland, 
 which has been the home of the McGowan 
 family for many generations. His grand- 
 father, John McGowan, was there engaged in 
 the successful pursuit of agriculture and kin- 
 dred occupations. 
 
 Patrick McGowan grew to manhood in the 
 old home. He followed general farming 
 until in 1862 he determined to try his fortune 
 in America, and, coming hither, settled in 
 Portland. A brother, Terence McGowan, had 
 come to Portland ten years previous, and es- 
 tablished a book business; and upon his ar- 
 rival he joined him in the enterprise. For a 
 quarter of a century both brothers were promi- 
 nent in various charitable and other civic 
 movements. Patrick McGowan died in Port- 
 land on September 23, 1894. For thirteen 
 years he was a valued member of the city 
 School Board, serving longer than any other 
 citizen in that capacity; and during his obse- 
 quies all the schools were closed, while the 
 Mayor, members of the School Board, and 
 principals of the different city schools, by 
 their attendance, paid a last sad tribute to his 
 memory, evidencing the honor and esteem in 
 which he was held by each and all. He was 
 the first President of the St. Vincent de Paul 
 Charitable Society, and for twenty years a 
 Director of the Widows' Wood Society, a char- 
 itable organization for the furnishing of fuel 
 to poor widows. 
 
 He and his wife, Sarah McGloin, to whom 
 he was united before coming to this country, 
 reared an interesting family of children — 
 Terence P., who is agent for various ocean 
 steamers, such as the Cunard, White Star, 
 and Anchor lines; Hugh F., who died in 
 1892, a charter member of the Grattan Lit- 
 erary Association ; John, whose death oc- 
 curred in 1876, a correspondent of the New 
 York Tablet and the Boston Pilot, and an inti- 
 mate friend of the late John Boyle O'Reilly; 
 Joseph A. ; Winifred, the wife of Bryan Con- 
 nolly, of Portland, where he is employed in 
 the mechanical department of the city; and 
 Sarah, who married Edmund J. Young, a resi- 
 dent of Portland and a descendant of the 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Young family of York County, Maine. Mr. 
 Young's uncle was the first bishop of Erie, 
 Pa. ; and he is himself engaged in literary 
 work, and is the translator of the well-known 
 volume, entitled "The Fact Divine." The 
 mother is still living. Both parents attended 
 the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. 
 
 Joseph A. McGowan was but a few years old 
 at the time his parents left Gurteendarragh, 
 and he therefore acquired his education in the 
 common schools of Portland. After leaving 
 school, in 1874, he entered the passenger de- 
 partment of the Grand Trunk Railway as 
 clerk, and a year. later went into the traffic de- 
 partment. He served in various positions, at 
 one time as chief clerk of the European Steam- 
 ship Company and at another in the corre- 
 spondence department, until in 1884 he was 
 promoted to the position of cashier. During 
 the past twelve years he has filled that office 
 to the entire satisfaction of all. In addition 
 to his duties as cashier he is accountant for 
 the road in Portland. During his connection 
 with the road he has witnessed marked devel- 
 opment in the Grand Trunk system, the most 
 notable incidents being the change from broad 
 to standard narrow gauge and the acquisition 
 of new and tributary roads, so that the system 
 now extends to Chicago and the north-western 
 section of Ontario. 
 
 On October 21, 1891, Mr. McGowan was 
 united in marriage with Miss Bertha Henri- 
 etta Kohling, a daughter of William H. Kohl- 
 ing, of Portland. They are the parents of 
 one daughter, Alice Kohling McGowan. 
 
 Mr. McGowan has creditably filled many 
 of the Qffices within the gift of the people. 
 Shortly after attaining his majority, he was 
 elected clerk of the second ward; and in 1885 
 he became a member of the Common Council. 
 During that term of office Portland observed 
 its centennial anniversary, and he was ap- 
 pointed a member of the different committees 
 which had in charge the arrangement of 
 the details of what proved a most successful 
 celebration. In 1887 he was again elected to 
 the Common Council, also in 1889; and in 
 1892 he was chosen President of that body. 
 He served as Alderman in 1893-94, and in 
 the spring of 1895 was elected to the office of 
 Supervisor of Schools. He is also a Director 
 
 of the Falmouth Loan and Building Associa- 
 tion, ex-Vice-President of the Young Men's 
 Democratic Club, and Grand Knight of the 
 Order of Knights of Columbus, and in liter- 
 ary circles, ex-President of the Grattan Liter- 
 ary Association. Mr. McGowan and his fam- 
 ily are active and influential members of the 
 congregation of the Cathedral of the Immacu- 
 late Conception ; and for ten years he was 
 superintendent of the Sunday-school connected 
 with the Cathedral. They reside at 263 Con- 
 gress Street. 
 
 T^HARLES B. SYLVESTER, M.D., 
 I V-' a rising young physician of Harrison, 
 ^js ^ Me., was born in Casco, Cumberland 
 County, Me., February 12, 1865. 
 He is the son of Samuel C. and Rebecca 
 (Mayberry) Sylvester, both natives of Casco, 
 Me. Samuel C. Sylvester was a machinist 
 and engineer in Lowell, Mass., fourteen 
 years. In 1862 he returned to Casco, where, 
 he and his wife are now living. He is one of 
 the prominent and respected citizens of the 
 town. Three children completed the home 
 circle — Wilfred, who died at the age of 
 thirty-nine, leaving a wife and two children, 
 Malcolm and Jessie; Minnie (deceased), 
 who was the wife of D. L. Mayberry, of Otis- 
 field, Me. ; and Charles B., the subject of this 
 sketch. 
 
 Charles B. Sylvester was graduated from 
 Bridgton Academy in 1884, and taught school 
 till 1886, when he entered Bowdoin College, 
 medical department, where he received his 
 degree of M.D. with honors in 1889. The 
 remainder of this year and the next were spent 
 in the Infant's Hospital and Randall's Island 
 Hospital, New York City, he leaving his 
 position there as House Surgeon to settle at 
 Harrison, where he has now a large and in- 
 creasing practice. In company with Albert 
 Dudley, he purchased the only drug store in 
 the town, which now, conducted by Sylvester 
 & Dudley, is one of the most reliable drug 
 stores in the vicinity. 
 
 In January, 1891, Dr. Sylvester was mar- 
 ried to Miss Flora Bray, who was born in 
 Harrison in 1864, and was a daughter of Ed- 
 ward and Abbie (Bartlett) Bray. Mr. Bray, 
 
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 who is a resident of Harrison, is an architect 
 and a painter. Mrs. Sylvester died in June, 
 1895, leaving two children — Ruth, born May 
 8, 1892; and Laurance, born July 31, 1893. 
 
 Politically, Dr. Sylvester is a Republican. 
 He is at present superintendent of schools in 
 Harrison. He belongs to one fraternal asso- 
 ciation, the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
 lows, being a member of Harrison Lodge, No. 
 41, and of the Grand Lodge of Maine. He is 
 an active member of the Free Baptist Church 
 of Harrison. Dr. Sylvester is a public- 
 spirited man, and is always ready to help any 
 project for the betterment of the town. 
 
 iAPTAIN PEREZ N. BLANCHARD, 
 who died' at his home in Yarmouth, 
 Me., April 3, 1883, was a well- 
 known ship-builder, formerly a 
 master of merchant vessels, and was a promi- 
 nent resident of Yarmouth. He was born in 
 this town, May 6, 1815, son of Captain Sylva- 
 nus and Dorcas (Prince) Blanchard. 
 
 Captain Sylvanus Blanchard was a native of 
 North Yarmouth, and at an early age began 
 to follow the sea. His ability as a mariner 
 rapidly asserted itself. He advanced in his 
 calling, while still young being placed in com- 
 mand of a merchantman engaged in the foreign 
 trade; and he became one of the sturdy and 
 successful ship-masters of his day. He owned 
 a good farm in Yarmouth ; and after his retire- 
 ment from seafaring he engaged in agricult- 
 ural pursuits, also successfully- turning his 
 attention to ship building. He was a highly 
 esteemed and useful citizen, and a Whig in 
 politics. He died in Yarmouth at the age of 
 over eighty years. His wife, Dorcas Prince, 
 who was born in Yarmouth, became the mother 
 of seven children, all of whom have passed 
 away. They were named as follows: David, 
 Paul, Sylvanus, Perez Nathaniel, Samuel W., 
 Dorcas Jane, and Olive Elizabeth. Mrs. Dor- 
 cas P. Blanchard lived to be over eighty years 
 old; She and her husband were members of 
 the Congregational church. 
 
 Perez Nathaniel Blanchard received his edu- 
 cation in the schools of Yarmouth, and his 
 boyhood and youth were passed in assisting 
 in carrying on the farm. At the age of twenty 
 
 years he shipped as a sailor before the mast on 
 board his father's vessel ; and before reaching 
 the age of thirty he had advanced through the 
 various subordinate positions to that of master, 
 having the command of a merchantman. An 
 able and successful navigator, he sailed many 
 prosperous voyages to the different important 
 maritime ports of the world, and he was always 
 a favorite both with the vessel -owners and his 
 crew. He commanded and owned an interest 
 in several well-known merchantmen. After 
 following the sea for a period of twenty-five 
 years, he retired to his home in Yarmouth, 
 where he engaged in ship building in company 
 with his father and brothers. He was for 
 several years extensively engaged in building 
 vessels at Yarmouth, launching some of the 
 finest and most successful trading crafts which 
 hail from this section, and he became a promi- 
 nent and influential business man. He was 
 a Democrat in politiqs, vigorously supporting 
 that party; and he, ably filled several important 
 town offices. He was a member of the Board 
 of Selectmen, was long connected with educa- 
 tional matters, and represented his district in 
 the legislature with credit both to himself and 
 his town. 
 
 On January 20, 1838, Captain Blanchard 
 was united in marriage to Cynthia Stone Blan- 
 chard, daughter of Captain Solomon L. and 
 Elizabeth (Buxton) Blanchard, the former of 
 whom was a well-known ship-master, who died 
 at sea at the age of forty years. Captain Sol- 
 omon L. Blanchard reared a family of six chil- 
 dren, three of whom are now living; namely, 
 Joanna, Harriet, and Cynthia. The departed 
 were: Captain Nathaniel, Solomon, and 
 Statira. The mother, Mrs. Elizabeth B. 
 Blanchard, lived to reach the age of eighty-five. 
 
 Mrs. Cynthia S. Blanchard, who, with a 
 family of three children, survives her husband, 
 resides at the homestead in Yarmouth, where 
 she is one of the oldest residents and is known 
 as a liberal and high-minded lady. She has 
 two daughters and one son, namely: Frances 
 E. , wife of Captain Frank Oakes, a prosperous 
 ship-master; Cynthia E., who resides at home 
 with her mother; and Captain Nathaniel 
 Willis Blanchard, who is now master of th£ 
 ship "P. N. Blanchard," which was named in 
 honor of his father. He has followed the sea 
 
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 since young manhood, and for several years 
 past has commanded the "P. N. .Blanchard, " 
 being at the present writing upon a voyage to 
 Hong-Kong, China. He is married, and his 
 wife accompanies him. 
 
 Captain Perez N. Blanchard took an active 
 interest in the welfare of his town and the 
 development of its industrial resources. He 
 was held in the highest respect by all, and at 
 his death, which took place as above stated, 
 he was mourned as a valued citizen and a lib- 
 eral-minded, conscientious man. 
 
 His portrait, an admirable likeness, graces 
 this gallery of Cumberland County worthies. 
 
 I D WARD CHESLEY SWETT, a highly 
 successful business man whose experi- 
 ences in life have been varied, and 
 who has travelled very extensively throughout 
 this country, visiting nearly every city of im- 
 portance in the United States, looks with pride 
 to Portland as his birthplace; nor has she cause 
 to feel anything save gratification in owning 
 him as a citizen. He was born on January 5, 
 1843, son of John and Mary (Woodman) Swett. 
 
 His progenitors on both sides were worthy 
 and highly respected people and among the 
 earliest settlers of this country. His paternal 
 grandfather, William Swett, was born at West- 
 brook, Me., where he followed the occupatiort 
 of a farmer for a time, after which he removed 
 to the city of Portland and engaged quite ex- 
 tensively in the trucking business, for many 
 years owning a number of horses. 
 
 John Swett, son of William, was born at 
 Portland in the year 181 5, and received his 
 education in the public schools. When a 
 young man he entered the. office of the Eastern 
 Argus to learn the trade of a printer, at which 
 he worked for several years. He then estab- 
 lished an express line, since known as Swett's 
 E.xpress, on the Boston line of boats, and from 
 a small beginning worked up an eminently 
 successful business, which furnished employ- 
 ment to a number of men both in Portland 
 and Boston. He continued in that business 
 throughout the remainder of his life. During 
 the Presidential administration of James 
 Buchanan he served for a time as chief clerk 
 in the Portland post-office; and when Judge 
 
 William L. Putnam was Mayor, in 1871, he 
 acted as City Marshal. He died in February, 
 1883. His marriage with Miss Mary Wood- 
 man was solemnized at Portland. She was 
 born in Buxton, Me., daughter of Aaron Wood- 
 man, a descendant of an old and highly re- 
 spected family of that place. Her paternal 
 grandfather, who was a patriot soldier of the 
 Revolution, was a lineal descendant of Edward 
 Woodman, who came to New England in 1635 
 from the parish of Christian Malford, Wilt- 
 shire County, England. Mrs. Mary W. 
 Swett bore her husband four children, as fol- 
 lows : George L. Swett, present Postmaster of 
 Portland; Mary A., who married George A. 
 Head, and resides in Chicago, 111. ; Edward 
 Chesley Swett; and Charles F. Swett, living 
 in Portland. 
 
 Edward Chesley Swett, after acquiring his 
 education in the city and high schools of Port- 
 land, entered the establishment of Lowell & 
 Senter, an old and prominent Portland firm, 
 to serve an apprenticeship at the watchmaker's 
 trade. On August 26, 1862, he left his place, 
 to enlist for service Tn the Civil War in Com- 
 pany A of the Twenty-fifth Maine Volunteer 
 Infantry, and was made Sergeant of the com- 
 pany. The regiment was at once ordered to 
 Arlington Heights, Va., to assist in the de- 
 fences of Washington, and there remained 
 three months. Company A was then detailed 
 for special duty as guard of the Washington 
 end of the Long Bridge in Washington, and 
 was thus employed until March, 1863J at which 
 time it rejoined the regiment. The Twenty- 
 fifth was then ordered to picket the line from 
 Centreville to Chantilly, and remained there 
 until after General Lee moved up the Shenan- 
 doah Valley and the Army of the Potomac came 
 up inside their line and passed up into Mary- 
 land, after which they returned to the Wash- 
 ington fortifications and were stationed there 
 until the expiration of their term of service, 
 June 29, 1863, when they were ordered to 
 Maine and honorably discharged at Portland. 
 Mr. Swett returned to the position he had 
 left with Lowell & Senter, and after serving 
 out his apprenticeship continued with them 
 until 1871. He then went to Boston to work 
 for the well-known firm of Shreve, Crump & 
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 department until 1880. Purchasing an inter- 
 est with an old and well-established theatrical 
 company, he spent the next five years in travel 
 throughout the United States, going from 
 Maine to Texas and from New York to the 
 Golden Gate, visiting en route every city whose 
 population exceeds twenty-five thousand, with 
 the exception of Minneapolis and St. Paul. 
 Not long after he sold his interest in that 
 company he received an appointment from 
 President Cleveland as Post-office Inspector 
 for the New England and Middle States Di- 
 visions; and he served acceptably in that ca- 
 pacity for eighteen months. He next opened 
 a jeweller's store on Congress Street opposite 
 Monument Square, and did business there for 
 four years, or until 1894, since which time he 
 has engaged in delivering his illustrated lect- 
 ure, entitled "Picturesque Maine," in dif- 
 ferent places in the United States with 
 brilliant success. 
 
 On April 18, 1870, Mr. Swett was united 
 in marriage with Miss Annie E. Russell, 
 a daughter of John Russell, of Portland. This 
 union has been blessed by the birth of two 
 daughters, namely : Mabel, who married E. S. 
 Kennard, of Brunswick, Me. ; and Annie 
 Russell Swett. 
 
 Mr. Swett has always been a stanch sup- 
 porter of the Democratic principles. He was 
 a charter member of the Young Men's Demo- 
 cratic Club, being the first to advocate the 
 formation of such an association, and has 
 acted as delegate to various county and State 
 conventions. In 1892 he represented the First 
 District of Maine in the National Convention 
 at Chicago, at which Grover Cleveland was 
 nominated for the Presidency; and it is well 
 remembered how eloquently he spoke in favor 
 of a resolution of condolence to the Hon. 
 James G. Blaine from the National Democratic 
 Convention of 1892, on account of the death of 
 his son, Emmons I31aine. He was a member 
 of the committee that went to Madison Square 
 Garden, New York, to notify Mr. Cleveland 
 of his nomination. From that time until the 
 Maine elections he was actively engaged in 
 speaking at Democratic rallies in different 
 places throughout the State, and then went to 
 New York State, where he continued in the 
 same work until the elections there. 
 
 Until 1871, when he changed his residence' 
 to Boston, Mass., Mr. Swett was identified 
 with the Ancient Landmark Lodge, A. F. & 
 A. M. ; Mount Vernon Chapter, Royal Arch 
 Masons; and Portland Commandery, Knights 
 Templars, in all of which he held office; and 
 for twelve years he has been a member of 
 Bosworth Post, Grand Army of the Republic, 
 of which he is the present Commander, and 
 as such is a member of the National Encamp- 
 ment. 
 
 ARRISON B. RUSSELL, late a well- 
 known, highly efficient, and popular 
 conductor on the Maine Central 
 Railroad, died at his home in Yar- 
 mouthville. Me., November 15, 1890. He 
 was born in the town of Yarmouth, August 13, 
 1846, and was a son of Samuel and Mary 
 (Hoyt) Russell, his father being a native and 
 a lifelong resident of Yarmouth. 
 
 Samuel Russell owned a good farm in Yar- 
 mouth, where he resided until his death, which 
 took place when he was sixty-five years old. 
 Fie was an industrious and able farmer, a 
 worthy and useful citizen, and a member of 
 the Baptist church. His wife, Mary Hoyt, 
 who was a native of Durham, Me., lived to the 
 age of sixty-two years. They were the parents 
 of four children, as follows: Hattie B. and 
 Harrison B. , twins, who are no longer living; 
 Maria J., who resides in Yarmouth; and 
 Charles S. , also of Yarmouth, a merchant. 
 
 Harrison B. Russell was educated in the 
 public schools of his native place, and in 
 young manhood he engaged as a brakeman on 
 the Grand Trunk Railroad. Faithfully dis- 
 charging his duties,, he at length advanced to 
 the position of conductor, becoming well and 
 favorably known to the travelling public from 
 his connection with the Grand Trunk and other 
 roads in that capacity; and he finally received 
 the appointment of conductor upon the Maine 
 Central Railroad. He continued in the em- 
 ploy of that corporation for thirteen years, dur- 
 ing which time he enjoyed the esteem and 
 confidence of his superiors, his courteous and 
 agreeable manners making him a general 
 favorite with the patrons of the road. Aside 
 from his legitimate business, he possessed good 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 knowledge of agriculture; and he owned a val- 
 uable farm in Yarmouth, which was conducted 
 directly under his personal supervision. He 
 was a progressive citizen, taking a deep inter- 
 est in the general welfare of the community; 
 and he was much esteemed by his fellow- 
 townsmen. He was a Republican in politics, 
 but his duties as a railway oflficial necessarily 
 prevented him from taking active part in pub- 
 lic affairs beyond casting his vote. He con- 
 tinued in the employ of the Maine Central 
 Railroad up to the time of his death, which 
 took place as above stated. 
 
 On June 28, 1870, Mr. Russell was married 
 to Miss Flora J. Humphrey, a native of Yar- 
 mouth. Her parents, Sylvanus B. and Eliza- 
 beth (Lawrence) Humphrey, were both repre- 
 sentatives of old Yarmouth families. Sylvanus 
 Humphrey was a carpenter and builder, and 
 followed his trade successfully during the 
 active period of his life, assisting in erecting 
 many of the prominent residences in the town. 
 He was a highly respected member of the com- 
 munity, a supporter of the Republican party in 
 politics; and both he and his wife were mem- 
 bers of the Baptist -church. He lived to reach 
 the age of seventy-eight. His family con- 
 sisted of four children, as follows: Francis 
 and Sylvanus, who are no longer living; Mar- 
 garet M., who became Mrs. Favor, and lives in 
 Norway, Me. ; and Flora J., now Mrs. Russell. 
 Mrs. Elizabeth L. Humphrey died at the age 
 of forty years. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Russell had four children, 
 namely: Arthur H., who died at the age of 
 nineteen; Howard L., a prosperous farmer of 
 Yarmouth; Elsie May and Walter H., who 
 reside at home. Mrs. Russell occupies the 
 farm in Yarmouthville, which is being carried 
 on successfully by her son. Sociable, hospita- 
 ble, and refined, this estimable lady is held 
 in high regard by a large circle of friends. 
 She is a member of the Baptist church. 
 
 RTHUR S. NOYES, a prominent 
 merchant of West Falmouth, Me., was 
 born in Falmouth, September 7, 
 1853, son of John and Harriet (Mer- 
 rill) Noyes. His paternal grandparents, who 
 were of English birth, were among the first 
 
 settlers of F"almouth, where Josiah Noyes, the 
 grandfather, was engaged in farming. 
 
 John Noyes was born in Falmouth, Novem- 
 ber 27, 1809. He was a ship carpenter, and 
 worked at his trade till 1835, when by the 
 falling of a mast in Salem Harbor his arm 
 was so badly injured that amputation was 
 necessary. For eight years thereafter he was 
 engaged in the wool trade, and in 1845 he 
 began to retail merchandise in his native town. 
 From 1851 to 1854 be was associated with 
 George Gallison under the firm name of Noyes 
 & Gallison, and from 1855 to the close of his 
 life he was senior partner in the firm of Noyes 
 & Lufkin at West Falmouth. From 1851 to 
 1858 he was connected with the Falmouth 
 Mutual Fire Insurance Company, serving as 
 Director, President, and Treasurer. Politi- 
 cally a Democrat, he held many offices of pub- 
 lic trust. He was elected Town Clerk in 
 1846, and served efficiently twenty-four years, 
 was Town Treasurer twenty-two years, and 
 served as Selectman and Assessor several 
 terms. From 1851 to 1861 he was Postmaster 
 at West Falmouth. His integrity in all busi- 
 ness transactions and in the various offices he 
 held won for him the esteem of all who knew 
 him. He died September 29, 1895, at the 
 age of eighty-six. In 1846 Mr. John Noyes 
 married Harriet Merrill, of Falmouth, who 
 died in 1856, leaving four children, three of 
 whom are now living — Elizabeth C, wife of 
 Amos Marston, of Falmouth; John D., a con- 
 tracting painter in Boston; and Arthur S., 
 the subject of this sketch. The father subse- 
 quently married Hannah Whitney, of Fal- 
 mouth, who died without issue. 
 
 Arthur S. Noyes attended the public schools 
 of his native town and the Greely Institute at 
 Cumberland and the Westbrook Seminary, one 
 term at the last-named institution completing . 
 his course of study. On leaving school he 
 entered the employ of Small & Newman, who 
 were in business at the stand now occupied 
 by Mr. Noyes, retailing general merchandise. 
 He was employed as clerk in their store about 
 seven years, and then started in business for 
 himself, opening a store directly opposite that 
 of his employers. Eight years afterward he 
 formed a partnership with W. H. Pearson, 
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 bought the old store, which was then managed 
 by W. P. Newman. He now has one of the 
 largest and best-equipped mercantile establish- 
 ments in the town, carrying in stock about six 
 thousand dollars' worth of general merchan- 
 dise. Good business methods and courtesy in 
 meeting the demands of customers have been 
 the "means of building up a lucrative trade. 
 Mr. Noyes has been Secretary and Treasurer 
 of the Falmouth Mutual Fire Insurance Com- 
 pany some four years, having received his ap- 
 pointment January i, 1892. 
 
 December 25, 1879, Mr. Noyes was united 
 in marriage with Nettie E., daughter of Daniel 
 and Louisa (Richards) Marston, of Falmouth. 
 One child has brightened the years of their 
 wedded life, a daughter named Mabel Blanche, 
 who is attending school in Falmouth. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Noyes is a Democrat. He 
 was appointed Postmaster March 2, 1886, by 
 President Cleveland, and is still in office, was 
 Town Treasurer in 1884 and 1885 and from 
 1888 through 1890, Town Clerk from 1884 
 through 1886 and from 1888 through 1895. 
 A member of the Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows, he has been through all the 
 chairs of Presumpscot Lodge, No. 91, of Fal- 
 mouth, of which he was a charter applicant. 
 He is also a member of Piscataquis Lodge, 
 No. 65, Knights of Pythias, of Falmouth, in 
 which he officiates as Keeper of Records and 
 Seals. He is a Trustee of both Lodges. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Noyes attend the Baptist church. 
 
 'AMUEL G. SPURR, an enterpris- 
 ing and successful farmer of Otis- 
 field, Me., was born in this town, 
 January 25, 1830, son of Enoch, 
 Jr., and Lavina (Gamman) Spurr. 
 
 His. paternal grandparents, Enoch, Sr. , and 
 Abigail (Wight) Spurr, were both born in 
 Wrentham, Mass., where they were married. 
 They were among the pioneer settlers of Otis- 
 field; and Spurr' s Corners was named for 
 Grandfather Spurr, who was a .prominent 
 farmer and a man held in high esteem by those 
 with whom he had business or social inter- 
 course. Their home was blessed by the birth 
 of ten children, nine of whom were daughters. 
 They were respectively named: Roxanna; 
 
 Martha; Mary; Margaret; Abigail and Ann, 
 twins; Betsy; Lydia; Sophronia; and Enoch, 
 
 Enoch Spurr, Jr., followed farming with 
 success throughout his life. Pie and his wife, 
 whose maiden name was Lavina Gamman, 
 were both born in Otisfield. He died in 1883, 
 and she in 1856. They were the parents of 
 six children, as follows: Henry P., born Octo- 
 ber 9, 1825, a prosperous farmer of Otisfield, 
 who married Miss Saiah E. Sawyer; Joseph, 
 born in February, 1827, who died at twenty- 
 one years of age; Samuel G. ; Lorenzo, born 
 in 1835, who died in 1857; Susan Abby, who 
 lived to be but eighteen years of age; and 
 Sumner, a successful farmer of Otisfield, who 
 married Miss Ada Dudley. Mr. Enoch Spurr, 
 Jr., and his wife were members of the Congre- 
 gational church; and he was a Republican in 
 politics. 
 
 Samuel G. Spurr remained with his parents 
 during his minority, his younger years being 
 spent in obtaining an education. He then 
 went to Winthrop, Me., where he engaged in 
 farming for about a year; and at the end of 
 that time he secured a position in the store 
 of Wyatt Turner, for whom he worked about 
 twelve months. Returning to the old home- 
 stead, he assisted in carrying on the farm 
 until three years after his marriage, when he 
 obtained a situation in the paper-mill at Me- 
 chanic Falls, Me., and removed thither. 
 Eight years later he came back to Otisfield, 
 and, in company with a brother, engaged in 
 farming on the old homestead. Their home 
 being destroyed by fire April 17, 1882, shortly 
 after he jDurchased the place where he now 
 resides, known as the Gage homestead. Here 
 he has from seventy-five to eighty acres of 
 land, and is profitably engaged in general 
 farming, poultry keeping, and dairying, sell- 
 ing the cream, however, instead of making 
 butter, and giving particular attention to the 
 raising of sweet corn and onions. He also 
 conducts some business outside of his farm. 
 
 On New Year's Day, 1856, Mr. Spurr was 
 joined in marriage with Miss Hattie E. Mil- 
 lett. She was born in Minot, Me., April 22, 
 1838, a daughter of Edmond C. and Sallie 
 (Greenleaf) Millett, the father a native of 
 Minot and the mother of Otisfield. Mr. Mil- 
 
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 lett followed farming with success throughout 
 his life. He died November 12, 1894, aged 
 eighty eight years, three months, and fifteen 
 days. His wife died December 15, 1895, 
 on the old homestead in West Minot. She 
 bore her husband seven children, of whom the 
 following is a brief record: William G., a 
 successful farmer of West Minot, married Miss 
 Sarah Merrill; Abbie Sarah is the wife of 
 S. B. Waterman, who is engaged in farming in 
 Oxford, Me. ; Hattie E. is the wife of Samuel 
 G. Spiirr; Almeda F. married E. S. Burrows, 
 of Somerville, Mass., who is in the insurance 
 business; Emma F. is the widow of Theron F. 
 Varney, of Haverhill, Mass. ; Nellie J. lives 
 in Somerville, Mass. ; and Mary Edith, widow 
 of J. F. Carr, also resides in Somerville. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Spurr have been bereaved of 
 their three children, namely: Susan, born 
 September 29, 1858, who died when but five 
 years old; Mabel, born in June, 1868, died in 
 infancy; and a child that died in babyhood. 
 They have an adopted son, Harold M. Cush- 
 man, who was born at Buckfield, Me., July 5, 
 1869, son of Lorenzo and Emma (Millett) 
 Cushman. Lorenzo Cushman was born in 
 Buckfield and his wife in West Minot. He 
 died in 1871. Harold M., their only child, 
 came to live with Mr. and Mrs. Spurr when 
 he was seven years old, and since then has 
 filled the place of a son in their home. He 
 has received a good practical common-school 
 education here and in the schools of North 
 Bridgton. 
 
 Mr. Spurr has always been a loyal Republi- 
 can.- He has served his town most acceptably 
 in certain official positions, among which may 
 be mentioned that of Selectman in 1880. 
 Fraternally, he is a Mason; and he was for- 
 merly a member of the Grange. He is a com- 
 municant of the Congregational church. 
 
 f AMES ELLINGWOOD MARRETT, a 
 wholesale lumber dealer, with his yard 
 and office at 305 Commercial Street, 
 Portland, is a member of the S. C. 
 Dyer Lumber Company, which carries on an 
 extensive exporting business, shipping lumber 
 to South America and the West Indies. Mr. 
 Marrett was born April 7, 1854, in this city. 
 
 being the only child of Orlando M. and 
 Louise O. (Small) Marrett. His father was 
 born and bred in the town of Standish, Cum-, 
 berland County. He embarked in business in 
 Portland as a ship-chandler, and was also the 
 owner of vessels. 
 
 James E. Marrett acquired a practical edu- 
 cation in the days of his youth, being gradu- 
 ated from the Portland High School in the 
 class of 1872, which sent forth into the busy 
 world many men who have since become prom-- 
 inent in business and in the professions. Mr. 
 Marrett continued his studies for a time at 
 AVestbrook Seminary, after which he was em- 
 ployed for awhile as a clerk in the^^ lumber 
 oflfice of C. S. Clark, later occupying the same 
 position in the firm of Edwin Clement & Co. 
 He was next engaged in a similar capacity at 
 Burlington, Vt., then in Boston, Mass., for 
 the Canadian house of James McLaren & Co., 
 being with them until 1878." Returning then 
 to this city, Mr. Marrett worked at the Milan 
 steam mills for nearly three years, subse- 
 quently accepting a position with Mr. Seth C. 
 Dyer, a large dealer in lumber. At the end 
 of a year Mr. Marrett was admitted into part- 
 nership in the business, which was carried on 
 under the firm name of S. C. Dyer & Co. In 
 1887 the senior partner retired from active 
 life, his son, James H. Dyer, taking his 
 place; but the firm retained its old name until 
 December, 1893, when it was changed to the 
 S. C. Dyer Lumber Company, with Mr. J. H. 
 Dyer and Mr. Marrett as managers of the busi- 
 ness. The latter is an authority on all ques- 
 tions connected with the lumber trade, either 
 domestic or foreign, and is a regular corre- 
 spondent of the North-western Lumberman, a 
 weekly journal published in Chicago, 111. 
 
 Mr. Marrett is an influential member of the 
 Democratic party, and in the fall of 1892 was 
 nominated to the City Council from Ward 6; 
 but, this being a Republican stronghold, he 
 was defeated. He was one of the three origi- 
 nators of the Portland Athletic Club, of 
 which he is a prominent member and at the 
 present time the President; and he is also a 
 member of the League of American Wheel- 
 men, being Chief Consul of the Maine Divi- 
 sion. Mr. Marrett has the honor of being one 
 of the seven consuls representing the govern- 
 
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 ment of the Republic of Uruguay in the 
 United States, the other consuls being located 
 in the following cities : New York, Savannah, 
 San Francisco, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and 
 Chicago. 
 
 On March 3, 1881, Mr. Marrett was united 
 in marriage with Miss Sarah Potter, daughter 
 of Merritt and Mary (Sinnott) Potter, of Troy, 
 N.Y., and a descendant of one of the old 
 Dutch families of that State. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Marrett are the parents of four children, one 
 of whom died in infancy, the others being 
 Grace, Edna, and Hilda. Their hospitable 
 home is at 70 Deering Street. They attend 
 divine service at the State Street Congrega- 
 tional Church. 
 
 (sTrLFRED O. NO YES, who owns and 
 tJA cultivates a productive farm in Harri- 
 Jj\\ son, Cumberland County, was born 
 — ' in this town, August 27, 1848, a son 
 of Alfred and Nancy C. (Brackett) Noyes. 
 His father, who was a native of Falmouth, 
 Me., followed the sea in early manhood, at the 
 age of twenty-seven settling upon a farm in 
 Harrison, which he carried on successfully 
 during the rest of his life. He was an active 
 and ambitious man and a skilful farmer, but 
 was cut off in the prime of life in 1849, just 
 as he was about to reap the fruits of his labor. 
 His wife, Nancy, who was also a native of 
 Harrison, became the mother of but one child, 
 Alfred O., the subject of this sketch. She is 
 still living, and resides in Norway, Me. 
 
 Alfred O. Noyes received his education in 
 the public schools, and was brought up in the 
 family of his grandfather Brackett, with whom 
 he lived until attaining his majority. After 
 an experience of eight years in a coat manu- 
 factory in Harrison village, he engaged in 
 farming in Waterford, where he resided for 
 nine years, being subsequently engaged in the 
 same occupation at Bolster's Mills for one 
 year. In 1890 he removed to his present farm 
 in Harrison, which contains one hundred acres 
 of good land well improved. Mr. Noyes 
 makes a specialty of raising sweet corn and 
 hay. Having formerly been quite extensively 
 engaged in breeding, he still keeps some 
 choice selected stock, disposing of his milk 
 
 in Turner Centre. In politics lie supports 
 the Democratic party, and has served his town 
 capably as Highway Surveyor and in other 
 offices, but prefers to give the major part of 
 his time and energies to the cultivation of his 
 farm. His industry and thrift have led to 
 their natural result — a fair competence ; and 
 he is classed among the substantial citizens of 
 the town. 
 
 Mr. Noyes has been twice married ; and by 
 his first wife, who was before marriage Jennie 
 Walker, a native of Harrison, he had one son, 
 Erland F., who was born August 28, 1877. 
 On November 28, 1885, Mr. Noyes was mar- 
 ried to Mintie B. Small, his second wife, who 
 was born at Bolster's Mills, June 6, 1845, 
 daughter of Amos Small, a prosperous farmer. 
 Her parents are no longer living. Mr. Noyes 
 is a member of Mount Tyron Lodge, A. F. & 
 A. M., of Waterford. 
 
 "irx EACON ASA A. LUFKIN, a lead- 
 
 I \ ing resident of North Yarmouth, 
 
 ItSy Me., who died April 10, 1896, was 
 ^^^"^ born on the farm which was his life- 
 long home, July 15, 18 13. He was a son of 
 Jacob and Elizabeth (Ludden) Lufkin, and be- 
 longed to one of the oldest families of North 
 Yarmouth, his grandfather, Nathaniel Lufkin, 
 having been one of the pioneer settlers. He 
 came from the vicinity of Cape Ann, Massa- 
 chusetts, and established a home in the wil- 
 derness when Indians and wild beasts were 
 his nearest neighbors, building a log house 
 and clearing a farm, which soon made a com- 
 fortable home for his family. Seven children 
 were born into his household — Jacob, Asa, 
 Libby, Nathan, Seth, William, and Eliza. 
 
 Jacob Lufkin, who was the oldest child of 
 his parents, was born near Cape Ann, Massa- 
 chusetts. He succeeded his father as owner 
 of the homestead in North Yarmouth, and was 
 very successful as a farmer, also engaging 
 profitably in butchering. In politics a Whig, 
 he took an active interest in public affairs, 
 and was generally looked up to as a man of 
 ability and sound judgment. He died at his 
 home at the age of seventy. His wife, who 
 was a native of Yarmouth, Me., lived to be 
 seventy-seven. They were both members of 
 
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 the Congregational church. Jacob and Eliza- 
 beth (Ludden) Lufkin reared nine children, 
 namely: Joseph, Jacob, and Mary, who died 
 some time since; Elizabeth; Asa A., the sub- 
 ject of this sketch; Nathaniel; David P.; 
 Sarah ; and Sidney. 
 
 Asa A. Lufkin gained his first knowledge 
 of books in the district schools of his native 
 town. Reared on a farm, he was engaged in 
 agricultural pursuits from early boyhood, and 
 earned his first wages as a farm laborer, hiring 
 himself out for thirteen dollars a month soon 
 after attaining his majority. He subsequently 
 worked in the brickyard at Yarmouth three 
 seasons, and, carefully husbanding his earn- 
 ings, purchased a farm, making a partial pay- 
 ment at first, and incurring a debt of fifteen 
 hundred dollars. By unremitting industry and 
 careful management he cleared this debt; and 
 his property, which at first amounted to but 
 sixty acres, at the time of his demise comprised 
 over one hundred acres of good land. He car- 
 ried on general farming in a progressive way, 
 and made great improvements on the home 
 property, both in the buildings and the land. 
 
 April 9, 184s, Mr. Lufkin was united in 
 marriage with Almira Dennison, who was 
 born in Freeport, Me., in 1822. She died 
 March g, 1876, at the age of fifty-four, having 
 been the mother of five children, namely: Al- 
 bert O., born May 3, 1846, who died March 
 2, 1871; Jacob B., born March 29, 1849, a 
 farmer of North Yarmouth; Frank W., born 
 June IS, 1853, who died March 6, 1873; Ella, 
 born April 25, 1858, wife of Edwin Dow, of 
 Portland; and George A., born March 19, 
 1863, a resident of North' Yarmouth. Octo- 
 ber 16, 1877, Mr. Lufkin married for his 
 second wife Mrs. Lucy N. Merrill, daughter 
 of Charles Porter, of Paris, Me., and widow of 
 John H. Merrill, of Yarmouth, Me. Mrs. 
 Lufkin, who survives her husband, was born 
 on April 21, 1820, in Paris, Me. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Lufkin was a stanch Repub- 
 lican. He was a member of the Congrega- 
 tional Church of Yarmouth for over thirty 
 years, and long held the office of Deacon. 
 Earnest-minded, steadfast in the faith, a man 
 who could be depended upon to be true to his 
 convictions of right and duty, he was widely 
 known, and was highly respected. 
 
 OHN ■ C. SMALL, a leading citizen 
 and ex-Postmaster of the city of Port- 
 land, was born November 5, 1842, in 
 the town of Buxton, York County, son 
 of Ricljard and Abbie A. (Jose) Small. He 
 is descended in the eighth generation from 
 Edward Small, the line being continued 
 through Francis Small and his son, Samuel 
 Small, whose son Samuel, the second of the 
 name, married Anna Hatch. Their son Sam- 
 uel, the third, married Dorothy Hubbard, who 
 bore him several children, among them being 
 Benjamin Small, grandfather of John C. Small. 
 Benjamin was born and lived in Limington, 
 this State, being a well-to-do farmer, and was 
 there united in marriage to Miss Phoebe 
 Plummer. 
 
 Richard Small, son of Benjamin, was born 
 in Limington, where he lived until attaining 
 his majority, when he engaged in mercantile 
 business in Buxton. He there married Miss 
 Jose, the daughter of Alexander Jose, one of 
 the representative citizens of the place. In 
 1845 he moved to Guildhall, Essex Coun.ty, 
 Vt., where he engaged in general farming, re- 
 maining there until his decease, at the age of 
 seventy-five years. He became influential in 
 local affairs, representing his town in the 
 State legislature for two terms, and serving as 
 Selectman for many years. He was familiarly 
 known throughout the county as Judge Small, 
 having been associate judge, or side judge, 
 as the oflSce was called, for several terms. 
 While a resident of Maine he was Colonel in 
 the State militia and quite active in military 
 affairs. Both he and his wife were members 
 of the Orthodox church. They had a family 
 of four children —Sally B., Horatio N., John 
 C, and Abbie A. Sally B. Small is the wife 
 of Ossian Ray, a prominent attorney in Lan- 
 caster, N.H. Horatio N. Small was graduated 
 from Dartmouth College, and at the breaking 
 out of the late Civil War enlisted as Assistant 
 Surgeon in the Seventeenth New Hampshire 
 Volunteer Infantry. As this regiment did 
 not leave the State, Dr. Small' was transferred 
 to the Thirteenth Regiment, aad after some 
 months of active service was made Surgeon of 
 the Tenth New Hampshire Volunteer Infan- 
 try, with which he remained until the close of 
 the war, being on the staff of. General Charles 
 
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 Devens, of Massachusetts, whose regiment was 
 the first to enter Richmond. Abbie A. Small 
 is the wife of Horace Porter, of Lancaster, 
 N.H. 
 
 John C. Small was but three years of age 
 when his parents removed to Guildhall, Vt., 
 where he acquired his elementary education, 
 after which he attended the academy at Lan- 
 caster, N.H., which was just across the river 
 from his home. Coming then to Portland, 
 Mr. Small entered the employment of his 
 uncle, Charles E. Jose, a wholesale dealer in 
 crockery-ware, and gradually worked his way 
 from a clerk in the store to a partnership in 
 the business, being admitted to the firm in 
 1866, and continuing as a member until 1888, 
 their establishment being the largest of the 
 kind in the State. In that year Mr. Small 
 withdrew from the partnership, and associated 
 himself with another uncle, Mr. Horatio N. 
 Jose, in the lumber business. Two years 
 later he became engaged with Richard Briggs, 
 of Boston, as a clerk in his large china store, 
 remaining with him two years. The following 
 year Mr. Small was again engaged in the lum- 
 ber business in Portland, giving it up on De- 
 cember 16, 1 88 1, when he received an appoint- 
 ment as Postmaster of Portland. The office 
 is an important one in the Union, being the 
 largest in this State and the depository of 
 every other post-office in Maine, Northern 
 ■New Hampshire, and Vermont, giving em- 
 ployment to a large force of clerks. Mr. 
 Small held this position until 1896, when he 
 was succeeded by Mr. George L. Swett. He 
 had besides many other responsibilities, being 
 custodian of the government building, in 
 which the United States court-house and 
 post-office are located, and having charge of 
 the improvement of the same. 
 
 Mr. Small has always been an active worker 
 in Masonic circles, and has done much to pro- 
 mote the advancement of the Order in Maine, 
 being a prominent member of the ^Ancient 
 Landmark Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; of the 
 Mount Vernon Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, 
 of which he was High Priest for two years; a 
 member of the Portland Commandery, Knights 
 Templars, in which he has filled all the 
 offices, having served as Commander for three 
 years; and he is also a member of the Scot- 
 
 tish Rite and of the Maine Consistory, hav- 
 ing received the thirty-second degree. Mr. 
 Small likewise belongs to the Ancient 
 Brothers' Lodge, Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows, and is an active member of the Cum- 
 berland Social Club. He is distinguished for 
 his business ability, being a member of the 
 Rigby Park and West End Land Association 
 and one of the executors of the estate of the 
 late H. N. Jose. 
 
 On October 22, 1869, Mr. Small was united 
 in marriage with Miss Mary S. Dresser, 
 daughter of Richard and Mary Dresser. Her 
 parents were formerly residents of Buxton, 
 Me., but removed to this city during the child- 
 hood of Mrs. Small. The record of the four 
 children born to Mr. and Mrs. Small is as fol- 
 lows: Sally B. is the wife of John M. Kim- 
 ball, superintendent of Slater's mills, at 
 Slatersville, R.I.; Richard Dresser Small, 
 A.B., was graduated from Harvard College, 
 and is now a student in the Harvard Medical 
 School; Mary S. died in infancy; and John 
 C, the youngest child, is a pupil in the high 
 school. Mr. and Mrs. Small have a pleasant 
 home on Deering Street, one of the most 
 beautiful locations in the city. They attend 
 the First Parish, or Unitarian, Church. 
 
 V» Vi fart 
 
 ILLIAM ALFRED ALLEN, pro- 
 letor of a planing-mill, manu- 
 facturer of wood mantels and stair 
 work, and a dealer in tiles, is actively identi- 
 fied with the manufacturing and business in- 
 terests of Portland, of which city he has been 
 a resident since boyhood. He was born May 
 8, 1849, at Falmouth, Me., son of Alfred R. 
 and Salome (Libby) Allen. His paternal 
 grandfather, Otis Allen, was a well-known 
 farmer of West Gray, and served as a soldier 
 in the Mexican War. His maternal grand- 
 father, William Libby, also was a soldier in 
 that war. He was a resident of Falmouth, 
 where he reared a family of ten children. 
 
 Alfred R. Allen was born and reared in the 
 town of Gray in this county, and continued a 
 resident of Maine during his short life. 
 When a comparatively young man he was 
 killed at the explosion of the South Windham 
 powder-mill, leaving his widow and one child, 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 William Alfred, then six years old. The 
 mother was a native of Falmouth, being the 
 daughter of William- Libby, a descendant of 
 a well-known family of that place. In 1861 
 she removed to Portland, enabling her son to 
 have the benefit of the excellent public-school 
 system of this city. She has since lived in or 
 near Portland, being now seventy-two years 
 of age.. 
 
 On completing his course of study, the 
 youth, who had a native talent for mechanical 
 work, was apprenticed to Moses Colley, of 
 whom he learned the carpenter's trade. At 
 the time of the big Portland fire Mr. Allen, 
 by reason of Mr. Colley's serious injury, was 
 thrown out of employment, and then began 
 learning the trade of stair building with his 
 uncle, Joseph G. Libby. He afterward 
 worked for Littlefield & Wilson, going thence 
 to Massachusetts, where he followed his trade 
 for four years, the last half of the time being 
 foreman of the shop in which he was em- 
 ployed. Returning to Portland in 1875, Mr. 
 ■Allen established a business of his own on a 
 very modest ^ale on Preble Street, as a stair 
 builder, his only assistant being a young ap- 
 prentice. His success surpassed his expecta- 
 tions, his orders, before the summer was over, 
 demanding the assistance of three men. From 
 his first location Mr. Allen removed to Doten's 
 mill on Cross Street, whence nine months 
 later he went to Brackett's mill, where he 
 was in partnership with W. H. Stone. In 
 1876 this mill was burned out, Mr. Allen los- 
 ing everything, as he had no insurance. After 
 the rebuilding of the mill, he, however, 
 started again, there carrying on a flourishing 
 business until 1886, when he built his first 
 mill, but still continued the occupancy of the 
 leased mill as well. 
 
 In 1 888 Mr. Allen completed his own mill, 
 which was then fifty feet by eighty-seven feet, 
 two stories in height, equipped with a twenty- 
 five horse power engine and all the latest ap- 
 proved machinery for working in wood, manu- 
 facturing mantels, hall work, and builder's 
 finishings. In 1890 he met with another dis- 
 astrous loss, this mill also being burned. 
 With characteristic enterprise he at once 
 began rebuilding, having in the course of six 
 weeks and four days a three-story building, 
 
 fifty feet by eighty-seven feet, fully equipped, 
 with the mathinery in running order. The 
 facilities were greatly increased; arid he is 
 now the largest manufacturer of his line of 
 goods in the city, giving constant employment 
 to a force of twenty-five men. In 1894 Mr. 
 Allen erected a storehouse one hundred feet 
 by twenty-two feet, two stories in height; and 
 in addition to his manufacturing he handles 
 the tiling used with wood mantels, having the 
 largest and best-assorted stock this side of 
 Boston. He also has a sales and sample room 
 at 424 Congress Street, corner of Temple. 
 
 Mr. Allen is quite prominent in the fra- 
 ternal orders, belonging to Hadattah Lodge, 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows; to the 
 Eastern Star Encampment; Ivanhoe Lodge, 
 Knights of Pythias, of which he is Past Chan- 
 cellor; and to the Michigonne Tribe of Red 
 Men, having been through all the chairs of 
 the latter. He is much interested in aquatic 
 sports, having a yacht of his own, and being a 
 member of the Portland Yacht Club.. During 
 the winter season -Mr. Allen and his family 
 are at home at ']6 Myrtle Street, but in the 
 summer season they occupy their pleasant cot- 
 tage on the shore. 
 
 On August 13, 1867, Mr. Allen was mar- 
 ried to Miss Kate Carle, a native of Eastport, 
 although reared in this city. They are the 
 parents of six children, namely: Anna B., the 
 wife of the Rev. C. Everett Bean, a Methodist 
 minister; William F., a law student; Emma; 
 George E. ; Harry F. ; and Benjamin F. Mr. 
 Allen attends and contributes liberally toward 
 the support of the Methodist • Episcopal 
 church, to which Mrs. Allen belongs. 
 
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 OSWELL P. GREELEY, an active, 
 wide-awake business man of Yarmouth, 
 Cumberland County, was born April 
 14, 1847, in the city of Portland, 
 son of John W. and Helen (Tuttle) Greeley. 
 He is descended from sturdy pioneer ancestors, 
 his paternal grandfather, Thomas Greeley, 
 having been a typical representative of the 
 original settlers of this section of the State, 
 purchasing and clearing up a large tract of 
 land in East North Yarmouth. He married 
 Susan Coolbroth, of Standish, to whose help- 
 
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 ful industry and thrift much of his success was 
 due. Ten children were born to them, of 
 whom the five sons are yet living, each having 
 a vivid recollection of the hardships of a 
 farmer's life half a century ago. 
 
 John W. Greeley has continued in the inde- 
 pendent vocation to which he was bred, spend- 
 ing the earlier portion of his life in North 
 Yarmouth, his native place, subsequently re- 
 moving to Guilford, where he has a fine and 
 well-kept farm, and is numbered among the 
 respected and prosperous citizens of his com- 
 munity. His wife, a native of Pownal, for- 
 merly Miss Helen Tuttle, died in 1861, leav- 
 ing three children, as follows : Frank, de- 
 ceased ; Roswell P. ; and Josephine, wife of 
 Fred Hamilton, of North Yarmouth. The 
 mother was a conscientious member of the 
 Methodist Episcopal church, while the father 
 is a liberal in religion, and in politics is a 
 steadfast Democrat. 
 
 Roswell P. Greeley spent his days of child- 
 hood and youth in the towns of Yarmouth and 
 North Yarmouth, acquiring his education in 
 the latter place. Not content to settle down 
 to farming pursuits, he began at the age of 
 sixteen years to learn the blacksmith's trade; 
 but, the patriotic blood surging through his 
 veins, he could not calmly work at the forge 
 while his country was endangered. Therefore 
 in 1863 he enlisted in Company C, Thirtieth 
 Maine Volunteer Infantry, being among the 
 youngest members of the company. With his 
 comrades Mr. Greeley was at the forefront in 
 many serious engagements, taking part in the 
 battles at Sabine Cross-roads, Deep Bottom, 
 Va., and Pleasant Hill, La. While on the 
 field he was taken sick with the black measles 
 and was sent to the Marine Hospital at New 
 Orleans, whence he was transferred to Mc- 
 Dougal Hospital on Bedloe's Island in New 
 York Harbor. As soon as able he was granted 
 a furlough, which he spent with the home cir- 
 cle, remaining there until again able for duty, 
 when he reported at headquarters. Pie was 
 assigned to the military police force at Savan- 
 nah, Ga., remaining in that city until his 
 honorable discharge from the service, August 
 27, 1865. 
 
 On his return to Yarmouth Mr. Greeley 
 established himself in a trucking and express- 
 
 ing business, controlling the route between 
 this place and Portland for twelve years. In 
 1888 he opened his present coal and wood 
 yard, which he has managed with signal suc- 
 cess, having built up an extensive business, 
 his prompt attention to the needs of his cus- 
 tomers and his honorable methods of dealing 
 with them having won for him the confidence 
 of the public. 
 
 Mr. Greeley is public-spirited, taking an 
 intelligent interest in local and national 
 affairs, supporting the Democratic ticket by 
 voice and vote. He has ably served his fel- 
 low-townsmen in various official capacities, 
 having been Overseer of the Poor, Assessor, 
 and Fire Warden; and at the present time he 
 is Selectman, Constable, Harbor Master, and 
 Public Weigher of Wood and Coal for the town 
 of Yarmouth. Socially, he is a member of the 
 W. L. Haskell Post, No. 108, Grand Army 
 of the Republic, and of the Yarmouth Tribe 
 of Red Men, being a charter member of the 
 latter organization. 
 
 Mr. Greeley married Miss Martha S. Lowe, 
 a daughter of Joseph and Susan (Lufkin) 
 Lowe, of North Yarmouth, their nuptials 
 being celebrated February 22, 1872. Both 
 Mr. and Mrs. Greeley are liberal in their views 
 on religious subjects, in perfect sympathy with 
 the poet who says — 
 
 " We believe in Truth and Freedom as man's privilege 
 
 below, 
 As his guide to larger wisdom, and diviner life to know." 
 
 TT^HARLES CURTIS BROWN, Post- 
 I K^ master at Deering Centre and a dealer 
 
 \% in periodicals, etc., was born at 
 
 Corinna, Me., October 18, 1822, 
 on the home farm of his parents, John and 
 Sarah (Smith) Brown. His paternal grand- 
 fatTier was Ephraim Brown, who was for many 
 years engaged in agricultural pursuits in Pe- 
 nobscot County, this State. Of the ten chil- 
 dren born to him and his wife, three are now 
 living, namely: William P.; Ruel J,; and 
 Charles Curtis, the subject of this sketch. 
 
 Charles C. Brown early became familiar 
 with farm labor, having to assist in the care 
 of the stock and do chores about the house 
 when out of school, becoming so used to the 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 care and management of horses that when but 
 sixteen years of age he began driving a four- 
 horse team from St. Albans, this State, to 
 Bangor, and continued as a teamster for three 
 or four years. Going then to Boston, he was 
 for several months brakeman on a train run- 
 ning between that city and Medford. Becom- 
 ing infected with the gold fever, at that time 
 the prevailing epidemic, he went to California, 
 where he spent five years variously employed 
 — mining, farming, gardening, hotel-keeping, 
 or stage driving, but never out of work. In 
 1858 he returned East and entered the mercan- 
 tile business in Palmyra, Me., where he was 
 also Postmaster in 1859, i860, and 1861. 
 During the succeeding fifteen years he carried 
 on a substantial drug business in Newport, 
 Penobscot Co'unty, coming thence to Deering, 
 which has since been his place of residence. 
 He has been engaged in mercantile business 
 much of the time, having at different times in 
 Portland conducted a drug store, a grocery 
 store, and a book arid stationery establish- 
 ment. In i8gi, under Postmaster-general 
 John Wanamaker, Mr. Brown received his 
 appointment to his present office, accepting 
 the position August 12, and being one of. the 
 few to retain the office through the political 
 changes. In politics he supports the princi- 
 ples of the Republican party ; and, socially, he 
 is a Mason. 
 
 Mr. Brown wedded Martha A. Pollard, 
 daughter of Dr. T. B. and Olive A. (Shaw) 
 Pollard, the only child born of their union 
 being Frank P., who resides in Maiden, 
 Mass., but is engaged in business in Boston. 
 Frank P. Brown married Miss Augusta Mont- 
 gomery; and they have three children — Doris, 
 Pauline, and Barbara. 
 
 'OHN T. OXNARD, a stirring business 
 man of Freeport, where he is largely 
 interested in real estate, was born in 
 this town on November 21, 1844, son 
 of John H. and Harriet (Leighton) Oxnard. 
 The Oxnard family came originally from 
 England, and were among the pioneer settlers 
 of Cumberland County. Thomas Oxnard, the 
 great-grandfather of John T., was born in 
 1744, and died on May 20, 1799, at fifty-five 
 
 y«aTs of age. On June 17, 1772, he was 
 united in marriage with Miss Martha Preble, 
 a sister of Commodore Preble. She was born 
 September 9, 1733. Their son Edward be- 
 came a shijf-master, and was a man of business 
 enterprise and thrift. He lost his life at sea 
 in the year 181 2. 
 
 John H. Oxnard was born in Portland, Me., 
 in 1808. He followed a seafaring life from 
 the time he was ten years old up to the year 
 1864, and during twgnty-three years of that 
 time was commander of various vessels, as 
 follows: the ship "Magic Land " ; brig "Sarah 
 Bently"; barque "Alabama"; ships "Mont 
 Blanc" and "John Henry"; and during the 
 war of the Rebellion the "Shatemuc, " which 
 was captured by the privateer "Captain Reed " ; 
 and, lastly, the "Neptune." He-then retired 
 and spent his remaining years with his son in 
 Freeport, where he died on July 26, 1892. In 
 politics he was a Democrat. He married 
 Harriet Leighton, and they reared three chil- 
 dren, all of whom are still living, namely: Ed- 
 ward P., residing in Medford, Mass. ; Alfred 
 L. ; and John T. In religious belief their 
 father was liberal, and their mother was at 
 one time a communicant of the First Baptist 
 Church, and later became a member of the 
 Calvinist Baptist Church. 
 
 John T. Oxnard spent his early years in 
 Freeport, and acquired a good practical educa- 
 tion in the schools of Yarmouth and at Harps- 
 well Academy. He, then took up the occupa- 
 tion of a farmer, and later on went into a 
 general store in Pownal, Me., where he did a 
 successful business for two years. Since 1873 
 he has resided in Freeport, where he has en- 
 gaged in farming, also conducting a successful 
 real estate business; and he is often called upon 
 to serve as an auctioneer. His investments and 
 speculations, by reason of his good judgment 
 and business ability, have generally proved 
 profitable; and he is now quite a large prop- 
 erty holder, owning Oxnard Block in Freeport, 
 which was erected by him in 1893, a fine resi- 
 dence, a tenement-house, and an excellent 
 farm. 
 
 On February 28, 1865, he was joined in 
 marriage with Miss Mary C. Warren, a daugh- 
 ter of William T. and Betsy Warren, of Pow- 
 nal, Me., where she was born. Their home 
 
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 has been brightened by the birth of one son — 
 William A. Oxnard. 
 
 In politics Mr. Oxnard votes with the Re- 
 publican party. For a number of years he has 
 filled the office of Constable in a very satisfac- 
 tory manner, holding that position continuously 
 since his first election. He is liberal in his 
 views on religious subjects. 
 
 NDREW J. CASH, senior member of 
 the firm of Cash Brothers, grocers at 
 Cash's Corner, Cumberland County, 
 Me., was born December 26, 1865, 
 at Cape Elizabeth, in that part of the town 
 now known as South Portland. His grand- 
 father, Stephen Cash, who was born on the 
 Cape, September 15, 1793, was a son of one 
 of the earliest settlers of this section of the 
 county. He fought in the War of 1S12; and 
 after his return from the army he engaged in 
 general farming on the parental homestead, 
 continuing thus engaged until his death, No- 
 vember 27, 1850. Stephen Cash was married 
 in 1818 to Elizabeth Palmer, daughter of John 
 Palmer, of Cape Elizabeth. She was born 
 November 18, 1800, and lived until 1878, sur- 
 viving her husband more than a quarter of a 
 century. Nine children were born of their 
 union, of whom three are living, namely : Mrs. 
 Leonard Stiles, of River Falls, Wis. ; Will- 
 iam, a resident of Cash's Corner; and George 
 W., of whom a short sketch is given on 
 another page of this volume. 
 
 Andrew J. Cash, Sr., third son of Stephen, 
 was born April 8, 1838, at Cape Elizabeth. 
 He received a good common-school education, 
 and at the age of eighteen years started in 
 business for himself as a Yankee pedler, 
 establishing a route through Maine and New 
 Hampshire, where he built up a substantial 
 trade in dry goods, tinware, and notions. At 
 the breaking out of the late Rebellion he 
 enlisted from Portland as a private in Com- 
 pany I, Twenty-fifth Maine Volunteer Infantry. 
 With his regiment he served in many impor- 
 tant engagements, enduring with courage the 
 dangers and hardships incidental to army life, 
 and at the end of his term of enlistment, 
 in 1863, was honorably discharged. He re- 
 turned at once to the Cape, where the follow- 
 
 ing October he married Agnes J. Moody, a 
 daughter of Sewall Moody. She also was a 
 native of Cape Elizabeth, the date of her birth 
 being July 30, 1849. For nine years after his 
 marriage he was employed in the glass works 
 at Portland, but afterward resumed his former 
 occupation, which he continued until 1882, 
 when he sold out his pedler's stock. He then 
 purchased the grocery store and stock of his 
 brother at Cash's Corner, and subsequently 
 admitted into equal partnership his eldest son, 
 Andrew J., Jr. In 1892, a few months prior 
 to his death, which occurred on August 31 of 
 that year, Andrew J. Cash, Sr. , gave up his 
 share of the business to his other son, Al- 
 phonso P., the junior member of this enter- 
 prising firm. Alphonso P. Cash was born 
 June 19, 1868, and was married September 18, 
 1890, to Miss Cora Mountfort, a daughter of 
 Sewall Mountfort, of the town of Gray. He 
 is a young man of fine business qualities and 
 a stanch member of the Democratic party. 
 
 Andrew J. Cash acquired his education in 
 the place of his nativity, and received his 
 diploma from the Cape Elizabeth High School 
 in 1882. He then began his business career, 
 entering into partnership with his father in 
 the grocery trade, in which he has continued 
 until the present time, having met with excel- 
 lent success. Since the time of his father's 
 retirement the business has been carried on 
 under its present firm name of Cash Brothers, 
 and has become quite extensive, their local 
 trade being very valuable. 
 
 Mr. Cash was united in marriage November 
 27, 1890, to Miss Mae L. Dyer, daughter of 
 Charles E. Dyer, of Pleasantdale. They have 
 one child, a son, Philip Gordon, born October 
 31, 1891. Mr. Cash and his family occupy the 
 old homestead of his grandfather, Stephen 
 Cash, who was one of the prominent men of 
 his day; but at the present time he is erecting" 
 a handsome residence near his place of busi- 
 ness, to which he will remove as soon as it is 
 completed. 
 
 Mr. Cash is a strong adherent of the Demo- 
 cratic party, and takes an active part in the 
 management of town affairs. In 1895, when 
 the town of Cape Elizabeth was divided, the 
 northern portion taking the name of South 
 Portland, Mr. Cash was honored by being 
 
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 elected a member of the first Board of Select- 
 men, and during the same year was appointed 
 Postmaster, the post-office, which received the 
 name of Cash's Corner, being established in 
 his store. He belongs to several social or- 
 ganizations, being a member of Elizabeth City 
 Lodge, No. 114, Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows; of Cumberland Lodge, No. 66, 
 Knights of Pythias; of Hiram Lodge, A. F. 
 & A. M. ; Masconomo Tribe, I. O. R. M. ; 
 the Knights of the Golden Eagle; and also 
 Shepley Camp, No. 4, Sons of Veterans. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Cash are members of the Methodist 
 church. 
 
 A. McCOLLISTER, M.D., a well 
 known physician of Gray, Cumberland 
 County, where he has been engaged 
 in practice for the past twelve years, was born 
 in Canton, Me., March 25, 1852, a son of 
 Richard and Philena (Ludden) McCollister. 
 His father, who was also born in Canton, still 
 resides there on a farm near the village, having 
 been actively engaged in general farming since 
 early manhood. His wife, Philena, who was 
 also a native of Canton, bore her husband eight 
 children — John, who lives in Canton; Dr. 
 E. A. McCollister, the subject of this brief 
 memoir; L. Henry, a resident of Canton; 
 Margery C, wife of John Weld, of the same 
 town; Philena A., who died when a child of 
 two years; Philena A. (second), a teacher in 
 the schools at Canton ; Elva E. ; and Richard 
 Elsworth. Mrs. Richard McCollister died in 
 January, 1873. 
 
 E. A. McCollister received his education 
 at the Dixfield School, the Peru High School, 
 and Wilton Academy, each of which he at- 
 tended for one term ; Yarmouth Academy, 
 which he attended for two terms; Hebron 
 Academy, where he remained two years; and 
 Bates College, at Lewiston, Me., from which 
 he was graduated after a four years' course. 
 Pie then took up the study of medicine at the 
 Medical School of Maine, at Brunswick, this 
 State, three years later receiving his diploma 
 with the class of 1882. He subsequently took 
 a supplementary course at a medical school in 
 New York City. In 1882 he settled in New 
 Portland, Franklin County, and a year later 
 
 opened an office in Gray. He has since ac- 
 quired a good practice both in the village and 
 throughout the surrounding country, being one 
 of the best-known and most popular physicians 
 in this locality. 
 
 On Februarys, 1881, in Dover, N.H., he 
 was united in marriage with Miss Lillian 
 Sawyer, who was born in Auburn, Me., and is 
 a daughter of Joseph P. Sawyer, a resident of 
 that place. Mrs. McCollister has borne her 
 husband four children- — -Philena, Edward E., 
 Richard S., and Walter L:, all residing at 
 home. 
 
 Dr. McCollister is independent in politics. 
 He has served as Supervisor of Schools for the 
 past three years, and at the present time is 
 Chairmari of the School Board. Fraternally, 
 he is a member of Siloam Lodge, No. 45, In- 
 dependent Order of Odd Fellows, of Gray; 
 also of Cumberland Lodge, No. 12, A. F. & 
 A. M., of New Gloucester. 
 
 ^Frederick o. bailey, senior mem- 
 
 pl^ ber of the firm of F. O. Bailey & Co., 
 auctioneers and manufacturers of desks 
 and show-cases, also of F. O. Bailey Carriage 
 Company, manufacturers and dealers in car- 
 riages and harness, was born in Portland, June 
 10, 1845. His parents were Henry and 
 Louisa (Davis) Bailey. Henry Bailey was an 
 auctioneer in Portland for forty-five years. 
 He served as an Alderman for several years, 
 being on the committee which purchased Ever- 
 green Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bailey 
 had two children — Dr. George H. Bailey, 
 State Cattle Commissioner; and Frederick O. 
 Bailey, the subject of this sketch. 
 
 After receiving his education in the Deer- 
 ing public schools, Frederick served his 
 father as clerk. The firm, which included Mr. 
 Bailey's brother, was known under the style 
 of Henry Bailey & Co. During the great 
 Portland fire they were burned out, and the 
 partnership was dissolved. Frederick was 
 then taken into partnership with his father, 
 and the firm name was changed to, Henry 
 Bailey & Son. The business so continued 
 until the death of Mr. Henry Bailey in 1867, 
 when Mr. Frederick O. Bailey became propri- 
 etor. Later Mr. C. W. Allen, who had 
 
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 served as clerk for several years, entered the 
 firm as partner, since which time the company 
 has been known under the style of F. O. 
 Bailey & Co. In addition to their auction 
 business they manufacture store and office 
 furnishings, such as show-cases, desks, and 
 similar articles. They are also agents for 
 the Hall Safe Lock Company, the Derby 
 Desk Company, Henry Troemmer & Co., and 
 many others. 
 
 In 1886 they started a carriage business, 
 which is kept entirely separate from their 
 other business, imder the firm name of F. O. 
 Bailey Carriage Company. This business has 
 greatly increased; and they are now not only 
 selling agents for some of the largest manu- 
 facturers in the country, but have a large car- 
 riage factory of their own in Deering, where 
 they manufacture carriages and sleighs, which 
 they furnish to dealers in all the large cities 
 from Portland, Me., to Portland, Ore. They 
 are now occupying in their carriage business, 
 as a repository, the large block on the corner 
 of Middle and Market Streets, opposite the 
 post-office; and they have a large repair shop 
 on Plum Street and storage houses on Dan- 
 forth and Plum Streets. They also have a 
 large jobbing and retail business in carriages 
 and harness and everything pertaining 
 thereto. 
 
 In Deering, November 15, 1867, Mr. Bailey 
 married Harriet R. Woodford, daughter of 
 William and Nancy W. (Stevens) Woodford. 
 They have one child, Annie Louisa. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Bailey attend the Congress Square 
 Universalist Church, Portland. 
 
 
 ILLIAM WOODFORD, a venerable 
 and highly esteemed resident of 
 Woodford's Corners, son of Isaiah 
 and Margaret (Sawyer) Woodford, was born in 
 this place July 29, 1804. 
 
 Paradoxical as it may seem, Mr. Woodford 
 has resided in two States, four towns, and one 
 city; and yet he has always made his home at 
 Woodford's Corners, which received its name 
 because of the early prominence of the Wood- 
 ford family. The States in which he has 
 lived are, of course, Massachusetts and Maine; 
 and the towns are Falmouth, Stroudwater, 
 
 Westbrook, and Deering, the city being the 
 present municipality. 
 
 Isaiah Woodford was a native of Connecti- 
 cut. Shortly after attaining his majority, he 
 left home to seek his fortune. Coming to 
 Maine, he located at Woodford's Corners in 
 the present city of Deering, which was then a 
 part of the old town of Falmouth. He pur- 
 chased a house in the very heart of the town, 
 and in a shop in the rear he established his 
 tinsmith business. He and his younger 
 brother, Ebenezer D. Woodford, for whom he 
 had driven back to Connecticut, carried on the 
 manufacture of tinware in a brick shop that 
 stood near the site of the present post-office. 
 They also built a large wooden building in the 
 rear of that for the manufacture of combs. 
 The tinware and combs were peddled through 
 the country, and it was no unusual sight to 
 see ten or a dozen carts waiting to receive 
 their supply of goods. 
 
 In 1803 Isaiah Woodford married Margaret 
 Sawyer, whose family lived on Ocean Street, 
 being ancestors of the Woodford's Corners 
 Sawyers of to-day. In 18 19 Mr. Woodford 
 died, leaving a widow and seven children — 
 William, the eldest; Jane; Eliza: Margaret; 
 Thomas D. ; Harriet; and Darius, who died 
 in childhood. 
 
 William Woodford's district-school educa- 
 tion was supplemented by study with an old 
 minister in Portland. He then engaged in the 
 tinware and comb business with his uncle, 
 Ebenezer D. Woodford. When that enter- 
 prise ceased to be profitable, he became a 
 coppersmith and sheet iron worker. In 1861 
 he went to New York to do the sheet iron 
 work on a new sugar house for the Hon. J. B. 
 Browii. 
 
 On December 29, 1827, he married Nancy 
 W. Stevens, daughter of Benjamin and Char- 
 lotte (Webb) Stevens. They had four children 
 — Caroline, who died in childhood; William 
 D. , who has been a member of the firm of 
 Libby, McNeil & Libby of Chicago for fifteen 
 years; Albert H., who is in charge of the cop- 
 per and sheet iron works of the Portland Com- 
 pany; and Harriet, wife of F. O. Bailey, an 
 extensive carriage manufacturer of Portland. 
 
 In politics Mr. Woodford was a Whig, and 
 cast his first Presidential vote for John Quincy 
 
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 Adams. Later he became a Democrat; and 
 he says emphatically, "I am one for life." 
 The old mansion where he lives wjas built by 
 Benjamin Stevens in the latter part of the last 
 century. It was built to last, and the great 
 timbers of solid oak are so large that they 
 project in the corners of the room. 
 
 During the war of 18 12 Mr. Woodford was 
 an eye witness to the bringing in to Portland 
 of the English vessel "Boxer" by the Amer- 
 ican "Enterprise." He saw the prisoners 
 marched up to jail, and the incident made a 
 lasting impression on his childish mind. He 
 is very fond of reading anecdotes which his 
 memory substantiates. Last July, 1895, on 
 the ninety-first birthday of Mr. Woodford, his 
 daughter, Mrs. Bailey, gave an informal re- 
 ception. A great many people paid their trib- 
 ute of respect, affection, and congratulation to 
 Mr. Woodford, who, in spite of his great age, 
 is still enjoying good health and spirits. He 
 planted and cared for his fine vegetable garden 
 last summer. His massive frame, handsome 
 features, and manly bearing make Mr. Wood- 
 ford a striking persona-lity. 
 
 ROSTER BROTHERS, who conduct a 
 large saw-mill, grist-mill, and planing- 
 mill in Bridgton, are important factors 
 in the industrial life of the town. They were 
 born in Bridgton, on the farm where they now 
 reside, the elder brother, Sumner, April 11, 
 1838; the younger, Perley B., August i, 
 1 84 1. They are the sons of Joseph R. and 
 Annis C. (Small) Foster. Joseph R. Foster, 
 a native of Bridgton, who was a shoemaker 
 and tanner by trade, purchased^ the farm in 
 Bridgton now owned by his sons in 1837. 
 He also founded the Foster mills, starting in 
 a small way with one mill. His venture 
 proving successful, he gradually enlarged his 
 facilities until at the time of his decease the 
 Foster mills were one of the most important 
 industrial features of the locality. He died 
 September 17, 1888. In politics he was a 
 Democrat. In 1835 he was united in mar- 
 riage with Annis C. Small, a native of Lim- 
 ington, York County. They had six children; 
 namely, Sumner, Angelina, Perley B., Dexter 
 L., Adelaide, and Victoria. Mrs. Foster 
 
 died January 22, 1889, aged seventy-three 
 years, four months. 
 
 Sumner and Perley B. Foster were reared 
 on the farm, receiving their education in the 
 schools of Bridgton. In boyhood they spent 
 many hours in the mills, at first drawn thither 
 by the irresistible fascination which the whir 
 of machinery always has for a child. As they 
 grew older they gradually took hold of the 
 work, so that at the time of their father's 
 death they were qualified to take full charge. 
 Since that time they have carried on a pros- 
 perous business, giving constant employment 
 to a number of men. Now the annual output 
 of the saw-mill is two hundred thousand feet of 
 lumber, while the grist-mill and planing-mill 
 are in- constant operation. They also manu- 
 facture large quantities of shingles. The 
 farm, which is well cultivated and kept in 
 good condition, is another source of profit. 
 
 Sumner Foster was married in 1893 to Mrs. 
 Elmira Bennett, daughter of Albert and 
 Eunice (Carpenter) Berry. In politics the 
 brothers favor Democratic principles. In re- 
 ligious belief they are Congregationalists. 
 They are widely known and respected, and as 
 business men occupy a leading position in the 
 locality. 
 
 rgTARRISON R. WATERHOUSE, 
 j-^ Postmaster at South Windham, Me., 
 Jis l^ and an active business man, was 
 born August 29, 1852, in the town 
 of Windham. His grandfather, a lifelong 
 resident of Gorham, owned a farm of one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres, nearly one-third of which 
 he cultivated. He was a successful farmer 
 for his time and opportunities, a member of 
 the Baptist church, and an old-time Whig in 
 politics. He rounded out a long life, living 
 until more than ninety years of age, and reared 
 a large family of children, among them being 
 Gardiner Waterhouse, the father of Harrison. 
 Gardiner Waterhouse, the third son born to 
 his parents, was a native of Gorham, where he 
 learned the shoemaker's trade, at which he 
 worked for thirty-five years. Subsequently 
 removing to the town of Standish, he turned 
 his attention to agricultural pursuits, buying 
 a farm of seventy-five acres, which he managed 
 
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 until his death in 1878. He was twice mar- 
 ried. His first wife and their only child died 
 in 1849; 'I'^d he was married in 1850 to 
 Sarah, daughter of Abram Mayberry, of Stand- 
 ish, Me. By his second wife he had three 
 children, namely: Harrison R. ; J. M., who 
 was born in Standish, June 20, 1855, is a con- 
 tractor and builder in Idaho and a stanch 
 member of the Republican party; and Frank 
 M-. , who was born July 15, 1858, married 
 Mabel Frost, of Bridgton, and has three chil- 
 dren — Mildred, Maud, and Ethel. Frank M. 
 Waterhouse is a Democrat in politics and a 
 Universalist in his religious belief. The 
 father was a member of the Baptist church 
 and a strong Republican. 
 
 Harrison R. Waterhouse acquired his edu- 
 cation in Standish, and after leaving school 
 worked two years in the grocery store of West- 
 cott & Mayberry at North Gorham. Going 
 then to Portland, he was employed as a clerk 
 three years in the clothing house of R. S. 
 Webster. Mr. Waterhouse then had charge 
 of the old homestead in Standish for two years, 
 and afterward worked in the mill of the In- 
 durated Fibre Company at North Gorham five 
 years. Going thence to Yarmouth, Mr. 
 Waterhouse was employed by R. H. Mc- 
 Quillen & Co. two years, the following two 
 years being spent with M. A. Hansom at 
 South Windham. He then established him- 
 self in the grocery business at Windham, 
 continuing two years, when he resumed his 
 former position with Mr. Hansom, where he 
 remained another two years. Forming a part- 
 nership with F. H. Freeman under the name 
 of Freeman & Waterhouse, he then carried on 
 business in Gorham three years. In 1893 the 
 existing 'partnership was dissolved, and the 
 new firm of Hansom & Waterhouse was 
 formed, Mr. Waterhouse becoming the partner 
 of Howard E. Hansom. These gentlenien 
 have since been engaged in the provision 
 business at South Windham, where they have 
 a profitable trade. 
 
 On April 25, 1876, Mr. Waterhouse was 
 united in marriage with Eliza Higgins, of 
 Standish, a daughter of James L. Higgins. 
 Their only child now living is Fred S., who 
 was born April 21, 1879. Mr. Waterhouse^ is 
 a steadfast -Democrat in politics and an active 
 
 and useful citizen of his town, which in 1S90 
 ^he represented in the State legislature. He 
 was likewise Selectman of Windham during 
 the years 1888 and 1889. In April, 1894, he 
 was appointed Postmaster, an office which he 
 still holds in 1896. 
 
 /^TrENVILLE HALL, late a prominent 
 V 'S I farmer of West Falmouth, Cumber- 
 ^ — land County, Me., who died about 
 three months since, February 14, 1896, was 
 born in Falmouth, January 27, 1822, son of 
 Jeremiah and Hulda (Winslow) Hall. 
 
 His paternal grandfather, William Hall, 
 was one of the first white settlers of the town, 
 the land which he subjected to the plough hav- 
 ing never before been occupied save by the 
 Indians. William Hall was twice married, 
 and had a large family of children. In relig- 
 ious belief he was a Quaker. Jeremiah Hall, 
 son of William, passed his life on the Fal- 
 mouth homestead, where he engaged in farm- 
 ing and lumbering. He became one of the 
 leading men of the town, and for sixteen 
 years held the office of Selectman, serving a 
 portion of that time as Chairman of the Board. 
 In political views he was a Democrat. His 
 wife, whose maiden name was Hulda Wins- 
 low, bore him seven children, all of whom 
 lived to attain years of discretion, and two 
 are now living; namely, Winslow and An- 
 drew, who reside in California. 
 
 Grenville Hall received his education in 
 the common schools of Falmouth and at Nor- 
 way Academy, Norway, Me. After leaving 
 school he returned to the Hall homestead and 
 engaged in farming, and after his father's 
 death he became the owner of this farm. It 
 contains about two hundred and fifteen acres 
 of land, divided- into pasture, woodland, and 
 tillage, and yields about sixty-five tons of hay 
 yearly. Mr. Hall kept on an average eight 
 head of beef cattle and three horses. He was 
 a breeder of native, Hereford, Holstein, and 
 Jersey stock. Energetic, progressive, 
 thrifty, after he became the owner of 
 place he made various improvements, 
 modelling the house and out-buildings, 
 erecting a new barn. 
 
 On February 3, 1875, he married 
 
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 Miranda Fields, a daughter of William Fields, 
 of Falmouth, Me. One child was born to 
 Mr. and Mrs. Hall, but soon its place in the 
 household was marked by a vacant chair. 
 
 Mr. Hall is a believer in the principles of 
 the Democratic party, but was never an aspir- 
 ant for official position. The only social 
 Order of which he was a member was the 
 Grange of Falmouth, the larger share of his 
 time being devoted to his home and farm in- 
 terests. With his family he was an attendant 
 of the F"riends' Meeting. 
 
 A very good likeness of Grenville Hall will 
 be found on another page of this volume. 
 
 Reuben B. BENNETT, a prominent 
 
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 I S^ merchant of Bridgton, was born in the 
 |b\^ ^ town, February 25, 1819, son of 
 ^"^ William and Lois (Flint) Bennett. 
 He is a descendant of a pioneer of Vermont, 
 from which State his father came to Bridgton. 
 The youngest of a family of seven children, 
 six sons and one daughter, he is also the sole 
 survivor. 
 
 Like his brothers, he was reared to farming 
 pursuits. When eighteen years of age, he 
 began carpentering, which he followed four or 
 five years, still making his home with his 
 father, however. He next moved to the town 
 of Sweden, and was there employed in a mill 
 for twelve years. Coming then to Bridgtq^i, 
 he obtained an engagement at the old Walker- 
 son mill, which stood on the site now occupied 
 by the Pondicherry mills, and managed it for 
 .a long time. On ending this connection he 
 embarked in mercantile business, which he 
 still pursues. In this venture he has been 
 very successful, and at the present time owns 
 two business houses in the lower village. He 
 has also made considerable profit by buying 
 large tracts of standing timber, manufacturing 
 it into lumber, and disposing of it at the lead- 
 ing markets of the vicinity. Mr. Bennett is 
 the architect of his own fortunes. He has won 
 success by energy, industry, and enterprise 
 under the guidance of a good judgment. 
 
 In 1840 Mr. Bennett was united in marriage 
 to Miss Johanna Burnell, who was born in 
 Bridgton, December 22, 1820. Their children 
 were: Wesley, Benjamin F., Harriet. A., and 
 
 Frank P. Wesley died when young, Harriet 
 A. in 1893. Frank P. is the present Post- 
 master of Bridgton. Mrs. Bennett, a woman 
 of much worth, is an active member of the 
 Methodist EpiscoiDal church. Mr. Bennett, 
 Sr. , is an earnest advocate of Democratic prin- 
 ciples. He is active in public affairs, gener- 
 ously aiding and encouraging all beneficial 
 enterprises, and is highly esteemed in his 
 native town. 
 
 T^OLONEL EDWIN H. HOSMER, 
 I Nt-^ LL. B. , a prominent attorney and 
 ^JIU notary public of Portland, Me., was 
 born in the town now known as 
 Norfolk, Norfolk County, Mass., .August i, 
 1845, son of Dennis and Elmira (Kingsbury) 
 Hosmer, and grandson of Daniel Hosmer, a 
 native of Concord, Mass., who served as Col- 
 onel in the War of 1812. 
 
 Dennis Hosmer, son of Daniel, was born at 
 Sterling, Worcester County, Mass., in 181 1. 
 In early life he was a teacher, but later re- 
 nounced his caljing to follow that of painter 
 and contractor. He moved to Norfolk, where 
 he became a prominent citizen and was Sheriff 
 of that county. He served as soldier in the 
 Civil War, going to the front with the rank of 
 Captain, and was later promoted to that of 
 Lieutenant Colonel of colored troops. He was 
 killed while on his way home, after receiving 
 his discharge in December, 1864, on account 
 of ill health, having been last seen by his son, 
 the subject of this sketch, at Nashville, Tenn., 
 in the fall of that year. His wife survived 
 him nearly twenty-four years, dying in May, 
 1888. She was a daughter of Asa Kingsbury, 
 and was born in Norfolk, September 23, i8o8. 
 They had three sons— Edwin H. ; John G., 
 now of Worcester, Mass. ; and Frederick W., 
 of Plymouth, Mass., all of whom served in the 
 Union army during the war, each enlisting at 
 an early age. 
 
 Edwin H. Hosmer attended school in Rox- 
 bury, now a part of Boston, and later pursued 
 his studies in the Foxboro Academy and 
 the Norwich Military University, being in the 
 latter institution at the breaking out of the 
 war. Filled with patriotic ardor, he enlisted 
 at once in the Standish Guards of Plymouth, 
 
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 ■(jvhere his parents were accustomed to spend 
 the summer. This orgariization was divided, 
 a part of it talcing the name of the Plymouth 
 Rock Guards; and of this division Mr. Hosmer 
 was soon appointed Adjutant. The company 
 went out for three months' service on the first 
 call for troops, and was sent to Fortress Mon- 
 roe and attached to the Third Massachusetts 
 Regiment, being placed on guard duty. It 
 was one of seven companies that volunteered in 
 the field for three years' service. Mr. Hosmer 
 was made Captain; but, shortly receiving the 
 appointment of Assistant Adjutant-general, he 
 was separated from his company and was on the 
 staffs successively of Generals Wood, Mans- 
 field, Sumner, and Hovey. With the latter 
 Mr.- Hosmer served for three years, during one 
 year of which General Hovey was Commander 
 of the District of Indiana, with headquarters 
 at Indianapolis. In the field Mr. Hosmer 
 served all. through the Peninsular campaign 
 under General Sumner, being first at Newport 
 News, Va. , with Generals Wood and Mans- 
 field. He was there during the famous en- 
 counter between the "Monitor" and " Merri- 
 rnac, " which took place in the immediate vicin- 
 ity. After the Peninsular campaign Colonel 
 Hosmer joined General Hovey at Vicksburg, 
 being present at the memorable bombardment 
 and surrender of that city, and remaining there 
 until the winter of 1863-64, when he went to 
 Indiana, as above stated. In December, 1864, 
 he collected a number of men in Indianapolis, 
 and went with them to join the army of Gen- 
 eral Thomas at Nashville, then opposed to that 
 of the Confederate General Hood. After the 
 brilliant victory gained by Thomas, Colonel 
 Hosmer was wounded, and captured while en- 
 gaged with the army, pursuing the retreating 
 Confederates. He remained a prisoner for six 
 weeks; but, having the good fortune to meet an 
 old schoolmate among the Confederate soldiers, 
 he was assisted in effecting his escape, and re- 
 turned to Indiana, serving under General 
 Hovey until November, 1865, when he re- 
 signed and was mustered out of the service, 
 being then but in his twenty-first year. He 
 had previously been promoted to the rank of 
 Colonel of a new regiment raised at Indianapo- 
 lis, and he had charge of the camp at that 
 place when General Hovey resigned to settle 
 
 up his affairs at the termination of the war. 
 Colonel Hosmer was several times wounded, 
 first at the battle of Malvern Hill, Va., July 
 I, 1862, again at Vicksburg, and once more 
 after the battle of Nashville. For his post at 
 Indianapolis he was in some measure indebted 
 to his mother's uncle, Caleb B. Smith, who 
 was Secretary of the Interior in President Lin- 
 coln's cabinet. 
 
 After being mustered out of the service, 
 Colonel Hosmer was elected to the Indiana 
 State Senate, and went to Washington as clerk 
 of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs 
 upon the election of Governor Morton as 
 United States Senator; and, after remaining 
 thus engaged for a year or two, he received an 
 appointment to a position in the Pension 
 Office, where he remained for twenty-three 
 years, during that time serving successively in 
 nearly every division of the office. He was for 
 a time the special agent at Boston, and for 
 seven years was the special agent at Portland. 
 At the end of the latter period he purchased 
 the pension office of Mr. Harmon, which was 
 the oldest one in the country, having been es- 
 tablished some fifty years previously. He first 
 came to Portland in 1881, but after a six 
 years' residence in the city went back to 
 Washington for a stay of two years. He then 
 returned to Portland, where since i8go he has 
 carried on a general pension and claim busi- 
 ness. While in Washington he attended Co- 
 lumbia Law School and was there graduated. 
 Colonel Hosmer's employment by the national 
 government covered a period of thirty years; 
 and through all that time he proved himself a 
 faithful public servant, whether on the field 
 facing the enemy's fire or in the more peaceful 
 occupations of civil life. Colonel Hosmer has 
 been a member of Collingwood Post, No. 176, 
 Grand Army of the Republic, of Plymouth, since 
 its organization; and he is a member of Deer- 
 ing Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Greenleaf Chap- 
 ter and St. Albans Commandery of Portland. 
 
 He was married July 31, 1884, at Lewiston, 
 Me., to Miss Grace M. Briant ; and they have 
 one child, Robert L. , now a bright boy of two 
 years. The family has a pleasant home in the 
 city of Portland, but during the summer season 
 they reside in Falmouth. They are attendants 
 and supporters of the Episcopal church. 
 
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 ALTER S. KIMBALL, I skilful 
 id prosperous agriculturist of 
 Bridgton, is a native of Cumberland 
 County, having been born September 17, 1855, 
 in the town of Westbrook. He is of English 
 extraction, being a descendant of Richard 
 Kimball, who came from England and settled 
 in Massachusetts in Colonial times. The 
 great-grandfather of Walter was John Kimball, 
 who, having been born, reared, and married in 
 the old Bay State, removed to Portland in 
 1791. He was then in the prime of a vigor- 
 ous manhood, being thirty-three years of age. 
 A carpenter by trade, he assisted in the erec- 
 tion of many of the buildings of that city, 
 which was then recovering from the disastrous 
 effects of Mowatt's bombardment. His son, 
 John Kimball, Jr., who was Walter's grand- 
 father, was born in Massachusetts, January 19, 
 1 783. John, Jr., was about eight years of 
 age when he went with his parents to Portland. 
 He married Nancy Day; and among his chil- 
 dren was a son, William G. 
 
 William G. Kimball, born in Portland, 
 March 10, 18 14, was reared to manhood in his 
 native town. He worked for many years at 
 stair building in Portland and the neighboring 
 towns. In 1867 he purchased the farm of fifty 
 acres, located on the Highlands in Bridgton, 
 now owned by his son Walter. He at once 
 moved his family to this pleasant home, but 
 continued to follow his trade in Portland until 
 1 87 1. He then engaged in general farming, 
 which thereafter continued to be his chief 
 occupation until his demise, December 18, 
 1892. In 1873 he opened his house, which he 
 named Ridge Cottage, to summer boarders, 
 being the first in the town to enter this busi- 
 ness, now very generally followed in the vi- 
 cinity. The natural attractions of this locality 
 are unsurpassed in any portion of New Eng- 
 land. The visitor is charmed by the beauty of 
 the lake and mountain scenery, and invigorated 
 by the constant breezes. William G. Kimball 
 married Eliza A. C. Shaw, a native of Portland, 
 and they had eight children, of whom the fol- 
 lowing is recorded : John W. lives in New 
 York City ; Albert H. is deceased ; Frank B. 
 is deceased ; Walter S. is the subject of this 
 sketch; Mary is the wife of Thomas Smiley, 
 and lives in Clinton, Mass. ; George is de- 
 
 ceased; Frederick is deceased; and Alice M. 
 is the wife of Willard Barnes, of North Con- 
 way, N. H. The mother, who was a conscien- 
 tious and active member of the Baptist church, 
 died in 1884. The fa.ther was a true and 
 steadfast adherent of the Republican party. 
 
 Walter S. Kimball, who has been a resident 
 of Bridgton since he was eleven years old, was 
 educated in the schools of the town. When 
 capable of doing so, he assisted his father in 
 carrying on the farm. On the death of the 
 latter he succeeded to the property, and has 
 resided thereon since, with the exception of 
 four years spent in Boston and Portland. He 
 was united in marriage May 10, 1.887, to Miss 
 Eleanor W. Goold, who was born and bred in 
 Portland. In politics Mr. Kimball is a stanch 
 Republican. He is a member of the local 
 lodge of Odd Fellows. 
 
 APTAIN SAMUEL O. COBB, a 
 retired farmer of New Gloucester, was 
 born in this town, December 8, 
 1 81 8. He is a representative of 
 the family in whose honor Cobb's Station was 
 named. 
 
 His father. Captain Chandler Cobb, was also 
 a native of New Gloucester. During a portion 
 of his life he worked at the trade of a shoe- 
 maker, and he also engaged in farming. He 
 died in this town when but forty-two years of 
 age, leaving an honorable record. His title 
 of Captain was acquired by service in the State 
 militia. His wife, whose maiden name was 
 Lydia O. True, was a native of North Yar- 
 mouth. They were married in this town, and 
 she survived her husband many years, dying at 
 the venerable age of ninety-five. Five chil- 
 dren were born of their union, as follows: 
 two died in infancy; Samuel O. ; Solomon 
 Hewitt Chandler Cobb (deceased) married 
 Miss Cornelia Bradford, who survives him 
 and is now residing in Skowhegan, Me. ; Mary 
 is the wife of Henry A. Fogg, a successful 
 farmer of New Gloucester. 
 
 Samuel O. Cobb acquired his education in 
 the common school, which he was able to 
 attend during the winter months only. He 
 remained with his parents, and after his 
 father's death he helped to support his 
 
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 widowed mother. Shortly after his marriage, 
 which occurred in February, 1842, he pur- 
 chased a farm, on which he lived until 1878, 
 removing at that time to New Gloucester vil- 
 lage. Two years later he removed to another 
 farm, which he made his home until March, 
 189s, when he sold out, and is now living in 
 retirement. His wife, who before her mar- 
 riage was Miss Mary Morgan, was born in this 
 town, January 21, 18 19, and is a daughter of 
 John and Sarah (Ramsdell) Morgan, both of 
 whom are members of old and well-known 
 families of this county. Three children have 
 been born to Mr. and Mrs. Cobb — Elizabeth 
 P. M. Cobb, now a dressmaker in Portland ; 
 Lydia True Cobb, who died at the age of eight 
 years; and Hattie Ellen, who lives at home 
 with her parents. Lizzie P. M. was educated 
 at Auburn Academy, and Hattie E. at Abbott 
 Academy, Andover, Mass., from which she was 
 graduated. 
 
 Like his father, Samuel O. Cobb obtained 
 his title by service in the State militia. His 
 present easy circumstances are due to well- 
 directed and persistent effort, united with 
 judicious economy. In political affiliation he 
 is a firm Republican. He and his wife are 
 useful and active members of the Congrega- 
 tional church. 
 
 (sTVLBERT F. CHUTE, a respected farmer 
 pX and lifelong resident of Otisfield, was 
 Jj\\ born in this town, January 27, 1856. 
 ^-^ He is a son of John H. and Joanna 
 (Pike) Chute. His father, who was also a 
 native of Otisfield, born July 29, 18 10, was 
 throughout his life successfully engaged in 
 agriculture on the farm settled by the grand- 
 father, Francis Chute. He died December 
 II, 1890. His wife, Joanna, was a native 
 of Norway, this State, and there spent her 
 childhood. She was twice married, her first 
 husband being Nathaniel Andrews, of Nor- 
 way. While Mrs. Andrews she resided in 
 Harrison and later in Otisfield, where her 
 husband died September 26, 1853. By her 
 subsequent marriage with Mr. Chute she had 
 one son, whose name prefaces this article. 
 She died April 24, 1896. 
 
 Albert F. Chute acquired a practical educa- 
 
 tion, and in early youth assisted his father in 
 the management of the farm of which he is 
 now the owner. The place, known as the old 
 Chute homestead, which was cleared, as above 
 mentioned, by his grandfather, Francis, con- 
 tains about one hundred acres of well-improved 
 land; and Mr. Chute is profitably engaged in 
 general farming and stock raising. He usually 
 keeps about seven cows, his cream finding a 
 ready marltet in Poland, Androscoggin County, 
 and elsewhere. Mr. Chute is the possessor of 
 some interesting family heirlooms, among 
 them an old clock that his great-grandfather 
 had in his younger days and a silver watch 
 his grandfather received in payment for a 
 month's work in the hay-field. On September 
 10, 1876, Mr. Chute was united in marriage 
 with ]\Iiss Eugenia Scribner, who was born in 
 Otisfield, June 30, 1856, daughter of Joseph 
 and Elsie (Scribner) Scribner. Mrs. Chute's 
 great-grandfather was one of the early settlers 
 of this town. Her grandfather, Edward 
 Scribner, was born in Otisfield, September 18, 
 1806, and for ten years before his death, 
 which occurred January 28, 1896, he made his 
 home with her. Mrs. Chute's mother died 
 May 17, 1892. Mr. and Mrs. Chute are the 
 parents of one son, Alfred L., born March 8, 
 1878, and now residing at home. 
 
 In political matters Mr. Chute has always 
 voted with the Republican party. He has, 
 however, declined office, though several times 
 asked to serve. He is connected with some 
 of the social Orders, being a member of Plarri- 
 son Lodge, No. 41, Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows, of Harrison village, the New Eng- 
 land Order of Protection, and the Patrons of 
 Husbandry. He and his wife are attendants 
 of the Methodist Episcopal church at Bolster's 
 Mills. 
 
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 EORGE W. LOVEJOY, junior mem- 
 % •) I ber of the firm of L. M. Lovejoy & 
 ^ — Son, carpenters and builders of Port- 
 land, is an enterprising business man and a 
 respected citizen. He is a native of this city, 
 born July 31, 1859, son of Lemuel M. and 
 Charlotte S. (Goold) Lovejoy. His paternal 
 grandparents, Lemuel and Abigial (French) 
 Lovejoy, were pioneer settlers of Oxford 
 
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 County. Lemuel Lovejoy, who was a carpen- 
 ter and farmer, was born in Andover, Mass., 
 January 28, 1789. After attaining man's es- 
 tate he emigrated in 18 10 to Norway, Me., 
 where he lived until his death, which occurred 
 February 27, 1863, aged seventy-four years, 
 thirty days. His wife, Abigail (French) 
 Lovejoy, was also a native of Andover, born 
 June 6, 1790. There were nine children born 
 to them, six of whom are now living; namely, 
 Esther A. Merrill, Henry C. Lovejoy, Martha 
 F. Gould, Lemuel M. Lovejoy, Aaron W. 
 Lovejoy, and Thomas R. Lovejoy. The 
 mother's death occurred July 27, 1869, aged 
 seventy-nine years, twenty-one days. Both 
 parents were members of the Methodist Epis- . 
 copal church. 
 
 Lemuel M. Lovejoy was born May 6, 1826, 
 in the town of Norway, and lived there until 
 he attained his majority. Having learned the 
 carpenter's trade, he then started in business 
 for himself, locating in Portland. Being a 
 thorough and skilful workman, he soon won a 
 leading position among his fellow-carpenters. 
 Continuing in the business since, he has built 
 many of the fine residences, including several 
 of those on the west hill. In 1884 he took 
 into partnership his son George, who has 
 proved a most efficient assistant. His wife 
 was born in Portland, January 2, 1826, daugh- 
 ter of Abner and Elizabeth (Green) Goold. 
 Abner Goold was born in Portland in 1789. 
 He followed the business of a stevedore, 
 employing a great many men. His death oc- 
 curred July 14, 1863, at the age of seventy- 
 four years. His wife, Elizabeth, was born in 
 Scarboro, Me., in July, 1791. There were 
 ten children born to them, of whom Charlotte 
 S. Lovejoy is the only survivor. Mrs. 
 Goold's death occurred March 27, 1855, aged 
 sixty-three years, eight months. She and her 
 husband were members of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal church. Mr. Lemuel M. Lovejoy and 
 his wife had four children, of whom two are 
 now living — Mary O. and George W. The 
 others were: Charlotte S. and Elwood F. 
 Both parents are worthy members of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal church. The father is an Odd 
 Fellow, holding membership in the Maine 
 Lodge. 
 
 George W. Lovejoy received his education 
 
 in the public schools of Portland. While 
 still quite young in years, he learned the car- 
 penter's trade with his father, who perceived 
 the boy's natural aptitude for the trade, and 
 sought to develop it. Subsequently George 
 worked by the day at the trade until 1884, 
 when, as stated above, he was admitted to an 
 equal partnership with his father, forming the 
 firm, L. M. Lovejoy & Son. Since then he 
 has taken an active interest in everything con- 
 nected with the business, looking carefully 
 after the books and finances. In buSy times 
 they employ from fifteen to twenty-five men, 
 having had as many as thirty-five men at work 
 under unusual pressure. 
 
 Mr. Lov_ejoy was married January 13, 1885, 
 to Miss Hattie May, daughter of Joseph and 
 Margaret (McDonald) Mackin, of Portland. 
 Their married life was comparatively brief. 
 Mrs. Lovejoy died April 29, 1894, leaving 
 three children — Claude L., Ralph W., and 
 Philip B. Philip B. is now deceased. Mr, 
 Lovejoy is a member of Bramhill Lodge, 
 Knights of Pythias, and is an attendant of the 
 Universalist church. 
 
 (sTTBRAHAM p. LUFKIN, a prominent 
 
 tjLa farmer of North Yarmouth, holding 
 
 /JLV^ the office of Town Treasurer, was 
 
 born upon the farm he now owns 
 
 and occupies, March 28, 1834, son of William 
 
 and Sarah (Batchelder) Lufkin. 
 
 Mr. Lufkin's father was a native and life- 
 long resident of North Yarmouth, where he 
 was engaged in agricultural pursuits. Ener- 
 getic and persevering, he never lost an oppor- 
 tunity for advancement ; and his prosperity was 
 the result of his untiring efforts. In politics- 
 he was originally a Whig. Later he supported 
 the principles of the Republican party, and he 
 possessed an intelligent understanding of im- 
 portant political questions of his day. He was 
 highly esteemed as a worthy and useful citizen, 
 who took a deep interest in the general wel- 
 fare of the community and was always active 
 in forwarding measures conducive to- the public 
 welfare. William Lufkin died at the age of 
 eighty-two years. He was a Congregationalist 
 in his religious views and a member "and a 
 liberal supporter of that church in North Yar- 
 
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 mouth. His wife, whose maiden name was 
 Sarah Batchelder, was a native of North Yar- 
 mouth. They reared two children, namely: 
 Abraham P., the subject of this sketch; and 
 Sarah E., who is a resident of North Yar- 
 mouth. Mrs. Sarah B. Lufkin, like her hus- 
 band, lived to reach the age of eighty-two. 
 Abraham P. Lufkin received his education 
 in the district schools of his native town, and 
 at an early age he began to assist in carrying 
 on the farm. He became i^roficient in the im- 
 proved methods of agricultural development, 
 and since succeeding to the ownership of .the 
 home farm has conducted it with ability and 
 success. His property, which is desirably 
 located, consists of sixty acres of fertile land; 
 and he devotes his time and attention to gen- 
 eral farming, his crops being among the best 
 in his locality. He has long occupied a posi- 
 tion of prominence in local public affairs, 
 possessing qualifications which make him es- 
 pecially eligible to responsible offices of trust; 
 and he not only served as a member of the 
 Board of Selectmen for seven years, but has 
 officiated as Town Treasurer with ability and 
 faithfulness for a number of terms. He is a 
 Republican in politics. 
 
 On October 19, 1858, Mr. Lufkin was 
 united in marriage with Lucy C. Hayes, who 
 was born in North Yarmouth, February 23, 
 1835. She is a daughter of the late David 
 and Lydia Hayes. Mr. and Mrs. Lufkin have 
 two children, as follows: Margaret. A., an 
 adopted daughter, who is now the wife of 
 Sidney A. Rich, and resides in Lynn, Mass. ; 
 and Grace N., who married Edwin M. Mcln- 
 tyre, and is living in North Yarmouth. 
 
 Mr. Lufkin is pleasantly situated at his 
 comfortable home and enjoys a well-merited 
 prosperity as the result of his labors. He is 
 a general social favorite, being connected with 
 the Knights of Pythias of Yarmouth; and he 
 and his wife are members of the Congrega- 
 tional church. 
 
 ILLIAM H. JORDAN, a highly re- 
 spected citizen of Raymond, Cum- 
 berland County, Me., a practical 
 and enterprising farmer, was born in New 
 Gloucester, an adjoining town, on June 2, 
 
 1859, son of John H. and Mary A. (Stinch- 
 field) Jordan. 
 
 John Jordan, the paternal grandfather of 
 William H., was a native Of Raymond. I-fere 
 he successfully followed the occupation of a 
 farmer, being the owner -of the place on which 
 his grandson now resides. He married Miss 
 Thirza Brown, of Pownal, Me., who bore him 
 eight children, as follows: Joseph, Samuel, 
 Zachariah, John PL, Dorcas, Mary, Melissa, 
 and Mahala. 
 
 At their father's decease John H. Jordan 
 took charge of the old homestead, of which he 
 subsequently became the owner, and here 
 spent his life profitably engaged in agricult- 
 ure. His death occurred on April 2[, 1888. 
 His wife, Mary A. Stinchfield, was born in 
 New Gloucester, daughter of William and Re- 
 becca (Preble) Stinchfield. After her mother's 
 death in 1857 her father, who was a pros- 
 perous farmer of that place, married Miss 
 Sallie Cole, and shortly removed to this town, 
 where he spent the remainder of his life in 
 farming. He died here on June 9, 1895. 
 Mr. and Mrs. John H. Jordan reared a son and 
 daughter, the former being William H., the 
 subject of the present sketch. His sister, 
 Clara N., born January 12, 1862, married 
 Frank C. Wilson. She died Jun£ 19, 1891, 
 leaving two sons — Ernest C. and Perley J., 
 who, with their father, reside with their 
 mother's brother. 
 
 William H. Jordan received a good prac- 
 tical education in the common schools of Ray- 
 mond. He remained with his parents until 
 their death, after which he purchased the old 
 homestead ; and he has since continued to re- 
 side here. The farm contains about one hun- 
 dred acres of well-improved land; and he is 
 profitably engaged in mixed husbandry and the 
 production of fruit, also raising considerable 
 live stock. 
 
 In political affiliation Mr. Jordan is a Re- 
 publican and an ardent advocate of the prin- 
 ciples of that party. He has served his town 
 as Collector for about four years. Mr. Jordan 
 and his brother-in-law, Mr. Wilson, are both 
 members of Hawthorne Lodge, No. 16, 
 Knights of Pythias, of Raymond, Mr. Wilson 
 likewise belonging to the New England" Order 
 of Protection, No. 171, of Webb's Mills, and 
 
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 also to Moamma Lodge, No. 40, Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows, of Mechanic Falls. 
 
 fHOMAS J. DAWES, one of the oldest 
 and most highly respected citizens of 
 New Gloucester and a leading farmer 
 of that place, was born in the town, July 27, 
 1807, son of Gideon and Sarah (Haskell) 
 Dawes. Gideon Dawes, whose birth occurred 
 in Duxbridge, Me., came to New Gloucester 
 with his parents when a lad of fourteen years. 
 During the remainder of his boyhood he re- 
 sided in the old Belle Tavern in that village. 
 He purchased a farm in New Gloucester, and 
 was thereafter engaged in its cultivation until 
 his death, which occurred when he was 
 seventy-five years old. His wife, Sarah, who 
 was a native of New Gloucester, lived to the 
 advanced age of eighty-four years. Twelve 
 children were born of their union; namely, 
 Gideon, Hubbard, Charges, Nathan, William, 
 Bethany, Thomas J., Davis, Joseph, Sarah, 
 and two, unnamed, who died in infancy. 
 Sarah married George Springall, a merchant 
 of Boston, Mass. 
 
 Thomas J. Dawes, who is now the only sur- 
 vivor of his parents' family, received a good 
 common-school education. He remained at 
 home until he was, twenty-one years old. He 
 then spent four years working on different 
 farms for eight dollars per month. Soon after 
 his marriage he purchased his present farm, 
 on which he has since resided. It contains 
 sixty acres of well-improved land, which under 
 his skilful management has yielded good crops 
 of hay, corn, and other staple products. Al- 
 though advanced in years, he is still able to 
 perform considerable work. 
 
 On April 20, 1834, he was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Eliza Emery, who was born 
 in Poland, Me., April 15, 1811, daughter of 
 Mark and Annie (McGuire) Emery. Her 
 father, a native of Cape Ann, Maine, who was 
 a shoemaker by trade, and was also engaged to 
 some extent in farming, died when Mrs. 
 Dawes was but three years old. .Her mother 
 was born in New Gloucester. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Dawes had two children — Sophia and Alvin 
 F. Sophia, born November 29, 1835, mar- 
 ried Henry Morgan, who died July i, 1874. 
 
 She died May 11, 1863, leaving one daughter, 
 Sophia H., born May i, 1863. Sophia H. 
 married L. Whitman, the manufacturer of the 
 Whitman sleds. They live with Mr. and Mrs. 
 Dawes, and Mr. Whitman carries on his man- 
 ufacturing business near by. Alvin F. 
 Dawes, born November 7, 1843, served in the 
 Civil War as a private in Company H of the 
 Tenth Regiment, Maine Volunteers, com- 
 manded by Colonel G. L. Beals. At the close 
 of the war he returned to his home, where he 
 died on October 17, 1867. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Dawes are the oldest married couple in New 
 Gloucester. They remember when there were 
 but few houses in their immediate vicinity. 
 In politics Mr. Dawes is a Democrat, while 
 he and his wife are honored members of the 
 Baptist church. 
 
 OSHUA L. USHER, a veteran of the 
 Civil War, who has a fine farm in the 
 beautiful lake town of Sebago, was born 
 in Baldwin, Cumberland County, No- 
 vember 30, 1832, son of Luther and Esther 
 (Young) Usher. Luther Usher, who was a 
 farmer of Baldwin, reared four children, of 
 whom Joshua L. was the youngest. The boy 
 was reared among rural surroundings, receiv- 
 ing a common-school education in his native 
 town. When seventeen years old he started 
 to earn his own living, hiring out as a farm 
 hand; and when he was twenty-two years of 
 age he purchased a farm in the town of Bald- 
 win, which he managed till 1859. He then 
 moved to Sebago, and in 1861 took posses- 
 sion of the estate on which he is now resid- 
 ing. On October i, 1862, he left the new 
 home in which' he was scarcely -settled, and 
 joined the troops mustering to go South. 
 Enlisting as a private in Company H, Tenth 
 Regiment, Maine Infantry, he was mustered 
 in at Augusta, and was soon in active service, 
 facing -the enemy first on the bloody field of 
 Antietam. Subsequently he participated in 
 some of the most momentous engagements of 
 the Civil War, including Chancellorsville, 
 Gettysburg, Raccoon Fort, Chattanooga, 
 Berryville, Fisher's Hill, Fogg's Tavern, 
 Cedar Creek, and the engagement near Mount 
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 fell, he escaped unhurt, receiving an honorable 
 discharge at Augusta, May 31, 1865.- Return- 
 ing to his farm in Sebago, he again took up the 
 peaceful pursuit of agriculture, and is yet ac- 
 tively at work, his estate and buildings bear- 
 ing the unmistakable impress of careful and 
 progressive management. His property covers 
 one hundred and seventy acres, and is one of 
 the most valuable homesteads in the town- 
 ship. 
 
 Mr. Usher was married in 1852 to Miss 
 Harriet Bailey, of Standish, Me. ; and seven 
 children have blessed their union. These 
 are: Lydia J., Luther, Ellis B. , Elma, Frank 
 B. , Hattie, and Caroline. Politically, Mr. 
 Usher favors the Republican party. He has 
 long been a member of the Methodist church, 
 and Mrs. Usher also favors Wesleyan service. 
 They are well and favorably known in Sebago, 
 holding the respect and esteem of their 
 neighbors. 
 
 iDMUND-B. MALLET, an enterprising 
 business man of Freeport, was born 
 September 3, 1853, on board the ship 
 "Devonshire," in the English Channel, son of 
 Captain Edmund B. and Sarah E. (Thornton) 
 Mallet. Captain Mallet, who was a native of 
 Warren, Me., born December 9, 1823, when 
 old enough shipped as a sailor. As he became 
 more skilful in this calling he was advanced 
 from rank to rank until made master of a 
 ship, in which capacity he continued to fol- 
 low the sea for many years afterward. He 
 commanded some of the stanchest and finest 
 craft that sailed the ocean, circumnavigated 
 the globe several times, and visited the princi- 
 pal seaports of the world. In 1883 he gave up 
 seafaring and retired to his home in West 
 Bath, this State, where he subsequently re- 
 sided until his demise, November 9, 1894. 
 He was much esteemed by his fellow-towns- 
 men, whom he served for seven years as Chair- 
 man of the Board of Selectmen, having been 
 elected on the Republican ticket. Relig- 
 iously, he was a man of broad and progressive 
 views, being a firm' Universalist. His wife, 
 who was born in Pawtuxet, R. L, November 
 29, 1833, still occupies the homestead in West 
 Bath. Their children were : Mrs. Marion H. 
 
 Higgins, who lives on the home farm; Ed- 
 mund B., Jr., the subject of this sketch; and 
 Alfred K., a resident of Wheatland, Cal. 
 
 Edmund B. Mallet lived in Rhode Island 
 till fourteen years of age. There were laid the 
 fundamentals of his education, which was sub- 
 sequently continued in the schools of West 
 Bath and Bath, until he graduated from the 
 North Grammar School of the latter place. 
 After leaving school his first occupation was 
 in connection with railroading. He then en- 
 gaged in a mercantile business in New Jersey. 
 Owing to ill health he was forced to abandon 
 this pursuit and seek for outdoor work. Remov- 
 ing to Maine, he purchased a farm in Pownal, 
 where he carried on general farming for eight 
 years. In 1884 he came to Freeport, which 
 has since been his home. Here he entered 
 at once into a building and real estate busi- 
 ness, investing a portion of the fortune he had 
 inherited from an uncle. In that year he 
 opened the famous granite quarries, which now 
 give employment to many men. His purpose 
 was to obtain stone for the foundations of the 
 shoe factory, grist and saw mill, and the large 
 brick store, all of which he built in 1885. In 
 the store he has since conducted an extensive 
 trade, the dry-goods department being under 
 the management of E. S. Soule, while the 
 other department is controlled by Mr.. Brews- 
 ter. In 1891 Mr. Mallet built for the town 
 a fine system of water-works, besides sixteen 
 dwelling-houses, which are now occupied by 
 his employees. Upon opening the quarry, the 
 granite was found to be of such a superior 
 quality that it was at once decided to work it. 
 The stone occupies thirty-five acres, and is 
 one of the finest granites to be found in any 
 State. Besides the ordinary uses, it is admi- 
 rably adapted for ornamental work. It is made 
 into statues, monuments, plinths, sarcophagi, 
 etc., with fine effect. In these forms it may 
 now be found in many of the cemeteries of this 
 and neighboring States, and even in States 
 as remote as Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin. 
 Orders for it come every day from different 
 parts of the Union. On the ground is a fac- 
 tory where the stone is worked and polished 
 by skilled workmen. Besides a fine office the 
 building also contains a room for marble work, 
 where a good stock of fine American and 
 
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 foreign marbles are kept on hand. Orders 
 left at the office for any kind of stone work 
 are promptly attended to. 
 
 Another of Mr. Mallet's enterprises is the 
 transformation of Wolf's Neck, on which he 
 owns seven hundred acres of land, into a sum- 
 mer resort that shall combine the conveniences 
 of city life with the pleasures of rural life. 
 Its situation for such a resort is unsurpassed, 
 being rich in sloping woodlands, winding 
 walks, and picturesque ocean scenery. In the 
 deepening and extension of the channel, by 
 which water communication has been brought 
 within a mile of Freeport, the government has 
 already expended thirty-one thousand dollars. 
 No question but ere many years the place will 
 become the summer home of thousands of 
 people. 
 
 On March 29, 1877, Mr. Mallet was' united 
 in marriage with Miss Clara H. Higgins, a 
 native of Bath. They have four sons ; namely, 
 Edmund Thornton, Charles B. , Thomas F. , 
 and Roger. In religious matters, as in others, 
 Mr. Mallet has broad and intelligent views, 
 being in sympathy with the higher and newer 
 thought of the times; while in politics he is 
 a sound Republican. For two years he served 
 his fellow-townsmen as Town Treasurer, and 
 three years was Chairman of the Board of Se- 
 lectmen. In 1885, 1887, and 1889 he rep- 
 resented the town of Freeport in the lower 
 chamber of the State legislature, and in 1891 
 and 1893 was State Senator for Cumberland 
 County. He served his party as a delegate to 
 the National Conventions held in Chicago in 
 1888 and at Minneapolis in 1892. Mr. Mal- 
 let has affiliation with the Knights of Pythias, 
 of Freeport. He is also Past Grand Junior 
 . Warden of the Grand Masonic Lodge of Maine, 
 and has membership in F'reeport Lodge, No. 
 23; Cumberland Chapter, No. 35, Royal Arch 
 Masons; Portland Council, Royal and Select 
 Masters; Portland Coramandery, No. 2, 
 Knights Templars; the Scottish Rite body; 
 the Lodge of Perfection; the Council of Princes 
 of Jerusalem ; the Chapter of Rose Croix ; the 
 Maine Consistory, of which he is Past Com- 
 mander-in-chief; the Supreme Council, which 
 has jurisdiction over orders of this rite, he 
 being a thirty-second degree Mason, belonging 
 to the Royal Order of Scotland. 
 
 y^ALVIN P. GREENLEAF, a substan- 
 I Vr^ tial citizen of Otisfield, where he has 
 ^[Is^^ resided all his life, was born Octo- 
 ber 17, 1858,' son of Samuel K. 
 and Eliza S. (Davis) GreenTeaf. He is a de- 
 scendant of one of the pioneers of this town. 
 His paternal grandfather, William Greenleaf, 
 born in Medford, Mass., March 13, 1788, 
 came to Otisfield when eight years of age, 
 being boimd out to a resident of the town. 
 In his early manhopd William purchased a 
 farm near Spurr's Corners, being one of the 
 first to settle in that locality. After clearing 
 his land, he engaged in farming thereon until 
 his death, July 28, 1862.. His wife was born 
 April 24, 1784, and died March 21,, 1869. 
 They were the parents of seven children, 
 namely: Joseph H., who died June 17, 1886; 
 Sallie, born March 4, 18 12, who was the wife 
 and widow of Edmund Millett, and died De- 
 cember, 1895, in Minoti Me. ; Joanna, who 
 died in 1893; Elizabeth' K., deceased; Sam- 
 uel K. , the father of Calvin P. ; Martha C. , 
 born-June 10, 1821, who is the widow of John 
 Hill, and now resides in North Bridgton, Me. ; 
 and Polly H., deceased. 
 
 Samuel K. Greenleaf, after his marriage, 
 settled on the old homestead at Spurr's Cor- 
 ners in March, 1866. He carried on general 
 farming with profit, and also for a number 
 of years conducted a saw-mill. His death 
 occurred here on September 4, 1878. On 
 November 17, 1844, Mr. Greenleaf was joined 
 in marriage with Miss Eliza S. Davis, a 
 daughter of Zebulon Davis, of Minot. Mr. 
 Davis followed farming all his lifetime in 
 Minot, and died in that place at the age of 
 fifty-seven years. Samuel K. Greenleaf and 
 his wife had ten children, respectively named : 
 Zebulon D., born September 16, 1845, who 
 died July 21, 1864, from an injury received 
 in the Civil War; Marietta, born March 16, 
 1847, who died in OctolDer, 1882; Mar'tha 
 Virginia, born October 27, 1848, who died 
 May 4, 1872; Sarah Elizabeth, born June 13, 
 1850, who died February 22, 1853; WiUiam 
 M., born May 2, 1852, who married Miss 
 Mary Pulsifer, and lives in Auburn, Me,; 
 Charles Edward, born February 28, 1854, a 
 successful contractor of Auburn, Me., who 
 married Miss Augusta E. Dinsmore; Elbridge 
 
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 63s 
 
 M., born September 19, 1856, also a resident 
 of Auburn, who married Miss Ellen F. Far- 
 row; Calvin P., the subject of this sketch; 
 Carrie Ellen, born March 25, 1861, who is the 
 wife of Robert H. Union, a shoe manufacturer 
 of Salem, Mass. ; and Augusta Spurr, born 
 February 9, 1864, who married Harry L. Has- 
 kell, £i prominent citizen of Auburn. All the 
 children received such educational advantages 
 as the best schools of the county afforded. 
 Their mother is still living, and resides with 
 her son, Calvin P. Greenleaf. 
 
 Calvin P. Greenleaf remained at home with 
 his parents until his marriage, devoting his 
 early years to the acquirement of a good prac- 
 tical education. He now owns about one hun- 
 dred acres of land in the old homestead, the 
 tillable portion of which he utilizes for the 
 production of staple New England products 
 and a moderate quantity of fruit. He also 
 raises some live stock. On August i, 1883, 
 Mr. Greenleaf was married to Miss Hattie 
 Belle Holden. She was born in Norway, 
 Me., April 22, 1862, daughter of David R. 
 Holden, who resided in that place until his 
 death. Henry P., one of the five children of 
 Mr. and Mrs. Greenleaf, born February 2, 
 1885, was killed by lightning June 23, 1891. 
 The others are: Ernest L., born November 25, 
 1887; Francis H-, born January 7, 1889; 
 William H., born May 27, 1892; and Hartley 
 Prentiss, born August 30, 1893. In politics 
 Mr. Greenleaf is a Republican, and has always 
 been a faithful adherent of that party, while 
 never an aspirant for official position. He is 
 a member of the Grange Society. His mother 
 is a communicant of the Congregational church ; 
 and he and his wife are members of the Baptist 
 church, in which he holds the office of Deacon. 
 
 rrt>iELVI,LLE CLARENDON 
 HUTCHINSON, a prosperous 
 plumber of Portland, was born in 
 Buckfield, Oxford County, Sep- 
 tember 24, 1852. He is a son of Charles W. 
 and Diantha (Record) Hutchinson. His 
 grandfathers were Hodgdon Hutchinson and 
 Eben Record. 
 
 Charles W. Hutchinson is a native of Buck- 
 field, Me., where he spent his early years on 
 
 his father's farm. Losing his parents while 
 still young, he resided with Asa Keene 'for 
 a time. Pie subsequently removed to Pem- 
 broke, Me., and entered the employ of the 
 Pembroke iron works as manager, and held 
 that position for upward of twenty years. He 
 is now living in Cambridge, Mass., and, al- 
 though seventy-six years of age, is still hale 
 and hearty. He is a member of the Masonic 
 Order. His wife, Diantha, was a daughter of 
 Eben Record, a successful farmer of Buckfield, 
 Me. Mr. Record's father was a patriot soldier 
 of the Revolution, and is supposed to have 
 been the man who worked his way through the 
 enemy's lines and blew up the powder-house 
 at Charlestown, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Hutch- 
 inson were the parents of six children, as fol- 
 lows : Washington, residing in Pennsylvania; 
 Edwin Forest, who lives in Massachusetts; 
 Melville Clarendon, the subject of this sketch ; 
 Walter Eugene, residing in St. John, N.B. ; 
 Diantha, the wife of George Quigley, super- 
 intendent of the St. John iron works at St. 
 John ; and Ida Ella, now deceased, The last- 
 named child met her death by scalding, while 
 at play with her brother, Melville C. Hutchin- 
 son. The mother died in the fortieth year of 
 her age. 
 
 Melville Clarendon Hutchinson acquired his 
 education in the common schools of Pembroke, 
 Me. He then learned the trade of a puddler 
 in an iron foundry. He became very expert in 
 this work, and obtained the highest wages paid 
 for it, which was from five to six dollars a 
 day. When steel took the place of wrought 
 iron, he was thus left without a trade, and was 
 forced to begin anew. He now took up iron 
 work, at which he was first engaged in 
 Cohoes, N.Y., then at Cambridge, Mass., and 
 later at Niles, Ohio. From Ohio he went to 
 St. John, where he became a plumber. In 
 1878 he came to Portland, and was employed 
 for a short time by Miller & Low. Following 
 upon that he went to Calais, Me., and worked 
 for the Calais Water Company in putting in 
 their plant. He next returned to Portland 
 again, and in 1883 engaged in business for 
 himself. He began alone, making a workshop 
 of the basement of his house on Cushman 
 Street. Since then the business has grown 
 steadily, so that now it is one of the largest of 
 
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 the kind in the city. He keeps ten men con- 
 stantly employed, and is often obliged to hire 
 additional help, especially during the busy 
 season. He does a large part of the best work 
 of the city. A first-class workman himself, 
 his success is largely owing to the fact that he 
 gives close personal attention to the orders 
 undertaken. His shop is now located at 181^ 
 Brackett Street. 
 
 He married Miss Abby Sherman, of Pem- 
 broke, Me., a daughter of Winslow Sherman. 
 Her father was born in Montville, Me., and 
 received his education in Pembroke, where he 
 was afterward engaged for many years as a 
 teacher. Prior to the Civil War he acted as 
 a Postmaster. About 1875 he settled in Port- 
 land, and the remainder of his life was spent 
 there in the employ of the United States 
 court. In his political relations he was a 
 Democrat. He married Miss Helen Town- 
 send, and their union was blessed by the birth 
 of six children ; namely, Horace, Abby, 
 Lewis, Howard, George, and John. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Hutchinson had four children; namely, 
 Agnes, Anna, Helen, and Melville Winslow. 
 Agnes is now the wife of Howard Gordon, of 
 Portland. Mr. Hutchinson casts his vote with 
 the Republican party. He is a member of 
 Harmony Lodge, Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows. The family are active and influential 
 members of the Williston Congregational 
 Church, and the children are members of the 
 Christian Endeavor Society. They reside at 
 170 Brackett Street. 
 
 YgTON. CHARLES M. WATER- 
 1^ HOUSE, one of the leading resi- 
 JU I ^ dents of the city of Westbrook, in 
 business as a merchant tailor, was 
 born in Gorham, Me., August 19, 1849, son 
 of Captain Samuel S. and Ann (Bolton) 
 Waterhouse. He is a great-grandson of Joseph 
 Waterhouse, a farmer who spent the latter 
 part of his life in the town of Standish, Cum- 
 berland County, Me. He served through the 
 Revolutionary War with his brother, George 
 Waterhouse, who won renown as one of the 
 most daring soldiers of the Continental army. 
 William Harmond Waterhouse, the son of 
 Joseph and father of Samuel S. -Waterhouse, 
 
 was born in Cumberland County (probably in 
 Scarboro), and was reared to farm life. The 
 greater part of his mature manhood was spent 
 in Gorham, Me., where he died at the ad- 
 vanced age of eighty-eight. He also was a 
 soldier, serving in the War of 181 2. He 
 married a lady named Sarah Smith, daughter- 
 of Captain Ephraim Smith, who was a member 
 of the Boston Tea Party. She, too, spent the 
 greater part of her life in Gorham, and died 
 there full of years. 
 
 Samuel S. Waterhouse was born in Stan- 
 dish, Me., in 181 1. He was quite small when 
 his parents removed to Gorham, where he was 
 reared and educated; and, on reaching man's 
 estate, he engaged in farming, the leading in- 
 dustry of the place. Pie afifiliated with the 
 Republican party in politics, and took an active 
 part in the town government, serving as Se- 
 lectman and in other official capacities. In 
 the State militia he won the title of Captain. 
 He died in 1887, at the age of seventy-six. 
 His wife, Ann Bolton, was a native of Gor- 
 ham, reared and educated in that town. She 
 died in 1859, in the prime of useful woman- 
 hood. Captain and Mrs. Waterhouse were 
 consistent members of the Free Baptist 
 church. They reared three sons and two 
 daughters. Of these children only one — 
 Charles Manson — the special subject of this 
 biographical sketch, is now living. 
 
 Charles Manson Waterhouse acquired a good 
 education in the public schools and the acad- 
 emy of Gorham. He learned the tailor's 
 trade in his native town, and, working assid- 
 uously, was able to start a business of his own 
 in 1876. His first establishment was in 
 Little Falls, Me., where he remained four 
 years. In 1880 he removed to Westbrook ; and 
 here for fifteen years he has conducted an in- 
 creasingly prosperous business, managing now 
 one of the largest establishments of the kind 
 in the locality. His success is attributable to 
 his own efforts alone, and stamps' him as a man 
 of unusual ability. 
 
 Mr. Waterhouse was married in Gorham in 
 1872 to Miss Emma Westcott, a native of Gor- 
 ham, daughter of Stephen and Emeline (Jor- 
 dan) Westcott. Mr. Westcott died on his 
 farm in Gorham in 1886. His wife is living 
 with her daughter, Mrs. Waterhouse. April 
 
JOHN D. HIGGINS. 
 
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 6, 1878, a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Waterhouse, whom they named Melvin How- 
 ard. He will graduate from the Westbrook 
 High School in June, 1896. They have no 
 other children. 
 
 Mr. Waterhouse is a strong Republican. 
 He has been Chairman of the local Republi- 
 can Committee since 1888; was first Treasurer 
 of the city of Westbrook (whose charter was 
 adopted in 1891); occupied the first place in 
 the nomination for State Senator in 1892, and, 
 being elected, was re-elected in 1894. While 
 in the legislature he was Chairman of the In- 
 sane Hospital Committee, of the joint Special 
 Committee on the Insane Flospital at Bangor, 
 member of the Railroad Committee, the 
 Special Committee on Taxation, and of the 
 Committee on Bills in Second Reading. A 
 prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, 
 he has filled all the chairs of Temple Lodge, 
 No. 86, of Westbrook; is King of Eagle Chap- 
 ter, No. II, of Westbrook; and is a member 
 of Westbrook Council, No. 15, Royal and Se- 
 lect Masters. Mr. and Mrs. Waterhouse 
 attend the Congregational church. 
 
 K. P. WARD, the proprietor and con- 
 ductor of a summer boarding-house at 
 Sebago, of which place he is also a 
 successful farmer, was born in York 
 County, Maine, November 25, 1829, son of 
 George and Sarah Ward. The farm on which 
 Mr. Ward resides is a portion of one purchased 
 by his father in 1838, which contained three 
 hundred acres of wild land. At that time the 
 only indication to the casual observer that it 
 had ever been inhabited was the presence of a 
 logging camp. For fifteen years the home of 
 George Ward and his family was a log cabin 
 on this tract. After a time he erected a 
 shingle-mill and carried on quite an extensive 
 lumbering business, besides raising crops on 
 his cleared land. He died there August 4, 
 1866, leaving a family of nine children, having 
 been twice married. 
 
 A. K. P. Ward, who was brought up under 
 the parental roof-tree, learned the trade of a 
 carpenter. At the age of twenty-one he took 
 charge of the home farm, and has since carried 
 it on with success. He also engages in lum- 
 
 bering and works at his trade when his other 
 duties do not hinder him. In 1880 he erected 
 his present commodious and attractive house, 
 and in the following year he opened it for the 
 accommodation of summer guests. It is ca- 
 pable of accommodating thirty-five persons. 
 His farm of one hundred and seventy acres, 
 bordering Sebago Lake for more than a mile, 
 is admirably located for this purpose. He has 
 recently built a fine steam launch, thirty-six 
 and a half feet long, with eight and a half feet 
 beam, which he proposes to run from Lake 
 Station to Naples village for the convenience 
 of his summer visitors. Mr. Ward has been 
 twice married. His first union was contracted 
 in 1853, with Miss Sophronia Dyer, by whom 
 he became the father of six children — Emma 
 E. , Ella, Clara O. , Lizzie A., Abbie F. , and 
 Hattie M. On January 17, 1885, he was 
 married again, this time to Mrs. Sarah S. 
 (Elwell) Treadwell, widow of Albert Tread- 
 well. Four children are the fruit of this 
 union ; namely, Charles, Alphonso, Fulton, 
 and Mary A. 
 
 Mr. Ward and his wife are earnest Christian 
 people. Mr. Ward has been a Deacon in the 
 Congregational church for nineteen years. In 
 political opinions he is a firm Republican. 
 
 < < « > > 
 
 OHN D. HIGGINS, a successful farmer 
 of the town of Standish, Me., was born 
 January 23, 1826, on the homestead 
 where he now resides. He is a repre- 
 sentative of the third generation of his family 
 in Cumberland County, his father, Enoch F. 
 Higgins, having been a son of Joseph Higgins, 
 who was born in Easthara, Mass., and from 
 there removed, to Maine, taking up land in 
 the town of Gorham. 
 
 Grandfather Higgins cleared and improved 
 a large farm, and also built many houses. He 
 was very influential in aiding the development 
 of his adopted town, but was never an office- 
 holder. He was a Whig in politics. In his 
 later years he followed the sea as captain of a 
 trading-vessel, running from Portland to the 
 West Indies. In 1804 he made his last trip, 
 being lost on the voyage, pfe married Mercy 
 Cook, of Eastham, who long survived him, at- 
 taining the venerable age of eighty-nine years. 
 
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 She was a sincere member of the Methodist 
 church. Ten children were born to them, 
 Enoch F. being the fourth in order. 
 
 Enoch F. Higgins was born at the home of 
 his parents in Gorhara in September, 1790, 
 and was there bred to manhood. On attaining 
 his majority he removed to Standish, and here 
 opened a store for general merchandise. He 
 likewise bought one hundred acres of land, 
 about two-thirds of which he placed under cul- 
 tivation, turning his attention during the 
 latter part of his life to agricultural pursuits. 
 Like his father, a Whig in politics, he was an 
 active and influential member of his party. 
 He was a man of keen intellect, possessing 
 good business ability, and served for many 
 years as one of the Selectmen of Standish. 
 He was a member of the Congregational 
 church, in which he held the office of Deacon 
 for three years. Deacon Higgins married 
 Miriam Dean, a daughter of John Dean, of 
 this town ; and they became the parents of four 
 children, the following being a brief record 
 of the three daughters, sisters of Mr. John D. 
 Higgins, the leading subject of the present 
 sketch: Harriet M., who died in 1869, married 
 Horatio J. Swazey, by whom she had six chil- 
 dren, four of whom are living — -Henry W., 
 Charles F., John H., and George R. ; Mary, 
 who married Daniel Tyler, died in 1888; 
 Caroline is the wife of Professor Lucian M. 
 Hiint, of whom a sketch may be found else- 
 where in this volume. 
 
 John D. Higgins completed his education 
 at the Limerick Academy, and has since given 
 his attention to farming, making his home on 
 the parental estate as above noted. He has 
 one hundred and twenty-five acres of choice 
 land, which he manages profitably, raising the 
 crops common to this section of the country. 
 Mr. Higgins is held in high regard as a man 
 of strict integrity and well-known ability, and 
 is numbered among the valued citizens of his 
 native town, which he has served as Treasurer 
 and Selectman. Socially, he is prominent in 
 several organizations, being a member of 
 Standish Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., of 
 this town; of the Standish Grange, Patrons of 
 Husbandry; and of Highland Lodge, No. 355, 
 Good Templars. Religiously, he is a Con- 
 gregationalist. 
 
 Mr. Higgins married Marcia A. Paine, 
 daughter of William Paine, of Standish, and 
 six children have been born of their union, 
 five of whom are living; namely, Helen Maria, 
 Miriam Dean, Margaret Paine, Carrie A., and 
 Ethel Louise. 
 
 bj'REDERICK M. THAYER, a success- 
 p| ful farmer of New Gloucester, was born 
 -■- in Portland, Me., October 14, 1836, 
 son of William and Sarah (Small) Thayer. 
 William Thayer was born in Oxford village, 
 Oxford County, Me., and followed the calling 
 of farmer in that place up to the time of his 
 marriage. He then removed to Portland, and 
 secured a position in the grocery and shoe 
 store of a Mr. Shaw. In 1842 he went to 
 Michigan, where it is supposed that he died. 
 His wife, Sarah, died in Portland, leaving 
 one child, Frederick M. 
 
 Frederick M. Thayfer was but six years old 
 at the time that his father went to Michigan. 
 During the next two years he lived with his 
 grandparents. He then resided with Francis 
 Small, of Raymond, Cumberland. County, 
 until he was twelve years old. From that 
 time until he attained his majority he was. a 
 member of the family of Washington Jordan, 
 of Raymond, Me. In his different homes he 
 was permitted the privilege of attending the 
 district school. At the age of twenty-one 
 years he purchased Mr. Jordan's farm, and 
 lived there during the following year. He 
 then came to New Gloucester, and established 
 himself in a general mercantile business, oc- 
 cupying a store near the Grand Trunk Rail- 
 road depot. After carrying this on for a year 
 and a half, he decided to return to the occupa- 
 tion of an agriculturist, and purchased his 
 present farm, which is located near the village 
 of New Gloucester. He has one hundred and 
 fifty acres of land, very much, improved since 
 he became the possessor. Besides carrying on 
 general farming, he keeps a number of choice 
 cows, and is a regular shipper of milk to the 
 Portland Creamery. 
 
 On October 6, 1861, Mr. Thayer was 
 united in marriage with Miss Harriet Frances 
 Grover, who was born in New Gloucester on 
 St. Valentine's Day, 1841, daughter of Jo- 
 
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 siah and Deborah (Haskell) Grover, both of 
 whom are now dead. Her father spent his life 
 in agricultural pursuits. Mrs. Thayer has 
 borne her husband three children, namely: 
 Cora Estella, born September 13, 1862, now 
 the wife of Leonard Berry, a grocer of Hyde 
 Park, Mass; Helen Abbie, born August 27, 
 1864, who married Charles B. Berry, one of 
 the owners of the Portland creamery at Port- 
 land; and Mabel, born July 25, 1867, who 
 married Edward W. Perry, employed in a pipe 
 organ manufactory, Reading, Mass., where 
 they now reside. 
 
 Mr. Thayer has always been a stanch advo- 
 cate of Republican principles and a faithful 
 supporter of that party. In religious belief he 
 is a Baptist, and he and his wife are members 
 of the church of that denomination in New 
 Gloucester. 
 
 ILLIAM M. DOW, a prominent 
 resident of the village of Dry Mills, 
 township of Gray, and a veteran of 
 the Civil War, was born in Sumner, Oxford 
 County, Me., July i, 1827, son of the Rev. 
 Huse and Zilpha (Drake) Dow' Mr. Dow's 
 father, who was a native of Grand Manan, be- 
 came a Methodist preacher. He was ap- 
 pointed to the circuit of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal church in Bethel, Me., from which town 
 he went to Strong, Me., where he preached 
 for some years. He was afterward located in 
 Fayette, Livermore, and Rumford, finally set- 
 tling in Jay, Me., where he resided until his 
 death on May 25, 1842. He was widely 
 known as a clergyman, and highly esteemed 
 for his many worthy traits of character. His 
 wife, who was a native of Winthrop, Me., be- 
 came the mother of four children, as follows: 
 Lorenzo, born July 10, 1825, who is now an 
 inventor in New York City; William M., the 
 subject of this sketch; Simon, born April 
 15, 1828, who is now a retired merchant of 
 Malta Bend, Mo.'; and Edwin C, born August 
 
 26, 1835, who is now a Municipal Judge "in 
 New Haven, Conn. The mother died April 
 
 27, 1888. 
 
 William M. Dow resided with his parents 
 until fourteen years of age. Losing his father 
 then, he was obliged to begin working for a 
 
 living. He started out in search of employ- 
 ment, and, after walking thirty miles through 
 snow, he found work upon a farm in Gray, 
 where he remained for six months. From 
 Gray he went to Kent's Hill, Me. ; and, after 
 attending school for one year there, he accom- 
 panied his mother to Cincinnati, Ohio. After 
 a short time they returned to Kent's Hill, 
 and he resumed his studies for the ensuing 
 eighteen months. He then secured a position 
 as clerk in his uncle's store in Portland, 
 where he remained for several years. He 
 afterward worked in the same capacity for 
 some time in a paper warehouse of Portland. 
 Later at Lewiston, Me., he learned the 
 painter's trade. After his marriage he went 
 to Cedar Falls, la., where he worked at his 
 trade for a short time. After this he resided 
 in Blue Earth City, Minn., for one year, and 
 then leturned East. In March, 1864, he en- 
 listed as a private in Company H, Thirty- 
 second Regiment, Maine Volunteers, under 
 Colonel Wentworth and Captain Chadwell. 
 After doing hospital duty in Washington for a 
 time, he was transferred to Company D, Thir- 
 teenth Regiment of the Veteran Reserve 
 Corps, under Captain John A. McDonald, and 
 served until July 29, 1865, when he was 
 honorably discharged at Camp Berry in Port- 
 land. He then moved on to his present farm, 
 containing one hundred acres, situated near 
 the village of Dry Mills, in the town of Gray, 
 and has since been engaged in agriculture. 
 
 On January 8, 1854, Mr. Dow was united 
 in marriage to Mehitable T. Libby. She was 
 born in Gray, June 21, 1827, daughter of 
 James Libby, who was an early- settler in 
 Gray. Both her parents are now deceased. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Dow have seven children — 
 William H., James A., Lorenzo E. , Hettie 
 C, Charles L., Grace P., and True M. Will- 
 iam H. married Clara Pennell, and resides in 
 Gray. James A., who married Annie Mc- 
 Cool, resides in South Portland. Lorenzo E. 
 is a practising attorney of Chicago, whose wife 
 died leaving one daughter named Dorothy L., 
 now living with her grandparents. Charles 
 L. married Alice Merrill, and is now a mer- 
 chant of West Pownal. True M. died at the 
 age of nine years. In his politics Mr. Dow 
 is a Democrat, and has served with ability in 
 
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 various important offices of public trust. In 
 18S0 and 1 88 1 he was Deputy Sheriff of Cum- 
 berland County, and for six years an attach^ 
 o'f the Portland custom-house. In 1892 and 
 1893 he was a member of the Board of Select- 
 men of Gray. He is Commander of the Grand 
 Army of the Republic, George F. Sheply 
 Post, in Gray; is a member and Past Master of 
 the Cumberland Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of 
 New Gloucester; and a member of the Demo- 
 cratic County Committee. 
 
 medicinal 
 March 15 
 
 ERMON WEBBER, proprietor of 
 Echo Farm in New Gloucester, Cum- 
 berland County, Me., on which the 
 Pownal Springs, renowned for their 
 properties, are located, was born 
 1834, on the homestead where he 
 now resides. 
 
 His father, Benjamin Webber, was a life- 
 long resident of this place, his birth occurring 
 in 1802, and his death May 22, 1876. He 
 was a prosperous and highly esteemed citizen, 
 holding various offices of responsibility, being 
 Justice of the Peace for several years. He 
 purchased the land now owned by his son Her- 
 mon, and here carried on general agriculture. 
 His wife, whose maiden name was Nancy 
 Townsend, was born in 1808, in the town of 
 Freeport, being 3 daughter of Robert Town- 
 send. They reared two children — Saraband 
 Hermon. Sarah, who became the wife of 
 Captain William E. Dennison, died in 1884, 
 her husband surviving until September 3, 
 1895. They left one son, Alexander Crosman 
 Dennison, who is now pilot on a Boston boat 
 and a resident of Portland, Me. 
 
 After acquiring his education in the district 
 schools, Hermon Webber learned the carriage- 
 maker's trade, which he followed for a quarter 
 of a century, then turning his attention to 
 farming. On the death of his father Mr. 
 Webber returned to the parental homestead; 
 and he has since conducted the farm with 
 profitable results, its one hundred acres being 
 pretty well under cultivation. 
 
 On September 28, 1856, Mr. Webber was 
 united in marriage with Annie I. Warren, 
 who was born in Pownal, Me., January 12, 
 1836, daughter of Colonel Henry and Caroline 
 
 (Baker) Warren. Her father was a native of 
 Pownal, and her mother of Portland. Colonel 
 Warren owned a farm in Pownal: and this he 
 managed successfully in addition to following 
 his trade of a ship builder, continuing thus 
 employed until his demise, August 12, 1876. 
 His wife died at a comparatively early age 
 in 1856. Mr. and Mrs. Webber have had four 
 children, but have been called to part with 
 two." Their eldest, Edward W., born August 
 16, 1-857, is now pastor of the .Universalist 
 church at Richmond, this State. He married 
 Miss Flora Bennett, of New Gloucester. The 
 second son, Willie, born March 30, 1861, 
 died at the age of fifteen years. Sarah, the 
 only daughter, was born June 15, 1866. 
 Charles Benjamin, the third son, who was 
 born September 9, 1875, passed to the life 
 immortal in 1887. 
 
 In politics Mr. Webber is a sound Republi- 
 can, and, socially, is a member of the Grange 
 Society at New Gloucester and of the Masonic 
 Lodge. His son Edward is a prominent 
 Mason, being the Grand Chief Templar of 
 Maine. Religiously, both Mr.- and Mrs. 
 Webber attend and give generous support to 
 the Universalist church. 
 
 During the summer season they throw open 
 their commodious and conveniently arranged 
 house for the accommodation of summer 
 boarders, many of whom are attracted hither 
 by the famed springs, situated but a short 
 distance from the house. People come here 
 from all parts of New England and from more 
 distant States, there being frequently applica- 
 tions for board from a hundred or more in a 
 season. These springs were first brought to 
 the notice of the public by Mr. A. D. Warren, 
 of Worcester, Mass.-, who for long years had 
 been troubled with a kidney disease, feared to 
 be incurable. In 1886 Mr. Warren was taken 
 seriously ill with a complication of liver, 
 rheumatic, and bladder troubles, and the fol- 
 lowing June, at the solicitation of physicians 
 and friends, he visited Poland Springs, and 
 there drank freely of the water, which in three 
 weeks' time had the desired result, apparently 
 curing him of his troubles. 
 
 His marvellous recovery was made known 
 to his various friends in Portland and vicinity, 
 the newspapers subsequently taking note of it. 
 
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 643 
 
 bringing his name into such prominence that 
 various people in this section of Maine who 
 had springs of pure water on their land sent 
 him samples of the water, desiring him to test 
 it and if good to advertise it, but he found 
 none with curative properties that he could 
 indorse. In May, 1892, having from the time 
 he left Poland, Me., until April, 1893, kept 
 himself well supplied with Poland Springs 
 water, Mr. Warren was again stricken with 
 his old malady, being even in a worse condi- 
 tion than before. His one great desire was to 
 reach Px)land, but, feeling that he could not 
 afford to pay the prices asked for board at the 
 Poland Springs, he wrote to Mrs. Webber, of 
 Echo Farm, a relative, asking her to board 
 himself and wife for a few weeks, that they 
 might be near those famous waters. On 
 coming here Mr. Webber induced Mr. Warren 
 to' try the water from Pownal Springs, the 
 result proving so satisfactory that the invalid 
 continued its use for a week, when he found 
 himself so far recovered that he had no need 
 to visit any other springs, as he had intended 
 when coming here. 
 
 This water has since been analyzed by ex- 
 pert chemists, and in every case pronounced 
 remarkable. Professor Franklin C. Robin- 
 son, of Bowdoin College, made a personal 
 visit to Pownal Springs, where he encased a 
 portion of the water as it flowed, took it with 
 him to the college, and there examined it, 
 with the accompanying result — total solid 
 matters in solution, 1.154, made up as follows: 
 silica, 0.412; iron carbonate, 0.041; calcium 
 carbonate, o. 332 ; magnesium carbonate, 0.023 ; 
 sodium carbonate, 0.087; sodium sulphate, 
 0.075; sodium chloride, 0.157; potassium 
 carbonate, 0.017; and organic and volatile 
 matter, 0;Oio. The waters of this spring are 
 of a remarkably even temperature, the average 
 for the past twelve months having been forty- 
 one degrees. 
 
 Yp)TENRY C. BREWER, one of the 
 L^ representative men of Freeport, was 
 J^\ born in this town, February 26, 
 
 ^ — ' 1833, son of Reuben, Jr., and Nancy 
 M. (Grant) Brewer. His grandfather, Reuben 
 Brewer, Sr,, was a son of a pioneer settler of 
 
 Freeport, who came here from Massachusetts. 
 He was born in Freeport, owned an excellent 
 farm on Flying Point, and was regarded as a 
 leading farmer of the town. In politics he 
 supported the Whig party, and in religious 
 belief he was a Congregationalist, He mar- 
 ried Miss Margaret Anderson, a daughter of 
 Jacob Anderson, whose prowess in encounters 
 with the Indians made him a noteworthy 
 character of those early days. They had ten 
 children — six sons and four daughters — all of 
 whom reached adult life. ^11 are now de- 
 ceased except one, Horace Brewer, a ship 
 builder, residing in Pawtucket, R.I. 
 
 Reuben Brewer, Jr., who was the first-born 
 of his parents' children, learned the trades of 
 carpenter and ship builder, and worked > at 
 them successfully throughout his life. It 
 was his characteristic to give diligent atten- ■ 
 tion to his business. Like his father, he cast 
 his vote with the Whigs. He resided all his 
 life in Freeport, and died there in June, 1833. 
 By his first wife, whose maiden name was 
 Miss Alice Means, he became the father of 
 four children, all of whom have since died. 
 His second union, contracted with Miss Nancy 
 M. Grant, was blessed by the birth of one son 
 — Henry C. Brewer, who is now the only sur- 
 vivor of the family. His mother died in 1842. 
 
 Henry C. Brewer grew to manhood in Free- 
 port, receiving his education in the common 
 schools and at Yarmouth Academy. After 
 leaving school, he at first engaged in teaching. 
 Later he learned ship calking, and thereafter 
 followed that trade at intervals for about 
 twenty years. For the past two years he has 
 conducted a mercantile business in Freeport. 
 In 1862 he enlisted in Company G of the 
 Twenty-fifth Regiment, Maine Infantry, was 
 appointed Sergeant of his company, and served 
 until his honorable discharge in 1863. 
 
 Mr. Brewer is a member of the Republican 
 party and one of the leading politicians of 
 Freeport. He represented the district in the 
 State legislature from 1871 to 1873 inclusive, 
 after which he served two terms as State Sena- 
 tor, one lasting one year and the other two 
 years. In 1883 and 1884 he held the position 
 of Inspector in the custom-house at Portland, 
 and from that time up to 1886 he was United 
 States Store-keeper in the custom-house. He 
 
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 has also held the office of Postmaster of 
 Freeport one term, from 1889 to 1894. In the 
 town he has filled the office of Selectman, 
 and for two years he was a member of the 
 School Board. Among the fraternal organiza- 
 tions he has connection with are : Freeport 
 Lodge, No. 23, A. F. &. A. M. ; Harraseeket 
 Lodge, No. 30, Knights of Pythias; Tamassee 
 Tribe, No. 28, Freepprt's Order of Red Men; 
 and Bosworth Post, No. 2, Grand Army of the 
 Republic, of Portland. Mr. Brewer has earned 
 the reputation of a capable and faithful public 
 servant. 
 
 Tt^OBERT BARBOUR LOW, a leading 
 I S^ contractor and builder of Deering, 
 |b\^ was born in North Yarmouth, Cum- 
 ^■^^ berland County, Me., June 23, 
 1 861, son of Robert and Johanna Drinkwater 
 (Skill ings) Low. Robert Low, who -was a 
 native of New Gloucester, Me., received his 
 education in the common schools of Gray, 
 Me., after which he learned the trade of car- 
 riage builder in North Yarmouth. At the 
 age of twenty-one years he went to Lowell, 
 Mass., where he secured a position as a jour- 
 neyman. Subsequently he formed a partner- 
 ship with David G. Skillings, under the firm 
 name of Skillings & Low. A few years later 
 they removed their business to Amesbury, 
 Mass. In 1859 he returned to Yarmouth and 
 opened an establishment on his own account. 
 At about the same time he bought a farm, and 
 entered upon the business of conducting it. 
 In 1861, when the Civil War began, he en- 
 listed with the volunteers and was assigned to 
 the duties of fifer in Company G of the 
 Twelfth Maine Regiment. He was discharged 
 before his term had expired on account of sick- 
 ness brought on by the privations and exposure 
 of an army life. He never recovered his 
 health sufficiently to engage in active business 
 afterward, and died in 1869. He served as 
 chorister in the Congregational Church of 
 North Yarmouth for many years. His wife 
 Johanna, was a daughter of Isaac Skillings, of 
 North Yarmouth. She bore her husband 
 seven children, five of whom attained maturity 
 These were: John Edwin, Frank, Florence 
 Marian, Robert Barbour, and Annie L. Flor- 
 
 ence Marian married C. . Frank Sawyer, of 
 Gray; and Annie L. is the wife of Gardner 
 Leighton, Jr., of North Yarmouth. 
 
 Robert Barbour Low, the youngest son of 
 his parents, obtained a good practical educa- 
 tion in the comrnon schools of North Yar- 
 mouth. He then went to Lowell, Mass., 
 where for two years he was employed at the 
 carpenter's trade. Following that he worked 
 as a journeyman for Burnham, Lane & Co., of 
 Portland. He afterward.j secured a situation 
 under Myron E. Moore, with whojn after some 
 time he entered into i3artnership. They had 
 been in business together for about two years 
 when the firm was dissolved and Mr. Low es- 
 tablished his present business as a contractor 
 and builder. Since that time he has erected 
 a large number of residences both in Portland 
 and Deering. 
 
 His wife before marriage was Miss Olive 
 L. Roberts, a daughter of Joshua Roberts, 
 of Windham, Me. They have three sons; 
 namely, Robert Elmer, Joshua Everett, and 
 Byron Rudolph. Mr. Low is well known in 
 Masonic circles, being a member of Casco 
 Lodge, No. 36, A. F. & A. M. ; of Mount 
 Vernon Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Port- 
 land Council and of Portland Commandery of 
 Kora Temple. He is also Eminent Com- 
 mander pf the United Order of the Golden 
 Gross, Deering Commandery. 
 
 ^ATHAN R. DYER, superintendent of 
 the Portland Ship Building Company, 
 
 ]? \^ formerly the Merchants' Marine 
 
 Railway Company, at Cape Eliza- 
 beth, Cumberland County, was born Novem- 
 ber 22, 1832, at Portland, a son of Nathan and- 
 Ehza Ann (Woodbury) Dyer. His paternal 
 grandparents, Caleb and Maria (Randall) 
 Dyer, were early settlers of Cape Elizabeth, 
 the grandfather being an old-time ship builder 
 and a prominent man of that day. He was a 
 stanch Democrat ; and, religiously, both he and 
 his wife were of liberal and progressive views. 
 They reared a large family of children, of 
 whom Nathan was the youngest. 
 
 Nathan Dyer was a native of Cape Eliza- 
 beth, born December 13, 1803, in that part of 
 the town now called South Portland. He was 
 
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 here educated and learned the trade of ship 
 building, in which he was subsequently en- 
 gaged in partnership with his cousin, George 
 Dyer, in Portland, they carrying on a good 
 business in ship building and repairing. He 
 also had the control of the ferry from Portland 
 to Cape Elizabeth, from 1842 until 1849, the 
 equipment consisting of row-boats only. Sell- 
 ing his interest in the ferry to George Turner, 
 he continued to carry on general farming on 
 the homestead now owned and occupied by his 
 son, Nathan R. , the subject of this sketch. 
 In 1868 he became identified with the Marine 
 Railway as superintendent, an office which he 
 filled until his final retirement to farm life on 
 his homestead, where his death occurred in 
 1880. Of the two children born to him and 
 his wife, Nathan R., the elder, is the only 
 one now living, the younger child having died 
 at the age of four years. 
 
 Nathan R. Dyer acquired his education in 
 his native city, completing his course of study 
 at the private school of B. C. Fermald. After 
 working for his father at the ferry for some 
 years, he learned the trade of a boat and ship 
 builder with Green & Degnio of Portland, 
 serving as an apprentice and workman from 
 1 85 I until 1857. Starting in business on his 
 own account in Portland, he continued alone 
 three years, when, in i860, he entered into 
 partnership with Galen J. Degnio, being the 
 junior member of the firm. They carried on 
 a substantial business until the great fire of 
 1866, which, it is worthy to note, started in 
 their shop, originating, as Mr. Dyer says, 
 without doubt, from the spark of a locomotive 
 passing through Commercial Street. After 
 the fire Mr. Dyer entered the service of the 
 .Ship Railway Company at this place, working 
 under his father until the resignation of the 
 latter, when he, the son, succeeded him as 
 superintendent, being still the incumbent of 
 the office. In politics Mr. Dyer has never 
 swerved from the principles in which he was 
 reared, having been a lifelong Democrat. In 
 1873 he was elected to the office of Selectman, 
 a position which he held for three different 
 terms. 
 
 Mr. Dyer and Miss Julia W., daughter of 
 Nathan Read, of Windham, were united in 
 marriage on April 28, 1858. Their union has 
 
 been blessed by the birth of six children, four 
 of whom are now living, all having been born 
 on the paternal homestead except the eldest, 
 who was born in Portland, Albert E.-, born 
 July 22, 1863, now residing and working with 
 his father, is married and has two children; 
 Eliza, born October 11, 1865, is the wife of 
 Everett E. Pittee, of this place, and has two 
 children; Frank J., born August 17, 1867, 
 working for his father on the ship railway and 
 living on the old homestead, married Edith 
 Stanford, of Cape Elizabeth, and has two chil- 
 dren ; and Harry W. , born April 2, 1870, 
 and for the past six years a clerk for Emery 
 & Waterhouse of Portland, married Miss 
 Lillian A. Brackett, of this place. 
 
 DWARD KIMBALL, for many years a 
 well-known business man of North 
 Bridgton, where he is now living a 
 retired life, is a native of Oxford County, 
 Waterford being the place of his birth, which 
 occurred November 3, 1840. His paternal 
 grandfather, David Kimball, a blacksmith by 
 trade, was among the early settlers of Water- 
 ford, removing to that place from the State of 
 Massachusetts. 
 
 Joel S. Kimball, father of Edward, was also 
 born in Waterford, where he spent his seventy- 
 four years of life, being engaged principally 
 in tilling the soil. He married Olive Wat- 
 son, who died at the age of seventy-two years, 
 leaving two children — Edward and Thomas M. 
 
 Edward Kimball spent his boyhood and 
 youth on the old homestead, attending the 
 public schools and assisting in the work of the 
 farm. At the age of twenty be left home, 
 going to Norway, this State, where he learned 
 the trade of a tanner and currier, which he fol- 
 lowed in the towns of Norway, Waterford, and 
 Bridgton for a period of ten years. He then 
 established himself in the mercantile busi- 
 ness, coming to North Bridgton, and here 
 conducting a general store for twelve years, 
 having a large custom. He was also Post- 
 master for seven years of that time. On ac- 
 count of impaired health Mr. Kimball was fi- 
 nally obliged to give up active business, and, 
 accordingly sold out his store, since which 
 time he has lived in comparative retirement. 
 
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 Socially, he is a man of prominence, belonging 
 to Cumberland Lodge, Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows, and having advanced in Masonry 
 as far as the Chapter. In politics he is an ac- 
 tive and loyal member of the Republican 
 party, and has served his constituents in many 
 offices, having represented the town of Bridg- 
 ton in the State legislature one term, and is 
 now serving his sixth year as Selectman. 
 Since 1880 he has been Justice of the Peace, 
 and since 1884 has been a member of the 
 Board of Trustees of Bridgton Academy, of 
 which he is now the Treasurer. Religiously, 
 he is a valued member of the Congregational 
 church. 
 
 OSEPH G. GERRISH, who owns and 
 conducts a good farm in Otisfield, was 
 born in this town, November 10, 1827, 
 son of Joseph G. and Mary (Edwards) 
 Gerrish. Mr. Gerrish's grandparents, James 
 and Annie (Scribner) Gerrish, were early set- 
 tlers in Otisfield, where Grandfather Gerrish 
 was successfully engaged in farming for the 
 rest of his life. They raised a family of three 
 children; namely, Anna, Mary, and Joseph G. 
 Joseph G. Gerrish, who was born in Otis- 
 field, in young manhood learned the shoe- 
 maker's trade. He subsequently settled upon 
 a farm situated on Scribner Hill, and here 
 carried on a farm and manufactured shoes. 
 An energetic and industrious man, he labored 
 diligently, maintaining his family in comfort- 
 able circumstances, and died October 27, 
 1827. His wife Mary, a native of Otisfield, 
 was daughter of Simeon and Eunice Edwards, 
 prosperous farming people, who came from 
 Gilmanton, N.H., to Otisfield, and here re- 
 sided for the rest of their lives. Mrs. Joseph 
 Gerrish had two children, namely: Greenfield, 
 who died in infancy; and Joseph G., the sub- 
 ject of this sketch, who, born two weeks after 
 his father's death, was named for him. The 
 mother died in June, i860. 
 
 Joseph G. Gerrish received his education in 
 the schools of his native town ; and, as he 
 never knew a father's care, he was necessarily 
 thrown upon his own resources at an earlier 
 age than usual. When a young man he went 
 to Lowell, Mass., and was there employed for 
 
 five years as a watchman. In February, 1852, 
 he bought his present farm of one hundred and 
 twenty acres of well-located land. Since then 
 he has labored incessantly to improve this 
 property, which is now very fertile. He 
 carries on general farming and stock raising 
 with good judgment and profit. On May 21, 
 185 1, Mr. Gerrish was united in marriage to 
 Mary A. McNeal. She was born in Laconia, 
 N. H., February 27, 1825, daughter of Jona.- 
 than McNeal, who settled upon a farm in Otis- 
 field, where he lived for the .remainder of his 
 days. Mr. and Mrs. Gerrish have three chil- 
 dren, as follows: Mary Josephine, born May 
 20, 1852, now living at home; Eddie J., born 
 April 6, i860, also residing at home; and 
 Nancy E., born October 28, 1861, who is now 
 the wife of Michael H. Fagan, of Lebanon, 
 N.H. The children all received a good edu- 
 cation in the public schools. Eddie J. is a 
 member of Harrison Lodge, No. 41, Indepen- 
 dent Order of Odd Fellows, and of Highland 
 Lodge, No. 10, Knights of Pythias,, of Bridg- 
 ton. The mother died April 10, 1896, aged 
 seventy-one years. Mr. Gerrish is a self-made 
 man. His present position of prosperity has 
 been attained by his own efforts ' solely. He 
 is an enterprising and progressive farmer, and 
 is highly esteemed by his fellow-townsmen. 
 He supports the Republican party in politics, 
 is prominent in local public affairs, and has 
 served with ability in some of the important 
 offices. 
 
 ON. MATTHEW F. WINSLOW,. 
 
 prominent resident and a substan- 
 tial farmer of Casco, was born in 
 this place. May 4, 1821, son of 
 Cyrus and Fannie (Foster) Winslow. Grand- 
 father Winslow, who was a resident of West- 
 brook, Me., left the reputation of a stirring 
 business man. He erected and operated, a 
 saw-mill in Casco. To induce his two sons to 
 settle in this town, he gave them one hundred 
 dollars apiece. Cyrus Winslow, one of these 
 sons, was born in Westbrook. He learned the 
 trade of a shoemaker, but the greater part 
 of his lifetime was spent in farming and lum- 
 bering. On leaving Westbrook, he went to 
 Freeport, Me. ; but subsequently, in conse- 
 
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 quence of his father's offer, he settled in 
 Casco. Here he purchased the farm which his 
 son now occupies, and resided there until his 
 death. His wife, Fannie, a native of Freeport, 
 survived her husband, spending the last years 
 of her life with her children. 
 
 •The Flon. Matthew F. Winslow acquired a 
 practical common-school education. He was 
 the third child in order of birth, and remained 
 with his parents, assisting his father in the 
 work of the farm until he was twenty-one 
 years of age. On starting out for himself, he 
 went first to Lexington, Me., where he was 
 engaged in logging for a year. The following 
 year he returned and worked on the home farm, 
 and then again engaged in lumbering for a 
 year. In June, 1843, he returned again to his 
 home; and from that time until he reached the 
 age of twenty-six years, he was employed on 
 different farms in the vicinity. Not long after 
 his marriage he removed from Casco to Otis- 
 field. His next venture was the purchase of 
 a farm in Harrison, Me. Here he lived for 
 five years, profitably engaged in general farm- 
 ing. He then purchased the old homestead in 
 Casco, and lived there for several years. He 
 left it to go to Webb's Mills, where he cared 
 for his first wife's parents until their death. 
 From there he returned to the homestead, 
 where he has since remained. The estate con- 
 tains one hundred and ten acres of good farm- 
 ing land. He carries on general farming, 
 . stock and fruit raising, making a specialty of 
 dairying, for which he keeps ten cows. 
 
 On December 27, 1846, Mr. Winslow was 
 united in matrimony with Miss Deborah R. 
 Small, a daughter of Robert Small, of Gray, 
 Me., who died when she was a mere child. 
 Her own death occurred on September 3, 1859. 
 She left three children, namely: Cyrus, born 
 September 29, 1847, living near Webb's Mills, 
 who married Miss Emma Holmes, of Jeffer- 
 son, N.H. ; Helen M., born December 20, 
 1853, who is the wife of Gideon T. Cook, of 
 Casco, a successful carpenter and farmer and 
 a Deputy Sheriff; and Charles F., born Au- 
 gust 19, 1859, who is in partnership with his 
 father and lives on the homestead. Charles F. 
 Winslow was first married to Miss I. D. Jor- 
 dan, of Raymond, who died May 23, 1891. 
 He subsequently contracted a second union 
 
 with Miss Lizzie G. Seavey, a native of Harri- 
 son, Me., born October 12, 1867. He is now 
 the father of two sons — Walter P. and Harry 
 M. On November 26, i860, Mr. Matthew F. 
 Winslow was again married, this time to Miss 
 Phcebe M. Bailey. She was born in Casco, 
 December 25, 1826, daughter of Daniel and 
 Rebecca (Jumper) Bailey, both now deceased. 
 Daniel Bailey was a native of Westbrook, 
 whence he removed to Casco, where he fol- 
 lowed with success the callings of farmer, 
 carpenter, and joiner. His wife was born in 
 Harrison, Me. 
 
 In his political relations Mr. Winslow is a 
 Democrat, and has always been an ardent ad- 
 vocate of the principles of that party. In 
 1863 he represented the towns of Naples, 
 Casco, and Otisfield in the State legislature. 
 He is a member of Minoma Lodge, No. 40, 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Me- 
 chanic Falls; of Crooked River Lodge, 
 A. F. & A. M., of Bolster's Mills. His son, 
 Charles F. Winslow, is a member of High- 
 land Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Bridgton, 
 Me., and of Hathorn Lodge, N. E. O. P., No. 
 171, of Webb's Mills. Mr. and Mrs. Wins- 
 low are attendants of the Universalist Church 
 of Casco. 
 
 (^"ThE MERRILL BROTHERS, George 
 < I E. and Harry, are well-known and 
 ^i-L highly successful farmers and business 
 men of the town of Gray. They are the 
 sons of George T. and Emeline (Merrill) Mer- 
 rill, the former of whom was a native of Po- 
 land, Me. 
 
 George T. Merrill settled in Gray when he 
 was nineteen years of age, and worked in the. 
 old Falmouth woollen-mills for several years, 
 after which he bought and cultivated a farm, 
 formerly belonging to his wife's father. His 
 death took place in 1888. He was an indus- 
 trious and intelligent man, prominent in pub- 
 lic affairs, and represented the towns of Gray 
 and New Gloucester in the legislature in 1868. 
 His first wife was Mary Ann Russell, of Gray, 
 who died in 1850. By this union there were 
 three children, as follows: Lizzie, who died at 
 the age of sixteen years; Harriet F., who now 
 resides in Gray, widow of Thomas Hancock; 
 
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 and Julia E., who married James Hunt, a pros- 
 perous farmer of Gray. George T. Merrill's 
 second wife, Emeliiie Merrill, was born in 
 Falmouth, daughter of Daniel and Emeline 
 Merrill, who came to Cumberland County at 
 an early date, and settled upon the farm 
 which is now owned by John P. Merrill. She 
 became the mother of four children, of whom 
 the two now living are George E. and his 
 brother Harry, the subjects of this sketch. 
 One child died in infancy, and a son Herbert 
 died at the age of twenty-five years. 
 
 George E. Merrill was born upon the farm 
 he now occupies, October 4, i860. He re- 
 ceived his education at the Normal and high 
 schools, and at the age of twenty-one began 
 teaching school. He taught seven terms in 
 Roxbury, Cumberland County, in Washington 
 County, and in the town of Gray. During 
 this time he worked upon the farm in the 
 summer season; and after his father's death, 
 in company with his brother Harry, he took 
 charge of the homestead. He was later en- 
 gaged as travelling salesman for a Vermont 
 fertilizer firm, which he represented for six 
 months; and then, returning to Gray, he 
 bought his brother's interest in the home- 
 stead. Since taking possession of the farm he 
 has added more land, now owning two hundred 
 acres, which he devoted to general farming 
 and the dairying interests. He makes a 
 specialty of raising hay and sweet corn, having 
 upon his farm a dryer for the production of 
 seed corn, which is sold to the farmers 
 throughout New England. He conducts the 
 largest dairy in the town of Gray, having a 
 herd of fifty finely bred Holstein and Jersey 
 cows; and he supplies the dealers in Portland 
 and the outlying towns with milk. He also 
 raises some fine horses, and is a well-known 
 breeder of Chester white swine. He has an 
 interest in a large saw-mill near his farm, and 
 is the local agent for the Buffalo fertilizer. 
 He takes an active interest in public affairs, 
 having been a member of the School Board for 
 two years and Road Commissioner for the past 
 four years. 
 
 On October 26, 1887, George E. Merrill 
 was united in marriage with Mary E. Merrill. 
 She was born in Falmouth, Me., April 2, 
 1866, daughter of John P. and Elizabeth (Mer- 
 
 rill) Merrill, both of whom are natives of Fal- 
 mouth, Me. John P. Merrill, who in his 
 younger days followed the sea, is nOw a pros- 
 perous farmer of Falmouth. Mr. and Mrs. 
 George E. Merrill have one child; namely, 
 George Dwight,' who was born January 13, 
 1893. 
 
 Harry Merrill, younger brother of George 
 E. Merrill? was born in Gray, November 16, 
 1866. He was educated in the high and Nor- 
 mal schools; and at the age of twenty-two he 
 engaged in selling, fertilizer, both travelling 
 himself and appointing agents in different lo- 
 calities. He was in Ohio for two years and 
 in New Jersey for one year, and after that he 
 returned to Gray, where in 1892 he bought 
 his present farm of one hundred acres,, which 
 adjoins his brother's property. He makes a 
 specialty of growing small fruits, produces also 
 an average of eight hundred bushels of pota- 
 toes per year, and engages to some extent in 
 raising stock. 
 
 On June 23, 1892, Harry Merrill was mar- 
 ried to Catherine Higgins Libby, who was 
 born in Gray,- April 10, 1868. She is a 
 daughter of Thomas L. and Amanda (Higgins) 
 Libby, the former of whom is a retired farmer. 
 Mr. Merrill is a member of theSiloam Lodge, 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, No. 45, 
 of Gray. 
 
 The Merrill brothers occupy a prominent 
 position among the leading farmers and busi- 
 ness men of Gray. They are members of the 
 Congregational church, in which they are ac- 
 tively interested. George E. Merrill is a 
 Deacon, and has been, superintendent of the 
 Sunday-school for the past ten years. The 
 brothers are Republicans in politics. 
 
 m 
 
 ENDALL S. PEACO, one of Otis- 
 field's representative farmers, was 
 born in Windham, this county, No- 
 vember 16, 1838, son of Asa and Lucinda 
 (Edwards) Peaco. Mr. Peaco's paternal grand- . 
 parents were John and Lydia (Cobb)' Peaco. 
 John Peaco, born January 7, 1779, who was 
 reared to agricultural pursuits and resided in 
 Westbrook, Me., was a soldier in the War of 
 1 8 1 2. He was afterward engaged in. the naval 
 service, and, while on a cruise in search of 
 
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 pirates, was stricken with yellow fever, and 
 died at sea. He was deservedly esteemed for 
 his courage, patriotism, and faithful devotion 
 to the service of his country. His wife, 
 Lydia, who was born July 6, 1780, reared 
 three children, as follows: Asa, Mr. Peaco's 
 father, who was the eldest; Rachel, who was 
 born September 15, 1809; and Rebecca, born 
 January 23, 1812, who died April 30, 1844. 
 Asa Peaco, a native of Westbrook, born 
 March 25, 1804, resided in his native town 
 until after his marriage. He then moved to 
 Windham, where he engaged in farming for a 
 few years. After this he bought a farm in 
 Otisfield, on which he resided, occupied in its 
 cultivation until his death, which took place 
 when he was eighty-three years old. His rep- 
 utation was that of a kind and agreeable neigh- 
 bor and a worthy man. His wife, Lucinda 
 (Edwards) Peaco, whom he married May 14, 
 1836, was born October 18, 18 13. She be- 
 came the mother of seven children, as fol- 
 lows: Wendall S., the subject of this sketch; 
 Mary Jane, born April 25, 1840; Phoebe C, 
 born November 2, 1842; Eli E. , born March 
 4, 1844; George W.', born April 13, 1846; 
 Merrill T., born December 8, 1847; =i"d 
 Rachel M., born May 8, 1850. The mother 
 died in 1875. 
 
 Wendall S. Peaco received his education in 
 the common schools. After completing his 
 studies he bought his present farm of one hun- 
 dred acres, which is situated near the village 
 of East dtisfield. Since then he has made 
 various improvements in the property, includ- 
 ing the erection of a handsome and substantial 
 residence, and effecting an increase in the 
 fertility of the land. He devotes his atten- 
 tion chiefly to general farming and stock rais- 
 ing and the culture of fruit in considerable 
 quantities. Devoted to his family and 
 strongly domestic in his disposition, he has 
 never aspired to political prominence, prefer- 
 ring to give his entire time and attention to 
 his farm and his home duties. 
 
 On May 13, 1866, Mr. Peaco was united in 
 marriage to Emily Lovell. She was born in 
 Otisfield, March 4, 1844, daughter of Jeremiah 
 Lovell, a prosperous farmer of Otisfield, and 
 Lydia H. (Caveland) Lovell, a native of Ox- 
 ford, Me. Mr. and Mrs. Peaco have had eleven 
 
 children, namely: Lowell, who died at the 
 age of eight years; Silas Morton, who died at 
 the age of five; Carrie L. and James L., both 
 also deceased; Horatio M., who was born 
 April 21, 1874, and is now residing at home; 
 Arthur B., born October 31, 1875; an un- 
 named son, who died on date of birth, March 
 29, 1877; Elsie A., born February 6, 1878, 
 who resides at home; Wendall S. , Jr., born 
 March 3, 1880; Francis B., born December 8, 
 1882; and Harlan S., born April 13, 1885, 
 who died December 24 of the same year. Mr. 
 Peaco has always supported the Republican 
 party in politics. He and his family are 
 members of the Baptist church. 
 
 TTAHARLES K. RICHARDS, of the 
 I Ky firm of Charles K. Richards & Co. 
 ^^Hs of Falmouth, dealers in general 
 
 merchandise, was born in Falmouth,- 
 November 2, 1861, son of Thomas B. and 
 Eliza (Merrill) Richards. His paternal 
 grandfather had seven children, respectively 
 named: Josiah, Nathan, Davis, Samuel, Will- 
 iam, Sarah, and Thomas. All are now de- 
 ceased except Sarah, the only daughter, who 
 is the widow of the late Jesse Sweetzer, and 
 resides in Cumberland, Me. In politics their 
 father was a Republican, and he attended the 
 Congregational church at Cumberland Centre. 
 Thomas B. Richards was a native of Fal- 
 mouth. He learned the trade of a mason, and 
 followed it for a number of years. At the 
 time of the gold excitement in California he 
 went thither. Returning East afterward, he 
 engaged in the dry-goods business for a time 
 in Boston. He then came to Falmouth and 
 purchased a farm, the care of which and occa- 
 sional jobs at mason work were his chief oc- 
 cupations thereafter up to the time of his 
 death in 1891. His wife, Eliza, bore him 
 five children, as follows: Charles K.; Thomas 
 E., residing in Laramie, Wyo. ; Jennie, the 
 wife of Charles L. Lufkin, of Woodford's, Me. ; 
 Harry D. and Frank, who are both employed 
 in their brother's store in Falmouth. In pol- 
 itics Thomas B. Richards was a Republican. 
 He served acceptably as Town Clerk for a 
 time, and attended the First Parish Congrega- 
 tional Church. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Charles K. Richards received a good educa- 
 tion in the public schools of Falmouth. He 
 then entered the employ of Shaw, Hammond 
 & Carney, of Portland, Me., as clerk, and re- 
 mained in that position for about four years. 
 At the expiration of that time he came to 
 Falmouth, and purchased the general store 
 then conducted by Perry & Oliver. This he 
 has since carried on with success under the 
 firm name of Charles K. Richards & Co. His 
 stock, amounting in value to about fifteen hun- 
 dred dollars, comprises a good variety of such 
 articles as are usually found in a general 
 store. The business is very good, and proni- 
 ises to be much better. 
 
 In 1887 Mr. Richards was joined in mar- 
 riage with Miss Clara B. Lane, a daughter of 
 H^enry J. Lane, of East Raymond. 
 
 Mr. Richards's political principles are Re- 
 publican. In May, 1888, under President 
 Cleveland's first administration, he was ap- 
 pointed Postmaster of Falmouth, and has held 
 that position for the past seven years. He 
 is a member of Presumpscot Lodge, No. 91, 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows ; Una En- 
 campment, No. 46, of Portland. He has 
 served as Secretary of Presumpscot Lodge for 
 the past three years. He and his family are 
 attendants of the First Parish Congregational 
 Church of Falmouth. 
 
 rOHN FLINT, a farmer of Baldwin, Me., 
 the most extensive apple grower in 
 Cumberland County, was born on his 
 present farm February 11, 1833. His 
 father, Ephraim Flint, was born in the historic 
 town of Concord, Mass., in 1781 or 1782. 
 In 1803 he came to Cumberland County, 
 Maine, settling at first in West Baldwin. 
 After remaining there a few years he pur- 
 chased the present Flint homestead, which 
 was mostly wild land, and set about reclaim- 
 ing it, felling the trees, which he sold for 
 lumber, and bringing some of the land under 
 cultivation. His facilities for farming gradu- 
 ally increased; and at the time of his death, 
 in 1865, he was the owner of a valuable 
 homestead. He married Phebe Thompson, of 
 Standish, Me. ; and eleven children were born 
 to them — Phebe, Thompson S., Edward, 
 
 Enos, Samuel F., Ephraim, Richard, Hepzi- 
 bah, Daniel T. , Ralph H. , and John, the sub- 
 ject of this sketch. Of these the four last 
 named yet survive. 
 
 John Flint has lived on the homestead since 
 the time of his birth. He attended the dis- 
 trict schools and the academy of Baldwin, and, 
 while acquiring a fund of book knowledge, was 
 at the same time practically learning the es- 
 sentials of successful farming. When he at- 
 tained his majority he took charge of the home 
 farm, which comprised three hundred and fifty 
 acres; and during his ownership he has added 
 eighty-four acres more, so that now he has one 
 of the largest farms in Cumberland County. 
 A few years after becoming manager of the 
 farm he planted about twenty acres with apple- 
 trees; and he has since set out many more 
 trees, so that now he has about forty acres de- 
 voted to apple culture, comprising four differ- 
 ent orchards, which produce standard varieties 
 of apples, averaging three thousand bushels 
 yearly. Mr. Flint is one of the largest apple 
 growers in the State, and is also engaged in 
 general farming and lumbering. He ships 
 the greater part of his fruit to Liverpool. 
 Mr. Flint was married in 1864, but has no 
 children. 
 
 He is a Free Mason in good standing. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Flint are highly esteemed in Bald- 
 win, which has been their dwelling-place for 
 so many years; and Mr. Flint occupies a 
 prominent place as an intelligent and enter- 
 prising farmer and a successful man of busi- 
 ness. 
 
 LPRANK WARREN RIGGS, a farmer 
 p| and stone cutter of Raymond, Me., is 
 J- a native of Portland, where his birth 
 occurred on January 12, 1853. It is now 
 more than twenty years since he became a 
 resident of Raymond, where he is esteemed as 
 a useful citizen, and has come to be regarded 
 as one of the representative men of the 
 place. 
 
 He is a son of Charles Riggs, who was born 
 in Portland and received his- education in 
 that city, but not long after his marriage re- 
 moved to Raymond, subsequently settling in 
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 Charles Riggs is a blacksmith, and through- 
 out his active life he has followed that voca- 
 tion in connection with farming. He married 
 Miss Eliza Shane, of Raymond; and they have 
 eight children. The record is as follows: 
 George Alva, living with his brother, the sub- 
 ject of this sketch; Mary Frances, at the pa- 
 rental home; Frank Warren; Lizzie (de- 
 ceased), who was the wife of James Jewett; 
 Charles Leonard, residing at home; Annie 
 (deceased) ; Elmer E., a prosperous farmer of 
 Raymond, Me. ; and Annie, who also lives at 
 the home in Casco. 
 
 Frank Warren Riggs lived with his parents 
 until he was thirteen years of age, and during 
 that time acquired a common-school educa- 
 tion. He then started out for himself, first 
 securing a place on a farm ; and, after working 
 out in this way for several years, he learned 
 the trade of a stone cutter, at which he was 
 engaged for five years. He then went to 
 Portland, and for five years was employed as a 
 machinist in mills and similar places. Early 
 in his married life he settled on a farm near 
 East Raymond village, and for seventeen 
 years was successfully engaged in mixed hus- 
 bandry. From there he came to the farm, 
 comprising about one hundred acres of well- 
 improved land, on which he now resides, and 
 of which he became the owner. Besides de- 
 voting his attention to general farming, he 
 engages to a limited extent in his trade of 
 a stone cutter. 
 
 His marriage with Miss Elvira Davis took 
 place on New Year's Day, 1875. She was 
 born in Raymond, December 14, 1846, and is 
 a daughter of Thomas W. and Paulina (Styles) 
 Davis. Her parents spent their last years in 
 Casco, Me. Two sons and a daughter live to 
 bless the union of Mr. and Mrs. Riggs, 
 namely: Lizzie D., the wife of Frank A. 
 Hanson, of Portland; John W. and Clinton 
 M., both of whom are at home. 
 
 Since attaining the age at which the full 
 rights of American citizenship are bestowed, 
 Mr. Riggs has cast his vote in the ranks of the 
 Democratic party. He is a worthy example of 
 the self-made man, his comfortable property 
 having been acquired by his personal labor 
 combined with a faculty for making the most 
 of the means within his reach. 
 
 EVI SCRIBNER, one of the oldest resi- 
 dents of Otisfield, was born in this 
 town, August 12, 1 814, son of Jo- 
 seph and Polly (Knight) Scribner. 
 Mr. Scribner' s father was a native of Water- 
 bury, Me. He settled in Otisfield at an early 
 date in the town's history, and, followed farm- 
 ing for many years, industriously toiling to 
 clear and cultivate the soil until his death, 
 which took place at the age of seventy-seven 
 years, six months, and fifteen days. He mar- 
 ried for his first wife Hannah Dcfckam, and 
 by this union there were seven children ; 
 namely, Jonathan, John, Simon, Harvey, 
 Thomas, Nathan, and Prudence, all of whom 
 have passed away. His second wife, Polly 
 Knight, became the mother of seven children, 
 as follows : Polly, widow of Nathaniel Robin- 
 son; Hannah and Lydia, who are no longer 
 living; Levi, the subject of this sketch; 
 Sarah, widow of James F. Tookey, of Port- 
 land; Louise, who became Mrs. Irwin Smith, 
 and Herstilda, neither of whom is living. 
 
 Levi Scribner received his education in the 
 common schools, and was reared to agricultural 
 pursuits. His boyhood and youth were passed 
 in assisting his father upon the home farm, 
 and during that time he rendered much valu- 
 able aid in supporting the family. After his 
 marriage he settled upon a farm in the vicin- 
 ity of his present residence, and engaged in 
 general farming, his ways and methods being 
 well devised, and his diligence and prompti- 
 tude ensuring success. He has improved the 
 land and buildings to a considerable extent. 
 He is a Democrat in politics, being an active 
 supporter of the principles of that party, and 
 has served with ability in some of the town 
 offices. 
 
 On November i, 1835, Mr. Scribner was 
 married to Ann Edwards. She was born in 
 Otisfield, May 28, 1812, daughter of Asa Ed- 
 wards, an early settler and a prosperous farmer. 
 By this union there were four children, as fol- 
 lows : Russell G. , who was born August 20, 
 1836, married Ruth Jackson, and resides in 
 Rochester, Me. ; Harriet M., who was born 
 August 30, 1838, married John Stone, and 
 lives at Poland Springs, Me. ; Melissa, who 
 was born July 10, 1843, and is now the wife 
 of Silas Edwards, of South Windham, Me. ; 
 
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 and D. Fletcher, who was born September 7, 
 1846, married for his first wife Jane Edwards 
 and for his second Eva Merrill, and is now 
 residing at the homestead. Mrs. Scribner 
 died January 9, 1895. The children have all- 
 received a good education, and some of them 
 are engaged in teaching. 
 
 Mr. Scribner is well known and highly re- 
 spected for his many sterling qualities. He 
 has lived a life of useful industry, but is now 
 passing his declining years in retirement; and 
 his son matiages the farm. He is a member 
 of the Baptist church and a stanch temperance 
 man. 
 
 (I: 
 
 iHARLES CHOATE, . a prominent 
 citizen of Bridgton, Me., who culti- 
 vates a fine farm of two hundred 
 acres, was born in the city of Lynn, 
 Essex 'County, Mass., April 8, 1826. He is a 
 son of Ebenezer and Eliza (Barker) Choate, 
 and belongs to two of the old families of Bridg- 
 ton, his grandparents on both sides of the 
 house having been early residents of Bridgton. 
 His paternal grandfather, who was born in 
 Massachusetts in 1765, joined the Revolution- 
 ary army as a drummer, and was afterward in 
 active service as a soldier. He settled in 
 Bridgton, Me., about 1800, and was there 
 engaged in farming up to the time of his death. 
 His soHj Ebenezer Choate, was born in Essex, 
 Mass., in 1796. He was about four years old 
 when the family removed to Bridgton, and in 
 that town he was reared and educated. Re- 
 turning to his native State when a young man, 
 he spent some years in Essex County, but 
 finally came back to Maine, devoting the rest 
 of his life to the pursuit of agriculture in the 
 town of Naples. His wife, Eliza Barker, was 
 a native of Bridgton, Me. Mr. and Mrs. Eb- 
 enezer Choate were the parents of the fol- 
 lowing .children : William, Charles, Isaac, 
 Ruth, Isaac (second), Elizabeth, Eunice, Eu- 
 nice (second), and William. 
 
 Charles Choate received a common-school 
 education in the town of Naples. He aided 
 his father about the home farm until August, 
 1862, when he enlisted as a private in Com- 
 pany E, Twenty-fifth Maine Volunteer Infan- 
 try. Mustered in at Portland, his regiment 
 
 was sent to Washington, and was stationed at 
 Arlington Heights during the winter. Mr. 
 Choate received his discharge from military 
 service July 10, 1863, and returned to his 
 father's farm, where he remained till 1889. 
 He then removed to the fine estate on which 
 he now resides, where he has since been en- 
 gaged in general farming. It was the old 
 homestead of Mrs. Choate's father, now hers 
 by inheritance. This propei^ty covers two 
 hundred acres, and mufh of the land is in a 
 high state of cultivation. Mx. Choate exer-' 
 cises good judgment and progressive methods 
 in his chosen vocation, and is one of the lead- 
 ing members of the farming community of 
 Bridgton. 
 
 On December 10, 1884, he was united in 
 marriage with Mary E., daughter of Nehemiah 
 and Rebecca (Kimball) Choate, of Bridgton, 
 lifelong residents of the town, 
 
 Politically, Mr. Choate is a stanch Republi- 
 can. He served on the Board of Selectmen in 
 Naples, and has been Selectman of Bridgton 
 since 1893. A member of the Grand Army 
 of the Republic, he takes an active part in the 
 councils of Farragut Post, No. 27, of Bridg- 
 ton. Mrs. Choate is a member of the Congre- 
 gational church. 
 
 ON. WILLIAM WOODBURY 
 MITCHELL, Mayor of Deering, 
 Me., and one of the leading manu- 
 facturers of the city, was born at 
 New Market, N.H., December 26, 1848, his 
 parents being Dr. Elbridge Kenney and Han- 
 nah Hoole (Woodbury) Mitchell. Dr. Mitch- 
 ell was a native of this State, having been 
 born September 12, 1819, at Yarmouth, 
 where his parents, Levi and Martha Mitchell, 
 lived for many years, his father having been 
 among the leading ship-biiilders of the place, 
 continuing in that business until his sudden 
 death, when but fifty-one years of age. His 
 widow survived him nearly half a century, 
 dying at the venerable age of ninety-four years. 
 Elbridge K. Mitchell was educated for the 
 medical profession at the Bowdoin Medical 
 School, being afterward engaged as a practi- 
 tioner at New Market, N.H., and at Gorham, 
 Me., until his demise, May 11, 1850. Of his 
 
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 union with Miss Woodbury, \A^ho passed to the 
 higher life March 30, 1854, but one child was 
 born, William W. Mitchell. Mrs. Dr. Mitch-, 
 ell was born in Portland, September 15, 1820, 
 and was the youngest daughter of Captain 
 William Woodbury, for many years one of the 
 foremost merchants of that city. 
 
 The Woodbury family came to Cumberland 
 County from Beverly, Mass., being descended 
 from one of the early settlers of that place, 
 Hugh Woodbury, who married Jane Green, 
 their son Israel afterward marrying Anne 
 White. Israel Woodbury left Beverly, where 
 he was born and reared, when a young man, 
 coming to this county, and locating at Cape 
 Elizabeth, where his son William was born 
 on October 16, 1772. William Woodbury, 
 the Mayor's maternal grandfather, was almost 
 literally brought up on the sea, and when very 
 young became a most successful ship-master, 
 conducting his business with such energy, 
 skill, and promptness as soon insured him a 
 competency. 
 
 Giving up his seafaring life. Captain Wood- 
 bury engaged in commercial pursuits on shore, 
 removing to Portland, where he was engaged in 
 business for threescore years, living most of 
 the time in the same house on Franklin Street. 
 He was a leader among the people, being one 
 of the prime movers in the establishment of 
 the Marine Railway, which was incorporated 
 in 1826, and successfully conducted for thirty 
 years, and for a long time was President of 
 the Marine Society, whose funds were wisely 
 devoted to the relief of families of unfortu- 
 nate seamen. He was also a Director, from 
 the time of its incorporation in 1-825, of the 
 Merchants' Bank of Portland, of which at the 
 tiiiie of his death, April 29, 1861, he vvas 
 President. He was known throughout the city 
 as a man of determined will, sound judgment, 
 great discernment of character, and of inflexi- 
 ble integrity. On November 17, 1797, Cap- 
 tain' Woodbury was wedded to Mary Hoole, 
 daughter of Captain William Hoole, who came 
 here from Boston just prior to the Revolution. 
 He purchased the house at the corner of Fed- 
 eral and India Streets, and this was the second 
 building destroyed at the time of the burning 
 of Portland by Mowatt in 1775. Mary Hoole 
 was born in Portland about three years later. 
 
 on January 6, 1778. She attained the vener- 
 able age of ninety-two years and eight months, 
 peacefully passing to the life immortal Sep- 
 tember 17, 1870. Further ancestral history of 
 the Woodbury family may be found on page 
 859 of Willis's "History of Portland," pub- 
 lished in 1865. 
 
 William Woodbury Mitchell was reared to 
 maturity at the home of his grandfather Wood- 
 bury, whither his mother went to live on the 
 death of her young husband, and where her 
 death occurred a few years later. After finish- 
 ing his education at the Portland High School, 
 Mr. Mitchell attended the Commercial Col- 
 lege, subsequently beginning his business ca- 
 reer as clerk for J. & C. J. Barbour, being in 
 their employ for nine years. Resigning his 
 position, he visited Europe, sailing on the first 
 trip of the barque "Carrie Heckle," of which 
 he was part owner, one of his cousins being 
 master of the vessel. He was thirty days out- 
 side of land, going up the English Channel, 
 thence to Dordrecht, Holland ; and he after- 
 ward travelled extensively throughout Holland, 
 Belgium, Germany, France, and Great Britain, 
 returning by steamer from Liverpool to Port- 
 land. 
 
 After his return from abroad Mr. Mitchell 
 was employed in the office of Emery Water- 
 house & Co. for three years, leaving their em- 
 ploy in 1882 to come to Deering, where he 
 has since resided. He erected the second 
 dwelling-house in what is now Oakdale, his 
 eldest son being the first child born in that 
 portion of the city. Engaging in the sheep 
 skin business at the old Gray tannery on Grove 
 Street, he remained there one year, when he 
 removed to the McKone shop, near Morrill's 
 Corners, continuing in the manufacture of 
 morocco and kid in that place for three years. 
 The business having so materially increased, 
 Mr. Mitchell then purchased a lot on Deering 
 Avenue, near the Portland & Rochester Rail- 
 road, on which in 1886 he erected his large 
 factory, containing four stories and a basement. 
 Later he built two "additions, which were used 
 for working sheep skins, as many as one hun- 
 dred skins a day being handled, giving employ- 
 ment to fifty men. For some time he made a 
 specialty of kid stock, handling a good deal of 
 Russia calf. On November 18, 1895, Mr. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Mitchell's factory was totally clestroyed by 
 fire, causing a heavy loss. Since that time he 
 has purchased a half-acre tract of land . of the 
 Deering family, and has laid out Elmwood 
 Place, a forty-foot street through the centre of 
 the combined properties, on which he erects 
 this year a large number of attractive and 
 desirable houses for rental. 
 
 Mr. Mitchell is one of the Standing Com- 
 mittee of the Building and Loan Association. 
 Through his efforts the Deering Board of 
 Trade has just been organized, which promises 
 to be of great value to the city. Socially, Mr. 
 Mitchell is identified with several secret organ- 
 izations, belonging to Fraternity Lodge, In- 
 dependent Order of Odd Fellows, No. 6, of 
 Woodford's, being a charter member and one 
 of its founders, and having received all the 
 honors of the order; to Michigpnne Encamp- 
 ment of Portland; Deering Lodge, A. F. & 
 •A. M., No. 183; and to Mount Vernon Chap- 
 ter, A. F. & A. M., of Portland. 
 
 In politics. Mayor Mitchell has always sup- 
 ported the principles of the Republican party, 
 and he has taken an intelligent interest in the 
 management of local affairs. The city was 
 divided into wards according to his motion, he 
 representing Ward 6 as Alderman in the first 
 city government. Fie was instrumental in 
 forwarding many of the improvements since 
 made in the city, among others being the 
 widening of Forest Avenue, making it one of 
 the most beautiful thoroughfares of the place, 
 he having introduced the original order in the 
 Council. Declining a re-election the next 
 year, Mr. Mitchell received a vote of thanks 
 from his constituents for his services in the 
 Council. In the spring of 1895 he was 
 elected to his present position of Mayor of 
 the city, an office which he is filling most 
 acceptably to all concerned, having been re- 
 elected in 1896 by a handsome majority. He 
 is very active in party ranks, and has served 
 as delegate at numerous State and County 
 Conventions. 
 
 On May 6, 1880, the Hon. W. W. Mitchell 
 was united in marriage with Miss Abbie N., 
 daughter of Charles H. Forbes, who is the 
 descendant of one of the early families of Ban- 
 gor, his father having been the first Postmaster 
 of that place. Four childreri have been born 
 
 to them; namely, William Forbes, Margaret, 
 Mary Woodbury, and Albert Wakefield. 
 Mayor Mitchell and his wife, are members of 
 .the Second Parish Church of Portland, in 
 which he served as superintendent of the Sun- 
 day-school for five years. 
 
 B 
 
 ANIEL C. AYER, a popular Grand 
 Army man, who has' a fine farm of 
 about one huindred acres in the town 
 of Naples, Cumberland County, Me., 
 in Brownfield, Oxford County, Me., 
 1 847, son of the Rev. Aaron and 
 
 was born 
 April 10 
 Mary O. (Cleaves) Ayer, 
 
 Aaron Ayer was born in Buxton, York 
 County, Me., April 3, 1812. A clergyman 
 of the Free Baptist church, he filled pulpits 
 in Maine and New Hampshire, and was widely 
 known and beloved. He died October 8, 1876. 
 His wife, who was a native of York County, 
 daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Hanson) 
 Cleaves, died November 3, 1894. They reared 
 three sons: George W., who, enlisting as a 
 private in Company I, Fourth Massachusetts 
 Cavalry, died in Virginia City in the summer 
 of 1864, the year of his enlistment; Aaron 
 W. ; and Daniel C. , the subject of |:his sketch. 
 
 Daniel C. Ayer received a common-school 
 education, leaving his books when but fifteen 
 years of age to join the New England troops 
 that were gathering to go South; He was at 
 Deerfield, N.H., when the war broke out; and 
 he enlisted as a private in Company C, Ninth 
 New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, being 
 mustered in at Concord, August 19, 1862. 
 His regiment was called into immediate 
 action, and the boy participated in some of the 
 most awful conflicts of the Civil War. He 
 faced fire first at South Mountain, Md., and 
 was afterward in the battle of Antietam (Sep- 
 tember 17, 1862), on whose bloody field many 
 a brave New England youth gave up his life; 
 at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862; at the 
 siege of Vicksburg, whose "unconditional sur- 
 render" was so dearly bought ; at Jackson, July 
 16, 1863; at the dreadful holocaust of Spott- 
 sylvania, beginning May 12, 1864, where the 
 federal loss was nearly twenty thousand men ; 
 at North Anna, May 16, 1864; at Totopotomie 
 Creek, May 31, 1864; at Cold Harbor, the 
 
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 two engagements at Petersburg, and the battle 
 of Poplar Spring Creek, all in 1864. In the 
 last-named engagement, which took place 
 September 30, Mr. Ayer was taken prisoner; 
 and he was nearly five months in durance. 
 After being under guard at Petersburg a few 
 days, he was taken to Pemberton Prison, was 
 shortly transferred to Libby Prison, across 
 the street from Pemberton, and was afterward 
 taken to Salisbury, N.C. Released February 
 28, 1865, he came North on a furlough, and 
 was at home at the time of Lee's surrender. 
 He received his final discharge from the 
 United States service June 10, 1865 ; and after 
 that he was engaged in lumbering in Naples 
 until 1867. The two years following he was 
 employed as a lumberman in Prescott, Wis., 
 where he lived two years. He then came back 
 to Maine, and purchased the farm on which he 
 now resides, where he has since been success- 
 fully engaged in general farming. 
 
 December 6, 1865, Mr. Ayer was married 
 to Miss Lucinda A. Willard, daughter of Evat 
 and Mehitable Willard, of Cumberland County. 
 Five children complete their home circle, 
 namely: Lizzie A., wife of Llewellyn Batchel- 
 der, of Naples, Me. ; and Edward D., Andrew 
 H., George A., and Nettie L., all with their 
 parents. 
 
 Mr. Ayer is a stanch Republican, and takes 
 an active part in political matters. He is 
 often called upon to act as ballot clerk on 
 election day; and has served efficiently as 
 moderator. He is Selectman at present, and 
 is Secretary of the Town Committee. He is 
 an influential member of the C. S. Bickmore 
 Post, Grand Army of the Republic, No. 115, 
 Department of Maine, at Edes Falls, of which 
 he has been Commander, and Aide-de-camp on 
 the Department Commander's staff; and he 
 has served for three years as chaplain of the 
 post. 
 
 'AMES DEXTER HOWE, now a resi- 
 dent farmer of Otisfield, Me., has for 
 many years been successfully engaged 
 in the lumber business, and at the 
 present time is in partnership with D. S. 
 Andrews, operating a saw-mill near Pleasant 
 Pond. He was born in the town of Norway, 
 
 Oxford County, June 19, 1844, son of John, 
 Jr., and Mary W. (Goss) Howel 
 
 John Howe, Sr. , grandfather of James Dex- 
 ter, came to this State from Massachusetts. 
 He was one of the early settlers of the town of 
 Denmark, Oxford County, where he erected 
 a log house, cleared off the land, and engaged 
 in farming. He and his wife spent their last 
 days with their son. 
 
 John Howe, Jr., was born in Denmark, Me. 
 At twelve years of age he was apprenticed to 
 John Deering to learn the carpenter's trade. 
 He afterward settled in Norway, where his son 
 James was born, as above mentioned; and he 
 made his home there until 1850, when he 
 removed to Waterford, an adjoining town. 
 After nine years spent in the latter place en- 
 gaged in his trade and in lumbering, he went 
 to Stoneham, a few miles distant. In 1870 he 
 came to Otisfield ; but after living here a few 
 years he removed to Paris, Oxford County, and 
 lived in retirement until his death in October, 
 
 1886. His wife, Mary W. Goss, was born in 
 Paris, Me. Her father was a soldier in the 
 War of 1 8 12, and died from wounds received 
 in service. Her mother, Mrs. Betsy Goss, 
 died at her home in Stoneham, Me., in 1862. 
 Mr. and Mrs. John Howe, Jr., were the 
 parents of nine children, James Dexter being 
 the eighth in order of birth. Gustavus G. , the 
 eldest, born October 19, 1830, is extensively 
 engaged in farming in South America. Mary 
 E., born August i, 1832, died October 21, 
 
 1887. John W., born September 30, 1834, 
 died October 9, 1834. John, born August 28, 
 1835, died August, 1874. Lydia A., born 
 March 17, 1837, died October 22, 1869. 
 Sarah Jane, born December 3, 1839, is the 
 wife of Thomas S. Thurston, a prosperous 
 farmer of Poland, Me. Martha E. , born Au- 
 gust 29, 1842, died September 25, 1845. 
 Melvin E., born March 14, 1846, died Febru- 
 ary 15, 1888. All the children received a 
 good common-school education. Their mother 
 died in Waterford, Me., November lo, 1878. 
 
 James Dexter Howe continued to live with 
 his parents until he was twenty years of age. 
 He then joined his brother in contract work, 
 going to St. Mary's County, Maryland, where 
 they engaged in getting out wooden ties for the 
 government. From there he went to Tennes- 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 see, and in 1865 he returned to Maine. After 
 two years he again sought employment in the 
 South, and in Preston County, West Virginia, 
 went into a general lumber business, one 
 branch of the work being the getting out of 
 box or stave timber. Leaving that place in 
 1876, he went to Virginia, and during the suc- 
 ceeding five years conducted a similar business 
 in King George, Westmoreland, and Rich- 
 mond Counties. In May, 1891, he purchased 
 what is known as the old Huntress farm in 
 - Otisifield, on which he still resides. The 
 estate contains one hundred and" twenty-five 
 acres of well-improved land, and he is profita- 
 bly engaged in various branches of agriculture. 
 He raises a fair amount of stock each year, and 
 his design is. to make a special feature of 
 dairying, selling the cream at the creamery. 
 In addition to his farming, he. is interested 
 with D. S. Andrews in a saw-mill near Pleas- 
 ant Pond in this town. 
 
 On June 20, 1870, Mr. Howe was united in 
 marriage with Miss Meda Bridgham, who was 
 born in Auburn, Me., February 4, 1851, 
 daughter of Horatio and Rachel (Dunn) Bridg- 
 ham. Mr. Bridgham followed farming through- 
 out his life. He died in Norway, Me,, in 
 1 861, survived by his wife several years, who 
 died in Otisfield in 1872. 
 
 In political matters Mr. Howe has always 
 been a supporter of the Democratic party. 
 He^ow holds the office of Selectman in Otis- 
 field. For many years he has been identified 
 with the Masonic fraternity as a member 
 of Oxford Lodge, No. 18, A. F. & A. M., 
 of Norway. Mrs. Howe is a. member of the 
 Universalist church, of which he is a regular 
 attendant. 
 
 tOBERT A. ALLEN, a prominent 
 business man of West Gray and an 
 ex-member of the Maine legislature, 
 "^ was born in this town, .May 29, 
 1822, a son of Joseph, Jr., and Catherine 
 (Adams) Allen. His father, who was born 
 in Windham, Me., February 24, 1798, was 
 reared to agricultural pursuits, which he fol- 
 lowed during the active period of his life, 
 carrying on farms in Windham and Gray. He 
 was an industrious and worthy citizen, well 
 
 known and equally respected. In his political 
 views he was a Republican, and did much val- 
 uable service in forwarding the, interests of 
 that party in his locality. He died in West 
 Gray, September 25, 1854. His wife, Cather- 
 ine Adams Allen, who was a native of Fal- 
 mouth, Me., became the mother of four chil- 
 dren, namely: Mary, who died at the age of 
 four years; Robert A., the subject of this 
 sketch; Dorcas, who married William Berry, 
 of Grky, neither of whom is now living; and 
 Sarah, who married D. L. Bailey, a prosper- 
 ous and well-known farmer and stage driver of 
 West Gray. The mother of these children 
 lived to the age of seventy-three years. Mr. 
 Allen's parents were members of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal church, his father being a 
 leader of the choir for many years. 
 
 Robert A. Allen obtained his education in 
 the common schools of his native town, resid- 
 ing with his parents until attaining his major- 
 ity. He learned the trade of a shoemaker, 
 which he followed for some time, but, possess- 
 ing a taste for business, he engaged in specu- 
 lating at a time when this. State was passing 
 through a phenomenal era of prosperity. In 
 1843 he established himself in general mer- 
 cantile business in West Gray, where he still 
 conducts a thriving trade. In 1861 he en- 
 gaged in operating a saw-inill, which at the 
 present time is one of his principal enter- 
 prises. He also owns and conducts a valu- 
 able farm, having engaged in' agricultural 
 pursuits with the same progressive and deter- 
 mined spirit which has always characterized 
 his business undertakings. His active career 
 has been marked by a display of energy and 
 perseverance, to which may be attributed the 
 substantial prosperity he now enjoys. 
 
 In politics a supporter of the Republican 
 party, he has long been an able leader" in this 
 locality. In 1864 he represented his district in 
 the legislature, which was then engaged in the 
 task of providing means for the maintenance 
 of Maine's share in the suppression of the Re- 
 bellion, the legislative body being composed 
 of men of patriotism, strength, and decision. 
 He has held the appointment .of Postmaster in 
 West Gray for several years, in which position 
 he has capably served the public. He has 
 long been a prominent member of the Sons of 
 
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 Temperance, having held important offices in 
 the Lodge. 
 
 Mr. Allen married Sarah E. Smith, who 
 was born in Gray, July 30, 1827, a daughter of 
 Benjamin and Hannah (Huston) Smith. Her 
 father was a prosperous citizen of Gray, who 
 followed agricultural pursuits in connection 
 with carpentering. He died in September, 
 1863. Mrs. Allen's mother, who reared 
 seven children, died May i, 1863. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Allen have had ten children, as follows: 
 Dorcas L. , born June 13, 1844, is the widow 
 of Edward Cobb, and resides in Gray; Agnes, 
 who was born December 6, 1846, is now the 
 wife of Andrew Johnson, an artist of New 
 York City; Catherine E., born October 29, 
 1850, is now the widow of George Skillings, 
 and resides in Portland; John H., who was 
 born January 16, 1854, and was for some years 
 engaged in the milling business with his 
 father, married Jane O. Proctor, and died 
 July 16, 1894, leaving two children — -Edith 
 M. and George P. ; Joseph B. , born Septem- 
 ber 16, i860, is now a furniture dealer in 
 Portland; George B. , born September 16, 
 1862, and now a stage driver and expressman 
 in Gray, married Mary Morse; Robert L. , 
 born November 16, 1863, is a resident of Port- 
 land; Wallace L., born in 1865, died at the 
 age of eight years; Charles, born in 1866, 
 married Minnie Field, of Gray; Hannah E., 
 who was born in 1867, resides at home. 
 
 Mr. Allen occupies a leading position 
 among the well-to-do residents of Gray. He 
 has led a busy and successful life, and has 
 long enjoyed a merited popularity, both in 
 business and social circles. 
 
 fOHN MOUNTFORT, a prosperous 
 farmer of North Yarmouth, was born 
 in Gray, Me., August 9, 1822, son 
 of Jeremiah and Elmira F. (Fields) 
 Mountfort. He is of French and English 
 ancestry. His paternal grandfather, John 
 Mountfort, whose father was an early settler 
 in Portland, was born in Portland on May 4, 
 1757, and was nine years of age when that 
 town was burned by the Indians. When a 
 young man he settled in Gray upon an unim- 
 proved farm, which he cleared; and he became 
 
 a successful farmer, at one time owning a large 
 tract of land. He engaged in lumbering with 
 profitable results, being a pioneer in that in- 
 dustry; and he was an energetic and leading 
 citizen of his locality. In politics he sup- 
 ported the Whig party, and in his religious 
 views he was liberal. He died at the age 
 of eighty-eight years. He married Jerusha 
 Fields, who was born in Falmouth, Me., April 
 19, 177s, and they reared a family of seven 
 children ; namely, Jeremiah, Edmund, David, 
 Elias, Greenfield, Lucy, and Esther. The 
 grandmother lived to reach the age of eighty- 
 five years. 
 
 Jeremiah Mounfort, Mr. Mountfort's father, 
 was born in Falmouth, October 22, 1791. In 
 early manhood he settled in Monmouth, Me., 
 where he engaged in general farming, and was 
 one of the prosperous and successful farmers 
 of that section. He was a stirring, hard- 
 working man all through the active period of 
 his life; and his industry received its merited 
 reward. He died in Monmouth, June 21, 
 1862. He was twice married. His first wife, 
 Elmira F. Fields, whom he wedded January 
 28, 1 8 19, was born in Windham, Me., April 
 23, 1794. Three children were the fruit of 
 this union, namely: David, who was born Oc- 
 tober 26, 1819; Harriet, born June 29, 1821; 
 and John, the subject of this sketch. Mrs. 
 Elmira F. Mountfort died June 9, 1824; and 
 on January 11, 1834, Jeremiah Mountfort mar- 
 ried for his second wife Deborah Shaw, who 
 was born October i, 1791. By this union 
 there were three children, namely: Elmira, 
 who was born June i, 1836; Elisha S., born 
 April 22, 1838; and Franklin, born March 16, 
 1 841. Of the six children of Jeremiah Mount- 
 fort the survivors are: John, who is the eldest; 
 Elmira; and Franklin. 
 
 John Mountfort grew to manhood in Mon- ■ 
 mouth, and at an early age he began to assist 
 his father in carrying on the farm. He at- 
 tended the district schools, but his opportunity 
 for obtaining an education was limited to short 
 intervals when he could be spared from work. 
 At the age of eighteen he went to live with his 
 grandfather Mountfort, for whom he worked 
 three years, receiving one hundred dollars per 
 year for his services. He then engaged in va- 
 rious occupations, carefully saving his earn- 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 ings; and in 1848 he bought forty-eight acres 
 of his present farm in North Yarmouth, -where 
 he has since resided. Industrious and ca- 
 pable, he has applied his energies to good' pur- 
 pose, and has made farming pay. He has 
 added more land to the original purchase, now 
 owning a good farm of seventy-two acres; and 
 he has made nearly all of the improvements 
 upon the property. 
 
 On April 20, 1848, Mr. Mountfort was 
 united in, marriage with Elmira Whitney, 
 daughter of James and Lucy (Mountfort) 
 Whitney. Her parents were natives of Cum- 
 berland County, and resided in the town of 
 Cumberland. James Whitney was a shoe- 
 maker by trade, an occupation which he fol- 
 lowed in connection with farming. He died 
 in Cumberland at the age of eighty-seven, 
 and his wife lived to attain the advanced age 
 of ninety-one years. They reared six chil- 
 dren, four of whom survive; namely, Elmira, 
 Loemma, Esther A., and Franklin. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Mountfort have five children 
 living, namely: James Franklin; Emma A., 
 who is now Mrs. Hayes; J. Herbert; Charles 
 W. ; and Anna B., who is now Mrs. Davis. 
 Mr. Mountfort is one of the oldest settlers of 
 his neighborhood, and is a highly esteemed 
 resident of the community; He is a Democrat 
 in politics and liberal in his religious views. 
 Mrs.' Mountfort attends the Universalis! 
 church. 
 
 LTrANK F. FELLOWS, the genial pro- 
 p| prietor of Mountain View Farrn, which 
 -*- is finely located on the Highlands, in 
 the town of Bridgton, is a native of Massachu- 
 setts, having been born in Chelsea, that State, 
 in June, 1861. His father, Isaac Edwin Fel- 
 lows, was a painter by trade, residing for many 
 years in the city of Chelsea. He married 
 Miss Abbie Carter, who was born and reared 
 in Oxford County, Maine; and they became 
 the parents of eight children, four of whom 
 were sons. 
 
 Frank F. Fellows learned the painter's 
 trade of his father, with whom he remained 
 until he was twenty-five years old, being ac- 
 tively employed in painting and carpentering. 
 He afterward continued in these occupations 
 
 until 1890, when he came to Cumberland 
 County, here purchasing his present farm, 
 which contains one hundred acres of land, 
 forty-five of which are under cultivation. Mr. 
 Fellows, besides carrying on general farming, 
 devotes his summers to entertaining boarders 
 from the cities of this and other States, his 
 guests, usually about thirty in number, coming 
 from Portland, Boston, New York, and other 
 places. His spacious and well-equipped house 
 is in a most attractive and picturesque loca- 
 tion, commanding an extended view of moun- 
 tain and lake scenery, the White Mountains, 
 with their principal peak. Mount Washington, 
 being plainly seen; and within easy reach are 
 two beautiful lakes, one on either side of the 
 farm. Pure air, an excellent cuisine, free 
 boating, and fine fishirig.are among the spe- 
 cial inducements for people who desire a few 
 months' rest during the heated season ; and all 
 of these are to be found on Mountain View 
 Farm, where Mr. and Mrs. Fellows take 
 especial pains to please and accommodate the 
 various members of their summer household. 
 Mr. Fellows was united in marriage in 1887 
 with Miss Alice Roberts, who is a Massachu- 
 setts woman, born and bred in that State. 
 Socially, Mr. Fellows is . a member of the 
 Order of American Mechanics. 
 
 EEONE R. COOK, an enterprising drug^ 
 gist of Yarmouthville and an ex- 
 ^ member of the Maine legislature, 
 was born in Craftsbury, Orleans 
 County, Vt. , September 25, 1853, a son of 
 Emery and Calista (Record) Cook. His par- 
 ents, who were natives of Vermont, resided in ' 
 Orleans County, that State, for many years, 
 his father being a successful farmer and a 
 useful and respected citizen. He died at the 
 age of sixty-three years. His wife, Calista, 
 who liyed to reach the age of sixty-eight, be-' 
 came the mother of seven children — Charles 
 W., Joseph H., Justin E. , Leone R. , Edgar 
 R., Katie F. , and Martha L. Both parents 
 were active members of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal church. 
 
 Leone ,R. Cook resided in Craftsbury until 
 he was four years old, at which time his par- 
 ents moved to another part of the county. His 
 
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 education was begun in the common schools 
 of West Glover, Vt. , and his school studies 
 completed at the Barton Academy. At the 
 age of seventeen he secured a position in 
 M. W. Joslyn's drug store at Barton, where 
 he obtained his first knowledge of pharmacy; 
 and for the succeeding eight years, during 
 which time he was employed in different 
 stores, he diligently applied himself to the 
 task of becoming thoroughly acquainted with 
 the business. In May, 1878, he established 
 himself in Yarmouthville, where he has since 
 conducted a first-class drug store, it being 
 also the largest in the town. He carries 
 a full line of drugs, chemicals, patent med- 
 icines, druggist's sundries, paints, oils, wail 
 papers, books, stationery, and other articles, 
 and makes a specialty of compounding phy- 
 sicians' prescriptions. He is expert in his 
 profession and enterprising, progressive, and 
 reliable as a business man, having gained the 
 confidence and esteem of the general pub- 
 lic. In politics he supports the Democratic 
 party, and has been prominently identified 
 with public affairs. He was Town Clerk for 
 fifteen years, and in 1893 he capably repre- 
 sented his district in the legislature. He has 
 advanced in Masonry as far as the Templar's 
 degree, being a member of Casco Lodge of 
 Yarmouth and St. Albans Commandery of 
 Portland. He is also connected with Ancient 
 Brothers' Lodge, Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows, of I'ortland, and with the Knights of 
 Pythias of Yarmouth. 
 
 In September, 1878, he was united in mar- 
 riage to Clara J. Andrew, of Vermont, and 
 has one daughter, Edith L. Mr. Cook takes 
 an active, interest in the general welfare of the 
 community,- being ever ready to lend his aid 
 and influence to the advancement of a worthy 
 cause. Both he and his wife are members of 
 the Baptist church. 
 
 (^y^LBERT F. WARREN, a worthy rep- 
 
 /l| resentative of a well-known family, 
 
 y^tv ^^^ ^°™ ^* ^^^ Warren homestead 
 
 ^— - in Westbrook, March 4, 1850, a son 
 
 of Lewis P. and Sarah (Turner) Warren. He 
 
 is a descendant of John Warren, Sr., the 
 
 founder of the family in Cumberland County, 
 
 who was born in Berwick, Me., March 5, 1731, 
 and, when a young man, settled in Westbrook. 
 He raised a large family of children, one of 
 whom, John, died while serving in the Con- 
 tinental army during the Revolutionary War. 
 Another son, John, second, grandfather of Al- 
 bert F. Warren, was born at the homestead. 
 May 23, 1776, the day upon which his 
 brother, John, first, died. He became inter- 
 ested in the lumbering industry, which he 
 carried on extensively for many years, and was 
 closely identified with the growth and develop- 
 ment of his locality. On November 29, 1810, 
 he married Eleanor Lamb, who was born in 
 Falmouth, July 5, 1785, and their children 
 were: George, William L. , and Lewis P. 
 He died September 10, 1845, his wife having 
 previously passed away on January 13, 1835. 
 
 Lewis P. Warren, father of Albert F., was 
 born at the family homestead, August 11, 181 7. 
 He was carefully educated, and received a 
 good business training, which fitted him to 
 achieve success in life. His connection with 
 lumbering and other industries extended 
 through a long period, and was marked by un- 
 usual prosperity. He has attained a ripe old 
 age, and is now passing his time in retirement 
 at his residence, which is in close proximity 
 to his birthplace. His wife, Sarah Turner, 
 whom he married in Otisfield, September 20, 
 1844, was born May 21, 1818. I-Ier children 
 are as follows: John W., now living in retire- 
 ment, married Martha J. Hawks, and has two 
 sons — J. Clifford and Lewis P.; Albert F. 
 is the direct subject of this sketch; Lelia A. 
 resides at home ; Edna A. married B. F. Joy, 
 a photographer of Ellsworth, Me., and has one 
 son, Benjamin Warren; Cora B. is the wife of 
 Albert A. Hawks, who is connected with a 
 packing house in Boston, Mass., and resides 
 in Cliftondale, a suburb of that city. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Hawks have two children — Marion 
 S. and Alberta L. 
 
 Albert F. Warren attended the schools of 
 Westbrook, and was educated for a business 
 career. He has been connected with various 
 enterprises conducted by his father, whom he 
 has materially assisted since becoming of age; 
 and he is at the present time engaged in look- 
 ing after the interests of the estate in West- 
 brook. He is connected with the fraternal 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAI. JIEVIEW 
 
 orders, being a member of Saccarappa Lodge, 
 No. II, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
 and of Westbrook Lodge, No. 27, Knights of 
 Pythias. On September 4, 1872, Mr. Warren 
 was united in marriage to Sarah O. Atkinson, 
 a daughter of Bradbury Atkinson, of Buxton, 
 Me. ; and they have one daughter, Edith M., 
 who was graduated from the Westbrook High 
 School in 1892. In politics Mr. Warren is 
 an active supporter of the Republican party, 
 and takes a lively interest in public affairs, 
 but defective hearing prevents him from ac- 
 cepting office. In his religious views he is a 
 Congregationalist. 
 
 "OWARD G. SCARBOROUGH, gen- 
 eral broker and dealer in real estate 
 and investment securities, junior 
 member of the firm of W. C. & 
 H. G. Scarborough, was born in Providence, 
 R.I., December 23, 1867. He is the son of 
 Cyrus Sibley and Anna V. (Sweet) Scar- 
 borough, and is of English descent, claiming 
 kinship with Lord Scarborough of the mother 
 country. His paternal grandfather, Nathaniel 
 Scarborough, was a very successful merchant 
 of Providence, where Cyrus S. was, during his 
 business career, connected with large real 
 estate and banking interests. Mr. Cyrus S. 
 Scarborough married a daughter of Deacon 
 Constant Sweet, one of the celebrated family 
 of Sweets of Rhode Island, natural bone- 
 setters. Her mother was a grand-daughter of 
 General Nathaniel Greene, of Revolutionary 
 fame. Both Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Scarborough 
 are now living at Deering, Me. To this 
 couple were given two sons — Walter C, the 
 senior member of the firm; and our subject. 
 Walter C. Scarborough was born in Provi- 
 dence, June 4, 1862, at the old family home- 
 stead on High Street. He attended the com- 
 mon and high schools of Providence and 
 Comer's Commercial College of Boston, and 
 subsequently studied law at the Boston Law 
 School. He was associated for several years 
 with the firm of A. B. McCrilHs, Knight & 
 Co., wholesale flour and grain merchants in 
 Providence, and in 1889 entered into partner- 
 ship with his brother in the brokerage busi- 
 ness, for which he was eminently qualified. 
 
 In politics Mr. Walter C. Scarborough^ is a 
 Republican. He is an Odd Fellow, belonging,; 
 to Canonicus Lodge, No. 9, of Providence. 
 He takes great pleasure in outdoor amuse- 
 ments, is very fond of yachting, and is a suc- 
 cessful sportsman. He was married July 23, 
 1895^ to Miss Alice F. Riker, daughter of 
 Valentine Riker, of Newark, N.J., and is 
 now with his bride in Germany. 
 
 Howard G. Scarborough received his early 
 education in the common and high schools of 
 Providence, afterward entering Brown Univer- 
 sity ; and later he studied law at the Boston 
 Law School. He then, in company with his 
 brother, took up his present line of business in 
 Portland. The Scarborough brothers handle 
 an extensive business and are well knoWn 
 throughout New Englatid. They have been 
 eminently successful ; and to their determina- 
 tion, activity, and integrity is due the pros- 
 perity which has attended their efforts. 
 
 On June 5, 1894, Mr. H. G. Scarborough 
 was united iii marriage with Caroline E., 
 daughter of Joliin F. and Elizabeth Greene, of 
 Providence. In politics Mr. Scarborough is 
 a Republican. He is a thirty-second degree 
 Mason, a member of Atlantic Lodge, A. F. & 
 A. M., Greenleaf Royal Arch Chapter,- Port- 
 land Council, and F'ortland Commandery, and 
 has taken all the Scottish rites. 
 
 ^ENJAMIN F. SMITH, an extensive 
 ^~N lumber dealer residing in the town 
 ^V of Standish, Cumberland County, 
 Me., was born October 27, 1839, in 
 Buxton, York County. He comes of thrifty 
 Scottish ancestry. His grandfather, Reuben 
 Smith, Sr. , a native of Scotland, in early life 
 came to New England, locating in Hollis, 
 Me., where he afterward lived and died. He 
 reared five children, Reuben Smith, Jr., being 
 the eldest. 
 
 Reuben Smith, Jr., father of Benjamin, 
 was born in 181 1 in Hollis. He was a miller, 
 for several years owning and operating a mill 
 at Bonny Eagle, Cumberland County; and 
 later in life he removed to the town of Den- 
 mark, where his death occurred in 1868. He 
 was married in 1833 to Fanny, daughter of 
 James Whitney, of Buxton; and they reared a 
 
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 family of six children, as follows: James N. , 
 Edward H., Mary F. , Benjamin F., Martha 
 H., and Charles B. James N. has been twice 
 married. His first wife, Mary A. Alexander, 
 of Denmark, Me., bore him four children, of 
 whom one is living, George. His present 
 wife was Mrs. Sarah Mclntire, nde Perkins, of 
 Canada. Edward H., who died some years 
 ago, married Marilla Warren, of Denmark, 
 and had ten children, eight of whom are now 
 living, including Lorenzo, Hattie, Estella, 
 Chauncey, Frank, Bertha, Blanche, and Lucy. 
 Mary F., now the wife of Lemuel Potter, was 
 previously married, her first husband having 
 been Henry Lovejoy, by whom she had six 
 children — Charles, Annie, Maria, Samuel, 
 Fanny, and Addie. Martha H., wife of Dr. 
 W. H. Smith, of Cornish, has two children 
 — ^Owen P. and Harry. And Charles B., who 
 married Anna Flint, of Baldwin, has eight 
 children — Edna, Lillian, Nellie, Belle, Ida 
 May, Grace, Winnifred, and Charles S. The 
 father, politically, was a Whig in his early 
 days, but later became identified with the Re- 
 publican party. Religiously, both- he and his 
 wife were members of the Free Will Baptist 
 church. 
 
 Benjamin F. Smith acquired a good com- 
 mon-school education in the town of Denmark, 
 where he was reared to man's estate. He first 
 started in business for himself as a meat 
 dealer, selling from the cart for about eight 
 years. In 1872 he went to Colorado, which 
 was then under territorial government, re- 
 maining there four years, being engaged as 
 a dealer in general merchandise and in mining. 
 Returning to Denmark, he was in trade there 
 two years. In 1879 he removed to Deering, 
 where he lived eight years, being actively 
 engaged in exporting and lumbering. In 1886 
 Mr. Smith came to Standish, where he erected 
 his present saw-mills, and engaged in the 
 manufacture of lumber, principally pine and 
 heading, handling four or five millions of feet 
 annually. 
 
 On March 21, i860, Mr. Smith was united 
 in wedlock with Aphia B., daughter of Larkin 
 Jordan, of Denmark, Me. Four children have 
 been born into their household, two of whom 
 are living, the following being their record : 
 Elmer E., born June 28, 1861, married Ida 
 
 Durant, of Deering, and has four children — 
 Annie May, Carrie L. , Frank D., and Fred; 
 Howard C. , born December 15, 1865, married 
 Emma Naylor, of Portland, where he now re- 
 sides and is engaged in the drug business. 
 He has one child, Marion Esther. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Smith are Universalists in their religious 
 belief, and in politics he is a stanch Republi- 
 can. He served as Town Collector while in 
 Denmark for five consecutive years, having 
 been elected to the office in 1862. Socially, 
 he is a Mason and an Odd Fellow, belonging 
 to Delta Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Lovell, 
 Me., and to Kezar Valley Lodge, No. 66, 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the 
 same town. 
 
 ILLIAM E. McLELLAN, who con- 
 ducts a general blacksmith and 
 jobbing business in Westbrook, was 
 born in Gorham, Me., July 25, 1854, son of 
 Samuel C. and Sarah (Babb) McLellan. The 
 family is of remote Scottish origin. Mr. 
 McLellan's first ancestor in America was 
 Hugh McLellan, who .emigrated from Ireland 
 ill 1733) arriving in Boston, Mass., after a 
 long voyage, and thence coming to Maine. 
 After sojourning in different places in the 
 State, Hugh McLellan removed with his fam- 
 ily to Gorham in 1740, finding his way through 
 the forest by means of the blazed trees, and 
 became one of the first settlers in that town. 
 During the uprising of the Indian tribes the 
 garrison at Gorham was besieged; and his wife 
 cared for some of the wounded savages, who 
 manifested their appreciation of the kindness 
 by refraining in the future from molesting his 
 home or his stock. (For further account of 
 the family see "History of Gorham.") 
 
 Samuel C. McLellan was born in Gorham, 
 and received his education in the schools of 
 that town. In early manhood he went to Port- 
 land, where he was engaged in business for 
 some time, but finally moved to Westbrook, 
 and, in company with Stephen Emerson, es- 
 tablished a general blacksmithing business. 
 He later associated himself with Frank Hen- 
 ley, and under the firm name of McLellan & 
 Henley carried on business at the old Bailey 
 shop. Afterward buying his partner's interest, 
 
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 he continued the business alone for some time, 
 and then admitted his son Henry as a partner, 
 this arrangement continuing until his death. 
 Samuel C. McLellan was an industrious and 
 worthy member of the community, who 
 possessed the esteem and good will of all ; and 
 he labored diligently for the prosperity he 
 enjoyed. 
 
 In politics he voted with the Republican 
 party; and in religion .he was a Methodist, 
 being a member of that church for many years. 
 He was a member of old Saccarappa Lodge, 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His first 
 wife, Sarah Babb, who was a native of Gor- 
 ham, became the mother of five children, three 
 of whom are living, namely: Frank, a resident 
 of Cummington, Mass. ; William E. , the sub- 
 ject of this sketch; and Charles J., who is en- 
 gaged in the hardware business in Westbrook. 
 Samuel C. McLellan married for his second 
 wife Rosabella Bacon, of Westbrook; and by 
 this union there is one child — ^ Winifred, who 
 is now residing in Stockton, Cal. 
 
 William E. McLellan was educated in the 
 public schools of Westbrook, completing his , 
 studies at the high school. He learned the 
 blacksmith's trade with his father, becoming 
 proficient in horseshoeing, carriage work, and 
 general jobbing; and he worked for some years 
 as a journeyman. He continued thus em- 
 ployed until the death of his brother Henry, 
 who had succeeded his father in business; and 
 he then became proprietor of the enterprise, 
 which he has since conducted with energy and 
 success. He takes a lively interest in local 
 public affairs, always voting with the Republi- 
 can party; and he served as Constable under 
 Mayor Valentine, during the first municipal 
 year of Westbrook as a city. 
 
 Mr. McLellan married Phebe A. Chandler, 
 daughter pf Aaron Chandler, of Machias, Me. 
 He is interested in the social and fraternal 
 orders' to some extent, being connected witb 
 Lodge No. 27, Knights of Pythias, and Wa- 
 homenock Tribe, No. 35, Imperial Order of 
 Red Men, of which he is a valued member; 
 and he is always ready to aid in any movement 
 for the benefit of the moral and social improve- 
 ment of the general community. Mr. and 
 Mrs. McLellan attend the Methodist Episcopal 
 church. They have no children. 
 
 ANIEL W. LUNT, of Falmouth, 
 who has for many years been success- 
 fully engaged in educational work, 
 wag born in this town on December 
 22, 1858, son of Benjamin and Lucy (Mcln- 
 tire) Lunt. 
 
 Mr. Lunt's great-grandfather, Benjamin 
 Lunt, was a native of Newburyport, Mass. 
 His home wa^ on the banks of the Squidragus-:. 
 sett Creek, and the Indians often passed his 
 house in their canoes on their way to points 
 above or below. He was the father of four 
 children, all of whom have passed away. One 
 of these children, Daniel Lunt, settled in Fal- 
 mouth, where he purchased a farm and engaged 
 in agriculture, living there till his death at 
 the advanced age of eighty-nine years. Dur- 
 ing the Revolutionary War he was in the 
 service of his country. He married Miss 
 Mollie Rolfe, of Westbrook; and they reared a 
 family of eight children, all of whom have now 
 passed from earth. In political views he was 
 a stanch Republican. He was a member of 
 the Congregatiional church in Falmouth, Me. 
 
 Benjamin Lunt was born in Falmouth in 
 1 81 2. He learned the trade of a. carpenter, 
 which he followed in connection with farming 
 throughout his life; He succeeded his father 
 in the ownership of the old homestead, where 
 he died in 1864 at fifty-two years of age. His 
 wife, whose maiden name was Lucy Mclntire, 
 bore him five children, three of whom are still 
 living, namely: Royal W., residing in Fal- 
 mouth; Daniel W., of this sketch; and Flora 
 M., the wife of Lewis A. Conant, of Fal- 
 mouth, Me. The father was an attendant of 
 the First Parish Congregational Church and 
 a member of the choir. In his early years he 
 voted the Republican ticket, but during the 
 last few years qf his life he aflfiliated with the 
 Democratic party. 
 
 Daniel W. Lunt acquired a good common 
 and high school education in his native town. 
 On completing hjs course of study he engaged 
 in teaching in Peru, Oxford County, where he 
 remained for ten years, the greater part of that 
 time as a teacher in the common schools and 
 three terms in the high school. Following 
 that he taught two terms in Baldwin, Me. ; and 
 he has since been an instructor in the schools 
 of Falmouth. He resides on the old Lunt 
 
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 homestead, which has been occupied by the 
 family for three generations. On June 16, 
 1885, he was married to Miss Minnie E. 
 Dunn, a daughter of Valmore and Atilda 
 Dunn, of Bethel, Me. They have no children 
 of their own, but within a year have adopted a 
 son — Arthur V. 
 
 In politics Mr. Lunt is a Republican. He 
 has served on the Board of Selectmen of pal- 
 mouth for the past three years. For a similar 
 period he has been a member of the superin- 
 tending School Committee, and he is the 
 present superintendent of that Board. Frater- 
 nally, he is a member of Presumpscot Lodge, 
 No. gi, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
 of Falmouth, Me. He is a communicant of 
 the First Congregational Church of Falmouth, 
 in which he holds the office of Deacon. 
 
 'ENRY M. ALLEN, who owns and 
 conducts a good farm in Freeport, 
 Me., was born in this town, April 
 9, 1826, son of Paul and Rosanna 
 (Grouse) Allen. Mr. Allen's paternal grand- 
 father was an early settler in Freeport, where 
 he acquired a tract of land which he improved 
 into a valuable farm. He cultivated the soil 
 with prosperous results, working diligently to 
 support his large family; and he was known as 
 a steady, industrious, and patriotic citizen. 
 His last days were passed upon his farm with 
 his children, and he died at the age of eighty- 
 five years. He was a Whig in politics and a 
 Baptist in religion. He married Mary A. 
 Potter, who also lived to a good old age. 
 They reared a family of sixteen children, 
 Paul, Mr. Allen's father, being the eldest son. 
 Paul Allen was born in Harpswell, Me. ; 
 and when a young man he learned the trade of 
 a stone mason. He followed that and other 
 occupations in Freeport for some time, and 
 finally settled upon a farm which he cleared 
 and improved. He was a type of the sturdy 
 old pioneer settler of Maine, whose energy and 
 perseverance conquered the various difficulties 
 which obstructed his path in life; and he suc- 
 ceeded in establishing a good home for himself 
 and family. He was not wanting in courage 
 and patriotism, and at the commencement of 
 the War of 1812 he readily left his quiet har- 
 
 vest fields and served as a soldier during the 
 continuance of hostilities. The closing years 
 of his life were passed comfortably at his home 
 in Freeport, where he died, a veteran of nearly 
 eighty. He was a supporter of the Whig party 
 in politics. His wife, Rosanna Grouse, who 
 was a native of Plarpswell, became the mother 
 of thirteen children, all of whom grew to ma- 
 turity, and of these four are now living, 
 namely: Henry M., the subject of this sketch; 
 Jane; Charles; and George. Mrs. Rosanna G. 
 Allen lived to reach the advanced age of 
 ninety-four years. Mr. Allen's parents were 
 members of the Baptist church. 
 
 Henry M. Allen grew to manhood in Free- 
 port, and received his education in the schools 
 of that town. He followed the sea for some 
 years, during which time he visited many of 
 the important ports of the world, and made a 
 circuit of the globe. From the position of 
 an able seaman he rose to the rank of second 
 mate, a post which he capably filled until re- 
 linquishing seafaring life early in the sixties; 
 and he then settled in Freeport, where he has 
 since resided. In 1894 he purchased the farm 
 which he is now cultivating successfully, en- 
 joying prosperous and easy circumstances. 
 
 On May 23, 1858, Mr. Allen was united 
 in marriage with Elizabeth McFarland, daugh- 
 ter of Robert McFarland, of Freeport. Mrs. 
 Elizabeth M. Allen died April i, 1861, leav- 
 ing one daughter, namely: Elnora P., who 
 was born March 17, 1859, and is now residing 
 with her. father. His second wife, Rachel Y. 
 Philbrook, whom he wedded May 14, 1866, 
 died September 17, 1892. Mr. Allen is a 
 Democrat in politics, and is a member of the 
 Baptist church. 
 
 -Y^ATHANIEL B. JORDAN, a well-to- 
 I — y do farmer of Pownal, Me. , son of 
 |[g~( Ebenezer and Lucy (Blackstone) 
 
 ^"—^ Jordan, was born in this town, De- 
 cember 2, 1 81 8. Mr. Jordan's grandfather, 
 Nathaniel Jordan, was an early settler of Cape 
 Elizabeth, Cumberland County, where he was 
 successfully engaged in farming until his 
 death. He and his wife both lived to reach 
 an advanced age. 
 
 Ebenezer Jordan was a native of Cape EUz- 
 
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 abeth. He served as a soldier in the War of 
 1 812, and during his earlier years was em- 
 ployed in the coasting trade, but later settled 
 upon the farm in Pownal, where his son now 
 resides. He died at the age of thirty-eight. 
 He and his wife, formerly Lucy Blackstone, 
 who was a native of Pownal, were the parents 
 of three children, as follows: Nathaniel B. 
 the subject of this sketch; Lydia and Abigail, 
 who are no longer living. The mother lived 
 to reach the age of seventy-five years. She 
 attended the Congregational church. 
 
 Nathaniel B. Jordan was educated in the 
 common schools of Pownal. He has made 
 farming his principal occupation through life, 
 but has also engaged in ship-carpentering to 
 some extent. He owns the old homestead 
 farm, which he has increased ; and his property 
 now consists of one hundred acres of well-im- 
 proved and desirably located land. In 1855 
 he went to California, making the journey by 
 way of the Isthmus, and, after remaining there 
 for eighteen months, returned home, but later 
 made a second visit to the Golden State. He 
 worked as a miner with good results for six 
 years, and, once more returning to his native 
 town, , has continued to reside at the home- 
 stead. He carries on general farming in a 
 systematic manner, keeping his farm up to a 
 good state of cultivation; and his residence 
 and other buildings are among the best in 
 town. 
 
 Mr. Jordan married Miss Susan Grant, who 
 was born in Harmony, Me., May 22, 1828, 
 daughter of William and Susan (Blackstone). 
 Grant. Mrs. Jordan's father died at the age 
 of seventy-five, but her mother lived to reach 
 the age of eighty-eight years. They reared 
 a family of five children, all of whom are liv- 
 ing. Mr. and Mrs. Jordan have had four chil- 
 dren, namely: Hattie E., who died at the age 
 of three years and nine months; Charles B., 
 who is now a carpenter in Pownal ; Andrew 
 F., who was born November 28, 1865, and is 
 now engaged in farming in Pownal; and 
 Emma Belle, born July 23, 1868, who resides 
 at home. 
 
 Mr. Jordan has had his share of hard work 
 in life, and has long since demonstrated the 
 fact that he is able to surmount the numerous 
 difficulties which always obstruct the road to 
 
 prosperity. He has the respect and esteem of 
 his fellow^townsmen, among whom he is well 
 known; and he is one of the oldest residents 
 of Pownal. He is liberal in his religious 
 views and a Democrat in politics. 
 
 "]CjRNEST E. PINKHAM, Postmaster of 
 P] Freeport, Me., was born in South 
 ''^■'^M >- Freeport, August 25, 1857, son of 
 Isaac P. and Albina Pinkham. Mr. Pink- 
 ham's father was born in Harpswell, Me. He 
 began to follow the sea as an occupation when 
 a youth in his teens, being thus engaged for 
 about forty years; and he was a well-known 
 ship-master and an able business man. He 
 was a Baptist in religion, and in politics an 
 adherent of the Democratic party. He pre- 
 ferred a seafaring life to any other, and died 
 on shipboard at the age of fifty-nine years. 
 His wife, Albina, who is a native of Freeport, 
 still survives. She is the mother of two chil- 
 dren, namely: Paul C, who resides in Sioux 
 Falls, S. Dak., where he is General Secre- 
 tary of the Young Men's Christian Associa- 
 tion; and Ernest E., the subject of this 
 sketch. 
 
 Ernest E. Pinkham acquired his education 
 in the schools of his native town, fitting him- 
 self to begin the work of life betimes. For 
 nine years he was the private secretary of the 
 Hon. E. B, Mallett, Jr., discharging his 
 duties with ability and faithfulness, to the 
 entire satisfaction of his employer. In 1894 
 he was appointed Postmaster of Freeport, 
 and he is still serving the public in that 
 capacity. 
 
 On October 13, 1880, Mr. Pinkham was 
 united in marriage with Bertha M. Dilling- 
 ham, daughter of John G. Dillingham, of 
 Freeport. Mr. and Mrs. Pinkham have one 
 daughter, Margaret D. Mr. Pinkham is lib- 
 eral in his religious views; and in politics he 
 is a stanch Democrat, actively supporting that 
 party. He is a member and Past Master of 
 the Masonic Lodge in Freeport-, and is also 
 connected with the Knights of Pythias and the 
 Independent Order of Red Men. He is a 
 rising young man of Freeport, and is highly 
 esteemed by a large circle of friehds and 
 acquaintances. ; 
 
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 mouth. 
 
 "ENRY J. MERRILL, who has been 
 successfully engaged in educational 
 work in Falmouth during the past 
 twenty years, is a native of Fal- 
 born August 20, 1854, son of Jacob 
 Jewett and Emily (Hall) Merrill. He is of 
 English ancestry, and comes of old Colonial 
 stock. John and Nathaniel Merrill, the first 
 representatives of the family in America, were 
 early settlers of Newbury, Mass., the former 
 being made freeman in 1640. Abel Merrill, 
 born in 1644, son of Nathaniel, married in 
 167 1 Priscilla Chase, daughter of Aquila 
 Chase. James Merrill, their youngest son, 
 was born at Newbury, on January 27, 1689. 
 
 After James Merrill had grown to manhood 
 and taken upon himself the duties of life, he 
 left his Newbury home and went to Stratham, 
 N. H., and thence to Falmouth, Me., in 1738 
 or 1739) being the first of the family to settle 
 in this section. He was married at Newbury, 
 Mass., November 23, 1714, to Miss Mary 
 Adams, a daughter of Sargeant Abraham and 
 Mary (Pettingill) Adams, of that place. Four 
 of their children were born in Newbury, 
 Mass., five at Stratham, N. H., and two in 
 Falmouth, of whom Silas, the great-grand- 
 father of Henry J., was the eleventh and 
 youngest. Silas Merrill was twice married, 
 his first wife being Miss Susannah Knight, by 
 whom he had one child. For his second wife 
 he married Miss Hannah Matthews. Twelve 
 children were born of this union, of whom 
 Samuel is the next in line of descent. He 
 learned the trade of a shipwright, and fol- 
 lowed that occupation with success throughout 
 his life. Samuel Merrill married Miss Lu- 
 cretia Patrick, of Falmouth, Me. ; and five 
 children were born of their union, all of whom 
 have passed away. In religious views he was 
 a Congregationalist, and at the formation of 
 the Second Congregational Church of Fal- 
 mouth he transferred his membership to it 
 from the First Parish Congregational Church. 
 Jacob Jewett Merrill was a son of Samuel 
 and Lucretia Merrill. He chose the life of an 
 agriculturist, and his labors in that field of 
 work were crowned with success. His mar- 
 riage with Miss Emily Hall was a congenial 
 and happy one, and of the five children born 
 to them four are now living. The record is 
 
 as follows: Hulda H. and Lucretia (twins); 
 Henry J.; Frederick W. and Julia F. (twins), 
 the latter now deceased. Their father was 
 not especially interested in public affairs, but 
 spent his time in looking after his farms, of 
 which he owned three. The home place is 
 now carried on by his son, Frederick W. Mer- 
 rill. In political views Mr. Jacob J. Merrill 
 was a Republican, and he was an active mem- 
 ber and faithful worker in the Second Congre- 
 gational Church of Falmouth. 
 
 Henry J. Merrill acquired his education in 
 the public schools and academy of Falmouth. 
 After leaving school in 1874 he engaged in 
 teaching, and with the exception of one season, 
 in 1876, when he taught at the Cape Eliza- 
 beth Grammar School, and another, in 1890, 
 when he was an instructor in the Greely In- 
 stitute of Cumberland, Me., he has been a 
 teacher in the Falmouth schools. In Decem- 
 ber, 1888, he was married to Miss Nellie W. 
 Tewksbury, the only daughter of the late 
 E. M. Tewksbury, of Falmouth. They have 
 buried their only child. 
 
 In political affiliation Mr. Merrill is a Re- 
 publican. In the winters of 1891-93 he was 
 in the custom service as inspector of English 
 steamers entering the port of Portland. He 
 served as Selectman in 1881; and from that 
 year until the present he has been a member 
 of the School Board, and during the greater 
 part of the time he has served as Supervisor. 
 He is now one of the Board of Selectmen, and 
 also one of the Assessors. About 1877 Mr. 
 Merrill became a member of the Ancient 
 Brothers' Lodge, No. 4, of Portland, but after- 
 ward left that to become presiding officer of 
 Presumpscot Lodge, No. 91, of Falmouth. 
 After holding that office one term, he became 
 installing officer of this district, and served 
 as such for two years. He is also a member 
 of Machigonne Encampment, No. i, of Port- 
 land. Mr. Merrill is a communicant of the 
 Congregational church. 
 
 TT^HARLES B. H A R L O W, a well- 
 I Sr^ known and highly esteemed citizen of 
 ^lU of the town of Harrison, Me., resid- 
 ing at Bolster's Mills, and a vet- 
 eran of the Civil War, was born in Canton, 
 
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 Oxford County, Me., February 7, 1824,' son 
 of .Colonel William and Lydia (Billings) 
 Harlow. 
 
 Mr. Harlow's father was born in Buckfield, 
 Me., March 10, 1793, and in young ma,nhood 
 learned the carpenter's trade. He afterward 
 engaged in mercantile pursuits, ran a. ferry 
 and kept a public house; but in his latter 
 years he settled upon a farm in Waterford, 
 Me., where he passed' the rest of his life. He 
 was an able business man and a stanch pa- 
 triot, having served as a soldier in the War of 
 1812; and he held a Colonel's commission in 
 the State militia for many years. In his po- 
 litical views he was a Democrat. Colonel 
 Harlow died January 7, 1873. His wife, 
 Lydia Billings, who was a native of Dublin, 
 N. H., died in Waterford, December 23, 1868. 
 They had but one child, Charles B., the sub- 
 ject of this sketch. Both parents were mem- 
 bers of the Universalist church. 
 
 Charles B. Harlow was educated in the pub- 
 lic schools, and- resided at home until reaching 
 the age of eighteen. He then began life for 
 himself by working in a brickyard in Danvers, 
 Mass., where he remained a short time, and 
 later went to Boston, where he engaged in 
 teaming for three years. For the succeeding 
 eight years he was employed as foreman for 
 Samuel H. Pratt, a truckman ; and on leaving 
 that position he joined the Boston police 
 force, with which he served for five or six 
 years. On September 15, 1862, he enlisted 
 as a private in Company K, Twenty-third 
 Regiment, Maine Volunteers, for nine months' 
 service in the Civil War; and while on picket 
 duty at Edward's Ferry he contracted chills 
 and fever and rheumatism, from which he has 
 never fully recovered. In 1877 he moved to 
 Otisfield, where he settled upon the old Har- 
 low place, which was the home of his present 
 wife's family, and after a residence there of 
 eleven years he in 1888 moved to his pres- 
 ent home at Bolster's Mills. Since 1885 he 
 has suffered much from rheumatism, and he 
 and his wife pass their winters in Massachu- 
 setts. Mr. Harlow is a Republican in poli- 
 tics, and is a comrade of General Logan Post, 
 Grand Army of the Republic, of Harrison 
 village. 
 
 Mr. Harlow has been twice married, His 
 
 first wife, to whom he was married on' April 
 17, 1848, was Adeline Welch, who was born 
 in Maine, March 12, 1828, and died September 
 15, 1876, leaving no children. On February 
 14,- 1877, he was united in marriage with Mrs. 
 Charlotte J. Emery, born in Harlow, widow of 
 Thomas E. Emery, of Buckfield Centre, Me., 
 who died December 17, 1866. Mrs. Harlow 
 is a daughter of Joseph and Mary (Peabody) 
 Harlow, the former of whom was a native of 
 Gorham, Me., and a prosperous farmer and 
 carpenter through life. He died September 
 II, 1862, his wife, who was born in Tops- 
 field, Mass., surviving till 1886. They were 
 the parents of eleven children, eight of whom 
 grew to maturity, and three are now living, 
 namely: Charlotte J., who is now Mrs. 
 Harlow; William F. , who married Emelia 
 Bailey for his first wife, and Mary Temple 
 for his secoiid, and now resides in Lewiston, 
 Me.; and Henry S., who married Rose 
 Lowell, and is now engaged in farming in 
 Kansas. 
 
 By her first marriage Mrs. Harlow had five 
 children, as follows: Jennie M, who married 
 Albert W. Bolster, and died leaving three 
 children, two of whom are living — namely, 
 Walter E. and Lottie M. ; Addie M., who 
 married for her first husband Volney 
 Barker, a former inventor of Otisfield, and for 
 her second Dr. J. L. Wisley, of Nashua, and 
 has one son by her first union, named Percy 
 L. ; Walter A. , who married Hattie Foster, 
 and is now in the leather business in Brock- 
 ton, Mass., having two children — Addie M. 
 and Maude L. ; Clarence V., who died at the 
 age of twenty-one; and William H., who mar- 
 ried Nellie S. Coley, is engaged in business 
 in Boston, and has three sons. — Theodore G., 
 Carlisle, and Stanley' L. 
 
 (W^o 
 
 EORGE B. PENNEY, a successful 
 ytey agriculturist of New Gloucester, 
 where his family will long be re- 
 membered, as Penney Road was named in 
 honor of his grandfather, was born in this 
 Cumberland County town on November 27, 
 1837, son of Joseph and Betsey (Blake) 
 Penney. 
 Joseph Penney was also a native of New 
 
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 Gloucester, where at an early age he became 
 familiar with the various labors connected 
 with farming. He followed that occupation 
 up to the time of his death, which occurred 
 in January, 1884. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph 
 Blake were the parents of seven children, 
 namely: Charlotte, the widow of F. B. 
 Walker, residing in New Gloucester; James, 
 who died at eighteen years of age; George B. ; 
 Caroline (deceased) ; Jeannette, who lived to 
 be ten years old; Asenath Jennie (deceased), 
 who married Edmund Shaw, of Portland; and 
 Alva, who is married and lives in Chelsea, 
 Me. Each of the children received a good 
 common-school education. George B. Penney 
 attended school until he was fifteen years of 
 age, and then took up the active duties of 
 life, carrying on the home farm during the 
 ■declining years of his parents. He is now 
 the owner of this place, which contains one 
 hundred acres of well-improved land that 
 yields good returns in hay, grain, and vege- 
 tables, and is also partly devoted to the rais- 
 ing of stock. 
 
 On December 22, 1861, Mr. Penney was 
 joined in marriage with Miss Sarah J. Wey- 
 mouth, who was born in New Gloucester on 
 September 17, 1843. Her parents (now de- 
 ceased) were David and Mary A. (Bailey) 
 Weymouth. Her father followed the vocation 
 of a farmer with success. A son and daughter 
 have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Penney, 
 namely: Herbert D. , a machinist, who married 
 Miss Ellen Witham, and is now living in 
 Westboro, Mass. ; and Gertrude G., a teacher 
 in the town of Durham, Me. 
 
 In political affiliations Mr. Penney has 
 always been a Republican. For a number of 
 years he served very acceptably as Highway 
 Surveyor in New Gloucester. He and his 
 wife are communicants of the Baptist church, 
 and actively interested in the work of that re- 
 ligious organization. 
 
 PfRANK M. TUFTS, who has recently 
 p| purchased the farm in New Gloucester 
 -"-■ on which he resides, is well known as 
 a man of energy and practical business ability, 
 his present property being the outcome of 
 honest toil. He was born in New Gloucester, 
 
 Cumberland County, Me., on March 23, i< 
 and is a son of Nathaniel G. and Annie (Har- 
 mon) Tufts. 
 
 Nathaniel G. Tufts is still a resident of 
 New Gloucester. He js a farmer and a man 
 of enterprise, owning and operating a large 
 cider-mill. His wife, Annie Harmon, is a 
 native of Brunswick, Me. Six children have 
 been born into their household, as follows: 
 James Albert, a prosperous farmer of New 
 Gloucester, who married a Miss Dutton, of 
 Gray; Elizabeth Frances, the wife of W. L. 
 Merrill, a farmer living near North Gray; 
 Annie Viola, residing in Lewiston, Me. ; 
 Frank M. ; Nathaniel Bennett, at home with 
 his father; and Emma Brazier (deceased). 
 
 Frank M. Tufts received a good practical edu- 
 cation in the common schools of New Glouces- 
 ter. He remained with his parents until he 
 attained his majority, and then engaged in 
 farming in his native town for a year. After 
 his marriage he spent his summers in running 
 a road machine, and in the winter engaged in 
 the lumber business, following up that plan of 
 work until 1894, when he purchased his pres- 
 ent farm of one hundred and ten acres. Dur- 
 ing the past year his principal products were 
 hay, corn, and grain; but in the near future he 
 intends to devote considerable of his time and 
 attention to stock raising. 
 
 On September 13, 1890, he was married to 
 Miss Eliza J. Ward, a daughter of J. H. Ward. 
 Their union has been blessed by the birth of 
 three children, all living, as follows: Warren 
 Ward, Clifton Russell, and Everett Gordon. 
 Mr. Tufts has always been a faithful adherent 
 of the Democratic party. He and his wife are 
 active and influential members of the Baptist 
 church of New Gloucester. 
 
 bfREEMAN H. PIKE conducts a gen- 
 p] eral mercantile business at Bolster's 
 -L Mills in the town of Otisfield, Me. He 
 was born in this village on December 20, 1846, 
 son of Joseph S. and Hominy B. (Jackson) " 
 Pike. Mr. Pike's father was a native of Cor- 
 nish, Me. He learned the trade of a shoe- 
 maker, an occupation which he followed 
 through life in connection with farming. He 
 was an industrious man and a useful citizen. 
 
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 He died in April, 1873. His wife, Hominy 
 B. Jackson, who was born in Naples, Me., 
 died August 29, 1877. They had six chil- 
 dren, as follows: William H., who enlisted 
 in September, 1861, as a private in Company 
 G, Tenth Regiment Infantry, Maine Volun- 
 teers, and died in Lynchburg, Va. , in July, 
 1862, while a prisoner of war; I. R. Pike, 
 who died at the age of eighteen; George J., 
 who died at the age of twenty-one; Freeman 
 H., the subject of this sketch; Maria H., who 
 died at the age of sixteen years; and Laura 
 M., who married Irving Keene, a prosperous 
 farmer of Otisfield, and has two children, 
 named Irene and Fluta. 
 
 Freeman H. Pike was educated in the com- 
 mon schools of his native town and at the 
 Bridgton Academy. He taught school for 
 eight years, or until 1871, when he became 
 Assistant Superintendent of the Reform 
 School in Jamesburg, N,J., where he remained 
 for a time. On his return to Maine he secured 
 a position as clerk in a store in Norway, Ox- 
 ford County, later accepting a more lucrative 
 situation as book-keeper and clerk for a Port- 
 land firm. After retiring from that position, 
 he engaged in farming at Bolster's Mills for 
 some two or three years; and for the succeed- 
 ing four years he manufactured clothing for a 
 Boston firm. He bought eighty acres of land, 
 which he cultivated with good results, and in 
 1891 he purchased his present store in Harri- 
 son, where he has since conducted a general 
 mercantile business with ability and success, 
 his energy and enterprise having been re- 
 warded with the liberal patronage of the pub- 
 lic. He carries a large and varied stock of 
 general merchandise, such as is usually kept in 
 a first-class country store. 
 
 On July 6, 1876, Mr. Pike was married to 
 Oledia Bennett. She was born in Naples, 
 Me., November 16, 1840, daughter of Colonel 
 Joseph and Lydia B. (Wolcott) Bennett, the 
 f-ormer of whom was for many years an officer 
 of the State militia. He went to California 
 in 1849, and died there in 185.8. His wife 
 died in Naples in 1885. Mr. and Mrs. Pike 
 have one son, Joseph Bennett, who was born 
 May 24, 1877, and is now attending Hebron 
 Academy. 
 
 Although Mr. Pike's business is located 
 
 upon the Harrison side of the river, he still 
 continues to reside in the town of Otisfield. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Pike are members of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal church.. Inpoliticshe is a Re- 
 publican, and supports that party with activity. 
 He is a member of Cumberland Lodge, No. 
 30, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of 
 Bridgton; Crooked River Lodge, No. 32; and 
 of the Grange at Bolster's Mills. 
 
 BEN SNOW, of New Gloucester, Cumber- 
 land County, Me., the proprietor of the 
 Plummer farm, as it' is familiarly 
 known, combines with his agricultural pur- 
 suits the vocation of a carpenter, *in both of 
 which he displays good judgment and practical 
 ability. He was born in New Gloucester on 
 December 27, 1855, son of Seth P. and Sarah 
 P. (Penney) Snow. 
 
 Seth P. Snow was also a native of this town, 
 where throughout his active life he was suc- 
 cessfully engaged in farming. Pie died here 
 on October 11, 1894, His wife, Sarah P. 
 Penney, bore him nine children, a brief . record 
 of whom is as follows: Rose, born September 
 21, 1849, married Charles Christian, and they 
 are now living, in Auburn, Me. ; Charles A,, 
 born January 30, 185 1, died August 30, 1863; 
 Annie S., born April 12, 1852^ is the wife of 
 Joseph R. Stewart, of West Farmington, Me.; 
 Simeon W., born August 15, 18^4, is a shoe 
 cutter by vocation and resides in Norway, 
 Me. ; Eben, who is further mentioned below, 
 is the fourth child; Makeda, born September 
 12, 1857, married Lewellyn A. Jackson, of 
 Strong, Franklin County, who has charge of 
 a section of the railroad there; Alice M., born 
 September 12, 1859, died February i, 1879; 
 Scott, born July 7, 1861, married Miss Alice 
 Stoddard, and is living in New Gloucester; 
 and Willis, born July 21, 1863, who married 
 Miss Etta Royal, is a shoe cutter by trade, and 
 lives in Freeport, Me. Mrs. Snow died on 
 February 9, 1894, about eight months prior to 
 her husband's decease. 
 
 Until sixteen years of age Eben Snow 
 remained on the old homestead with his 
 parents. He then started out to gain his own 
 livelihood, and began by working on a farm, 
 but subsequently went to Westbrook, Me., 
 
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 where he learned the trade of a butcher, which 
 he followed until May i, 1888. After his 
 marriage he purchased his present farm in 
 New Gloucester. It contains fifty-three acres 
 of land ; and he carries on general farming with 
 excellent results, making hay, corn, and small 
 gi'ains his principal products. 
 
 On May i, 1888, Mr. Snow was joined in 
 marriage with Miss AbbieA. Thurlow, of Ray- 
 mond, iMe., a daughter of Peter and Sabrina 
 (Adams) Thurlow. Her father, who followed 
 the occupation of a farmer throughout his life, 
 died in Raymond on March 13, 1890. Mrs. 
 Thurlow resides with her daughter. 
 
 In political views Mr. Snow is an adherent 
 of the Republican party. He is a member of 
 Pennesseewassee Lodge, No. 18, Knights of 
 Pythias, of Norway, Me. He and his wife are 
 regular, attendants of the Baptist Church of 
 New Gloucester. 
 
 "ir^ANIEL C. SMITH, who is success- 
 ion! fully engaged in the grocery, grain, 
 ^ jvSy and flour business in Casco village, 
 ^~^-^ Me., was born in Otisfield, Me., 
 February 15, 1823, son of Jonathan and 
 Catherine (Weston) Smith, both of whom were 
 natives of Otisfield. 
 
 Jonathan Smith conducted a general farming 
 and lumber business in Otisfield, where he 
 spent his life. His wife, whose maiden name 
 was Catherine Weston, bore him nine chil- 
 dren, of whom only two are now living — 
 Daniel C. and Ira. The others were: Mary 
 who married John Edwards, of Otisfield (both 
 deceased) ; Willoughby, who married Miss 
 Jane Otis (both deceased) ; John, who married 
 Miss Labina Stone (both deceased) ; William 
 C, whose first wife was Deborah Holden, his 
 second Abbie Holden (all deceased) ; Sarah, 
 who became the wife of Joseph Rawley, of 
 Massachusetts (both deceased) ; Margaret, 
 who married Otis Newcomb (both deceased) ; 
 and James W., who died in i860. Ira Smith, 
 a resident of Otisfield, married Miss Almira 
 Winslow. During the Civil War he was_ in 
 one of the Maine regiments of brave soldiers 
 that fought at the battle of the Wilderness, 
 where he was injured. He is now blind. 
 Daniel C. -Smith remained at home until 
 
 eighteen years of age, the early years of his 
 boyhood being spent in acquiring an education. 
 On starting out for himself, he engaged in 
 the lumber and mill business, which he 
 followed successively in Naples, Otisfield, 
 Harrison, arid Casco, towns of Cumberland 
 County. He engaged quite extensively in 
 buying and selling timber and timber land, 
 and in his younger days he also engaged in 
 carpentry and mason work. Since his mar- 
 riage he has dealt in horses. On May 20, 
 1875, he purchased of James Jipson the place 
 where he now lives, including besides the 
 dwelling thirty acres of land and the store. 
 This he stocked with a line of groceries, 
 grain, and flour, and now has a large and well- 
 established business. 
 
 On July 4, 1855, Mr. Smith was united in 
 marriage with Mrs. Julia A. (Simmons) Jor- 
 dan, a daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth Sim- 
 mons. Mr. Simmons was born in Denmark, 
 and his wife in Casco, Me. He followed 
 farming, was also engaged in mill business to 
 some extent, and was a Captain in the State 
 militia. Mr. and Mrs. Smith, having no chil- 
 dren of their own, adopted two of her nephews, 
 Frederick and James Nutting. The lads were 
 given a good education, and when old enough 
 they assisted their foster-father in such work as 
 they were able. Both have now gone out in the 
 world for themselves — James living in Norway 
 village. Me., and Frederick in Boston, Mass. 
 
 In political principles Mr. Smith is a Dem- 
 ocrat, and he has always been an active worker 
 for that party. Probably no man in Casco has 
 had the interests of the town more at heart than 
 Mr. Smith, and that he holds the esteem and 
 confidence of his fellow-citizens is evidenced 
 by the fact that he has many times been 
 elected to positions of responsibility and 
 trust. He was Selectman for a long term and 
 Chairman of the Board for a number of years, 
 For eight years he held the position of Town 
 Clerk, and he has for a long time served on 
 the School Committee. His success in life 
 is the result of personal endeavor and strict 
 attention to business. 
 
 The flag known as the "Palmetto Tree," 
 which Mr. Smith took from twenty-two men 
 at Edes Falls, in the town of Naples, is still 
 in his possession. 
 
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 ~ir>w AVID EDWARDS, one of the repre- 
 
 I =^ sentative farmers of Raymond, where 
 
 , |vSy he owns a large farm, on which he has 
 
 resided during the past forty years, 
 
 is a native of Poland, Me., the date of his 
 
 birth being July 2, 1834. His parents were 
 
 Ephraim and Margaret (Brown) Edwards. 
 
 Ephraim Edwards was born in Otisfield, 
 Me., whence he afterward removed to Casco; 
 and still later he settled in the town of Poland, 
 where he spent his last years. He followed 
 the occupation of a farmer throughout his life. 
 His wife, Margaret Brown, was a native of 
 Raymond. Nine children were the fruit of 
 their union, as follows : William, now a suc- 
 cessful farmer of New Gloucester, who married 
 Miss Ann Elwell; Asa, living in Casco, who 
 married Miss Lydia Tripp; Joshua (deceased) ; 
 Juliet (deceased), who married Joseph Brown, 
 of Minot Corners, Me. ; Jonas, who married 
 Miss Abigail Brown, and lives in Poland, 
 Me. ; Ephraim (deceased) ; Dennis, residing 
 at Freeport, Me., who married for his first 
 wife Miss Nancy Butters, and for his second 
 wife Miss Sarah Temmas; David; and Isaac, 
 who lives in Windham, Me. Isaac Edwards 
 has been three times married. The maiden 
 name of his first wife was Emeline Bragdon ; 
 of his second, Mittie Lamb; and of his 
 present wife, Altha Wakefield. 
 
 David Edwards received a common-school 
 education. At fifteen years of age he en- 
 gaged to work on his brother Jonas's farm in 
 Raymond, where he remained for three years. 
 After his marriage he purchased a farm near 
 the town of Gray, but he lived there only a 
 year before he sold that property and pur- 
 chased the place on which he now resides. It 
 contains three hundred and fifty acres of land, 
 a good proportion of which he has brought 
 into an excellent state of cultivation. He is 
 engaged in general farming and dairying, and 
 his choice butter finds a ready sale in the 
 home market. 
 
 He was married on February 19, 1853, to 
 Miss Eunice Small, who was born in Ray- 
 mond, December 26, 1832, a daughter of 
 George and Johan (Tripp) Small. Pier father 
 was a farmer, and both her parents died in 
 Raymond. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards have had 
 seven children, namely: Harrison, who mar- 
 
 ried Miss Flora Rowe, and lives in New 
 Gloucester, this county; Charles, who mar- 
 ried Miss Ollie Tarbox, and resides in Maiden, 
 Mass. ; Walter, who married Miss Carrie 
 Ayers, and is also a resident of Maiden ; 
 Anna, who is now on a trip through the 
 United States; Lizzie, the wife of Albert G. 
 Strout, of Raymond ; Emma, who married 
 Nathan G. Hatch, and lives in East Bridge- 
 water, Mass. ; and Fred, who lives with his 
 parents.. Fred Edwards, married for his first 
 wife Miss Montie Fobie, and after her death 
 married Miss Rosie Edwards. 
 
 In political views Mr. Edwards favors the 
 Democratic party. He has served his town 
 acceptably as Road Surveyor. His comfort- 
 able property has been acquired by his careful 
 personal attention to the details of his farm 
 work, combined with sound judgment in mat- 
 ters of business. Mr. Edwards and his family 
 are attendants of the Baptist church, which is 
 but a short distance from his home. 
 
 Tji^HARLES E. GLEASON, an active. 
 I Vr^ and enterprising young business man 
 X>? ^ ^^ Bridgton, Cumberland County, 
 is a native of this town, the date of 
 his entrance upon the stage of life being Octo- 
 ber 5, 1862. His father was born in 1834 in 
 Union, Knox County. In 1858 he came to 
 Bridgton, having accepted a position in the 
 Cumberland Mills, of which he was afterward 
 the overseer, an office which he faithfully 
 filled until his demise in 1892. To him and 
 his wife, whose maiden name, was Mary Gibbs, 
 three children were born; namely, Charles E., 
 George E., and William S., the latter of 
 whom died in 1894. 
 
 Charles E. Gleason was educated in the 
 public schools of his native town, of which he 
 has been a permanent resident. Having de- 
 cided upon a mercantile career, he entered the 
 employment of Frank Gibbs as a clerk,, and 
 was thus engaged from 1880 until 1884, receiv- 
 ing an excellent training for his present busi- 
 ness. In 1884 Mr. Gleason opened a grocery 
 store in this village, and here built up a pros- 
 perous trade, the increasing demands of which 
 soon necessitated larger quarters. Accord- 
 ingly, in 1888, Mr. Gleason erected the 
 
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 building in which his store is now located, 
 moving into it in 1889, and stoclcing it with 
 an ample and varied assortment of general mer- 
 chandise. 
 
 A man of his business tact and progressive 
 spirit uniformly occupies a position of promi- 
 nence among his fellow-townsmen; and, al- 
 though not particularly active in politics, his 
 business engrossing the larger part of his time, 
 Mr. Gleason has served as Town Warden three 
 years, having been elected to that position on 
 the Republican ticket, which he loyally sup- 
 ports. Socially, ie belongs to the Odd Fel- 
 lows and to the Masonic Lodge. 
 
 Mr. Gleason and Miss Emma Scribner were 
 united in marriage on November 2, i88g. 
 
 "jCpDWARD SMALL, proprietor of the 
 R book-binding establishment at 35 Plum 
 -^—•>. - - Street, Portland, Me., was born, 
 bred, and educated in this city, making his 
 advent upon the stage of life September 8, 
 1830. His father, Arthur M. Small, was a 
 son of Alexander Small, who was an early 
 settler of Cape Elizabeth. Arthur M. Small 
 spent the larger part of his business life in 
 Portland, being a custom-house gauger for 
 many seasons, and for thirty years before his 
 death he was City Weigher and Gauger. He 
 married Miss Hannah Jordan, daughter of 
 Nicholas Jordan, and they became the parents 
 of eight children, namely : Edward, who died 
 in infancy; Charles, who died in California; 
 Caroline; Edward, the special subject of this 
 sketch; Sarah, wife of H. B. Brown; Arthur, 
 deceased; Mary, wife of John C. Chandler; 
 Louisa, who married Charles J. McConnell, of 
 the United States Navy, and is now in China. 
 After completing his course of study at 
 school, Edward Small worked for a while in 
 his father's store; but, preferring to learn a 
 trade, he at length entered the book bindery 
 of Nathaniel LeFavre, of this city, continuing 
 in his employ until May, 1865, when he pur- 
 ■ chased Mr. LeFavre' s interest, thus becoming 
 sole proprietor of the business, which was then 
 located on Exchange Street. During the great 
 fire of 1866 Mr. Small's place of business was 
 destroyed ; but he shortly resumed business on 
 the same street, remaining there two years 
 
 longer, and then removing to his present loca- 
 tion. Mr. Small has here conducted a large 
 and prosperous business in general publishing 
 and binding, doing pamphlet, job, and edition 
 work, having a wide and favorable reputation, 
 his being the oldest established book bindery 
 in Portland, having been started by Mr. 
 George Coleman when Mr. Small was a young 
 lad. 
 
 Mr. Small married Miss Ellen E. Jack, 
 a native of Denmark, Me., a daughter of Sam- 
 uel and Mary A. (Berry) Jack. Into the home 
 of Mr. and Mrs. Small at 118 Emery Street 
 three children have been born, namely : Addie 
 C, wife of Frank Woodman, paying teller of 
 the Casco National Bank of this city; Ger- 
 trude C, who died April 12, 1893; and Louie 
 M. Mr. Small is an earnest supporter of the 
 Republican party; and he is a Universalist 
 in religious belief, he and his family worship- 
 ping at the West Church, of which the Rev. 
 Henry Blanchard, D. D., is the pastor. 
 
 Y^^'^BALL J. DIKE, a representative 
 l'\ farmer of Sebago,who occupies the old 
 -L®\"— ^ homestead formerly owned by his 
 father, was born here on March 27, 1825, son 
 of Edward and Susan (Wood) Dike. Mr. Dike 
 descends from Massachusetts ancestry, his pa- 
 ternal grandfather, Jonathan Dike, having been 
 a native of that State. 
 
 Edward Dike, Mr. Dike's father, who was 
 born in Massachusetts, came to Sebago in 
 1805, when he was eight years of age; and his 
 boyhood and youth were passed upon a farm. 
 In young manhood he adopted agriculture as an 
 occupation; and, succeeding eventually to the 
 possession of the farm which had been his 
 home since coming to Maine, he continued to 
 cultivate the soil during the active period of 
 his life. He died at the age of seventy-three 
 years; but his wife, whose maiden name was 
 Susan Wood, lived to reach the age of eighty- 
 three years. She was the mother of nine chil- 
 dren, five sons and four daughters, of whom 
 three are now living. 
 
 Kimball J. Dike passed his boyhood in at- 
 tending the district school, which was located 
 two miles from his home; and he walked to 
 and from the school-house daily while pursuing 
 
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 his studies. At the age of seventeen he com- 
 menced life for himself by working upon dif- 
 ferent farms in his neighborhood, an occupa- 
 tion which he followed until his marriage, 
 when he settled upon the homestead farm, 
 where he has since continued to reside. His 
 property contains one hundred and twenty-five 
 acres of well-improved land. The soil is fer- 
 tile and productive; and he has devoted his 
 energies to general farming with excellent 
 results, his prosperity being of that substantial 
 kind which always follows the exercise of 
 careful judgment and strict attention to every 
 detail in farm management. 
 
 Mr. Dike was united in marriage with Ase- 
 nath Stevens in 1843, and has had seven chil- 
 dren, as follows: George, Mary, Simeon C. , 
 James E., Clarissa S. , Jennie H. , and Sadie. 
 Mrs. Asenath S. Dike died in 1883, aged 
 sixty-seven years. In politics Mr. Dike sup- 
 ports the principles of the Republican party, 
 and he is deeply interested in the Patrons of 
 Husbandry, of which organization he is a 
 member. 
 
 RANKLIN RIPLEY BARRETT, 
 President of the Portland Savings 
 Bank, was born in Portland, Me., 
 January 21, 1835, son of Charles E. and Eliz- 
 abeth M. (Baker) Barrett. The emigrant an- 
 cestor of the Barrett family was James Barrett, 
 who settled in Charlestown, Mass., in 1638. 
 Lieutenant Colonel John Barrett, the great- 
 grandfather of our subject, was an officer in the 
 Revolutionary army. He was at Ticonderoga, 
 under the command of Colonel Seth Warner; 
 and he took part in the siege of Quebec. His 
 son John, the grandfather of Franklin Ripley 
 Barrett, was a graduate of Harvard College 
 and a prominent attorney of Northfield, Mass., 
 where he died in 18 16. 
 
 Charles E. Barrett was born January 4, 
 1804, in Northfield, Mass. ; and at the age of 
 twelve, his parerrts having died, he was taken 
 by his guardian to Portland, where he fitted 
 for college. Graduating from Bowdoin in 
 1822 and subsequently reading law, he was 
 admitted to the bar and practised for a short 
 time. But his forte was finance, and he grad- 
 ually became known as one of the most emi- 
 
 nent financiers, of the day. He was President 
 of the Canal National Bank for many years 
 and Treasurer of the Atlantic & St. Law- 
 rence Railroad, now a part of the Grand Trunk 
 Railway, being one of the original corporators 
 named in the charter and the last to die. 
 Many of the best years of Mr. Charles E. 
 Barrett's life were devoted to the affairs of 
 this road; and he was also a Director of the 
 Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Road, now a 
 part of the Boston & Maine for many, years, 
 becoming interested in the road in 1839, when 
 it was in process of construction. He was 
 likewise active in the councils of the corpora- 
 tion that built the canal to Sebago Lake. In 
 politics he was a Federalist, then a Whig, and 
 lastly a Republican. Though not an aspirant 
 for office, he served for a while On the Board of 
 Aldermen of Portland. He died January 2, 
 1894, within two days of the ninetieth anni- 
 versary of his birth. His wife, who was a 
 daughter of Joseph Baker, died young. . They 
 were the parents of six children, three of whom 
 are now living; namely, Mary E., Franklin 
 Ripley, and George P., the latter also a resi- 
 dent of Portland. 
 
 Franklin Ripley Barrett attended the com- 
 mon schools of his native city and the old 
 Portland Academy, and was graduated from 
 Brown University, Providence, R.L, in 1857. 
 Since leaving college his career has been sim- 
 ilar to that of his father, bis first employment 
 being in the office of the Treasurer of the 
 Grand Trunk Railway. In 1875 he became a 
 member of the banking firm of Swan & Bar- 
 rett, and some years later was elected Director 
 of the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railroad, 
 to succeed his father. This office he still 
 holds; and he is also Director of the Atlantic 
 & St. Lawrence Road, now leased to the 
 Grand Trunk, and a Director of the Canal 
 National Bank, with which he has been con- 
 nected many years, and of. which his father 
 was fifty years Director. Mr. Barrett was 
 some years ago elected to the Board of Di- 
 rectors of the Portland Savings Bank, and in 
 1 891 was made President. This bank is the 
 largest institution of the kind in the State and 
 the eighth in rank in New England. To its 
 management Mr. Barrett devotes the greater 
 part of his time, and the flourishing condition 
 
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 of its affairs witnesses eloquently to his finan- 
 cial ability. He is also Secretary and Treas- 
 urer of the Maine General Hospital, Treasurer 
 of the Portland Society of Natural History, 
 and Trustee of the Portland Public Library. 
 Though his offices are so many and his busi- 
 ness cares so great, nothing is neglected : each 
 enterprise prospers, and it is evident that his 
 father's mantle has not fallen on unworthy 
 shoulders. 
 
 August IS, 1872, Mr. Barrett was united in 
 marriage with Mary D. , daughter of John 
 Parker Boyd, a representative of an old Port- 
 land family. Mrs. Barrett died March 9, 
 1878, or within six years after her marriage. 
 Mr. Barrett belongs to the Maine Historical 
 Society and the Cumberland Club. In relig- 
 ious belief he is a Unitarian, attending and 
 supporting the church of the First Parish, the 
 oldest church in the city. 
 
 time of the breaking 
 had never been away 
 
 'OHN D. MARSH, one of the promi- 
 nent citizens of Bridgton, Cumberland 
 County, Me., his native place, was 
 born August 9, 1841, son of Stephen 
 Eliza (Plaisted) Marsh. He is the eldest 
 family of seven children — five sons and 
 daughters. His parents lived for many 
 years on a farm near the centre of the town. 
 
 Born and reared in a conservative agricult- 
 ural community, at the 
 out of the Civil War he 
 from home; and it was with mingled feelings 
 of pride and grief that his parents saw him 
 depart for the scene of conflict. In 1862 he 
 was enrolled in Company F, Sixteenth Maine 
 Infantry, being mustered in at Augusta; and 
 he was soon actively participating in the 
 struggle for the maintenance of the Union. 
 He took part in some of the most desperate 
 conflicts of the war, including Antietam, 
 Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, 
 the battle of the Wilderness, and the engage- 
 ment in front of Petersburg. While engaged 
 in destroying the Welden Railroad, he re- 
 ceived an injury which seriously disabled him ; 
 and after a week's stay in the Finley Hospital 
 he went home on a furlough. He received his 
 final di'scharge from the service in July, 1865, 
 and shortly after went to work in a shoe-shop 
 
 in Worcester, Mass., where he remained two 
 years. He then returned to his native town 
 and again took up the pursuit of agriculture, 
 moving in 1875 to the pleasant home in which 
 he is now living. Here he has a good prop- 
 erty of thirty-five acres, the greater part of 
 which is devoted to general farming; and in 
 addition to his agricultural labors he is em- 
 ployed during a great part of the time in the 
 Berry saw-mills. 
 
 January 10, 1867, Mr. Marsh was united in 
 marriage with Miss Victoria J. Long, daugh- 
 ter of Robert A. and Nancy (Barker) Long. 
 She, too, is a native of Bridgton, her birth- 
 place being very near the site of her present 
 home. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh are the parents of 
 the following children: Clayton R., a resident 
 of Somersworth, in the dry-goods business ; 
 Lillian C. ; Nathan O. ; Willard D. ; and 
 Grace — all living. 
 
 In politics Mr. Marsh favors the Republican 
 party. He is a comrade of the Grand Army, 
 and he and his wife are esteemed members of 
 the Baptist church. 
 
 K.' 
 
 C. EDES, a rising young merchant 
 of Edes Falls, in the town of Naples, 
 Cumberland County, Me., was born 
 in the pretty village which bears 
 his name, August 29, 1870. He is the only 
 son of the late Robert Edes and his wife, 
 Ellen M. (Wight) Edes, and belongs to an 
 old and prominent family of the locality. 
 
 Robert Edes also was a native of Edes Falls. 
 After acquiring his education in the public 
 schools, he went to work as clerk in a general 
 store; and when he attained his majority he 
 started a similar business of his own. He was 
 very capable and enterprising; and, when his 
 trade in general merchandise was firmly estab- 
 lished, he engaged also in the manufacture of 
 clothing. In both undertakings he was very 
 successful, and for many years was the lead- 
 ing business man of the town. Mr. Robert 
 Edes took an active part in political affairs as 
 a Democrat. Lie served as Postmaster for 
 many years and as Selectman and Town Clerk. 
 He was a Mason in good standing, and was 
 also an Odd Fellow. He died in 1889, at 
 the age of fifty. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Edes 
 
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 reared two children: R. C, the subject of this 
 sketch; and Effie F. R. C. Edes was reared 
 and educated in his native town. He has been 
 engaged in mercantile business since 1894. 
 Mr. Edes was married in 1889 to Cora M. 
 White. They have a promising family of five 
 children — Myrtle A., Rella, AmyC, Robert, 
 and George C. 
 
 tMBROSE V. ACKLEY, proprietor of 
 Toronto Cottage, Portland Harbor, 
 Me., is a native of this State, having 
 **—' been born February 2, 1848, in the 
 town of Rumford, Oxford County. His 
 father, John Ackley, was a lifelong resident 
 of Rumford, dying there when Ambrose was 
 but a few months old. Mrs. Ackley, whose 
 maiden name was Polly Penley, survived her 
 husband but a few years, passing away in 
 1854. Their son Ambrose, who was thus 
 early deprived of parental care, was reared on 
 a farm, and attended the district schools until 
 fifteen years old. At that time he went to 
 Pine Grove, Pa., where he worked on a farm 
 for two years. 
 
 Returning to Maine, young Ackley con- 
 tinued his studies at the North Waterford and 
 the North Bridgton Academies, afterward 
 attending the Norway Literary Institute, 
 applying himself so diligently that in July, 
 1868, he was enabled to enter Bowdoin Col- 
 lege. He worked his way through college, 
 teaching school winters and spending his sum- 
 mer vacations in book canvassing, receiving 
 his diploma with the class of 1872, which in- 
 cluded men of such ability and note as the 
 Hon. George M. Seiders, Dr. George H. 
 Cummings, of this city, and Herbert M. 
 Heath, of Augusta. After his graduation Mr. 
 Ackley resumed teaching for eight consecutive 
 years, having charge of the school on Peak 
 Island. He then bought a place on that 
 island, and, having married, established a 
 boarding-house, which he conducted success- 
 fully until purchasing Toronto Cottage, where 
 he has since resided. He has been engaged 
 in teaching school a number of years at Cape 
 Elizabeth and other places. 
 
 Mr. Ackley is a firm adherent of the Repub- 
 lican party. He has served as Warden; and 
 
 he was Census Enumerator in 1880 and 1890, 
 taking the census of all the islands belonging 
 to Portland, including Peak's, Cushing's, 
 House, Great Hog and Little Hog, now known 
 as Great and Little Diamond, Long, Jewell's, 
 Little Chebeague, and also a part of Ward i 
 of the city. Mr. Ackley is prominent in 
 Masonic 'circles, having been made Master 
 Mason in Crooked River Lodge, September, 
 1870, at Otisfield. The following year he 
 was exalted in Oriental -Chapter, Royal Arch 
 Masons, of Bridgton, and in, February, 1895, 
 joined the Portland Council. He is likewise 
 a member of the Order of the Golden Cross, 
 of which he was the financial Keeper of 
 Records for eighteen consecutive terms, and 
 is now the Noble Commander. 
 
 Mr. Ackley married Miss Mary E., daughter 
 of Simeon and Nancy E. (Sterling) Skillings, 
 who were among the original settlers of Cush- 
 ing's Island. Three children have been born 
 of their union, namely: Laura E. , wife of 
 Walter B. Sterling, of Peak's Island; Ethel; 
 and Edward Preble. 
 
 Ij' 
 
 JCHARD T. KITSON, a retired busi- 
 ness man, living in North Bridgton, 
 on the farm where his birth occurred 
 September 21, 1824, is a son of 
 Richard and Alice (Chesley) Kitson. His 
 father was born in 1784 in Portsmouth, N. H., 
 where he learned the potter's trade, serving 
 an apprenticeship of seven years. Going to 
 Portland in 1810, he took up his residence 
 there, and assisted in building the old fort on 
 Munjoy Hill. He saw military service in the 
 War of 1 812, subsequently working at his 
 trade until 181 8, when he came to North 
 Bridgton and here started a pottery, which he 
 operated successfully until his death in 1859. 
 His wife Alice became the mother of nine 
 children, among whom was Richard T., whose 
 name begins this article. 
 
 Richard T. Kitson's opportunities for ob- 
 taining an education were limited, as he was 
 obliged to assist in his father's pottery shops 
 when but a young lad. He acquired a practi- 
 cal knowledge of the busiaess, however; and 
 on attaining his majority he entered into part- 
 nership with his father, which connection con- 
 
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 tinued until the latter's death in 1859. From 
 that time he continued the business alone until 
 1887, when he retired. In 1884 Mr. Kitson 
 removed to his present commodious dwelling, 
 which is the property of his daughter, and was 
 built near the place of his birth, being located 
 on the same lot. He is the owner of a good 
 farm in this locality. He has been a hard 
 worker, prudent in the management of his 
 affairs and honorable in all his dealings, thus 
 winning the respect and esteem of the com- 
 munity in which he has spent his entire life. 
 In politics he is a strong Republican, having 
 been a supporter of the principles of that party 
 since its formation in 1856. 
 
 Mr. Kitson was married in 1863 to Miss 
 Ella A. Farnsworth, who departed this life in 
 March, 1893. She left one daughter, Maria 
 E., who is an accomplished musician, having 
 spent three years at the New England Con- 
 servatory of Music in Boston after her gradua- 
 tion from the Bridgton Academy. 
 
 /^TaRDNER walker, Street Com- 
 \ ST missioner of Deering, Me., where he 
 ^— ^ is well known as a man of sterling 
 integrity, was born at Fryeburg, Me., on Sep- 
 tember 26, 1843, son of Barnes and Catherine 
 (Colby) Walker. 
 
 Barnes Walker was a native of Stow, Me., 
 and received his education in the common 
 schools of that town. He remained with his 
 parents on the homestead, and at his father's 
 death he assumed the management of the 
 old homestead and the care of the family. 
 Subsequently he went to Fryeburg, Oxford 
 County, Me., where for a number of years he 
 was in the employ of Joseph Colby; and after 
 his marriage he purchased a farm near by, 
 which he conducted with success until about 
 sixty-five years of age. He then sold out and 
 removed to Lovell, Me., and spent his last 
 days in retirement, dying there in 1883. His 
 wife Catherine was a daughter of Joseph Colby, 
 of Fryeburg*; and their marriage was celebrated 
 in 1830. Six children were born to them, of 
 whom five lived to attain years of discretion, 
 namely: Marshall, who died in Lovell, Me., 
 in March, 1894; Joseph, a soldier of the Civil 
 War, who lost his life in service; Seth, who 
 
 died in Lovell in April, 1895; Elizabeth C, 
 who married George Shirley; and Gardner. 
 Both parents were members of the Orthodox 
 church. 
 
 Gardner Walker, who was named for Gard- 
 ner Colby, the founder of Colby University, 
 received his early education in the common 
 schools of Fryeburg, and afterward attended 
 Fryeburg Academy. When he had completed 
 his course of study, he engaged in school 
 teaching for a time, and later on went to work 
 in a store conducted by his father and brother, 
 with whom he remained for five years. In 
 1867 he came to Portland and entered the 
 employ of D. W. True & Co., wholesale 
 grocers, as a travelling salesman, and con- 
 tinued in that position for five years, when he 
 was obliged to leave it on account of ill 
 health. He next purchased a general store in 
 Fryeburg, which he conducted for three years, 
 and then sold out to its former owners. 
 Shortly after, he resumed his old occupation of 
 a travelling salesman, this time in the employ 
 of A. F. Cox & Son, for whom he worked four- 
 teen years; but ill health again forced him 
 to give up this employment, and for fifteen 
 months he was laid up with nervous prostration. 
 
 On November 23, 1863, Mr. Walker was 
 joined in marriage with Miss Charlotte Helen 
 Gamage, a daughter of Nelson Gamage, of 
 Fryeburg. Their home has been brightened 
 and blessed by the birth of one daughter, 
 Catherine Colby. 
 
 During his residence in Lovell Mr. Walker 
 served as Town Treasurer for three years. In 
 1894 he was elected Street Commissioner of 
 Deering, and in 1895 he was re-elected to the 
 same position. Fraternally, he is a member 
 of Deering Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Mount 
 Vernon Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Port- 
 land Commandery, Knights Templars; and the 
 Pine Tree Lodge, Knights of Pythias. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Walker attend and support the Con- 
 gregational Church of Deering. 
 
 7T%HESTER H. PEASE, Cashier of the 
 I Ky Chapman National Bank of Portland, 
 \% was born February 19, 1869, on a 
 
 farm in the town of Cambridge, 
 Me., his parents being John and Martha (Hen- 
 
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 derson) Pease, who still own and occupy their 
 homestead property. The father is a native 
 of Wellington, Me,, born December 5, 1833, 
 while the mother, born in 1840, is a native of 
 Andover, N. B. They have four children, 
 namely: Almon W. , who married Altie M. 
 Morrill; Chester H. ; Emma E., wife of 
 Francis ti. Hubbard; and Alba May. 
 
 Chester H. Pease was the recipient of bet- 
 ter educational advantages than many of our 
 farmers' boys, having supplemented his com- 
 mon-school education by an attendance at the 
 Maine Central Institute, afterward taking a 
 commercial course at the Portland Business 
 College, from which he was graduated with an 
 excellent record for scholarship. Being well 
 equipped for a business life, Mr. Pease se- 
 cured a situation in Natick, Mass., as book- 
 keeper for a house-furnishing company, re- 
 maining there a year, when he returned to 
 this city to take charge of the theoretical 
 department of the business college from which 
 he had received his diploma. At the end of 
 a year he resigned, accepting a situation with 
 the Chapman Banking Company, with whom 
 he remained four years, or until the reorgan- 
 ization of the company, which has since been 
 known as the Chapman National Bank. 
 Under the new regime Mr. Pease was elected 
 Cashier, a position which he still fills, his 
 strict integrity, trustworthiness, and unfailing 
 courtesy winning the confidence and good will 
 of all with whom he has transactions. Mr. 
 Pease is a sound Republican in politics, and 
 he attends the Congregational church. He 
 is an active member of the Portland Athletic 
 Club. 
 
 On July 10, 189s, Mr. Pease was united in 
 marriage with Miss May Lawton Ham, who 
 was born and reared in Cambridge, Me., 
 attending the district schools, afterward con- 
 tinuing her studies at the Maine Central Insti- 
 tute at Pittsfield. Her native musical talent 
 was early developed, her advanced instruction 
 in that art being received at the New England 
 Conservatory of Music in Boston, from which 
 she was graduated prior to her marriage. 
 Mrs. Pease is a daughter of Charles and Hattie 
 M. (Kittredge) Ham, of Cambridge, where 
 Mr. Ham is numbered among the leading agri- 
 culturists of the place, and is one of its most 
 
 respected nati\?e-born citizens. His wife also 
 was a native of Maine, born and reared in the 
 town of Dover, in this State. 
 
 (sTrBNER D. STILES, a well-known 
 f-*A farmer of Bridgton, Me., with his 
 yj[g\ sister owning and occupying the 
 ^•"^ old Stiles homestead, was born in 
 Androscoggin County, Maine, ; March 28, 
 1839, son' of Isaac and Amy (Jones) Stiles. 
 His grandfather, Davis Stiles, purchased this 
 homestead about- a century ago, when much of 
 the land in the vicinity was covered with 
 heavy timber, and wild game was plentiful 
 in the forests and fish in the lakes. He 
 cleared his land and established a comfortable 
 home, living to the advanced age of eighty- 
 four. 
 
 Isaac Stiles, son of Davis, was born on the 
 homestead in Bridgton, and took up the pur- 
 suit of* agriculture at an early age. He went 
 to Androscoggin County when a young man, 
 and remained till 1842, in that year returning 
 to Bridgton, and shortly after taking up his 
 residence on the farm where he was born. 
 There he spent the rest of his life, passing 
 away in 1885 at the age of seventy-four. Mr. 
 Isaac Stiles was a Democrat of the old school, 
 never neglecting his duty on election day, 
 but caring little for political honors. He was 
 married in Androscoggin County to Miss Amy 
 Jones, a native of Turner, Me. Five chil- 
 dren completed their home circle, namely: 
 AbnerD., the subject of this sketch; Albert 
 (deceased); Ruth A., wife of Wallace Carey, 
 a resident of Turner; Martha (deceased); and 
 Clarice, who resides with her brother Abner 
 D., and is part owner of the homestead. Mrs. 
 Amy J. Stiles died in 1889, at the age of 
 seventy -one. 
 
 Abner D. Stiles has lived in Bridgton since 
 early childhood, and received his education in 
 the schools of this town. The associations of 
 farm life are linked with his earliest recollec- 
 tions; and as a boy he rode the horse to 
 plough, and drove the cows to pasture. In the 
 maturity of manhood he was content to dwell 
 amid the scenes which had grown dear to him 
 through familiarity, and for many years he 
 aided his father in the cultivation of the farm. 
 
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 Since his father's death he has managed the 
 estate successfully, his sister presiding over 
 the household. Mr. Stiles, like his father, 
 votes the Democratic ticket. He is highly 
 esteemed in Bridgton, the home of his family 
 for so many years. 
 
 
 [LLIAM WARD, vifhose productive 
 farm is situated in the town of 
 larrison, was boi^n in Gorham, Me., 
 January lo, 1821, son of Daniel and Eunice 
 (Spencer) Ward. Mr. Ward's father was a 
 native of Gorham, where he resided until 
 183 1, when he moved to a farm in Baldwin, 
 Me., and followed agricultural pursuits with 
 good results for the rest of his active period. 
 He died in Baldwin at the age of eighty-two 
 years. He was a capable farmer and a worthy 
 citizen. His wife, Eunice Spencer, who was 
 a native of Limington, Me., became the 
 mothet of five children, as follows: William, 
 the subject of this sketch; Charles, Simon, 
 and Francis, who are no longer living; and 
 Cyrus, who is now residing in Cumberland 
 Mill's. Cyrus Ward married for his first wife 
 Johanna Whitney ; and after her death he mar- 
 ried Susan Walker, his present wife. Mrs. 
 Eunice S. Ward lived to reach the age of 
 sixty-three years. 
 
 William Ward received his education in the 
 common schools, and resided at home until 
 after his marriage. He then engaged in farm- 
 ing upon his own account, and during his 
 busy life has owned and cultivated farms in 
 Bridgton, Otisfield, North Norway, and Minot, 
 with prosperous results. Previous to settling 
 upon his present farm, he resided in Otisfield 
 for eight years. In June, 1893, he moved to 
 Harrison, where he bought the property of one 
 hundred acres which he now owns. He is 
 devoting his energies principally to the rais- 
 ing of hay and corn. He also raises some 
 stock, and, keeping a dairy, sells cream. 
 
 On February 3, 1857, Mr. Ward was mar- 
 ried to Annie Wheeler. She was born in Al- 
 bany, September 27, 1835, daughter of Ben- 
 jamin and Betsey (Seavey) Wheeler, the for- 
 mer of whom was a native of Bethel, Me., and 
 a prosperous farmer; and the latter was a na- 
 tive of Portsmouth, N.H. They are no longer 
 
 living. Mr. and Mrs. Ward have had five chil- 
 dren, as follows: Lizzie, who married R. D. 
 Gould, and resides in Otisfield; Frank B., 
 who resides at home; Fanny H., his twin sis- 
 ter, who married Ernest Merrill, and lives in 
 Oxford County; Annie V., who became the 
 wife of Charles Blake, and died at the age 
 of twenty-one; and Jennie A., deceased, who 
 was the wife of John Cleveland. Both these 
 daughters were high-minded and sincere Chris- 
 tian ladies, who were very active in church 
 work. 
 
 Mr. Ward is a Democrat in politics, and 
 has always been an active supporter of that 
 party. He is one of Harrison's hard-working 
 and successful farmers, and possesses the es- 
 teem and good will of his fellow-townsmen. 
 His son, Frank B. Ward, is a bright and ac- 
 tive young man and a member of the Ma.sonic 
 Order and the Indepsndent Order of Odd Fel- 
 lows. Mrs. Ward is an earnest member of the 
 Free Will Baptist church, and is deeply inter- 
 ested in the work of the church. 
 
 Yp)TOWARD E. DYER, senior member 
 L^ of the firm of Dyer & Jose at South 
 _|_U^I Portland, Me., was born on April 2, 
 
 ^"■^' 1853, at Cape Elizabeth, on the old 
 homestead and in the house which has been 
 owned by the Dyer family for four genera- 
 tions. His grandfather, Mark Dyer, was a 
 seafaring man. He spent his last days in 
 Cape Elizabeth, the place of his nativity, 
 dying on the home farm at a good old age. 
 He married Mercy Dyer, who, though bearing 
 the same surname, was probably not of the- 
 same race. 
 
 Their son, Greeley H. Dyer, was born De- 
 cember 31, 1816, on the homestead which he 
 and his wife, whose maiden name was Mary 
 W. Quinby, still occupy. She was born in 
 Saccarappa, being a daughter of Charles 
 Quinby. She has borne her husband twelve 
 children, six of whom are living, namely: 
 Mary, born October 12, 1844, residing on the 
 Cape, being the wife of H. A. Vaillancourt, 
 a native of Quebec; Almeda S., born January 
 21, 1846, who married George G. Sawyer, and 
 has one child; Charles G., born October 12, 
 1847, who married Fanny, daughter of Luther 
 
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 Rice, of Portland, and has three children; 
 Howard E., the special subject of this sketch; 
 Adaline F., born March 27, 1855; and Lou- 
 ville H., born April 10, 1865, both residing 
 at South Portland. The latter married Hattie 
 Burpee, of Manchester, N.H. ; and they are 
 the parents of three children. 
 
 Howard E. Dyer obtained a practical knowl- 
 edge of the studies taught in the public 
 schools in the days of his youth, in the mean 
 time being well drilled in the science of agri- 
 culture on the home farm, where he resided 
 until 1885. The succeeding five years Mr. 
 Dyer was engaged in buying and selling 
 horses, meeting with good success as a trader. 
 In 1892 he formed a copartnership with C. F. 
 Jose, and under the present firm name started 
 a grocery business in this town, their trade in 
 this line of goods being extensive and lucra- 
 tive. Mr. Dyer is not a professional poli- 
 tician; but he is an earnest advocate of the 
 principles promulgated by the Democratic 
 party, and has served his fellow-townsmen as a 
 member of the School Board for two years. 
 He was the first Postmaster appointed by Pres- 
 ident Cleveland in the State of Maine, and at 
 the present time has charge of the office at 
 South Portland. Mr. Dyer and Ella Ll, 
 dalighter of Nathaniel Adams, of' Charlotte, 
 N. B., were married on April 6, 1877. Their 
 two children were both born at Cape Eliza- 
 beth, namely: Ernest H., on March 28, 1878; 
 and Isabepe E., on August 24, 1880. Mr. 
 and Mrs.' IDyer are liberal in their views on 
 religious subjects. They are not connected by 
 membership with any church. Mr. Dyer is an 
 Odd Fellow, being a member of Unity Lodge, 
 No. 3, of Portland. 
 
 TAMES FRANK ROWELL, D.D.S., 
 •who since 1893 has been successfully 
 engaged in the practice of his profes- 
 sion in Gorham, Me., was born in the 
 town of Weld, Franklin County, Me., on De- 
 cember 21, 1852, son of Nathan P. and Mary 
 S. (Kittredge) Rowell. 
 
 The first representatives of the Rowell fam- 
 ily in this country were two brothers, who 
 came from England in 1785, and settled near 
 Weymouth, Mass., one of whom was the great- 
 
 grandfather of Dr. Rowell. He was a stone 
 cutter by trade, and continued to follow that 
 occupation after he came to, this country.- 
 His son James was born near Weymouth. In 
 his early manhood he removed to Bow, N. H., 
 when he afterward came to Franklin County, 
 Maine, where he spent the remainder of his 
 life on a farm. By trade he was a carpenter^ 
 and he did some work in that line when his 
 farm duties would permit. He was the father 
 of six children — Nathan P., Sylvanus, Betsy, 
 Fannie, Joseph, and James. » 
 
 Nathan P. Rowell, who was born in Bow, 
 N. H., was for many years, in company with 
 his brother Sylvanus, engaged in the manu- 
 facture of organs and pianos, under the firm 
 name of Rowell Brothers, every part of the 
 instruments being made by hand. Their fac- 
 tory was on Forewater Street, Augusta, Me. ; 
 and they were the first to engage in that line 
 of business in the State of Maine. When 
 they dissolved partnership Nathan P. Rowell 
 settled in Weld, Me., where he spent his last 
 years, living to be fifty-eight years old. He 
 was a member of the Blue Lodge, A. F. & 
 A. M., of Weld, and a communicant of the 
 Free Baptist cfiurch for many years, and at 
 one time a leader of the choir. His wife, 
 Mary S. Kittredge, was a daughter of the Rev. 
 James Kittredge, the Baptist minister of Weld. 
 Two sons were born of their union — James. 
 Frank; and Charles F., who has a dental office 
 at Wilton, Me. 
 
 James F. Rowell, after attendiiig the com- 
 mon schools of Weld, became a pupil of Wil- 
 ton Academy, and later of Maine Wesleyan 
 Seminary at Kent's Hill, and Portland Medi- 
 cal School. While pursuing his studies, dur- 
 ing his vacations for eight years he engaged in 
 teaching, > mostly in the high and district 
 schools of Franklin County. He gave up 
 teaching to study under Dr. Stanley, of King- 
 field, Me. , with- whom he remained about a 
 year, then becoming a student in the office of 
 Dr., Thomas Fillebrown, of Portland; and it 
 was during this time that he attended the Port- 
 land Medical School. In 1881 Dr. Rowell' 
 settled for practice in Gray, Me. Ten years 
 later he removed to New York City, and 
 opened an office at the corner of Thirty-first 
 Street and Sixth Avenue; but, after remaining 
 
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 there for two years, he returned to Maine and 
 settled in Gorham, where he has acquired a 
 good practice, and is well liked by his patrons. 
 He has established two other dental offices, 
 one at Standish and another at Buxton, Me. 
 In addition to his professional labors Dr. 
 Rowell has done considerable taxidermic 
 work, in which he is quite an expert. 
 
 On March 4, 1877, he was joined in mar- 
 riage with Miss Abbie J. Kennedy, a daughter 
 of the Hon. Thomas Kennedy, of Strong, Me. 
 One child was born of their union, but after a 
 brief earth journey the little spirit took its 
 flight. 
 
 Politically, Dr. Rowell has always been a 
 stanch Republican. He is a member of 
 Siloam Lodge, No. 45, A. F. & A. M., of 
 Gray, Me. 
 
 bTREDERICK AUGUSTUS MOTLEY, 
 pi well known as a fruit and produce 
 -*- dealer and a manufacturer of novelties 
 and electrical supplies, has been a resident 
 of Portland, Me., since 1852. His birth 
 occurred in Gardiner, Kennebec County, on 
 April 29, 1847. His parents, Nathaniel and 
 Rachel (Horton) Motley, were descendants of 
 old and highly respected Portland families. 
 It was a paternal ancestor who conducted the 
 old Motley tavern that formerly occupied the 
 site of the Motley Block on Congress Street 
 above. Brown, which was without doubt the 
 first public house established in the city. 
 
 Rufus Horton, the maternal grandfather of 
 the subject of this sketch, was born in the 
 town of Milton, Mass., on May 23, 1759. 
 Though but sixteen years of age at the opening 
 of the Revolutionary War, he enlisted at the 
 time of the Lexington alarm, April 17, i77S; 
 and he afterward served in ten different com- 
 mands, taking part in the siege of Boston and 
 the battles of Rhode Island. He was promoted 
 to the rank of Sergeant Major during his ser- 
 vice, from which he retired on December 3, 
 17S1, on account of a wound received in his 
 wrist. As early as 1792 he was engaged in 
 trade in Portland, where he subsequently 
 formed a partnership with his brother John, 
 under the firm name of John & Rufus Horton, 
 and continued in business for several years. 
 
 In 1802 he erected the two brick stores on the 
 north corner of Congress and Green Streets. 
 The building was one of the first brick blocks 
 built in Portland, and is still owned by the 
 grandchildren. Mr. Horton was a French 
 claimant, having had property captured by the 
 French, among which was the schooner 
 "Hunter," bound from Portland to Martinico. 
 His marriage with Miss Abigail Lord, a 
 sister of William Lord, who served as City 
 Treasurer from 1832 to 1841, and 1843 to 
 1849, took place in Ipswich, Mass., on Octo- 
 ber 14, 1792. She was born there. May 26, 
 1772, and died in Portland, September 23, 
 1871, at the advanced age of ninety-nine years 
 and four months. The children of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Horton were : Nabby, who married 
 Dummer Bean, and died in 1884, at the age 
 of ninety-nine years and four months; Rufus, 
 Jr., a well-known merchant of Portland, Di- 
 rector of the Manufacturers' and Traders' Bank 
 for thirty years, and for fifteen years its Presi- 
 dent, who married Sarah Winslow ; Hannah, 
 the wife of Moses Little, of Windham, Me. ; 
 Lydia, who married Joshua Dunn, the Post- 
 master from 1849 to 1853 ; Rachel, born in Feb- 
 ruary, 1804, who became the wife of Nathaniel 
 Motley; and Mary and Isabella, who never 
 married. The living grandchildren are as fol- 
 lows : Rufus D. and Ann Maria Bean, of Port- 
 land; Moses H. Little, of Windham; Mrs. 
 W. H.- Motley, George and W. H. Motley, 
 of Deering; and Frederick A. Motley, of 
 Portland. Rufus Horton was an esteemed 
 citizen and a prominent .member of the 
 Quaker Society, familiarly known as Quaker 
 Horton. He died at his home on Green 
 Street, Portland, on September 6, 1840, aged 
 eighty-one years. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Motley were the 
 parents of twelve children, all of whom at- 
 tained years of discretion. The three now 
 living are: George H. Motley, of Deering, 
 Me. ; William H. Motley, a resident of the 
 same place; and Frederick A. Motley. Mrs. 
 Motley's death occurred in 1893, at the ad- 
 vanced age of ninety years, in the old Horton 
 home at the corner of Green and Congress 
 Streets, which was her birthplace. She was 
 an honored member of the Society of Friends. 
 Frederick Augustus Motley, who was but a 
 
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 year old at his father's death, acquired a good 
 practical education in the public schools of 
 Portland. The Civil War was then in prog- 
 ress; and at the early age of fifteen years he 
 enlisted in Company A of the Twenty-fifth 
 Maine Volunteer Infantry, with which he was 
 sent to the defence of Washington, where he 
 remained during the term of his enlistment, 
 nine months. Re-enlisting for three years, 
 or until the close of the war, he entered Com- 
 pany I of the Thirtieth Maine Volunteer In- 
 fantry, which was ordered to the Department 
 of the Gulf; and he was an active participant 
 in General Banks's Red River campaign. 
 Later his regiment was sent to the Shenandoah 
 Valley, .where they were under the command 
 of General Sheridan; and during Sheridan's 
 raid, at the time of General Lee's surrender, 
 it was stationed as a guard to the wagon trains. 
 His regiment was afterward ordered to Savan- 
 nah ; and he received his discharge there in 
 August, 1865, as Sergeant, to which rank he 
 was promoted on April 17, 1864. Though he 
 had spent over three years in the service, 
 he was then but eighteen years old, being one 
 of the youngest to carry arms. He had four 
 brothers in the army, and during his last term 
 of service William H. Motley was a member 
 of the same regiment. 
 
 After his return to Portland Mr. Motley 
 obtained a situation as clerk in a wholesale 
 grocery store; and later he engaged, in the 
 wholesale fruit and produce business on Com- 
 mercial Street, which he successfully con- 
 ducted for twelve years. He then sold out in 
 order to accompany his wife to Florida, 
 whither it was deemed advisable that they 
 should go for a time on account of her health. 
 Since April, 1895, he has engaged in the 
 manufacture of novelties and electrical sup- 
 plies, and at the present time he is Treasurer 
 of the Jordan Manufacturing Company. His 
 office is in the Canal Bank Building, and the 
 factory is also located in the city of Portland. 
 In September, 1878, Mr. Motley was joined 
 in marriage with Miss Clara Flagg, of Tops- 
 ham, Me. They are the parents of one child, 
 Helen M. Motley. 
 
 Mr. Motley is a stanch adherent of the Re- 
 publican party, but has never served in official 
 position. He is a prominent member of Bos- 
 
 worth Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of 
 which be is Past Commander, and by virtue of 
 holding that position is a member of the State 
 Encampment. He has also served on the 
 National Council of Administration and at- 
 tended various National Encampments. Mrs. 
 Motley is a communicant of the Baptist 
 church. They, have a pleasant home at 120 
 Emery Street, which has been their residence 
 since their marriage. 
 
 |AJOR JOHN D. ANDERSON, 
 ex-United States Pension Agent, 
 ex - Treasurer' Eastern Branch 
 N. H. D. V. S., ex-Representa- 
 tive and Past Department Commander, Maine 
 Grand Army of the Republic, was born in 
 Gray, Me., on November 7, 1836, eldest son 
 of Dr. Abraham W. and Annah T. (Water- 
 man) Anderson. Abraham Anderson, his 
 earliest known ancestor, emigrated from Scot- 
 land and settled in Marblehead, Mass., mov- 
 ing subsequently to Windham, Me., of whiclr 
 town he was one of the original proprietors. 
 His son Abraham, a farmer and lumberman, 
 was born there. He married Miss Lucy 
 Smith, a daughter of Parson Smith, the first- 
 minister of Portland, Me. They had six chil- 
 dren—Peter, Edward, John, Abraham W., 
 Betsy, and Nancy. The father died in 1846 
 on the old. Anderson homestead at South 
 Windham. 
 
 Dr. Abraham W. Anderson, the younjgest 
 son of Abraham, was born in Windham in 
 February, 1805, where he grew to manhood. 
 He attended Gorham Academy, and in 1829 
 was graduated from Bowdoin Medical School. 
 The next year he became a practising physi- 
 cian in Gray, where he remained until his 
 death on March 24, 1876. He was universally 
 liked, and had a very large practice. His 
 wife, Annah T., was a native of New Glouces- 
 ter, Me., and a daughter of Captain John and 
 Mary (Harris) Waterman. Dr. and Mrs. 
 Anderson were the parents of eight children, 
 namely: Ann J. married C. G. Hanscome, who 
 was killed by Indians in Dakota in 1862. 
 She now resides in La Grosser Wis. Mary 
 W. became the wife of Judge M. G. Han- 
 scome, who outlived her, he being at present 
 
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 a resident of St. Peter, Minn. Jane T. mar- 
 ried Charles Hoppin, of New York, who is 
 now deceased. John D. is the subject of this 
 sketch. Hannah L. became Mrs. Charles B. 
 White, and lives in Massachusetts. Dr. Wen- 
 dall A. Anderson, United States Consul-gen- 
 eral at Montreal, married Miss Susan G. Small, 
 a native of Gray, Me. He was educated in 
 the iSfew York College of Physicians and Sur- 
 geons, being graduated in the class of 1863. 
 From 1 861 to 1862 he was a medical cadet, 
 and during the war he served as Regimental, 
 Brigade, and Division Surgeon. In 1865 he 
 was mustered out of service with the rank of 
 Lieutenant Colonel, and in the following year 
 went to La Crosse, where he practised medi- 
 cine for several years. He is now retired 
 from the profession. Joseph W. died in in- 
 fancy, and Lucy W. also died in very early 
 life. Mrs. Annah T. Anderson, the mother, 
 died May 24, 1880. 
 
 John D. Anderson fitted for college at Gor- 
 ham Academy and Yarmouth Institute, and 
 was graduated from the latter in the class of 
 1852. He then entered Bowdoin College, 
 where he remained three years. From 1855 
 until 1858 he taught school, after which he 
 returned to Bowdoin College, and was gradu- 
 ated in 1859. In the spring of i860 he went 
 to Macon, Ga., where he remained several 
 months, going from thence to La Crosse, Wis. 
 There he was engaged as teacher, and also 
 read law in the office of Cameron & Bishop. 
 
 On August 21, 1861, he enlisted as a pri- 
 vate in the First Wisconsin Battery, was made 
 First Sergeant, and promoted to First Lieu- 
 tenant. He was in camp at Racine, Wis., 
 and at Louisville, Ky., and was attached to 
 the Seventh Division of the Army of the Ohio, 
 organized for the reduction of Cumberland 
 Gap, Ky., then occupied by the Confederates. 
 He participated in the whole of that campaign, 
 and was with the troops in the celebrated re- 
 .treat from the Gap to the Ohio River, a dis- 
 tance of one hundred and eighty miles. He 
 resigned in October, 1862, and re-enlisted in 
 the Thirty-second Maine Infantry, which par- 
 ticipated in the bloody campaign of General 
 Grant in 1864-65, and was severely wounded 
 at Burnside's mine explosion, losing the use 
 of his left hand and arm. The Thirty-first 
 
 and Thirty-second, decimated by losses, were 
 consolidated. Major Anderson was mustered 
 out as a supernumerary, and immediately 
 joined the Third Maryland Infantry as First 
 Lieutenant. He served as Aide-de-camp on 
 the staff of General N. B. McLaughlin till 
 August 20, 1865, when he was finally mus- 
 tered out at Baltimore, Md. His record as a 
 soldier is enviable, he having been compli- 
 mented in general orders by General George 
 W. Morgan for his "coolness and intrepid- 
 ity" in rescuing two of his guns when sur- 
 rounded by the enemy at Tazewell, Tenn., 
 and having lost an eye and arm in the service 
 of his country. 
 
 After receiving his discharge in August, 
 1865, he returned to Gray, where he engaged 
 in the insurance business, and practised law 
 until 1873, when he went to Portland, Me., 
 being in the law office with Bion Bradbury & 
 Son until 1880. Mr. Anderson then returned 
 to Gray, and remained six years in the active 
 and lucrative practice of his profession. In 
 1886 he was appointed United States Pension 
 Agent for the district of Maine, which position 
 he held until October i, 1889. In April, 
 1889, he was elected Treasurer of the Eastern 
 Branch of the Soldiers' Home at Togus, Me. 
 He resigned in October, 1894, and returned to 
 Gray, where he has since remained. 
 
 Mr Anderson is a Democrat in politics, 
 and he has acceptably filled many offices. He 
 was Representative from this district in 1875. 
 He is a member of Cumberland Lodge, No. 
 12, of New Gloucester; of Greenleaf Chapter, 
 Royal Arch Masons, of Portland; and Haw- 
 thorn Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Raymond. 
 In the Grand Army of the Republic he is a 
 devoted and enthusiastic worker A charter 
 member of George F. Sheplay Post, No. 78, 
 of Gray, Mr. Anderson was elected Depart- 
 ment Commander of Maine in 1890, being 
 the only Democrat ever holding that position. 
 
 In March, 1869, Major Anderson was 
 united in marriage to Miss Anna S. Thayer, 
 a native of Gray and daughter of Warren and 
 Mary (Goff) Thayer Major Anderson and 
 wife are the parents of seven children," as fol- 
 lows: Marcia W. married J. H. Pinkham, a 
 dry-goods merchant of Dover, Me., where they 
 now reside; John W., who resides at home. 
 
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 was graduated from Bowdoin College in the 
 class of 1894; Annie T. married Ralph Lewis, 
 an engineer of Greenwood ; Bion B. is in the 
 dry -goods, business in Dover, Me. ; Abraham 
 W. and Bessie W. are attending Pennell In- 
 stitute in Gray; and Effie M. died in infancy. 
 Mrs. Anderson died on September 12, 1893, 
 beloved and respected by all who knew her. 
 
 Major Anderson's inherited Scotch grit and 
 his own power of adaptation have enabled him 
 to act a worthy part in the battle of life. He 
 is widely known and equally respected and 
 liked. 
 
 KRANK E. WEBB, of Westbrook, Me., 
 one of the leading lumber manufact- 
 urers of Cumberland County, was born 
 in Westbrook, August 16, 1862, son of James 
 M. and Charlotte (Hodsdon) Webb. 
 
 James M. Webb was a son of Christopher 
 Webb, of St. Albans, Me., where he grew to 
 manhood, receiving a good common-school 
 education. He learned the trade of carriage- 
 making in Fall River, Mass., and went to 
 Westbrook in the fifties to work for John M. 
 Adams, carriage manufacturer, with whom he 
 remained till the early part of 1862. At that 
 time he enlisted in the Seventeenth Regiment 
 of Maine Volunteer Infantry,, under Colonel 
 Charles Roberts. After a short stay in camp 
 at South Portland the regiment went to Wash- 
 ington, and, being immediately assigned to 
 active duty, participated in some of the most 
 important battles of the Civil War, including 
 the second battle of Fredericksburg, Chancel- 
 lorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spott- 
 sylvania Court-house, and Petersburg. In the 
 skirmish at Sailor's Creek, April 6, 1865, the 
 last battle in which his regiment took part, 
 Mr. Webb received a severe wound in the leg, 
 which made amputation necessary. It is curi- 
 ous to note that, had Lee's surrender taken 
 place three days earlier than it did, he might 
 have returned home unscathed, as he had 
 passed unhurt even through the holocaust of 
 Spottsylvania, where the dead and wounded lay 
 three and four deep. 
 
 James M. Webb was a strong Republican 
 from the time of his majority, and soon after 
 his return from the war was appointed Post- 
 
 master at Westbrook. About the same time 
 he was elected Town Clerk and Treasurer; and 
 he efficiently performed the duties of his offices 
 till 1880, when he was made Treasurer of 
 Cumberland County. This office he held up 
 to the time of his death in January, 1892. He 
 was then fifty-seven years of age. He was a 
 member of Temple Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of 
 Westbrook; and in religious belief he was a 
 Methodist. His wife, Charlotte Hodsdon, of 
 Windham, Me., was the mother of three chil- 
 dren, only one of whom ^ — -the subject of this 
 sketch — is now living. After the death of his 
 first wife Mr. James M. Webb married her 
 sister, Emma Hodsdon. She also bore three 
 children, two of whom are living, namely: 
 William W., who is studying law with Judge 
 Tolraan, of Westbrook ; and Isa M., who re- 
 sides with her mother in that city. 
 
 Frank E. Webb received his education in 
 the public schools of Westbrook, including the 
 high school. He acted as clerk in the West- 
 brook post-office under his father's direction 
 for six years, and started on an independent 
 business career when about twenty-two years 
 of age. Of a restless and ambitious tempera- 
 ment, he tried several kinds of business before 
 finding the one to which he was best adapted. 
 In 1885 he engaged in the grocery trade in 
 Portland, Me,, as a member of the firm of 
 S. M. Kelsey & Co., remaining three years. 
 In 1890 he went West, becoming a metnber of 
 the Montana Cement Pipe and Tile Company, 
 of Helena and Great Falls, Mont. ; but within 
 five months he severed his connection with this 
 corporation, and beca,me connected with the 
 Boston and Montana Mining Company, with 
 which he remained six months. He then re- 
 turned to Westbrook, and for three years was 
 in the employ of John Wheeler & Sons, dealers 
 in coal, wood, and lumber. In 1894 he 
 formed a copartnership with E. H. Phillips, 
 of Fairfield, Me., son of the senior member of 
 the firm of G. A. & C. M. Phillips, who own. 
 extensive timber lands and saw-mills in the 
 north-western part of the State. Under the 
 style of Phillips & Webb the two young men 
 bought the lumber business of the Wheeler 
 Brothers of Westbrook, which they are now 
 managing. They own extensive timber lands 
 and large mills, and have an immense annual 
 
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 output of rough and finished lumber. They 
 furnished half a million feet of lumber for the 
 Baxter Block in Portland, and have supplied 
 nearly all the rough lumber used in West- 
 brook during the past two years, besides over 
 one million feet of finished lumber and from 
 two million to three million shingles in a year. 
 August 20, 1883, Mr. Webb was married to 
 Miss Isabel Kelsey, daughter of John F. Kel- 
 sey, of Portland. He has no children. In 
 political circles Mr. Webb is highly esteemed 
 as a Republican. He was elected City Clerk 
 in 1892, and is still in office, each succeeding 
 election giving him an increased majority. 
 He is a Mason, belonging to Temple Lodge, 
 No. 86, of Westbrook, and has been through 
 the Blue Lodge, Chapter, and Council ; and 
 he is a member of Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 25, 
 Knights of Pythias, of Portland, Me. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Webb attend the Congregational 
 Church of Westbrook. 
 
 ^LINTON. M. HAMILTON, who was 
 born December 16, 1856, on Che- 
 beague Island, in the town of Cum- 
 berland, Me., is of Scotch extraction, 
 and the worthy representative of a distin- 
 guished pioneer of the island. His great- 
 great-grandfather, Ambrose Hamilton, Sr., 
 emigrated from Scotland to America in Colo- 
 nial days. He married Betsey Franzy, and 
 to them were born three sons — Ambrose, Jr. ; 
 Roland; and John. Roland settled on 
 Cousins Island; John on Walnut Hill; and 
 Ambrose, Jr., on Chebeague Island, locating 
 here in 1760, and being the third permanent 
 settler of the island. He and his wife, Deb- 
 orah Soule, were the parents of seven sons and 
 seven daughters; and their grand-children 
 yumbered sfeventy-one. 
 
 Their son James, the next in line of descent, 
 born in 1770, was a lifelong resident of Che- 
 beague Island. He was a farmer by occupa- 
 tion, and attained the ripe old age of ninety 
 years. He was twice married, his first wife 
 being Mary Webber, a native of Harpswell, 
 Me., who bore him nine children. After her 
 death he married Sarah Littlefield, who was 
 born and reared on the island. The only child 
 of this union was a daughter, Mrs, David Ross, 
 
 who still lives on the island, and has two chil- 
 dren — Fostena and Herbert. Both wives were 
 members of the Methodist church. Mr. James 
 Hamilton in politics was an old-time Whig. 
 
 John Hamilton, son of James, was born in 
 1803. In his younger days he followed the 
 sea, being master of a sloop for many years, 
 and carrying freight, principally stone, from 
 one Maine port to another, although he made 
 several voyages to the West Indies. He after- 
 ward became the owner of several , sloops, 
 which he sailed from Portland Harbor. In his 
 later years he retired to his farm, which con- 
 sisted of twenty-five acres of land, all under 
 cultivation. In 1823 he married Mary Hen- 
 ley, daughter of John Henley, of Chebeague 
 Island. Of their eight children, five are now 
 living; namely, Mrs. Reuben Hill, Benjamin, 
 James M., John, and Jeremiah. 
 
 James M. Hamilton, father of Clinton, was 
 born on Chebeague Island in 1832, and has 
 here spent his entire life, being one of the 
 leading men of the place. He has been 
 closely associated with the mercantile and 
 industrial interests of the island, having estab- 
 lished the store now owned by himself and son 
 Clinton, when but twenty years of age. He 
 has taken an active part in the management of 
 town affairs, and for several years served as 
 one of the Selectmen. He married Eunice, 
 daughter of Rufus Soule, of Chebeague Island. 
 Five children were born to them, and of these 
 four are now living, namely: Clinton M., the 
 eldest; Melissa, wife of Joseph A. Brewer, of 
 the island, who has three children — Freder- 
 ick, Gertrude, and Harold; Charles M., whose 
 wife, Elizabeth Hamilton, is the daughter of 
 Henry W. Hamilton, who is of entirely. differ- 
 ent stock; and Bertha, who resides with her 
 parents. 
 
 Clinton M. Hamilton was educated at the 
 Greeley Institute in Cumberland and at the 
 Portland Business College. On leaving school 
 he began working for his father, who in 
 1879 admitted him into an equal partnership, 
 the business having since been conducted 
 under the firm name of Hamilton & Co. They 
 have a general store and carry on an extensive 
 trade in grain and coal; but their specialty is 
 clam bait, which they^hip in large quantities 
 to Portland, Boston, and even to foreign coyn. 
 
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 tries, having sent several lots to Portu'gal. 
 Their business in this line is very large, often 
 aggregating twelve thousand barrels a year. 
 Mr. Hamilton takes an intelligent interest in 
 everything pertaining to the welfare and prog- 
 ress of his native town, which he has served 
 with credit to himself and to the satisfaction 
 of his constituents, in official capacities having 
 been Selectman at various, times, and in 1885, 
 1887, and 1889 having represented the town 
 in the State legislature. In politics he is a 
 straightforward Republican, faithful to his 
 party. 
 
 Mr. Hamilton married Addie D., daughter 
 of Isaac Strout, of Limington, Me. They 
 have two children — Marion L., born June 20, 
 1883; and James C. , born February 5, 1892. 
 Mr. Hamilton is a regular attendant of the 
 Methodist church, of which his wife is a 
 valued member. 
 
 Tt^OBERT ANDREW CLEAVES is a 
 
 iMk ^°'''^y representative of the native 
 
 |b\^ residents of Bridgton, Cumberland 
 
 ^ County, where he was born July 16, 
 
 1832. His father, Thomas Cleaves, was born 
 
 in Beverly, Essex County, Mass., being a son 
 
 of Benjamin Cleaves, who emigrated from 
 
 England to the United States, locating at 
 
 first in Beverly, Mass., whence he removed to 
 
 Bridgton, Me. , then a part of Massachusetts. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of Robert was one 
 of the first white settlers in this locality, com- 
 ing here with his family prior to the time of 
 railways, the long journey being performed on 
 horseback. Portland, the nearest market, was 
 reached in the same manner. Benjamin 
 Cleaves took up a tract of wild land, from 
 which he reclaimed a good farm, although the 
 process was long and tedious. His first dwell- 
 ing was a rude log cabin, but in course of 
 time it was replaced by a substantial frame 
 house, and suitable farm buildings were 
 erected, he being engaged in lumbering and 
 farming until his decease. He married Susan 
 Woodbury, a native of Essex County, Massa- 
 chusetts, and they reared a family of six chil- 
 dren—William, Thomas, Nathan, George, 
 Benjamin, and Mary. 
 
 Thomas Cleaves was a young lad when he 
 
 came from Beverly to this place, where he, 
 subsequently spent the greater part of his life. 
 He remained with his parents until his mar- 
 riage, when he removed to the farm of Lieu- 
 tenant Andrews in South Bridgton, working 
 there eight years; and then he purchased a 
 farm near the old homestead, living there 
 some years. Disposing of that property, he 
 came to the village to live, buying the Judge 
 Carter estate, on which he reipained until his 
 death, at the age of fourscore and two years. 
 Sophia Bradstreet, who became his wife, was 
 born in Tunbridge, Vt. She died at the age 
 of seventy-nine years. Five children were 
 born of their union, namely: Robert Andrew; 
 Nathan; Thomas, an attorney by profession, 
 now serving as clerk of the Committee on Ap- 
 propriations in the State Senate; Henry B., 
 now occupying the .Gubernatorial chair of this 
 State; and Mary Sophia, wife of W. W. 
 Mason, of Portland. 
 
 Robert A. Cleaves acquired a practical edu- 
 cation in the public schools, and at the age 
 of twenty years went to Boston, where he was 
 engaged for some time in mercantile business. 
 Returning to Bridgton, he opened a store for 
 general merchandise, managing this in addi- 
 tion to farming. In 1885 Mr. Cleaves took 
 possession of the homestead property, which 
 he now owns and occupies. He has had three 
 wives. He was first married in 1859 to Miss 
 Louisa Center, of this town, whose death oc- 
 curred in 1864. He subsequently married 
 Miss Hattie J. Nelson, who lived but two 
 years thereafter. His third wife, whose 
 maiden name was Abbie E. Dennett, a native 
 of Bridgton, passed to the other life in 1880, 
 leaving two children — Caroline Walker and 
 Royal Center, the latter of whom is now a 
 student in Bowdoin College. 
 
 V4 Vi Q 
 
 ILLIAM S. THOMPSON, M.D., 
 an active medical practitioner of 
 Standish, Me,, was born in Kenne- 
 bui^k, York County, October 15, 1854, being 
 a son of Melville C. Thompson, who is a 
 native of the same town. His grandfather, 
 William Thompson, who owned and occupied 
 a small farm in Kennebunk, was a lumberman, 
 very expert in the use of his axe, and for some 
 
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 years was employed in the shipyard. He was 
 a Republican in politics, and he attended the 
 Free "Will Baptist church. He lived to an 
 advanced age, rounding out full eighty-four 
 years. To him and his wife, a native of 
 Wells, Me., whose maiden name was Mary 
 Walton, ten. children were born, three of 
 whom are now living, including Melville C. , 
 the fifth child. 
 
 Melville C. Thompson, born in October, 
 1825, was reared to manhood in Kennebunk, 
 and there learned the trade of a ship joiner, 
 which he followed for many years. He after- 
 ward established himself in the grocery busi- 
 ness, forming a partnership with Clement 
 Littlefield, continuing this successfully for 
 some time. He finally disposed of his share 
 of the business, and settled on his farm in 
 Kennebunk, where he is still living, contented 
 and prosperous. He is a Republican in poli- 
 tics, and religiously is liberal in his views, 
 belonging to the Unitarian church. He has 
 been twice married. His first wife, to whom 
 •he was united in 1851, was Caroline, daughter 
 of Calvin Stevens, of Kennebunk. She died 
 in 1854, shortly after the birth of her only 
 child, William S. The father subsequently 
 married Miss Mary A. Locke, of Boston, Mass. 
 The only child of the second marriage, Edwin 
 L., Dr. Thompson's half-brother, born March 
 31, 1 86 1, married Ella Paine, of Buxton, Me. 
 
 William S. Thompson acquired the rudi- 
 ments of his education in the common schools 
 of his native town, his studies being further 
 advanced by attendance at the Biddeford High 
 School, from which he was graduated in 1875. 
 ,In September of that year he entered Dart- 
 mouth College, receiving his bachelor's degree 
 there in 1879, then began the study of medi- 
 cine with Dr. J. E. L. Kimball, of Saco, 
 afterward attending the Portland School for 
 Medical Instruction, and the next winter tak- 
 ing a course of lectures at Bowdoin College in 
 Brunswick, this State. In 1882 he received 
 his degree of M.D. from the Dartmouth Medi- 
 cal School at Hanover, N. H. After spending 
 a short time in his native town, he established 
 himself in practice in Standish, where his pro- 
 fessional knowledge and skill has gained for 
 him the confidence of the community. 
 
 Dr. Thompson was united in marriage June 
 
 23, 1883, with Imogene F. Edgecomb, daugh- 
 ter of Major Edgecomb, of Hiram, Me. Their 
 only child, Ethel C, born September 27, 
 1886, lived on earth but a brief time, passing 
 to the home above June 18, i8go. The 
 Doctor is a Republican in politics, and for 
 many years has served as a member of the 
 School Committee of this town. Socially, he 
 is prominent in several organizations, belong- 
 ing to Standish Lodge, No. 70, A. F. & A M., 
 of Standish ; to Crescent Lodge, No. 20, 
 Knights of Pythias, of this town; and to 
 Watchic Lodge, No. 3333, Knights of Honor, 
 also of Standish. The Doctor and Mrs. 
 Thompson attend the Congregational church. 
 
 OSEPH WILSON, of West Gloucester, 
 Cumberland County, Me. , is a carpenter 
 by trade, but has spent most of his ac- 
 tive years in farming. He was born in 
 West Gloucester on May 30, 1820, son of 
 Gowen, Jr., and Tammy (Gower) Wilson. 
 
 Gowen Wilson, Sr. , the grandfather of Jo- 
 seph, was a native of Falmouth, Me. In early 
 manhood coming thence to West Gloucester, he 
 settled on a farm that he purchased near the 
 Shaker village; and about the same time he 
 united with that body. Later on, however, 
 he removed to Alford, Me.,, where he contin- 
 ued to reside until his death. Gowen Wilson, 
 Jr., son of the elder Gowen, remained with 
 the Shakers until he was seventeen years old, 
 at which time he left them, and settled on the 
 farm where his son now lives. He died here 
 in 1854. His wife. Tammy Gower, died in 
 1840. Eight children were born of their 
 union, as follows: Harriet, who married G. 
 Thompson (both deceased) ; John, who mar- 
 ried Miss Susan Webber (both deceased) ; Jo- 
 sephus, who married Miss Hannah Hall (both 
 deceased); Lucy (deceased), whose husband, 
 Edward Files, now resides in North Ray- 
 mond, Me.; Joseph; Stanley, who married 
 Miss Augusta Boothby, and is living on the 
 old Wilson homestead; Elizabeth; and Mary, 
 the wife of John Files, residing in Gray, Me. 
 
 Joseph Wilson received a good practical ed- 
 ucation in the schools of West Gloucester. 
 He remained with his parents until he was 
 twenty-two years old, and during the follow- 
 
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 ing five or six years he worked on different 
 farms in that vicinity. After that he learned 
 the trade of a carpenter, and followed that vo- 
 cation with success, until 1855, when he pur- 
 chased the farm on which he now resides. It 
 contains one hundred and five acres of good 
 farm land; and his son-in-law, Mr. Carpenter, 
 who now has charge of it, is profitably en- 
 gaged in mixed husbandry, making a specialty 
 of stock raising and the making of butter, which 
 he markets at good prices in Lewiston, Me. 
 
 In May, 1855, Mr. Wilson was joined in 
 marriage with Miss Harriet Patterson, who 
 was born in Charleston, Me.' Both her par- 
 ents died in her early girlhood. She bore her 
 husband six children, uakiely: George, who 
 married Miss Amanda Maxwell, and is now 
 living in Wales, Me. ; Luella, the wife of 
 Hiram Goodrich, a prosperous farmer of Farm- 
 ington, N. H. ; Mary, who married Forest 
 Walker, and resides in South Poland, Me. ; 
 Lucy, who lives with her father, is the wife 
 of Mellen Carpenter, and has one child, Ethel; 
 Annie, who lived to be but seven months old; 
 and Arthur, who is employed as cook at the 
 Mansion Hotel in Poland Springs, Me. M-rs. 
 Harriet P. Wilson died in 1865, and in 1868 
 Mr. Wilson married Miss Sarah Lane, of Ray- 
 mond, Me. 
 
 In political affiliation Mr. Wilson is a 
 stanch Democrat. He has served his town ac- 
 ceptably in various capacities, among which 
 may be mentioned that of Road Surveyor and 
 School Director for a number of years. 
 
 kpREDERICK SMITH, the well-known 
 pl^ agent of the Grand Trunk Railroad in 
 -*- Portland, Me., was born in Ware, 
 Hertfordshire, England, on October 11, 1844, 
 son of George and Anna (Wilson) Smith. 
 His father, who was a native of the same 
 county, and was a business man in Ware, 
 eventually removed to Cookham. He there 
 took a responsible position with Neville Reen 
 & Co., prominent bankers and brewers, with 
 whom he remained until his death, five years 
 later. His wife still lives (1895) in England 
 at the advanced age of eighty-five years. She 
 is a member of the Episcopal church, as was 
 her husband. They had five children, 
 
 Frederick, the only one of the family living 
 in America, grew to manhood in his native 
 country. He completed his educational course 
 at Maidenhead, Berkshire County, England, 
 and there began the work of life, occupying a 
 position of trust for one year. - He then en- 
 tered the employ of Neville Reen & Co., in 
 the office with his father, where he stayed five 
 years. _A year or two after his father's death 
 h(2 came to America, landing at Montreal. • In 
 November, 1868, about the time when Ulysses 
 S. Grant was first elected President of the 
 United States, Mr. Smith came to Portland to 
 fill the position of railroad clerk, to which he 
 had been appointed. He was promoted from 
 time to time; and in 1883 he was called to 
 take entire charge of the Grand Trunk inter- 
 ests in this city, which is, with the excep- 
 tion of Quebec, Toronto, and Montreal, the 
 most important of the Grand Trunk stations, 
 as the English steamers make Portland their 
 terminus. This being one of the largest 
 fi-eight roads, its concerns demand the close 
 attention of its agent, who employs an office - 
 force of thirty clerks in winter, and over half 
 that number in summer. 
 
 Mr. Smith has been a member of the Willis- 
 ton Congregational Church for years; and he 
 belongs to Harmony Lodge, Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows. 
 
 He married on April 16, 1873, Ella L. 
 Mariam, daughter of Guptall Mariam, an old 
 resident of Portland. They have four chil- 
 dren — George C. H., a graduate of, the Port- 
 land High School in the class of 1895; Emily 
 I.; Marion Louise; and Frederick Harold. 
 Two other- children died in infancy. The 
 Smith family live in a beautiful part of the 
 city, at 39 Cushman Street. 
 
 (STris- 
 
 RISTRAM NOYES, who occupies the 
 ^[ old Noyes homestead in Harrison, Me. , 
 was born in the town of Cumberland, 
 on Casco Bay, June 8, 1827, son of William and 
 Phoebe (Stubbs) Noyes. He is a representa- 
 tive of an old and prominent family in Cum- 
 berland County, and is widely known and highly 
 respected for his many excellent qualities. 
 
 Mr. Noyes 's father, William Noyes, who 
 was a native gf Falmouth, Me. , was reared to 
 
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 farm life, and followed agriculture as an occu- 
 pation during the active period of his life, 
 with the exception of a short time which he 
 passed as a seafaring man in his younger days. 
 In 1843 he moved to Harrison, where he set- 
 tled upon the farm which is now owned by his 
 son Tristram. He improved the property to 
 a considerable extent, and cultivated the farm 
 successfully for the rest of his life, dying 
 April 8, i860. He was an energetic and 
 hard-working man and a useful member of the 
 community. His wife, Phoebe Stubbs, who 
 was a native of Cumberland, became the 
 mother of five children, as follows: William, 
 who died in New Orleans; Alfred, who is no 
 longer living; Rachel (deceased), who became 
 the wife of Frederick Bibber, of Freeport; 
 Ephraim, who died in 1876; and Tristram, 
 the subject of this sketch. 
 
 Tristram Noyes attended the common 
 schools, and at the age of fifteen commenced 
 life for himself. He worked as a farm laborer 
 for three years, and subsequently followed the 
 sea in the coasting trade for several years. 
 After his marriage he settled upon the home 
 farm, where he engaged in agricultural pur- 
 suits with energy, and has since continued to 
 reside here. His property, which is well im- 
 proved and desirable land, consists of one 
 hundred acres; and he devotes his attention to 
 the cultivation of hay, potatoes, and sweet 
 corn, and the raising of cattle and sheep. In 
 politics Mr. Noyes is a Democrat. 
 
 On November 18, 1849, Mr. Noyes was mar- 
 ried to Harriet Brackett. She was born in 
 Harrison, January il, 1829, daughter of 
 Walker Brackett, who was an early settler and 
 a prosperous farmer of Harrison, now de- 
 ceased. Mr. and Mrs. Noyes became the par- 
 ents of six children, namely: Althea, who 
 was born November 14, 1851, and is now the 
 wife of Jesse Howe, of West Paris, Me. ; 
 Elizabeth, who was born September 6, 1853, 
 and died February 24, 1868; Henry W., who 
 was born April 10, 1857, and died August 20, 
 1859; William H., who was born April 20, 
 i860, married Hattie C. Pike, and is now re- 
 siding at the homestead; Annie E., who was 
 born May 27, 1863, and died April 11, 1867; 
 anc;] Alice G., who was born March 15, 1869. 
 Mrs. Noyes died October 10, 1887. 
 
 ON. EDWARD HARDING, of Gor- 
 ham. Me., an eminently successful 
 merchant tailor, was born in Gor- 
 ham, January 10, 1841, son of 
 Charles and Eliza Ann (Bailey) Harding. He 
 is of English descent, the first representatives 
 of his family in this country settling in the 
 vicinity of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. 
 
 Mr. Harding's grandfather, Nicholas Har- 
 ding, after engaging for some time in tilling 
 the soil on the Cape, removed to Gorham, 
 Cumberland County, Me., where he cleared 
 and cultivated a farm. He was a well-read 
 man, and taught school in the vicinity of Gor- 
 ham and Scarboro. He left a fair property at 
 the time of his death, his farm comprising one 
 hundred and twenty acres. Grandfather Hard- 
 ing married successively two sisters named 
 Bacon, and reared six children — ^ William, 
 Charles, Colman, Lucy, Mary, and Edward. 
 
 Charles Harding, the second son, was born 
 on his father's farm in Gorham. He also 
 taught for a while in Gorham and Scarboro,. 
 and then learned the mason's trade, becoming 
 a first-class workman. He followed this call- 
 ing up to the time of his death, and many 
 samples of his skill and thoroughness in build- 
 ing are standing to-day in Gorham and 
 vicinity. His first vote was cast in the ranks 
 of the Democratic party; but at the time of 
 the war he joined the Republicans, with whom 
 he was ever after affiliated. His wife was 
 a daughter of Levi Bailey, of Westport, Me. 
 They reared seven children, namely: Charles, 
 who died at the age of sixteen; Edward, the 
 subject of this sketch ; Walter, who assists in 
 his brother's coat shop; George, who for years 
 was cutter in the wholesale clothing house of 
 J. Peavey & Brothers, Boston, was first Presi- 
 dent of the Cutters' Union, and died in his 
 forty-ninth year from" heart disease, November 
 9, 1895; Emeline, wife of Eben Elder, for- 
 merly of Gorham, now of Lowell, Mass. ; 
 Marion, wife of Captain John C. Summer- 
 sides, of Gorham ; and Carrie, wife of Levi 
 Hull, formerly of Gorham, now of Chelsea. 
 
 Edward Harding was educated in the com- 
 mon schools and the academy at Gorham. He 
 learned the mason's trade of his father, and 
 when sixteen years of age went to Boston to 
 work as a journeyman mason, returning home 
 
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 in about a year. When the war broke out he 
 enlisted in Company K, Twenty-fifth Maine 
 Regiment, under the command of Colonel 
 Frank Fessenden, now of Portland, and was 
 assigned to the defence of Washington. He 
 enlisted for nine months, and when his term 
 of service was finished returned home and 
 learned the tailor's trade, working as a cutter 
 for about a year. On September 10, 1865, 
 he started in business in a small way; and his 
 trade has increased to such an extent that he 
 now finishes from twenty-five thousand to 
 thirty thousand coats a year, besides other gar- 
 ments, and gives employment to five hundred 
 persons. He has filled contracts for many 
 Boston firms, including Isaac Fenno and the 
 Standard Clothing Company, and regularly 
 supplies Leopold Morse & Co. and Peavey 
 Brothers of Boston, and Milliken, Cousins & 
 Short, of Portland. A practical tailor himself, 
 Mr. Harding thoroughly understands all the 
 details of his business; and to his knowledge 
 and judgment, as well as his business ability, 
 his remarkable success is attributable. 
 
 In 1868 Mr. Harding was married to Miss 
 Carleton, daughter of Caleb Carleton, of Pel- 
 ham, N. H. A few years after her marriage 
 she passed to the world beyond, joining her 
 only child, who died in infancy; and in 1872 
 Mr. Harding was united to Mrs. Putnam, of 
 Salem, Mass., a widow, who had one son by 
 her previous marriage. This son, Edward F. 
 Putnam, is one of the head salesmen of Cum- 
 ner, Jones & Co., of Boston, and has distin- 
 guished himself as a politician, serving as 
 President of the Common Council of Chelsea, 
 Mass., and as a member of the Republican 
 State Committee of Massachusetts. 
 
 Mr. Harding, though a member of a Demo- 
 cratic family, is a Republican, and cast his 
 first Presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln in 
 1864. In 1884 he was elected to the House 
 of Representatives and served until 1887; and 
 he was in the Senate in 1888-89, a"<:l renomi- 
 nated by acclamation, but refused to serve. 
 He always attended to the town interests, and 
 ^as active in securing appropriations. During 
 his last year he was a member of the Finance 
 Committee and also of the Insurance Commit- 
 tee, of which he was Chairman. He has been 
 Commander and is now Past Commander of 
 
 John R. Adams Post, No. loi, Grand Army 
 of the Republic, of Gorham ; was made a 
 Mason when twenty-one years of age, joining 
 Temple Lodge, No. 86, A- F. & A. M., of 
 Westbrook ; is Trustee of Gorham Lodge, No. 
 98, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and 
 has been Chancellor of Dirigo Lodge, No. 21, 
 Knights of Pythias, of Gorham. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Harding are active members of the Con- 
 gregational church, toward whose support Mr. ' 
 Harding generously contributes. 
 
 nrXANIEL W. ROUNDS, M;D., a 
 I ^=j young physician in active practice in 
 , |>Sy the town of Naples, Me., was born 
 in Baldwin, Cumberland County, 
 Me., April 22, 1867, and is the son of George 
 and Clarinda (Vaughn) Rounds. He was 
 reared in the village of East Baldwin, and 
 there in the district school made his first ac- 
 quaintance with books. He entered Lexing- 
 ton Academy at the age of sixteen, and after- 
 ward he took a course of study in the Baldwin 
 High School. In 1887 he entered Bowdoin 
 College ; and after two years of study in the 
 medical department he went to New York City 
 and completed his training at BelleVue, gradu- 
 ating in 1 891. He commenced his, profes- 
 sional work in East Baldwin, where he re- • 
 mained a year, and in 1892 located his office 
 in Naples. Though Dr. Rounds has been in 
 practice but a short time, he has clearly 
 demonstrated that he is well qualified for the 
 work he has undertaken; and his visiting list 
 is steadily increasing. 
 
 Dr. Rounds was married February 2, 1892, 
 to Miss Mary M. Hubbard, a native of Mitch- 
 ell County, Kansas. One child brightens 
 their home, a promising boy named Fred H. 
 Dr. Rounds has officiated as Supervisor of 
 Schools in Naples for two years. He is a 
 member of one fraternal organization, the 
 Knights of Pythias. 
 
 lAMUEL T. MURCH. Among the 
 representative and prosperous 
 farmers of Baldwin is Samuel T. 
 Murch, the subject of the present 
 sketch, who was born in this town, January 7, 
 
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 1834. His father, Benjamin Murch, was an old 
 and highly respected resident of Baldwin, who 
 followed the trade of a shoemaker for many 
 years and also conducted a farm. He married 
 Eliza Burnell ; and they reared a family of ten 
 children, six sons and four daughters. Of these 
 three sons and two daughters are now living. 
 
 Samuel T. Murch was educated in the pub- 
 lic schools of Baldwin, and after completing 
 his studies he was employed in farm work at 
 home. At the age of twenty he began life 
 for himself by engaging in agricultural labors 
 in different localities; and he was steadily em- 
 ployed until he purchased a farm of sixty 
 acres in his native town, and settled down to 
 farming upon his own account. He rapidly 
 advanced in prosperity until 1886, at which 
 time he removed to his present property. He 
 now cultivates fifty acres, which he devotes to 
 general farming; and he raises large and su- 
 perior crops. His homestead has secured a 
 high reputation as a resort for city people dur- 
 ing the heated term, and his ample accommo- 
 ■ dations for twenty-five guests are tested to 
 their utmost capacity throughout the summer 
 season. The neighborhood offers splendid fa- 
 cilities for fishing, boating, and other outdoor 
 recreations, which attract visitors from New 
 York City, Boston, and Portland; and in this 
 direction he does a flourishing business. 
 
 Mr. Murch and Sarah E. Clark were united 
 in marriage on December 21, 1858. They 
 have one son, Charles, who resides at home. 
 In politics Mr. Murch adheres to the Demo- 
 cratic party. Socially, he is deservedly popu- 
 lar among his fellow-townsmen, who regard 
 him with sincere esteem and good will for his 
 many estimable qualities and his readiness to 
 aid in movements for general public improve- 
 ment. Fraternally, he is a member of the In- 
 dependent Order of Odd Fellows. 
 
 ^EVI LINCOLN CUMMINGS, City 
 Electrician for» Portland, is a native 
 of Maine, Paris, the county seat of 
 Oxford County, being the place of 
 his birth, which occurred June 18, 1843. PI is 
 father, the late Captain Benjamin F. Cum- 
 mings, who was the commander of & company 
 of State militia and a well-to-do agriculturist. 
 
 was a lifelong resident of Paris. He married 
 Elmira, daughter of Moses Twitchell ; and to 
 them six children were born, Levi being the 
 fourth child. 
 
 Levi L. Cummings was reared on the home 
 farm, attending. school when it was in session, 
 at other times assisting his parents. Foresee- 
 ing the advantages of life in a larger place, Mr. 
 Cummings located in Portland in 1865, secur- 
 ing a position under the city government in the 
 city fire-engine house. After a short time he 
 became driver, continuing thus engaged until 
 the establishment of the fire alarm, which he 
 assisted in putting in, in 1866, 1867, arid 
 1868, being subsequently elected superintend- 
 ent of the system. When first constructed 
 there was but one circuit, with twenty-five 
 alarm boxes and three police signal boxes; but 
 under the supervision of Mr. Cummings wires 
 have been extended to every part of the city, 
 the number of boxes increased to sixty-eight, 
 with thirty-six police signal boxes, contain- 
 ing the latest improvement, a fine automatic 
 repeater. 
 
 Mr. Cummings continued as superintendent 
 of the Fire Alarm Department until the ofifice 
 of City Electrician was created, under the wise 
 administration of Mayor King, when he was 
 elected by the City Council as an incumbent 
 of the new office. With the exception of two 
 years, when the opposing political party was in 
 power, Mr. Cummings has annually been elected 
 to the same office, which he has filled in a 
 trustworthy and able manner. During his 
 term of service the city bells have been tolled 
 at the time of the death, and on the occasion 
 of the funeral, of three prominent generals — 
 Grant, Garfield, and Sherman. The facilities 
 for extinguishing incipient fires have been 
 greatly increased, the Portland Fire Depart- 
 ment being one of the most efficient in New 
 England, and with its present equipments 
 might easily have prevented the great confla- 
 gration of 1866, which started in a small build- 
 ing containing wood seasoning for shoe soles. 
 
 In June, 1874, Mr. Cummings was united 
 in marriage with Miss Susan L., daughter of 
 Paul Ford, of Lyman, Me. They have resided 
 for a number of years at 541 Cumberland 
 Street. Mr. Cummings is a stanch Republi- 
 can, but not active as a politician. Socially, 
 
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 he is an Odd Fellow, belonging to Beacon 
 Lodge, No. 67, Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows. 
 
 Ij- 
 
 lANSOM D. GOULD, a successful 
 farmer and butcher of Otisfield, was 
 born in that town, October 31, 1855, 
 son of Seba and Catherine S. (Ed- 
 wards) Gould. Mr. Gould's father was a pros- 
 perous farmer and lifelong resident of Otis- 
 field, where he owned and conducted a good 
 farm for many years before his death, which 
 occurred January 7, 1892. He was an ener- 
 getic and industrious man. His wife, Cath- 
 erine, who was also a native of Otisfield, be- 
 came the mother of eight children, as follows: 
 Edward Joseph, who was born April 29, 1854, 
 and died October 9, i860; Ransom D., the 
 subject of this sketch ; Ronelo, who was born 
 August ,2, 1858, and died May 2, 1859; 
 Althea, who was born July 17, 1859, and died 
 July 25, .1889; Irene Adelaide, who was born 
 April 2, 1861, and is now the wife of William 
 Jones, of Otisfield; Albert, who was born De- 
 cember 26, 1863, and died February 2, 1864; 
 Annette, who was born June 16, 1865, and 
 died November 2, 1891 ; and Loton, who was 
 born June 26, 1867, married Emma Whitman, 
 and resides at the homestead in Otisfield. 
 The mother, who still survives, resides upon 
 the home farm. 
 
 Ransom D.. Gould attended the common 
 schools of his native town and was reared to 
 agricultural life. He resided with his parents 
 until his marriage. In 1881 he bought his 
 present farm of seventy acres, which by careful 
 treatment he has brought to a high state of cul- 
 tivation. He conducts general farming, but 
 devotes his attention principally to the raising 
 of hay, corn, and other grain. He is also en- 
 gaged in butchering to some extent, his meat 
 finding a ready market both in Cumberland 
 and Oxford Counties. In politics he is an 
 active Republican. He has served the town 
 with ability as Tax Collector, Constable, and 
 Surveyor. 
 
 On November 19, 1876, Mr. Gould was 
 united in marriage to Elizabeth Ward. She 
 was born in Baldwin, Me., April 15, 1858, 
 daughter of William and Hannah Ward. Both 
 
 her parents are natives of Baldwin, and are 
 now living in Harrison, the father being a 
 prosperous farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Gould have 
 had one daughter, Ida Florence, born Novem- 
 ber 28, 1877. She married Charles Grover, 
 resides in Otisfield, and has one. child, named 
 Gracie Florence. Mr. Gould is a self-made 
 man. By his ability and perseverance he has 
 reached a leading position among the well- 
 to-do farmers of Otisfield. A capable and 
 progressive farmer, he is also a worthy citizen, 
 having faithfully performed his share of the 
 town's public business. He is a member of 
 the Grange at North Otisfield, and both he and 
 his wife are attendants of the Baptist church. 
 
 EYMAN J. PRATT, one of Yarmouth's 
 most prosperous farmers, was born in 
 ^ the house he now occupies, May 22, 
 1827, a son of Levi and Louise 
 (Thompson) Pratt. His ancestors were pio- 
 neers in Cumberland County, his grandfather, 
 Sheribia Pratt, having settled here over one 
 hundred and twenty-five years ago. He came 
 from Weymouth, Mass., to Yarmouth at a 
 time when settlers were few and far between, 
 and roads were thought of only as among the 
 possibilities of the distant future. Indians 
 were numerous but friendly; and when Sheribia 
 Pratt, who was a large and powerful man, 
 hired them to carry him to Yarmouth Falls in 
 their canoes, they charged him double fare on 
 account of his weight. He was a miller, 
 which occupation he followed in connection 
 with farming; and, being a thoroughly capable 
 business man, he became an extensive land- 
 holder, acquiring large tracts both in Maine 
 and Canada, it being estimated that he owned 
 as much as five thousand acres in all. His 
 last years were passed in Portland, where he 
 died in 1819. He reared a family of eleven 
 children, all of whom grew to maturity, but are 
 now deceased. Of them, Levi, father of Ly- 
 man J., was the young^t. 
 
 Levi Pratt, who was born in Yarmouth, in 
 young manhood engaged, in his father's early 
 business of farming and milling. He subse- 
 quently gave his chief attention to lumbering, 
 which he carried on extensively in the Kenne- 
 bec region, investing his profits in large tracts 
 
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 of timber land in Maine and Canada, and be- 
 coming prominent among the wild land specu- 
 lators of his day. In Kennebec County, 
 Maine, he owned one thousand eight hundred 
 and ninety-six acres and in Canada twenty-two 
 hundred acres. He was a thoroughly practical 
 lumberman, being acquainted with every detail 
 of the business ; and his various operations 
 were conducted with such energy and foresight 
 as to always realize satisfactory results. He 
 was among the most successful of the pio- 
 neer lumber operators of Maine. His mo- 
 ments of rest from business were passed at his 
 homestead in Yarmouth, where he died, De- 
 cember 9, 1849. His wife,' Louisa Thompson 
 Pratt, who was a native of Gorham, Me., be- 
 came the mother of ten children, five of whom 
 are living, namely : Mary Ann, who became 
 Mrs. Noyes, and lives at Yarmouth Corners; 
 Lyman J., the subject of this sketch; and 
 Ellen Elliott, Lincoln, and Thomas B. , all 
 three residents of Fairhaven, Mass. Those 
 deceased are as follows : Lyman died in in- 
 fancy; Susan died at the age of seven years; 
 Jane, who became Mrs. True, died at the age 
 of sixty-seven; Susan married a Mr. Russell, 
 and died at the age of forty-two; and Sybil M. 
 lived to reach the age of seventy-five years. 
 The mother died May 22, 1855. Both parents 
 attended the Baptist church. 
 
 Lyman J. Pratt obtained his education in 
 the common schools of Yarmouth and at the 
 North Yarmouth Academy. He fitted himself 
 for college; but, finally giving up the idea of 
 pursuing the higher branches of study, he 
 turned his attention to agriculture and settled 
 upon the home farm, where he has since 
 resided. His property, which is desirably 
 located, consists of seventy-five acres of well- 
 improved land; and he successfully carries on 
 general farming. His buildings are kept in 
 good repair; and his residence, which was 
 erected by his grandfather in 1800, is one of 
 the substantial old houses of the town. 
 
 On November 18, 1857, Mr. Pratt was united 
 in marriage to Susan S. Tompson, a representa- 
 tive of an old Cumberland County family. 
 She was born in Freeport, June 12, 1829, a 
 daughter of Theophilus-and Eleanor (Brewer) 
 Tompson. Her father, who was a sea captain 
 in his early days, later, became a prosperous 
 
 farmer. He died in Freeport, aged fifty- 
 eight; and his wife, who survived him, reached 
 the venerable age of ninety- two years. They 
 were the parents of eleven children, of whom 
 three are now living, namely: Mrs. Mary 
 Rolfe, of Boston ; Mrs. Louisa N. Lambert, of 
 Freeport ; and Mrs. Pratt. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Pratt have had three children : Eleanor Louise, 
 who was born March 12, 1863; Harry J., 
 born November 18, 1866, now residing in 
 Nevvburyport, Mass. ; and Frank H., who was 
 born August 4, 1868, and is a resident of Bos- 
 ton, Mass. 
 
 Mr. Pratt occupies a prominent position 
 among the well-to-do residents of Yarmouth. 
 He is an active and intelligent citizen, who 
 keeps well informed upon all the leading ques- 
 tions of the day. He is a Republican in 
 politics and a Baptist in his religious views. 
 
 OHN R. YOUNG, a respected citizen 
 of North Yarmouth, was born upon the 
 farm he now owns and occupies, August 
 6, 1827, son of William and Abigail 
 (Reed) Young. His paternal grandfather 
 was an early settler in Gorham, Me. John 
 Young, father of the subject of this sketch, 
 was born in that town, June 4, 1785. He left 
 home at the age of fourteen, and for a short 
 time lived in the family of Daniel Marston. 
 He learned the trade of a millwright, whicb 
 he followed in his earlier years, and subse- 
 quently engaged in agricultural pursuits, set- 
 tling upon the farm where his son now resides, 
 previous to the year 18 16. He carried on. 
 general farming successfully for the rest of his. 
 life, and was known as. an industrious andi 
 worthy citizen. He died May 5, 1874, aged! 
 eighty-nine years and eleven months. His; 
 wife, Abigail Reed, who was .born in Northi 
 Yarmouth, July 6, 1793, was a daughter of: 
 Jacob Reed, a sea captain, whose birth took 
 place in 1775. He met with an untimely 
 death, being lost at sea in 1801. William and 
 Abigail Young raised a family of twelve chil- 
 dren, three of whom are living, namely: 
 Phoebe, born November 28, 1822, married 
 John Brown, and resides in Jacksonville, 
 111.; John R. ; and James S., who was bom 
 May 3, 1832, and is now a resident of Los 
 
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 Angeles, Cal. The mother died February 18, 
 1872. 
 
 John R. Young passed his boyhood and 
 youth upon his father's farm, obtaining his 
 education in the district schools of his native 
 town. In 1848, when twenty-one years old, 
 he entered the employ of the Fitchburg Rail- 
 road Company. He was subsequently con- 
 nected with the Rutland & Burlington, the 
 Illinois & Wisconsin, and the Toledo, Alton 
 & Cleveland Railway Companies. On May 4, 
 1854, he entered the employ of the Grand 
 Trunk Company, with which he has remained 
 up to the present time, having served in 
 various capacities. He was for some time 
 conductor of a construction train, and is now 
 a section foreman. He is one of the oldest 
 employees of the company, having served faith- 
 fully for over forty years. He is also one of 
 the oldest residents in his part of the town. 
 He owns the old homestead farm of one hun- 
 dred acres of fertile land, which he conducts 
 with satisfactory results. 
 
 On December 12, 1850, Mr. Young was 
 united in marriage to Mary T. Batchelder, who 
 was born in Wentworth, N. H., February 14, 
 1 83 1, a daughter of Burley and Betsey (Tay-. 
 lor) Batchelder. Her parents," who are no 
 longer living, were both nativesof New Hamp- 
 shire. Her father died at the age of eighty 
 years. Mr. and Mrs. Young have had seven 
 children, as follows: George H., born Novem- 
 ber 25, 1851, is an engineer on the Grand 
 Trunk Railroad, and resides in Portland; 
 Charles H., born January 25, 1853, is a me- 
 chanic, also residing in Portland; Orrin B., 
 born January 27, 1855, died March 22, 1895; 
 John William, born May 4, 1857, is a railroad 
 engineer residing iil San Francisco, Cal. ; 
 Mary, born December 14, i860, married 
 David Sweetzer, and died February 27, 1881 ; 
 Alice, born in 1867, married Edward Allen, 
 and resides in Portland; and Luella D., born 
 October 5, 1869, married William Cushman, 
 and died March 3, 1895. 
 
 Mr. Young has led an industrious life, and 
 has an enviable reputation as a worthy citizen 
 and good neighbor. His steady habits and re- 
 liable character are sufficiently attested by his 
 long period of service with the Grand Trunk 
 Railway Company. His religious opinions 
 
 are liberal, and in politics he supports the 
 Republican party. He is a member of Casco 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M. 
 
 ^t^ATHANIEL FICKETT, a well-to-do 
 I —7 farmer of Pownal, was born in Bridg- 
 |is I ton, Me., December 21, 1838, son 
 
 ^■""^ of Nathaniel, and Eliza (Walker) 
 Fickett. His father, who was a native of 
 Westbrook, Me., settled when a young man 
 in the town of Pownal, where he resided for 
 some time. He later moved to Chebeague, 
 where he passed the rest of his life, dying at 
 the age of seventy-seven years. He was an 
 industrious and energetic man, highly es- 
 teemed as a citizen and neighbor. He served 
 as a soldier in the War of 1812. In politics 
 he was a Democrat. His wife Elizabeth, who 
 was born in Pownal, became the mother of a 
 large family of children, some of whom died 
 in infancy. Four sons and two daughters still 
 survive — Mary Ann Ward, Nathaniel, Albion 
 K. P., Freeman, Eliza Walker, and Green - 
 yille. The mother lived to reach the age of 
 eighty-six years. Both she and her husband 
 were members of the Congregational church. 
 Nathaniel Fickett passed his boyhood and 
 youth in Pownal, receiving his education in 
 the common schools of that town. He was 
 reared to agriculture, which has been his occu- 
 pation through life. He bought his first land 
 in Chebeague, where he resided for some time. 
 In 1853 he returned to Pownal and located on 
 his present farm, having since been successfully 
 engaged in general farming. He has one 
 hundred and thirty acres of well-improved 
 land, the fertility of which he has increased 
 by well-difected labor; and his present com- 
 fortable circumstances are the result of his 
 untiring energy and steady perseverance. His 
 farm occupies a pleasant situation in the most 
 desirable part of the town, and his residence 
 and other buildings are substantially con- 
 structed and kept in the best of repair. 
 
 In 1855 Mr. Fickett was united in marriage 
 to Miss Z. Mitchell. She was born upon the 
 farm which her husband now occupies, a 
 daughter of Deacon Benjamin 'Mitchell, who 
 was an early settler in Pownal and a promi- 
 nent man in his day. The Mitchell family 
 
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 is an old and highly respected one in Cum- 
 berland County, and descends from Benjamin 
 and Mehitable (Bragdon) Mitchell, the former 
 of whom was an early settler in North Yar- 
 mouth. 
 
 Mr. Fickett is a Democrat in politics, and 
 has long held a prominent position in public 
 affairs. He has served the town ably as a 
 member of the Board of Selectmen and in 
 other important offices. He is still engaged 
 in attending to his every-day duties about the 
 farm, 'and possesses the strength and agility 
 of a much younger man. He is liberal in his 
 religious views, and his wife is a member of 
 the Congregational church. 
 
 'AMUEL A. LAWRENCE, a pros- 
 perous and well-to-do resident of 
 Yarmouth, was born upon his 
 present farm, December i, 18 19, 
 son of David and Margaret (Davis) Lawrence. 
 His grandfather, Colonel John Lawrence, a 
 native of Massachusetts, was an ofificer in the 
 Revolutionary War. He became an early 
 settler in Yarmouth, where he cleared and 
 improved a good farm from the wilderness. 
 He was an industrious man, who succeeded in 
 establishing a comfortable home for himself 
 and family; and his untiring labor was the 
 foundation for the prosperity of his descend- 
 ants, the property he acquired being still in 
 the family's possession. Both he and his wife 
 lived to be over eighty years old, and both 
 died at the homestead. They reared a family 
 of children, of whom David, Mr. Lawrence's 
 father, was the youngest. 
 
 David Lawrence was born at the homestead 
 in Yarmouth, and, succeeding to the posses- 
 sion of the farm, followed agricultural pursuits 
 there during the active period of his life. He 
 was an energetic farmer, keeping his land in 
 a good state of cultivation; and his labor was 
 productive of good results for himself and 
 family. He died at the age of fifty-two years. 
 . He was liberal in his religious views and a 
 Democrat in politics. His wife, Margaret 
 Davis Lawrence, who was a native of Yar- 
 mouth, became the mother of eight children, 
 as follows: Elizabeth, Frank, Mary Ann, 
 Isabella, and Marcia, who are no longer living. 
 
 Frank being lost at sea; Samuel A., the sub- 
 ject of this sketch; Maria, who is now the 
 widow of Addison Lathan, and resides in 
 Portland; and David M., a resident of Yar- 
 mouth village. The mother lived to be over 
 seventy years old. 
 
 Samuel A. Lawrence acquired his education 
 in the district schools of Yarmouth. He 
 began at an early age to assist in the work of 
 the farm, and since his father's death has con- 
 tinued to reside thereon. His property, which 
 consists of fertile land, is desirably located 
 and well improved. Mr. Lawrence carries on 
 general farming, and has also operated a stone 
 quarry which is situated on his farm with 
 profitable results. In 1863 he was united in 
 marriage with Sarah Ann Loring, a native of 
 Yarmouth, who died in 1865, leaving one son 
 — Francis L., who resides at home and is now 
 managing the farm. Mr. Lawrence is well 
 known and is highly esteemed throughout his 
 part of the county. He is liberal in his relig- 
 ious views, and in politics he supports the Re- 
 publican party. 
 
 ^mo 
 
 FORGE W. BICKNELL, a prosper- 
 I •) I ous farmer of Otisfield, was born in 
 ^-^" Harrison, Me., October 25, 1837, 
 son of William P. and Mary (Merrow) Bick- 
 nell. Mr. Bicknell's father, who was a 
 native of Hiram, Me., learned the trade of a 
 stone cutter. At the age of eighteen he 
 settled near Bolster's Mills in the town of 
 Harrison, where he bought a farm, which he 
 carried on in connection with his trade. He 
 also engaged quite extensively in lumbering, 
 owning some valuable timber land. 
 
 His death, which occurred August 2, 1883, 
 while he was travelling over his property, was 
 the result of an accident. He was a good 
 farmer, an able and successful business man, 
 and a worthy citizen. His wife, Mary Mer- 
 row, who was born in Eaton, N.H., became 
 the mother of nine children, as follows: Ro- 
 sella, who married James Cole, and resides 
 in Lewiston, Me. ; Melvina, the wife of 
 A. L. Thoms, of Harrison ; Mary, the wife of 
 Charles Harding, of Harrison ; George W. 
 (first), who died in infancy; George W. (sec- 
 ond), the subject of this sketch ; Charles 
 
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 Washburn and Ichabod Washburn, twins, now 
 deceased; Major P., residing in Saco, Me., 
 who married Sarah Lovejoy, now deceased ; 
 and Morris, who married Caroline Smith, and 
 resides in Stoneham, Me. The mother died 
 in March, 1846. 
 
 George W. Bicknell received his education 
 in the common schools, and resided with his 
 parents until reaching the age of eighteen 
 years. He then engaged in agricultural work 
 in the town of Bridgton, where he was em- 
 ployed upon various farms for five years. 
 After marriage he bought his present farm in 
 Otisfield, where he has since resided. The 
 property, which is known as the old Britton 
 farm, consists of ninety acres of fertile land, 
 and is one of the most desirable pieces of 
 property in the locality. Mr. Bicknell con- 
 ducts general farming with ability, raising 
 superior crops of hay, corn, and grain. He is 
 quite a large fruit grower. He also gives 
 some attention to dairying, keeping a herd of 
 six finely bred cows; and he disposes of their 
 milk to good advantage. 
 
 On December 8, i860, Mr. Bicknell was 
 united in marriage to Mary Turner. She was 
 born in Otisfield, September 19, 1842, daugh- 
 ter of Charles and Nancy (Mayberry) Turner, 
 both now deceased. They were natives and 
 prosperous farming people of Casco, Me. 
 
 Mr. Bicknell is a Republican in politics, and 
 a member of Crooked River Lodge, No. 10, 
 A. F. & A. M., of Bolster's Mills. He has 
 brought his farm to a high standard of cultiva- 
 tion, earning thereby quite a reputation for 
 enterprise and skill. He has arrived at his 
 present position of prosperity solely through 
 his own energy and ability. 
 
 (sTTLBE 
 
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 LBERT R. HAWKES, for many years 
 largely engaged in the manufacture of 
 clothing, but now living in retire- 
 ment in Windham, was born in this 
 town, July 21, 1833, son of Samuel R. and 
 Hannah (Morrill) Hawkes. His family has 
 been American for nearly three centuries. It 
 began with Adam Hawkes, who came from 
 England to this country, landing at Salem, 
 Mass., June 12, 1630. Adam subsequently 
 built a house on an eminence called Close 
 
 • Hill, by the Saugus River. Here his son, 
 John Hawkes, the next in line of descent, was 
 born. The family was continued by two Eb- 
 enezers, father and son, to James Hawkes, Sr., 
 who was the great-grandfather of Albert R. 
 Hawkes. In 1738 James removed to a part of 
 Massachusetts, on the Presumpscott River, in 
 the vicinity of the present village x)f West- 
 brook, Me. He built the first saw-mill in that 
 locality, and wjth it was profitably engaged in 
 the manufacture of lumber until his death. 
 James Hawkes, Jr., Albert's grandfather, spent 
 the larger part of his life in Windham, en- 
 gaged in mercantile business and farming. 
 He was an active, enterprising man> and 
 lived to the age of ninety years. In politics 
 he was an old-time Whig. Both he and 
 his wife, whose maiden name was Rebecca 
 Robinson, were Quakers in their religious 
 belief. 
 
 Samuel R. Hawkes, a native of Windham, 
 born on the homestead in 1 799, was for many 
 years a merchant of this place. He subse- 
 quently engaged in the lumber business at 
 Great Falls, Gqrham, Me., in partnership with 
 John Lindsay, under the firm name of Hawkes 
 & Lindsay. Tliis connection lasted until his 
 demise, September 3, 1847, in the prime of 
 a vigorous manhood. While yet in trade he 
 bought a farm of one hundred acres in Wind- 
 ham, which was his place "of residence many 
 years. It is now occupied by his son Albert, 
 the subject of this sketch. In March, 1827, 
 he married Hannah .Morrill, of Windham, and 
 became the father of nine children. Of these 
 eight are now living; namely, David R., 
 Charles M., Albert R., Lydia T., Samuel, 
 Hannah M., Huldab W., and James F. David 
 R., born April 21, 1830, now residing in Som- 
 erville, Mass., married Sarah J. Maybury, and 
 has two children — Edwin E. and Eliza F. 
 Charles M. married Susan A., daughter of 
 Sir William Whitney, and has five children, 
 namely: Dr. William W., of New Haven, 
 Conn. ; Charles B., an attorney in New York; 
 Samuel, an attorney in Kansas;' Susan Ger- 
 trude; and George P., who is carrying on a 
 genera] banking business in New Haven, 
 Conn. Lydia T., born June 20, 1837, resides 
 in Windham. Samuel, a farmer, born Septem- 
 ber 13, 1840, married Caroline M., daughter 
 
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 of Timothy Skillings, of Westbrook, and is 
 the father of five children — -Hannah, Allen T., 
 Charles M., Annie H., and Julia M. Han- 
 nah M., born September 5, 1842, is the wife' 
 of John C. Cobb, of Portland, and has seven 
 children, namely: Albert C, who married 
 Annie Littlefield, of Bridgton, and has three 
 children — Frederick H., Grace M., and Helen 
 M. ; Frederick H., who is in business with 
 his father; Frank W. , a merchant in Conway, 
 N.H. ; Mary A.; Grace H., who married 
 William Bailey, of Portland, June 4, 1895; 
 Helen M. ; and John C. Huldah W., born 
 March 25, 1844, is a teacher of languages in 
 Portland, but makes Windham her home. 
 James F., born July 31, 1846, who is a mem- 
 ber of the firm of Skillin, Hawkes & Co., of 
 Portland, wholesale grocers, married Ardella 
 H. Fames, of Portland, and has one child, 
 Charlie E. 
 
 Albert R. Hawkes, after completing his 
 education at the Gorham High School, learned 
 the shoemaker's trade in Windham, where he 
 worked for two years. He continued at his 
 trade a short time longer in Providence, R. I., 
 after which, in 1855, he bought a half-interest 
 in a grocery store and a clothing factory in 
 Gorham, and, with his partner, Mr. Parker, 
 conducted these places for seven years under 
 the firm name of Parker & Hawkes. Then, 
 purchasing his partner's interest, Mr. Hawkes 
 managed the business alone until 1864, when 
 he was burned out. In 1865, in company with 
 William H. White as junior member of the 
 firm, he engaged in lumbering at Great Falls, 
 now known as North Gorham, continuing 
 therein until the dissolution of the firm three 
 years later. In 1869 and 1870 Mr. Hawkes 
 erected two factories, one at Windham and one 
 at Casco, for the Portland Packing Company. 
 Later for his own use he built a factory for 
 the manufacture of clothing, and resumed his 
 old business, working for Boston parties for 
 about seven years. From 1874 until 1879 Mr. 
 Hawkes and his family resided in Deering, 
 that his children might have the better educa- 
 tional advantages of that town, but continued 
 his business in Windham in the mean time. 
 He then removed to the old home farm, which 
 he had purchased in 1856. On this occasion 
 he was accompanied by his mother, who there- 
 
 after made her residence with him until her 
 death, November 13, 1882, having been faith- 
 ful to the memory of her husband thirty-five 
 years. In 1880 Mr. Hawkes was employed 
 by his father's old partner, John Lindsay, who 
 had become entirely blind, to look after his in- 
 terests and settle up his property, a work in 
 which he was engaged six years. Since that 
 time he has lived retired from active business 
 pursuits, giving his exclusive attention to the 
 care of his hundred-acre farm, on which he 
 raises large crops of hay. 
 
 Mr. Hawkes was married June 4, 1857, to 
 Sarah M., daughter of James Whipple, general 
 manager of the powder works at Windham. 
 Of their children two are now living, namely: 
 Harry PL, born July 29, 1859, who is engaged 
 in a wholesale glove business for a New York 
 firm; and Emily W., born June 6, 1862. Re- 
 ligiously, Mr. Hawkes is liberal in his views, 
 being a Unitarian. In politics he is a sound 
 Republican. He is a member of Presumpscott 
 Lodge, No. 127, A. F. & A. M., of Wind- 
 ham ; of Eagle Chapter, Westbrook ; and of 
 Portland Commandery, No. 2, Knights Temp- 
 lars, of Portland. 
 
 AMES E. MITCHELL, a veteran of 
 the Civil War and one of the leading 
 farmers of Freeport, was born in that 
 town, July 2, 1843, son of Ira and 
 Sarah (Soule) Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell's great- 
 grandfather, who was the first of his ancestors 
 to settle in Freeport, arrived at a time when 
 settlers were scarce. Indians and wild game 
 roamed at large over the district. In spite of 
 these conditions he cleared a farm from the 
 wilderness, and resided there for the rest of 
 his life. His son, Daniel Mitchell, Mr. 
 Mitchell's grandfather, was born in Freeport, 
 and was a lifelong resident of the town. He 
 was engaged in farming throughout his life- 
 time, and he died at a good old age. 
 
 Ira Mitchell, Mr. Mitchell's father, who 
 was born in Freeport in 1808, followed the 
 trade of a spar-maker for many years. In 
 1842 he settled upon the farm now occupied 
 by his son, James E. His first purchase was 
 fifteen acres of unimproved land. This he 
 brought to a good state of cultivation, gradu- 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 ally adding more land until he possessed a 
 valuable farm. He was profitably engaged in 
 general farming until 1875. In this year he 
 sold the property to his son, and moved to 
 Brunswick, Me., where he afterward resided 
 until his death, which occurred August 3, 
 1877. He was an industrious and worthy citi- 
 zen and a Democrat in politics. His wife, 
 Sarah, who was born in Freeport in 18 10, be- 
 came the mother of seven children, all of 
 whom grew to maturity. They were : Martha 
 Brewer, who died January 27, 1869, aged 
 twenty-three years; Alvin O. , who was lost at 
 sea March 10, 1869, aged nineteen years and 
 ten months; Charles T., who died in Califor- 
 nia, November 2, 1874, aged thirty-nine 
 years; Marcus M. , who died in New Mexico, 
 March 11, 1868, aged twenty-six years; Mary 
 S., who is the wife of Freeman Morse, of 
 Brunswick; Daniel E. , who is now a resident 
 of Chicago; and James E. , the subject of this 
 sketch, who is the ■ youngest. The mother 
 died February 28, 1894. Mr. Mitchell's 
 parents attended the Methodist Episcopal 
 church. 
 
 James E. Mitchell «was educated in the 
 schools of his native town, and was reared to 
 farm life. He assisted his father in carrying 
 on the farm until he was nineteen years old. 
 On August 2, 1862, he enlisted as a private 
 in Company E, Seventeenth Regiment, Maine 
 Volunteers, under Captain Ellis M. Sawyer, 
 for service in the Civil War. Subsequently 
 he was present at the battles of Fredericksburg 
 and Chancellorsville, receiving at the latter 
 engagement injuries from which he has never 
 fully recovered. On being honorably dis- 
 charged from the service in 1865, he returned 
 to Freeport, where he engaged in farming, 
 which occupation he has successfully followed 
 since. He owns a well-located farm, contain- 
 ing one hundred and sixty acres, more or 
 less. The residence and other buildings are 
 substantially constructed, and kept in good 
 repair. He devotes some attention to dairy- 
 ing, keeps at an average five hundred hens, 
 while he raises large crops of general farm 
 products. 
 
 In March, 1866, Mr. Mitchell was united 
 in marriage to Frances Huston. She was 
 born in West Gray, Me., daughter of David 
 
 and Olive M. (Hammond) Hiiston. Her 
 father, who was a prosperous farmer, a Bap- 
 tist in his religious belief and a Republican 
 in politics, died in West Gray, at the a^e- of 
 seventy-one years. His wife bore him four- 
 teen children, and lived to the age of sixty- 
 five. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell have three sons, 
 namely: Ellis M., born in November, 1868, 
 who is now the agent of the Standard Oil 
 Company at Athol, Mass. ; Charles W., born 
 June 5, 1871, now a druggist in Boston; and 
 Fred S. , born September 10, 1877, who j-e- 
 sides at home. Mr. Mitchell is- liberal in his 
 views regarding religion, while in politics he 
 supports the Republican party. He is a mem - 
 her of the Knights of Pythias of Freeport and 
 a comrade of Haskell Post, No. 106; Grand 
 Army of the Republic, of Yarmouth. A 
 worthy representative of one of the oldest set- 
 tlers in Freeport, he is highly esteemed in the 
 town. 
 
 yfRANK H. LOW, an enterprising farmer 
 p[^ and dairyman of Gray, Cumberland 
 -*- County, was born in this town, Aiigust 
 25, 185 1, a son of Daniel and Lucia 
 (Hutchins) Low. His father, who is a native 
 of Gray, and has all his active life followed 
 agriculture, resided in this town until 1873, 
 when he moved to Franklin County, where 
 he conducted a farm for twelve years. He 
 then removed to Turner,- Androscoggin 
 County, where he is now living. He is a pro- 
 gressive farmer, much esteemed in his com- 
 munity. His wife, Lucia, who was born in 
 Gray, reared five children, namely: Horace 
 H., who married Ida Parker, and now resides 
 in Quincy, Mass.; Frank H., the subject of 
 this sketch; Nettie, who married B. L. Pratt, 
 and now lives in Auburn, Me. ; Hewitt M., 
 who married Annie Bryant, and is a re^dent 
 of Turner, Me. ; and Orrin H. , who resides 
 with his parents in Turner. 
 
 Frank H. Low obtained his education in 
 the common schools of Gray, and at an early 
 age he began to assist in the work of the farm. 
 Upon attaining his majority he bought the 
 farm of eighty acres on which he now resides, 
 andbegan agricultural life upon his own ac- 
 CQunt. His property, which is well located^ 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 701 
 
 has been much improved under his careful 
 supervision. He has one of the best- 
 equipped dairies in the town, keeps a herd of 
 graded cows, and was the first to ship milk by 
 rail from Gray. He is particularly interested 
 in raising and preparing corn for seed pur- 
 poses, having erected a large dryer upon his 
 farm. He ships his products to points 
 throughout New England and the West, and 
 has had such profitable results that he con- 
 templates an immediate enlargement of his 
 facilities in order to meet the growing de- 
 mand. In politics he was formerly a Demo- 
 crat, but now supports the Republican party. 
 He is a member of Si loam Lodge, No. 45, In- 
 dependent Order of Odd Fellows, of New 
 Gloucester- 
 
 On August 9, 1872, Mr. Low was united in 
 marriage with Mary E. Staples, who was born 
 in Roxbury, Oxford County, Me., August 25, 
 1854. She is a daughter of Christopher and 
 Adriana Mitchell, her father, who was a pros- 
 perous farmer and cattle dealer, having been 
 a native of Turner, and her mother of Byron, 
 Me. Neither is now living. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Low have two children — Christopher S., and 
 Eugene Hale, both of whom reside at home. 
 Mr. Low is a self-made man, his indefatigable 
 efforts, united with good business qualities, 
 having placed him among the leading farmers 
 of his section. His wife is a worthy helpmeet 
 and a member of the Congregational church. 
 
 iYRUS ABBOTT, a successful mer- 
 chant of Gorham, Me., was born in 
 Limington, York County, Me., De- 
 cember 29, 1836, son of John and 
 Sophia (Blake) Abbott. Mr. Abbott's pater- 
 nal grandfather, Nathaniel Abbott, emigrated 
 from England and settled in Limington, 
 where he engaged in agriculture. He owned 
 a good farm, and devoted himself with pains- 
 taking diligence to its cultivation, residing 
 there for the rest of his life. He reared a 
 family of four children. 
 
 John Abbott, son of Nathaniel, was born 
 in Limington; and when a young man he there 
 learned the shoemaker's trade, which he fol- 
 lowed in connection with farming during the 
 active period of his life. He died in Liming- 
 
 ton at the age of sixty-eight years. His wife, 
 Sophia Blake, who was a daughter of Samuel 
 Blake, a prosperous farmer of Baldwin, Me., 
 became the mother of six children, namely: 
 Jane; Francis; John; Leonard; Cyrus, the 
 subject of this sketch; and Sophia. 
 
 Cyrus Abbott attended the common schools 
 of his native town, and, after finishing his 
 studies, began to fit himself for a mercantile 
 calling by entering a general store in Liming- 
 ton, where he was employed as a clerk for 
 three years. He then engaged in shoemak- 
 ing; and in 1861 he moved to Gorham, where 
 he carried on that occupation for some years. 
 In. 1869 he here established himself in the 
 grocery business, which he has since con- 
 ducted with energy and profit. In 1892 his 
 store was destroyed by fire, but with true 
 Yankee enterprise he immediately began the 
 erection of his present building, which was 
 completed and ready for occupancy in twenty- 
 four days. He carries a large stock of grocer- 
 ies, harnesses, blankets, and other articles of 
 general merchandise, and also deals in wood 
 and coal. He is a progressive and successful 
 business man and a highly respected citizen. 
 
 Mr. Abbott and Elizabeth C. Richardson, 
 daughter of Abner Richardson, of Limington, 
 were married in 1861. Four children were 
 born to them, namely: Flora, who married 
 Sherman E. Rand, and resides in Portland; 
 Nellie M., who resides at home; Ernest C, 
 who died at the age of nine years; and Fred 
 J., who died at the age of seven years. 
 
 Mr. Abbott is a Democrat in politics, and 
 is an active supporter of that party, being a 
 member, of the County Committee; and he has 
 filled the position of Chairman of the Town 
 Committee for the past six years. He is a 
 member of Dirigo Lodge, No. 21, Knights of 
 Pythias, of Gorham; and he attends the Con- 
 gregational church. 
 
 SUCIEN J. BLAISDELL, a prosperous 
 farmer of Freeport, was born in Yar- 
 ^ mouth, Cumberland County, Me., 
 February 22, 1833. His parents, 
 Jeremiah, second, and Mary H. (Ross) Blais- 
 dell, were both natives of Yarmouth. His pa- 
 ternal grandfather, whose name also was Jere- 
 
702 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 miah Blaisdell, was born in Kingston, N. H., 
 and was one of the early settlers of Yarmouth. 
 He was a well-to-do farmer, and also owned 
 and operated iron works in the town. He 
 died at the age of forty-five; but his wife, 
 whose maiden name was Elizabeth Ross, lived 
 to an advanced age. 
 
 Jeremiah Blaisdell, second, was the young- 
 est son in a large family. His life was spent 
 in his native town, where he owned and culti- 
 vated a farm, attaining a comfortable degree 
 of prosperity. Politically, he supported the 
 Democratic party. On religious matters he 
 held liberal views; .and, living up to his prin- 
 ciples, he acquired a wide reputation for hon- 
 esty. He died at the age of seventy-three, 
 and his wife lived to be seventy-six "years of 
 age. Five children were born to them, three 
 of whom have passed to the world beyond, 
 namely: Penelope M., wife of a Mr. Nichols; 
 Marie Antoinette, wife of Mr. Wagg; and 
 Angene, whose husband's name was Jordan. 
 Euphemia, widow of Oliver Jordan, resides in 
 Yarmouth, Me., she and the subject of this 
 sketch being the only representatives of the 
 family now living. 
 
 Lucien J. Blaisdell received a good com- 
 mon-school education in Yarmouth. He first 
 went to work in a shipyard, and subsequently 
 entered the employ of the Maine Central Rail- 
 road Company, in whose repair shops he was 
 foreman when but nineteen years of age. 
 Two years later he engaged with the Grand 
 Trunk Railroad Company; and in all he de- 
 voted ten years of his life to railroad work, 
 serving different companies. In 1865 he 
 moved to Freeport, purchasing the farm 
 which he now owns and occupies, and set- 
 tling down to the quiet of farm life. On his 
 land, which comprises one hundred and twelve 
 acres, he raises general produce and large 
 crops of hay. An industrious and prudent 
 man, he keeps his estate in fine condition, 
 every acre of the land being used to the best 
 advantage; and his skill as a carpenter is 
 shown in the neat and substantial buildings. 
 
 In December, 1864, Mr. Blaisdell was 
 united in marriage with Emily Hoit, a native 
 of Gorham, Me. Three children complete 
 the family circle — Bertha H., Mary A., and 
 William H. Mr. Blaisdell votes the Repub- 
 
 lican ticket. Like his father, he holds liberal 
 views on the subject of religion; his wife 
 being of the same mind. Residents of Free- 
 port for upward of thirty years, they have won 
 and kept the respect of their neighbors, and are 
 among the most esteemed citizens of the town. 
 
 fHOMAS HASSETT, freight receiver for 
 the Grand Trunk Railway at Portland, 
 Me., owns and occupies the resi- 
 dence at 18 Oxford Street which has been his 
 home for several years. He is a native of the 
 Emerald Isle, having been born September 22, 
 1827, in Limerick, Province of Munster. His 
 parents, John and Ellen (Fogerty) Hassett, 
 had but two children, hitnself, the only son, 
 and a daughter. Thomas Hassett was educated 
 in the public schools of Limerick, living there 
 until seventeen years of age, when, taking 
 passage pn the good ship "Break of Day," he 
 sailed for America, landing in Boston in Au- 
 gust, 1854. From that city Mr. Hassett 
 came directly to Portland, and for two years 
 thereafter was employed in the United States 
 Hotel. In 1857 he secured a position in the 
 Grand Trunk Railway service, having now 
 been in the employ of this company for thirty- 
 eight consecutive years. Beginning as a 
 handler of freight, Mr. Hassett labored faith- 
 fully in the interests of his employers, being 
 rewarded by promotions, both . in rank and 
 wages, until reaching the position of superin- 
 tendent of the freight department. 
 
 In his political affiliations an uncomprorilis- 
 ing Democrat, Mr. Hassett in 1880 and 1881, 
 under Mayor Centre, was a member of the 
 Board of Aldermen, a position which he ably 
 filled, and to which he has often since been 
 solicited to accept a nomination. For two 
 years he was President of the Irish-American 
 Relief Association, and for several years was 
 its Vice-President. For many years Mr. 
 Hassett was Treasurer of the Montgom- 
 ery Guards and for two years the President. 
 Religiously, he is a faithful member of 
 the Roman Catholic church. His wife was 
 a native of Portland, and was here reared and 
 educated. She died some time since, leaving 
 him with seven children, four sons and three 
 daughters. 
 
INDEX 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL. 
 
 Abbott, Cyrus . . 
 Ackley, Ambrose V 
 Adams, John M. . 
 Allen, Charles W. 
 Allen, Clarence E. 
 Allen, Henry M. . 
 Allen, Robert A. . 
 Allen, William A. 
 Allen, William P. 
 Anderson, John D. 
 Anderson, John F. 
 Andrews, Jeremiah R 
 Andrews, William Wallace 
 Ayer, Daniel C. . 
 Ayer, Edwin 
 Ayer, Wyer P. 
 
 Babb, James C. . . 
 Bailey, Frederick O. 
 Bailey, Moses M. . . 
 Baker, Clarence A., M.D. 
 Banks, Mrs. Dorcas Hopk 
 Barrett, Franklin R. 
 Barton, Llewellyn 
 Bates, Arthur L. . 
 Baxter, Hon. James 
 Beals, Thomas P. 
 Bennett, Henry B. 
 Bennett, J. Lonville, M.D 
 Bennett, Capt. John 
 Bennett, Joseph G. 
 Bennett, Reuben B. 
 Benoit, Arthur H. 
 Berry, Seth E. . 
 Bicknell, George W 
 Billings, William L. 
 Blaisdell, Lucien J. 
 Blake, George . . 
 Blake, William L. 
 Blanchard, Capt. Paul G. 
 Blanchard, Capt. Perez N. 
 Blanchard, William H. 
 Bodge, Edwin A. . 
 Bolton, Sumner C. . • 
 Boody, Charles E. . ■ 
 
 701 
 678 
 526 
 S32 
 237 
 667 
 660 
 
 613 
 360 
 684 
 
 252 
 302 
 
 497 
 658 
 
 394 
 471 
 
 6i8 
 499 
 
 457 
 184 
 676 
 
 74 
 441 
 
 37 
 488 
 461 
 
 494 
 562 
 
 36J 
 624 
 170 
 
 359 
 697 
 
 383 
 701 
 
 345 
 487 
 366 
 603 
 196 
 245 
 544 
 156 
 
 Boothby, Col. Frederic E, 
 Boyd, Orville G. . . . 
 Brackett, Albert . . . 
 Brackett, Samuel M. . 
 Bradbury, Col. Albert W. 
 Bradbury, Bion . . . 
 Bradford, John . . 
 
 Bragg, Capt. Albert . . 
 Bray, John B., M.D. . 
 Brett, Daniel L. . . 
 Brewer, Henry C. 
 Brigham, Austin . . . 
 Brigham, William H. 
 Brown, Charles C. . . 
 Brown, George W. . . 
 Brown, Israel G. . .' . 
 Brown, Thomas . . . 
 Brown, Thomas J. . . 
 Bucknam, Frank W. 
 Bucknam, Capt. James M 
 Bunting, John G., M.D. 
 Burnham, Albion H. 
 Burnham, Frank H. 
 Burnham, George N. . 
 Burnham, Perley P. . . 
 Buzzell, Dr. Rebecca A. 
 
 557 
 277 
 362 
 r48 
 
 425 
 422 
 548 
 112 
 381 
 484 
 643 
 433 
 
 60 
 615 
 510 
 578 
 
 75 
 539 
 163 
 318 
 157 
 584 
 214 
 214 
 438 
 384 
 
 Cannell, George C 395 
 
 Carleton, Joseph Hall . 183 
 
 Carsley, David F 504 
 
 Cartland, Thomas P. R. . . . 547 
 
 Cash, Andrew J 617 
 
 Cash, George W. . . 258 
 
 Castner, Herman M 199 
 
 Caswell, Albert B 336 
 
 Chadbourne, George E. .481 
 
 Chaplin, Joseph F 108 
 
 Chaplin, Richard J 351 
 
 Chapman, Charles J . . . 266 
 
 Chapman, Moses M. . . 236 
 
 Chase, Charles S. . . . . 139 
 Chase, Francis E. . : . .142 
 
 Chase, Jerry A 3ro 
 
 Chipman, Daniel H. 326 
 
 Chisholm, Hugh J. . . . 306 
 
 Choate, Charles 654 
 
 Chute, Adelbert C 229 
 
 Chute, Albert F. . 
 Chute, Frank A. . 
 Clark, Elisha A. . 
 Clary, Charles M. 
 Cleaves, Aaron . 
 Cleaves, Hon. Henry B 
 Cleaves, Capt. John D. 
 Cleaves, Nathan . . 
 Cleaves, Robert A. . 
 Cleaves, Tristram G. 
 Clifford, William Henry 
 Cobb, Col. John C. . 
 Cobb, Capt. Samuel O. 
 Cole, Charles . . . 
 Cole, Cyrus . . . 
 Conant, Solomon . . 
 Cook, Daniel M. . . 
 Cook, Leone R. . . 
 Cordwell, Albert A. . 
 Cotton, Charles B. . 
 Cousens, Lyman M. 
 Cressey, Alnion H. . 
 Cressey, Alvin 
 Cressey, Horace . . 
 Cressey, Melville W. 
 Crockett, Daniel M. 
 Croston, Gregory 
 Cushman, Granville A. 
 Cummings, Rev. Ephraim C 
 Cummings, Levi L. . 
 Curtis, Capt. Joseph R. 
 Cutter, Reuben .... 
 Cutter, Hon. William W. . 
 
 627 
 588 
 520 
 276 
 
 54 
 140 
 
 544 
 168 
 688 
 260 
 269 
 
 589 
 626 
 
 364 
 419 
 
 77 
 455 
 662 
 
 437 
 243 
 S5I 
 142 
 
 66 
 282 
 138 
 286 
 247 
 332 
 
 29 
 693 
 572 
 597 
 
 17 
 
 Dalton, Rev. Asa, D,D. 
 
 . 286 
 
 Dana, Woodbury K. 
 
 . 558 
 
 Davis, Charles 
 
 . q82 
 
 Davis, Henry J. . . 
 
 • 33 
 
 Davis, John H. . . . 
 
 190 
 
 Davis, William 
 
 227 
 
 Dawes, Thomas J. . 
 
 • 632 
 
 Decker, Nathan . . 
 
 ■ 363 
 
 Deering, Capt. Charles 
 
 S82 
 
 Deering, James . 
 
 14 
 
 Deering, Nathaniel 
 
 12 
 
 Deering, Nathaniel . . . 
 
 15 
 
 Dennison, Capt. William E. 
 
 . 291 
 
704 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Dickens, Daniel 334 
 
 Dike, Kimball J 675 
 
 Dodge, Ruel A 432 
 
 Dodge, Thaddeus L 213 
 
 Dole, Samuel T 509 
 
 Dolloff, Edward W 195 
 
 Dow, Gen. Neal . .... 9 
 
 Dow, William M 641 
 
 Doyle, Edward R 576 
 
 Drummond, Josiah Haydcn . . 152 
 
 Duddy, Edward 596 
 
 Dunn, Isaac S 170 
 
 Dyer, George T 89 
 
 Dyer, Howard E 681 
 
 Dyer, Jesse 126 
 
 ■ Dyer, John A. S. . . . . 120 
 
 Dyer, Nathan R 644 
 
 Dyer, Nathaniel 283 
 
 Eaton, Woodman S 537 
 
 Edes, R. C. . . . .677 
 
 Edwards, David 674 
 
 Edwards, D. J. ... . . 416 
 
 Emery, Frank H 561 
 
 Farnsworth, Arthur L 305 
 
 Farrington, Joseph R 521 
 
 Fellows, Dana W., M.D. ... 298 
 
 Fellows, Frank F 662 
 
 Fenderson, Willard N. ... 65 
 
 Fessenden, Edwin A., M.D. . . 540 
 
 Fickett, Joseph S 319 
 
 Fickett, Nathaniel 696 
 
 Files, Charles Olin, M.D. 216 
 
 Files, David F. 301 
 
 Files, Merrill T 235 
 
 Fitts, Samuel . 552 
 
 Fletcher, Jonathan H . . . . 149 
 
 Flint, John . 652 
 
 i^loyd, Frank M 439 
 
 Foster, Charles W., M.U. . . 172 
 
 Foster, Perley B 620 
 
 Foster, Sumner 620 
 
 Frank, John W 379 
 
 Freeman, Elias D 569 
 
 Fuller, Melville B 76 
 
 Fuller, Samuel S 175 
 
 G 
 
 Gerrish, John J. 447 
 
 Gerrish, Joseph G 648 
 
 Gibbs, Aaron 490 
 
 Gibbs, Charles R 402 
 
 Gibbs, Charles E 421 
 
 Gibbs, Franklin .... 595 
 
 Gleason, Charles E. . . . 674 
 
 Goddard, Calvin S iio 
 
 Goding, Charles W. T. . . 543 
 
 Coding, Edwin L 246 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Goold, Charles E 140 
 
 Gore, William 18 
 
 Goudy, Lewis A 99 
 
 Gould, Charles H 430 
 
 Gould, Ransom D 694 
 
 Gray, Rufus E 360 
 
 Greeley, Roswell P 614 
 
 Green, Albert 143 
 
 Green, George H 331 
 
 Green, Major William H. . . . 281 
 
 Greenleaf, Calvin P 634 
 
 Gross, Sewall 498 
 
 Guthrie, Simon B. . . . • . . 366 
 
 H 
 
 Hale, Clarence 320 
 
 Hale, Leon L., M.D. .... 210 
 
 Haley, William 198 
 
 Hall, Benjamin F 123 
 
 Hall, Elton A 587 
 
 Hall, George W 583 
 
 Hall, Grenville ... . . 623 
 
 Hall, Horace A 342 
 
 Hamilton, Clinton M. . . . 687 
 
 Hamilton, Jonas . . . . . . 415 
 
 Hamilton, Joseph S. . . . . 299 
 
 Hamilton, Capt. Lorenzo . . . 405 
 
 Hamilton, Stfephen B 1 57 
 
 Hancock, Sumner O. . . . 364 
 
 Hanson, Verranus C 203 
 
 Harding, Edward ..... 691 
 
 Harding, Capt. Richard . . 550 
 
 Harding, Roscoe G. . . . 470 
 
 Harlow, Charles B 669 
 
 Harriman, Abel H 391 
 
 Hart, Hanson M . 50 
 
 Hartford, Henry B 569 
 
 Haskell, Augustus J 528 
 
 Haskell, Charles A. . . . . 322 
 
 Haskell, Thomas B 301 
 
 Hassett, Thomas 702 
 
 Hawkes, Abner L 598 
 
 Hawkes, Albert R 698 
 
 Hawkes, Ezra 505 
 
 Hawkes, Neander L 183 
 
 Heald, John S 372 
 
 Hellen, Joseph 385 
 
 Hersom, Jane L., M.D. ... 275 
 
 Hezelton, Joseph H in 
 
 Hibbard, Orin B 63 
 
 Higgins, John D 639 
 
 Higgins, John L 560 
 
 Hight, Alonzo 77 
 
 Hill, John H 432 
 
 Hodgkins, Charles E 273 
 
 Hoegg, Daniel W 455 
 
 Holbrook, Edwin A 397 
 
 Holden, Lyman W. . . . . 419 
 
 Hollis, Robert D 596 
 
 Holt, Erastus E., M.D. ... 62 
 
 Holt, William F, 448 
 
 Hosmer, Col. Edwin H. . . 624 
 
 Howard, B. Page 273 
 
 Howe, James D 659 
 
 Hunt, Lucian . . . -. 
 Huston, Edward . ' . . 
 Huston, Everett L. . ; 
 Hutchins, Joseph H. 
 Hutchinson, Melville C. 
 
 4fiS 
 66 
 
 317 
 164 * 
 
 63s 
 
 Ingalls, Darwin 230 
 
 Jillson, Edwin M. . . 
 
 Jillson, Ephraim B. . . 
 
 Jillson, Stephen D. . . 
 
 Johnson, Charles . . . 
 Johnson, George Crockett 
 
 Johnston, Thomas M. . 
 
 Jones, Aurelius S. . . 
 
 Jones, Henry M. . . . 
 
 Jones, Jobey S. . . . 
 
 Jordan, George C. . . 
 
 Jordan, Harris W. . . 
 
 Jordan, Isaac D. . . . 
 
 Jordan, John Q. A. . . 
 
 Jordan, Marshall . . . 
 
 Jordan, Nathaniel B. . 
 
 Jordan, Rufus K. . . . 
 
 Jordan, Solomon . . . 
 
 Jordan, William B. . . 
 Jordan, William H. . 
 
 Jose, Samuel H. . . . 
 
 225 
 
 335 
 362 
 
 84 
 104 
 559 
 237 
 438. 
 
 412 
 570 
 
 533 
 4S1 
 
 235 
 345 
 667 
 
 566 
 
 94 
 631 
 122 
 
 K 
 
 Keene, Fernald L 250 
 
 Kelley, Daniel T 553 
 
 Kennard, Charles A 429 
 
 Keyes, Martin L 72 
 
 Kimball, Byron 506 
 
 Kimball, Cassius L 166 
 
 Kimball, Edward 647 
 
 Kimball, Walter S. . . . . .626 
 
 King, James W 473 
 
 Kitson, Richard T 678 
 
 Knapp, Thomas B 325 
 
 Kneeland, Charles B iji 
 
 Knight, John C 586 
 
 Knight, Lewis P. . .• 542 
 
 Knight, Samuel iij 
 
 Lamb, Merritt . . 
 Lamb, William W. 
 Lamson, Charles H. 
 Lane, Aerial D. . 
 Lane, Charles M. 
 Lane, Henry J. 
 Lane, Orrin B. 
 Larrabee, Benjamin 
 Larrabee, Philip J. 
 
 518 
 531 
 300 
 428 
 554 
 313 
 3'3 
 312 
 496 
 
INDEX 
 
 70s 
 
 Larrabee, William L. 
 Latham, Samuel S. . 
 Lawrence, David . . 
 Lawrence, James . . 
 Lawrence, John T. . 
 Lawrence, Samuel A. 
 Leighton, Andrew . 
 Leighton, George W. 
 Libby, Alonzo . . . 
 Libby, Frank A. . . 
 Libby, George H. 
 Libby, Sewell E. . . 
 Libby, William F. . 
 
 Lincoln, William R . 
 
 Little, Albion . . . 
 
 Little, HartwelW. 
 
 Locke, Joseph A. 
 _ Lombard, Major . 
 
 Loring, David G. . . 
 
 Loring, Henry W. . 
 
 Lovejoy, George W. 
 
 Lovewell, Johnson K. 
 
 Low, Frank H. . . 
 
 Low, Robert B. . . 
 
 Lowe, Amos ... 
 
 Lucas, William . . 
 
 Lufkin, Abraham P. 
 
 Lufkin, Asa A. . . 
 
 Lunt, Daniel W. . . 
 
 M 
 
 •IS 
 503 
 129 
 
 395 
 
 418 
 697 
 
 83 
 
 70 
 
 469 
 
 198 
 
 84 
 
 262 
 
 65 
 222 
 
 434 
 32 
 566 
 48 
 440 
 386 
 627 
 512 
 700 
 644 
 
 373 
 S6i 
 628 
 609 
 666 
 
 Milliken, James A. .... . 204 
 
 Mitchell, Frank, M.D. . . . 46 
 
 Mitchell, James E. . . 699 
 
 Mitchell, William W 654 
 
 Moore, Myron E. . . 212 
 
 Morgan, Elisha M 382 
 
 Morrell, Cornelius N 155 
 
 Morrison, Hazen D. . . 292 
 Morrison, John ... -171 
 
 Morse, Freeman H. . . . 375 
 
 Motley, Frederick A 683 
 
 Motley, William H 316 
 
 Moulton, Augustus F 223 
 
 Moulton, Leander H. . .71 
 
 Moulton, Lewis W. . . . 333 
 
 Mountfort, John 661 
 
 Murch, Samuel T 692 
 
 N 
 
 Mallet, Edmund B 633 
 
 Marks, William M 5 '6 
 
 Marrett, James E 608 
 
 Marriner, Jabez 1 78 
 
 Marsh, John D 677 
 
 Marshall, Bertrand F., M.D. . 225 
 Marston, Capt. Levi -369 
 
 Martin, Joseph N 476 
 
 Matthews, Fred V. . . . 392 
 
 Maxfield, Clark N 342 
 
 Maxfield, John T 487 
 
 Mayberry, Edwin T. . . . 87 
 
 Mayberry, Richard Si 
 
 Mayberry, Deacon Richard . . 293 
 
 Mayberry, Simon H. . . • 3i7 
 
 McClutchy, Robert A 5^5 
 
 McCoUister, E. A., M.D. ... 618 
 
 McGowan, Joseph A 599 
 
 McLellan, William E 665 
 
 McLellan, William H 180 
 
 McQuillan, Col. George F. . . 259 
 
 Megquier, Arthur S 542 
 
 Megquier, John L 04 
 
 Merrill, David W 380 
 
 Merrill, George E 649 
 
 Merrill, Harry 649 
 
 Merrill, Henry J 669 
 
 Merrill, John F. A 72 
 
 Merrill, John T 234 
 
 Merrill, True M 489 
 
 Millett, Henry R 'oi 
 
 Milliken, Charies R 452 
 
 Milliken, Edwin C 95 
 
 Nash, Daniel F. . 
 Nelson, Charles H 
 Nelson, Otis C. . 
 Nevins, Amos H. 
 Newman, Edward 
 Noyes, Alfred O 
 Noyes, Arthur S. 
 Noyes, Edward A. 
 Noyes, Tristram . 
 Nutting, Albert F, 
 
 Osborne, Charles H. 
 Osborne, Jerry J. . 
 Osborne, Woodbridge G. 
 Otis, Andrew J. . . . 
 Oxnard, John T. 
 
 Packard, Dr. Samuel A. 
 
 Page, Ira B 
 
 Paine, Samuel L. 
 Palmer, John T., M.D. . 
 Palmer, Joshua S. . • 
 Palmer, Moses Greenleaf 
 Parker, Alexander M., M.D 
 Parker, Gardner M. . 
 Payne, William H. 
 Peabbles, Charles . 
 Peaco, Wendall S. . 
 Pease, Chester H. . 
 Pennell, James . . 
 Penney, George B. . 
 Perkins, John W. 
 Perley, Col. John P. . 
 Perley, Samuel F. . 
 Perry, Stephen C. . 
 Perry, William F. 
 Peters, George C. , 
 Peters, Henry B. 
 Peters, Joseph W. 
 
 Pickard, Samuel T. . . 
 Pierce, Arthur W. . . . 
 Pike, Freeman H. . . . 
 Pinkham, Elbridge G., Jr. 
 Pinkham, Ernest E. . . 
 Pinkham, Capt. Jacob B. . 
 Plummer, E. A. . . . 
 Plummer, Seth L. 
 Ponce, Ernesto . . ■ 
 Poor, Edwin L. . . . 
 
 Poor, Leander A. 
 Poore, Leland H., M.D. . 
 Porter, George A. . . 
 Potter, N. Prentiss, M.D, 
 
 Pratt, Jacob R 
 
 Pratt, Jedediah A. . . 
 Pratt, Lyman J . . 
 Prince, Sylvanus C. . . 
 Pritchard, Rev. Benjamin F 
 Pritham, Charles . . 
 Proctor, John F. . . . 
 
 40 
 61 
 
 220 
 
 315 
 616 
 
 581 
 
 292 
 
 212 
 
 56 
 
 397 
 
 93 
 
 78 
 
 •568 
 
 387 
 
 62 
 
 650 
 
 679 
 
 443 
 670 
 482 
 538 
 
 349 
 458 
 122 
 595 
 457 
 34 
 
 Quinby, Isaac F. 
 
 R 
 
 Rand, Daniel M 
 
 Randall, Charles L., M.D. 
 Raymond, Harlan M. . 
 Raynes, Joseph ... 
 Read, Joseph W. . . . 
 
 Redlon, Nathan E. . 
 Reed, Asa P., M.D. . . 
 Reed, Hon. Thomas B. 
 Rice, Elihu H. . . 
 Rice, James L. . . 
 Rich, Andrew J. . . 
 Rich, Granville M. . 
 Rich, Herbert W. . 
 Rich, John H. . . 
 Richards, Charles K. 
 Richards, Fred E. . . 
 Richardson, Capt. John M. 
 
 Ricker, Alvin P 
 
 Ricker, Franklin C. 
 Ricker, Timothy H. . . . 
 Rideout, Nathaniel . . 
 Rideout, Silas M. 
 Riggs, Frank W. . . 
 Roberts, Charles W. 
 
 Roberts, John C 
 
 Roberts, William . . 
 
 Robie, Hon. Frederick 
 Robinson, Joseph L. 
 Roes, John H. . . 
 
 Rogers, Spencer . . . 
 Rolfe, Samuel .... 
 Rounds, Daniel W., M.D. 
 Rowell, George Smith 
 Rowell, James F. 
 Russell, George . 
 Russell, Harrison B. 
 
 519 
 
 177 
 671 
 
 305 
 668 
 240 
 450 
 S6 
 251 
 226 
 552 
 566 
 578 
 371 
 215 
 248 
 
 694 
 265 
 
 59 
 239 
 179 
 
 328 
 
 73 
 176 
 
 134 
 293 
 
 238 
 
 109 
 
 467 
 
 27 
 
 39' 
 
 285 
 
 560 
 
 277 
 
 325 
 
 404 
 
 651 
 
 144 
 
 261 
 
 507' 
 
 507 
 
 507 
 
 517 
 228 
 652 
 
 403 
 
 121 
 
 167 
 
 19 
 
 23 
 
 458 
 
 327 
 
 47 
 
 692 
 
 .36 
 
 . 682 
 
 182 
 
 605 
 
7o6 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Samson, Rev. Thomas S. 
 
 Saunders, David C 
 
 Sawyer, Calvin S 
 
 Sawyer, Fernald J 
 
 Sawyer, John E 
 
 Scamman, Stephen .... 
 Scarborough, JHoward G. 
 Schillenger, Charles S. . . 
 Schonland, Richard R. . . 
 
 Scott, John G 
 
 Scribner, Levi 
 
 Searle, Frank W., M.D. . . 
 
 Seiders, George M 
 
 Shailer, Barnas S 
 
 Shattuck, Jacob P 
 
 Shaw, Horace H. . . 
 Shaw, Lorenzo L. . . 
 Shaw, Nelson M. ..... 
 
 Shorey, Henry A 
 
 Short, Joseph H. . . . 
 
 Sinnett, David P 
 
 Skillings, Benjamin S. . . . 
 Skillins, Franklin A. . . . 
 Skolfield, George R. . . . 
 Skolfield, Capt. Isaac L. . . 
 
 Small, Charles E 
 
 Small, Edward 
 
 Small, Freeman Evans, M.D. 
 
 Small, James M 
 
 Small, John C 
 
 Smith, Benjamin F 
 
 Smith, Daniel C. . . . . . 
 
 Smith, E. H. Foster • • • . 
 Smith, Frederick . . . . 
 
 Smith, Ira M 
 
 Smith, Lewis 
 
 Snow, Rev. Benjamin P. . . 
 
 Snow, Eben 
 
 Snow, Temple H. . . . 
 Snow, William H. H. . . . 
 Snowman, Capt. William W. 
 
 Soule, Edward S 
 
 Soule, Capt. Horace B. . . 
 
 Soule, John 
 
 Soule, William G 
 
 Sparrow, Warren . . . 
 
 Spear, Maresha S 
 
 Spurr, Henry P 
 
 Spurr, Lewellyn 
 
 Spurr, Samuel G 
 
 Staley, Frank S 
 
 Stanley, Benjamin F. . . . 
 Stanwood, Charles .... 
 
 Staples, Edward R 
 
 Staples, W. M 
 
 St. Clair, Hollis 
 
 Stevens, Augustus E. . *. . 
 Stevens, John .... 
 Stevens, John C. . 
 Stevens, J. Putnam . . . 
 Stevenson, Alexander . . 
 Stewart, Sidney B. . . 
 Stiles, Abner D. . 
 Stinson, John N. . . . 
 
 374 
 
 344 
 
 42 
 
 49 
 
 sn 
 203 
 064 
 355 
 
 2IS 
 
 296 
 653 
 233 
 406 
 270 
 
 257 
 125 
 
 S2S 
 
 97 
 528 
 
 61 
 200 
 383 
 247 
 
 45 
 51S 
 495 
 675 
 376 
 468 
 610 
 664 
 673 
 587 
 690 
 411 
 409 
 
 449 
 672 
 loi 
 107 
 409 
 
 343 
 268 
 90 
 486 
 339 
 135 
 533 
 284 
 607 
 
 594 
 219 
 
 243 
 398 
 239 
 119 
 128 
 46 
 165 
 
 54 
 278 
 462 
 680 
 410 
 
 Stockman, Frank W 
 Stone, Henry M. . 
 Stone, Melville C. 
 Stover, Daniel R. ■ 
 Stover, Elisha S. . 
 Stover, Capt. Lemuel H. 
 Straw, Neil W. R., M.D. 
 Strout, Joseph M. . . 
 Strout, Sewall C. . . 
 Strout, Willis F. . . . 
 Studley, William T. 
 Swett, Edward C. . . 
 Swett, Capt. Walter K. 
 Sylvester, Charles B., M.D 
 Sylvester, Ezekiel J. 
 Sylvester, George S. 
 Sylvester, George W 
 Symonds, John J. 
 
 Talbot, George F. . . . . . 
 
 Taylor, George W 
 
 Taylor, John L. 
 
 Thayer, Frederick M 
 
 Thomas, William Wallace, M.D., 
 Thomas, William Widgery, Jr., 
 Thomas, William Widgery, Sr., 
 
 Thomes, Oren S 
 
 Thompson, Almon V., M.D. . . 
 Thompson, William S., M.D. . 
 Tibbetts, Capt. Lincoln W. . . 
 
 Tolford, John G 
 
 Tolman, Philander 
 
 Tompson, Edwin H. Chapin . . 
 Topliff, Albion P., M.D. . 
 
 Tower, Frederic L 
 
 Towle, Horace H. ■ 
 
 Townsend, Edwin C. . . . . 
 
 Trickey, Charles P 
 
 Trickey, Edward 
 
 Trickey, Edward H 
 
 Trickey, Henry S 
 
 Trickey, Robert 
 
 Trickey, William 
 
 Tripp, James E 
 
 True, Amos A. . . . 
 
 True, Asaph 
 
 True, Jabez .... . . 
 
 True, John W 
 
 True, Samuel A 
 
 True, William 
 
 True, William H., M.D. . 
 Trumbull, Jeduthun A, . . .■ 
 Tryon, Andrew J. 
 
 Tucker, Payson 
 
 Tufts, Frank M 
 
 Twitchell, Herbert F., M.D. . 
 Twitchell, John R 
 
 U 
 
 Usher, Joshua L 632 
 
 515 
 188 
 
 i'3 
 
 187 
 168 
 228 
 472 
 495 
 323 
 158 
 205 
 604 
 
 475 
 600 
 197 
 
 341 
 120 
 179 
 
 294 
 86 
 
 575 
 640 
 124 
 206 
 
 193 
 
 508 
 401 
 688 
 
 493 
 288 
 
 549 
 339 
 576 
 263 
 380 
 
 249 
 297 
 
 53 
 ■557 
 
 39 
 593 
 177 
 
 81 
 
 571 
 181 
 
 349 
 
 427 
 518 
 224 
 
 353 
 280 
 321 
 
 344 
 671 
 
 97- 
 531 
 
 Valentine, Leander 31 
 
 Varney, Hiram . . ■-. ' . . . 49 
 Vose, Edwin F., M.D 69 
 
 W 
 
 Walker, Augustus H 485 
 
 Walker, Charles B 565 
 
 Walker, Gardner 679 
 
 Walker, Lyman F 274 
 
 Ward, A. K. P 639 
 
 Ward, John H 214 
 
 Ward, William 681 
 
 Warren, Albert F 663 
 
 Warren, George 88 
 
 Warren, John W. .... 149 
 
 Warren, Lewis P 47' 
 
 Waterhouse, Albion N 151 
 
 Waterhouse, Charles M. . . . 636 
 
 Waterhouse, Harrison'R. . >. . 620 
 
 Watson, Clark ...... 53 
 
 Webb, Frank E 586 
 
 Webb, Franklin C 352 
 
 Webb, Mahlon H 541 
 
 Webber, Hermon . . . ■. . 642 
 
 Webster, Jos.eph S 254 
 
 Weeks, Orlando P. . . . • ■ 303 
 
 White, Joseph Carr 88 
 
 White, John S 426 
 
 Whitman, Rev. Harrison S. . . 29 
 
 Whitney, Amrai 331 
 
 Whitney, Charles S. .... 448 
 
 Whitney, George E. . . . . 116 
 
 Wiggin, Charles C. 244 
 
 Wiggins, Daniel .... .102 
 
 Wiley, Gardner B 85 
 
 Willard, Capt. Benjamin j". . . 130 
 
 Wilson, Adam Winslow . . 103 
 
 V^lson, Joseph . . . . . . 689 
 
 Winslow, Alfred B. . . . . .-220 
 
 Winslow, Frederick D. . . . 311 
 
 Winslow, GeCrge R 465 
 
 Winslow, Capt. Jacob S- . . . 102 
 
 Winslow, John B 350 
 
 Winslow, Matthew F 648 
 
 Woodbury, Elmer F 417 
 
 Woodford, William . . . . ' . 619 
 
 Woodman, Charles B 444 
 
 Woodman, Reuel William . . 264 
 
 Woodman, Willard W. ... 137 
 
 York, Capt. Andrew J. ... 431 
 
 York, Capt. Eben R 503 
 
 York, George W 114 
 
 Yorke, William 40 
 
 Young, John R 695 
 
 Young, Capt. Joseph , . . . . 189 
 
PORTRAITS. 
 
 Allen, William A. 
 
 Banks, Elias . 
 Baxter, James P. 
 Bennett, Henry B 
 Bennett, John . 
 Berry, Seth E. 
 Blanchard, Capt. Paul G. 
 Blanchard, Capt. Perez N. 
 Bradbury, Albert W, 
 Brown, Israel G. . 
 
 Chisbolm, Hugh J. 
 Cleaves, John D. 
 Curtis, Joseph R. 
 
 Dow, Neal . . . . 
 
 Eaton, Woodman S. 
 
 Files, Charles Olin . 
 Fuller, Samuel S. 
 
 Gerrish, John J. 
 
 Hall, George W. 
 Hall, Grenville 
 
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 563 
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 579 
 
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 545 
 573 
 
 536 
 
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 446 
 
 ;583 
 622 
 
 Hamilton, Jonas . . . , 
 Hart, Hanson M.- 
 
 Higgins, John D 
 
 Hodgkins, Charles E. . . 
 Hoegg, Daniel W. . . . 
 Hunt, Mrs. Caroline } 
 Hunt, Lucian | 
 
 Huston, Edward .... 
 
 Ingalls, Darwin .... 
 
 Johnson, George C. . . . 
 Jordan, William H. 
 
 Lane, Charles M. . . 
 Little, Albion . . 
 
 IVIartin, Joseph N. . . . 
 Merrill, David W. -i . . 
 Millett, Henry R. . . . 
 
 Parker, Alexander M., M.D. 
 Parley, Samuel F. . . . 
 Pritchard, Rev. Benjamin F. 
 
 Quinby, Isaac F 
 
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 51 
 
 638 
 272 
 454 
 464 
 
 67 
 231 
 
 105 
 630 
 
 555 
 435 
 
 477 
 389 
 160 
 
 79 
 
 348 
 58 
 
 Reed, Hon. Thomas B. 
 Richards, Fred E. . . 
 
 Shattuck, Jacob P. . 
 Shaw, Lorenzo L. 
 Sinnett, David P. . . 
 Skolfield, George R. 
 Skolfield, Capt. Isaac L. 
 Small, Freeman E., M.D. 
 Soule, John .... 
 Soule, William G. 
 Stan wood, Charles 
 
 Thomas, William W., Jr. 
 Thomas, William W., Sr. 
 Thompson, Almon V., M 
 Tibbetts, Capt. Lincoln W 
 Tolford, John G. . . 
 Tompson, Edwin H. C 
 Trickey, James ) 
 Trickey, Robert ) 
 
 Whitney, George E. 
 Willard, Capt. Benjamin J. 
 
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 facing 486 
 
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 329 York, Capt. Eben R. 
 
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 192 
 400 
 492 
 289 
 338 
 592 
 
 117 
 131 
 
 502