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HISTORY
OF THE
TOWN OF WAYNE,
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KENNBBFX COUNTY, MAINE,
From its Settlement to 1898.
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AUGUSTA:
Maine Farmer Publishing Company,
1898.
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PUBLIC
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TILDtN FOUNDATIONS.
1899.
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■ACE
In the estimation of the writer, uo preface is needed to a town
history. To the great public and the immediate neighborhood most
deeply interested the work is its own best preface. This feature is
introduced here for the sole purpose of giving due credit to those
who through their original investigations and untiring industry have
made the work possible. We have examined many city and town
histories, and have yet to find a perfect one. This History of
Wayne will doubtless prove no exception to the rule. Yet it will be
found to comprise a grand history of a grand old town. Few towns
in the State have so rich material and ground-work for making a
history. The compilers of these comprehensive and interesting
chapters have been engaged in a labor of love in gathering up the
material and putting them in this convenient form for preservation.
They will have the thanks of the present generation, and the volume
will be sure to increase in value as the years go by.
The first chapter, so gracefully introducing the book, was written
by C. F. Leadbetter.
On the subject of Early Settlers, C. E. Wing did most faithful
work in collecting names, dates and many facts of interest and value.
He was helpful also in locating many of the settlers. The chapters
were prepared for the press by the proper committee assisted by W.
G. Besse, Mrs. W. M. Taylor, G. J. Wing, W. A. Burgess, J. M.
Benjamin, Esq., A. F. Watson, W. S. Macomber and others.
This we regard as the most interesting portion of the book,
filling two extensive chapters.
The chapter on Manufactures was prepared by Mr. and Mrs. W.
M. Taylor, that portion relating to the match industry coming from
the pen of J. B. Turner ; the important Military History, the data
of which it was most difficult to secure, was written by Willis'ton
Jennings, assisted by A. F. Watson. Hotels and Landlords, written
IV PREFACE.
by J. C. Stinchfield. Church History — Methodist, byF. B. Chand-
ler ; Baptist, by Rev. J. B. Bryant; Free Baptist, by J. M. Gott.
Physicians, by Capt. W. H. Cary. Merchants, by J. M. Moulton.
Postmasters, by J. M. Moulton. List of Civil Oflicers, by W. A.
Burgess. Intentions of Marriage, by W. C. Tribou, Town clerk ;
Cemeteries, by W. E. True, assisted by Frank Sturtevant and Mrs.
W.M.Taylor. Orders, &c., by C. W. Crosby. Schools, by G.
W. Walton. Copy for nearly the entire work has passed through
the hands of Mr. Walton, who has given his best energy to the
success of this entarprise.
The committee on Genealogy was composed of B. F. Bradford,
J. M. Moulton, A. W. Riggs.
Centennial Committee — G. W. Walton, Sewall Pettingill, J. C.
Stinchfield, C. E. Wing, B. F. Bradford, A. W. Riggs, W. Jen-
nings, C. W. Crosby, W. M. Taylor.
Comi»ittee to prepare history for printing — G. W. Walton, J. C.
Stinchfield, Sewall Pettingill.
The mechanical work has been artistically done by the Maine
Farmer Publishing Co., at Augusta, w^ho have had the direction of
the preparation of the portraits and illustrations.
The Editor.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS,
CHAPTER. I'AGE.
I. Location — Soil — Beautiful Ijakes — Natural Features
and Products — Various Industries — Picturesque Scen-
erj' and Delightful Summer Resorts — Petition and
Act of Incorporation, ---.-.-i.
IJ. Early Settlers and their Families— Historical and
Family Incidents of Great Interest and Value — Strug-
gles and Triumphs of the Pioneers, - - - - 13.
III. ^Manufactures — A World-\vid«^ Reputation, - - 41.
IV. Church History and the Establishment of Religious
Worship, --------- 5;s.
V. Military History — The Struggle for lndej)endence —
Stories of the Militia and the old-fashioned Musters, 61).
VI. Hotels and Landlords, ------ 85.
VII. Schools — Influence of the "Little Red School House," 'J4.
VIII. Organizations and Associations — Secret Societies
and their Work, -------- 109.
IX. Resident Physicians Iron 1782 to ISOS, - - - 113.
X. Merchants in the Town, ------ 115.
XL Cemeteries, - - - - - - - - -118.
XII. Intentions of Marriage, ------ 122. -^
XIII. Town Officers, -------- ics.
XIV. Another Glance at Some of the Early Settlers, - - 176.
XV. Gleanings, --------- 209.
XVI. Biographical Sketches, ------- 222,
XVII. Genealogy, --------- 284.
INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE.
Northern portion of Wayne Village Frontis.
Samuel S. Wiuo; 28
Capt. Samuel W. Frost 30
Mrs. Samuel W. Frost 31
Hon. A. P. Lovejoy 33
Alden Wing Lovejoy 34
N. E. Lovejoy 3.5
Baptist Church 57
Methodist Church 53
North Wayne Church 66
School House, Wayne Village 95
" " North Wayne 98
Wing Family Cemetery 119
Kev. Joshua Millet 59
Edward G. Dexter 62
Rev. L. W. Raymond 64
Josiah F. Taylor 49
Williston Jennings 69
Residence of Williston Jennings 78
Hon. T. B. Read 94
Ephraim Maxim 182
Mrs. Ruth ( Billington) Maxim 183
Isaac Maxim 247
Harriet Boston Maxim . 248
Hiram S. Maxim 2.50
Hudson Maxim 254
Samuel Maxim 255
Hon. Joseph S. Berry 222
H. B. Lawrence 230
C. F. Leadbetter 231
George W. Fairbanks 224
Mrs. Lucy Fairbanks 225
Henry N. Fairbanks 226
Holman .Johnson 228
Hon. Sewall Pettingill 236
G. W. Walton 256
Carrie Walton 257
Annie Louise Cary 264
Residence of the Jennings Bros 244
" " late Jeremiah Foss, Jr 298
.Tillage and Lake Scenery 208
HISTOHV OF WAYHE
CHAPTER I.
LOCATION SOIL — ITS BKAUTIFUL LAKliS — NATUKAL FEATUUES AND
PRODUCTS — VARIOUS INDUSTRIES PICTURESQUE SCENERY AND DE-
LIGHTFUL SUMMER RESORTS— PETITION AND ACT OF INCORPORATION.
'The hills are dearef?.t which our cliildish feet
Have climbed the earliest; and the streams most sweet
Are ever those at whicli our youno; lips drauk —
Stooped to their waters o"er the grassy bauk.""
— WhiUicr.
"T^HP] towu of Wayoe, as at present constituted, is the most
-*■ westerly towu iu Keuuebec couuty, exteudiug about two miles
farther iu this direction thau auy otlier. It is bordered on the north
by the towns of East Livermor*', Fayette and Readfield, on the east
by Wiuthrop, south by Mouuiouti, and west by Leeds. Meridian
70° 9' west longitude, and parallel 44° 18' north latitude, or very
nearly these, cross each other not far from its center. Augusta,
the county seat aud capital of the state, is about sixteen miles to
the east.
Wayne is situated in a drainage area which is separated liy
heights of land from the Sandy Kiver on tlie north, the Kennebec
on the east, and the Androscoggin on the west. Beginning in the
northern part of this area some six or seven ponds of various sizes
are connected with each other by streams, and all discharge them-
selves at last through Dead River into the Androscoggin. Tiie ponds
of the series that lie partly or wholly iu Wayue, are Lovejoy Pond,
above North Wayne village, the southern part of which only is in
this town, Wing Pond between North Wayne and Wayne villages,
wholly in Wayne, and Androscoggin Pond, below the latter village,
partly in Wayne and partly in Leeds. Two other small ponds
2 HISTORY OF ]VAYNE.
wholly in Wayne might be mentioned, Pickerel Pond, draining into
Wing Pond and Muddy Pond draining into Androscoggin Pond.
Besides this main drainage system, there is a secondary system
beginning in the north-eastern part of the town, and draining
through Berry, Dexter and Wilson Ponds on the eastern border,
into the Kennebec river.
The surface is neither mountainous nor level, but of that diversi-
fied character common to New England, supplying at the same
time fruitful soil, excellent water-power, healthy climate and de-
lightful scenery. Perhaps the terms "uneven and broken" would
most fitly describe it as a whole ; and some parts, especially in the
■south, are very rocky, affording, however, excellent grazing and
good returns to those hardy toilers who apply the plow. The
character of the soil varies from a light sandy loam to a heavy
loam and even clay on some of the lower flats. The last is better
■adapted to the production of hay than to hoed crops or grain. In
the north-western part are sand hills of considerable extent, which
are the development of comparatively recent years. The territor}'
which they occupy was originally among the most fertile and pro-
ductive in town, as it was also the easiest tilled ; but the soil being
what is commonly called light, became exhausted, and gradually
the turf was worn away, exposing the soil and sand beneath, and
the winds have blown the sand over the adjoining turf until whole
hilltops and sides present to the eye only vast areas of yellow sand.
In some places the surface has blown off down to a stratum of hard
clay, where its further progress is arrested, thus having removed
many feet of earth. Near by on the lower levels a corresponding
depth of sand has been deposited, so that what were once tall trees
are seen with just the tops of their highest branches pi-otruding
from the sand. Most of this geological work has been done within
the memory of people now living, and its progress can easily be
observed from summer to summer. It is chiefly confined to the
locality known as Beech Hill and contiguous territory to the
north-east.
If Wayne thus has the foundation of the shifting sands, it has
likewise also the solid rock, for a good quality of building and
monumental granite is quarried in the south-eastern i)art of the
town where it forms the substantial and enduring material of the
height of land between the two drainage systems mentioned above.
Agriculture has always been the chief occupation of the people.
_In earlier days, before the fertility of the soil had been depleted so
HISTORY OF WAYNE. 3
as to require fertilizer of any kiud, and when artificial fertilizer was
unknown, many kinds of grain were extensively cultivated and
formed the staple crops which were taken to market at Hallowell,
Gardiner, Augusta and Portland, and sometimes by team to more
remote places still. Wheat, barley, oats, rye and corn were the
leading grains. Nearly every farmer supplied himself with flour
ground from his own wheat; and such a thing as buying corn,
meal, or other feed for his stock, had not been heard of. At the
present time and under present conditions it is cheaper to l)uy flour
than to raise the wheat from which to grind it.
When the productiveness of the land became reduced and the
market for grain less remunerative, a large amount of live stock was
kept for beef, through which medium the crops were converted into
money. Finally and not long since the raising of animals for beef
purposes became unprofitable, and since that time the attention of
the farmers has been turned more to dairying. Sheep are kept to
some extent, thougii not in as large numbers as formerly, owing to
the prevailing low price of wool in recent years. Orcharding has
received more attention of late, and many young trees are now just
coming into bearing. The Baldwin, Northern Spy and Ben Davis
varieties command the liest market. The raising of sweet corn for
canning at the factories has l)een quite generally entered into by
many farmers, bringing in as it does in a favorable season a sum of
ready money in addition to the value of the fodder as a food for
stock. Potatoes are little cultivated except for home consumption,
and instead of raising grain to sell, there is hardly a farmer who
does not have to buy considerable quantities for his own use, espe-
cially those engaged to any extent in dairymg. Asa consequence the
local grist-mills to which the farmers used to come from far and near,
are idle for the most part, having yielded up their business to the
larger concerns of the West. Although agriculture, strictly, is
less a source of profit than formerly, and many of our young men
have gone out to seek success in more alluring fields, Wayne has
few abandoned farms — fewer perhaps than the average Maine town.
The Indian name of what is now the town of Wayne, was Pocas-
set. The early settlers called the township "New Sandwich," in
memory of their native Massachnsetts town, until its incorporation
in 1798, when in honor of Anthony Wayne, a General in the
Revolutionary War, it was given its present name.
Rev. David Thurston, in his history of Winthrop, written in
1855, gives a copy of a "Warning Out of Town," issued to con-
4 HISTOBY OF WAYNE.
stable Squii'e Bishop of Winthrop, in 1702, in which he was directed
to notify "John Clarlv, tiddler, a transient person who has lately
come into this town for the purpose of abiding therein, not having
obtained the town's consent therefor, that he depart the limits
thereof within fifteen days." Mr. Thurston adds in a note that the
same constable is reported to have once warned a man "Off of
God's Earth," and suggests that it is very likely that this was the
case referred to. At his wit's end, the poor itinerant fiddler en-
quired "Wiiere shall I go?" "Go?" repeated the constable, "Get
Out of the world — go to Wayne !"
Whether the wandering musician accepted the advice so
peremptorily offered, and found somewhere within our boundary a
place to practice his profession unmolested by the laws of the out-
side world, history is silent. At any rate, attracted either to the
haunts of their youth, or by the reputation of our scenery, an ever
increasing number of people have, during the century that has
followed, come annually among us. It may be due to the fact that
we are out of the world in one sense — that all find heie new vigor
of nerve and strength of mind and body for which the outside world
is glad to draw upon us. That the gibe of the Winthrop official
had no baleful influence on our industrial future, is shown by the
fact that we developed steadily by the thrift and enterprise of our
hardy agriculturists, business men and manufacturers until we
occupied the proud position of being one of t e busiest and most
prosperous towns of our size in the county. That our business
interests have suffered somewhat of a decline since the flourishing
period of 1850 and 18GU, is due to a few clearly explainable
causes.
The day of the inland town off the line of the rail and electric
road, and without large water-power awaiiing development, has
passed. The little saw, grist, carding, fulling, and other mills
of our fathers, which made the life of our earlier small New
England towns, are fast disappearing. In fact, they have mostly
already disappeared. In the place of the intelligent shoemaker
on his village bench, who made every part of the boot or shoe,
we n w have hundreds of men and women under one roof, in
larger towns, each of whom does but a single thing, such as the
cutting of uppers or the driving of nails. The same thing is
true of all other kinds of manufacturing. We have reached the
age of machinery — and of human ma;hinery, for each man and
woman to-day is but a part in a vast mechanism doing, like the
IIISTOEY OF WAYXE. 5
wheel or lever in the machine they operate, but a siu^ile thing.
The independent, complete, all-around workman of a few decades
back finds himself witho it an occupation unless he accepts some
crank or pulley position in a large establishment. This revolu-
tion in industry is responsible for the changed conditions in
Wayne and similar towns. With water-power sufficient for the
former, b'ut inadequate for the latter system, its indus rial
decline has been inevitable. Instead of a population of units
we, like others, are becoming a population of fractions of a
larger whole, whose movements we cannot control, but whose
dictation we must obey. This change in industrial conditions
has wrouglit a corresponding change in social and economic
conditions, which is still going on.
The story of Wayne is in tiiese respects the story of Maine,
or of the smaller rural towns of Maine. The cheer and bustle
of the stage-coach and marketman have gone, and. little has
come to take their places in these sequestered hamlets. The farmer
is supplied by the large manufacturing plants with all his needs,
and in return sends them the products of his land. The occu-
pation of the local village industries is gone. The little tanneries,
the places where they made pottery, the shops in which were
turned the large wooden bowls of our childhood's memor}^, no
longer furnish opportunity for the exchange of daily greetings
about their winter fires or 'neath their summer shade.
It is not the purpose in the present chapter nor would space
permit to discuss the subject of loss and gain which is involved
in the above facts. It is a fruitful theme however with numerous
debits and credits which could readil^^ be set down to the proper
si.ies of the account.
The gain is on the side of wider communication, better facilities
of transportation, travel and information, and increased conven-
iences and luxuries in rural life. Setting over against these the
losses in individual independence, in family aiid town self-
sufficiency, in markets and prices of produce, and in the ruder
but perhaps on the whole not less healthful, hoi)eful and happy
home features of a few generations ago, each one can draw
the balance for himself. We would express no pessimistic view
nor do we undervalue the advance in breadth of mind, tolera-
tion and intelligence which has come, with other changes, to
the minds of our citizens. AYhether, however, in the onward
march a nation has lost more than it has gained, and whether
6 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
a town has lost more than it has o;aiiied, are two distinct proposi-
tions. It is probably true that in the great industrial revolution
Wa\ ne has patriotically sacrificed on the common altar to the
larger good of the nation as much of private and cherished
treasure as any of her sister towns, — an offering rivalling that
of her sons in defence of the common flag.
If the town is no louger one of the important producing factors
of the busy world, as a place for rest and recreation, a retreat
in which to spend the months of our New England summer and
autumn, and enjoy to the full the beauties of nature in boating,
driving, fishing, hill-climbing, or other invigorating and healthful
varieties of outing, Wayne is without a rival in the state. Both
Wing Pond, or the Upper Pond, as it is commonly called, and
Androscoggin Pond abound in white perch, bass and pickerel,
furnishing ample sport with the rod in summer or through the
ice in winter. Pickerel and Muddy Ponds have pickerel in plenty
of a somewhat smaller size as have also the ponds on the
eastern border.
If one enjoys the unbroken stillness of the forest, without the
necessity of travelling far to reach it, he can pay a visit to
Muddy Pond. It can be reached in a half hour's tramp from
Wayne village, or if one is not disposed to walk, a team can be
driven nearly to the shore of the pond.- Lying as it does back
from the settled part of the town, and shut in from outside life
by hills, covered with a dense growth of evergreen and other
trees, it conveys the same impression to the visitor that he gets
by the shore of a lake in the primeval forest of Northern Maine,
thirty or forty miles from the dwellings of civilization. Few
sounds are heard about this little sheet of water in summer,
except the hum of insects, the occasional plash of a pickerel as
he rises among the lily-pads for some unwary prey, or the croak
of the heron from the tall rush-giass about the shore. Now and
then the quack of a duck or the flapping of its wings as it rises
from the water will break in upon the ear. As one leisurely
drinks in the beauties of this unmarred prospect, and feels
stealing over him its serenity and peace, he half expects to see
a moose or deer wade down on the opposite side to drink. The
illusion is almost perfect, and one can readily imagine himself
miles and miles within the' forest, "Far from the madding
crowd." To some who have only looked upon it with careless eye,
this will doubtless seem a eulogy on a bog-hole, but it has some
HISTOIiY OF WAYNE. 7
rare and tempting bits of scenery tliat will well repay the carry-
ing of your camera. The deer is not so visionary a part of the
picture either as one might think, for the protection of the laws
has increased their numbers so much in this vicinity during the
past few years that tiiey are being quite commonly seen in our
open fields, from which they have before been absent since the
memory of the oldest inhabitant.
From Evergreen Cemetery, in the south-eastern part of the
town, a look on the Wilson Pond with lofty hills on either side,,
would be exceedingly gratifying to lovers of delightful scenery.
From the heights in the north-eastern part of the town magnifi-
cent views are obtained. As the eye turns to Mt. Blue, the
towering hills of western Maine, and the White Mountains of
New Hampshire, the scene is a grand one. By taking a nearer
view of the five lakes, plainly seen, fringed with cultivated
farms and forest-clad hills, the picture is indeed beautiful.
A short distance west of these heights is the pretty little
village of North Wayne, nestling among the hills. It is situated
on the stream connecting Love joy and Hounding P.ouds. The
stream is about one mile long and has a fall of about eighteen
feet, forming the best water power in the town. Three-fourths
of a mile west of this village is an eminence which commands
a charming view of hill and forest, lake and village. From the
summit of Beech Hill, in the western part of the town, an
extensive landscape will be viewed with pleasure. A drive along
the carriage road west of Wing's Pond, or Pocasset lake as it
is sometimes called, is a pleasant one. It would take an able
pen to picture the loveliness of the view from the Wing Ceme-
tery. The shores of Pocasset Lake would furnish sites for
summer cottages of which any one might well be proud.
Wayne Village is noted for its charming location. It lies
between two beautiful sheets of water, which are connected by a
stream about one-fourth of a mile long. The stream has a fall
of about twelve feet. The manufacturing industries, which have
been operated here for more than a hundred years, will be spoken
of in subsequent chapters of this book. The shade trees along
the main street form as lovely an avenue as can he seen in any
village in Maine. Pine Point is a romantic, picturesque and
beautiful place.
A drive from Wayne village around the lake, through Leeds-
and back on the opposite side, is filled with charming and
'8 HIS TORY OF WAYNE.
varied prospects of hill aud valley, rippling waves and winding
streams. Along the east shore the road passes, for some
distance, near the summit of Norris' hill or Gott's Mountain,
at an elevation of two or three hundred feet above the lake,
which, dotted with numerous islands, extends out beneath one's
feet presenting its entire surface to one sweeping glance of the
eye. From this position, sitting in a carriage, six or seven
different lakes can be distinctly seen.
The most pleasing view of this lake, however, to the mind of
the writer, is that which is obtained from the carriage road on
the west side near the residence of L. C. Leadbetter. Although
the elevation is here much less than that just mentioned, and a
much smaller part of the surface is visible from one position,
the distribution of the islands, cape, headlands, and hills in the
background, is more picturesque, aud seen under favorable lights
and shadows it presents a picture which in mellow aud artistic
outliues will live long in memory, and vies with any it has been
our lot to see.
There are" seven islands in the pond and one at the outlet
embraced between the two branches of Dead River, which here
separates and surrounds it. Three of these islands in the pond,
and the last mentioned oue at the entrance or outlet of the
river, are some twenty acres each in extent, risiug some distance
from the water and covered, over most of their area, by a growth
of wood and shrubbery interspersed with some timber.
One of the large islands nearest the western shore was cleared
up and used years ago, by a neighiioring farmer who owned it,
as a pasture for hogs. The hogs were carried on in the* spring
by boat aud left till fall to feed on the nuts, grass aud roots
which grew in plenty. The story is Uiat one year bears got on
the island and killed the hogs, but be that as it may. the
island is still known as "Hog Islaml."
There is a tradition that anotlier of the large islands towards
Leeds Centre was once an Indian Ituryiug ground, aud its central
location and adaptation to the purpose gave credence to the
belief. Numerous excavations and ovei'giown mounds have within
recent years borne evidence to the zeal of the antiquarian within
its limits. From the southwestern shore a neck of land known
as "The Cape," of varying width, extends into the lake a
distance of some two or three miles. It contains several hundred
acres of meadow land which is flowed in the high water of
IIISrOEY OF WAYXE. 9
spring, and upon wliieli grows an abundance of grass. Here
the farmers come when they have finished haying at home, in
order to complete tlie filling of tiieir barns. The "Cape haying,"'
as we called it, was looked forward to witii pleasure by us Ijoys,
as it always brought up anticipations of picnic dinners under
the s[)reading liranches of some shade-tree by the river's bank,
and long delicious rides on the loads of hay as we drove down
the cape in the cool of evening and around tlie roa 1 liomc.
Dead Kiver winds its tortuous course ..hrough this neck of
land for nearly its whole lengtli. It connects the lake and the
Androscoggin River seven miles distant, and receives its name from
the fact that it is so nearly level that at one tim^ it Hows from the
pond into.the river and atauother from the river into the pond. A rise
or fall of the Andioscoggiu river will effect the change in a few
hours. Along the banks on either side of this stream, in its course
through the cape, are roads made b}' tho>e hauling off hay. .-md
these roads are in places among the most lovely drives with which
we are acquainted. Tall willows lean far out over tli • d;irk, glassy
waters, and maples and elms unite their branches above the drive-
way, foi'ming a complete canopy. Many picnic parties ai'e attracted
hither during the summer, and later in the season sportsmen pitch
their tents or occupy camps along the banks and remain two or
three weeks to fi~h and hunt in the surrounding woods and waters.
Grouse, woodcock and snipe are found in the higher ground, and
after the fall rains come, the water-holes and coves of the pond and
river are alive with ducks and other waterfowl. "Within the past
few years quite a number of substantial summer cottages have been
erected at different points about the shores of the lake, commanding
the best scenerj^ and convenient to the best fishing. Several new
ones are planned for this year. If the number continues to increase,
as it seems sure to do, we shall soon have quite an extensive inland
summer colony here. Already four steam launches, besides numerous
sail l)oats and other pleasure craft, plow the waves.
Still there is room. Perha[)s you used to think of the old pond
only as a good place to go in swimming, to fish or skate, or cast
pebbles from some beach along the shore, and watch the widening
curves. Possibly with a more receptive mind and" a heart attuned
to subtler infiuences you have carried away the consciousness of a
higher bond which you sometimes feel stealing in upon you. In
either case, old Androscoggin welcomes you back. She is still here
as sometimes in the day-dreams of your busy life you picture her
10 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
nestling between her sheltering hills. Her waters are just as
sparkling and the sky above her just as blue. She will not taunt
you with wasted days, lost opportunities or vanished ambitions.
She beckons you to the scene of the old days when, perchance,
sitting on some boulder near the shore, the world looked as bright
and happy as the vista that opened to your boyish eyes, over the
waves breaking at your feet. The passing years may have whitened
your hair and traced lines of care upon your face, and she may not,
like DeLeon's fabled spring, be able to restore your youth, but she
can revive your drooping spirits and gladden and renew the heart,
which is after all a better boon. And to others less favored with
these memories of early years, she extends greeting, inviting those
who have wandered elsewhere in search of rest to come to Wayne
before their summer outings are over, and before they have settled
down to the conviction that "There is nothing new under the sun."
We very properly append to this chapter the petition and act of
incorporation of the town :
To the Honourable the Senate & the Hon. House of Representatives
of the Commomvealth of Massachusetts in General Court Assembled :
The petition of the subscribers inhabitants of a place called New
Sandwich in the County of Lincoln . humbly sheweth
That your petitioners are desirous that they maj^ be incorporated into
a Town l)y the name of New Sandwich agreable to the plan anuixed.
Your petitioners conceive that it will be unnecesery to state to your
honers the innumarable inconveniances we labour under in our present
unorganised state, and the advantages we anticipate bj' an incorporation —
from the success of simalar applications we presume j'our honors will in-
dulge us in our request and as in duty bound will ever pray.
New Sandwich., December 15., 1797.
Job Fuller, Braddock Weeks,
Gamaliel Sturtevant, David Mauter,
Jabesh Besse J, Asa Lawrence,
Moses Wing, John Bowles,
Jonathan Besse, Ebenezer Besse Jr.,
Japheth Washburn, Reuben Besse,
William Wing, Isaac Dexter,
Ebenezer Handy, Richard Handy,
Jacob Stetson, Ebenezer Mason,
Allen Wing, Woodin Norris,
Jabez Besse, Nathan Norris„
HIS TOBY OF WAYNF. 11
William Karaond, Ephraim Norris,
David Penny, Ebeuezer Besse,
Zephaniah Ilix, John Smith,
Peter Fisher, Eeuben Besse Senor,
Aarou Wing, Josiah Norriss,
Hosea AVashburu, Samuel Norriss,
Simeon Wing, Ebenezer Handaj',
Charles (illegible), Isrel Handa\',
Thomas Atkinson, Nathan Ilanday,
David Curtis, _ Isac Beliugton,
Jonathan How, Willam Adkison,
Ephraim Marean, Enoch Swift,
Seth Burges, Thomas Blackwill,
Ellis Swett, Soloiuou Besse,
Keuben Besse J, Jabesh Besse, Jur.
Alvin Nye,
In the House of Represeufs, Jau'y 16, 1798.
Read & committed to the stand'g Committee on applications for Incor-
porations of towns &c to consider & report.
Sent up for concurrence. Edw'd H. IJobbins, Spk'r.
In Senate, Jan'y 16, 1798.
Read and concurred. Sam'l Phillips, Prsdt.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
The Committee of both Houses appointed to consider Applications for
Incorporation of Towns on the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Planta-
tion of New Sandwich praying that they may be incorporated into a
Town— ask leave to report that they have leave to bring in a Bill— which
is submitted— Beza Hayward, pr Order.
Jan'y 24th, 1798.
In Senate, January 26, 1798. Read and accepted.
Sent down for concurrence, Sam'l Phillips, Prsdt.
In the Ho«se of Represent's, Jan'y 26, 1798.
Read & concurred, Edw'd H. Robbins, Spk'r.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,
Boston, March 8, 1898.
A true copy. Witness the Seal of the Commonwealth,
[L. S.] W'M. M. Olin, -Secretary.
12 IIISrOBY OF WAYNE.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
In the year of onr Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Eight.
An ACT to incorporate the plantation called New Sandwich in the Country
of IJnooln into a Town hy the name of Wayne.
Sect. 1st.— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court assembled and by the Authority of the same, that the
following described tract of land lying west of Winthrop in the County of
Lincoln, and bounded as followetli begiuing on the East line of the
Town of Livermore on the Northerly end of great Andrewscogin pond,
thence runing north one Mile and two luindred and twenty rods to the
south line of Faj'ettee, tlience East two miles, & one hundred and
seventy rods to Lane's pond, thence East sixty-seven and an half degrees
south three hundred rods to the West line of the Town of Eeadfield,
thence, South twenty-two and an half degrees West, six miles and two
hundred and twenty-two rods to the South West Corner of VVMnthrop,
thence north, sixfy-ievcn and half degrees west, one mile and one hundred
& eighty rods toa.-^take and Stones, thence north Twentj'-five degrees east
to Androscoging great pond, thence on the easterly side of said last men-
tioned pond to the stream runing from Wing's pond into said Androscog-
ing pond, thence across said last mentioned sti-eam and on the Northerly
end of said Androscoging pond to the bounds first mentioned, together
with all the Inhabitants thereon, be, and the same hereby are incorporated
into a Town by the name of Wayne; and the said Town is hereby vested
with all the powers, priviledges and immunities, which other towns with-
in this Commonwealth do or may by law enjoy.
Sect. 2d And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that
Robert Page Esquire be & he is hereby authorised to issue his warrant
directed to some suitable inhabitant of said Town requiring him to warn
tlie Inhabitants thereof qualified to vote in Town meetings to meet at
sucli time and place as shall be expressed in said Warrant for the purpose
of choosing all such Town officers, as other towns witliin tliis Common-
wealth are re(|uired to choose within the month of March or April
annually.
In the House of Representatives, Feb'y 9th, 1798.
This Bill liMving had three several readings passed to be P^nacted.
Edw'u H. Robbixs, Spk'r.
In Senate, Feb'y 12, 179S.
'i'his bill having bad two several readings, passed to be Enacted.
Fel)"y 12th, 1798. Sam'l PHILLIPS, Prsdt.
Approved, Increase Sumner.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
OFFICE OK THE SECRETAKY,
Boston, March 8, 1898.
A tine copy. Witness the Seal of the Commonwealth.
[L. S.] Wm. M. Olin, Secretary.
CHAPTER II.
EARLY SETTLERS AND THEIR FAMILIES HISTORICAL AND FAMILY
INCIDENTS OF GREAT INTEREST AND VALUE — STRUGGLES AND
TRIUMPHS OF THE PIONEERS.
/~^APT. Job Fuller was the first white settler in New Sandwich,
^-^ the name first given to the major part of the territory now em-
braced in the town of Wayne. He was born in Barnstable, in the
county of Barnstable, Mass., Nov. 25, 1751. He married P^lizabeth,
the eldest child of Simeon and Mary Wing, nee Allen. She was also
born in Barnstable, Aug. 6, 1746. They made a temporary residence
in Sandwich, Mass., where their first child, Temperance, was born
June 29, 1773. Having relatives in the southwestern part of what
is now Readfield, in August of that year, Mr. and Mrs. Fuller,
•with their infant daughter, left their home in Sandwich, on horse
back, to visit these relatives and to make a new home in the wilds
of the District of Maine. They came by the way of Portland, from
which place most of the route followed throu^ih the wilderness,
marked only by spotted trees. While exploring the c >untry round
about, Mr. Fuller, like the first settlers in most of the towns in
Maine skirted with lakes and ponds, was forcibly impressed with
the advantages to be derived from natural grass meadows, which in
summer furnished gi azing for slock, and hay for winter sustenance ;
and in passing down what was subsequently named Berry, Dexter
and Wilson ponds, the shores of which were rich in these grasses,
he at once determined that his new home should be located in a
central position adjacent thereto. He consequently selected a site
for a dwelling on the elevation of land northerly from and near the
Evergreen Cemetery, and at once erected thereon a log house and
hovel to which he moved his little family and the horse that had
safely brought them to the home of their adoption. This was the
first house in the town. They had three children ; the second,
Mary, was born in this house July 19, 1775 ; and Job, Jr., was also
born there Nov. 6, 1784.
Quotation from the historical and genealogical register of John
14 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
Wing, of Sandwich, Mass., and his descendants: "It is said that
after a year or more Mr. Fuller and wife buried all their valuable
articles to keep them from the Indians, and taking each a child in
arms rode back to Sandwich, a distance of over 1.50 miles, on
a visit to their friends." The town record says, Mrs. Fuller died
Aug, 6, 1826, her birthday, 80 years. From the town record we
quote: "The above named Job Fuller came into this town in the
year 1773, and was the first settler in the town. Mrs. Fuller was
the first white woman that traveled from this town to Lewiston."
Mr. Fuller resided in the log house but a few years when he built
a frame house, a few rods east of that now occupied by Mr. Cyrus
Stevens, to which he removed his family. He was an extensive
owner of real estate, as shown by many of the early transfers. He
also engaged in the early manufacturing industries of the town,
which is noted in that department. He was a man of ability, and
served in several of the municipal offices of the town, in its infancy.
Unlike most early settlers, his family was small, having two daugh-
ters and one son. Temperance, his eldest daughter, died Nov. 11,
1801, — was unmarried. His second daughter, Mary, married Ellis
Sweet, who was a man of much prominence in the development of
the town. They had issue Lorain, born Aug. 7, 1796 ; Betsey,
born April 10, 1798; Lorella, born May 10, 1800; Temperance
Fuller, born Aug. 20, 1802 and Mary Ellis, born March 18, 1818.
Mr. Fuller's only sou, Job Jr., died Nov. 2.5, 1803, at the age of
nineteen years ; thus the name became extinct with the death of
Wayne's first adopted who died in February, 1836.
The i)ioueer Keuben Besse settled on a lot southeast of Job
Fuller's. It w^as liounded east by the stream connecting the Berry
and Dexter ponds, and in part by Dexter pond. He married Desire
Hand}'. According to the Kennebec County History, their son
Jonathan, born July 24, 1775, was the first white male child born
in New Sandwich (now Wayne). Jonathan married Asenath Smith
and settled in the southwest part of Wayne, near the Androscoggin
lake. There were three children. One of the daughters married
Thos. Blackwell. Their first born, Ansel Blackwell, was one of
the best at repartee and jest that was ever produced in Kennebec
County, There is not an old citizen in town who does not remem-
ber many of Ansel's smart, ready and witty replies. The other
chiltlren of Reuben were Reuben, Jr., Jemima and Susan. Reuben,
Jr., married Cynthia, daughter of Ebenezer Besse. They had
■eleven children. Susan married Philo Fairbanks.
HISTORY OF WAYXE. 15
Isaac Dexter, boru in Sandwich, Mass., Jan. 13, 1746, came
to the plantation called New Sandwich, now Wayne, in 17<S0, with
his sons, Stephen, Nathaniel, Freeman and Constant. His other
sons, Gideon, Isaac Jr., and Araasa, were born in New Sandwich.
Gideon was the third and Isaac Jr., the fourth male child born
in the plantation. He had two daughters ; one died young, the
other, Mercy, married Paul Lambert, of Winthrop. Isaac settled
on the west side of the pond that bears his name on the road
to North Monmouth. It is claimed that he built the first framed
house in the town. In this house the Baptist Church of Wayne
was organized, and Isaac Dexter was chosen its first deacon.
In 1801 he was chairman of the board of selectmen; in 1802 he
was collector of taxes. He died in 1801. Of his children, Rev.
Stephen Dexter, Nathaniel, Gideon and Mrs. Mercy Lambert
removed to what is now the town of Dexter, which was named
in honor of Hon. Samuel Dexter. Freeman married P(»lly Thurs-
ton of Winthrop and settled in that town. He had fourteen children.
His wife was one of the smart women of "Ye olden time."
Besides doing her house work, she often spun six skeins (a day's
work) in the forenoon, and in the afternoon took her twins in
her arms, on horse back, and went visiting. Sumner Dexter,
who resided in Wayne, and Amasa, who for a time owned the
place where Hon. P. F. Pike now lives, were sons of Freeman.
Constant married Rebecca Billington of Winthrop, and settled
on the farm now owned by W. F. Safford. He was a good
citizen and held many town offices.
We quote from the diary of G. W. Fairbanks, "March 25,
1842, Deacon Constant Dexter thrown from his wagon and fatally
injured. Dr. Hubbard from Hallowell came ; found liis skull
badly fractured, past help. He died the 26th. A good man.
He will long be remembered."
Isaac Ji-., settled at the head of Wilson pond. He married
first, Sally Wing, second Susan Metcalf, third Sarah Bamfard.
By his first wife he had sons Ansou, Francis and Robinson.
Anson was drowned Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 29, 1821, while
skating on Wilson pond. His daughters were Sylvia, Sarah and
Nancy. He was town treasurer in 1813 and was lieutenant of
the Wayne militia. He died Aug. 21, 1864. Amasa, the youngest
of the seven sons of Isaac Dexter, Sr., lived on the home place. He
married Patty Burgess. His sons were Lewis, Henry V. and
Edward G. His daughters were Alice, Harriet and Martha.
16 HIS TO BY OF WAYN'E.
Capt. Amasa was au euterprisiug man and i)rom>iuent iu civil,,
military and (•hurch affairs.
H. V. Dexter, D. D., son of Amasa and Martha Dexter, was-
born in Wayne, April 3, iMlo. His early days were spent on his
father's farm. At the age of 14 he was baptized and united with'
the Baptist Church. When 16 he went to an uncle's to learn the-
carpenter's trade. A few years later he felt called to preach the
gospel and at once commenced study in the Monmouth Academy.
In 1838 he was admitted to Waterville Cobege and graduated in
1842. The same year he entered Newton Theological Institution
and completed the three years' course. He had already accepted
a call to the pastorate of the Baptist Church in Calais. His
ordination took place in Brookline, Mass., Sept. 1st, 1845. Before
beginning his pastorate work he was married to Miss Nancy C.
Herrick of New London, N. H. After sharing his labors for
three years she was called to her heavenly home. In Jan., 1851,
he was married to Miss Mary E, Boardman. who is still living.
In the fall of 1854 he was called to Augusta, where he remained
six years, and then returned to his former pastoi'ate in Calais.
In I8r,9 he went to Kennebunkport. The climate did not seem to
agree with him, so after two years, he I'emoved to Bahlwinville,
Mass. After four years of pastoral work there, ill health compelled
him to 'rest from his labors." For a time lie was able to preach
occasionally, but his last years were those of a suffering invalid.
In the last few da3's of his life wonderful visions of heaven were
granted him, and to him it was "but a step across the river."
The end came July 23, 1884. In the more than thirty years as
pastor, he was known only to be loved. Colby University, of ■
which he was one of the trustees for many years, bestowed upon
him the degree of doctor of divinity in 187U. Outside of his
pastoral labors he wrote several religious books. He was "a man
of God," worthy his high vocation.
James Lawrence came to New Sandwich, now Wayne, from
Sandwich, Mass., in 1786. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary
War. His children were Joseph, Asa, Temperance, Rufus, Peter
and Betsey. He settled on a tract of land in the extreme eastern
part of the town, on what is now called tlie old road from Wayne to
Winthrop. They cleared a portion of the land and built a log house
where they lived several years. James died in Wayne July 3, 1811,
and Asa came into possession of his father's farm. Asa was born
in Sandwich, Mass., Oct. 2Q, 1771. He married Desire Allen of
HISTORY OF WAYNE. 17
Rochester, Mass. Their children were Philenia W., Oliver A.,
Owen, Achsah and Rachel A. Oliver A. was horn in Wayne July
8, 1803. He owned and cultivated the eastern half of the homestead
farm. He had three wives, first, Janet Davenport, second, Lemira
Bartlett, third, Mrs. Ann Austin. By his first wife he had one
child, John Oliver. By his second wife, he bad three children,
Hiram B., Horatio B., and Abbott N. John Oliver was a soldier in
the civil war and died of disease contracted in the service. Hiram
B. and Horatio B., are graduates of Bowdoin College and successful
teachers. Abbott N. was a promising young man, but died at the
age of 24 years. Achsah Lawrence, daughter of Asa, is still living
in Wayne. She is a remarkably well preserved lady for one in her
ninetieth year.
John Bowles settled on the farm now owned by M. B. Sylvester.
He was considered one of the wealthy men of his times. In 1809,
he was taxed for S2500, ''money at interest" — quite a large sum for
those days. His entire tax, for that year, was $197.20. He died
March 11, 1826. His son Isaac was instrumental in building the
bank wall around Evergreen Cemetery. His granddaughter, Julia
Bowles, procured the fund now held by the town, the interest of
which is annually expended in caring for Evergreen Cemetery.
William Bowles owned and occupied the farm, now the property of
J. F. Gordon.
Several families of Besses were among the first settlers of the
town. Jabez Besse, Sen., was born in Wareham, Plymouth county,
Mass., about 1745. He was a noted athlete, and married Ruth
Besse of the same town. Their daughter, Dinah, married Andrew
Sturtevaut of Fayette. Samuel married Rebecca Blunt of Winthrop,
Ebenezer married Patience Burgess, Deborah married William
Wing, and Ruth married Samuel Gould.
Jabez Besse, Jr., was born in Wareham, Mass., Oct. 31, 1765,
and died Oct. 6, 1833. He came to Wayne in 1788 and purchased
200 acres of laud. He married Patience Perry, who was born in
Wareham, Jan. 24, 1767. They had thirteen children; twelve
lived to adult age. Woodiu, born in Wareham, Mass., Oct. 10,
1786, died in Wayne, April 3, 1873 ; Edmond Perry, born in Wayne,
Dec. 23, 1789 ; died Aug. 19, 1859 ; David Perry, born Feb. 22, 1792,
died Feb. 9, 1827 ; Samuel, born Sept. 20, 1793, died Nov. 19,
1869 ; Mary Sturtevant, born Nov. 27, 1795, died July 2, 1814 ;
Wager Lee, born April 26, 1797, died Jan. 22. 1877 ; Curtis, born
Nov. 19, 1798, died in Lowell, Mass., 1841 ; Eliza Dexter, born
. 2
18 niSTOIlY OF WAYXE.
July 2.S, 1804, died Dec. 3, 1870 ; Ruth Pinkhara, born Sept , 1805,
died April 21, 1843; Patieuce, born April 15, 1806, died 1821;
Catharine Foss Bosworth, born July 26, 1808, died Feb. 11, 1855 ;
Jabez Jr., born Feb. 13, 1811, died May 10, 1873.
.Seven of the sons of Jabez Besse, Jr., sang at the dedication of
the first Methodist meeting house in Wayne. Woodin was chorister
at the church for twenty years, or more. Most of the children of
Jabez, Jr., were Methodists. Wager Lee was one of the most
zealous ; it seemed his master passion to build and sustain the
church. "Camp meeting" John Allen was stationed in Wayne; he
soon called on Wager who told Allen he carried the church on his
shoulders. Allen's characteristic reply was, "It must be a very
light church, then." He was a stone mason and farmer. Samuel
was a noted stone wall builder, both in and out of town. He also
cultivated the soil. Edmond P. was the only one of his father's
children who attended an Academy. He taught singing schools.
He was a successful farmer. David P. was a blacksmitti and
farmer. Curtis was engaged in cotton mills in Lowell. Jabez, Jr.,
followed the same business as Curtis.
Woodin Besse married Betsey Kent of Readfield Jan. 6, 1820.
Children : Wm. Granville, born Aug. 25, 1820 ; Patience, born
June 14, 1822; Wm. Granville married Elizabeth Currier, daughter
of Noah Currier of Winthrop, Dec. 25, 1847. Three children were
born to them, Wm. Henry of Philadelphia, born Oct. 11, 1848,
Albion Currier, born Aug. 10, 1850, died Dec. 18, 1876 ; had no
children. Milton Granville, born Aug. 26, 1853. Wm. Henry has
three children : Mabel Howard, Frank Adelbert who is now attend-
ing the Dental College in Boston, and Albion C-, who is attending
school in Philadelphia. Milton (J. resides in Wayne on the farm
that Jabez Besse, Jr., reclaimed from the forest. He is an active
business man. He has been collector of taxes three years. He
has one sou, Walter Milton. Patience married Richard M. Wing of
Fayette July 4, 1847. One child, Edward P., is a physician in
Lynn, Mass.
The Norrises settled in Wayne in 1784 and '85. Samuel Norris
the first and two brothers came from England and settled in Ware-
ham, Mass., leaving a brother in England, who was an Admiral,
and became very rich. He left no heirs and his property went into
chancery. Of the brothers of Samuel the 1st who came to Massa-
chusetts with him, one afterwards settled in New Hampshire, the
other in the state of NewYork. Samiiel the 1st married Lydia Wash-
HISTOET OF WAYKE. 19
burn, a relative of the late ex-governor Israel AYashburn. They
had seven children : viz, Samuel, 2d, Ephraim, Nathan (a Revolu-
tionary soldier), Woodin, Lydia, Josiah and Jemima. All of them
came to Wayne, including their father and mother. Ephraim and
Nathan came first, in the year 1784, and felled trees for a clearing
near the east shore of Great Androscoggin Pond and built a house
there on land now owned by the heirs of Charles Norris, more
definitely known as "the Churchill place," and lived together a
number of years, after which Nathan built a house some fifty rods
south on what is now called "The Old Tov/n Farm," and now owned
by L. C. Leadbetter. Josiah came from Wareham, Mass., in 178.5,
leaving Wareham April 10, (his birthday) walking all the way
leading his dog and carrying his gun on his shoulder, arriving in
Wayne, April 20. He bought a claim of one Lambord and built a
house on it near where the school house in No. 2 now stands, where
he lived until he died. The real estate is now owned by J. E. and
C. W. Norris, the children of Melvin Norris.
About the year 1786 Samuel the 1st and wife, Samuel, 2d, and
the two girls, Lydia and Jemima, followed their sons and brothers
to Wayne. Samuel the 1st and his wife lived but a few years
after coming to Wayne. Samuel, 2d, built him a house some
fifty rods north of the house that his brothers Ephraim and Nathan
built in 1784. The last family that lived in it was Silas Maxim.
John P. Hodsdon uses it now for a blacksmith shop. Samuel, 2d,
lived in Wayne but a few years, when he sold out and moved
to Strickland's Ferry in East Livermore. The Norrises of that
place at this writing are of his branch. Woodin came about the
time his father did and lived a few years with his brother Josiah.
While living with him he built the east half of the house now
owned by Sewall Pettingill on laud which he had previously
bought. The most of the land taken up by the Norrises when
they first came to town has been kept in the name up to the
present time.
Children of Samuel and Lydia Washburn Norris, their marriages
and place of death when known : — Ephraim married a Miss Smith.
They had four children, viz : Ebenezer, Susan, Nancy and Lydia.
Ebenezer married Nancy Harmon of Saco ; he died in Wayne.
Susan married Isaac Billington of East Livermore ; she died in East
Livermore. Nancy married James Wing of Wayne ; she died in
Wayne. Lydia married Diodatus Allen. Ephraim and his wife died in
Wayne, Nathan married Jedediah Hammond, and they had eight
20 insTonr of wayxe.
children, viz ; ^lary, Jodediah, Sanuiel, Benjamin, Hannah, Nathan,
Jemima and ]Maria. 'Slury married Seth Billiugton of Byron ; she
died in Wehl. Jedediah married Cyrus Foss of Leeds ; she died hi
Leeds. .Samuel married Phebe Cary ; he died in East Livermore.
Benjamin married Charlotte Knowles ; he died in East Livermore.
Hannah married Isaac Pettingill ; she died in Wayne ; Nathan
married Abigail Howard ; he died in Wayne. Jemima married
Joseph Bishop ; she died in Augusta, buried in Leeds. Maria
married Gardiner Perkins; died in East Livermore, was ];nried
in Wayne. Nathan, his wife, and Jedidiah died in Wa3me.
Woodin married Polly Wing for his first wife ; they had four
children, viz : Simeon, SMrah, Joshua and Grafton. Simeon married
a Miss Lord ; he died in Jamesville, Wis. Sarah married Dr.
Simeon Foss; she died in Lisbon. Joshua married P0II3' Norris
(the N. H. branch of Norrises) ; he, died in Wis., buried in
Wayne. Grafton married a Miss Thing of Mt. Vernon ; he died
in Mt. Vernon. The second wife of Woodin was the widow,
Sally Oilman ; her maiden name was Salh^ Bean, a sister of
Moses Bean. They had three children ; viz : P^zekiel Gilman,
Mary and Woodin. Ezekiel (xilman married Eunice Maines ; he
died in Portland. Mar}' married Daniel Billiugton ; she died in
Salem. AYoodin married Elizalieth Lancaster; he died in Augusta.
Lydia married Thomas Atkinson ; she died in Moutville. Josiah
married Militiah Snsith for his first wife. They had two children,
viz : Ephraim and Abigail. Ephraim married Temperance Billing-
ton ; he died in Wayne. Al)igail first married Noah Wing, her
second husband was Pelatiah Kna[)p of Leeds. Josiah's second
wife was the widow Eunice Thomas ; her maiden name was Eunice
Ward of China. They had five children ; viz : Josiah, Jr., Militiah.
John A., Deborah and Oliver. Josiah, Jr., married Sarah Foss;
he died in Wayne (his widow is now living in Wayne). Militiah,
married Lewis Dexter; she died in Wayne. Philip Allen married
and di^d in Maryland. Deborah married Nathaniel Foss ; she
died in South Lewiston. Oliver married Mary Foss ; he died in
Wayne. Jemima married Dea. Gideon Lane of Leeds Centre,
where she died at a very old age.
When Jemima Norris first came to Wayne her brother Josiah
had a pigeon bed which was baited and fixed up to shoot pigeons
from. One day she saw a large number of birds on the bed;
she crept into the bower house, took the old gun which had been
left there loaded for the purpose of shooting pigeons, leveled it
HISTORY OF ]VAYXE. 21
and fired, killing tweut3'-five pigeous. She always said she fired
the old guu bottom side up.
Bears used to get iu the corn fields of the early settlers and
destroymuchof the then ''staff of life." Soon after the old gentleman,
Samuel the 1st, came to this town, his son had a field of corn on
the east cant of the hill now owned by Sewall Pettingill, which
the bears had been damaging. One evening the old gentleman
took a gun loaded with a bullet and hobbled up on the hill, and
lay in wait for Mr. Bruin. Soon he heard a rustling in the
corn ; lie leveled the old musket and fired. He heard the bear
run through the corn toward the woods below. Being so lame
he could not follow, he returned to the house and told them "he
had shot a bear." The next morning, without much faith in
dead bears, they went into the corn field and there found his
tracks with traces of blood. They followed the ti'ail down into
the swamp where the}'^ found the bear mortally wounded which
they soon dispatched to the satisfaction of the old hunter.
Josiah, the sou of Samuel the 1st, after he became an old
man, was one time out with his son Ephraim, fox hunting. After
starting a fox and while he was "playing around," they having
concealed themselves, and were waiting for him to come near
enough to shoot, the fox came in sight but not neta- enough,
they thought, to venture a shot. By some circumstance the old
man's gun "wentoff." Ephraimsaid, "What made you fire, father?"
The father hastily replied, "1 didn't mean to! but I have killed
him!" as the fox went end over end into a hole in the ground
which was near by. They dug him out when to their surprise
the fox was perforated with shot from the old man's gun.
, Four of the five brothers who came to Wayue from Wareham,
Mass., viz: Ephraim, Nathan, Woodin and .Josiah, were buried
in Evergreen Cemetery, Wayne. Samuel the 2d was buried at
Strickland's Ferry, East Livermore.
Mrs. Phebe Billington, a remarkable lady, on account of her
long life, was born in Liverpool, England, on October 6,
1762. She died iu Wayne, February 9th, 1869, being one
hundred and six (106) years, four (4) months and three (3)
days old. Her father was a sea captain. Her maiden name was
Phebe Doty. She married Daniel Gary for her first husband.
They had four children who grew to maturity, viz : two boys,
Ichabod and Zenas ; two girls, Hannah and Phebe. Hannah
married a Mr. Shaw of Buckfield. Phebe married Samuel Norris
22 HISTOBY OF WAYNE.
of East Livermore ; she was the mother of S. B. Norris of this
town. Her second husband was Nathaniel Billington. They had
five chiklren who grew to maturity ; viz : two boys, Enoch and
Nathaniel ; three girls; Temperance, Emily and Locady. Temper-
ance married Capt. Ephraim Norris of this town. Emily married
Charles Nelson of Winthrop. Nelson traded a while in Wayne
village and lived where C. H. Barker now resides. Locady
married the Rev. John Hutchina, a Methodist ; he died in Troy.
It is said she (Mrs. Phebe Billington) never had a physician
called to her aid. She was buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
The ravages of wild beasts were a constant source of annoyance
to the early settlers. Small cattle, sheep and swine could not be
raised without much care and close attention. Many spent much
time in hunting and various means and devices were resorted
to to capture and destroy them. One of these was the setting of
spring guns, a very dangerous method, not only to the wild
beasts, but to persons who might be unfortunate in coming in
contact with the dead line. From the history of Monmouth we
quote : "Ichabod Billington, one of the first settlers of Wayne,
met with a severe accident from one of these indiscriminate
engines, placed in a cornfield in the edge of Leeds. Fearing that
guns might be hidden in the field that lay between him and the
cabin he was approaching, and, to avoid all liability of casualty,
he went around the field, walking on the felled trees. But he
had proceeded only a short distance, when a gun discharged its
contents into one of his lower limbs, shattering it in a frightful
manner. The wounded man's cries soon brought assistance. He
was carried to the camp, and a messenger was dispatched with
all possible speed for the nearest surgeon, whose home was no
farther distant than North Yarmouth. When the messenger, who
of necessity made the journey on foot, reached his destination,
he found that the surgeon was not supplied with the necessary
appliances for amputating the limb. After a delay of several
hours, during which an outfit of suitable instruments was obtained
at Portland, the surgeon started for the scene of the accident.
Three days had elapsed in the meantime, and mortification had
settled in the wound. The limb was amputated in the barbarous
manner in which all surgery was then performed, and, slrange
to relate, the victim survived."
Ebenezer Besse settled on the farm where H. A. Lowell now
lives. He married first Douglity. They hud three children,
HISTOBY OF WAYNE. 23
Lucy, Cynthia and Margery. His second wife was Lucy Kent.
They had one son, Elisha. As shown by the chapter on military
affairs, Ebenezer was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He
was also prominent in civil affairs and often in town olBce. He
was high sheriff, several years. At one time he was troubled
to get hold of a certain man. He resorted to this expedient. He
sent a man into the barn in the night time, instructing him to brad
the cattle and make them bellow, while Eesse stood by the door and
took his man. He removed to Pei-u where he died at the advanced
age of 93 years. Elisha married Lois Dexter. Their children were
Rebecca, Constant, Lucy, Elisha, Louisa, Caroline, Samuel, Mercy,
Lois, George and Mary. Elisha was in the war of 1812 ; his sou
Elisha was in the Mexican war, also in the civil war, as were his
brothers. Constant and Samuel. Three of his family are still living
in this town, George, the merchant, Lois, the wife of C. E. Smith,
and Mary, the wife of S. G. Carson.
Jonathan Howe was born in Marlboro, Mass., July 31, 17G0. He
was son of Ichabod Howe (a native of the same place) and Sarah,
his wife, — and grandsou of Jonathan and Sarah (Hapsgood) Howe.
Ichabod Howe, with his wife and three children, Jonathan, then nine
years old, being the first born, settled in Winthrop in 1769. At
the time of his emigration to Maine his residence was New Ipswich,
New Hampshire. At that date the town west of the present village
was an unbroken wilderness, known only to the Indian and the
adventurous hunter and trapper, and his family was one of the four
who that year planted their domiciles westward of the waters that
divide the town. Mr. Howe was gifted with great natural abilities ;
had better education than most of his fellow settlers ; was something
of a mechanic as well as farmer and statesman. He was a member
of the Provincial Congress, convened at Concord in February, 1775,
being the first Representative elected to a Legislative body by the
town of Winthrop, and later was elected to the General Court.
He abounded in energy and was full of resources. He had been a
soldier in the French and Indian War and came to his new home,
hardened and toughened for the work incident to the founding of a
home in the forest.
The first settlers, from necessity if not of choice, were generally
hunters and trappers. Many of them, Mr. Howe included, loving
the excitement of the chase, continued it long after the necessity had
passed away. In this vocation Mr. Howe became very expert. His
expeditions through and about the neighboring territory were
24 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
educating him to a thorougli knowledge of its lands, woods and
waters. One of his favorite hunting grounds was what later became
the town of Livermore. In 1772 he had guided an exploring party
to the Androscoggin River via the Great Lake and Dead River, and
the next year in company with Major Fish, selected and marked a
way from Winthrop via Wayne village to the Androscoggin River,
at a point a little north of Strickland's Ferry. At that date the
"Wing Pond" and the chain of ponds leading into it were much
smaller in area than at present and this whole line of water ways
from the northerly part of the country to the Great Androscoggin
Lake, was then and for many years later, known as the Thirty Mile
River.
Among the factors incident to the building of a toWu in the
forest, there is none perhaps more potent than the mill. A man of
Mr. Howe's acute characteristics, could not fail to note the excellent
advantages these waters offered for such a purpose, and that here
where now stands the village of Wayne must at some future day
become a business centre, where the surrounding inhabitants would
come with their grists to be ground, their logs to be sawed and to
exchange the products of the soil at the village store. Jonathan,
the son, was endowed by nature with some of the remarkable gifts of
his father. He was active, enterprising and energetic, and with
vanity enough to believe that he could accomplish what he under-
took. In 1779, while still a minor, he became a landholder in
Winthrop ; but the quiet, uneventful life of a tiller of the soil was
not congenial to his restless spirit, and at, or soon after arriving at
majority, sought other fields where he might expend his surplus
energy. With all around from which to choose he selects the Thirty
Mile River. He could not fail to observe its numerous ponds that
serve for storage of water in times of drouth — so large as not to be
seriously afflicted by the frosts of winter, and here where the cart-
way from the Kennebec to the Androscoggin crosses the Thirty
Mile River, he selects the spot on which to plant his mills, and surely
no better spot on all these waters to convene present or future
population, could be found. Here about 1783 he erected his dam,
being the first to obstruct these waters and make them pay tribute
in their passage to the sea. Near the outlet of the pond he locates
his reservoir dam, and his mill dam proper, Qb to 100 feet below
the county road. On this dam he built a saw mill and later Mr.
Wing built on the same dam a gristmill, which subsequently became
the property of Mr. Howe. The store follows the mill, then the
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meeting house, (they were not called churches iu Puritan New
England in the early days), later, came the school house and the
nucleus for the village was complete. In view of the preceding,
must we not accord to Jonathan Howe the honor of being the father
of the beautiful villa^e that has grown ar()aud the spot where this
mill was planted ?
The energies of Mr. Howe however were not to be confined to
these mills alone, or to his adopted town, and having established
his works here on a firm basis, sought other fields and waters to con-
tribute to his service. On a small stream that empties into the
Great Androscoggin Lake, near its southern shore, he selects the
spot on which to build, and commences the construction of a saw
mill that would accommodate the settlers in the vicinity. At his
own mill in Wayne, lumber for the purpose was prepared to be
rafted across the Lake to its destination. B}^ some fatality, he was
unfortunately drowned. The precise date of Mr. Howe's death is
unknown, but as the mill property in Wayne was taxed to Joseph
Lamson in 1802, it was probably the preceding year. By this
sad calamity, Wayne lost one of her most enterprising citizens, cut
down in the full vigor and strength of his manhood — but the waters he
subdued still flow on. turning the busy wheels, — the little village
grown iu strength and beauty, doubtless far beyond his wildest
dreams, while the name of its founder, if not forgotten, is vaguely
remembered like some dim vision of the misty past.
Capt. Rogers, a son of Rogers and Sarah Stinchfield, nee Sarah
Babson, was the first white child born in the town of Leeds. His
parents, with Thomas Stinchfield, a brother of Rogers, Sen., and
their families were the first white settlers of that town, and removed
there from New Gloucester in June, 1780. They, were born in
Gloucester, Mass., and were children of Joliu and Elizaiieth Stinch-
field, nee Burns, who came from England to this countr}', in 1734.
With their parents they came to New Gloucester in 17.56. Capt.
Rogers was born in Leeds, Feb'y D, 1781. Mary Lindsey, his first
wife, was born Mar. 21, 1777. They were married June 5, 1799 and
settled on the place now occupied by Mr. Cyrus Gould. He became
an extensive owner of real estate in and near Wayne village. He
subsequently built a large, square, two story house on the site where
now stands the dwelling occupied by Ward B. Howard, the same
in which Mr. Eliakim P'oss resided for mau}^ years subsequent to
Mr. Stinchfield's removal from the town. He was an owner m the
water power and engaged iu hunbering and manufacturing from
26 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
1800 to 1814, iit which time he removed liis family to Robinston ;
thence to Mariou, Iowa, in 1818, wliere for many years he was
extensively engaged in tlie lumbering business. His first wife died
in IMarion, Iowa, .June 10, 1819, and Sept. 12, 1821, he married
Fanny Allen. By consulting the genealogical department of this
book, it will be noticeable that he was the father of 16 children —
nine by the former wife, and seven by the latter. In his advanced
years, he returned to Robinston. where he died Ma}' 31, 1862.
Benjamin and Seth Burgess, brothers, and fifth in descent from
Thomas, who came from England, in 1630, and who settled at
Sandwich on Cape Cod, came to Wayne in 1794. Benjamin settled
first on the place now owned by A. S. George, building a log house
about twenty rods south of the present buildings. After living
there two or three years he moved to the farm on Beech Hill now
occupied by his great grandson, A. P. Wing, where he died June
13, 1852, aged 101 years, 3 months. At the time of his death his
descendants numbered 178, 11 children, 67 grand children, 90
great-graud-childreu, and 10 great-great-grand-children.
Seth Burgess settled in the southern part of the town. He was a
signer of the petition for the town's incorporation in 1797 ; soon
after that date he moved to Livermore, where he died in 1815.
Ichabod Burgess, brother of Benjamin and Seth, came to Wayne
in 1802 with a family of 6 children, his daughter Celia having mar-
ried Reuben Besse preceded him and was then living on the place
now occupied by F. U. Larrabee. Ichabod came by schooner by
the way of Ilallowell, and settled on the farm now owned by Adams
Morse, and which joined that of his brother Benjamin on the east.
He died Dec. 17, 1834, aged 82 years.
William Burgess, son of Ichal)od, was born in Sandwich, Mass.,
May 6, 1784. In early life he followed the sea, his last voyages as
mate of the ship of which his brother Thomas was captain. In 1806
he came to Wayne, married Anna M. Jenkins of Saco, and after
living a few years on the farm now occupied by Cyrus Gould, he
moved to the one on which his son A. K. P. Burgess now lives,
where he died Aug. 7, 1862. He was a large land owner in Wayne,
a prominent man in both civil and military affairs, serving several
years as chairman of the board of selectmen, and being a captain in
the State militia.
Simeon Wing, father of the Wayne Wings, was born in Sand-
wich, Mass., Nov. 15, 1722. He was a lineal descendant of the
emigrant John Wing, who with his wife Deborah — daughter of
HISTORY OF WAY^E. 27
Rev. Stephen Bachelor of London, Eng., — came to America in
1637 ; first settled at Lynn, and later removed to Sandwich.
Simeon's wife, Mary Alien, was horn in Falmouth, Mass.,
March 3, 17'2G. Mr. Wing was exceedingly prominent in
town affairs. They had a famil}' of thirteen children, three
of whom died in early life. The names of the others were P^liza-
beth, Thomas, Sarah, Ebenezer, Moses, Aaron, Allen, Simeon,
Mary and William. The oldest daughter, Elizabeth, was the wife
of Job FuUe", who had made a home in New Sandwich (now Wayne).
While on a visit to their old home in Sandwich, the}' gave such a
glowing account of the new country the whole family decided to
emigrate to it. Date, between 1775 and 1780. It was agreed that
the youngest son, William, should remain for a time with the par-
ents, and that the other brothers should take up a tract of land
and make a clearing of so many acres, and build a house and barn,
and when done, William was to have it, together with what the
'parents should give him, and he should care for his parents in their
old age. The brothers chartered a coasting vessel to take them to
the Kennebec river. After the vessel had proceeded too far to
return, great was their surprise to see the youngest son, William,
emerge from a hiding place among the freight. He had left the
parents to get along as best they could, while he went to superin-
tend the building of his new house. They settled around the pond
which bears their name. Thomas settled lietween the two ponds,
and it is claimed he built the first mills on the stream which connects
them. He soon removed to Liverraore. Ebenezer settled on the
east side of the pond -on the farm now owned by Mrs. Ebenezer
Norris. He married Mrs. Lucy Bonney, whose maiden name was
Chandler.
Dr. Moses, at this date, was in the Continental army, entering it
at the age of 16 years. He suffered the loss of a leg. He settled
first at Winthrop in 1779, but came to Wayne in 17H2 and took up
the farm known as the Weeks place. He was the first physician
located in Winthrop, and there he married Molly, daughter of John
and Lydia (Taylor) Chandler. The wife of his youth, Molly
Chandler, died Jan. 7, 1788, and later he married Patty Maxim.
The children of Moses and Molly (Chandler) Wing, were : Elizabeth,
Moses and John.
Dr. Moses Wing was a most able and efficient physician, a
Christian gentleman, and held many offices of trust and honor. He
practiced medicine until the time of his death in June, 1837. Moses
28 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
Wing, Jr., was bom Dec. 6, 1787. He developed into a man of
good business ability, and when quite young was established in
business in his native town, where he was ever, by his fellow towns-
men, regarded as a man of the highest integrity, never allowing the
prospects of financial gain to corrupt his high sense of honor or
swerve him from the path of duty. As had been his father, he was
post master and magistrate. At the age of 26 he represented "The
District of Maine" in the legislature in Boston. In 1812 he re-
si)onded to his country's call ; in 1813 he settled in Hallowell ; from
there he returned to his native town, and in about 1840 he removed
to Brunswick, where he died in 1846, deeply lamented, at the
residence of his son Samuel. His wife was Clarissa Bartlett
Spear, daughter of Samuel Spear of Wayne.
Samuel Spear Wing, sou of Moses and Clarissa Spear Wing, was
the eldest of 13 children and was born in Wayne Apr. 2, 1809.
The earliest years of his life were spent in his native town ; he
accompanied his parents to Hallowell, where he was placed in school,*
attending the noted Hallowell Academy. Later he returned with
his father to Wayne, and at the age of 19 years he went with his
uncle William Spear, who was engaged in the lumber business, to
Brunswick, and soon after became established in business for him-
self. During his entire life there he was one of the representative
men of the town. He met with great losses by financial panics,
fire and fiood. He was called to many respousil)le positions in his
town. He died Sept. 19, 1883, in the house which in his early
manhood he had builded, and which had for more than fifty years
been occupied by him and his family. His wife, to whom he was
married in 1832, was Mary, daughter of James Cook of Topsham.
She survived him eleven years ; her death, occurring May 31, 1894.
Of their lar2;e family, only four are now living, viz. : Mrs. Mary C.
Melcher of Superior, Wis. ; Mrs. Louise F. Emery of New Bedford,
Mass.; both widows; Mr. Charles A. Wing of Maiden, Mass.,
and Mrs. Emma B. Chamberlin of Chicago, 111.
Aaron first took up the place where G. H. Lord now lives. He
built a two-story house and a barn on it but sold out and settled on
the farm now occupied by J. M. Pike. He was one of the select-
men chosen at the first town meeting held in Wayne, Apr. 2, 1798.
He married Sylvina Perry. They had twelve children. He died in
Wayne, Apr. 18, 1841, aged 8(). His wife died Dec. 24, 1865,
aged nearly 95. Nine of the twelve children were teachers, one,
Alouzo, was a student two years in Waterville college. He removed
SAMUEL S. WING.
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to AVisc^usiu, where he held tlie ollice of Stiite Superintendent of
Common Schools. He was a successful lumbernuui. Zaciiariah P.
was a physician. Parintha married C'apt. Samuel Frost. Eliza
Ann married James S. Emery, and resides with her oldest son,
Judge l^mer}^
Allen, son of Simeon, married first, Tem[)erauce Perry, who died,
leaving a daughter one week old. He afterward married Cynthia
Burgess, and by her had nine children. He took up the farm now-
owned by A. W. Riggs, a great-grandson. He carried on a large
farming business, besides building and ow^ning an interest in several
saw mills and grist mills. He also completed the meeting house
commenced by Isaac Dexter. It was built as a union church, but
was afterwards made a Baptist church. His ten children spent most
of their lives in AYayue. Simeon, Jr., married Elizabeth Atkinson
and had six children. Fie settled on the place now owned by his
grandson, J. M. Wing.
Mary, youngest daughter of Simeon, married Woodin Norris and
had five children, viz. : Grafton, Simeon. Woodin, Joshua and
Sarah.
Willitim, the 3'oungestson of Simeon, married first, Deborah Besse,
and had eleven children. Thomas, the youngest, is still living in
Fayette, well preserved at the age of H8 years. His second
wife was Lucy Blackstone, who had one child, making seventy-five
grand- children of Simeon and Mary (Allen) Wing. The most of
these grand-children lived to a good old age and a large part of
them spent most of their lives in Wayne and with their families
made up, at one time, a large share of the inhabitants of the town.
William was assessor in 1799. He was often in town office.
Nathaniel AYing, a brother of Simeon, did not come to Wayne,
but had three daughters, two of whom settled in Wayne, viz. : De-
liverance, who married Obed Wing, a cousin of the third generation,
and lived on the place known as the Olied Wing place, now owned
by Mr. Coolidge. They ha t two sons, Ob 3d, Jr., and Alpheus.
Fear, daughter of Nathaniel, married Benjamin Burgess.
David Mauter was born Nov. 12, 1763. He came to New Sand-
wich from Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, about 1786. He married
Kesiah Robbins of Walpole, Mass. He settled on the farm now
owned by A. N. Mauter, his great grandson. His sons were
Daniel, George and David (twins). Freeman, Silas, Eliphalet,
Eleazer, Elias and Ezra. His daughters were Mary and Catherine.
David died in 1820 and Silas succeeded him on the Jjomestead. He
30 HISTOllY OF WAYNE.
married Sarah Brown, and the children were Freeman, Mary Jane,
Silas Albert and Sarah Emeliue. Silas died Aug. 23, 1875. Silas
Albert remained on the farm. He married Atice A. Pettingill and
their children were Albert Nelson. Arthur Wilson, Sewall Pettin-
gill, Charles Grant, George Lucius, Ellis Allen and Flora May.
Silas Albert died Dec 28, 187.'). Albert Nelson now owns and
occupies the farm.
The lot was wisely selected by the pioneer settler. The successive
owners have been noted for their industry and good management as
the productive fields, thrifty orchards aud substantial farm buildings
abundantly prove.
William Frost came to Wayne not far from 1800. He married
Betsey Billington. He settled on the place now owned by James
Gordon. He had sous Samuel AV., Sewall, Willard, Isaac, William,
David B., Sears, Jairus and Nathaniel B. His daughters were
Lucy, Rebecca aud Betsey R. Captain Samuel W., married Parin-
tha Wing. He settled on the farm now owned and occupied by his
son-in-law, L. S. Maxim who married their only child, Roxanna P.
Sewall married Charlotte Gage and settled on the Job Fuller farm.
He cared for that hardy pioneer in his old age. Willard and
William removed to Milo. Isaac married Nancy Wing and settled
where W. B. Frost now lives, but subsequently exchanged it for the
homestead where he died. His widow, Mrs. Nancy Frost is now
living with her daughter, ]\Irs. L. W. Fillebrown of Piqua, Ohio,
at the advanced age of 95 years. David removed to Lisbon. Sears
married Attai Lovejoy. He removed to Burnhara, bat returned and
spent his last days on the Lovejoy homestead where he and his wife
died. Jairus removed to Boston, Mass. Nathaniel B. married
Julia A. Macomber and lived on the homestead till he and his
brother exchanged farms, about 1850. Lucy married Isaac Pettin-
gill, Rebecca died young. Betsey married Stephen Dexter. Of
this large family of moral, industrious and prosperous people, only
one, Nathaniel B., remains. He is 80 years old, remarkably well
preserved in mind and body. He has held many places of trust and
honor. His wife died Feb. 4, 1893. He now lives with his only
son, W. B. Frost, who is a successful farmer.
Three brothers by the name of True came to this town from
Litchfield in the early part of the present century. They were of
the seventh generation from Henry True of Yorkshire, England,
who^ came to Salem, Mass., about the year 1G30. Daniel came in
1810, and John aud William a few years later. Being but ten years
PI3BL"
CAPT. SAMUEL W. FROST.
IRS. SAMUEL W. FROST.
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old, he lived with his sister, Mrs. Love Roberts. He settled on the
place DOW owned by Norton Webster. lie removed to the Bourne
farm, now occupied by B. F. IMaxim in 1854. He came to Wayne
village in 1887, where he died the following year. He was the
father of eight children ; three sons and five daughters. Two are
now living, Mrs. Sarah R. Ridley and Mrs. Julia Bishop both of
this town. John settled on the line between this town and Fayette,
on the place now occupied by T. F. Libby. He afterwards removed
to the farm now owned by A. T. Morse, and later to E. Livermore.
He died in 1874, at the age o\ 76. He, also, was the father of
eight children, three sons and five daughters. One is now living,
Mrs. Frances El. Chase of Washington, D. C. William purchased
the place now owned by A. C. Hayford in 1820, and settled there a
few years later. He remained there till his death which occurred in
1885. He was born in 1796. Four children were born to him, two
sons and two daughters. Two are living, Mrs. Catherine M.
Stevens of Chicago, 111., and William E. of this town.
Jabez Besse, a brother to Ebenezer, settled in the North part of
the town. As there were four by the name of Jabez in town, to
distinguish one from the others, some of them had to have a nick-
name. This one was known as ''•cat-yiimhle." When a small boy,
he and other boys were in a second growth grove ; boy like, they
were trying to see who would go the highest and venture farthest
out on the limbs. Besse went to the very top and his head was
much lower than his feet. Josiah Norris, one of the boys who was
near by, said, '•'Jabe, you are cat-nivible." The name always
"stuck." He was a noted singer. He possessed great compass of
voice, and could imitate birds, squirrels, &c. He was also a
famous hunter and trapi)er. He was a soldier of the Revolution
and mention is made of I'im in the military history. His wife was
Sally Allen, and their children were Jabez, eir., Sally and Stinson.
One of his sisters married Turner Swift of Fayette.
Walton is an old English name derived from ivold, a wood, and
<on, a town. The Waltons came to America from England at a very
early date. Three brothers, Moses, Joshua and William, with their
nephew Reuben, came to Maine as early settlers William took up
a lot of land lying partly in Wayne and partly in Favette, "bounded
on the north by lot 32, east by Jacob Lovejoy's westerly line, west
by west line of the Plymouth patent and to extend so far south as
to contain one hundred acres." His first wife was Hannah Little-
hale, who wa,s the daughter of Abraham Littlehale. He was born
32 IIlSrOBY OF WAYNE.
Jan, 23, 172.J, iu Dunstable, Mass. He was a soldier under Gen.
Wolfe at tlie taking of Quebec. He was also a soldier in the
Revolutionary War. His name appears upon the pay roll of Cap-
tain Joseph Boyinton's company iu Col. Wade's regiment. His
height is given as ''five feet six inches, dark complexion with dark
hair and eyes." The rugged old man walked all the way from Dun-
stable, now Tynesborough, to Wayne, to see his daughter. He
stopped iu Wa3'ue for a season and helped his son-in-law in clear-
ing his farm. Drains, which he dug, are plainly to be seen on the
meadow now owned l)y liis great-great-grandson. He died in 1810,
aged 85.
The children of William Walton and Hannah were Abraham,
William, Benjamin and John. Abraham removed to Ohio, William
and Benjamin removed to Peru. John stayed in Wayne. William
Walton married for iiis second wife Mehitable Lyons. Their chil-
dren were Sarah. Soijhia andRufus. Sarah married Sylvanus Black-
well in 1806. Sophia married Nathaniel Atkins. Rufus married
Hannah Braley. John Walton married Lucy Blackwell and settled
on a lot south of his father's. In 180.') William Walton sold out to
his sou John and removed to a lot taken up at an early date by his
son Abraham near the Fayette line and southwest of G. P. Taylor's.
Here he lived with his son Rufus till he moved to Fayette Mills.
William Walton died Apr. 15, 1823, at an advanced age. John
Walton had sons Nathaniel, born Feb. 21, 171)8, and John, born
Mar. 15, 1802, and daughters Mary, Sarah, Henrietta, Mehitable
and Hannah. John, Jr., removed to Belfast. He married Mar}'
Whalen, had four sons and tliree daughters. Nathaniel Walton
married Caroline Fish of Leeds. The children were Lucy A., Jere-
miah D., Martha M. and George W.
The Lovejoys of this region are all descended from John Love-
jo}' of Andover, who was one of the first freeholders of Massachu-
setts. His great-grandsons, Hezekiah and Francis, moved to
Amherst, N. H., where Hezekiah reared a family of eight children.
The oldest was Lieut. John Lovejoy, who moved from Amherst to
this vicinity in 1795. The other great-grandson, Francis, moved
from Amherst to Albion, where were born his famous grandsons,
Elijah P. and Owen Lovejoy — the former, whose life was taken
while defending the cause of anti-slavery at Alton, 111. ; the latter,
who championed the same cause in Congress with eloquence and
daring in the days when an abolitionist was almost an outlaw.
Capt. Hezekiah Lovejoy and his son John were notable men in
HON. A. P. LOVEJOY, Janesville, Wis.
HISTOBY OF WATNE. 33
Amherst duriug and after tbe Revolutionary period. Hezekiali's
signature is affixed to various papers on church and State matters.
He was several times on tlie committee to procure soldiers for the
Continental Army, and was chosen on the Committee of Safety from
1777 to 1781 — also on a committee to examine the constitution of
the state and to approve and adopt a new one. We find the names
of Hezekiah and John Lovejoy signed to the following patriotic
document in 1776 :
*'AVe, the subscribers, do liereby en^a^e and promise that we will, to
the utmost of our power, at the risque of our lives and fortunes, with arms,
oppose the hostile proceedings of the British fleets and Armies agaiust
the United Colonies."
They kept this promise bv afterwards risking their lives in the
Revolutionary army, where they served faithfully and with honor.
Their fortunes were lost in the vicissitudes of war and the financial
stress following, and so they decided to emigrate to Maine and
begin anew.
Capt. Hezekiah prospected this region, and soon after Lieut. John
Lovejoy with his wife Martha Odell and eight children moved from
Amherst to Fayette, making the journey of 200 miles in an ox cart.
He bought a tract of land about midway between Fayette Mills and
North Wayne, reaching from the old Plymouth Grant line on the
west to Lovejoy Pond on the east, and extending north and south
far enough to include at least 200 acres. To the eight children
brought into this wilderness, another, a daughter, was added and
all grew to manhood and womanhood here. The oldest one, John
Lovejoy, married one of the Jennings family, well known in Wayne
and Leeds. Collins, the third son, lived in Wayne village. He
was father of Collins, Jr., and Leonard, formerly well known ax
makers of Chesterville, and of a beautiful daughter who marrie<l
George Fairbanks. Nathan, fourth son of Lieut. John Lovejoy,
bought a farm in the northern part of Wayne, just above Wing
Pond. He married Temperance Wing of Wayne, and reared a
family of nine children among whom are : Hubbard, who was for
years a builder and contractor here, and was captain of the Wayne
Rifles. Just before the war he moved to Auburn ; Tillotson, who
was a skilful machinist of North Wayne ; Nathan Ellis, a prosperous
and respected lumber dealer of Columbus, 0. ; Hon. Allen Perry
Lovejoy of Wisconsin, who is engaged extensively in lumber busi-
ness, and has held many oflSces of trust and honor in business and
politics, The youngest son, Alden Wing Lovejoy, liyes a quiet,
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34 inSTOEY OF WAYNE.
musical life in Massachusetts. Among Nathan Lovejoy's daughters
were Harriet, who married David French of Mt. Vernon, and Attai,
who married Sears Frost and lived on the old place. Records show
the early Love joys to have been men of ability, integrity and wisdom,
to whom tlie people in trying times often confided the interests of
church, colony and country. Their descendants of this century
have a high standard to attain if they show themselves worthy of
such ancestors.
Three Jennings brothers came across the Atlantic from Devon-
shire, England, to Sandwich, Mass., in the early days of New
England. One of these, Samuel by name, was in 1703 a seaman on
board a British man-of-war in the West Indies. Being cruelly
treated, he endeavored to escape by swimming, but was bitten by a
shark and narrowly escaped death. He related his wonderful
deliverance iu a letter written in 1716 which document is preserved
as an heirloom in the family.
John Jennings, the great-grandfather of the present Jtnnings
Bros., was a merchant in Boston l.'')0 years ago. In 1778 he came
to the wilds of Maine to make a home for himself and family.
Guided by an old hunter and trapper named Stinchfield, he selected
a site for settlement on the peninsular between the Wing and Love-
joy ponds. He then staked out his claim of 1000 acres. He
returned to Massachusetts for his family. During his absence
other settlers and squatters pre-emptied lots, and he only held a
part of the territory that he claimed. With his wife, six daughters
and tln-ee sons, he came back to the Kennebec. They found their
way by spotted trees through the wilderness from the "Hook"
(Hallowell) to Pond town (Winthrop) and thence to New Sand-
wich (Wayne). They paddled up the Wing pond on a raft of logs
and built a log cabin near the shore. The vestiges of this settle-
ment are still to be seen. Near by, an orchard was planted more
than a hundred years ago.
When the oldest son became 21 years of age, he refused to tote
a bag of corn on his back through the woods to mill. His father
was angry, disowned him, and turned him out of doors, adrift in
the world. But while the old man was gone on a hunting trip to
Port Royal (Livermore) the two oldest sons spied a bear swimming
in the lake. They got at bruin, dispatched him with an axe,
dressed the carcass, and hung up the hind quarters on a pole. The
father returning fi'om his hunt without game and seeing the supply
of bear rneat, inquired who killed it. Being told that the eldest son
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did the job, be exclaimed, "You have done well, my son, I forgive
you ; stay at home."
Two of the sous settled in Leeds and the Jennings of that town
are their descendants. The other, Nathaniel by name, stayed at
home on the old place. He had twelve sons. One of them, Joseph
by name, held the homestead. He was in the emplo}' a while of
Hon. R. H. Gardiner, where he became acquainted with Miss Mary
E. Waitt, aft.n'wards his wife. Her folks lived in Marblehead,
Mass., and most of them followed the sea. Capt. Joseph Jennings
died July 24, 1<S70, aged 70. Mrs. Mary E. Jennings died Dec.
20, 1806, aged 91. Their sons, Hiram and Tudor, now own and
occupy the premises. Mrs. Hiram Jennings is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Bowman Palmer of Wilton. Their son Loton represents
thefifLli generation from the first settler. He is a student in Bow-
doin College. There have been four successive dwelling-houses on
the farm. The present mansion was built by Nathaniel Jennings
in the year 1810
Nathaniel Atkins was among the early settlers of Wayne. He
cleared the farm now" owned by L. S. Maxim. His son Nathaniel,
Jr., married Sophia Walton. He was a soldier in the war of 1812.
This family removed to Dixfield when Nathaniel, Sen., deceased,
at the advanced age of 102 years.
John Stevens came to Wayne from London, N. H., in 1807, with
a wife and ten children, the oldest being 20 and the youngest 1
year old. They settled on the Knight farm, one quarter of a mile
from N. Wayne. Two years later they removed to our present
town farm, one quarter of a mile north, where some of the family
lived until 18fi2. The parents died at less than 70 years of age.
Jesse, the fourth son, remained at the homestead for a few years.
While there he served the town for sevei-al years as selectman ;
later he sold the farm to his brother David, while he removed to
Sebec, Piscataquis Co., where he was given many places of honor.
Although having only the advantages of a common school education,
he was endowed with a high degree of native talent. For many
years chairman of the board of selectmen in his town, he also
represented his town in the Legislature and at the time of his death
in 1861, was Judge of Probate for Piscataquis county. Richard, a
school teacher of some note, settled at North Fayette, was thrown
from a carriage and received injuries from which he died within a
few days at the age of 51 years. John and Abel were familiar
figures in Wayne Village for quite a nuniber of years, and both
36 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
lived to the advanced age of overfiS j^ears. David remained at the
homestead until 18G'2, when he removed to Readtield, where he
lived to the advanced age of over i)l years, tiie last of tlie family to
pass away, March 8, 1898. Two of the sisters, Mrs. Frencli and Mrs.
Wing, settled in Chesterville, lived to be over 90 years of age. An-
other, Mrs. Elkins, lived and died in Fayette, aged over 85 years.
Mrs. Sturtevant lived in Milo and died when about 45 years of age.
John Jennings, the first of the name in the records of the town of
Wayne, was a native of Sandwich, Mass., and like many of the inhab-
itants of that town, a descendant in one remove from an English an-
cestry. At the time of his removal to AVayne. or New Sandwich as it
was then called, he had a famil}' of eight children, and it was a desire
for their welfare that led him to seek a new home in the country
beyond the Kennebec. Accordingly in the summer of 1778 accom-
panied by his eldest son Samuel, he came to Kennebec and on up
through the woods inquiring for land partly fenced by water, and
was fortunate in finding a lot which met his approval on the east
side of Wing's Pond, of^^ which the farm now owned by Hiram
N. and Tudor G Jennings is a part. The same fall they re-
turned to Sandwich and in the following spring the son Samuel
came down to clear the land, l)urn it, and plant the crops, which he
did, boarding with Job Fuller during the time. From an interesting
and graphic journal written by Samuel Jennings, Jr., the son of
this young man, we learn that the work of making a cultivated
farm out of a pine forest possessed few charms for him, and a clue
to the reason is given in the fact, that, leaving the crops in charge
of a settler, he returned to Sandwich, and seizing an opportunity
when his father was al)sent, he went to Boston and entered the
Naval service of the Revolution, enlisting on board a privateer
which captured three prizes during the voyage, returning to Boston
with the third.
It is interesting to note how certain predilections often ajjpear in
families. This young man who [)referred naval service to clearing
land, was a descendant in the third generation of Samuel Jennings,
a lieutenant in the English Navy, wdio had a hand and foot taken
off by a shark in Carlisle Bay. A great-grandson of Samuel who
served in the Revolution, Williston Jennings, served in the Navy
during the late Civil War. In the spring of 1780, John Jennings
and his son John returned to Wayne and during the summer built a
log house on the east shore of Wing's Pond, and was joined the
following sprmg by his family with the exception of the eld« st
HIS TOBY OF WAYNE. 3 7
daughter Deliorah. In the jouraal of Sainiiel Jenuings, .Jr., to
which reference has been made, we find an interesting incident con-
nected with the removal of this family with their effects. John
Jennings and his son Samuel had brought from Sandwich some
sheep and swine, and on arriving at Portland, took a whale boat
and embarked with their stock. Sailing up the Kennebec to
Hallowell, they unloaded and drove the auimals through the woods
to New Sandwich, but here a new ditiiculty confronted them.
Where or how were the swine to be confined, since they had no
material for Iniilding pens? A happy tiiought occurred to them.
An island in Androscoggin Pond furnished, at once, safe keeping
and food, and there they were transported, but in the summer the
settlers near the Pond heard the out cry of the hogs which had been
attacked by bears. Procuring a boat they rowed to the island but
the bears had made their escape before they reached it, leaving
their prey dead. The hogs were then dressed, but as they had not
sufficient salt for such a quantity of meat, it ,was smoked for use
tlie following winter. Hog island owes its name to this incident.
John Jennings resided in Wayne and Leeds until his death which
occurred in 1790. He was buried in the cemetery at Winthrop
village. Samuel, the eldest son of John, resided in Wayne until
1784, when he took u|) a large tract of land in Littleborough, now
Leeds, and afterwards removed there with his family and his brother
John. As before stated, the first house built by John Jenuings
was the log house on the east shore of Wing's Pond, near the
Jennings' Stream. Subsequently, a second house was i)uilt north
of this, and later on, the mansion now owned by Hiram N. and
Tudor G. Jennings. After the removal of Samuel and his family
to Leeds, John with his 3'ouugest son Nathaniel, occupied the farm.
Nathaniel was succeeded by his son Joseph F., and he by his sons
Hiram N. and Tudor (t., the present occupants.
After Samuel Jennings had taken up his farm in Leeds, he re-
turned to Sandwich and married, and there his sou Samuel Jennings,
Jr., was born in Februar}^, 1787. Again referring to the journal we
read that on their return to New Sandwich in Ma}^ the father under-
took to row across the Androscoggin Pond in a birch canoe with his
wife and infant child three months old, but the wind blew strongly,
and the waves beat over the canoe, compelling the mother to sit in the
bottom of the canoe with her babe in her arms, while the father
alternately rowing and bailing, urged his canoe with its precious
freight onward. The shore was reached at last, and at the house
38 UISTOBY OF WATNE.
of Thomas Stiuchfield they were warmed and refreshed, their cloth-
ing dried and they again started, on foot, througli the woods, to
their home.
Samuel Jennings, Jr., was married in 180!) at Middleborough,
Mass., to Phebe Morton, and removed to North Wayne in 1810 and
bought of Jonathan Norcross the farm now occu[)ied by Roswell
L. Morrill. Subsequently, he bought the place now occupied by
Charles M. Lovejoy where he died at tlie ripe old age of ninety years,
having lived, as he writes in the closing words of his jourual, 'Ho
see the foui'th generation." A man whose youth was not blessed
with the advantages of education, that to-day are lavishly bestowed
upon every child throughout our broad land, yet who possessed
native ability, and above all, the disposition to make the most of
the talents entrusted to them.
Sylvanus Blackwell was an early settler. His farm was located
a short distance southeast of the present town farm. He married
Sarah Walton and had sons, Stillmau, Odell, Waterman, Sylvanus
Jr., Elbridge G., Reuel W., and Charles E. His daughters were
Rosilla, Marietta, Ellen, Mary Ann, Charity and Sarah Jane. All
of them lived to adult age except Sarah -Jane. All uuvrried and
left Wayne except Sylvanus, Jr., who lived on the homestead.
Sylvanus, Sen., was an industrious man and a good farmer. His
home was a happy one ''full of mirth and jollity." He was a vigor-
ous man and very prominent in the athletic sports of the times in
which he lived. He died very suddenly on his seventieth birthday,
of heart disease. Of this large family all are now dead except
Elbridge G., "the last leaf on the tree." He is at present living
in Florida.
Thomas Atkinson married Lydia Norris, Jan. 6, 1791, and reared
a large family. He settled on the farm now owned by H. H.
Pulsifer. He was a capable man and well educated for those times.
He was one of the assessors in 1791). He was interested in the
education of youth. He was the builder of the first school house in
the district in which he lived. In 1804, he was one of the commit-
tee to divide the town into proper school districts. In 1803, he was
Captain of a military company — later he was promoted to Major.
He was a prosperous and successful farmer. He removed to
Montville where he owned and cultivated a fine farm. He was
attacked by an infuriated bull, and his son, in defence of his father,
shot the animal, but not in season to save the life of his father. The
Atkinson family is still represented in the town.
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HISTORY OF WAYNE. 39
Among the earliest residents, and prominent citizens of North
Wayne was Rev. Comfort C. Smith. His father, Capt. Matthias
Smith, came from Connecticut somewhat later than 1760, and set-
tled in that part of Pond-town Plantation now known as Readfield.
He had a family of six sous and one daughter. Of these, Comfort
C. was the second in point of age. It would appear that his mind
was early calKd to the ministry, for in the first volume of Dr. Abel
Stevens' "Memorials of Methodism," in the account of tlie first ses-
sion of the New England Conference held in Lynn, ]\Iass., in July,
1800, in the list of ministers from tiie Province of INIaine, the name
of Comfort C. Smith appears, who had "travelled two years nt his
own expense," and is characterized as a "useful preacher." The
same authority, giving the record of the Conference which again
met at Lynn the following year, 1801, reports Comfort C. Smith
appointed to Bath and Union, and at the Conference session of
1802, which convened in Monmouth, l^rovince of Maine, his name
is again reported, and that he preached "gratuitously." In 1803,
the Conference held its session in Boston when Mr. Smith was ap-
pointed to Bristol, Province of Maine. This would appear to have
been his last Conference appointment, although his name appears
in the list of preacjiers who attended the session at Buxton, Province
of Maine, in the year following, 1<S04. In the year 1813 he bought
an extensive tract of land in North Wayne, and erected a substantial
set of farm buildings which are still standing opposite the present
residence of Cyrus Ladd. Here he carried on the cultivation of his
large farm, and aKo the business of the saw mill which he had
purchased of Jonathan Norcross. He also built and operated a
grist-mill, and many years afterward, in disposing of this property,
he made the stipulation in the deed that through all future time,
both a grist mill and saw mill should be maintained on this stream,
thus giving a hint of the benevolent and philanthropic character of
the man, mindful of the needs of his fellow men. He was twice
married. His stepdaughter, Mary J., married Hiram S. Nickerson,
and for many years they resided at the homestead. The late H.
Owen Nickerson was the eldest son of this family, and he is sur-
vived by his sons Arthur S. tind Walter A. Nickerson of Readfield.
Mr. Smith died at North Wayne June 29, 1849, at an advanced
age. He was well educated, possessed of much business ability, a
citizen of public spirit, interested in all matters pertaining to the
welfare of his adop ed town. To the close of his life he was active
in sustaining religious worship, faithfully preaching the Gospel in
40 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
the North village as well us iu other places in the vicinity of his
home.
Other matter pertaining to the early settlers will be found in
future chapters.
CHAPTER III.
MANUFACTURES —A WORLD-WIDK KEPUTATION.
"TXEEDS make men. Manufactures make towns. As men are
*~^ best known by their deeds, so towns come to be best known
by their manufactures.
In this respect few towns of its size can boast of a wider reputation
than Wayne. From the shops at North Wayne have gone edge tool
products to every quarter of the globe, —scythes for the wheat fields
of Australia, axes for the negroes of Africa and the Indians of
South America. What forests of the United States or Canada have
not resounded with the blows of the Wayne axe? What grain
fields have not been shorn of their glory by the Wayne scythe ?
And in those terrible days of our Civil War when axes and scythes
were forgotten, ten thousand of the finest steel sword blades were
sent from these shops for our country's service. So with the
immense product of the Wayne shovel-handle factory. Wielded by
millions of brawny hands, whose owners came from every nation-
ality, they have helped to build the railroads, that, to-day, lace our
continent like network. No less has its local reputaliou been en-
hanced by the numerous grist mills, saw mills, carding and fulling
mills and other industries of later years. Both villages possess the
natural advantages of good and abundant water-power. Yankee
ingenuity, genius, and perseverance have done what remained for the
building up of most important and productive industries.
Manufacturing began in Wayne almost comcident with its first
settlement. Men could not long see these ^wift streams rushing by
without utilizing their power, the more, that their pressing and
immediate needs required food and clothing for their bodies and
lumber for their dwellings.
The earliest business of which we have any knowledge was a saw
and grist mill, built and operated by Job Fuller, in 1780, on the
small stream near the Evergreen Cemetery, known in that early
time as "Jig stream." The water power at Wayne village was
first used prior to 1790, when Thomas Wing built a grist mill
on the upper dam, near where the main street crosses the stream.
42 IIISrOBY OF WAY\E.
He also built a log house on the site of the house now occupied
by Mrs. G. M. True. Mis claim to the land and water power
which he had staked out cov^ered the larger part now occupied
by the village. His claim was soon contested by Jonatliau Howe.
The matter was settled by the court, and jMr. Howe's claim was
sustained, and the mill passed into his hands. In 1?'.)8, Jonathan
Howe was t'le owner of a, double saw and grist mill on the
middle dain. He also owned much of the land on both sides of the
stream for its entire length. In 1701), he sold the mill and a part
of the land to Joseph Lamscni, and from this time on the mills
and |)Ower were divided and sul)-divided making it quite difficult
to trace and record. On May 2 1 , IHO.t, Joseph Lamson by his
deed of warrantee, conveyed to Capt. Rogers Stinchfield, Jr.,
certain pro[)erty, a copy of the description of which we introduce
as a sample of many similar transfers of the property on this
stream :
"Beginning at the southwesterly coi'ner of the middle saw mill
dam, thence southerly on the principal road or path as it is now
travelled to the lower landing on the Androscoggiu great pond,
that is to say, the landing near thi^ mouth of the mill stream, thence
to the Androscoggin |)ond to the mouth of the mill stream, thence
by the mill stream to the first mentioui'd bound, with one undivided
half part of the double saw mill standing on. and contiguous to the
above described piece of land, together with one undivided half
part of ihe mill stream, necessary for the working of the saw mill
at all seasons of the year, when there is a sufficiency of water for
the working of said saw mill, and a double grist mill and carding
machine, which stands on said stream ; but at such times of year,
as the water fails, or there is not a sufficiency to work tiie saw mill
and car. ling machine, the grist mill and carding machine are to take
the water in preference to the saw mill. To have and to hold the
described premises, with the privilege of maintaining and keeping
up said dams, at his own expense and risk for the purpose of saw
mill only, and for no other pur|)ose."
The other undivided half part of said saw mill, &c., was con-
veyed by Joseph Lamson to Rogers Stinchfield, Jr., April 29, 1806.
On January 30, 1810, Rogers Stinchfield, Jr., conveyed three-
quarters part of said property to Isaac Smith of Norway, and on
May 21, 1810, he conveyed to the same party, the remaining one-
quarter thereof. November 22, 1810, Isaac Smith conveyed one-
quarter of said property to Rogers Stinchfield, Jr., and November
6, 1811, he conveyed one-quarter thereof to Ellis Sweet, and
October 26, 1813, he conveyed the remaining one-half thereof to
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the same sa'd Ellis Swoi^t. The mill was run from 18i)o to January
13, 1814. by Rogers Still. -hfield, Jr. On January 1.1, 1S17. Ellis
Sweet sold to Samuel Brown one-quarter |)art of the saw mill, one-
half of shore land adjacent to the saw mill, and one-eighth of land
over which the stream runs. January 13, 1814, Amasa Dexter
bought of Rogers Stinchfield, Jr.. his one-quarter part of said
property, and about that time Amasa Dexter bought of Ellis Sweet
his remaining half interest therein, and April 28, 1828, he bought
of Samuel Brown the one-quarter interest he held in the proprnty,
thus becoming the entire owner for a terra of years. This property
remained in the hands of Amasa Dexter from 1828 to January 28,
1836, when he sold to Thomas Wilson, Henry W. Owen autl Uriah
H. Virgin the saw mill and one-half the dam for saw mill only, re-
serving the right to take from the saw mill flume two privileges in
separate places, each of which with a capacity of foot square of
water, one for shingle and turning machines. April 4. 1837,
Thomas Wilson, H. W. Owen and U. H. Virgin sold and conveyed
the property to Sumner C. IMoulton. May ."», 1837, S. C. INIoulton
conveyed the same to David S. and Peter Eifield. October 13,
1838, David S. and Peter Fifleld conveyed to Jacob Haskell, Jr.,
and he, in turn, to Lewis Chase, January 18, 1840. It was next
purchased by Josiah and Oliver Norris, November 4, 1840. One of
the reserved privileges t'.> draw one foot square of water from the
saw mill flume, Amasa Dexter sold to Walter Foss, Jr., for the
manufacture of pumps, which was re conve^'ed by said Foss to said
Dexter April 4, 1844. On December 4, 1847, Amasa Dexter con-
veyed to Josiah and Oliver Norris both of the same privileges by
him reserved, together with the mill-yard and lots of land belong-
ing to the privileges reserved, and all the buildings thereon. These
buildings were immediately taken down or removed, and a new
shop was built by Josiah and Oliver Norris, who employed Hubbard
Lovejoy and W. H. Burgess to construct it, and pay the expenses,
while they in turn were to receive the use of the shop and water
power until the rent for the same should equal the cost of construc-
tion. In the spring of 1848, Lovejoy and Burgess entered into
partnership in the manufacture of doors, sash and blinds in the
second story of said shop. In 1850 they dissolved, and Mr. Burgess
continued the business until 1858. February 4, 1854, the shop,
power and a certain piece of land therewith connected, were sold
and conveyed by Josiah and Oliver Norris to W. H. Roberts, W.
J. W. Varnum and J. B. Turner. In the year 1857, Mr. Turner
44 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
engagefl in the business of manufacturing doors, sash and blinds in
the place where W. H. Burgess was then closing out, and for a few
montiis both occupied the same room. The shop above mentioned
was a two-story building. The basement or first story was used by
Josiah and Oliver Norris for the manufacture of shingles. It also
contained a turning-lathe. A short time subsequent to the last
named conveyance, the shingle machine was removed therefrom
and W. H. Roberts converted the room into an adjunct to his
cabinet business located in another part of the village. This he
owned and occupied until preparations for the construction of the
Johnson Woolen Mill were begun in l.sTliand the site being needed
for that purpose, he sold to Mr. Holman Johnson, as did Mr.
Turner who was a part owner and occupied the second story, where
he had been in business twenty years. In the Masonic building
near the grist mill, in the second story, W. H. Burgess and L. R.
Sturtevant carried on the manufacture of doors, sash and blinds
from 1867 to 1875. In the year 1858 S. S. Brown and W. H.
Burgess bought of Josiah Norris, the surviving member of the firm
of Josiah and Oliver Norris, who had previously bought the interest
ot Oliver, the saw mill and mill-yard, and continued in business
until 186(5. Mr. Burgess then conveyed his interest to Mr. Brown,
who conducted the business alone until November 4, 1867, when he
sold and conveyed the property to Jesse Prince of Auburn, who
removed his family to this town. He subsequently conveyed the
same to Mr. Holman Johnson, who therefore became the sole
owner of the entire water power on tlie west end of the dam. From
him the power on the west side of the mill stream passed into the
hands of the Johnson Woolen Company, from that company to Ira
T. Drew of Alfred, and from him to John M. Gott, reconveyed
from Mr. Gott to Mr. Drew, and in 1897 to A. B. Allen, the present
occupant.
In 1800, Jonathan Howe and Joseph Lamson built the grist mill
and removed the machinery from the old one. They owned three-
quarters of the water power on the east side of the mill stream,
and Jacob Haskell three-sixteenths. They sold to Ellis Sweet their
three-quarters of the power, and he erected a fulling mill in which
he bad a carding machine in 1804. On the 21st day of July, 1818,
Ellis Sweet sold to Job Fuller the fulling mill, carding machines,
and three-quarters of the grist mill privilege and lands for $3000.
Not iiaving fully paid for it, Job Fuller and Ellis Sweet joined in a
deed conveying the same property to Jabez Leadbetter of Leeds,
HISTORY OF WAYNE. 45
August 1, 1818. The three-sixteeuths, formerly owned by Jacob
Haskell, hiul passed into the hands of Capt. William Burgess, by
virtue of an execution Burgess vs. Haskell. August "io, 18-2(),
Jabez Leadbetter, in consideration of S1325, conveyed to Luther
Sampson of Marshfield, INIass., the fulling mill, carding machine,
and water privilege therewith belonging, which he occupied and
used for that purpose, until June 12, 185G, vviien he conveyed the
property to Calvin C. Whitney, and by him conveyed to Holman
Johnson in 1857, who, for about two years ()ccupied the second
story for the manufacture of shovel-handles, and the lower story
for the storage of blocks, from which they were made In addition
to the twelve-sixteenths purchased by Jabez Leadbetter, he subse-
quently purchased one-sixteenth of some party we are unable to
trace. In 1834 the grist mill was burned. By virtue of an execu-
tion Isaac Blethen of Dover, versus Jabez Leadbetter, the thirteen-
sixteentlis of the grist mill passed into his hands, subject to right
of dower of Mrs. Leadbetter in the property. The same thirteen-
sixteenths was subsequently conveyed to Wellington Hunton and
Sumner C. Moultou, who built a new mill on nearly the same site.
Mr. Hunton, at a subsequent date, became the sole owner of the
thirteen sixteenths, which lie conveyed to Cyrus B. and Francis T.
Swift, who were the owners and occupants at the time of the fire in
18(53, when this mill was burned. April 21, 1864, they conveyed
what remained of the property to Holman Johnson, wiio erected a
new mill in 1S65. Mr. .Johnson, in the meantime, had purchased
the three-sixteenths of the heirs of Capt. William Buigess, and on
March 14, 1868, he purchased of Lucretia, the widow of the late
Jabez Leadbetter, lier riglit of dower in this property, and thereliy
became the sole owner of the mill property and water Dower on the
east side o'' the mill stream. As has been previously shown, he
also became the sole i)roprietor of that on the west side ; conse-
quently he controlled the entire water power. After the death of
Mr. Johnson the grist mill and privilege passed into the hands
of C. E. Wing and wife ; the shovel-handle privilege has since
been connected with the grist mill privilege. The Fillebrown sliop,
so-called, was deeded to Oliver A. Johnson, now deceased. Thus
we have traced the owners from the earliest history to the present
time.
The manufacture of shovel-handles was a very imi)ortant in-
dustry for this village. It was introducetl in the year 1857 when
Mr. Holman Johnson, coming from Vermont, started and success-
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fully carried it on, with the assistance of his sous Alfred F. and
George, for tweuty-two years. It was a great financial benefit
to this and surrounding towns, for during one year Mr. Johnson
paid the farmers over eighly thousand dollars for shovel-handle
blocks. But in the full tide of this business prosperity, there
came a great calamity. July 1, 1863, a fire broke out in this
shop, and in s[)ite of all efforts to subdue it, burned it to the
ground, together with the grist mill ami other industries, all the
stores and several dwelling houses ; but like the fabled Phrjenix,
which rose from the ashes, another factory was ([uickly built,
and stores, shops and dwellings took the place of those destroyed.
The Joiinson Woolen Mill was also a notable industry. It
was a fine mill and employed a large force of help, and made
an excellent quality of goods. In tlie year 1<S28, John Bodge
built a factory near the east end of the upper dam for the man-
ufacture of potasii and pottery, which he carried on for several
years. In 1848, a match factory was built by Anson Allen and
was sold to Luther Sampson who continued to operate it for
several years.
In 186U,W. H. Rollins first started the Wayne Marble Works.
His successor was Emery Foss. Frnctor & Erskine succeeded
him. Their successor, William II. Erskine ; his, Burnham «&
Erskine ; theirs, W. II. Erskine ; his, Charles Kernan
In the year I860, Luther W. Eillebrown carried on the manu-
facture of cultivators and shovel-handle machines for several
years, when he removed to Piqua, Ohio.
The first blacksmith sliop o' which we have any knowledge was
that of Collins Lovejoy, which stood on the site now occupied
by William Folsom's carriage shop. This was taken down by
Mr. Bodge to make room for his potter}'. This building was
afterwards taken down and another blacksmith shop built by
Francis Bowles for Lewis Norris, who was succeeded by Alfred
Swift, and he by Cyrus B. Swift and others. The blacksmith
shop of A. R. Swift was built in 1849 hy Humphrey Right.
L. W. Fillebrown purchased the property of Mr. Right and it
has been occupied by Cyrus B. Swift, Levi Brown, Fred Keith
and A. R. Swift and his son Charles, its present proprietors.
Another scene of business activity quite near Wayne village was
on the stream known as Bear Brook, where as early as 1810 a large
tannery and shoe shop was built and business carried on by Alfred
Pinkhain and others for nearly fifty years. On the same stream,
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ami about the same time, a cai'riage shoi) was built and business
done l)y Samuel and James .Smith. Here, too, nt a somewhat later
date, was the cabinet siiop of -lames Clark, who was also an under-
taker.
In tlie east part of the town, near where the first settlement was
made, a quarry of granite of excel! nt quality was opened in 1872
by Sawyer B. Norris, who worked it for eight years, wiien he sold
it to Rossellus C. Norris, and he exchnnged it, and the farm con-
nected with it, with J. Frank Gordon, its present proprietor, for a
farm in the north part of the town.
In the south-west part of the town, near the foot of Androscoggin
Pond, are to be seen the ruins of a saw antl shingle mill, whi h was
built about 1812 by George Gordon, who can ied on the business.
In the north part of the town, on the stream known as Hale's
Brook, in the year 1840, a Imilding was l)eing erec ed for a foundry
by William Maxim, but in felling :i hirge i)ine tree, the building-
was crashed to the ground, thus putting ;in end to the enterprise.
Suiisequently, in 1860, Thomas I>. Swift l)nilt a sho|) on this site,
and manufactured rakes and pitchfork liandles for several years.
In our researches an interesting item was brought to light. In
1842 William Maxim and Jnbez Besse burned a kiln of lime from
rocks found on the farm now owni'd bv (Jeorge W Walton, making
a fine quality of lime.
The earliest record, as far as can b ascertained, of the beginning
of manufacturing business in the north village, was a grist mill
built in 1810 on the upper dam l)y Jonathai Norcross, who was the
owner of the water [)ower at thtit time. This mill s. rved a double
purpose, for in it was a wool carding machine. Ah lut this time
Mr. Norcross also l)uiit a saw mill on the same d m. Our oldest
residents remember the ruins of an old saw mill on tlie lower dam.
We gather from family history the information that this mill was
built as early as 1790 by Abram Walton, whose father, William
Walton, was one of the pioneer settlers in this vicinity. Its builder,
being a young man of considerable skill, and of an adventurous
turn of mind, soon after went to Ohio, a distant country in those
days. Mr. William Walton was the great grandfather of Hon.
George W. Walton. We have no knowledge of the length of time
this mill was run, or by wh an, afterward. On the 21st day of
March, 1817, Mr. Norcross conveyed liy deed to Rev. Comfort C.
Smith the entire water power, with mills and all other privileges on
the stream. Mr. Smith operated the saw mill and grist mill for
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niauy years. The grist mill was afterward purchased and run by
Henry Scott, who, later on, sold it to the North Wayne Scythe
Company.
In 1831, a carding and fulling mill was built on the upper dam
by Amos and Zenas Kiug. This mill has an interesting history.
It was built on the west side of the stream, and was operated by
them for several years, after which it was moved across the stream,
and sold to Benjamin Palmer, who remodeled it into a hotel. It
stands to-day on the site to which it was moved and is occupied as
a residence by Mr. Palmer's son, Alvin Palmer. An incident con-
nected with the moving of this building is interesting, as showing
the custom of the times. It was i)roposed by the owners to move
this building without the aid of liquor, but when the farmers had
assembled with their oxen, and drawn the building to the middle of
the stream, a halt was made, and they began to call for '-the little
red bull," or in modern parlance, "the little brown jug." Entreaties
and persuasion were useless, but custom and appetite triumphed,
and after the •'•hull had been bled" freely among the thirsty crowd,
the embargo was removed, and the l)uilding moved serenely onward
to its destination.
An iron foundry was built on the lower dam in 1842 by Nathaniel
Pike, who carried on business for :i term of years, and then sold out
to James W. Dunliar, who did business there for several years,
when he removed to Virginia, and the shop remaining unoccupied,
fell to decay.
Regarding the industr}' that has made the north village famous,
we find that the first scyth'a shop was iiuilt on the upper dam in
1838. This shop was built of brick which were made and burned
in the brickyard on the land below the buildings of Willard M.
Taylor. This shop was built and the business carried on by a stock
company under the name of the "Wayne Scythe JNIanfacturing
Company." The business not proving a financial success, the entire
plant was sold in 1840 to Reuben I>. Dunn. Mr. Dunn rapidly
developed the business and under his control it assumed large pro-
portions. New hammer shops and a polishing sho)) were built on
the upper dam, while on the lower dam two large buildings were
erected7one used for a grind shop, and the other as a repair shop.
This shop was fitted up with saws, lathes for turning wood and
iron, and in fact, with every kind of machinery necessary for repair-
ing. This shop, for a long term of years, was under the immediate
supervision of Tillotson Lovejoy, a very ingenious and skilful.
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mechanic, and was generally known as "Lovejoy's shop." Mr.
Dunn carried on the business for several years, then sold the whole
plant to the "North Wayne Scythe Company," which continued to
increase the business until it became the largest single scythe manu-
factory in the world. l\\ l<sr)6 the North Wayne scythes took the
first premium, a silver medal, at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in
London, England. This company continued the manufacture of
scythes, also introducing the making of axes and other edge tools,
successfully, uutil 1860, when, owing to the defalcation and ab-
sconding of their treasurer, they were forced to make an assign-
ment, and George W. Tewksbury of Boston and Josiah F. Taylor
were appointed assignees, who conducted the business with such
success that all the creditors received their pay in full. At this
time, the Civil War having commenced, a contract was secured, and
ten thousand sword blades of the finest quality were made for the
United States Government.
In connection with the scythe business, and for the convenience
of their workmen, as well as the general public, the company con-
ducted the largest general merchandise store east of Portland, also
a tailor's shop, boot and shoe shop, blacksmith shop and a saw and
grist mill, so that all the necessities and conveniences of life, as
well as many of its luxuries, were obtainable within the bounds of
this village. At the close of the war of 1865, the business again
changed hands, and for a few years was carried on by the "Ames
Plow Company of Boston." In 1870, the plant was sold to Ex-
Governor Anson P. Morrill and others. These parties did no busi-
ness, and, in consequence, all but one of the hammer shops 'fell to
decay.
In closing this account of the first scythe business, we cannot
omit mention of the man who, for more than thirty years, was so
closely identified with its interests and prosperity. Josiah F. Taylor,
or "Boss Taylor" as he was familiarly known by the hundreds of
workmen scattered all over the country, who had been employed in
these shops, was a strong and effective personality. Coming from
New London, N. H., where he was engaged in scythe business, a
young man, thoroughly acquainted wilh all the details of scythe
making, a practical workman, under his skilful supervision the
works obtained a world wide reputation.*
* At a celebration at Xorth Wayne, soon aftei- the close of the Mexican War, the
following conundrum was proposed: "What is the difference between Geu. Taylor and
our Mr. Taylor?" The answer was : "Gen. Taylor beat the Mexicans with the sword and
Boss Taylor beat the world with a scythe."
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In 1876, the brick shop on the upper dam was remodeled and
fitted with machinery for the manufacture of paper by Josiah F.
Taylor, his son Willard M. Taylor and William Harvey, and busi-
ness was conducted under the corporate name of the "North Wayne
Paper Company." Sheathing and wrapping papers were manufac-
tured and quite a force of workmen employed, tlie business proving
a benefit to the farmers, as it made a market for wood, straw, &c.
This company also operated a store in charge of J. Putnam Stevens,
their bookkeeper. The mill was proving a success under the man-
agement of Willard M. Taylor, who was superintendent, when, on
the night of Aug. 12, 1881, a fire broke out, and the whole plant,
including the paper mill, the buildings for making pul[), the saw
mill, and large store house filled with stock and chemicals, for tlie
manufacture of paper, was burned to the ground.
In 1879, the present "North Wayne Tool Company" was organ-
ized with Hon. J. R. Bodwell of Hallowell as President, and Gen.
Charles W. Tilden of Hallowell, Secretary and Treasurer. This
company purchased the water power and buildings on the lower
dam, and started again the manufacture of scytlies, axes, and other
edge tools, and the familiar and welcome sound of the hammers
once more cheered our village. The business increased and an axe
shop was built in 1880 on the upper dam and a part of the grist
mill was used as a polishing shop and finishing room.
In Febr.uary, 1882, a fire broke out iu the grist mill and destroyed
it. In this same year a building formerly used as a shop and hall
was moved across the street, and was being fitted up for a polishing
shop, when in November fire again broke out, tiurning this building
and the axe shop. In 1891, a fine two-story building was erected
on the upper dam for the manufacture of sheet steel goods. The
present officers of the company are Joseph F. Bodwell, President;
Gen. Charles W. Tilden, Secretary and Treasurer. The capacity
of the shops at the present time is 20 doz. scythes, 15 doz. axes,
20 doz. hay knives, 37 doz. lawn hooks, or 50 doz. grass hooks, or
40 doz. bread knives, per day. The business is in a flourishing
condition under the efficient superintendence of Williston Jennings,
a citizen born in this village, who took charge of the works in 1891.
Thus for nearly sixty years has this industry been an important
factor iu the prosperity and material wealth of the town.
We have to record another serious fire which occurred Dec. 10,
1887, and entirely destroyed the large and commodious store, so
long a land mark in the village. It was occupied at the time by the
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"NorthWayne Tool Compauy" for their offices, and a part by Solomon
A. Nelke as a store. At the same time the shoe shop and store of
Williston Jennings, near the bridge, was burned, together with the
stock, machine and fixtures.
In 1883, the Jennings Brothers, Hiram N. and Tudor G., com-
menced, on their large farm in the north part of the town, the can-
ning of corn, apples, pears, squash, pumpkin and other vegetables.
They built an extensive plant, well fitted with machinery and ap-
pliances for this work, employing about forty or fifty hands, and
sent out an exceptionally fine product of canned goods. This busi-
ness they carried on successfully for ten years, when, owing to the
overstocked condition of the market, they suspended operations.
At Wayne village Mr. John M, Gott commenced a canning busi-
ness in 1891, and continued it for three years. These industries
were of benefit to the town, as they furnished the farmer with a
convenient market, and in the season of work gave employment to
quite a number of people.
The art of making the lucifer match was first introduced into
Wayne by a man named Schudder, from New York, who induced
Charles Allen and his two brothers to set up the business some
time in 1846. They continued the business about two years,
and then sold it to Palmer Richmond and .Jefferson Owen,
who lun the business about two years and then sold out
to Wm. J. W. Varnum, who continued it, but on a very
reduced scale, about eight years. During the first four years
they gave steady employment to four men to manufacture the
matches and six girls to do them up, ready for the market.
They put up from 15,000 to 18,000 per year, yielding some $6000
annually. But owing to the improvement in machiner}^ and other
facilities for making matches, coupled with an overcrowded market,
prices gradually shrank from 40 cents to 2.5 cents per gross, and
the profits consequently lessened. The goods manufactured here
were known as the split matches, and it was before the government
required a stamp on them. The matches were made of the best
pine lumber.
In the year 1892, Alfred B. Allen began at Wayne village the
business of making flags and awnings. He also combined with it
the business of decoration, and has made much more than a local
reputation in this, having decorated in many of the larger cities,
for notable gatherings in Boston, New York, Chicago and St,
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Louis. He also decorated at Augusta on the occasion of its cen-
tennial celebration.
Many of the minor industries of the town have not been noted in
detail, although each one helped to contribute to its prosperity, for
the reason that in most instances there were such frequent changes,
that to speak even briefly of them, would extend this account be-
yond a desirable length. In this connection, however, it may be
said with truth, that to a large degree, the varied industries of the
town well supplied the needs of the inhabitants.
The women of the town, also, were not behind their husbanus
and sons in enterprise, for our pioneer mothers were graduates of
the loom and wheel. They spun the shining flax and wove it in
dainty patterns for their choicest table and bed-linen, and in coarser
texture for common use, and their households, like the wise woman
of Proverbs, were clothed with warm garments of wool, woven and
fashioned by their own hands. Their deft fingers plaited straw for
hats and bonnets, bleached and pressed them, and with taste and
skill they employed the arts that adorn and beautify millinery and
dress making.
In closing this record it is a matter of pride that it plainly shows
that the inhabitants of the town have been noted for their industry,
skill and enterprise, for a sturdy independence, and a public spirit
that led them to desire to preserve and transmit, to their descend-
ants all the advantages of the goodly Iieritage which their fathers
secured.
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CHURCH HISTORY AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP,
The Methodist Episcopal Church. — The history of Maine Metho-
dism begau with the appointment of Rev. Jesse Lee* to Lynn and
the Province of Maine by the N. E. Conference, Aug. 1, 1793.
Lee arrived at Saco Sept. 6, 1793, on his first visit to this State,
and preached there on the 10th. After inspecting the country as
far east as Old Town, and west to Farmington, he says : ''After
viewing the country I thought the most proper place to form a
circuit would be on the west side of the Kennebec river." This
circuit was accordingly formed, extending from Hallowell to the
Sandy river and called theReadfield circuit. Of this circuit Wayne,
then called Pocasset, formed a part. Lee returned to Lynn the last
of October of the same year. At seventeen of the places which he
visited on this trip churches were established, which still remain.
Lee came to Maine again -Jan., 1794, and preached at Wayne, Feb.
14. Thus the first Methodist sermon was preached at Wayne, Feb.
14, 1794. He also visited many other places at this time. The
result of this visit was the establishing of fifteen churches which
still remain.
Philip Wager was appointed to Readfield circuit and was Wayne's
first Methodist preacher. Wager formed a class at Monmouth in
November, 1794, it being the first class formed in the Siate. The
second class was formed at Readfield, and another in Wayne the
same year. The New England Conference met at New London,
Conn., July 15, 1795 ; 19 ministers were present. The total mem-
bership of Maine was 318. Entire membership of the M. E. Church
in the United States was 60,291 ; preachers, 313. This Conference
appointed Enoch Mudge, and Elias Hull to the Readfield circuit.
The Quarterly Conference made the salary of the Presiding Elder
* .Jesse Lee was born in Virginia Marcli 12, 1758. His parents joined the Methodist
society in 1773 then formed under Robert Williams one of Wesley's preachers. In this
same year, Lee experienced in a marked degree the sense of pardoned sin. He began
to preach April 17, 1779. Received on trial May 6, 1783. In 1793 Lee had explored all
New England except the province of Maine.
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and the two preachers $34.17 per quarter. Distributed as follows,
Jesse Lee S2.17, E. Mudge S16, and E. Hull SI 6. Tlie Estimating
Committee were the preachers themselves. After this time the
salaries were estimated by a committee of the Stewards, when their
salaries were increased.
The Conference of 1796 appointed J. Broadbead and O. Stebbins
to the Readfield circuit. 1797, R. Yallalee and Joshua Taylor,
who also served as Presiding Elder ; 1798, Joshua Taylor and Jesse
Stoneman ; 1799, J. Broadhead and N. Emery; 1800, Epaphras
Kilby and Comfort Smith; 1801, Asa Heath and Oliver Beal ;
1802, Samuel Hillman and Joseph Snelling ; 1M03, Joseph Snelling
and Thomas Perry; 1804, Joseph Baker; 1805, W. Goodhue,
Aaron Humphrey and John Williamson ; 1800, D. Burgess and B.
F. Lombard; 1807, Henry Martin ; 1808, J. Spauldiug ; 1809, D.
Kilburn ; 1810, E. Huse and Caleb Fogg; 1811, Joseph Baker;
1812, Zachariah Gibson and T. F. Norris ; 1813, Cyrus Cummings
and David Hutchinson ; 1814, Samuel Hillman ; 1815, Daniel
Wentworth ; 1816, E. W. Coffin ; 1817, E. F. Newell ; 1818, Daniel
"Wentworth. At this date Mrs. Sallie Norris, then 8 years old, re-
members attending Sabbath School in the village school house,
located in the Josiah Norris field, which is now owned by Dr. F. L.
Chenery. Probably this school house was the place where all the
Methodist meetings were held previous to the completion of a church.
1819 and '20 Philip Munger was appointed t) the Readfield cir-
cuit. A Methodist Church was begun this latter year at Wayne.
The contract is dated Nov. 20, 1820, and is between John Morrison,
the builder, and John Morrison, Lutlier Sampson, Daniel Smith,
Woodin Norris, Jabez Besse, Cyrus Foss and Woodin Basse,
trustees. By said contract Morrison was to build a meeting house
30x40, 11^ feet post. He was to put up the frame, underpin the
house, joint and halve the boards on the walls, board and shingle
the roof, glass the whole house with 7x9 glass, lay a double floor
over the whole house, and procure enough plank for seating the
house for one hundred dollars. This house was built where the M.
E. Church now stands. According to the old bills, labor ranged
from 50 cents up to $1, the master-builder obtaining that sum.
Lumber ranged from 81.67 for timber to S6 for pine finishing lum-
ber. But nails were 10 cents per pound.
In 1821 Aaron Fuller was appointed to this field. The house
was probably finished during this year. 1822, G. Moody and Henry
True; 1823, Henry True and Caleb Fogg; 1824, Caleb Fogg and
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J. Atwell ; 1825, Benjamin Burnham ; 1826, Philip Ayer and Aaron
Sandei'sou ; 1827, M. Sanderson. Tliis year Wayne was set off
with Monmouth circuit. 1828, Oren Bent; 1821), Greengrove
Moore. A great revival occurred tliis year. 1830, D. Clark and
D. Crocket; 1831, M. Davis; 1832, W. Tripp and Orin Bent;
1833, David Stimsou ; 1834 and 1835. Benjamin Bryant ; 1836, Ezra
Whitue}'; 1837, John Allen, (Camp-meeting John); 1838, John
Allen and Obadiah ITuse ; 1839, 8. >S. Hunt and Isaac Downing;
184:0, Isaac Downing and R. H. Ford; 1841, Ezekiel Robinson;
1842 and 1843, Rufus Stinchfield. 1842 Wayne was separated from
Monmouth and appears in the minutes as a circuit. 1844, D.
Quimb}' ; 1845 and 1846, Caleb Fuller. During his pastorate the
church was rebuilt and made considerably larger at a cost of SHOO.
Elias B. Chandler was the contractor. 1847, C. C. Whitney; 1848,
William Wyman ; 1849, D. B. Randall was appointed to the Wayne
circuit including Wayne and North Wayne. He reports that the
Sunday School was very interesting. 1850, D. B. Randall was re-
appointed to this circuit. He reports a very interesting revival at
North Wayne. Some 30 persons were converted and reclaimed,
and about 20 joined the societ3^ He says, "We have also this year
linished and dedicated our beautiful chapel at North Wayne."
1851, David Copland was appointed to this circuit; 1852, R. J,
Ayer. He also went to Leeds. 1853, Theodore Hill; 1854 and '55,
James McMillan was preacher in charge ; 1854 Wayne was made a
station ; 1856 and '57, F. A. Crafts. On the evening of July 5,
1857, fire was discovered in a large pile of shavings which had been
dumped underneath the church floor. It was put out after a long,
desperate effort by the citizens. 1858, John Mitchell ; 1859, Cyrus
A. King; 1860, Asbury C. Trafton ; 1861 and '62, Ezekiel Smith ;
1863 and '64, William B. Bartlett. There was a good revival during
his term. 1865, '66 and '67, John M. Woodbury. During this pas-
torate 30 probationers were added to the church. In the year 1866
Holnian Johnson donated to the society the house now used as a
parsonage. It was repaired, a stable and woodshed built at a cost
of about $500. The ladies furnished the parsonage. About this
time the church was repaired and frescoed, and a furnace was put
into the basement to heat the house. The pulpit now in use was
made by Elias B. Chandler and presented to the church at this time
by him. 1868, James Armstrong was the preacher ; 1869 and 1870,
John Mitchell ; 1871 and '72, William H. Foster. In the fall of 1872
the horseshed was built. 1873, '74 and '75, E. K. Colby; 1876 and
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'77 Elbridge Gerry ; 1878 and '79, Sylvester Hooper. He held re-
vival services, aided by Kent's Hill students, and several were won
to Christ. 1880, '81 and '82, W. H. Foster. Through the efforts of
the Rev. Caleb Fuller the bell was bought and put into the belfry
in January, 1883. Weight of bell 1023 lbs., costS300. 1883 and
'84, John P. Cole; 1885 and '86, Onslow Stephens. The curtain
which hangs at the window between the church and vestry was
given by Mrs. Catharine Moulton, 1884. The Communion table
in front of the pulpit was bought and given by Daniel True in 1885.
In the fall of 1885 the house was carpeted and in February follow-
ing, the pews were cushioned. The carpet and cushions were bought
by the ladies of the society. Good results followed the labors of
Brother Stevens and twelve were added to the church on probation.
1887, '88 and '89, D. R. Ford. During this pastorate 12 were re-
ceived in full connection who were left probationers by Brother
Stevens. Twenty-two were converted, served their probation, and
joined in full connection. North Leeds was added to the circuit.
26 were converted, received on probation; 11 joined in full con-
nection from that place. 1890 and '91, J. R. Masterman ; 1892 and
'93, J. M. Woodbury. He leaves a record in which he makes
special mention of the spiritual power in the class-meetings. 1894,
H. L. Crockett. In the month of January of this year the Baptist
and Methodist united for a series of meetings. Frank H. Jones and
A. A. Allen of the Bailey Praying Band were engaged and labored
three weeks, which resulted in a blessed revival, which has been an
inspiration to the churches since. An Epworth League was formed
after these meetings. 1895, C. A. Laughton. In June of this
year the lightning struck the belfry of the church. The matter of
repairing the church was agitated early in this conference year, and
also the building of a vestry. Mr. P. F. Pike otfered to build a
vestry provided the society would make the necessary repairs on the
church, which offer was accepted. The funds were raised for re-
pairs on church by voluntary subscriptions instead of assessing the
pew owners as had been formerly done. A committee on repairs
was chosen by the trustees. Ur. F. L. Chenery, C. E. Wing,
William Clark, Mrs. J. A. Swift, and Mrs. Julia Bishop were con-
stituted that committee. P. F. Pike had the charge of the raising
of funds. The church was newly covered with iron roofing. The
outside was painted and the inside painted and frescoed, and many
other necessary repairs made. The church is now lighted by a
Finch rellector. A new entrance with portico was made at the
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center of the house. The house was re-opeued iu December, 1895.
Sermon by C. W. Gallagher. Several of the former pastors were
present and made remarks in the evening. In 1896 and '97, I). U.
Ford. A Church Roll Call and picnic dinner were held in the churcli
Dec. 1, 1897. Out of a meml)ershii) of 113, 85 responded to their
names ; (57 in person and bS ])y letter.
Church membership in 1897, ll;5; average membership for the
past fifty-five years, 108. Average salary of preachers for the same
period $-477.77. The average annual contribution of this church
toward the support of the Presiding Elders and Bishops, since 1873,
is $30.65 ; average annual collections for benevolences since 1848,
$40.04.
In the compilation of this account the writer has had the assist-
ance of Rev. D. R. Ford, and the free use of the old records pre-
served and kept by Mr. James Moulton.
The Baptist Church. — The Baptist church in Wayne was organized
Jan. 9, 1794. Jts first members were, Samuel Frost, Isaac Dexter,
James Lawrence, Richard Handy, Nathaniel Billington, Constant
Dexter, Ichabod Billington, Jr., Joseph Lawrence, David Perry
and Joanna Lawrence. In April of the same year the name of
Ichabod Billington was added to the list. It appears that religions
services had been held at different times for several years, but
services were held regularly during the most of the year of 1793,
which resulted in the organization of the churcli. Elder James
Potter of Bowdoin, a pioneer worker, was with the people in this
awakening of 1793, and baptized four converts Nov. 16th and two
Nov. 17th ; was present at the organization of the church, preached
the opening sermon and served as moderator of the session.
Lemuel Jackson of Sidney after the sermon baptized two converts
and served as a member of the council.
Millett in his "'History of Maine Baptists" says: "For many
years this feeble church was assisted and edified by occasional
preaching. Elders Potter, Jackson and Case were among them
frequently, and the Association did not forget them in the distribu-
tion of their voluntary supplies to the destitute. liy these aids the
church made a slow progress, obtaining an annual net increase for
a period of six years."
From April, 1794, to Dec. 1795, there were added seven to the
original eleven members. On Dec. 6, 1795, there was added to the
chui'ch a branch at Littleboro (now Leeds). Those added were
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David Lotlirop, Thomas P^rancis, Gideon Lane and Eleazer Carver,
baptized by Elder Potter. The natural leader of this branch was
Thomas Francis, who was converted as the result of his own read-
ing and reflections, the first person in town to confess Clirist. Not
willing to keep tlie message to himself, he assembled his friends and
neighbors, read the word, prayed, and related his religious expe-
rience from which gracious results followed. Aug. 5, 1797, he was
licensed by the church and on June 29, 1799, he was set apart by'
ordination as an "evangelist" in the barn of Gideon Lane. On the
15th of July, 1799, the church voted to receive him "as Elder and
Pastor." On the third Lord's day in June, 1800, the Leeds branch
was dismissed, and on July 2 was constituted into a church con-
sisting of sixteen members (lifteen of these were from Wayne) and
Mr. Francis was elect^ed their pastor, where he served till )S3"), and
was senior pastor till death. May 9, 1836.
After the dismissal of the Leeds branch in 1800 the membership
of the church was about twenty-five. Elder William (iodding from
Jay united with the church March 13, 1802, and served as pastor
four years, during which time thirteen were added to its member-
ship.
From 1806 to 1817 the church was without a pastor, and only
four were added to it, but one of these, Nathan Thomas, was
licensed, but not ordained, by the church wbicli was strengthened
by his ministry, 1rom 1817-19, and six were added to its member-
ship. There was no pastor of the church from 1820 to 1829, but
the church received additions nearly every year.
During the years 1829 and '30 a revival was promoted by Rev.
Ezra Going, who was received into the church as pastor Nov. 8,
1829. Thirty-five were added before the year closed, one of whom
is vSister Achsah Lawrence, baptized Nov. 22, the only one who
united at that time who is now a member. Elder Going up to and in-
cluding May 8th, baptized in 1830, twelve, of whom Thomas Wing
only lives. On that day. May 8th, Elder Going severed his
pastorate relations with the church. Two more members were
received during the year, making the membership in September,
1830, seventy-two, instead of twenty-five two years before.
Rev. T. B. Robinson was with the church early in 1831, and was
received to membership and recognized as pastor some months
later, and continued his service till June, 1835, during which time
fourteen members were received, the last of whom was Deacon
Thomas Wilson who came from Bowdoinhara, an earnest and
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helpful member, a man of means, who used it liberally for the ad-
vancement of the Master's work here as well as elsewhere. Sep-
tember, 1835, the church numbered sixty-eight.
Rev. D. P. Bailey served as pastor from early in l.SoG to Novem-
ber 11, 1S37, during which time there were added fourteen. The
report for September, 1837, credits the church with eighty members
the most at any one time till 1S86. From 1838 to 1841 unsuccess-
ful attempts were made to settle a pastor. Sapi)lies were obtained
for the most of the time. Efforts were made to retain Elder Bailey,
but in 1838 he had gone. Wilson C. Rider of Leeds supplied the
church considerably in 183!), and R. C. Starr in 1S40, at which
time the membership was seventy-four. Robert C. Starr served as
pastor from 1841 to 1843, under whom five were received by bap-
tism and three by letter. He united with the church in Sei)tember,
1841, lived with the people many years after the close of this pas-
torate, served the church as clerk from 1842 to 184.") and again
from 1848 to 1851, and was given a letter to unite witii the Baptist
church at Thomaston in 1859.
In 1844, Rev. Joshua Millett was settled as pastor. To him the
Baptists of Maine are indebted for his "History of Maine Baptists"
from which great help has been derived in the preparation of this
article. He was born in Leeds, ordained iti Charleston, Maine, in
1836, where he served us till 1838. He came here from Cherryfield
where he had served from 1838 to 1843. Here he served till com-
pelled by ill health to give up his work ; and here he died one
month later. Mar. 10, 1848. Under his ministrations seven were
added to the membership of the church. He held a warm place in
the hearts of the people.
Rev. Sam'l Boothby, licensed by the church in 1843 to serve the
Second Church in Livermore, served the church as pastor from 1848
till April, 1851, during which service thirteen were added. Carleton
Parker was called to the pastorate of the church March 13, 1852,
was ordained June 2, and served till August, 1856. Under him
thii'ty-seveu were added to the memt)ership. a net gain of twenty-
five, making the total at that time seventy-four. During his service
the church was repaired, and the benevolences of the church reached
a sum never before equaled.
Between this and the next pastorate Rev. Abraham Snyder, then
pastor at Leeds, supplied the church considerably. Efforts were
made to secure his labors as pastor but without success. Nov. 8,
1857, J. P. Chapin was called to serve as pastor, was ordained
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Dec. 16, and served till April, 1859. A. R. Crane, then a student,
supplied the pulpit with acceptance during the summer of 1859.
Rev. Gideon S. Smith, united with the church Jan. 7, 1860 ; re-
signed as pastor Mar. 6, 1864. He has returned to this beautiful
region to spend his last days and serves as the efficient Superinten-
dent of our Sunday School.
The next pastor was Rev. William Beavins, who served from
Jnne 11, 1865, until some time in 1867. During this period there
was a revival in the village in which an evangelist Edwin Burnham
assisted. Twelve were added to the church. After this Ihe church
had no regular pastor until 1870. During this time the church de-
pended upon supplies. H. L. Stt-tson, a student, recently president
of Des Moines College, in Iowa, spent the summer of 1869 with the
church with good results. On the 3d of October he gave the hand
of fellowship to five persons who were baptized by Father Carleton
Parker.
In the fall of 1870, Rev. S. S. Brownson began work with the
church, when the membership was sixty-six. When he closed in
1873 the membership was sixty-nine. He served at Leeds at the
same time, where there was quite a number of additions. After
leaving Wayne he served at Alna from 1874 until failing health
compelled him to resign in 1876. He moved to a farm in the spring
of 1877, preached his last sermon October 14, died from consump-
tion eight weeks later, Dec. 6, and was buried in Wayne Dec. 9,
1877. Rev. H. A. Libby supplied during the summer and fall of
1874 and baptized several candidates.
The next pastorate, and the longest in the history of the church,
was that of Rev. Abraham Snyder, who labored faithfully for ten
years, from 1875 to 1885. It was during this period that the church
building was burned and the present structure built. Earnest and
devoted in his work, Brother Snyder leaves the impress of his life
upon his people. Not only the new church but the prayer-meeting
which had for some time been given up, are the results of his efforts.
During his pastorate sixteen were received to membership ; some of
these are now our best helpers.
Rev. Erwin Dennett, who has since labored at Franklin and
Roslindale in Mass., and Brooklyn, N. Y., served as the next
pastor. The records show that this was a time of ingathering.
The period of service was a little more than one and one-half years,
1885-7, but, during that time, there were added to the church by
baptism twenty-three, by letter and experience eleven, a total of
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thirty-four, of whom thirteen are now members of the church.
Rev. J. R Herrick served as pastor during the years 1889 and
1890. Two were l)ai)tized by him and eleven were received bv
letter, but the monument to his efforts is the present parsonage.
With strong faith and determined effort, he inspired the people with
the belief that they were able to possess themselv.^s of this house,
and it was proved "according to your faitii be it unto you."
Rev. Geo. F. Jenkins served as pastor during the years 1891 and
92. Rev. Robert Scott of Leeds supplied tlie church considerably
during the season of 1893.
Rev. Judson B. Bryaut received a call to tiie pastorate in the
fall ot 1893, and has served since Dec. 'iOth to the present,
1897. A Y. P. S. C. E. was organized April 3, 1894, which
have grown to a membership of 4.5, and has done good work.
The Centennial of the church was observed with appropriate ex-
ercises Aug. 9, 1894. The benovelences of the church have
prohabl}' never been exceeded.
The members received into the church since its organization
are a few less than four hundred (385). Probably at no one time
has there been one hundred living meml)ers, though in 1889 there
were reported one hundred and four. Tlie present membership
is 83. There have served as deacons in the order named, Isaac
Dexter chosen Feb. 11, 1795; Constant Dexter. Nov. 13. 1806;
Freeman Dexter, Sept. 25, 1830; Thomas Wilson, Sept. 11,
1841 ; Amasa Dexter, May 10, 1845 ; Arcidius Pettengill, May 12,
1849 ; William E. True, July 9, 1866 ; Francis Dexter, Mar. 9,
1867; John M. Gott, Nov. 1, 1890; Fred W. Small, of whom
W. E. True and F. W. Small are now serving in that office.
There have served as clerks, Ebenezer Mason, Abisha Sturte-
vant, Samuel King, Freeman Dexter, Samuel Brown, Abijah
Crane, Samuel Boothby, Robert C. Starr, Nathaniel B. Frost,
James B. Turner, Arcadius Pettengill, Freeman Manter, William
E. True and Wallace C. Tribou of whom W. E. True is the
present clerk. Five members of this church have gone forth into
the work of the gospel ministry. The first was Stephen Dexter,
the first person who united with the church after the original
eleven. He was dismissed to Harlem (now China) in June, 1798,
preached by license for a few years in Fairfax (now Albion)
was their pastor from 1809-19; from 1820-2 was pastor of First
Palermo; from 1822-32 was pastor at Corinth ; died \n 1836. Of
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the second, Thomas Francis, mention has been made in connection
with the Leeds branch.
Nathan Thomas the third wlio served at Wayne as licentiate, was
ordained at Albion in 1826 where he served as pastor until 1834.
The fourth was Rev. Henry V. Dexter, D. D., a biographical sketch
of whom is given in the second chapter of this book. The fifth,
Rev. Samuel Hoothby, was baptized on Dec. 20, 1829, by Rev.
Sam'l Fogg. Served as Church Clerk from l8o7 to 1842, was
licensed Sept. 7, 1.S40, and was ordained pastor of the Second
Livermore Church in 1848. Was pastor at Wayne fiom 1848 to
1851.
There have been ordained by the church as pastors, Thomas
Francis, June 26, 17'J!» ; Carleton Parker, June 2, l.s,52 ; and J. P.
Chapin, Dec. 16, 1867.
For twenty-eight years the churcli was without any house of wor-
ship, the services being held in private houses and at the school-
houses. In 1.S18 Isaac Dexter began to gather material for a meet-
ing house, and the frame was raised Aug. 8, lis20. The house was
dedicated June 7, 1823, as a union house, and cost $3000. The
steeple was a model of »St. Paul's in London, and was nearly 100
feet high. It took some fifteen years for the Baptists to obtain full
control of the lioiise. In 1854 it was remodeled at a cost of some
S800. The church was greatly improved. In 1871, a vestry was
built at a cost of about $400, including furnishings. In 1878, a
fence was built inclosing house and lot at a cost of $100. In 1879,
a horseshed was constructed at a cost of about $200. At two or
more times, lightning struck the spire, once starting a small fire
which was discovered and put out without doing much damage.
The church was burned May 14, 1879. Action was at once taken
to rebuild. The total cost was $2100, besides what was saved
from the old house. The pews were bid off Nov. 19, 1879, but Feb.
21, 1880, it was voted ''to make the pews of the house free." The
house cost the earnest efforts and sacrifices of those interested, and
stands to-day, a structure whose description is best given by itself.
The question of parsonage was agitated a long time before one
was secured. Sept. 8, 1832, a committee was chosen to devise
some method to build Elder Robinson a house. A house was ob-
tained, but it belonged to Mr. Robinson. The church was given the
opportunity to purchase it, but failed to raise the requisite sum, and
when Mr. Robinson moved away it was sold by him. Again in
January, 1839, it was voted to raise a committee to purchase a
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parsonage, and again in September, 1865, "voted to raise a com-
mittee of three to ttscertain if we can raise funds to buy or build a
parsonage." March 31, 1866, a parsonage was bought for $900.
This was sold for the same amount in 1875 or '76, and the money
invested, but when the church was burned (187i)), $800 of this was
put into the new church. The balance was kept on interest and
used later toward tlie purcliase of tlie present parsonage. In 1889
the present parsonage was bought, costing about $1000 ; towards
which the convention aided $2.")().
The church has always manifested a substantial interest in the
benevolences of the day. Probably since the organization of the
church the yearly average for benevolences has not been far
from $-2o. In IS.^5 they reached $73 ; in 1857, $85; 1896, $85.
In time of need she has received hel[) from the convention
and from individuals. Deacon Thomas Wilson did not wait until his
death, but while living gave liberally for every good work, helped
purchase pews by whicli the Bai)tists gained control of the church,
assisted liberally toward the first parsonage, and at his death in
1868, lie left to the church $1000, a portion to be used toward
building a vestry and a fence about the lot, and $500 was to be used
as a ministerial fund, the interest only of which was to be used
toward the support of preaching. That sum has since been in-
creased by other gifts, as follows : in 1874, Allan Wing $200 ; in
1876, Mrs. Alice Besse $100 ; Lewis Dexter $100 ; and in 1894 by
Mrs. Kate M. Stevens now of Chicago, $100, so that the fund now
amounts to $1000. Of this ministerial fnnd, W. E. True and G.
W. Walton are the trustees.
We have had three church bells. The first was purchased about
1845, weighing some 840 pounds, and costing over $200. Becoming
cracked, it was exchanged for one taken l)y Gen. B. F. Butler at
New Orleans as contraband of war. As this weighed less than 600
pounds we received a difference of a few dollars. This was in 1862.
The present one was bought of i)arties in Canton in 1880, for
$25.00. We have had three musical instruments. A melodeon
bought before 1849 ; a seraphine in 1856 ; an organ in December,
1880.
The Free- Will Baptist Church. — In accordance with a request
of a number of brethren in the town of Wayne at the January session
of the Bowdoin Quarterly Meeting, held in Wales, a committee was
appointed to visit those brethren, and if they should think expedient,
to organize a church in that place. On the 18th of Jan. 1831, a
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majority of said committee met the brethren in conference meeting
held at the school house on Beach Hill in Wayne. At the close of
the meeting a request was made for all those who wished to be or-
ganized into a church to manifest it by rising. F'ourteen arose,
seven males and seven females. They were questioned in regard to
their views of doctrine and discipline and it was found that this
company agreed in sentiment with the people known as Free-Will
B iptists. Five of these, viz : John Berry, George Foss, Charles
Gott, Esther Berry and Patience Gould, were members of the Free-
will Ba|)tist cluirch of Leeds. Daniel Ridley and Mary Ridley
were members of the Free- Will Baptist church in Fayette. Samuel
Gould, Stephen Morey, Richard Berry, Ruth Gould, Sally Berry
and Betsey Ridley were from the Methodist society in Wayne. On
the day following, a meeting was held in tlie Baptist meeting-house
in Wayne village. Elder Silas Curtis preached a discourse from
Isaiah 10, 21, from which the speaker endeavored to present the
sentiments of the Free- Will Baptist. The fourteen mentioned above
then came forward in the broad aisle, joined hands, and entered in-
to fellowship, to watch over each other and walk together in church
fellowship. Taking the scriptures as their only rule of faith, they
received the right hand of fellowship from Elder Curtis as a church
in the Free-Will Baptist connection. Stephen Morey was chosen
clerk. The conference meetings were held the third Saturday of
each month, and an extra meeting was held nearly every month.
The members of the church were well united. Love and union pre-
vailed. At the conferences there was witnessed a good degree of
the Divine presence. Each member came forward and related the
exercise of his mind. Elder Curtis met with them in the most of
their meetings and occasionally preached to them. John Berry was
their lirst deacon, and Charles Gott and Richard Berry were the
first messengers to the Quarterly Meeting.
This church did a good work for fifteen years. There were fre-
quent additions. The whole number of members recorded is eighty.
Elders John Chaney, O. W. Bridges, Nathaniel Purington and
Clement Phinney occasionally visited the church and preached.
Elder Franklin Morrel served the church as pastor three years,
closing his labors in 1844. Most of the meetings were held at the
Beach Hill school house, but some were held in private houses and
barns and occasionally at the^Baptist meeting house. Charles Gott
was clerk of the church during the mosi of the time of its existence.
The temperance sentiment in the church was strong. Two of its
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members were called in question for voting for a man who sold
ardent spirits.
In 1847-8 raan}^ of its members moved away, some died, and
others took letters to join sister churches. There seems to have
been a general breaking up and here the record closes. How long
the church existed after this we do not know.
A F'ree-Will Baptist church was organized in 1840, in the barn
owned by Ephraim and Josiah Norris, the father and grandfather
of Melviu Norris tlie present owner. Isaac Frost and Nathaniel
Puringtou assisted in the organization of the church, which after-
wards was known as the Wayne and Winthropc hurch. A meeting-
house was erected on the line between Wayne and Winthrop.
Benjamin Lombard, who had been a prominent member of the
Beech Hill church, united with this church, and preached for them
a part of the time. Rufus Berry and John Lowell were the deacons.
Their meeting house was burned sometime between 1850-52. About
this time an effort was made to unite the members of this and what
remained of the Beech Hill church. A house was built at Wayne
village in 1851, and in February 1852 a church was organized, with
nine members, viz : Benjamin Lombard, Rufus Berry, Fannie
Berry, Charles Gott, Annie Gott, Bradbury Sylvester, Mary Moul-
ton, Louisa Gardner and Betsey Copps. The right hand of fellow-
ship was given by Rev. John Stevens who became their pastor.
Rufus Berry and Charles Gott were the first deacons, and Bradbury
Sylvester the first clerk. Mr. Stevens was pastor till October,
1854. He held a warm place in the hearts of the people. Quite
a number united with the church during his pastorate. In April,
1855, Rev. George W. Gould became pastor and remained about
four years. During his pastorate the church increased in numbers
and strength. Rev. Hiram Whitcher preached here a part of a
year, after which G. J. Abbot was pastor for two years. In Sep-
tember, 1864, Rev. G. W. Gould commenced a second pastorate
and continued till January, 1868. As in his former pastorate, the
church made a gain while he was with them, and at this time num-
bered about 60. Rev. O. Pitts was the next pastor. After a short
pastorate Mr. Pitts left for a larger field of labor. In August,
1868, Rev. Josiah Keen became pastor of the church and labored
one year and four months.
During these years there were some additions, but a general fall-
ing off was noticeable, and after Mr. Keen closed his labors in Novem-
ber, 1870, the church had no settled pastor. The parsonage was
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sold in March, 1873, and the meeting house was sokl to the district
to be remodeled for a school house and is still used by tlie town for
that purpose.
Some of the members united with the Main Street F. B. Church
of Lewiston, quite a number united with the Methodist cluirch in
Wayne, but in later years a larger number united with the Baptist
church. R. Berry, Charles Gott and Robert Bangs served the
church as deacons ; B. Sylvester, A. M. Stetson and Asa Hutchin-
son held the office of clerk. The last records of the church were
written May 31, 1873, by B. Sylvester.
Note : — AVhile the building that is now used as a school house was
used as a meeting house, the basement was finished for a school-
room and a very successful high school was taught in it for a num-
ber of years. E. H. Libby a prominent member of the F. B.
church was the first teacher and was followed by A. R. Dickinson,
J. E. Pierce, G. W. Walton and others. The room was also often
used for singing schools.
Religious'Wor ship in North Wayne. — The history of religious wor-
ship in the north part of the town commences almost with its first
settlement. Somewhere about the year 1800, Rev. Comfort C. Smith
a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, bought a tract of land
on the hill vvhere Cyrus Ladd now lives and erected his house and
barn which are still standing. He carried on his large farm and
also a saw mill on the stream ; but while thus diligent in secular
affairs, he did not neglect his Master's business, but gathered the
people together on Sunday for worship. Of their earliest meeting-
place we have no record. Possibly it might have been the kitchen
of his own roomy house. Rev. Mr. Smith was a native of Massa-
chusetts, a man of culture and ability, and a citizen of prominence
in his adopted town.
Somewhat later we learn that a building which stood just beyond
the house where Roswell E. Morrill now lives, was occupied as a
school house. Services were held here for several years and Rev.
Daniel Jones, a minister who resided in the village, also preached
here in conjunction with Mr. Smith. Prayer meetings were also
held at adjoining farm houses. About the year 1835, a brick school
house was erected in the village, and here religious services were
held until the church was built. Among the preachers at this time
are recalled the names of Rev. Daniel Weutworth, Rev. James
Cumner, Rev. Caleb Fuller, Dr. Webber of Kent's Hill and others.
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The rapid increase in the popnhition, owing to the large business
done by the "North Wayne Scythe Company," made the erection of
a cluirch an imperative necessity. Accordingly in 1849 a meeting
of citizens was lield and the following persons were appointed
"Trustees of the North Wayne Chapel," Josiah F. Taylor, Lowell
Sanborn, Charles A. Williams, Elias S. Young and Elisha Graves.
Reuben B. Dunn in behalf of the North Wayne Scythe Company
conveyed by deed to the above trustees, a lot of land situated in the
village of North Wayne, on which to build a church. During this
year the trustees found themselves unable to build, l)ut in February,
1850, Rev. Daniel B. Randall the preacher in charge, Josiah F.
Taylor and Reuben B. Dunn were appointed a committee who, as
the records of the church read, "should cause to be built and fin-
ished, at North AVayue, a house or place of religious worship, for
the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to be held by trustees
for a house of w^orship according to the usage and discipline of the
Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America, and
said house is to be built in a good, substantial, workmanlike man-
ner, and finished in one year from date, or by the first of March,
1851." The record further shows that this committee promptly
and faithfully fulfilled their duty at the time appointed, Mr. Sal-
mon Turner of East Livermore being the architect.
After the completion of the building, the committee before named
with two "disinterested individuals" whose names are not given in
the record, appraised and aflfixed the price of the pews, and gave
the deeds to the purchasers. In the list of purchasers appear many
familiar names, but nearly all of them have now exchanged the
church militant for the church triumphant.
In May, 1851, came the event of greatest interest to those who
had planned and executed this enterprise, as well as to the people
generally, the dedication of the church. Well might they rejoice
and take pride in it, for it was a fair and stately building. A large
audience room fitted up with fine altar furniture, carpets and hand-
some chandelier, a beautiful Bible the gift of the women of the
village, a fine organ presented by the Ladies' Circle, all helped to
render it attractive to the eye, and satisfy those who had given
freely of their means toward its erection. Below, in the basement,
was a commodious vestry, neatly fitted with settees, reading desk, &c.
A smaller room was fitted for the fine library which Reuben B. Dunn
presented to the workmen and citizens of the village, which is still
in good preservation, an impressive object lesson of a generous,
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kindly deed. Last, but not least in the attractions of the new church,
was the sweet-toned bell, the gift of Josiah F. Taylor, which still
rings out its familiar peal.
Of the exercises at the dedication, it has been necessar}' to rely
upon the memory of those present to give account. The pastor
Rev. Daniel B. Randall offered the dedicatory prayer ; Rev. William
Farrington preached the sermon, and a fine choir rendered appro-
priate selections. A large audience was i)resent, with many neigh-
boring ministers, among them Rev. Ezekiel Robinson and Dr. Torsey
of Kent's Hill. At this time the membership was large. It is not
possible to give the exact number, as it was included with that of
Wayne, when returned to Conference. There was also connected
with the church a flourishing Sunday school, having a large library.
For many years this continued to be a strong and growing church,
but with the decline of the scythe business and the removal of the
employees, many of whom were its staunchest supporters, its
strength declined. Still for the greater part of the time, preachiug
has been sustained in part, Sunday school carried on, and other re-
ligious services maintained. The students of the Maine Wesleyan
Seminary have been of much help in these services ; some of those who
came down to assist as beardless boys, have become famous preach-
ers. Of these we recall Rev. J. Roscoe Day, Chancellor of Syra-
cuse University, as well as many others.
It is proof how substantially this church was built, to add that
the only important repairs were made in the year 1881 when about
two hundred dollars were raised for that purpose among the citizens,
the late Ex-Governor Bodwell, at that time president of the North
Wayne Tool Company, generously giving fifty dollars. With this
amount the audience room was thoroughly renovated, and the
church painted. After the completion of these repairs, special
services were held appropriate to the occasion. Rev. John P. Cole,
pastor, preaching a very fitting sermon.
Concerning this church it may be farther said, that though built
in the interests of the Methodist denomination, it has always exem-
plified the christian grace of charity, and has never refused to open
its doors to any who sincerely believe in the Supreme Being who is
the God and Father of us all.
PUBLIC LIBRARY
ASTOR, LENOX AND
TILDEN FOUNDATION'S.
WILLISTON JENNINGS.
CHAPTER V.
THE town's military IIISTOUY — THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE
STORIES OF THE MILITIA AND THE OLD-FASHIONED MUSTERS — REC-
ORD OP THE TOWN IN THE CIVIL WAR, WITH LIST OF SOLDIERS.
"PROMINENT in the military, as well as in the civil history of
-■■ Wayne, appears the Wing family. On Wayne's military roll
of honor the name of Wing is often found recorded. They were
descended from a martial ancestry. As far back as 1485, Theo-
dore Wing received the knightly accolade from the hand of King
Henry VII, of England. In Burke's General Armory of Great
Britain, is described in heraldry, "The Wing Armour, County of
Rutland." Over the monogram of Wing appears the coat of arms.
A shield is embossed with these Arms : '■^ Per pale, argent and vert,
(silver and green) a maunch^ or loose sleeve, counter-changed :"
and surmounted by this Crest: '■'■A matmch per pale, argent and
vert between two wings united by a silk wreath or bandeau." These
were, as stated in true heraldic history, "the Arms of Wing, as
borne by Sir Theodore Wing, Lord Warden of the Wastes and
Liveries to King Henry VII."
John Wing, the chief progenitor of the Wing family in America,
came to Saugiis (now Lynn, Mass.,) in 1632, with his wife Deborah,
her father, the Rev. Stephen Batchelder, and others. Mr. Wing,
with nine others, joined the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony and locat-
ed at Sandwich, Cape Cod, Barnstable County. Their land was
laid out by John Alden and "Miles Standish, the Puritan Captain."
Dr. Moses Wing, son of Simeon of Sandwich, Mass., who came to
Wayne in 1782, was a remarkable man and had an eventful career.
From tradition, from authentic history and from official records at
Washington, D. C, the following events and incidents are gleaned.
At the early age of sixteen he ran away from his Sandwich home, with
intent to join the army of the Revolution. His father went after him
to bring back the runaway, but Moses, staying at a wayside inn,
safely hid from discovery, eluded his father's search, and escaped
capture. He commenced service Jan. 1, 1776, in the continental
70 HIS TOBY OF WAYNE.
army, as a driimmer boy, in the artillery, company of Capt. Dimond,
regiment of Col. Knox, At the battle of Flatbush, Long Island,
while doing his duty among the musicians detailed to take care of
the wounded, he was struck by a cannon ball and lost his left leg.
He was in several hospitals and was discharged at Fishkill, N, Y,
He served on board several Continental armed vessels and privateers,
as surgeon's mate and surgeon. Besides this surgical practice in
the navy, he also served in the same capacity in the Boston hospital
and in Col. Samuel Goff's Massachusetts regiment. He was honor-
ably discharged in March, 1782, at Falmouth, Maine. So he had
nearly seven years' service in the Revolutionary War. He taught
school and practiced medicine awhile in Winthrop. He was the
oldest of the Wing brothers, the seven sons of Simeon, who were
among the first settlers of New Sandwich, afterwards Wayne, He
was noted as a successful physician and was well skilled in surgery.
He was the first town clerk mentioned in the annals of the town and
served in that capacity for eighteen years. He was noted as a man
of sound judgment and strict integrity. He had the complete con-
fidence of his fellow citizens. When his brothers had difficulties to
be adjusted or disputes to be settled, they always chose Dr. Moses
as umpire and abode by his decision. Late in life he was a Revo-
lutionary pensioner and died in 1837 full of years and honors.
Some aged people, now living, remember well how, in his wide
country practice, he rode on horseback with the old-time saddle-
bags, and also how he went on the offside of his horse to mount in
order to swing his wooden leg over the horse's back. A story is re-
lated of him, as follows : His brother William was sick and dis-
couraged and could not be roused from his despondency. Dr.
Moses, while sitting beside his sick brother on the trunk of a tree
that leaned from the bank far out over the Wing Pond, by a quick
and dextrous movement of his foot, tipped the unsuspecting William
over backwards into the water. This involuntary plunge bath gave
such a sudden shock to the invalid's nervous system that he experi-
enced a speedy recovery from his illness. The salutary effects of
such heroic treatment by an old school doctor were just about as
miraculous as the faith cures and Christian Science healings of these
later days.
Samuel Jennings, one of the pioneers of Wayne, in the time of
the Revolutionary War, came, with his father John Jennings, of
Sandwich, Mass., and staked out a claim on the peninsula between
the AYing and Lovejoy Ponds, They felled some trees and went
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back home. The next spring Samuel came down again, boarded
with Job Fuller, and changed works with Ebeuezer Wing. They
burned and planted but had bad luck. Samuel became discouraged
and returned to old Sandwich once more. The next spring his
father wanted him to go down east the third time but Samuel clan-
destinely left home, went to Plymouth and thence to Boston and
enlisted on board a privateer. His father, having royalist tenden-
cies, was much displeased, and went after him to bring him back,
but finally relented and said to the Yankee skipper, "Whip him;
make a good sailor of him." Samuel made the cruise and re-
turned to Boston on the privateer's third prize. Then he went back
to old Sandwich and in the following spring joined his father and
brother in Maine.
Col. Nathaniel Fairbanks was born in Dedham, Mass., July 15,
1754. He first came to Pondtown, Me., in 1767. There was then
"no road, only a line of spotted trees between this settlement and
the Kennebec River." He went "to the westward" in the spring of
1769, and came back in November, 1774, The town was then in-
corporated by the name of Winthrop and had a large population.
Immediately upon the news of the battle of Lexington, Nathaniel
Fairbanks and eighteen other young men went to provincial head-
quarters at Cambridge, Mass., ready to take up arms in defence of
their country. Mr. Fairbanks was in Capt. Samuel McCobb's com-
pany of Col. John Nixon's Regt. He was in Arnold's expedition up
the Kennebec, across the wilds of Maine. He took part in the
siege of Boston and served six weeks after the term of his enlist-
ment expired. In Winthrop he lived in the Metcalf neighborhood,
one of the social and political centres of the town. Here in 1 778 he
built a house that is still standing. In this mansion he entertained
in state Talleyrand, the diplomat, once Napoleon's prime minister,
and with him the Duke of Orleans, afterwards Louis Philippe, when
these distinguished personages were on a tour of this country in
1794. Gov. Hancock gave Mr. Fairbanks a Captain's commission
in 1788, and he was the first militia officer of Winthrop to receive
the commission and rank of Colonel. He held, at times and in turn,
nearly all the civil offices of the town. He represented Winthrop in
the General Court at Boston, Mass., nine years. He was a delegate
to the convention held at Portland in 1794. He was a fluent
speaker, a good conversationalist and story-teller, a pleasing pre-
siding officer in public meetings, a man of sound judgment and
much executive ability. His grandchildren loved to listen to his nar-
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ratives of huutiug exploits in the old pioneer days. He moved to
Wayne in 1814, and was an able actor and adviser in town affairs.
His first wife was Susanna, daughter of Dr. Joseph Metcalf of Wreu-
tham, Mass. For his second wife he married Lydia Ciiipman, a lineal
descendant of Pilgrim John Howland. Mr. Fairbanks died in
Wayne Mar. 27, 1838. His wife survived him and lived in AVayne
drawing a Revolutionary War pension till her death Aug. 23, 1855.
Jabez Besse was a soldier of the Revolution who lived a long
time in Wayne. He was noted as a hunter and a fisherman. He
was a dead shot, and often brouglit down his game "on the run or
on the fly." His marksmanship was as sure as tliat of the famous
Berdan sharj) shooters. When apples were thrown up in the air he
would no more fail to pierce them with bullets from his unerring
rifle than would the renowned Buffalo Bill to shatter the glass balls
used as flying targets in the Wild West Show. The loDn, that most
difficult of all birds to kill, that will dive at the flash and dodge the
bullet, he would frequently shoot in the water or on the wing. He
paddled his rude dug-out canoe over the surface of the picturesque
Wing Pond, and knew full well the many coves and inlets, the deep
holes and sly nooks, where the hidden and wary fish could be tempt-
ed to bite at the baited hook. He was so agile and active, so spry
and quick-motioned, that he bore the nick-name of "Cat-Nimble
Jabe." His natural quickness of movement was oftentimes of
service to Catty Jabe in his hunting and fishing expeditions. He
never tired of telling his exploits with rod and gun and of pointing
with pride to the walls of his cabin adorned with the trophies of his
skill. He was a fine singer with a most melodious voice. This
musical talent made him welcome on all occasions. Old and young
listened with rapt attention to the sweet tones of his voice swelling
forth in song. Once, when his boat was capsized, he came up
under it and sang. He said it seemed like heavenly music sound-
ing in his ears. Two anecdotes are told at the expense of Old Jabe.
An old lady who lived near by looked out of her window and saw a
big black bear on her woodpile. She notified neighbors who started
in pursuit, Cat-Nimble Jabe among the rest. He, like a born
hunter, kept bravely to the front, bound to be "in at the death."
At dusk some wags in the crew "put up a job" on the old man.
They fired a few shots over his head. He was much frightened.
He yelled and screamed in terror and during the remainder of the
hunt kept prudently in the rear, doubtless deeming "discretion the
better part of valor." One morning his son was going to convey
HIS TO BY OF WAYXE. 73
him to Augusta to di'aw his pension. The horse was ballvy, at first,
and then started suddenly. The chimsy veteran, who weighed
about 200 lbs. avoirdupois, was tlirown backwards, heels overhead,
into the bottom of the wagon, "with more force than grace." In
this awkward attitude and helpless condition, the once Nimble Jabe
looked as if he surely deserved a pension.
Matthias Redlon, the eldest son of Matthias and his wife, Rachael
Edgecomb, was born in Saco, Feb. 4, 1749 ; married by Rev. John
Fairfield of Saco, Sept. 6, 1772, to Elizabeth Field. He settled in
Saco. He was corporal in the company of Capt. Jeremiah Hill, of
Biddeford, which belonged to the Thirtieth Regiment of Massachu-
setts Foot-Cxuanis, commanded by Col. James Scammon of the Rev-
olutionary army. He was one of the soldiers drafted to go in
Arnold's expedition to Quebec, Canada, by way of the Kennebec
and Chaudiere Rivers ; was in the expedition to Ticonderoga and
Crown Point in the company of Capt. Jabez Lane ; his enlistment
in the department was dated May 3, 1775. He sold his lands in
Saco and Buxton in 1815, and removed to Wayne, Kennebec
County, where his sons hat settled in 1814. His first wife died in
Saco, and he married a widow named Dorcas Williams, whose
maiden name was Carter, by whom he had five children, in addition
to the six children by his first wife. His children in Wayne changed
the spelling of their names to Ridley after their removal to Wayne,
but two of his sons who settled in Hollis, Me., and Clarendon Vt.,
held the name of Redlon, and their descendants so continue to this
day. He died at the home of a daughter in the town of Turner in
1840, at the age of 91 years, and was buried in the family cemetery
in Wayne, near the brick house built by his grandson Daniel Ridley.
To procure a list of residents of Wayne, who were in the Revolu-
tionary War, is a difficult matter. More is learned about the veter-
ans of that war from the recollections of those now living, than
from any military rolls or records extant. The following are names
of Wayne Revolutionary pensioners, as far as has been ascertained,
after diligent inquiry : Dr. Moses Wing, Jabez Besse, Samuel Jen-
nings and Nathaniel Fairbanks have elsewhere been mentioned.
Sam'l Frost enlisted in Mass., died in Wayne, Oct. 27, 1823. His
widow, Patience, married a Mr. Billington and was living in Wayne
in 1835. William Thompson enlisted in Falmouth, died in Wayne
Nov. 28, 1833. Joanna, his widow, was living in Wayne in 1835.
In 1840, John Smith was a Revolutionary pensioner living in Wayne
at the age of 83. Jabez Besse's age at the same date was 75.
74 HISTOBY OF WAYNE.
Three widows, viz : Lydia Fairbanks, 74 years old ; Keziah Burgess,
80 years of age ; and Bertha Weeks, aged 78, were drawing pen-
sions in Wayne in 1843. Old residents remember Alpheus Lane,
pjbenezer Besse, James Churchill and Isaac Billiugtou as soldiers
of the Revolution. On a sheet of paper, yellow with age, and
folded into a letter, sealed with a wafer in the style of former days,
post-marked Augusta, Sept. 22, and franked by R. C. Vose and
directed to Col. Ellis Sweet, now at Winthrop, appears written, in
fine but plain chirography, the following message :
Augusta, Sept. 22, 1823.
Dear Sir: I have succeeded in establishing the claim of Joseph Kich-
ards of Wayne to a pension for his services in the Eevolutionary War. I
have this day settled with him for his pension due from the 4th of March,
1823, the date of its commencement, to the 4th of September inst.
Mr. Kichards, no doubt, had a good claim to a pension and ought to have
been placed on the list in the spring of 1816, but he never applied to me
until December last, when he was brought forward by (Japt. Fuller.
I am respectfully your obedient servant,
To Col. Ellis Sweet. ROBERT C. VOSE.
Richard Jackman enlisted in Ipswich, Mass., and was living in
Wayne in 1835, and drawing a pension for services in the Revolu-
tionary War. Of him and his wife this story is told. Both had
been to some military parade. Jackman, as was his wont, having im-
bibed rather too freely, became hilarious and uproarious in his patriotic
enthusiasm. His better half, though somewhat exhilarated, yet
carried a much more level head than her si)ouse. With a stern ex-
pression of countenance and a voice loud and harsh, she addressed
him as follows : "Richard, I'm ashamed of you ; if there's a dozen
more Fourth of July's this year, you shan't go to one of them. —
There now."
Job Fuller, Wayne's first settler, was also one of the first cap-
tains in the old town militia. His wife was Elizabeth Wing, daugh-
ter of Simeon, and sister of the seven Wing brothers, early settlers
of New Sandwich. He and his wife traveled all the way from old
Sandwich, on Cape Cod, lo this place, the last part of the way
through the wilderness, guided by spotted trees. They were the
first white inhabitants of the town. At the close of the first season
they made a cache, hid their effects from the Indians and visited
their old Sandwich home. Mrs. Wing was the first white woman
who went by line of spotted trees from Wayne to Lewiston. It is
stated that Capt. Job Fuller, at the raising of the first Congrega-
HISTORY OF WAYNE.
75
tionalist meeting house in Wintlirop, stood on the ridge-pole of the
church, and, as was the custom, drank the libation of liquor that
was always offered on such occasions, in the good old days. Col.
Ellis Sweet of Wayne married a daughter of Capt. Job. Fuller.
Col. and Mrs. Sweet lived a while with Capt. Fuller's folks. They
then moved to Wayne village and the Colonel engaged in business
there. Later they removed to Farmington.
In the year 1814, the Fourth Regiment, First Brigade, Eighth
Division of Maine Militia, was In service at Wiscasset, Bath and
vicinity. Of this Regiment, Ellis Sweet of Wayne, was Lieutenant-
Colonel-Commandant and Moses Wing, Jr., also of Wayne, was
Major. The following is the Roll of one Company raised in Wayne
and in service in Lieut. Col. Sweet's Regiment :
Jacob Haskell, Captain. William Burgess, Lieutenant.
Levi Roberts, Ensign.
SERGEANTS.
William Knight,
Jesse Bishop,
Eliakim Foss,
Gustavus Foss.
MUSICIANS. CORPORALS.
Asa F'oss, drummer, Warren Crocker,
Joshua Norris, fifer. James Wing,
Asa Tapley,
James Burgess.
Nath'l Atkins, Jr.,
Job Billington,
Sylvanus Blackwell,
Elisha Burgess,
Woodin Besse,
Samuel Dinsmore,
Noah Frost,
Robert Erskine,
Samuel Felch,
George Foss.
PRIVATES.
Samuel Gould,
Levi (xould,
William Gott, Jr.,
Samuel Jennings, Jr
Lewis Jennings,
Henry Jennings,
Dennis Jenkins,
Jacob Judkins,
Frauds Knight,
Jacob Maxim.
Grafton Norris,
Daniel Ridley,
Samuel Ridley,
, Matthias Ridley,
Joseph Wallis,
Lewis Williams,
Obed Wing,
Calvin Wins;.
In this connection it may be mentioned that Mrs. Keziah Burgess,
mother of Lieut. William, was anxious that her son should have a
good outfit for the campaign. As the time was limited she employ-
ed the help of some neighboring women. The cloth was woven and
the uniform of army blue was made and ready before the company
started from home. A proud sou of a patriotic mother was Lieut.
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HISTORY OF WAYNE.
Win. Burgess as he wore his bright new uuiforiu ou that hasty
march to the sea shore.
One of the soldiers under Capt. Haskell was Ebenezer Besse.
On the march they passed a farm house where some good-looking
young women came out to view the soldiery. A comrade asked
Besse which one he would choose. He pointed to a particular
damsel. "I will take that one," said he. The farmer invited the
company to stop and treated them with food and drink. Besse got
acquainted with the young lady of his choice. She afterwards be-
came the wife of her "gallant soldier lad." Romances .in real life
frequently have a like result.
The following is the Roll of another Company raised in Wayne
and in service in Lieut. Col. vSweet's Regiment :
Ebenezer Norris, Lieutenant.
SERGEANTS.
Amasa Dexter,
Seth Billington,
Benjamin Norris.
CORPORALS.
Samuel Besse,
Allen House,
Samuel Wing,
Elisha Besse.
MUSICIANS.
Nathan Sturtevant,
Seth Hammond.
Seth Billington, 2nd.,
Moses Bean,
Ansel Blackwell,
Nathaniel Billington,
John Cumner,
John Chandler,
Noah Chandler,
James Crocker,
Richard M. Frost.
PRIVATES.
Aaron Frost, Jr.,
George Frost,
Charles Foss,
Reuben Marrow,
John Morrison,
Ephraim Norris, Jr.,
Woodin Norris, Jr.,
John Perry,
Franklin Perry.
Edmund Perry,
William Raymond, Jr.
Thomas Raymond,
Sylvauus Raymond, .Jr.
John Sturtevant,
Jacob Stevens,
John Smith, Jr.
John Stevens, 2nd,
John White.
The following are copies of orders for rations of provisions and
for ammunition by military officers to the Selectmen of Wayne, for
the soldiers under their respective commands. They are documents
dated long years ago, some of them during the war with Great
Britain commencing in 1812. They were found among the archives
of the town of Wayne, and are authentic :
"Wayne, 22nd Sept., 1812.
HISTOBY OF WAYNE.
in
To the Honour Selectmen of the Town of Wayne :
The unraber of men belougiiig to the Company under m_y command is
thirtj'-eight in number, wliich I request you to furnish with blanli car-
tridges according to Law and Deliver tlie same to Sergt. Samuel Brown on
demand, and he will distribute the same.
ROGER STINCHFIELD, Capt.''
'■'■To the Selectmen of the Town of Wayne:
I wish you to furnish Samuel Brown with Blank Cartridges for the
Company under mj- command to be used on grand parade the 30th inst.,
forty men belonging to the Company.
Sept. 22nd, 1813. ROGER STINCHFIELD, Capt:'
"Camp at Eugecomb, 23d Sept., 1814.
The state government having contracted for the rations of Provisions for
the 4th Reg't. while on duty, and Division orders having been issued to
tiiatjelfect, j^ou will, after making good all deficiencies, if any, cease furnish-
ing any fartlier supplies.
ELLIS SWEET, Lieiit. Col. Commandant.'^
'■''To the Selectmen of the Toicn of Wayne :
You are hereby i-equested to pay over to eacli member of the company
under my command the sum of twenty cents, being forty-five in number,
on Tuesday, the twenty-fifth day of Sept., inst.. at Readfield Corner.
LOVE ROBERTS."
Dated at Wayne this 20th day of Sept., 1825.
"The selectmen of Wayne are hereby requested to pay the members of the
Wayne Rifle Company, whose names are borne on the following list, and
wlio perform military duty, the money they are entitled to as Soldiers,
agreeably to the vote of the town passed at the annual meeting in March
last, and deliver the same at Readfield Corner, on Friday, the nineteenth
day of September inst.
Alonzo VVing,
Albert G. Norris,
Hubbard Lovejoy,
Collins Foss,
Tillotson Lovejoy,
Alpheus Lane,
Elias Berry,
Robert Erskine,
James Burgess,
Samuel Buswell,
George White,
Daniel Knight,
Sewall Frost,
Lot Burgess,
Allen Wing,
Walter Foss,
Jason Wing,
Ansel Daily,
Ephi-aim Norris,
Samuel Smith,
William True,
Levi Jennings,
Cyrus B. Fitch,
Cyrus Tapley,
Daniel Jones, Jr.,
Moses Haskell,
Almoren Bodge,
Asaph Leadbetter,
Robinson Dexter,
Jabez Besse, Jr.,
Daniel Smitli,
Samuel S. Wing,
Joseph F. Jennings,
Rolan Maxim,
Howard Stevens,
James Wing,
Calvin Wing,
Ezekiel G. Norris,
Chas. P. Wing,
Samuel Dexter.
Lewis Dexter,
JAMES WING, Capt. of S'd Company.
Wayne, Sept. 12th, 1828,"
78 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
Formerly there were two old militia companies in AYayne. The
members of one of these companies resided on the east side of the
stream and ponds ; those of tlie other on the west. Later these two
companies were pnt together and a rifle company was taken out,
with recruits from Fayette and other towns. Tlie old militia trained
on the Baptist church green and the rifle company on the village
coranaon. May training was inspection day, when arms and ac-
couterments must be bright and put in order. At all trainings
soldiers were notified lo meet "armed and equipped as the law
directs." There were two trainings in September, preparatory to
the grand muster the last of September or the first of October. The
regimental muster took place in Readfield near the present Fair
Grounds. The brigade muster was held at Hallowell Cross Roads.
On one occasion when the regiment was formed in hollow square,
and all the soldiers bowed with heads uncovered, Rev. Mr. Drink-
water stood in the center, beside the big bass drum, and, as Chap-
lain of the regiment, made the usual prayer, closing as follows :
"And, now, O Lord, we pray, that, on that last great day, at the
general muster of mankind, we may safely pass the final grand re-
view and be found among the chosen, at God's right hand."
At those old musters great were the gatherings of the people from
all the country side. Booths and stands where "creature comforts"
were dealt out to the hungry and thirsty crowds, dancing floors,
shows and games, sleight of hand performances, auction sales and
a thousand and one other attractions were there to captivate the
populace. Here to the martial music of fife, drum and bugle, the
enrolled militia were taught and practiced in drill and discipline, in
the manual of arms, in parades, marches and maneuvers, and in
general military tactics.
An anecdote is related of Lieut. Wm. Thornton, of the Wayne
Rifle Company who afterwards, in Chesterville, Franklin County,
became a Colonel in the Maine Militia. Once upon a time, at a
muster in Readfield, the Wayne Rifle Company were the invited
guests of the Readfield Guards. The officers of the Wayne Rifle
Company, at that time, were Capt. Jos. F. Jennings, Lieut. Wm.
Thornton and Ensign Richard Wing. While the Rifle Company
were marching off the field, at the close of the military exercises, a
salute was fired by the Guards, as a mark of respect to their guests,
the rifles. One of the guards aimed too low and the bullet from his
gun cut the plume of Lieutenant Thornton's clean off from his cap,
close to his head. At this accident, sudden and unforeseen, and
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which Ccarae within a hair's breadtli of being fatal, the brave Lieu-
tenant never flinched a hair nor moved a muscle, but rode along as
unconcerned as if nothing liad happened and no harm been done.
This incident proved the strong nerve of the gallant officer, and
marked him, in the minds of eye witnesses, as one, who, in actual
conflict, would never turn his back or show the white feather, under
the enemy's deadliest fire.
In the good old days of trainings and musters the most popular
athletic sport was the wrestling match. .Strength, skill, quickness
and dexterity were indispensable requisites m the rival wrestlers of
"ye olden time." At the close of one of these protracted and
closely contested struggles for the mastery in wrestling, the victor, who
overthrew all comers and stood champion of the ring, had won name
and fame, far and wide, in all the country side. Among the Wayne
wrestlers, who often bore away the honors in these trials of prowess,
old residents remember Sylvanus Blackwell, Senior, Lot Burgess
and Capt. James Wing. These were, most emphatically "hard men
to handle," and the athletes were few who could throw either of
them, twice out of three times, in a fair and square, stand up, arms-
length wrestle.
When the northern boundary of the United States was in dispute,
before the line between our country and the British dominions had
been settled by the Webster-Ashburtou treaty, a slice of northern
Maine, known as the Madawaska region, was claimed by Great
Britain. To defend the frontier a portion of the Maine Militia was
called out. The result of this military demonstration was the once
famous, though bloodless Aroostook war. Wayne furnished her quota
for this expedition with Capt. James Lamb and Capt. Hubbard
Lovejoy of the new Rifle Company in command. The soldiers of
the old train-band endured the hardships of a long and tedious
march through the wilderness to the border and back home again,
but encountered no enemy, and learned that they had been sum-
moned on a false and needless alarm. No complete list has been
found of Wayne soldiers who went to the Aroostook in response to
the call. Most of them are well remembered and some of them are
still living. Sylvanus Blackwell, 2nd, well known in all Wayne by
the sobriquet of "Veny Black," was an Aroostook veteran. He al-
ways claimed to be the only one of the company who was actually
under fire. And this is how it happened, as Veny tells the stor}'.
He had been the lucky finder of a rich pocket of spruce gum and
was diligently digging but a few nuggets, when suddenly he heard a
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gun fired and the bullet struck the tree and was embedded in the
wood only about six inches above his head. Veny was surprised
but not scared, and calmly secured his chewing supply before he left
the dangerous locality. Another Aroostook volunteer was Alexan-
der Besse, a man of powerful physique, often called "Aleck the
Strong." Of all the athletes of AVayne at that time he had the
mightiest muscle. There was a field-piece, in those days, often
used to fire salutes at patriotic gatherings. This cannon, weighing
900 lbs, Aleck, by an exertion of his Herculean strength, lifted
from its carriage and held upon his knees. By the occasional exhi-
bition of such feats of strength he proved his claim to be considered
the strongest man in Wayne.
At the beginning of the late civil war, there were upon the militia
rolls of Wayne the names of 219 able-bodied men, liable to do mili-
tary duty. We point with pride to the fact that 133 sons of Wayne
were in the military and naval service of their country during that
war. In all the prominent battles fought by the armies of the Poto-
mac and of the James, under the command of McLellan, Pope,
Burnside, Hooker, Meade and Grant, wherever the fig it waged
fiercest in the States of the Atlantic and of the Gulf, in the mari-
time engagements of New Orleans, Charleston and Fort Fisher ;
and in the terrible naval conflicts in Hampton Roads, between the
United States vessels and the rebel Merrimac ; in all these contests
and many more, volunteers from Wayne bore arms in defence of
the Union. Early in April, 1861, the first Wayne soldier of this
war enlisted. From that time till the war ended in 1865, Wayne
s >ldiers fought on land and sea, beneath their country's flag.
In concluding this chapter of military history, we submit that the
honorable record of so many citizen soldiers of Wayne, in our coun-
try's wars, needs no panegyric. Our town is well worthy to wear
the name of that gallant General, the hero of Stony Point, who, in
"the time that tried men's souls," by his reckless valor, earned the
title of '■'■Mad Anthony Wayne!"
WAYNE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WHO SERVED IN THE WAR OF 1861-5.
Rank. Names. Remarks.
Alonzo Allen, Wounded.
Stephen Allen,
Samuel W. Adams,
Paschal B. Allen,
William H. Beau,
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Bank. Names.
Rnfiis N. Burgess,
Francis Borgoine,
James W. Boyle,
Fruuklin Burrell,
David Berry,
Thomas J. Bartlett,
Benjamin F. Berry,
Square F. Bishop,
Josiah M. Bishop,
James Boutin,
David L. Boyle,
Orison S. Brown,
Freeman W. Bunnell,
Rufus Besse,
Edward P. Bussey,
Charles E. Blackwell,
Alexander H. Besse,
Charles D. Crosby,
Lieut. Archibald Clark,
James H. Carson,
Martin Cassey,
James Colkins,
Thomas Clark,
Charles M. Connor,
Othna Crosby,
Francis M. Cumner,
Lloyd Clark,
Cyrus Clark,
Heman N. Dexter,
Edmund F. Davis,
James Davis,
Master Mate Lloyd E. Daggett,
Patrick McDermott,
Edward Gr. Dexter,
George M. Dexter,
Henry A. Dexter,
Nathan P. Downing,
Sidney F. Downing,
Samuel T. Foss,
Lieut. Henry N. Fairbanks,
Remarlxs.
Died Nov. 2nd, 1864.
Died June, '64.
Died June, '64.
Died.
Wounded May 17th, 1864.
Wounded.
Died at Ship Island, 1862.
Wounded April 23d, 1864.
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ManJc,
Q. M.
Lieut.
Lieut.
Capt.
Lieut.
Capt.
Names.
O. A. Fillebrown,
John Forrester,
Levi F. Foss,
William H. H. Foss,
Albion B. Frost,
Clarence C. Frost,
David G. Frost,
Joseph Frost,
Darius Harriman,
Charles Hall,
George W. Hall,
Edward W. Harrington,
Michael Harte,
Charles A. Hall,
Chauncy Higgius,
William H. House,
F. A. Hutchinson,
William H. Holman,
Seth W. Jennings,
Williston Jennings,
William H. Johnson,
William Jones,
John S. Knight,
Cyrus Keller,
James Kelley,
Elijah Knapp,
Davis E. Lane,
Daniel Lothrop,
Charles M. Love joy,
George G. Luce,
John Magner,
Andrew Maxim,
Benjamin F. Maxim,
Daniel H. Maxim,
Charles H. McNear,
James Murphy,
Silas H. Maxim,
Greenwood Norris,
Nelson H. Norris,
Grafton Norris,
RemarlhS.
Died June 12, 1865.
Wounded.
AVounded.
Wounded .
Died.
Died Nov., 18G2.
Died July 30th, 18G2.
Wounded.
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Bank. Names.
George O. Norris,
Capt, Solomon A. Nelke,
William H. Pierce,
Augustus Parliu,
Joseph A, Penley,
SewallPettengill,
Adelbert Pratt,
William W. Pratt,
Silas Perry,
James R. Raymond,
William R. Raymond,
Ephraim D. Raymond,
George W. Raymond,
Elias H. Raymond,
John S. Raymond,
Russell F. Raymond,
Lj^raan El. Richardson,
Charles V. Richards,
Edward K. Richardson,
Abiugton H. Ridley,
Capt. AVinfield Smith,
John O. Sullivan,
William Stevens,
Charles H. Smiley,
Frank L. Smiley,
John P. R. Sleeper,
Elhanan Smith,
John O. Smith,
Orrin A, Snow,
John L. Spear,
James B. Stetson,
George S. Sturtevant,
Yalmore Sturtevant,
William V. Sturtevant,
Robinson Sturtevant,
Cleveland Swift,
Daniel W. True,
Millard F. Thing,
Hemarks.
Died at Balton Rough,
July 30th, 1862.
Wounded.
Died.
Wounded July 2, 1863.
Died in New Orleans, 1862.
Died from wounds.
Wounded at Bull Run and
died at Manassas.
Died Dec. 29th, 1864.
Died.
Died by reason of wounds
Dec, 1864.
Died.
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Hank. ' Names. Remarks.
HenryW. Townes,
James O. Trask,
Johu E. Welch, Died.
William Wilson,
Charles E. Wiug,
Leonard L. Wing, Died at New Orleans.
Llewellyn T. Wiug,
Lewis H. Wing, Killed before Petersburg,
Sept. 11, 18G4.
Thomas B. Wing, Died July, 1864.
William A. Young, Wounded Jan. 2d, 1864.
• NOTE CONCEUNING THE OLD MILITIA.
The old militia companies were armed and equipped with flint-
lock muskets and bayonets, knapsacks, canteens and cartridge-
boxes for the soldiers and with swords for the officers. The rifle
company wore a uniform as follows : white pants, black coat with
red trimmings, cai)s with visors and trimmed with yellow lace,
black plumes with green tips. The musicians were distinguished
by brass plates on caps and by white plumes tipped with red. The
ladies of the locality purchased for the company a stand of colors.
Thomas Wing of Fayette was drummer for some fifteen years.
Pinckney Wing of Wayne was the first to play a bugle in the rifle
company. Afterwards Reuben Ham of Fayette played a key-bugle,
and his brother Arnold a clarionet.
Among the Captains of the Rifle Company were Capt. Ephraim
Norris, Capt. Uriah Virgen, Capt. Greeulief Wing, Capt. Hubbard
Lovejoy, Capt. .James Wing, Capt. Washington Stanley who was
High Sheriff when .Joseph Sager was hung, and the last Captain of
the Rifles was Capt. Joseph Jennings. Ensigns and Color-bearers,
Obed Wiug, William Burgess. In the list of Captains of the old
militia companies may be named, Capt. Job Fuller, Capt. Amasa
Dexter, Capt. Love Roberts, Capt. James Lamb, Capt. Benj. Riii-
ley, Capt. Jas. S- Bishop, Capt. Daniel True, Capt. Jacob Haskell.
Col. Zachariah P. Wing of Wayne was also commander of th?
Regiment at Readfield Musters.
CHAPTER VI.
HOTELS AND LANDLORDS.
"PROM the time of incorporation of the town, viz : Feb. 12, 1798,
■*- the commercial business of this section of the District of
Maine was transacted in the City of Boston. To this city the coun-
try merchants made their annual and semi-anuual visits to settle
their old, and open new accounts, buying in large quantities their
goods and wares, a method of business long since supplanted by
traveling salesmen seeking and soliciting orders of all engaged in
the many and various vocations of trade. At that time, Hallowell,
at the head of navigation for large vessels on the Kennebec river,
was the great shipping centre for the country lying west and north
and adjacent thereto. The only means of transportation between
these two cities was by sailing vessels. They were laden in Boston
with the goods and wares for the country merchants, and re-laden in
Hallowell with country produce taken from the farmers in exchange
for these goods and wares. Sometimes weeks were necessary to
make a round trip that now is made by steamboats in a few hours.
When we consider the vast territory to be supplied from this com-
mercial centre, and the transportation of merchandise, we may
have a slight conception of the amount of labor and travel involved.
But one method was then employed, aud that ox power ; a large force
being necessary to perform the work. This was a slow process,
but sure. In winter it was not an unusual occurrence to see the
road filled with these teams for a distance of one-half, or even
three-fourths of a mile, laden with every kind of country produce
from shingles to round hogs ; the latter re-loaded at Hallowell, when
the river was closed to navigation, hauled to Bath and shipped
thence to Boston. From the towns of Hartford, Sumner, Canton,
Peru, Dixfleld and others in that vicinity, the travel led through
this town, over the southern portion of Beech hill ; thence through
the village to Winthrop, Manchester and Hallowell.
With the advance of time and the increase in population the busi-
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ness of the country kept apace. The village was rapidly built up
and soon became one of the most enterprising and progressive in
this section of the District. Very early in the century a turnpike
road^was built from Portland to Farminglon, passing through
Fayette, Wayne, Leeds, Greene, &c. This road was built on nearly
a straight line, turning neither to the one side nor the other to avoid
hills, it seemingly being the intent of the engineer to lay out and
construct the same over those of the greatest altitude and the most
abrupt and difficult of ascent. One obstacle only seemed to turn
them from their course, and that, apparently, they had little, or no
taste for — water. This road also passed over Beech hill at right
angles to that aforementioned. Daily mail stages were run over
this route and received a large passenger patronage. Other mail
and passenger stage lines were put in operation in every direction.
Prominent amongst these was a route from Fryebiirg to Ilallowell,
and another from Wayne to Augusta, at which place connection
was made with stages to Bangor and other eastern towns. Several
branch lines centered in this town, which at that time, was the em-
porium. In looking over the old road-beds over which these stages
used to pass, portions of which, long since discontinueci and aban-
doned, yet visible, one is impressed with the idea that they were
run with the view of profit, rather than safet3^ No brake attach-
ments were then in use on stages or other vehicles. In descending
the many steep hills the horses were made to hold back the load as
long as they could, and when too much for them, were run for dear
life, trusting no longer to the breechings, but Providence.
From the foregoing, although meagre, the importance and neces-
sity of hotel accommodations are apparent. Quantity was a greater
factor at that time than quality. Stable accommodations were very
essential. It was here that many relays of horses were kept for
the stage lines running in every direction from this centre.
On May 20, 17'.)9, Jonathan Howe, of Wayne, who at that time
owned a double saw-mill on the middle dam in Wayne Village, lo-
cated near where the main street now crosses the millstream, sold
to Shubael Hinkley the first house built in Wayne Village which was
made of logs, and with it nine acres of land. The house was built
by Thomas Wing and stood on the site now occupied by that of
Mrs. G. M. True, The laud was the same now owned by her, and
is bounded by the east side of the millstream ; on the north and
east by Pocasset lake ; on the south by land of Sarah Moulton and
on the west by Main street and land of Mrs. A. Lawrence and land
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of William Folsome. April 4, 1805, Shubael Hinkley by his deed
of warrantee, conveyed the above described property to Capt. Col-
lins Lovejoy nf Fayette, who although a minor, was a blacksmith
by trade, and the possessor of a helpmeet. He removed the log house
and erected a large, square, frame house and fitted it for a hotel.
Capt. Lovejoy, better known to the older people of the town as
"Old Landlord Lovejoy," was the first to open a house to the public,
in the town. He was born in New Hampshire in 1785, and re-
moved, with his parents, to Fayette. He came to this town in the
capacity of a blacksmith. He built a shop and worked therein for
several years, on the site where now stands a building called the
Fort, which is owned by Mrs. E. G. Dexter. He, at the same time,
kept an open house from 1806 to April 24, 1822, when he conveyed
the house and land, by his deed of warantee, to John Bowles,
Samuel Buswell and Jesse Lovejoy ; yet he continued his residence
there, and run the place as a hotel until April 18, 182G, when Jesse
Lovejoy, of Fayette, sold to Frances J. and Isaac Bowles his inter-
est therein, and the old landlord removed to the place now owned
by Mrs. Emma Jephson at the base of the hill near the residence of
J. M. Weeks, where he resumed the business of blacksmithing. He
was removed by his son Collins in the year 1851 to Chesterville,
where he continued his residence until his decease. He married
Sally Pettiugill and had issue Lucy, born Nov. 9, 1805 ; Julia Ann,
born May 1, 1807 ; Sarah, born March 1, 1810 ; Collins, born Jan.
9, 1812, and Leonard, born 1815. On the retirement of Capt Love-
joy from the hotel it was closed to the public.
The second place in the town, the owner of which made any pre-
tensions to accommodate the traveling public, was that of Capt.
Love Roberts, located at the cross-roads on Beech hill, the place
now occupied by a son and grandson, Wm. H. and Frank Roberts.
April 20, 1817, Gideon Southworth of Wayne conveyed to Love
Roberts the farm by his deed of warrantee. It is the impression of
the writer that Capt. Roberts occupied this place as early as 1810,
but did not obtain a clear title until 1817. The buildings were ex-
tensive and commodious. His barn was about one hundred feet
long, with shed attachment the length of one entire side. This was
often filled with stage horses and ox-teams from the back country
towns, and his spacious yard with their loads. While he did not
advertise to keep a public house nor obtained a license therefor, he
did a very extensive business until his decease. He was twice mar-
ried. By his first wife he had issue Mary Ann, born Mar. 22, 1811 ;
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Elmira H., born Sept. 10, 1812; Loving T., born Sept. 22, 1814;
Julia T., born Feb. 9, 1817. By his second wife he had issue
Charles F., born Feb. 27, 1826, and William H., born Nov. 8, 1819.
He was born April 8, 1785, and died July 27, 1827. Daniel True
of Wayne and Elijah Barrell of Greene were appointed guardians
of the minor children of Capt. Roberts and on May 1 and Sept. 24,
1831, conveyed the farm to Uriah H. Virgen, after which time little,
if anything, was done in the hotel line, at this i)lace.
The second place in the village and tliird in town that was used
for hotel purposes was that where Mr. A. S. Wright resides. By
their deed of warrantee. Job Fuller and Elias Sweet et. als., con-
veyed this place to Bartlett Weeks Dec. 3, 1817. On Sept. 2, 1819,
the same was transferred by Bartlett Weeks to Jabez Lead better of
Leeds, who converted it into a hostelry. In 1820, he married
Lucretia, a daughter of Capt. Stillman Howard of Leeds, and re-
moved her to this place, and dedicated their nevf home to the public.
Mr. Leadbetter was a landlord but a few years, wheu in 1828 his
buildings were destroyed by fire and they were not rebuilt.
Mr. Leadbetter had issue Nelson, Rosa, Laura, Aurelia, Lucius
Clark, L)elphina and Rodelphus, twins, Lucia and Henry. After
the fire he removed his family into a house then standing on the hill
easterly from the present residence of Sewall Pettiugill. In 1834,
he sold his property in Wayne Village to Benjamin Woodman, Jr.,
of Leeds, aud removed to the northwestern part of the town, to the
place now occupied by Mrs. Isaac P. Ridley ; thence to Leeds, and
subsequently to Monmouth, where he died.
The third place in the village where hotel accommodations were
offered to the public, was on the site now owned by Mrs. Sarah
Moulton and occupied for a residence. July 12, 1824, by his deed
of warrantee Heircy Bishop of Wayne conveyed this piece of real
estate, land and buildings thereon, to Henry B. Farnham and George
Washington Stanley of Winthrop. At that time Mr. Stanley came
to this town and occupied this place in the capacity of its first land-
lord, and on the same lot opened a store, both of which were given
his time and attention. He continued in the business until May 5,
1826, at which time he sold out to his partner Henry B. Farnliam,
and sometime subsequent was elected sheriff of Kennebec County
and removed to Augusta, where he resided until his decease. While
Mr. Stanley occupied the house aud store, his brother David was
with him in the capacity of clerk. The successor of Mr. Stanley
was Alfred B, Morton, also of Winthrop, who leased the place of
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Henry B. Farnham, and was the secoucl landlord to officiate there.
His brother Philander was with him during his stay in the town
which terminated Sept. 17, 1831, when the property was conveyed
by Mr. Farnham to George Smith of Readfield, who removed his
family to this town at that time and engaged in the hotel business
and that of merchant. He was a resident of the town twenty-eight
years. In 1845, he gave the hotel business into the hands of his
son Albion, and boarded himself and family with him until 1854,
when Albion went AVest and the house was closed to the public.
The experience of Mr. Smith, in this town, was varied, and his
history is yet fresh in the memory of those who knew him. In many
respects his memory should be revered, while we leave unsaid those
things we would not perpetuate. Sept. 1, 1859, he conveyed his
land and buildiugs on the east side of IMain Street to S. S. Brown,
and the remainder to P^beu Norris, .Jr., comprising the brick store
and lot ; and removed to IMichigan where he made extensive pur-
chases of land and erected buiklings thereon for his sous, for which
he invested large sums of money. In a short time these were all
consumed by a praiiie fire. This last misfortune, one of a series,
had a telling effect upon him, and he soon died. In the great con-
flagration of July 1, 1863, the Smith buildings belonging to Mr.
Brown, were burned, and the lot remained vacant until 1890, at
which time Mr. J. M. Moultou erected thereon a fine residence, —
an ornament to the village.
The next, or fourth place in the village used for a hostelry, was
that where now stands the Pocasset House, which in part is the
original hotel. In 1815, Nathaniel Dexter, of Winthrop, owned
the then vacant lot, now tlie hotel grounds. In that^'earhe erected
the main house which is now the front of the Pocasset House, but
for some reason it stood uufiuished. Marcli 20, 1819, by his deed
of warrantee he conveyed the place to Richard Belcher, of Winthrop,
for a consideration of $250. ]Mr. Belcher completed the construc-
tion of the house and built a small stable in that year. One of our
departed townsmen, who spent a long life in Wayne, was a laborer
for Mr. Belcher when he completed this structure, — Mr. Wager L.
Besse. This house was constructed for a private residence, and
when finished by Mr. Belcher, fitted up for a double tenement house,
and by him leased to various parties, among whom were Capt.
Joseph S. Bishop and Humphrey Hight March 27, 1828, Mr.
Belcher sold the place to Jonathan C. Pinkham, also of Winthrop,
for $700. Mr. Pinkham built an ell that season and made other
90 IIISTOBY OF WxlYNE.
additious and in November hung out his sign us a hotel keeper,
being tlie first bmdlord on these premises. Feb. 23, 1832, Jonathan
C. Pinlvham, by his deed of warrantee conveyed the property to
Alphens Lane, of Wayne, formerly of Leeds, in consideration of
$1,000. But little has been learned by the writer of the subsequent
history of Mr. Pinkham and his family. Alpheus Lane came to the
hotel as its second landlord from a farm in the eastern part of the
town, that on which Charles D. Maxim now resides. Mr. Lane was
born in Leeds in January, 1792. His first wife, Sarah Foss, was
born in Leeds in 1794. They had issue Sewall F., born June 10,
1<S1& ; Sarah F., born Sept. 27, 1822 ; and Alpheus, l)orn Jan. 20,
1827. Mrs. Lane died in August, 1827. In 1828, Mr. Lane mar-
ried Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of Capt. Rogers Stinchfield. She
was born in Wayne, May 22, 1800. They had issue Elizabeth
Frances, John, Roscoe, Ensign O., Oxford and Helen. April 11,
1834, Alpheus Lane, by his deed of warrantee, conveyed the hotel
and lot to Giddens Lane, Jr., of Leeds, in consideration of $1,000.
After this conveyance, Alpheus remained on the place and kept an
open house until June 27, 1835, when Giddens sold it to James
Moulton of Hartford, for the sum of $1,500, and took in part pay-
ment a farm in Hartford, to which place Alpheus, at that time, re-
moved his family, and subsequently to Milo, where he died.
Mr. James Moulton assumed the duties of landlord and run the
house until November, 1841, at which date he leased it to Jeremiah
Foss, Jr., for a term of two years, and retired from the hotel busi-
ness. Mr. ]\Ioultou was born in Scarboro, Nov. 29, 1791. His
wife, Mary McKenney, was born in Saco, Sept. 13, 1793. They
had issue Nancy M., born Scarboro, April 1, 1812; Sumner C,
born Hartford, July 3, 1815; Daniel, born Hartford, August 11,
181(5; James M., born Hartford, Nov. 8, 1820; Jonathan, born
Hartford, April 22, 1823 ; Morris, born Hartford, Aug. 10, 1827.
Mr. Moulton built a house on the lot adjoining the hotel, in 1843.
This he occupied as a resilience until his decease which occurred
Mar. 8, 1875. In June, 1841, his daughter Nancy married Daniel
Foss. In 1842, Jeremiah Foss, Jr., terminated his lease of the
hotel, and Nancy and Daniel Foss occupied it free of cost until
Nov. 20, 184G, when Mr. Moulton conveyed the property to Daniel
in consideration of one-half of the value, making a present to his
wife of the other half. Mr. Foss continued in the capacity of land-
lord until his death, Sept. 21, 1858. They had no issue. From
that date to May, 18G5, his widow Nancy, in company with her
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sister-in-law Novella, widow of James M. Moultou, conducted the
business of the house. At that date, Novella married Mr. James
H. Thorne who assumed the management of the place. Mr. Thorne
was born in Monmouth INIarch 2.S, 1823. He was three times mar-
ried. His first wife was Mary Jane, a daughter of Ebenezer Nor-
ris, a resident of Wayne. She was born in Wayne Sept. 4, 1821 ;
died in Wayne, Oct. 28, 1858. They had issue J. INIillard, born
Mar. 5, 1852; Nancy N., born Ma}' G, 1853; George H., born
Nov. 8, 1854 ; Ebenezer W., born Nov. 16, 1857, and Mary Jane,
born Oct. 19, 1858. His second wife was Mary, the widow of
Oliver Norris. They had one son. Homer A. Mr. Thorne died
Mar. 19, 1866. From this date ttie widows again run the house
until April, 1868, at which time they conveyed it to Rufus A. Wing
a resident of the town. A short time subsequent to this date the
widow, Nancy Foss, was married to Mr. Hiram Hinds of Buckfield.
They located in Lewiston where she continued her residence until a
short time prior to her death when she returned to this town and
was under the care of Mrs. Lucy, the widow of Jonathan Moulton.
She died April 22, 1891. The widow. Novella, returned to Leeds,
her native town, where she died. Rufus A. Wing was born in
Wayne, Jan. 13, 1834. He married Family Dexter who was born in
the town of Winthrop. They had no issue. Mr. Wing was land-
lord from April, 1868 to May, 1875, at which time he sold to Still-
man L. Howard, Esq., of Leeds. Mr. Wing removed to Lewiston
where he was engaged for several years in running corporation
boarding houses. He is now a resident of that city. Stillmau L.
Howard, P>sq., was born in Leeds Mar. 3, 1810. His wife, Julia
Ann Turner, was born in Leeds Oct. 13, 1809. They were married
April 14, 1833. They had issue Ward B., born Jan. 8, 1834 ; How-
land, born Aug. 3, 1837; Daniel H., born Jan. 19, 1840; Lucius,
born Mar. 9, 1842 ; Julia, born Dec. 14, 1849, and Henrietta, born
Dec. 7, 1853. Mr. Howard kept the house until March 20, 1.S89,
at which time the present incumbent, J. C. Stinchiield, became its
landlord. Mr. Howard continued his residence therein, when from
the effect of an injury caused by the kick of a horse he died Nov. 8,
1890, and was buried at West Leeds.
J. C. Stinchfield was born in Leeds, Nov. 3, 1843. His firstwife,
Catherine H, Graves, was born in Wayne, Nov. 19, 1844, and died
in Wayne, Jan. 7, 1878. They were married July 4, 1864. They
had issue Minnie Etta, born in Wayne, Jan. 1, 1868 and George
Rogers, born in Wayne, Jan. 2, 1876. His second wife, Henrietta,
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youngest cliikl of Stillman L, Howard, was born in Leeds, Dec. 7,
1853. They were married in Wayne, June 13, 188G. Tliey have
issue Allen Howard, born in Wayne, May 8, 1888.
The last place in the village embarked in the hotel business was
that nearly opposite the C. B. Church and now owned by Horatio
G. Foss and occupied by his mother and sister. This place was
eai'ly owned by William B. Spear, who conveyed it to T. B. Robin-
son of Levant, Penobscot County. Mar. 7, 1836, T. B. Robinson,
by his warrantee conveyed the place to Uriah H. Virgen of Wayne.
Mr. Virgen disposed of the buildings thereon, and built others
adapted to hotel business. In this transaction the actual cost much
exceeded the estimate, and he became involved. After an experi-
ence of three years labor in the capacity of landlord, and failing to
realize the income he hoped to obtain, he retired from the business
and went away June 12, 1837. To secure a debt to Nancy Virgen of
Rumford he gave her a (piitclaim deed of the place. Nov. .5, 1839,
Nancy Virgen conveyed by quitclaim deed to UrialiH. Virgen, and
two days later, Nov. 7, 1839, by his deed of warrantee, he conveyed
the place to Thomas Wilson of Bowdoiuliam, who had become a
resident of this town and boarded with Mr. Virgen. Mr. Wilson,
better known as "Deacon Wilson," was a bachelor. He leased this
place, at the time it came into his possession to Jeremiah Foss, Jr.,
for two years. At the termination of the lease, in November, 1841 ,
Mr. Foss leased of James Moulton the Rocasset House for two
years and removed his family thereto. From that date, Jan. 1,
1850, the place was used for a private residence, a parsonage. He
then sold the place to his former lessee, Mr. Jeremiah Foss, who
re-opened it to the pui)lic, but closed it again in 1851, since which
time, with the exception of the JSniith house which closed in
1854, the Pocasset House has been the only one in the village to
entertain the public. The genealogy of the family of Mr. Foss will
be found in that department of this book.
Of the live houses in the village once used for hotel purposes, the
first was taken down, two were destroyed by fire and two remain ;
one occupied by Mrs. Jeremiah Foss for a private residence, and the
other the Pocasset House, which has recently undergone de-
cided changes and improvements. Where once three public houses
were well patronized and successfully sui)ported, one is now ample
for the demand, except in the summer months, when it is taxed to
its full capacity with visitors from the cities in New England and
those further south. Of the many landlords before mentioned,
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(and we think the list comph^te) who have done business in this
viUage but two remain to participate in the centennial anniversary
exercises of the town, viz : R. A. Wing and ,T. C. vStinchtieUl.
At North Wayne Village, the first and only building, with attach-
ments subsecpiently made used for hotel purposes was the fulling
mill, formerly standing on the west side of the mill stream. In
1843, Esq. Fisk moved it from that site to where it stands and re-
modelled it into a house and fitted it for hotel purposes. It was
first opened by Mr. Anson Bartlett. Little has been learned of the
history of Mr. Bartlett. His former occupation was that of scythe
maker. For several years he was in the employ of the Dunn Edge
Tool Co. He had a family of four, or more children, one of whom,
M. M. Bartlett, was Superintendent of the North Wayne Tool Co.,
for a term of years. INIr. Bartlett, Sen., subsequently purchased
the farm now occupied by Sawyer B. Norris, at which place he died.
In 1S4'.I, Daniel B. Palmer, of Readfield, succeeded Mr. Barth tt as
landlord. He kept the house until 1S5(), when his brother Alviu
returned from a successful stay in California and l)Ought out the
place and business. He made many changes, built on additions
and fitted up the place with modern improvements. Adjoining the
house he built a store, which in connection therewith he has run
almost continually since. Fie is one of the few old residents of the
village. He spent his boyhood days there. His recollection of
early events renders him au important factor in gathering data for
this work. His health is somewhat impaired by hard work and
exposure in his earlier days, but his mind and attention are given to
his business which he will retain to the last. His genealogy may
be found in that department in this book.
CHAPTER VII.
SCHOOLS INFLUENCE OF THE "LITTLE KEI) SCHOOL HOUSE."
'T^IIE early settlers of ancient Pocasset, or New Sandwich . as the
-*■ settlement was called, were noble people. They not only
cleared away the primeval forests and left a goodly heritage in culti-
vated fields and productive lauds, but they also laid the foundation
of a school system whose influence has made the first hundred years
of our town's existence worthy of celebration. They knew full well
that schools and human progress go hand in hand. Their sound,
practical common sense taught them the necessity of schools in lay-
ing the foundation of permanent homes such as they wished to build
for themselves and for their descendants. They made great sacrifices
in the cause of education. They lived honest, useful lives. Let us
call to mind their high achievements, emulate their virtues, and ever
keep their memory green.
Unfortunately the records of the plantation of New Sandwich and
the first two years of the town of Wayne cannot be found. There-
fore we have but little positive and definite knowledge of the schools
for those years. But the town records for the year 1800 indicate
that an important work had been done.
The first town meeting of which there is any record was held
Nov. 3, 1800, at the school house. This was the only school house
and probably the only public edifice in the town at this date. It
stood in the northwest corner of what is now J. F. Gordon's farm,
near the site of his granite works. It was used for schools, town-
meetings and religious services. It was described to the writer as
a plain, barn-looking building like those so common in "ye olden
time" on the hillsides of New England. It had an aisle through
the centre from which an inclined plane rose to the wall on either
side. The benches were made parallel to the aisle. A huge fire-
place was at one end in which many cords of green wood were
burned each winter. How different school life must have been in
those days from the life of the modern school boy and school girl !
And yet some of the graduates from that historic old school house
were intelligent and successful men and women,
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SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
At first the school districts had uo territorial limits. Families liv-
ing iu the vicinity of each other were voted into a school district
b}' themselves. The school was held in private houses in winter
and often in barns in summer.
TIIF. MILLS DISTRICT, OR WAYNK VILLAGE.
This was the fifth c\istrict formed, and was known as the fifth
school district till the year 1807, when it was changed to the first
district. "A legal meeting was called and S150 raised to build a
school house in said first district." This was the second school
house built in town and the first school district tax. Joseph Lam-
son, John Morrison and Samuel Buswell were chosen a district
committee. The house was located near where Dr. Chenery now
lives. It was occupied for school purposes till the year 1833, when
the brick house was built on the present school house lot. This
building cost So06.46. In its pristine days, this house was, no
doubt, a great improvement on the old one. The writer taught
several terms of school in it iu its last years. He has many pleas-
ant recollections of his pupils, but regarded the old brick school
house as a poor work shop in which to mould the plastic minds of
youth. It was the target for many a shot from the siege guns of
committee men, but finally went down under the urgent demands
for better school accommodations on the part of all concerned.
In the year 1.S73, the district purchased the Free Baptist meeting
house, and re-modeled it into a school house. In order to show the
size of the schools as well as the size of the families in "ye olden
times" some of the returns of the eaily school agents are given :
To the iSelectmni of Wnyne :
The followiug is the cumber of schohu-s in the first district on the first
day of last May, belong-ing in families as given below :
Joseph Lamsou, 4 Jesse Bishop, 3 Cyrus Foss, 3
Samuel Buswell, .5 Samuel Felch, 2 John Brown, 4
Braddock Weeks, 4 Abisha Sturtevaiit, 7 Ebeuezer Besse. 1
Aarou Frost, i; Ephraini Maxim, 5 Hauuah Howe, 4
Moses Wiijo-. 5 Ebeuezer Wing, 4 Daniel Smith, 8
Jonah Browu, 3 Kichard Gower, 3 Collins Lovejoy, 3
William Churchill, 4 Thomas Brigham, 1 Koger Stiuchfield,Jr.,5
Mark P. Stiuchfield, 2 William Thompson, 4 Alpheus Wing, 1
Total, 91
May 1, 1809. MOSES WING, Jk., Agent.
96 HIS TOBY OF WAYNE.
Their proportion of school money that year was $45.41. The
agent made the following certificate to the selectmen of Wayne :
"Wayne, Aug. 22, 1809.
This may certify that Miss Hannah Brown has kept school in the
first district fifteen weeks at 10 shillings per week — $25."
In l.Sll, the number of scholars was iM). School money, $51.97.
In 1854, the number of scholars was 104. Wages per month in
summer $7, and in winter $2(>. Length of school in weeks ; sum-
mer 12, winter 11.
THE NORRIS DISTRICT — NO. 2.
This was the second school district formed. The first school
house was located near where Hiram Norris now lives. The next
house was built about the year 1<S30. It stood a short distance
south of the present site, on the opposite side of the road. It was a
plain structure without outside adornment, and was never painted.
In 1S73, the inhabitants of this district supplied a long felt want by
building a comfortable and convenient school house. In 1811,
Woodin Norris as school agent made the following return to the
selectmen :
Woodin Norris has 8 scholars, Sylvanus Hammond has 3
Josiah Norris
G
Seth Billington
2
Isaac Billington
2
Ephraim Norris
4
Nathan Norris
G
Samuel Maxim
6
Moses Frost
8
John Stevens
1
Samuel Frost
3
Seth Billington
4
Nathaniel Billington
5
Samuel Richards
3
Total, 61
Their proportion of school money was $32.02.
An early teacher, on his register, describes the apparatus as fol-
lows : "One blackboard, 4 feet by 3; superficial contents 12 feet.
A piece of chalk as large as a hen's egg. A piece of sponge as
large as a man's fist. Two or three birch sticks used to make the
pupils more attentive to study — an excellent remedy for bad memo-
ries. A water pail and dipper. A fire poker 3 feet long, black at
one end — these constitute the apparatus in school house. District
No. 2."
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THE DEXTER DISTRICT.
This was the first school district formed. lu 1807, it was changed
to No. 3. Mention has already been made of the first school honse
here. A second house was built near the present site. This was a,
proverbial "red school house." In 183G, this district raised $87.06 "to
build a new school house or repair the old one." Geo. W. Fairbanks,
in his diarj' dated Sept. 11), 1836, says: "Moved and underpinned
the school house. The old house was repaired. The present house
was built by Sdas E. True in 1853. It was located a short distance
west of the Sylvester brook, on the north side of the road. It was
dedicated with appropriate exercises, Dec. 15, 1853. This site
proving unsatisfactory, it was moved, April 26, 1870, to the spot
where it now stands. The first teacher in this house was Lyman E.
Richardson. Afterward he was a soldier in the civil war and killed
at the first battle of Bull Kun. An early school agent made the
following return to the selectmen :
John Bowles has 2 scholars. .John Lewis,
3 Ellis Sweet,
Isaac Dexter " 3
Aniasa Dexter " 1
John Frost, " 3
Enoch Swift " 4
Noah Chandler 1
Reuben Besse, Jr., 6 AVilliam Bowie-
Asa Lawrence, 4
Reuben Besse, 3d, G
Jabez Besse, 2d, G
Job Fuller, 2
Total,
Constant Dexter, 4 >
Widow Sturtevaiit, 5
Widow Perry, 3 -
James Cfocker, 1
Zachariah Perry, 9 ■
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DISTRICT NO. 4.
On the town records, year 1807, is the following: "Voted that
the money due the fourth school district be appropriated to build a
school house in said district, provided that said district has six
months private school this summer at their own expense." Whether
or not they had the six months private school that summer the
record does not state, but it does show that "Maj. Thomas Atkin-
son drew their proportion of school money, S36.96, to build a
school house." The house was located on the opposite side of the
road and a few rods south of the gate which used to lead up to Capt.
Daniel True's farm buildings. In 1822 this district "raised the sum
of S80 to repair their school house," and Nov. 23, 1826, "voted to
raise $74 to repair school house, to be paid in corn or grain, if paid
by the middle of next Feb. ; after that cash." The corn or grain
was to be delivered at Alpheus Lane's. This house was moved first
to the corner near where Chas. Maxim now lives, and later to near
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the present site. The present house was built about 1863. *'In
1809, Thos. Atkinson made return of the scholars in the fourth
district belonging in families as follows :
Thomas Atkinson, 8 Samuel Spear, 5
Ashael Chandler, 5 Frances Cumner, 1
Moses Bean, 2 Gamaliel Sturtevaut, 7
Nathaniel Bean, 1 John Smith, 6
Feter Fisher,
Total,
Nathan Handy, 2
William Raymond, 5
Maltiah Raymond. 2
Solomon Raymond,!
G Samuel Dinsmore, 3
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NORTH WAYNK DISTRICT.
This was known as the third school district till 1807, when it was
changed to the fifth. The schools here were held in private houses
till the year 1811. In the town clerk's book is the following record :
"Aug. 5, 1811, Voted $50 of the money raised the last year for
schools be appropriated towards building a school house in the fifth
school district in said town, the money so appropriated to be deducted
from the proportion of money l)elonging to said district." The house
was located a short distance west of R. 12. Morrill's dwelling house.
It was an old style, square l)ui]ding with a "hopper roof." The
only paint it ever had was put on by the fingers of time. On either
side of an open space, the floor rose on an inclined plane which was
occupied by rows of seats. If any unlucky urchin dropped an apple
or acorn he was trying to eat against the rule, down it was sure to
roll to the spare floor in front of the teacher, to the great amuse-
ment of all the other pupils. The boys sat on one side, the girls on
the other, and we may suppose that sly glances were interchanged
when the teacher's back was turned. On cold days in winter, the
immense fire place that would take in a cord wood stick in length,
had to be worked for all it was worth. Pupils who stood by the
fire to warm their feet, held their books before their faces to keep
off the burning heat. This building was used for schools and re-
ligious meetings till the year 1835, when a brick house, 20 feet by
28, was built near the site of the present school building. It cost
the district the sum of $264.32. In 1845 an addition was built at
an expense of $60. This house was found inadequate to the needs
of the rapidly increasing population of the village, and they nobly
resolved to build a new house. At a legal meeting held Dec. 23,
1854, the sum of twelve hundred dollars was raised for this purpose.
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were the building committee. Francis Kniglit was the builder. The
building was a fine school house, two stories high, neat, commodious
and convenient in all its arrangements. It stands, to-day, an honor
to those who planned and executed the enterprise. An interesting
programme was carried out at the dedication. The address was
by Dr. H. P. Torsey of Kent's Hill. The writer recalls with pleas-
ure the many pleasant terms he taught here and holds in grateful
remembrance both his scholars and their parents. In a school
report made soon after the new house was built I find the following :
"This school now occupies the front rank among the schools of the
town and the district is reaping a rich reward for the sagacity and
liberality sown in the past."
In 1811, Rev. Comfort C. Smith returned to the selectmen the
following as the "amount of scholars in the fifth district."
Jonathan Norcross, 8
Moses White, 5
John White, 1
Comfort C. Smith, 2
Amos Knight, 9
Nathaniel Jennings, 10
Nathan Lovejoy, 3
John Walton, 7
Nathaniel Adkins, 2
John Stevens, 8
Nathaniel Blackwell, 5
William Buswell, 6
Sylvanus Blackwell, 3
William Walton, 7
Jacob Judkins, 5
Widow Canwell, 5
Benjamin Tibbetts, 5
Esther Readen, 3
Total, 84
In 1854, the number of scholars in this district was 151. The
wages, paid same year, $8 per month in the summer, and $23 in the
winter.
THE WING DISTRICT.
This was the sixth district formed. Its limits were fixed by vote
of the town, in 1806, as follows : "Beginning at Simeon Wing's
south line by the pond, thence running west northwest to the east
line of Leeds, thence by said line of Leeds to Fayette line, thence
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by Fayette line till it strikes William Walton's line, thence by
William Walton's land and Nathaniel Jennings' to Wing's pond,
thence by said pond to the first mentioned bounds." The first
school house in this district stood near the present site. It was
similar to the first school house at North Wayne only it had a square
roof. It was built in 1808. The amount of the tax assessed for
this building was $152.25,
The second school house in this district was built in the year 1836,
At a legal meeting, "Voted to build a brick sciiool house of the fol-
lowing dimensions, viz : length twenty-four feet, breadth eighteen
feet, height seven and one-half feet between joints. Set on good
underpinning stone, laid on a good foundation. The bricks to be
good merchantable weather bricks. A good square roof, boarded
with good boards and shingled with good shingles. Seven sixteen-
light windows in the walls. A good outer door with good stone
door stool. Good window shutters to the windows hung with iron
hinges and hasped. The inside to be finished according to a plan
exhibited by Jason Wing with good pine timber. An open stove
and pipe. Stove to be set on sheet iron sufficient to secure the floor
and house. The underpinning to be 15 inches wide and 9 inches
thick. The house to be finished l)y the first day of December, 1836,
and to the acceptance of the committee for $259 and the old school
house." It was built by Jason Wing and according to his itemized
account cost him $295.95. This house, with some changes in the
arrangement of the seats and a small outside addition for an entry,
stood for forty-two years. In the district clerk's book, under date,
April 1, 1878, we find tlie following record: "Voted: To laise the
sum of nine hundred and twenty-five dollars to buy an addition to
to the school house lot of land, to do the necessary grading and
stone work, to build a school house and to pay incidental expenses."
W. P2. True, J. M. Wing and S. T. Bishop were the Building Com-
mittee, The house was thoroughly built by W. H. Roberts. It is
seated with modern seats and furnished with natural slate blackboards?
and is in all respects an "up-to-date" and well equipped school
house. In 1806, the number of scholars returned by the District
Agent was 33. In 1809, David Manter, district agent, returned
the number, 51. We found in the office of the selectmen the fol-
lowing :
BtSTOBY OF WAYNE. 10 1
"■To the Selectmen of the Toion of Wayne:
Gkntlemen : The following is the number of scholars in the sixth
district on the first day of last May belonging to families as given
below, viz :
Allen Wing has 5
William Frost " G
Noah Frost " 2
^ Job Billington " 6
William Thompson " 5
David Manter " 8
Jabez I Jesse 3d " 5
^ Isaac Billington, Jr. " 1
John Walton " 7
Simeon Wing " 4
William Wing " 7
Aaron Wing "8
Total, 64
C4iven under my hand,
WM. WING, 1
1 District
\ Committee.
Wayne, Dec. 14, 1814."
In 1810, the number returned was 82.
BEECH HILL DISTRICT.
In 1810, Beech Hill was "voted into a school district, to come as
far east as Bear Brook — to be known as the seventh school district."
Samuel Felch was chosen agent. The first school house was built in
1813. It stood a short distance west of where F. W. Small now lives
on the same side of the road. In 1847, this district was divided and
the school house moved to a site a few rods west of the H. J. Ridley
house. In 1849, the seventh district built a new school house,
locating it in the corner beyond the grave yard below A. P. Wing's.
This building was burned about 1873. In 1874, districts seven and
nine were re-united. In 1875, a good and convenient school house
was built. It is pleasantly located on the side of the hill east of
the residence of W. H. Roberts. It cost including the lot $1,000.
In the Supervisor's report that year I find the following: "School
commenced Dec. 27th ; visited it on New Year's day ; recall no little
incident of my whole life affording me more pleasure than seeing
these scholars who had suffered so much in the old building, so com-
fortably and pleasantly situated in the new one ; wished them a
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happy new year and many successful terms in their new and pleasant
school room ; reminded them that it should be their pride and
pleasure as well as duty to keep it from defacement."
In 1823, Love Roberts as district agent returned the scholars in
the seventh school district belonging in families as follows :
"Love Roberts,
Lemuel Bryant,
Samuel Gould,
Benjamin Burgess,
Elisha Burgess,
AVilliam Churchill,
Gustavus Foss,
Mattliias Ridley 2d,
Daniel Ridley,
Matthias Ridley,
V Jacob Maxim,
\ Seth Maxim,
Joshua Graves,
Mrs. Frost,
Edmund Besse,
6
George Foss,
2
4
Daniel Libby,
3
7
William Burgess,
3
2
Samuel Felch,
4
6
Obed Wing,
2
1
Jesse Bishop,
7
2
Dennis Jenkins,
7
1
William Gott,
7
5 ■
Hamilton Jenkins,
, 2
3
John Berry,
4
6
Robert Elrskiue,
5
5
William Morey,
2
5
2
2
Edmund Phillips,
5
Total,
110 scholars."
THE CHANDLEE DISTKICT.
At the annual meeting in the year 1821, it was voted "To set off
all that part of the town of Wayne lying east of Wilson pond and
south of Black's Bridge, so called, into a school district by itself."
The school house was near John Lowell's. Noah Chandler returned
the number of scholars, year 1821, to be 10, belonging in families
as follows :
John Frost, 6
Levi Frost, 2
Noah Chandler, 5
Sophronia Chandler, 5
Warren White, 1
Total,
19
This was known as the eighth school district till the year ISoO,
when it was set off to Winthrop.
THE GORDON DISTRICT, OR NO. 9.
In the year 1830, the south part of district No. 2 was set off into
a district by itself. "The dividing line to be as follows: on the
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north line of Nathaniel IJillington's lot from pond to pond." The
school house was located al)out half a mile north of the south line
of the town, and a short distance north of the site of the Gordon
house, on the west side of the road. Jairus Manwell made the fol-
lowing return of the number of scholars in the Gordon district,
Sept. 22, LS30:
Jairus Manwell, 2 George Gordon, 7
Jonathan Gordon, G Joseph Pettengill, 4
John Richards, 3 John Stevens, 6
Nathaniel Billington 1 Jonathan Besse, 5
Abisha Sturtevaut, 1 John Sturtevant, 3
Richard Frost, 2
Total, 40
In 1854, Aurelia A. Dexter taught this school. Wages $1 per
week. Length of term, 12 weeks. Whole number of pnpils, 28.
"Her first school gave promise of success, well adapted to teach the
young," were the words of the visiting committee. In 1859, this
district was discontinued.
DISTRICT NO. 10.
In the year 1830, it was "voted to locate the following families
into a school district, viz : Lemuel Bryant, Edmund Besse, George
Foss, Alexander Foss, Edmund Phillips, Daniel True, Warren
Crocker and William Morey." This was known as district No. 10.
Daniel True was the first agent. The school house stood near the
present site. It was burned July 4, 1881. The school was held in
private houses for three years, when the present house was fitted up
for the school. Annie M. Barker taught the first term in this build-
ing and received the plaudit "Well done." The number of scholars
in 1838 was 26, and in 1884, 14. One of the first teachers in this
district was Tillotson Lovejoy, who taught two months at $9 per
month.
DISTRICT NO. 11.
At the annual meeting in the year 1847 it was voted, "To set off
William Burgess, P^ben Libby, Obed Wing, Jonathan Bishop, Jesse
Bishop, Jesse Bishop, Jr., Asa Foss, Benjamin Durell, Elijah Gott,
Jared Knapp, Hamilton Jenkins, Hamilton Ridley, Wm. Erskine,
Robert Erskine, Richard Berry, Loring Roberts, Nathan Bishop and
William Gott, together with their estates, including non-resident
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lands belonging to Stephen Boothby and Isaac Stinebfield, from
district No. 7, into a district by themselves to be known as dis-
trict No. 11."
In 1848, it was "voted to receive Wni. Gott, Rufus Lincoln,
William Lincoln, Stephen Boothby and William Boothby inhabitants
of school district No. 8, in the town of Leeds, with their estates in-
to school district No. 11, in the town of Wayne."
"Voted to receive John Carver, John Stiuchileld, Isaac Stinch-
lield and Patience Knapp, inhabitants of school district No. 10, in
Leeds into school district No. 11, in the town of Wayne."
The school liouse was moved from district No. 7 and located a
short distance west of the H. J. Ridley house, as before stated. It
was (}uite tliorouglily repaired. Ricliard Berry, Hamilton Jenkins
and Isaac Stiuchfield were the repairing committee. A large and
interesting scliool was maintained here for many years.
In 18G0, the number of this district was changed to 9 owing to
the discontinuance of the district formerly known as No. !). At the
annual town meeting in 187o, it was voted "To disconnect the
inhabitants of Wayne, residents of school district No. 9, together
with their estates, from the inhabitants of Leeds heretofore connect-
ed with said school district and to annex them with their estates
to school district No. 7 in said town of Wayne." Tne last
term of school in the famous old school house which had been
in use for more than sixty years, was taught by Miss Mary E.
Jennings, one of Wayne's energetic and successful teachers. In
reporting the school the supervisor says : "With this term we bade
good-bye to the old school house, and could not help indulging in
the reflection that if the old school house could be transmuted into
solid gold and divided among those who were educated beneath its
humble roof, it would not and could not do tliem so much good
as the knowledge they there obtained."
DISTRICT NO. 12.
At the annual town meeting in the year 1848, it was voted "To
set ofT Benj. B. Bourn, Moses Bean, Elias Berry, John Cumner,
Ephraim S. Smith, Robert Handy, Bradbury Sylvester, William
Cumner, James S. Thompson, together with their estates, also the
non-resident lands of Henry Atkinson, Samuel Carson, Lincoln
Curtis, Benj. Gardiner, Edward Jones, Benj. L. Lombard, Martin
Macomber, Wm. Macomber and Benj. Palmer from school district
No. 4 into a district by themselves." A building was moved from
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North Wayne and fitted up for a school house. It stood on the site
of the present house. Not meeting the wants of the district, "a
good, new school house" was built in 1854. It cost $3U7. The
first teacher in the new house was Mrs. Ann O. Thomas of Winthrop,
who taught many terms here with much acceptance. When the
district known for many years as No 8 was set off to Winthrop in
1850, the number 12 was changed to 8, by which tliis district lias
since been known.
APPllOFHIATIONS.
At the first annual town meeting of which there is any record,
the sum of $100 was raised for the support of schools. This
amount was raised annually till 1804, when it was increased to $150.
In 1805 the appropriation was $250 ; in 180(J, $300 ; in 1810, $400 ;
in 1821, $530. These annual appropriations show an interest in
schools and a willingness to contribute to their support. There was
little wealth among the early settlers and many were the calls for
money. The roads cost the town large suras, and the appropriations
for schools must be considered generous, considering their scanty
means. We know nothing of want, necessity and privations as
these were felt in Wayne a hundred years ago. In 1870, the sum
raised for schools was $1,1 !»4, the amount received from the State
was $26.04, making the available sum $1,220.04. The State aid
now furnished schools is a great benefit to the cause of education in
Maine. In 1897, the total amount available for all school expenses
amounted to nearly $2,000. The citizens of Wayne have always
taken a keen interest in the schools, and the annual appropriations
have shown a liberality of which the town may well be proud.
SUPERVISION.
A list of the school officers is given in another place. A school
committee was chosen at the first annual town meeting of which
there is a record. A member of this committee was chosen for each
school district in town. The next year, acting on the principle that
"three heads are better than one," three members of the committee
were chosen for each district. In 1803. Joseph Lamson, Moses
Wing and Ebenezer Besse were chosen a select committee to "visit
the schools and license school masters and school mistresses." Since
that date, the schools of Wayne have been under the supervision of
either a school committee or a school supervisor, chosen by the
town for that purpose. At what date the committee began to make
106 . HISTOBY OF WAYNE.
annual written reports cannot be ascertained. Only a few of such
reports were found in the "archives" of the town. These early
reports were carefully prepared, and show that the school interests
were closely watched. They give a life-like view of the work done
in the schools and are replete with good counsel to agents, parents
and the community. In one place we find attention called to the
opposition to letting the school "slide." The town "voted that
school children be prohibited from sliding down hill in the high-
ways, under penalty of $5 for each offense."
In 1855, the first printed report of the school committee ap-
peared. It was written by Rev. Carlton Parker. In it attention is
called to the elements of a good school as follows : "The elements
essential to a good school are three : A competent teacher, dutiful
scholars, and parents ready to co-operate with the teacher and pupils
to obtain the desired results. When these three elements, properly
combined, meet in the school room, the result cannot be doulitful —
there will be a good school."
In 1864 the second printed school report was issued by vote of
the town. Twent}' terms of school are reported, and the number of
scholars in attendance was nearly 400. In 1884 the school board
recommended establishing a free high school in each of our villages,
and this action was taken by the town. Every year since these
schools have been held ten weeks in each village in the autumn
season and often a spring term has been sustained in one of the
villages. These schools have been productive of great good to the
cause of education in the town. In the report for 1898, the super-
intendent says : "Our course is on a par with the English and classi-
cal courses in most high schools and academies, and in two or three
years should be so extended as to fit for college."
TEACHERS.
Wayne has furnished a large number of teachers, first and last,
both male and female. The writer would be glad to see and read
the names of them all. Most of them were persons of high charac-
ter and learning. The active experience of many of them covered
a period of many years. Their names are embalmed in the memory
of their former pupils, and will be perpetuated as long as people
live in the good old town of Wayne.
SCHOLARS.
In the good old times the 12 school houses used to be crowded
DISTRICT.
SCHOLAKS.
No
. 1
85
2
32
3
35
4
40
5
100
6
55
7
22
8
19
9
20
10
11
11
40
12
21
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with scholars. Before the writer are the Registers of the winter
terms, 1850-1851. The whole number of scholars registered in the
winter schools of each district was as follows :
TEACHERS.
Sewall Katon
^Y. G. Besse
J. H. Thorne
B. Sylvester
Mary E Jennings and Elislia Winter
Hartson Blaclvstone
H. J. Bidley
G F. Stevens
Almira Norris
Justin M. Copeland
Leonard L. Wing
Ann O. Thomas.
Making a total of 480 scholars who attended school in the winter
of 1850-'51. In 1854, the number of scholars returned by the dis-
trict agents was 533.
According to the school census taken in April, 1897, the number
of persons in town between the ages of 4 and 21 years, was 206.
Text books used in the public schools in 1850 : Maudervill's
Readers, Webster's Spelling Book, Greenleaf's Arithmetic, Greene's
Grammar, Weld's Parsing Book, Mitchell's Geography, Goodrich's
U. S. History, Cutter's Physiology, Johnson's Chemistry, Comstock's
Philosophy, Burrett's Geography of the Heavens, Colburn's and
Bailey's Algebras.
Many sons and daughters of Wayne have made the schools of the
town stepping stones to higher positions in life. A few examples
will be briefly mentioned. In the early history of the town, we find
Alonzo Wing, a scholar in the common schools, then a teacher, next
a student in college, later State Superintendent of the public schools
of Wisconsin. Thomas J. Burgess was raised on a Wayne farm,
later he was a AVinthrop lawyer. H. V. Dexter was a Wayne
school boy and teacher, then graduate of Waterville college and
Newton Theological Institute, afterwards a D. D. and pastor of the
Baptist Church of Augusta. David F. and A. R. Crane were both
born in Wayne and attended its schools. Both graduated from Water-
ville College. David F. is now a prominent lawyer in Boston, Mass.
A. R. Crane taught in the public and High Schools of Wayne and
is kindly remembered by all his pupils. Dr. Crane has held many
108 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
places of trust and responsibility. He is now a pastor of the Bap-
tist Church of Hebron, and teacher of Biblical Literature in Hebron
Academy. A. P. Lovejoy, scholar and teacher in Wayne school,
afterwards Representative, then Senator in the legislature of Wis-
consin and Mayor of the city of Janesville. Hiram B. and Horatio
B. Lawrence were born on a farm in the south eastern part of this
town. Their ability and energy enabled them to graduate from
Bowdoin College. They have made teaching a life business with
eminent success. H. N. Fairbanks, a native of Wayne, taught in
its schools, afterwards represented the city of Bangor in the legisla-
ture. Joshua H. Milletthas furnished substantial proofs of his love
for the dear old town where his school boy days were spent. He is
a man whom Wayne is [)roud to own and honor. We must not for-
get to mention that Maine's "greatest songstress," A' nie Louise
Cary, now Mrs. Raymond, was born in Wayne and attended school
in the old brick school house. Ansel Smith is well reineml)ered as a
scholar and teacher in Wayne schools. He is now Judge Smith of
California. Charles Raymond and Fred Daggett were natives of
Wayne, and passed their school days here. Both graduated
from Bates College and taught school, more or less. The latter is a
successful lawyer in Boston, Mass. All of the young men from
this town who recently graduated from Colby, taught more or less
in Wayne schools as a means of raising money to meet academy
and college expenses. Among these may be named W. H. Bron-
son, W. H. Snyder, M. M. Smith and C. F. Leadbetter. They ave
young men who reflect honor upon the town. Many others are de-
serving of mention, but space forliids.
CHAPTER VIII.
ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS SIX'RET SOCIETIES AND THEIR
WORK.
'I ''HE various ()ro;aiiizatioiis and associations of a moral, social, bene-
ticial and literary character have been and still are well represeut-
ea in ^^'ayne. Among the first of these was the Washingtonian move-
ment for the suppression of intenipei'ance, which was started about
1(S41 and numliered among its members many if not the most
of the leading citizens of the town. The members were from
different sections of the town, and the iiieetings were held in the sever-
al school houses. This movement continued several years and was
finally merged into the more perfectly organized temperance societies.
The Iudei)endent Order of Good Templars have had lodges iii
AVayne for a large part of the time since the Order was introduced
into the State, which was in 1859. The first lodge organized was
Pocasset No. 99, Sept. 24, 1S67, with H. S. Smith, Lodge Deputy.
It did not keep up the organization for a great while, and Wayne
Lodge was organized in 1870. Wayne Lodge No. 108 was instituted
Nov. 5, 1881, with F. S. Bisbee, Lodge Deputy, and is still holding
its meetings and working in the cause of temperance.
At North Wayne, Eastern Star Lodge, No. 297, was instituted Sept.
25, 1867, with S. A. Nelke, Lodge Deputy, and continued its work
for about three years, when the same depression in business which
caused so many other interests to fall, caused the lodge to suspend its
meetings permanently. Grolden Star Lodge, No. 281, was organized
Feb. 12, 1880, at North Wayne, with J. Eugene Haskell, Lodge
Deputy, and after eighteen years of varying success still holds its
charter and carries on its meetings.
The first Secret Order to be organized in Wayne was that of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Central Lodge, No. 45, was in-
stituted at North Wayne Village April 28, 1847, and the following
well known gentlemen at that time were elected officers :
110 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
William Passiiiore, Noble Grand.
J. 11 Fillel)r()\vn, Vice Grand.
William V>. Briggs, Secretary.
Samuel Faunce, Treasurer.
The meetings were regularly held for a nund)er of years. In 1851,
the lodge numbered 55 niend)ers and had an invested fund of $832.
In the general collapse in Oddfellowship which occurred about this
time Central Lodge went down with the rest. Dec. 25, 1855, the
membership was reduced to nine, and at a meeting held that date it
was voted to adjourn one week. The adjourned meeting was never
held. During the time the lodge was in existence it admitted 53 men
to membership, gave relief to 20 of its members, and paid out $176 in
relief
Asylum Lodge, No. 133, F. & A. M., received a dispensation from
M. W. William P. Preble, Grand Master, dated July 20, A. L.
5865. This Dispensation was issued to William H. Burgess, Brad-
dock W. Varnuni, John Stevens, George F. Hodsdon, Thomas Wing,
John M. Woo(ll)ury, Levi G. Brown, Still man H. J. Berry, William
H. Rollins, Emery Foss, Luther W. Fillebrown and Josiah Norris.
On September 19, A. L. 5867, a charter was received and the lodge
was constituted in ancient form. Emeiy Foss was appointed the first
master, and was also elected the first master under the charter in 1867.
Those who succeeded him at the head of the Lodge were, Hamilton J.
Ridley, 1869, Love R. Sturtevant, 1870, Alfred F. Johnson, 1872,
Hamilton J. Ridley, 1875, Charles E. Wing, 1876, Love R. Sturte-
vant, 1877, Thomas Wing, 1881, Hamilton J. Ridley, 1882, Love R.
Sturtevant, 1883, Charles W. C^rosby, 1884, James M. Pike, 1890,
John M. Gordon, 1891, Benjamin H. J. Ridley, 1892, Clarence M.
Stevens, 1894, Frederick L. Chenery, 1S96. One hundred have
received the degree of Master Mason in this lodge since its organization.
A Grange of the Order of Patr*jns of Husbandry called Wayne
Grange, No. 157, was organized April 16, 1875, with H. J. Ridley,
Worthy Master and Sewall Pettingill, Secretary, and continued its
work for about six years. During a part of this time the patrons con-
ducted a store on the co-operative plan. At one time the Grange had
a membership of about 70. Later the membership became very much
reduced and finally the charter was surrendered.
Pocasset Lodge No. 6, Ancient Order United Workmen, was insti-
tuted Aug. 21, 1882, the object of the Order being to furnish its
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members life insurance on the assessment basis. The present nunil)er
of members is 86. F. L. Dixon was the lirst Master Workman;
others who have succeeded him have been J. B. Gordon, P. H. Cal-
hon, J. C. Stinchfiekl, W. B. Howard, J. M. Pike, W. B. Frost, A.
M. jNIanter, S. Pettengill, L. R. Sturtevant, C. H. Barker, P. C.
Tribou, E. L. Lincoln.
AVayne Commandery, No. 2S0, United Order of the Golden Cross,
an assessment insurance society, for both men and women, was organ-
ized March 5, 18(S5. To the present time the office of Noble Com-
mander has been held by three members :
Dr. A. L. French 6 terms.
Mrs. Henrietta Btinchfield <S terms.
Charles E. Wing 18 terms.
Lewis H. Wing Post, No. 1(57, Grand Army of the Repuldic, was
organized Dec. 8, 1892, and was named for Lieut. Lewis H. Wing,
who was killed before Petersburg, Sejrt. 11, 1864. The first Comman-
der was Sewall Pettingill, 1892, succeeded by James M. Pike, 1894;
Henry A. Dexter, 189'); Augustus S. George, 1896; George H.
Lord, 1.S97; Williston Jennings, 1898. Charles E. Wing has 1)een
Adjutant from the organization to the present time.
The Women's Relief Cori)S, Auxiliary to Lewis H. Wing Post,
was organized Jan. 26, 1893. The object of the organization is to
assist the Post in its work and receive into membership all loyal women
who wish to l)e identified with the same. The executive officer is
president and the office has l)een held l>y Mrs. Amineh A. Pike, 1893-
1.S94; :\[rs. Emma Pettingill, 1895; Mrs. Abbie M. Pulsifer, 1896;
Mrs. Julia A. Swift, 1897-1898.
The Wayne Library Association was organized at Wayne, Aug. 11,
1885, under the name of "The Alonzo Wing Lil)rary Association,"
for the purpose of receiving and providing for the circulation of about
160 books, the gift of Alonzo Wing, Esq., of Jefferson, Wis., a native
of Wayne. Books have been added to the original donation, until, at
the jjresent time the Association owns a library of between 800 and
900 volumes of well selected and valuable books. The name of
the Association was changed Nov, •")(), 1895, to the "Wayne
Library Association." The library is well patronized, and is
doing a good work in the entertainment and instruction of its
patrons. The Association owes a large share of its success to the
interest and aid of former (dtizens of Wayne. Generous contri-
112 HISTORY OF [VATNE.
butions of liooks, or money, or both, have been received from J. H.
Millett, Esq., of Maiden, Mass., J. L. Frost of Boston, Mrs. A. Louise
Gary Raymond of New York, Samuel E. Cary of East Orange, N. J.,
Prof. H. B. Lawrence of Holyoke, Mass., Jacob Haskell of Salem,
Mass., and Hon. A. P. Lovejoy of Janesville, Wis. It has also re-
ceived contributions from G. J. Wing, W. G. Besse and Mrs. L. L.
Besse of Wayne. The Association is especially indelited to Mr. Mil-
lett for advice in the management of the library, and the selection of
books. The officers of the Association at the present time are :
President, W. A. Burgess ; Vice President, B. F. Bradford ; Secretary,
J. C. Stinchfield ; Treasurer, C. E. Wing ; Librarian, Mrs. L. L.
Besse; Trustees, W. H. Garey, W. B. Frost and W. G. Besse.
The North Wayne Mechanics' Library Association was organized
July 27, iSf)!), for the }nir])ose of receiving a collection of books pre-
sented by K. B. Dunn, Es(j. J. F. Taylor, Esq., was chosen president
of the Association and Dyer Higgins, librarian. Jan. 14, 1851, the
li])rarian re])orted 4()i) volumes in the library. These were among the
most valuable of the books puldished at that time and comprised
works of history, biography, science, religion, travels, poetry and
fiction. A room was prepared in the basement of the church and here
the library was opened weekly for years. With the addition afterwards
made, the number of volumes increased to nearly seven hundred.
Wlien the scythe Inisiness ceased those who had been most interested
in the Association removed to other places and the library was but
little used until 1894, when the organization was resumed and quite a
collection of new liooks added.
CHAPTER IX.
RESIDIONT PHYSICIANS FROM 1782 TO 1898.
"T^OCTOR Moses Wina-, the first physician to locate in New Sand-
^~^ wich, (now Wayne), of whom we have knowledge, was horn in
Sandwich, INIass., April, 1759. In early life he served in the l^ S.
Navy and Army. Upon his receiving an honorable discharge from
the army, where lie held the position of Surgeon's Mate at Falmouth,
he settled in this town for life. His discharge is dated 1782. He died
in Wayne in 18;>7.
Dr. Thomas S. Brigham came to Wayne from New Hampshire as
early as 1810, but did not make a permanent settlement until 1818.
Here he was engaged in his profession until his death in the fall of
1842.
From all the information obtained. Dr. R. C. Seaver made his
residence in Wayne from 1818 to 1822.
Dr. Cyrus Knapp was born in Leeds, March, 1788; graduated at
Maine Medical School; settled in Wayne, 1824; moved to Winthrop
in 1828. Afterwards he was made superintendent of the Insane Hos-
pital ill Augusta.
Dr. Jeremiah Dummer studied medicine with Dr. Brigham and, as
near as can be learned, ])racticed in Wayne from 1831 to 1838.
Dr. H. G. Allen was born in Bath, August, 1807. Practiced his
profession in Wayne from 1881 to 1887.
Nelson H. Cary, M. D., was born in North Bridgewater, Mass.,
January, 1807. He graduated at Maine Medical School 1828.
First settled in Ware, Mass. Came to Wayne in 1837. Removed to
Yarmouth in 1850. Died in Durham April, 1877.
John K. Stanchfield was born in Leeds, July, 1818. Graduated at
Maine Medical School, 1848; came to Wayne, 1849. In 1852 he
removed to Elmira, N. Y., where he remained until his death, 1883.
He died in Denver, Col., on his way home from a visit in California,
July, 1883.
Charles H. Barker, M. D., was born in Cornish, October, 1822.
114 EISTOBY OF WAYNE.
Graduated from Maine Medical School in 1846. Came to Wayne,
October, 1850, and remained here until his death. May, 1891.
Charles K. Stanchfield, M. D., was liorn in Leeds, 1840. Gradua-
ted from Maine Medical School, Brunswick, 1868. Practiced in
Wayne from 1868 until shortly before his death in Leeds, 1875.
E. F. Bradford, M. D., was born in Turner, September, 1835.
Graduated from Harvard Medical College, 1869. Began practice in
Wayne, April, 1869. Removed to Mechanic Falls July, 1871, where
he is now in the practice of his ]>rofession.
AldenE. Bessey, M. D., was born in Hebron, January 1, 1838. Grad-
uated at Maine Medical School, June, 1870. Settled in Wayne, June,
1870. Moved to Sidney, January 1871, where he remained eighteen
years. Thence removed to Waterville where he is now in active
practice.
D. A. Ridley, M. D., was horn in Richmond, Mar. 25, 1851.
Graduated at Dartmouth Medical School, 1876. Settled in Wayne,
January, 1877. Moved to Palermo, February, 1878. Now in prac-
tice there.
Fred L. Dixon, M. D., was born in Jay, January, 1857. Gradu-
ted from Dartmouth Medical College, 1880. Practiced in the town
of Wayne from November, 1880 to February, 1884. Now at Lew-
iston.
A. G. French, M. D., came to Wayne in 1884. After a short resi-
dence here moved to Lewiston where he died in 1888.
A. L. French, M. D., was born at Livermore Falls in 1859. Grad-
uated from Maine Medical School, 1882. Moved to Wayne, Febru-
ary, 1884. Remained here until December, 1886, when he removed
to Lewiston. In 1898, in practice at Peaks Island.
F. L. Chenery, M. D., was born in North Livermore, April, 1863.
Graduated from the University of the City of New York, Medical De-
partment, March, 1886. Settled in Wayne December, 1886, where
he is now in successful practice.
CHAPTER X.
LIST OF MERCHANTS IN THE TOWN.
We give in this chapter the list of merchants and the years in which
they were in trade:
Joseph Lanison, Lamson &. Bowles; between 1800 and 1805.
Lamson & Bowles, Moses Wing, Jr.; between 1805 and 1810.
Lamson & Bowles, Stephen Holt, Richard Gower, Ellis 8weet,
Moses Wing, Jr.; between 1810 and 1815.
Lamson & Bowles, Richard Gower; between 1815 and 1820.
Joseph Lamson, Farnham & Stanley, Bowles & Lee; between 1820
and 1825.
Farnham & Stanley, A. B. and P. Morton; between 1825 and
1830.
George Smith, Henry W. Owen, A. B. and P. Moulton, Owen &
Virgin, Washington Stanley, Lemuel Bartlett, John Smith ; 1830 and
1835.
Wellington Hunton, Sumner C Moulton, George Smith, Henry W.
Owen, Charles Nelson, Owen & Virgin, Samuel Dexter, Bartlett W.
Varuum ; between 1835 and 1840.
Wellington Hunton, Sumner C. Moulton, George Smith, B. W.
Varnum, Charles Nelson, William Hayes; between 1840 and 1845.
Wellington Hunton, Sumner C. Moulton, Jonathan Moulton, James
M. Moulton, George Smith, Charles K. Besse, B. W. Varnum, Allen
Brothers, N. H. Cary, Arza Gillmore, Charles Nelson, Pinkham &
Frizzelle, Miss Maria Fairbanks, Milliner; between 1845 and 1850.
Jonathan Moulton, Read & Besse, George Smith, Caleb Fuller, B.
W. Varnum, W. D. Weymouth, Wellington Hunton, C. C. Whitney,
Arza Gillmore, Miss Marcena Foss, Milliner, Miss Maria Fairbanks,
Milliner, Miss Almira Lane, Milliner; between 1850 and 1855.
Jonathan Moulton, George Smith, C. C. Whitney, Weymouth &
Foss, B. W. Varnum, Eben Norris, Jr., Read & Besse, Miss Maria
Fairbanks, Milliner; between 1855 and 1860.
Jonathan Moulton, C. C. Whitney, Eben Norris, Jr., James H.
116 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
Thorne, Alfred Sawyer, Barker & Goodwin, Miss Marcena Foss,
Milliner; between 1860 and 1865.
Jonathan Moultou, Sawyer & Clark, Alfred Sawyer, Sawyer &
Berry, George F. Hopkins, Hopkins & Chase, Holman Johnson,
Hopkins ct Besse, Jeremiah Foss, Boot and Shoe, Virgil Sonle, Boots and
Shoes, Thomas Conant, Stoves and Tinware, Miss INIarcena Foss, Mil-
liner; between 1865 and 1870
Jonathan Monlton, Joseph S. Berry, G. W. Plummer & Son, W.
C. Tribou, Confectionery, Stillman Read, George E. Chase, Jeremiah
Foss, Boots and Shoes, Thomas Conant, Stoves and Tinware, Miss
Marcena Foss, Milliner; between 1870 and l'S75.
Jonathan Moulton, James M. Monlton, Joseph S. Berry, W. C.
Tribon, John M. Gott, Grange Store, Jeremiah Foss, Boots and Shoes,
Peleg F. Pike, Boots and Shoes, Walter E. Foss, Boots and Shoes,
Geo. AV. Besse, Boots and Shoes, Thomas Conant, Stoves and Tinware,
Fred Bangs, Tailor, Miss Marcena Foss, Milliner, Miss Ella M. Foss,
Milliner, Mrs. G. W. Besse, Milliner; between 1875 and 1880.
James M. Moulton, Joseph S. Berry, W. C. Tribon, Geo. B. San-
born, H. F. W. Morse, W. E. Foss, E. L. Lincoln, Tailor, W. 0.
Day, Boots and Shoes, Thomas Conant & Son, Stoves and Tinware,
Miss Marcena Foss, Milliner, Miss Ella M. Foss, Milliner, Miss Mary
E. Jennings, Milliner; between 1880 and 1885.
J. M. Moulton, J. S. Berry, W. C. Tribou, A. B. Allen, L. K.
Cram & Sons, E. L. Lincoln, Tailor, W. O. Day, Boots and Shoes, J. G.
Stetson, Fancy Goods, Miss Emma Manter, Milliner, Miss M. E. Jen-
nings, Milliner, Miss Marcena Foss, Milliner; between 1885 and 1890.
J. M. Moulton, G. W. Besse, W. C. Tribou, J. R. and L. B.
Cram, E. L. Lincoln, Tailor, N. K. Lincoln, Boots and Shoes, Mrs. G.
W. Besse, Milliner, W. P. Norris, Stoves and Tinware; between 1890
and 1895.
J. M. Moulton, W. C. Triliou, G. W. Besse, Lincoln Brothers,
Besse & Norris, W. P. Norris, Stoves and Tinware, A. M. Stetson,
Stoves and Tinware, Mrs. G. W. Besse, Milliner, George O. and J. G.
Stetson, Confectionery; between 1895 and 1898.
MERCHANTS OF NORTH WAYNE.
In regard to the merchants of this place, the first one who opened a
store here was Benjamin Smith, about 1825, and run it for several
years. About 1837, Jonathan Atwood opened a store here, and run it
for a few years. About 1845, Hiram Hankerson built a store here
HISTOBY OF WAYNE. 117
and traded for a number of years!. About this; time the North Wayne
Scythe Co. opened a store which they oi)erated in connection with their
business, until about 1860. This was the largest store in this jjart of
the county. In 18G0, I. F. Decker opened a store in the building of
the N. W. 8. Co., which he conducted for a few years. He sold to
D. N. Gower who afterwards sold to Daniel Safford and J. W. Rich-
ards. Later, Mr. Sattbrd sold his interest to Lowell Sanborn, who
continued the business under the name of Sanborn, Richards & Co.
Later, Mr. Richards sold to Mr. Sanborn, who continued to run it
until he moved his stock of goods to Fayette. Later, a Mr. Chase
opened the store and operated it for a short time, when he moved to
Norway. About 1879, the North Wayne Paper Co. opened the store
and continued to run it until their mill burned, when they closed it.
Soon after this, about 1883, C. A. Libby opened the store and run
it until he moved to North Monmouth. After Mr. Liliby moved, the
store was again opened by S. A. Nelke who traded there until it was
burned, when he altered over another building and commenced again.
He continued in business for some time when he sold to G. W. Besse,
who afterwards sold to C. E. Smith, who run it for about one year
when he sold to C. W. Crosby who continued to run it until he moved
his stock to Kent's Hill.
In 1856, Alvin Palmer built a store and stocked and run it until
about 1879, when he sold his stock to the North Wayne Paper Co.
Soon after H. D. Lothrop rented this store and put in a stock of goods.
He traded for some time when he moved away. Later, G. B. Huft
and H. D. Nason opened this store again and continued business for a
short time when they sold to Alvin Palmer who still occupies it in
trade. Mr. Palmer is the oldest merchant in town as he has been in
trade almost continuously for forty-one years. About 1881, W. Jen-
nings and C. W. Crosby who were manufacturing boots and shoes,
added to their business groceries which they sold for some time. In
1895, L. P. Maxim opened a grocery store which he continued to oper-
ate for a short time.
CHAPTER XL
CEMETERIES.
T3REVIOU8 to 1822, there were 110 cemeteries, the iohahitauts using
-*- their private lotsf or burial purposes. November 4th of that year
the town voted to accejit tliree h)ts for cemeteries, each containing one-
fourtli of an acre. One bought of Job Fuller for seven dollars is the
southeast corner of Evergreen Cemetery. The second bought of
Robert Erskine for five dollars, near the residence of the late H. J.
Ridley, was aJ)andoned about 1835, on account of drifting sand. The
third, bought of Comfort C'. Smith for the same sum, is now in the
town of Readfield. The lot })urchased of Job Fuller appears to have
received three additions, the last one in 1880, costing ten dollars, and
containing half an acre. The entire yjvrd now contains two and one-
fifth acres. The original lot with the first addition containing one
hundred square rods, is fully occupied. A basin north of this con-
taining twenty square rods is not used for burial. West of these there
are eighty-five lots, twenty feet by nine. To the north of these there
are eighty-two lots, sixteen feet by eight. There is one entrance on
the south and two on the east, with driveways connecting. When it
became necessary to remove the bodies from the lot bouglit of Robert
Erskine, many were taken to a place some fifty rods southwest. ' This
is a private yard. During the year 1859, a bank wall was erected
around the yard. The front and end wall was built by Wm. Boothby
for one hundred and twelve dollars. The rear one by Squire Bishop
for sixty cents per rod. The lot was graded at the same time. It
seems to be well kej)t and has a large number of head stones and a few
beautiful monuments. It contains 48 square rods and is divided into
thirty-nine lots each 30 feet by 1 0. The entrance is eight feet wide
opening into an avenue of the same width, running the entire length
of the yard. There are two tiers of lots on the right of the avenue
and one on the left. It is estimated to contain one hundred and sixty
bodies including eight soldiers of the civil war. The land was donat-
ed by Hamilton Jenkins, grandfather of H. J. Ridley.
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The cemetery near A. P. AViug's was taken from the farms of
Joshua and Bartlett Burgess. It was first used for burial purposes
about the year 1835. It is on a side hill and faces the southwest.
Bank walls were built in front and rear about the year 1856, by Jason
Maxim, Osgood Graves and Jerome Ridley. The end fences are of
wood. About 1880, Daniel True secured land on three sides, and had
a belt of trees and bushes planted on it, to secure it from sand. An
entrance, ten feet wide, near the middle leads into an avenue of the
same width running to the rear. There are four walks five feet wide
crossing this avenue at right angles, and running across the yard. It
contains 44 lots, each 80 feet by 10 feet; twenty of them are on the
right of the avenue and 24 on the left. It is 126 feet long and 112
feet wide. About 75 bodies lie here, of which only one is that of a
soldier.
The land for another early cemetery was donated by Wm. True,
and is located about 40 rods east of the residence of A. C. Hayford
and ten rods from the highway. It inclines to the south and contains
about 36 square rods. The entrance is ten feet wide, and an avenue
of the same width extends to the rear. On each side of this there is
space for 144 graves, each eight feet long and four feet wide. In 1861
it contained about 75 bodies. Since then some 35 have been removed
and some received their first burial here. Present number 45. This
was originally a private yard, but being neglected the town now cares
for it,
In 1861, Joseph P. Gorden and his brother Jonathan established a
cemetery near the residence of James Gorden. It was graded and
surrounded by a bank wall at a cost of S500. It is ten rods in front
and eight deep. The heads of the graves are toward the north. A
border six feet wide extends on the north, east and west, and one eight
feet wide on the south. There are four rows of lots ; the outside rows
contain eleven each, the inside one*^ ten each. The lots are 33 feet
long and eight feet wide. There are two entrances, each eight feet
wide, opening into driveways of the same width. These drives are be-
tween the outside and inside lots and connected in the rear. It con-
tains the bodies of five soldiers.
"Wing" cemetery was located in 1867, about 30 rods north of the resi-
dence of A. W. Riggs. It is 104 feet square and inclined slightly towards
Wing Pond. It is surrounded by a bank wall of split granite. In the
centre is a circular plat fourteen feet in diameter, on which stands a
monument 12 feet high of cut granite. On the side fronting the en-
120 mSTOBY OF WAYNE.
trance is the name "Winy," and on the other seven sides the names of
the seven brothers. Around the central phit is a circular walk five
and one-half feet wide, outside of which is a l)urial plat nine feet wide.
Next is another walk six feet wide, beyond which is another plat 17
feet wide, for two rows of graves. Outside of this plat is a third walk
seven feet wide, touching the four sides of the cemetery. There is,
also, a walk from the entrance to the monument, ci'ossing the other
walks. There is also a lot in each corner outside the outer walk. The
entrance, closed by iron gates, is nine feet wide and the walk to the
monument of the same width. There is room for 224 graves, of which
about one-half are used, including five soldiers. The yarcj cost $700,
the monument, $400. A receiving tomb has been erected on the south
side recently. Thomas Wing is President. There is a fund of $1,000.
Blount Pleasant Cemetery is situated about half a mile south of
Wayne village, on a slight eminence commanding a magnificent view
of Androscoggin lake. It was first laid out about 1<S4H on land owned
by Wager Besse, and contained but a small area. In 1848 it was
enlarged by Mr. Besse, and again in 1878 by M. B. Fuller, who add-
ed that section north of the north entrance. The yard has two en-
trances in front from which two driveways extend to the rear. There
is also a driveway running the entire length of the west side, and an-
other through the middle. The lots are 1 2 feet by 1 6 feet, arranged
in tiers, which are separated by walks four feet wide running parallel
with the street. Sumner Moulton, who died Sept. 27, 1846, is said to
be the first one buried in these grounds. Scattered through the
yard are many beautiful and costly monuments, the most noticeable of
which are those of Holman Johnson, Edward Hight, Ephraim Foss,
J. S. Berry, Caleb Fuller, Humphrey Hight, John Reed and A. S.
Wright. The yard contains the bodies of nine soldiers of the late war.
The cemetery is held and controlled by an incorporation. J. M. Moul-
ton is president and W. A. Burgess is secretary. Through the efforts
of this organization a tract of land 96 feet wide on the south and ten
feet wide on the west and north of the yard has been recently pur-
chased of J. M. Gott, forming a valuable addition and aftbrding space
for a driveway around the entire grounds. The yard is now 364 feet
on the street and 220 feet wide.
The first traces of a burial place that existed in the village of North
Wayne in early times, were some graves, on the site of the present
cemetery, of persons unknown at the present day, which were marked
by field stones. But the authentic record of the cemetery begins with
HISTORY OF WAYNE. 121
the year 1825, when Rev. Comfort ('. Smith, who, sevenil years previous
had become the possessor of a hirge tract of hmd exteiulin<>; from the
present residence of Cyrus Ladd to the stream, gave this phjt of <rround
containing these graves to the town for a cemetery, and Ids wife dying
in February of the same year was interred there. The monument re-
cording her death and that of her liusl)and was the first one erected in
the cemetery.
In September, 1850, the town ]jurchased of the North Wayne Scythe
Company an adjoining piece of hmd, enlarging it considerably. At
this time the cemetery was much improved by grading, and shade trees
were set out by the citizens. In 1(S<S(), Mrs. N. A. Davis, who was the
owner of land adjoining the cemetery, presented the town with an;
additional piece of land, which included the lot where mend)ers of her
own family are buried. Many of the older residents of the village
have here been laid to rest. There are also soldiers of the war of 1812
and of the late Civil war. The cemetery occupies a pleasant site on the
Winthrop road just outside the village on the hill whence can be seen
the winding stream, the lakes beyond, the village below, while the en-
circling hills keep guard around.
CHAPTER XII.
INTENTIONS OF MARRIA(4E RE(iI8TERED IN WAYNE.
t 1802.
JOHN Atkins of Wiiithrop and Patty Clariniond Fearinu' of Wayne,
January 1.
Thomas Blackwell and Kesia Hi,a;ains, both of Wayne, Jan. 18.
Melatiah Raymond and Chirissa Maxham, l)oth of Wayne, Feb. 6.
-■ John Frost, Jr., and Sophia Fisher, lioth of Wayne, previous to
April 20.
Japheth C Washburn of Wayne and INIrs. Betsey Lovvney of Mon-
mouth, April 5.
1808.
Lieut. E})hraim Norris and jNIrs. Esther Allen, both of Wayne,
Jan. 15.
Josiah Norris of Wayne and Mrs. Eunice Thomas of Harlem,
April 26.
Sylvanus Atkinson of Wayne and Mrs. Susanna Mason of Leeds^
July 16.
1804.
Seth Billin<?ton 2d and Polly Norris, both of Wayne, Feb. 22.
Ebeuezer Handy of Wayne and Silvina Bonney of Winthrop,
April 28.
John Frost and Esther Smith, both of Wayne, May 28. ■
Solomon Raymond and Mary Smith, both of Wayne, June 30.
Jacob Maxim and Sally Washburn, both of Wayne, Oct. 27.
Peter Lawrence and Melatiah Davenport, both of Wayne, Nov. 15
Noah Frost of Wayne and Polly Ward of Harlem, Nov. 25.
John Frost and Susanna Hodges, both of Wayne, Dec. 1 2.
1805.
Isaac Dexter, Jr. and Sally Wing, both of Wayne, Jan. 1.
Elnathan Swift and Polly Lord, both ot Wayne, April 6.
Nathan Handy and Betsey Fisher, both of Wayne, May 25.
MISTOBY OF WAYNE. 123
Alpheus Wing of Wiiyue and Rhoda Time of Livermore, Kov. 27.
1806.
Noah Frost of Wayne and Sally Hammond of Leeds, Feb. 1.
Reuben Besse, Sen., and Hannah Stevens, both of Wayne, Mai*. 8.
Nathan Lovejoy of Fayette and Tem[)eranc'e Wing of Wayne,
Mar. 11. "
Sylvanus Blackwell and Sarah Walton, both of \\^iyiie, April 15.
Moses Bean and Betsey Anderson, both of \\''ayiie, Aug. 15.
1-S07.
Jabez True of Livermore and Elisa Shepherdson Allen of Wayne,
Jan. 16.
Benjamin ]\Iaxim and p]unice Raymond, both of Wayne, Veh. 28.
Benjamin Austin and Hannah Walton, both of Wayne, July 27.
Amasa Dexter and Pattie Burgess, both of Wayne, Sept, 11.
Samuel Brown of Wayne and Hannah Wiiislow of Duxborough,
Oct. 3. ... .. ^
1<S08.
Wm. Knight, Jr., of Fayette and Betsey Brown of Wayne, Jan. 9.
Robinson J. Weeks of Wayne and Chloe Stevens of Readfield, Feb.
25.
Moses White of Wayne and Mrs. Mary C'ressey of Augusta, Mar. 3.
Samuel Norris 2d and Phebe Cary, both of Wayne, May 20.
John Chandler and Polly C'umner, both of Wayne, Sept. 8.
Woodin Norris and Mrs. Sally Gilmore, both of Wayne, Sept. 3.
John Wing of Wayne and Polly Burgess of Leeds, Sept. 2.
Moses Wing, Jr., and Carrie Spear, both of Wayne, Nov. 15.
180i).
Samuel Dinsmore and Lydia Churchill, both of Wayne, July 15. '
Sylvanus Hammond of Wayne aud Betsey Curtis of Leeds, July 15.
Samuel Foss of Wayne and Lydia Stacy of Biddeford, Sept. 1.
Seth Maxim and Molly Raymond, both of Wayne, Oct. 20.
Dexter Allen of Fayette and Lydia Norris of Wayne, Nov. 7.
1810.
James Crocker and Patience Perry, both of Wayne, April 7.
Zadoc Bishop and Charlotte Frost, both of Wayne, April 8.
. Isaac Billiugton, Jr., of Monmouth and Susanna Norris of Wayne,
June 16.
124 HIS TOBY OF WAYNE.
Isaac Smith of Wayne an<l Hethular Haskell of New Gloucester,
July ^».
Peter Hopkins, Jr., of Lincohiville and L'nity Frost of Wayne,
Aug. 3.
(reo. Foss of Leeds and Mrs. Anna Pettinuill of Wayne, Sept. 24.
Eben Handy and Martha Maxim, both of Wayne, Oct. 22.
1811.
Lorrin Judkius of Wayne and Anna Morse of Livermore, Jan. 12.
Richard Foss and Pamela Stone, both of Wayne, Jan. oi).
Geo. Gordon of Wayne and Lydia Pettintiill of Leeds, Jan. 80.
Johu Boothby of Wayne and Annie Foss of Saco, Nov. 2.
Philip J. Fisher and Betsey Thomes, both of Wayne, Dec. 22.
■ 1812. ••'
Thomas Weeks and Sally Hanuaond, both of Wayne, Feb. 18.
Aarou Frost and Sophia Fisher, both of Wayne, Feb. 20.
Daniel Hazeltiue and Betsey Smith, both of Wayne, Mar. 10.
Josiah Brown of Wayne and Betsey Paul of Leeds, Mar. 21.
Noah Chandler and Lucy Weeks, both of Wayne, A})ril 2.
Job Lamson and Betsey Brown, both of Wayne, Aiiril 18. -^
Reuben Wing and Sally Rol)inson, both of Wayne, April 21.
Phineas Foss of Wayne and Dorothy H. Judkins of Saco, April 22.
Wm. Hersey of Rome and Martha White of Wayne, July 10.
Elisha Basse and Lois Dexter, both of Wayne, Se])t. 6.
Stephen Packard of Readtield and Eleanor Robinson of Wayne.
Sept. 12.
Daniel Curtis of Wayne and Rebecca Smith of Winthrop, Oct. 18.
Wm. Wing, Jr., and Lois Raymond, both ot Wayne, Oct. 28.
Ephraim Maxim Frost and Chloe Borne Lovejoy, both of Wayne,
Dec. 13.
Ellas Berry and Sally Chandler, both of Wayne, Dec. 25.
Allen House of Leeds and Charity Hannnond of Wayne, Dec. 31^
1818.
Obed Wing and Jane True, both of Wayne, Mar. 20.
Robert Haley of Rome and Rhoda White of Wayne, Aug. 3.
Richard Sturtevant of Paris and Mary Besse of Wayne, Sept. 4.
Thomas Burgess of Wayne and Eliza Sturtevant of Fayette, Sept.
10.
Wm. Raymond, Jr., and Polly Stevens both of Wayne, Sept. 25.
HISTORY OF WAYNE. 125
Wm. Sturtevaiit of Fayette and Martha Stevens of Wayne, Oct. 24.
John Shaw and Aliigail Sturtevant, both of Waynfe, Nov. 8.
Thomas H. Gray of IMonniouth and Eliza Norris of Wayne, Nov. o.
Charles Elkins, Jr., of Fayette and Eliza Stevens of Wayne, Nov. 6.
Nathaniel Atkins, Jr., and S()})hia Walton both of Wayne, Nov. 12.
, . 1S14.
Jeremiah Richards, Jr., of Fayette and Bloomy Winij of Wayne,
Jan. 6.
Zachariah Perrv of Wayne and Mrs. Ilnhy Smolly of Leeds, Jan.
16.
Eben Norris of Wayne and Nancy Harmon of Saco, Feb. 4.
Paul Ladd of Wintlirop and Kuhana Billinj^ton of Wayne, Apr. 4.
Nathan Sturtevant and Hannah Shaw, both of Wayne, May 1.
Asa Smith and Sally P)erry, both ot Wayne, May <S.
James M. Decker of Wiiithrop and Polly C'hurehill of Wayne, May
27.
Ebenezer Hannnond of Wayne and Janette Pettingill of Leeds,
June 4.
Thaddeus Foss of Leeds and Jedida Norris of Wayne, July 14.
Sanuiel Randall, Jr., of Livermore jind Beulah Norris of Wayne,
July 18. ■
John Stevens 2d and Abigail Richards, both of Wayne, Aug. 6.
Philip J. Fisher ot Wayne and Nancy Childs of Mercer, Nov. 18.
1815.
Abel Stevens and Grace Fish, both of Wayne, A})ril 8.
Josiah Curtis of Leeds and Hannah Billington of Wayne, April 20.
Richard J. Seaver and Eliza S. Frost both of Wayne, May 5.
Noah Wing and Nabby Norris, both of Wayne, July 15.
John Drew and Hannah Judkins, both of Wayne, July 15.
Rufus Walton and Hannah Braley, both of Wayne, Aug. 19.
Caleb Gilbert of Turner and Achsah Burgess of Wayne, Sept. 24.
John House of Leeds and Nancy Perry of Wayne, Dec. 16.
Wm. Burgess and Anna Maria Judkins, both of Wayne, Dec. 16.
Edward Besse of Wayne and Alice Kent of Readiield, Dec. 23.
1816.
John Sturtevant of Wayne and Jerusha House of Leeds, Jan. 19.
Anson Atkins of Wayne and Mary Davis of Fayette, Feb. 6.
126 ^ HISTORY OF WAYNE.
Richard Mongoinery Frost and Salome Perry, both of Wayne,
Feb. 10. ■
Samuel Buswell and Lois Spear, both of Wayne, Mar. 25.
Calvin Wing and Temperance Burgess, both of Wayne, July 12.
John Reade and Hannah Caswell, both of Wayne, Aug. 2.
Nathan Besse and Lydia Spear, both of Wayne, Aug. 20.
Philo Fairbanks and Susanna Besse, both of Wayne, Aug. 26.
Wm. Hazelton and Hannah Sturtevant, both of Wayne, Oct. 3.
Thomas N. (Iray and Elmira Seaver, hoth of Wayne, Oct. 12.
1817.
Enoch Faniham of Wayne and Deborah Chandler of Winthrop,
May 7.
John Perry of Wayne and Khoda House of Leeds, May 10.
Peleg Haines of Readtield and Hannah Jennings of Readfield, May
20.
Wm. Churchill and Phebe Maxim, both of Wayne, May 24.
Hersey Bishijj) of Wayne and Sarah Carleton of Winthrop, Aug. 12.
Alpheus Wing of Wayne and C'larissa Judkins of Readfield, Oct. 9.
Nathaniel Daily and Reliecca -Judkins, b(jth of Wayne, Nov. 6.
Franklin Perry of Wayne and Marion Patten of Putnam, Nov. 16.
De Lafayette Chandler and Soi)hronia Weeks, both of Wayne,
Nov. 20.
John Frost and Betsey Erskine, both of Wayne, Nov. 21.
Thomas Raymond and Rachel Smith, both of Wayne, Nov. 24.
LSI 8.
Godward Shaw and Mary Chandler, both of Wayne, Feb. 14.
James Wing and Nancy Norris, both of Wayne, July 20.
Daniel Bnswell of Wayne and Hephzibah Buswell of Winthrop.
Richard Smith of Orrington and Alice Billings of Wayne, Aug. 19.
Seth Hammond and Betsey Dexter, both of Wayne, Nov. 1.
Wm. Knight and Isabel Norcross, both of Wayne, Dec. 9.
1819.
Otis Perry of Livermore and Bethiah Jones of Wayne, Feb. 21.
Moses French of Chesterville and Edna Stevens of Wayne, Mar. 3.
Duvelle Kent of Readfield and Weightstill Wing of Wayne, April 3.
Franklin Fairbanks of Wayne and Hannah S. Cushing of Win-
throp, June 12.
HIS TOBY OF WAYNE. 127
Rufus Davenport of Wintlirop and Anna 8teven.s of Wayne, July
81.
Billings Hood of Turner and Sally Ridley of Wayne, Aug. 12.
Isaac Pettiugill of Leeds and Hannah Norris of Wayne, Aug. 17.
Charles Powers and Fanny Fusten, both of Wayne, Oct. 9.
George Gordon of Wayne and Ruth Pettiugill of Leeds, Nov. 2.
Asa Foss and Roxanna Wing, both of Wayne, Nov. 20.
David Lufkins of No. (i and jNIary Sturtevant of Wayne, Dec. 4.
Woodin Besse of Wayne and Jietsey Kent of Readfield, Dec. 11.
1820.
Ephraini Smith of Wayne and Hannah Hazclton of Winthrop,
Feb. 26.
Alpheus Wing and Mrs. Huldah Besse, both of Wayne, Feb. 28.
Wni. Wynian of Ghcsterville and Isabel Wheeler of Wayne,
March 7.
Joseph Richards, Jr., and Sarah Frost, both of Wayne, March 11.
Joshua Burgess of Wayne and Patience Sturtevant of Fayette,
March 11.
Samuel Frost and Mrs. Patience Stetson, both of Wayne, April 4.
John Harvey of Winthrop and Sophia Norris of Wayne, April 22.
Joseph Gould, Jr., of Wayne and Hannah H. Libby of Leeds,
April 26.
John Richards and Patty Sturtevant, l)Oth of Wayne, May 6.
Richard Berry and Mrs. Bathsheba Bumpus, both of Wayne, May
20.
Nathan Bishop of Winthrop and JNIartha Wing of Wayne, July 2U.
James Allen of Wayne and Margaret Carver of Winthrop, August
10.
Alvan Swift of Fayette and Mary Ridley of Wayne, August 14.
Rufus Gould of Chesterville and Mrs. Ruth Gould of Wayne, Sep-
tember 22.
Levi Foss and Eliza Burgess, both of Wayne, Sept. 30.
Joseph Lamson and Hannah Howe, both of Wayne, Oct. 4.
Jabez Leadbetter of Wayne and Lucretia Howard of Leeds, Oct. 4.
Daniel S. Daily of Wayne and Sally Currier of Winthrop, Dec. 2.
1821.
Alvan Wing and Eleanor Smith, l>oth of Wayne, Jan. 27.
Leonard Wing aud Betsey Ellis, both of Wayne, Feb. 13,
128 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
Josiah W. Tihhette, of Wiiithrop and Mary Allen of Wayne, Feb-
ruary 22.
Alexander Fos8 and Mary Fo^s, both of Wayne, April 28.
Stephen Knapp of Leedis and Sally Gott of Wayne, June 11.
George Manter and Mary K. Frizzell, both of Wayne, Aug. 25.
James Smith of Wayne and Ruth Sturtevant of Fayette, Sept. 15.
Wm. Lowell of Winthrop and Jennie Maxim of Wayne, Nov. 10.
Otis Hood of Turner and Kachel Ridley of Wayne, Nov. 10.
-Jonathan B. Davenport of Winthrop and Lucy Stevens of Wayne,
Dec. 10.
Humphrey Hight of Wayne and Eli/.a Gould of Gorham, Dec. 29.
1S22.
Alden Wing of Chestervillc and Charity M. Stevens of Wayne,
Feb. 8.
Abial D. Risliop of Leeds and Ly<lia Perry of Wayne, Feb. 9.
Elijah Morrill of Livermore and IJiioda Stevens of Wayne, Feb.
10.
Daniel lvi<lley of Wayne :nid ^lary ^IcHenry of Saco, April 10.
Thcophilus Durell and Melissa Wing, l)oth of Wayne, April 20.
-lolni True and Mrs. Eliza Foss, both of Wayne, April 29.
Stephen Wing and Eliza Prescott, both of Wayne, Aug. 13.
Daniel Harvey of Leeds and Mehitahle Gott of Wayne, Sept. 7.
Wager Besse and Nancy Smith, both of Wayne, Sept. 18.
Alfred Pinkham ami Betsev Rice, both of Wayne, Sept. 21.
Jesse Swift and Lydia Wing, l)oth of Wayne, Oct. 5.
Willard Frost and Jane Hodgdon, both of Wayne, Oct. 7.
James Burgess and Sarah E. Wing, both of Wayne, Oct. 19.
Eliakim Foss and Achsa Wing, both ot Wayne, Nov. 2.
Abijah Grain of Wayne and Mrs. Harriett Fifield of Fayette, Nov-
ember <s.
Alvin Chandler of Wayne and Mary Bullen of Readfield, Nov. 30.
1823.
Joshua Norris and Polly Norris, both of Wayne, Jan. 4.
Samuel Pompilly of Turner and Philema Tibbetts of Wayne, Jan.
25.
Moses Hubbard of Fayette and Betsey Sweet of Wayne, Feb. 4.
Demas Bishop and Isabel Varnum, both of Wayne, Feb. 15.
Benjamin Norris of Wayne and Cniarlotte Knowles of Fayette, •
Feb 19.
HISTOBY OF WAYNE. 129
Solomon iNIillett of Leeds and Phebe Gould of Wayne, Fel:^. 28.
Seth Sturtevant of Waterville and j\Irs. Huldah Besse of Wayne,
Feb. 26.
John Wood of Winthrop and Dolly Stevens of Wayne, Feb. 2H.
Warren Sturtevant of Wayne and Charlotte Manse of Leeds,
April 2.
Aliisha Sturtevant and Hannah Smith, both of Wayne, April 3.
David Starrett of Weld and jNL-s. Susan Fairbanks of Wayne,
June 29.
^Benjamin Bidley of Leeds and Eliza Jenkins of Wayne, July 20.
John E. Frizzell of Fayette and Annie Thompson of Wayne, July
22.
Shirley Andrews of Lisbon and Nancy Feleh of Wayne, Oct. 5.
Elijah Gott of Wayne and Polly Stinchtield of Leeds, Oct. 12.
Geo. 0. Wing and Eliza B. Lewis, both of Wayne, Nov. 9.
Sewall Frost and Charlotte Gage, both of Wayne, Dec. 14.
1824.
Wm. Raymond and Sally Hin, both of Wayne, Jan. 11.
John A. Pitts of Wintliro]) and Mary Jennings of Wayne, Jan. 22.
Comfort C. Smith of Wayne and JNIrs. Jane Smith of Winslow,
Jan. 28.
Cyrus Bishop of Leeds and Seviah Maxham of Wayne, Feb. 13.
Orlando Bryant of Wayne and Betsey Smith of Fayette, INIar. 7.
Theodore Woodcock of Winthrop and Deborah B. Besse of Wayne,
Mar. 12.
Love Roberts of Wayne and ^[ary Philips of Greene, Mar. 15.
Nathan Raymond and Milleliah Smith, both of Wayne, April 7.
Isaac Bowles of Wayne and Mary Haines of Readfield, April 12.
Charles Adkins of Mt. Vernon and Mary Manter of Wayne, April
18.
Barnabas Wing of Winthrop and Thankful Swift of Wayne, June
27.
Truman Billington of Wayne and Eliza Nickerson of Orrington,
July 11.
Walter Foss of Leeds and Dorcas S. Morrison of Wayne, July 21.
Wm. Wing and Lucy Blackstone, both of Wayne, Aug. 7.
Franklin Clark of Wiscasset and Jeannette B. Purrington of
Wayne, Aug. 22.
Thomas Burgess of Livermore and Lavana Smith of Wayne, Aug.
27.
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130 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
Noah Lawrence of Jay and Phileniia Lawrence of Wayne, Sept. 1 .
Nathaniel Walton of Wayne and Caroline Fish of Leeds, Sept. 12.
Wm. Gott, Jr., of Wayne and Ruth Oould of Leeds, Oct. 8.
Samuel Smith and Fear W. Burgess, both of Wayne, Oct. 22.
Ephraim Norris of Wayne and Mrs. Susan Howard of Leeds, Oct.
29.
Enoch Swift of Wayne and Mrs. Elizabeth Wyman of Topsham,
Oct. 31.
Wm. Raymond 3d of Wayne and Lorinda Berry of New Shai-on,
Oct. 31.
Benjamin Lamson of Wayne and Amelia Butler of Hallowell, Nov.
26.
Samuel Shaw of Greene and Mary Smith of Wayne, Dec. 13.
Charles H. W. Tuesley and Abigail S. Warren, both of Wayne,
Dec. 19.
1825.
Nathan Raymond and Anna Hix, both of Wayne, Feb. 27.
Joseph Bishop, Jr., of Leeds and Jemima Norris of Wayne, Mar.
13.
John Raymond and Hannah Hix, both of Wayne, May 11.
Simeon Foss of Leeds and Sally Ellen Norris of Wayne, June 23.
Charles Berry and Harriet Erskine, both of Wayne, Sept. 18.
Francis J. Bowles of Wayne and Sophronia Haines of Winthrop,
Nov. 4.
John Wheeler and Ruth Maxim, both of Wayne, Dec. 4.
David Besse and Sally Swift, both of Wayne, Dec. 12.
1826.
Ephraim Norris and Temperance Billington, both of Wayne, Jan.
22.
1827.
Ebenezer Besse and Sally Raymond, both of Wayne, Jan. 9.
Lot Burgess and Sarah F. Lovejoy, both of Wayne, Jan. 15.
John Smith and Jane Tapley, both of Wayne, Feb. 16.
Charles Graves and Polina Ridley, both of Wayne, Feb. 18.
Benjamin Ridley and Abiah Morey, both of Wayne, Mar. 15.
Nathan Burgess of Wayne and Mary Sturtevant of Fayette, Mar.
25.
Roger Packard of Readfield and Varthenea Bullen of Wayne,
April 3,
HISTOBY OF WATNR^ 131
Wm. Bowles of Wayne and Temperance F. Sweet of Farmington,
April 15.
Wm. Trne of Wayne and Hannah Brown of Fayette, April 20,
Wm. S. Warren of Wayne and 8ally Ames of Hallowell, June 14,.
John Hatchings and Larata Billington, borii of Wayne, June 16.
Ebenezer Carleton of Wayne and Xoa Smith of Livermore, Aug.
19.
Charles Nelson of Winthrop and Emily Billington of Wayne, Sept.
19.
Jesse Norcross of Wayne and Margaret Ann Whitney of Clinton,
Nov. 8.
Esquire Bishop and Hannah Morey, both of Wayne, Nov. 20.
Benjamin Lovejoy of Peru and Mary H. Bishop of Wayne, Dec. 1.
1828.
Paul Raymond of Wayne and Sally Reed of Bowdoinham, Feb. 3.
Joshua Graves. Jr., and Jane Paul, both of Wayne, Feb. 17.
David French 2d of Mt. Vernon and Shuah Berry of Wayne, Feb.
21.
Wm. P. Phillips and Betsey Stetson, both of Wayne, Mar. 2.
George Fairbanks and Lucy Lovejoy, both of Wayne, Mar. 15.
Daniel Ridley, Jr., of AVayne and Sally Winter of Carthage, Mar.
30.
Stephen Lane of Wayne and Betsey Stinchfield of Leeds, Mar. 30.
Jonathan C. Pinkham, Jr., and Ruth Besse, both of Wayne, April
27.
Joseph Smith and Mary Wardwell, both of Wayne, July 13.
Samuel True of Fayette and Eliza Ann Gage of Wayne, Sept. 21.
James McGrier and Phebe Thompson, both of Wayne, Oct. 5.
Silas Manter of Wayne and Sally Brown of Fayette, Oct. 12.
Peltiah Knapp and Mrs. Abigail Wing, Nov. 2.
Stephen Morey of Wayne and Cynthia Arnold of Fayette, Nov. 16.
Isaac Frost of Milo and Nancy Wing of Wayne, Dec. 6.
Samuel Buswell, Jr., of Wayne and Abigal Marsden of Northfield,
Dec. 20.
1829.
Benjamin Smith and Sarah B. Cressey, both of Wayne, Jan. 2.
Hiram Hutchins of Fayette and Abigail Chandler of Wayne, Jan.
10,
132 HISTOEY OF WAYNE.
E])lii-aiiii ^laxiin, Jr., and Huth P. Billiiiiiton, l)()tli of Wayne,
Feb. 1.").
Elisiia Smith of Liverniore and INIary Was^hljurn of Wayne, June
12.
Alden G. Handy and 'Hannah Smith, both of Wayne, June 27.
Jes^e Stevens of Wayne and Chirissa Jjovejoy of Winthrop, July 17.
Gardiner Perkins of Monmouth and Maria ISorris of Wayne, Oct.
14.
Jose[)h F. Jennings of Wayne and Mary S. Waitt of Gardiner,
Oct. 14.
Lewis Soule and Mary Roberts of AVayne, Nov. 29.
Robert Funiald of Exeter and Roxanna Buswell (^f Wayne, Dec. 5.
Amasa Dexter 2d and Eliza Besse, both of Wayne, Dec. 12.
Edward V. Davis and Elizabeth D. Besse, both of Wayne, Dec. 12.
Rufus G. Norris of Boston, Mass., and Julia A. Lovejoy of Wayne,
Dec. 12.
Rolen Maxim and Matilda Gott, both of Wayne, Dec. 18.
l.S.SO.
Wm. Thurston, Jr., of Winthrop and Lucy Foss of Wayne, Jan
17.
Richard Berry and Almira Foss, both of Wayne, April 5.
Alfred Swift and Sophia Besse, both of Wayne, Aug. 1.
Wm. B. Spear and Lovisa Gower, both of Wayne, Aug. 22.
Wm. Knight of Wayne and Asenath Knight of Falmouth, Aug. 28.
Benjamin L. Londiard and Deborah Morrison, botli of Wayne,
Sept. 12.
James Brigliam and Nancy Raymond, both of Wayne, Se])t. 19.
Albert G. Norris and Nancy A. Smith, both of Wayne, Sept. 26,
Samuel Maxim and Caroline Bryant, both of Wayne, Oct. 17.
Collins Foss of Wayne and Sarah Smith of Livermore, Oct. 24.
Levi Frost and Elvira A. Wing, both of Wayne, Oct. 31.
Ephraim Stetson and Almira Maxim, both of Wayne, Nov. 7.
Robert Elrskine of Wayne and Sarah Anderson of Fayette, Nov. 14.
Nathan AVillington of Livermore and Mary C Wing of Wayne,
Nov. 14.
Hubbard Lovejoy and I^onisa Burgess, l)oth of Wayne, Dec. 4.
Wm. Thompson, Jr., of Wayne and Thankful B. Smith of Fayette,
Dec. 4.
Alfred Raymond and Laura M. Wing, both of Wayne, Dec. 11.
ill ST OB Y OF WAYNE. 133
1881.
Auletiis A. Pliillips; and Eliza Felch, l)otli of Wayne, Jan. 22.
Uriali FI. Viruin of Kiinitord and ]\Iarv Ann Ivoberts of Wayne,
Jan. 22.
Wni. Holt of Transient and Mrs. Sylvia Handy of Wayne, .Jan. .']().
Samuel W. Frost of Milo and Parintlia Wing- of Wayne, Feb. 1."),
Owen Lawrence of Wayne and INIehitahel li. Sinclair of Winthrop,
Feb. 28. .
Sylvaiuis flanniiond and Deborab Bacheldor, botb of Wayne, iVIay
15.
Hamilton (Jould and Betsey Ridley, both of Wayne, May 28.
Duvelle Kent of lleadtield and Susanna Knitrbt of Wayne, June 18.
Joseph L. Washburn of Albion and Kesiah Eesse of Wayne, July
10.
Joseph S. Bishop and Hannah Briti'ham, both (»f Wayne, Aug. 8.
Asa Upton and Eliza ]\Iaxim, l)oth of Wayne, Aug. 14.
Jarvis Frizzell of Wayne and Eunice Robbins of Leeds, Aug. 14.
Samuel D. Dexter and Mary Ann Bean, both of Wayne, Aug. 28.
Charles* (iott of Wayne and Jane Foss of Leeds, Sept. 80.
Dudley Todd of Wayne and Rebecca Hyde of Jay, Oct. 13.
Rev. Elder CVrus Curtis (jf Minot and Patience Gould of Wayne,
Oct. 26.
' Dean Knowlton of Farmington and Mehitabel Graves of Wayne,
Oct. 28.
Daniel Jones, .Jr., and Hannah Walton, both of Wayne, Nov. 20.
John Warren and Mehitabel Goburn, both of Wayne, Dec. 8.
1882.
David French 2d t^f Mt. Vernon and Harriet Lovejoy of Wayne,
Jan. 22.
Edward O. Thompson of Wayne and Irene B. Austin of Fayette,
Feb. 18.
Daniel H. Smith and Lucy B. Besse, both of Wayne, Feb. 25.
Hiram S. Nickerson of Augusta and Mary Jane Smith of Wayne,
Mar. 11.
Eliakim Foss and Nancy Swift, both of Wayne, Mar. 11.
Capt. Jacob Haskell of Wayne and Rachel Moore of Greene, Mar.
18.
Robinson Dexter and Betsey F. Bean, both of Wayne, June 3.
Daniel Ridley, Jr., and Rebecca Graves, both of Wayne, July 29.
134 SIS TOUT OP WAYNE.
Naaman Bishop and Mary Ridlou, both of Wayne, July 29.
Abisha Wing of Wayne and Hannah Hopkins of Monmouth, Aug.
18.
Allen Wing, Jr., and Mrs. Sarah Raymond, both of Wayne, Sep-
tember 2.
Sylvanus Hammond, Jr., and Mrs. Deborah Baehelder, l)oth of
Wayne, Sept. 9.
Wm. B. Spear and Nancy Bodge, both of Wayne, Sept. 23.
Francis Knight and Clarissa Maxim, both of Wayne, Dec. 27.
1833.
Oliver A. Lawrence of Wayne and Janet Davenport of Jay, April
14.
Henry W. Owen of Wayne and Clarissa M. Martin of Augusta,
May 26.
Lewis Dexter and Milatiah Norris, both of Wayne, Oct. 20.
Lawren Wing and Rachel A. Lawrence, both of Wayne, Nov. 3.
Samuel M. Ingalls of Mt. Vernon and Sylvina P. Wing of Wayne,
Nov. 5.
James Lawrence of Jay and Achsa Lawrence of Wayne, Dec. 1.
1834.
Henry C. Austin and Ann Wing, both of Wayne, Jan. 11.
John Burgess of Peru and Sylva Ann Bishop of Wayne, Jan. 15.
Wm. Wing, Jr., of Wayne and Louisa Sears of Winthrop, Jan 16.
Seth Maxim 2d and Mary Ann Lewis, both of Wayne, Mar. 7.
Wm. Lewis and Sarah E. Boyd, both of Wayne, April 20.
Josiah P. Quinby and Sally Knight, both of Wayne, Apr. 20.
Jeremiah Foss and Elizabeth N. Hankerson, both of Wayne, May 4.
Silas Maxim and Anna Raymond, both of Wayne, May 18.
Jesse Bishop, Jr., and Lucy Maxim, both of Wayne, June 3.
Richard Smith of Lynn, Mass., and Hannah Sturtevant of Wayne,
June 29.
Oilman Buswell of Wayne and Lavinia Jones of Canterbury, N. H.,
Sept. 17.
Noah Bosworth and Catherine Besse, both of Wayne, Sept. 7.
Josiah Norris, Jr., and Sally Foss, both of Wayne, Sept. 8.
Francis Dexter of Wayne and Mary Ann Boynton of Lexington,
Sept. 17.
Franklin B. Whiteof Wayne and Sarah Stevens of Pittston, Oct. 18.
Sylvanus Pratt of Berlin and Prudence Handy of Wayne, Oct. 25.
msTonr of waynb. 135
Haiinau Handy of Wayne and Philema Hodgdon of Bethel, Nov. 2.
Obed Wing, Jr., of Wayne and Alice H. Hunton of Liverniore,
Dec. 13.
1835.
David B. Frost and Temperance B. Felch, both of Wayne, Jan. 25.
Allen House, .Tr., of Wayne and Roxanna F. Wing of Winthrop,
Jan. 27.
Ichabod Billington and Mrs. Patience Frost, l)oth of Wayne, Mar.
8.
David P. Crocker and Silvia W. Dexter, both of Wayne, April 11.
Andrew Maxim and Harriet K. Upton, both of Wayne, April 12.
Wm. Boothby of Winthro]) and C-aroline Pinkham of Wayne, May
29.
Reuel P. Gordon of Wayne and Hannah Frost of Livermore, May
30.
Hamilton Jenkins of Wayne and Hannah Neal of Litchfield,
July 2.
Bartlett W. Varnum, Esq., and Mrs. Rebecca M. Todd, both of
Wayne, Oct. 11.
Benjamin Butler of Greene and Fanny Stevens of Wayne, Oct. 31.
Morton Freeman of Middlebury, Mass., and Louisa Jennings of
Wayne, Dec, 7.
Hamilton Gould of Wilton and Sally Jeannette Berry of Wayne,
Dec. 20.
1836.
Cyrus F. Tapley of Wayne and Lydia Berry of Scarborough,
Jan. 3. '
John Bryant and Caroline Burgess, both of Wayne, Jan. 17.
AVm. P. Philips of Wayne and Drusilla Smith of Litchfield, Jan.
31.
Francis Cumner and Elizabeth Maxim, both of Wayne, Mar. 20.
Nathan Maxim and Frances Smith, both of AVayne, Apr. 16.
Wm. Erskine of Wayne and Eliza Trott of Woolwich, Apr. 24.
Solomon Raymond, Jr., of Wayne and Abigail McNeal of Fayette,
July 9.
Cyrus Coburn of Brunswick and Charlotte H. Wing of Wayne,
Sept. 5.
Joseph H. Smith and Rachel W. Maxim, both of Wayne, Sept. 24.
Nathaniel Coombs of China and Jane S. Besse of Wayne, Sept, 26,
iSB SiSrOBY OF" WATNE.
Lewis Chandler and Kosilla Blackwell, both of Wayne, Nov. 16.
Asa Foss and Sally Richardson, both of Wayne, Dec. 4.
Russell Raymond and Rebecca Jane Maxim, both of Wayne, Dec.
25.
1837.
, John A. Pettingill of Wayne and ]\[ary Billings of Chesterville,
Jan. 1.
Joel Sawyer of Westbrook and Ann Knight of Wayne, Jan. 1.
Solomon Raymond, Jr., and ^Fary L. Maxim, l)()th of Wayne,
Feb. 4. '
David V. Lane and Mrs. Nancy S})ear, both (jf Wavue, Feb. 5.
Wm. Thompson and Sarah Rriggs, both of Wayne, Yeh. 8.
Martin Kent of Readtield and Almira Knight of Wayne, Mar. 13.
John McDiiffie of China and Sarah A. Johnson of Wayne, Mar. 20.
Walter Foss 2d and Hannah Bodge, both of Wayne, Mar. 2.").
John Butler and Fanny Stevens, both of Wayne, April 2.
David Magner and Sarah A. Johnson, both of Wayne, June 23.
Benjamin Norris and Lucy Besse, both of Wayne, June 24.
Elias B. Smith and Eiuiice Maxim, l)oth of Wayne, Aug. 26.
Wm. H. Raymond and Abigail ]\[agner, both of Wayne, Oct. 11.
Daniel C. Magner and Mary Ann Raymond, both of Wayne, Oct.
16.
Jason Wing and Sabra C. King, both of Wayne, Oct. 21.
Hiram Raymond and Sarah M. Smith, both of Wayne, Oct. 22.
Capt. James Wing and Roanna S. Daily, both of Wayne, Nov. 18.
James S. Emery of Levant and Eliza A. Wing of Wayne, Dec. 10.
Lory B. Stevens of Greene and Laura Ann Haskell of Wayne,
Dec. 17.
John O. Smith and Louisa Besse, both of Wayne, Dec. 31.
1838.
Asa W. Walton of Fayette and Hannah D. Brown of Wayne, Jan.
12.
Robert Handy and Cathamanda W. Cumner, both of Wayne, Feb.
10.
Oliver A. Lawrence of Wayne and Lovina Bartlett of Hartford,
Mar. 14.
Roland O. Norris of Fayette and Mrs. Lucy K. Smith of Wayne,
Mar. 18.
Loring Foss of Leeds and Jane Gott of Wayne, April 21.
HISTORY OF WAYNE. 137
George W. Chandler of Liverinore and Cliarity B. House of
Wayne, JSIav 29.
Jared Knapp and Susan Gott, ))oth ot Wayne, Aug. 11.
Joseph Hazelton of Winthroj) and Lorinda Norris of Wayne, Aug.
18.
Daniel Knight of Wayne and Hannah Knight of Pittston, Sept. 2.
Bay ley Royal of Wayne and Mehitabel R. Wing of Winthrop,
Sept. 8. ' "
Lucius G. Norris and Diantha J. Smith, both of Wayne, Sept. 29.
Abner Towle of Winthroj) and Rachel Owen of Wayne, Oct. 19.
Hezekiah Wyman and Mary B. Wing, both of Wayne, Nov. 21.
Sears Frost and Atta A. Lovejoy, both of Wayne, Nov. 31.
Bartlett Burgess of Wayne and Rebecca Ham of Fayette, Dec. 1.
Wellington Hunton and Sarali Weeks, both of Wavue, Dec. 2.
Steadman Kendall of Winthrop and Mary June Chandler of
AVayne, Dec. 29. .
1839.
Ralph J. Raymond and Abigail Magner, both of Wayne, Feb. 4.
AVhitney R. Besse of Albion and Rebecca D. Besse of Wayne,
Mar. 13.
Roland L. Gordon of Wayne and Zipj)orah S. Lambert of Liver-
more, Apr. 27.
Nathan Bean of Wayne and Betty S. Townsend of Minot, May 18.
Andrew T. Campbell of I^runswick and Sarah F. Wing of Wayne,
May 26.
Capt. Jacob Smith of Hallowell and Sophronia F. Burgess of
Wayne, July 21.
Tillotson Lovejoy and Jerusha Ann Fillel)rown, both of Wayne,
Aug. 4.
Wm. H. Raymond and Rebecca Jane Magner, both of Wavne,
Sept. 22.
James Stevens of ^Monmouth and Phebe Churchill of Wayne, Oct.
27.
Sewall H. Graves of Wayne and Jedidah N. Gifiord of Livermore,
Dec. 15.
1840.
John Robbins, Jr., of Wilton and Abigail Gould of Wayne, Jan.
30.
Cyrus Gould of Wayne and Roxalane Robbins of Wilton, Jan. 30.
138 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
Zachariah V. House and Lucy S. Ravniond, both of Wayne, June
21.
Hartson Blackston of New Sharon and Ruth W. Reed of Wayne,
Aug. 22.
Eliakim Norton of Avon and Caroline Nelson of Wayne, Sept. 20.
Geo. C. Cliandler of Burnhani and Ellen Maria Blackwell of
Wayne, Oct. 1.
Alfred Swift ot Wayne and Hannah Monroe of Livermore, Nov. 8.
Charles G. Bradford of Winsh)w and Emily White of Wayne,
Nov. 22.
Oliver Norris and Mary H. Foss, both of Wayne, Dec. 7.
John F. Bartlett and Deborah B. Wing, l)oth of .Wayne, Dec. 18.
1841.
Braddock We^ks and Clarissa Ann White, both of Wayne, Jan. 2.
Nathaniel B. Frost of Wayne and Julia Ann Maconiber of Win-
throp, Jan. 10.
Cliarles Bowles and Lovina Frost, of Wayne, Jan. 14.
Charles Kiinl)all of Wayne and Sarah Crafts of Jay, Feb. 27.
Wni. L. Maxim of Wayne and Lois Wing of Ripley, April 5.
Daniel Foss of Leeds and Nancy F. Moulton of Wayne, April 25.
Cyrus Gould of Wayne and Julia Ann Torsey Winthrop, Apr. 25.
Bradbury Sylvester of Leeds and Lydia A. Bean of Wayne, June
10.
Rev. R. H. Ford of Paris and Almira Bodge of Wayne, Oct. 3.
John Frizzell of Starks and Catharine Nelson of Wayne, Oct. 31.
Denny M. C. Dunn and Clara R. Scott, both of Wayne, Nov. 7.
Chas. K. Besse and Lydia O. W. Reed, both of Wayne, Nov. 28.
John Ware of Athens and Sarah M. Scott of Wayne, Dec. 18.
1842.
John M. Hunt and Nancy M. Lovejoy, both of Wayne, Jan. 2.
James Cunnier of Wayne and Julia Ann Cameron of Boothbay,
Feb. 6.
Samuel M. Jennings of Wayne and Mary Lobdell of Portland,
Feb. 20.
Bernard A. King of Chesterville and Lydia Goi'don of Wayne,
April 3.
Thomas B. Reed, Esq., of Bowdoinham and Julia A. Wing of
Wayne, April 24.
HISTORY OF WAYNE. 139
•
Geo. H. Williams of Wayiu- and Lucy S. Monsou of Gloucester,
Mass., Juue U*.
Charles Murle of Wayue aud Haunali Waltou of Monmouth, Aug.
7.
John Frost, Jr., and Rebecca D. Hannnond, both of Wayne, Sept.
25.
Pelatiah (iould of Leeds and Rosa H. Leadbetter of Wayne, Nov.
6.
James Glark of Wayne and Mrs. Oliver Cross of Hallowell, Nov. 6.
. Stephen Tafts of Wayne and Mary W. Fish of Fayette, Nov. 6.
Ebenezer Norris, Jr., and Sophronia W. Chandler, both of Wayne,
Nov. 27.
Sumner C. Moulton and Catharine S. Morrison, both of Wayne,
Dec. 4.
Joseph P. Gordon and Lydia Norris, both of Wayne, Dec. 11.
Walter Foss and Sybbulah B'. White, both of Wayne, Dec. 26.
184.3.
Loring T. Roberts and Mary L Virgin, both ot Wayne, Feb. 19.
Nathaniel House and Rachel W. House, both of Wayne, jNIar. 19.
Stephen V. Dexter of Boston, Mass., and Betsey R. Frost of Wayne,
Mar. 19.
Cyrus B. Swift and I. Nelson, both of Wayne, April 1(5.
Jason Maxim of Wayne and Jane M. Turner of Livermore, May
7.
Otis Howard of Winthrop and Alfredia Gott of Wayne, May 28.
Lovias Jennings of Wayne and Jane Millett of Greene, July 24.
Sewall B. Gordon of Vienna and Asenath Gordon of Wayue, Aug.
6.
John G. House and Sarah M. Ra3'mond, both of Wayne, Aug. 20.
John L. Lamott of New York and Celia Ann Stevens of Wayne,
Oct. 7.
Alonzo A. Luce aud Almira McNear, both of Wayne, Nov. 12.
Ephraim S. Smith aud Martha F. Cuniner, both of Wayue, Dec. 3.
John Kent and Julia Ann Stevens, both of Wayne, Dec. 3.
1844.
Levi Foss of Wayue aud Polly L. True of Livermore, Jan. 28.
Amos Stetson of Wayne and Sophronia Carletou of Winthrop,
Mar. 31.
140 HISTOBY OF WAYNE.
I
Saimiel Brown and Clarissa Tobin, both of Wayne, April 8.
Thomas B. Swift of Fayette and Elizabeth Handy of Wayne, Apr.
21.
Dr. C. F. Bonney of Wayne and M. L. Laineof Hallowell, May 23.
Baily Jacobs of Al)bott and Lncy Ann (^handler ot Wayne, Ang.
24.
Wni. H. Knight of Wayne and jVIary E. Hanson of Keadtield,
Sept. 28.
Jeremiah Brown of Wayne and Ursnla B. Bates of Norridgewoek,
Oct. 6.
Jonathan B. Davenport of Wayne and Nancy Hood of Turner,
Oct 12.
James B. Lewis of Wayne and Mary Jane Lucas of St. Albans,
Oct. 18.
Ezra Morey of x\ugusta and ('ynthia Jane Wing of Wayne, Oct.
20.
Albert Besse of Wayne and Martha Ann Carr of Mexico, Nov. 9.
Robinson J. Weeks of Wayne and Cordelia C. Danforth of Win-
throp, Dec. 1.
Nathaniel F'oss of Lewiston and Deborah Norris of Wayne, Dec.
29.
1845.
Willard Torrey of Dixfield and Cleora Jennings of Wayne, Feb. 2.
Elias Chick and Laura Swift, Ixitli of Wayne, Feb. 2.
Jason Pettingill of Leeds and Lucetta Oordon of Wayne, Mar. 15.
Jonas W. Diggles of Wayne and Lucinda L. Young of East Liver-
more, Mar. 21.
Wm. Wing and Harriett N. Norris, l)oth of Wayne, Mar. 80.
Hamilton J. Ridley and Sarah R. True, l)oth of Wayne, Ajn-il 6.
Thomas Wing of Fayette and Mary B. Gott of Wayne, April 27.
Samuel T. Bishop and Julia True, both of Wayne, May 1.
Joseph Chandler of Wayne and Susan M. C. Stearns of Massachu-
setts, May 25.
Joseph D. Ham and Mary S. Brigham, both of Wayne, June 1.
Daniel W. Fillebrown and Hannah E. White, both of Wayne,
July 6.
Nathan H. Bishop of Wayne and Eliza Tobin of Harrison, July 6.
Hiram B. Seavey of Wayne and Angeline B. Prescott of Vienna,
Aug. 30.
Nathan Coffin of Leeds and Amelia Gott of Wayne, Aug. 30. ■ •
HISTORY OF WAYNE. 141
Thomas Maxim and Loriiida W. Wheeler, l)oth of Wayne, Sept. 28.
Daniel C. P^illin-ton of TlallowcU and Mary W. Norris of Wayne,
Nov. 2.
James S. Thompson and Lydia C. Bonni, both of Wayne, Nov. Ki.
Samnel I). Strout and Hannali P. W. l^'iUehrow ii, l)otli of Wayne,
Nov. 80.
Rev. Caleb Fuller and Elizabeth B. Swift, Ix.th of Wayne, Dec 14.
Cyrus ?r. Wood and Esther W. Bartlett, l)oth of Wayne, Dee. 2!J.
1-S46.
Sanuiel Faunce and Mary E. Currier, both of\N'ayne, Jan. 2.").
Azel Tuttle of Paris and Isabel Winy- oi' Wayne, Feb. 1.
Joseph F. Maxim and Hannah Pettin,iiill, both of Wayne, Mar. 8.
Jonathan G. Gordon and Posina Ann Norris, both of Wayne, Mar.
15.
Albion C. Wing- of Gardiner and Mary Jane Burgess of Wayne,
April ;■),
James Turner of Wayne and Dolly E. Beedy of Phillips, A})ril 28.
Hiram Barton of Wayne and Elmira Haines of Readtield, May 5.
Wm. Folsom of Fryeburu- and Emily A. Burgess of Wayne, May 12.
John H. Lord and Martha Ann Jennings, both of Wayne, May 80.
Constant D. Haunnoud and Esther Ann Frost, both of Wayne,
May 80.
Samuel Goodwin of Dresden and Harriet Barker of Wayne, Aug.
16.
Dudley B. Fish of Wayne and Mary Ann Ashton of Lowell,
Mass., Aug. 16.
Oliver S. Vose and Hannah A. Berry, both of Wayne, Sept. 6
John M. Cam])])ell of Livermore and Lucy A. Walton of Wayne,
Sept. 18.
Wni. H. Atkinson and Laura Ann Berry, l)oth ()f Wayne, Get. 26.
Benjamin King of Winthrop and Ann C. Wing of Wayne, Nov. 1.
Silas Perry and Martha Maxim, both of Wayne, Nov. 29.
Lewis G. Norris and Mary Ann Smith, both of Wayne, Dec. 18.
Benjamin Manwell of Monmouth and Phebe C. Norris of Wayne,
Dec. 18.
1847.
Wm. H. Doughty of Brunswick and Jedidah F. Norris of Wayne,
Mar. 28.
142 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
Eli E. Bowman of Wayne and Mary 8. Wyman of Bloomfield,
April 10.
Ricliard M. Wing of Fayette and Patience Be^ise of Wayne, May 30.
Nathaniel Billington 2d of \Vintbro[) and Amanda A. Magner of
Wayne, Aug. 8.
James M. Moulton of Wayne and Noviila l>indsay of Leeds, Aug
15.
Wm. B. Cunmer and Britannia S. Raymond, both of Wayne, Aug-
ust 15.
Charles A. Metcalf of Winthroi) and Elizabeth Hight of Wayne,
August 29.
Harlow H. Sawyer and Margaret Ann Atwood, both of Wayne,
September 5.
Seth Hanunond and Elizabeth ^faxim, both of Wayne, Sept. 26.
Josei)h P. Curtis of Topsham and Mary B. Pettingill of Wayne,
Sept. 26.
Wm. G. Besse of Wayne and Elizabeth Currier of Winthrop, Nov. 7.
Lewis F. Besse and Betsey A. Ilayniond, both of Wayne, Nov. 28.
Ebenezer Allen of Roxbury and Elizabeth Handy of Wayne, Nov-
ember 28.
1848.
Osgood Graves and Eliza J. Ridley, both of Wayne, Jan. 2.
Hallett Ridley of Wayne and Frances Hood of Turner, Mar. 4.
Sidney J. Atkison and Ruth W. Bourn, both of Wayne, Mar. 12.
Melvin Norris and Arniinta Pettingill, both of Wayne, April 16.
Abisha Sturtevant ancl Fair \ adney Stevens, both of Wayne, June
11.
Edward N. Davis of Augusta, and Mary E. Norris of Wayne,
June 25.
Rev. Nathaniel Clitford of Wilton and L. Almedia Dunn of
Wayne, July 9.
Luther W. Fillebrown, Jr., an<l Angelina I. Frost, both of Wayne,
Aug. 18.
Thomas J. Burgess of Winthroj) and Laura M. Leadbetter of
Wayne, Aug. 27.
Henry Stevens of Dresden and Sophronia White of Wayne, Sept. 3.
Wm, H. Bryant of Wayne and Florence Richards of Salem, Oct.
28.
John M. Maxim and Lydia C^. House, both of Wayne, Nov. 2.
James H. Thome and Mary Jane Norris, both of Wayne, Nov. 13.
mSTOBY OF WAYNE. 14o
Gilbert A. iNIor.-^e of Wuyue and Hannali T. Deniien of Greene,
Dec. 2.
Joseph Lovett ot Kirklani and PaulcMiah Ridley of Wayne, Dee. 10.
Albion Hood of Tnrner and Julia (). Davenport of Wayne, Dec.
10.
Samuel F. Heavey of Providence, K. I., and Caroline J. Kayuiond
of Wavue, Dec. 17.
lS4f). • .
Valmore Sturtevant of Winthrop and Mary Ann Foss of Wayne,
Jan. 28.
AugUi^tus Hood of Turner and Joan (Traves of Wayne, Mar. 10.
Joseph H. Gee and Isabella E. Hartlett, both of Wayne, Mar. 21.
Ephraim S. Besse of Monmouth and Julia Ann Besse of Wayne,
May 6.
Seth W. Jennings of Wayne and Delia M. Gilmore of Turner.
May 27.
John Polerczky of Dresden and Jane M. Owen of Wayne, June 10.
Albert Randall of Fayette and Hester A. Fillebrown of Wayne,
June 10.
Cyrus Davenport of Wayne and Lucy T. Allen of Turner, July 1.
John F. Bartlett of Wayne and Sarah M. Frohock of Searsmont,
July 4.
Philander L. Bryant of Wayne and Belinda T. Bartlett of Lovell,
July 15.
Benjamin S. Stevens of Wayne and Orilla Williams of Winthrop,
Aug. 4.
Algernon S. Wright of Lawrence, Mass., and Cordelia Swift of
Wayne, Sept. 2.
Alfred Jewell of Winthrop and Betsey Gilbert of Wayne, Sept. U.
Roby Marston ot Wilt(jn and Frances Burgess of Wayne, Sept. 11.
Stephen M. Dennen of Wayne and Martha S: Sanderson of New
Sharon, Oct. 21.
Andrew Pinkham of Wayne and Mary W. Frizzell of Mercer,
Nov. 4.
Gardiner Perkins of East Livermore and Mary W. Maxim of
Wayne, Nov. 4.
Samuel Knight of Topsham and Florence P. Pettingill of Wayne,
Dec. 2.
144 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
IHoO.
Charles E. Smith and Mercy Besse, l)()th of Wayne, Jan. 1 3.
Nathan Norris 2(1 of Wayne and Martha A. Towns of HaUowell,
Feb. 4.
John W. Chirk of Hallowell and J()S('])liine B. Foss of Wayne,
Mar. 9.
Vahiiore Sturtevant and Mary Ann Foss, both of Wayne, Mar. 9.
Samuel Williams of Turner and Huldah Erskine of Wayne, April
7.
Rufus B. Plummer and Caroline I. Besse, both of Wayne, June 2.
Robert Williams of Wayne and Jane Baxter of Wilton, June 23.
Asa Judkins of East Livermore and ClariSsa Brown of Wayne,
June 30.
Samuel D. Hammond and Lydia Frost, both of Wayne, Aug. 4.
Moses D. Mitchell and Lois B. S])ear, both of Wayne, Aug. 11.
John Richards and Clarissa House, both of Wayne, Aug. 18.
Samuel W. Steward of Burrelville, R. I., and Martha J. Besse of
Wayne, Sept. 1.
N. B. Huntou and Orilla H. Danforth, both of Wayne, Sept. 8.
Ezekiel F. Wheelock and Charlotte L. Small, l)oth of Wayne,
Oct. 6.
Wm. J. W. Varnuni and Margaret Ann Browni, both of Wayne,
Nov. 24.
1851.
John Magner and Harriet Maxim, both of Wayne, April 6.
Charles H. F(jss and Zipporah S. Richmond, both of Wayne, April
13.
Woodbury Stinchfield and Frances M. Fuller, both of Wayne,
May 18.
Marshall Whitney of Portland and Sarah A. Gordon of Wayne,
May 20.
Edward J. Pullen of Wayne and Esther L. Johnson of Jay, June
22.
Geo. W. Ford of Readfield and Lydia Evans of Wayne, July 13.
Moses Greenwood of Wayne and Mehitabel Chute of Wilton, July
20.
Daniel E. Bartlett of Wayne and Harriet B. Watson of Farming-
ton, Aug. 24.
Aldeu Cushman of Oxford and Susan R. Getchell of Wayne, Aug.
24.
HISTOBT OF WAYN^E. 145
Benjamin T. Lanison of Boston, ^Nlass., and jNIalansy B. Frost of
Wayne, Aug. 81.
Chai'les H. Berry of Winthrop and Deborah Churcliill of Wayne,
Sept. 14.
Ezra Mitchell of Wayne and INIary E. Fairbanks of Mt. Vernon,
Oct. 19.
Wni. Burgess of Monmouth and Celia Ann Lamott of Wayne,
.Nov. 2.
Charles House and Nancy Jane House, both of Wayne, Nov. 25.
Jeremiah Gordon of Wayne and Lovica H. Hammond of East
Liverniore, Dec. 13.
1852.
Lafayette M. Burgess of East Liverniore and Hannah S. Graves of
Wayne, Jan. 11.
Calvin A. House and Lettice W. i\Iaxim, l)()th of Wayne, Jan. 25.
Emexy Foss of Wayne and Sai-ah E. Foss of Leeds, Feb. 1.
Wm. H. Fellows of Winthrop and Sarah F. Smith of Wayne, Feb-
ruary (S.
Azel L. Hammond of Peru and Sarah Maxim of Wayne, Feb. 14.
Wm. H. Burgess and vSylvina P. Foss, both of Wayne, Feb. 2!).
Greenleaf Richards and Cordelia Holman, lioth of Wayne, March
15.
George W. Gordon and Alice B. Kem})ton, both of Wayne, April o.
Isaac Pettingill and Lucy Frost, both of Wayne, Aj^ril 10.
Garvais Nolin and A. Fillebrown, both of Wayne, July 1.
Wm. C. Dennen of Wayne and Julia A. Portin of Vienna, Aug.
18.
Nathaniel Jordan of Wayne and Hannah Smith of Readfield, Aug.
18.
John P. Ames of Wayne and Celia Ann Farnham of Belgrade,
Aug. 13.
Wm. R. Raymond and Mrs. Mary Ann Norris, both of Wayne,
September 11.
Luellen B. Smith of Winthrop and Roxana Frost of Wayne, Sep-
tember 15.
Daniel P. Smith of Smithfield, R. L, and Jane Cushman of Wayne,
September 27.
John P. Snow of Winthrop and Elvira Gott of Wayne, Sept. 29.
John O. Smith and Mrs. Abigail Raymond, both of Wayne, Oct. 2.
10
146 HIS TOBY OF WAYNE.
Charles F. G. Hammond of East Livermore and ^larcena F. Nor-
ris of Wayne, Nov. 13.
Jonathan jVIoulton of Wayne and Lucy ]SI. Foss of Leeds, Dee. 4.
Wm. Gott of Wayne and Catharine L). Hacliehler of Winthrop,
December 23.
Alpheus H. Johnson and LuciUa Fairl)anks, hoth of Wayne, Dec.
29.
1853.
Amasa Dexter of Wayne and IVIrs. Louisa Wangh of Winthrop,
Jan. 1.
John D. Harmon of Wayne and Cordelia D. Peterson of Winthroj),
Mar. 18.
Oliver C. Gordon of Wayne and Clarissa H. Buker of Weld,
Mar. 18.
Charles E. Smith and Lois Besse, both of Wayne, April 9.
Anson D. Wing and Lovisa B. Daily, both of Wayne, June 1.
Rev. John Cumner of Wayne and Melinda Paine of North Anson,
June 22.
Charles C. Daily and Clarinda Wing, hoth of Wayne, July IH.
AVni. B. Cumner and Charity S. Blackwell, lioth of Wayne, Aug. 3.
Wm. Raymond and Mary Webber, Iwth of Wayne, Sept. (i.
Silas Maxim and Betsey Hammond, both of Wayne, Sejjt. 14.
Russell Graves of Wayne and Mrs. Harriet N. Richards of Win-
throp, Sept. 28.
Horatio C. Porter of \^ienna and Elvira A. Dearborn of Wayne,
Oct. 1.
Russell S. Foss of Wayne and Sarah A. Delano of Livermore,
Nov. 17.
Jacob Maxim of East Livermore and Amanda Pettingill of Wayne,
Nov. 30.
Ezra Gage and Abby Norris, both of Wayne, Dec. 7.
Charles K. Lombard of Readfield and Lucinda E. Berry of Wayne,
Dec. 20.
1854.
Wm. Trowbridge of Newton, Mass., and J\lary Besse of Wayne,
Jan. 2.
A. K. P. Burgess and Rosa L. Cross, both of Wayne, Jan. 5.
Daniel J. Raymond and F. E. Smith, both of Wayne, Feb. 4.
Lory A. Foss and Nancy A. Raymond, both of Wayne, Feb. 20.
HIS TO BY OF WAYXE. 147
Abel M. Burapus of Liveriuore and Eliza V. Gordon of Wayne,
Mar. 11.
Benjamin Swain of Wayne and ]Mrs. Hannah W. Stiuchfield of
Leeds, April 21.
Sunnier B. Downing of Wayne and Abigail B. Rowell of Liver-
more, Mar. 27.
James Young and Julia N. Kent, both of Wayne, June 14.
Charles E. Blackwell and Olive Jane Dean, both of Wayne, Aug. 1.
Wm. Buchanan and Arvilla ^I. Willey, both of Shiptou Co., Can-
ada, Sept. 26.
Charles Norris and Olive A. Maxim, both of Wayne, Oct. 23.
Elijah Stevens and Rebecca J. Raymond, both of AVayne, Oct. 28.
Cyrus Stevens and Elizabeth Hannnond, both of Wayne, Dee. 2.
1855.
Albert G. French of Fayette and Julia M. Wing of Wayne, Feb. 1.
Cohnnbus C. Spear and Oliva Smiley, both of Wayne, Mar. 6.
D. E. Barnum of Salesliury, Conn., and Elizabeth Frost of Wayne,
March 25.
Alden Washburne ot Madison and Judith L. Jones of Winthrop,
March 25.
Willard M. Besse and Rosaline Burgess, both of Wayne, May 19.
Joseph H. Jacobs of Thomaston and Ellen A. Knight of Wayne,
March 29.
Osgood Graves and ]\[ercy ]M. Bishop, both of Wayne, July 2.
John B. Crosby and Elizabeth B. Berry, both of Wayne, Aug. 1 8.
Dr. C. H. Barker of Wayne and Abby M. Small of Cornish, Aug.
18.
Louis Belanger of Wayne and Han-iet A. Erskine of Fayette,
Sept. 8.
Henry O. Wing and Sarah A. Maxim, both of Wayne, Sept. 11.
John G. House and C. A. Wing, both of Wayne, Sept. 15.
Wm. Churchill and Mary J. Gordon, both of Wayne, Sept. 15.
J. M. Haines of Readfield and S. J. Fillebrowu of Wayne, Nov. 7.
Isaac N. Briggs of Winthrop and Ruth J. N orris of Wayne, Nov-
ember 12.
S. W. Dennen of AVayne and Caroline White of Readfield, Nov.
19.
Roswell House and Emily Smith, both of Wayne, December 29.
Knox of Fayette and Mary Ann True of Wayne, Dec. 29.
148 HISTOBY OF WAYNE.
1856.
I'
Sewall Stinehficld of Leeds and Hannah Raymond of Wayne,
Jan. 23.
Mo^;es P. AVin.ix of Wayne and Flora Baker of Liverniore, Jan. 23.
Jeremiah D. Walton of Wayne and Benlah P. Norris of East
Livermore, Mar. 1.
Wm. H. Bi.slio]) of Abington, Mass., and Seviah M. Bishop of
Wayne.
Samuel Graves and Emily Davenport, both of Wayne, May 5.
Hervey A. Lowell of Readfield and Martha A. J. Dexter of
Wayne, June, — .
Thompson and H. V . J. Morse, both of Wayne, July 30.
Luther B. Sanborn of Milwaukee, Wis., and Sarah E. Norris of
Wayne, Aug. 16.
Silas Lawrence of Sumner and Lucy Ann Davenport of Wayne,
Oct. 3.
Benjamin F. Burgess of Wayne and Frances Berry of Winthrop,
Oct. 6.
John M. Stanley and ^latilda Maxim, both of AVayue, Dec. 27.
1857.
R. M. Kent of Fayette and Elizabeth T. Burgess of Wayne, Feb.
4.
Wm. C. Poole of Worthington, Ohio, and Rosabella Foss of Wayne,
March 3.
Llewellyn Wing of Wayne and Mrs. Eunice Keen of Peru, Apr. 4.
Benjamin C. Cumner of Wayne and Nancy S. Webber of Phillips,
May 23.
Leonard Willey and Mrs. Lois B. Mitchell, both of Wayne, May
23.
Silas E. True and Sarah E. Stevens, both of Wayne, June 23.
Salmon Brewster of Leeds and Lavina C. Gilmore of Wayne,
Aug. 15.
George Plim[)ton of Litchfield and Orissa F. Foss of Wayne, Oct.
17.
Henry T. Burgess of East Livermore and Almira F. Norris of
Wayne, Dec. 23.
1858.
George W. Besse and Locady L. Norris, both of Wayne, Mar. 15.
HISTORY OF WAYNE. 149
Freeman ^Itinter and Mary S. Jones, both of Wayne, May 20.
Joseph U. Walton of Fayette and Mary C. Bartlett of Wayne,
May 21.
J. W. Richar.ls and :M. A. Atw(j()d, both of Wayne, June 21.
Hiram E. Norris and Elizal)eth Bishop, l)oth of Wayne, June 26.
Franklin Foster and Jennett AV. Wing, l)oth of Wayne, Sept. 18.
John S. Gordon of Fayette and Elizabeth F. Raymond of Wayne,
Sept. 20.
Nelson N. Knight and Lucy A. Bishop, both of Wayne, Sept. 20.
John Burnham of Leeds and Sarah Magner of Wayne, Nov. 7.
Luther S. Maxim and Roxanna P. Frost, both of Wayne, Dec. 5.
Henry A. Dexter and Euphrasia S. Foss, both of Wayne, Dec. 18.
George F. Fairbanks of Wayne and Corrilla E. Rose of Livermore,
December lo.
1859.
O. E. Berry of Wayne and S. P. Kinsley of Clinton, April 4.
Abisha Sturtevant of Wayne and Phebe Bates of Leeds, April 29.
J. H. Thome and Mrs. :\iary H. Norris, both of Wayne, May 23.
Melvin B. Fuller and Celia E. Wing, both of Wayne, June 7.
Theodore V. Knox of Fayette and Betsey Ridley of Wayne, June
26.
Abel F. Boynton and Mary J. Graves, both of Wayne, June 28.
A. R. Dickins(jn of fiercer and Eliza A. Stinchfield of Wayne,
Aug. 3.
F. L. Morse of Glasgow, Ky., and Aurelia A. Dexter of Wayne,
August 6.
George Burnham of Leeds and So})hronia Sturtevant of Wayne,
Sept. 8.
Amos Stetson of Wayne and Priscilla H. Smith of Leeds, Sept. 13.
Monroe M. Dexter and Julia N. Burgess, both of Wayne, Sept. 20.
Bryce H. Jewett of Fayette and ^lartha J. Knight of Wayne,
Sept.'29.
Lewis Dexter of Wayne and Mrs. ^Slary N. Dexter of Hingham,
Mass., Oct. 22.
Rufus K. Berry of Winthrop and Sophia A. Pierce of Wayne,
December 20.
Asa S. Dodge of Perkins Plantation and Olive Berry of Wayne,
December 26.
150 HISTOBY OF WAYNE.
1860.
James Moiilton an<l Mrs. Rosaline Bean, both of Wayne, Feb. 13.
Silas A. Manter and Aliee A. Pettini-ill, both of Wayne, March
14.
Ja(|nis Boutier and Lenora V. Lewis, both of Wayne, April 2.
Charles E. Bigelow and Adelaide Lanison, both of Wayne, Apr. 20.
Charles E. Prescott of Wayne and Ellen E. Ellnis of Leeds, April
23.
Eben B. Whitney of Lisbon and Helen L. Hill of South Exeter,
April 26.
Allen Frost and P]liza Fairbanks, both of Wayne, June 30.
Elias Haley and Clarissa Knight, both of Wayne, July 7.
Warren Daggett and Pamelia F. Wing, both of Wayne, Aug. 6.
George Abbott of Wayne and Lizzie Bartlett of Unity, Sept. 10.
Sewall Pettingill of Wayne and INFary H. Sanborn of Fayette,
Sept. 10.
Thomas Burbank of Jefferson and Mrs. jNIehitabel B. Lawi'ence of
Wayne, Se})!. 27.
A. Ray and Rose Palmer, both of Wayne, October 10.
Noah G. Sanborn and Catharine W. Cunnier, both of Wayne,
Oct. 28.
Leonard Wing of Wayne and Sarah J. Brainard of Winthrop,
Nov. 6.
Vernel B. Fuller of Portland and Amelia Lamson of AVayne,
Dec. 8.
186L
Frank B. Chandler of Waterville and Eliza Goodwin of Wayne,
Jan. 22.
Alfred R. Swift of Wayne and Julia Monroe of Livermore, March
12.
Franklin W. Chandler of Augusta and Elizal^eth F. Wing of
Wayne, April 12.
Rev. Gideon S. Smith of Wayne and Naomi A. Butler of Han-
cock, May 26.
Capt. Ephraim Norris of Wayne and Mrs. Mary Berry of Fayette,
July 14.
Charles W. Stetson and Nancy A. Young, l)oth of Wayne, July 24.
Wra. Wing, Esq., of Wayne and JNIrs. Hannah G. Fogg of Lewis-
ton, July 28.
HI 8 TOBY OF WAYNE!. lol
Capt. Ephraiiii Norris of Wayne and Mrs. [jydia Looniis of Mon-
mouth, July 28.
J. A. Farriugton of Andover and Mary A. B. Burgess of Wayne.
Kufus K. Pease of Leeds and Hannah C Maxim of Wayne, Dec. 8.
F. W. Burgess and Nina Lane, I)oth of Wayne, Dec. 16.
L. R. Sturtevant of Cape Elizabeth and Lucilla M. Clark of
Wayne, Dec. 29.
1802.
Charles J. Downs of Cliarlestown, Mass., and Abby Ann Snow of
Wayne, Jan. 27.
Reuben W. Weld of Livermore and Abia K. Ridley of Wayne,
Jan. 29.
George A. Maxim of Wayne and Ellen P. Jackson of Peru, March
31.
Gilbert P. Taylor and ^lary L. Bishop, both of Wayne, May 21.
Lewis H. Wing and Martha B. Bigelow, both of Wayne, June 7.
James O. Trask of Wayne and Olive Records of Fayette, July 6.
George W. Raymond and Henrietta L. Frost, both of Wayne,
Nov. 17.
186.3.
Curtis Dodge of Perkins Plantation and Orissa B. Berry of Wayne,
March 16.
Eli N. Berry of Wayne and Esther A. Lane of Leeds, March 31.
Russell F. Raymond and Hannah J. Wing, lioth of Wayne, June
18.
Wm. E. True and Mellie A. Stevens, both of Wayne, Oct. 5.
John R. Millett of Leeds and Rosilla Berry of Wayne, Nov. 21.
Russell F. Raymond and Hannah J. Wing, both of Wayne, Dec. 8.
Freeman W. Burnell and Lauressa Young, both of Wayne, Dec-
ember 21.
James R. Raymond and Olive E. Magner, both of Wayne, Dec-
ember 21.
1864.
Wm. H. House of Wayne and Eunice F. Wing of Winthrop, Feb-
ruary 15.
George Palmer of Wayne and Mrs. Mary D. Shaw of Wintlirop,
March 8.
Abington Ridley of Wayne and Harriet E. Edgecomb of Liver-
more, March 16.
152 MIS TOBY OP WAYNH.
Josluui Goodwin luid jSIariuda E. Kiiynioud, both of Wayne, April
25.
John Stevens of Wayne and Mrs. Gla[)hyra Stevens of Sebec,
June ().
John C. Stinchfield of Leeds and Catharine H. Graves of Wayne,
June 27.
Edward G. Dexter and Mary L. Lanison, botli of Wayne, June
27.
Nathan Handy and Elizabeth Stevens, both of Wayne, July 4.
Howard C. Gott and Ellen M. Pettingill, both of Wayne, July 4.
Samuel W. Bishop and Avis H. Gould, b(jth of Wayne, Aug. 10.
W. B. Frost and Ellen M. Farrino-ton, both of Wayne, Sept. 13.
(ireorge S. Whitney of Wayne and Lucy A. Sweetser of Phillips,
Oct. — .
John C. Hannnon of East Liverniore and Alvira A. Gordon of
Wayne, Oct. 29.
Wm. H. Foss of Wayne and N'iola A. Carver of Leeds, Dec. 26.
Edwin H. liunnel and Carrie C. Hall, both of Wavne, Dec. 26.
LS65.
Jerome Ridley of Wayne and ( -larissa Knowlton of Leeds, Feb. 4.
Rufus A. Wing and Emily F. Dexter, both of Wayne, Feb. 20.
David L. Boyle and Mrs. Louisa J. Boyle, both of Wayne, Feb.
27..
Jason M. Ridley of Wayne and Abby C. Stinchfield of Leeds,
March 9.
Edward K. Richardson and Eliza E. Knight, both of Wayne,
April 3.
Charles M. Conner and Emily Allen, both of Wayne, April 3.
Henry A. H(nise and Ellen N. Raymond, both of Wayne, Apr. 12.
James H. Thorn and Mrs. Ncjvilla Moultijn, ])()th of Wayne, iVpril
20.
Wm. H. Erskine and Lucetta Pettingill, both of Wayne, May 25.
Daniel Stone, Jr., of So. Berwick and INIrs. Harriet Magner of
Wayne, June 5.
James R. Raymond and Lydia A. Frost, both of Wayne, June 12.
Samuel A. Frost of Winthrop and Mary F. House of Wayne,
July 8.
C. A. Fournier and Emma O. Lovejoy, both of Wayne, July 19.
HISTORY OF WAYNE. 153
Charles F. Davis of Winthrop and Mary E. Norris of Wayne,
July 24.
Edwin H. Nason of Wayne and Georgiana Johnson of Lagrange,
August 14.
Henry Davenport of Jay and Mrs. Sarah J. Curtis of Wayne,
August 26.
Albion B. Frost of Wayne and Nellie Mitchell of Palmyra, Aug.
26.
Wm. W. Pratt of Wayne and Ruth G. Woodman of Poland, Sep-
tember ] 4.
W. H. Fish of Wayne and ^lary J. Perkins of Noblel)orough, Oct.
24.
Bradbury Sylvester and Mrs. Matilda C. Morse, both of Wayne,
October 30.
Archibald Clark of Wayne and F. A. Chandler of New Sharon,
November 16.
George F. Sturtevant of Wayne and Henrietta A. Fowler of Al-
bion, Dec. 17.
1866.
Stephen Allen and Harriet A. Holman, ])oth of Wayne, Jan. 5.
Emery Foss and Mary S. Moultou, both of Wayne, January 11.
George E. Caldwell of Lowell and Emeline E. Wing of Wayne,
February 25.
Sewall Pettingill and Einina F. Bishoi), both of Wayne, March 10.
Nathan P. Downing of Minot and Lois A. Johnson of Wayne,
March 21.
Llewellyn T. Wing of Wayne and Annie M. Rose of Augusta,
April 9.
Warren Ladd and Emeline Pratt, both of Wayne, April 20.
Edward P. Sanborn of Fayette and Emily Palmer of Wayne, Apr.
20.
George W. Walton and Sarah E. Dexter, both of Wayne, April
26.
Timothy H. Jewett of Bethel and C-arrie J. Beavins of Wayne,
May 8.
Levi G. Brown and Glovina S. Foss, both of Wayne, May 29.
C. M. Lovejoy of Wayne and E. M. Sanborn of Littleton, N. H.,
June 4.
John Rollins of Mt. Vernon and Elizabeth Richardson of Wayne,
June 18.
154 HIS TOBY OF WAYNE.
(Shark's A. Hall and Aroline E. Jennings, both of Wayne, Aug.
17.
!-?etli W. Jennings of Wayne and Elvira E. Haskell of East Liver-
more, Sept. IT).
Win. (). Taplin of Lewiston and Lydia E. Htirrinian of Wayne,
Septendx'r 1 7.
Thomas J. Wing of Wintlirop and Ilosina E. Maxim of Wayne,
jSIovember '.\.
Capt. (irrafton Norris and jVFary K. Maxim, hotli of Wayne, Dec. 14.
1867.
Arcadius Pettingill of Leeds and Lois J. Norris of Wayne, Jan. 7.
John W. Abbott of Leeds andLucretia D. Gould of Wayne, Jan. 9.
Albert F. Hannnond of Wayne and Sarah E. Thompson of Byron,
Jan. 21.
Hamilton ({. Gouhl ot Wayne and Sarah M. S. Gould of Winthrop,
Jan. 2().
Jotham S. Frost, Jr., ot Wayne and ^lary E. Whitney of Win-
throp, Jan. 2<S.
Nelson A. Wells of Fayette and Fidelia Grosby of Wayne, Apr. 7.
Sevetus Landi and Elizabeth Smiley, both of Wayne, April 13.
Howard W. Frost and Emma W. Hunton, both of Wayne, June 4.
Gaucelo J. Wing of Wayne and Cynthia A. Davis of Lewiston,
June 22.
Orrisou S. Brown and Martha llollins, both of Wayne, June 24.
Washington B. Smith of Wayne and Etta D. Jordan of Keadfield,
Sept. 12.
Elijah Stevens and jVIrs. Lydia Hannnond, both of Wayne, Oct. 14.
Luther S. Hersey of Winthroi) and Helen M. Baird of Wayne,
Oct. 21.
Elias H. Raymond and Mrs. Harriet L. Ilaymond, both of Wayne,
Oct. 25.
Edward Phinney of Portlan<l and Jane M. Hight of Wayne, Oct.
27.
James B. Stetson and Josephine Burgess, both of Wayne, Nov. 18.
Albert Record of Wayne an<l Fannie E. Stuart of Bowdoinham,
Dec. 19.
Charles Hayden of East Randol[)h, Mass., and Ennna C. Foun-
nis of Wayne, Dec. 24.
Wm. L. G. Clark and Marcia Erskine, both of Wayne, Dec. 24.
HI STOUT OF WAYNE. 155
18()8.
Thomas F. Lihln- of Leeds and ^Irs. Ahhie A. Cuniminirs of
Wayne, Feb. 2H.
John S. Rayin(»iid and Mrs. Hannah ,J. Ilayniond, hotli of Wayne,
March 7.
Lafovest C. ('. Tlionipson of Fayette and Emily I). House of
Wayne, April 14.
Hiram Hinds of Hu<'ktield and Mrs. Nancy F. Foss of Wayne,
May 22.
Daniel Luce of Buckiield and Emily E. Ladd of Wayne, June IL
Joseph G. JNIerrill of Hebron and Sarah E. Manter of Wayne,
June 18.
George A. Norris and Ruth A. Tribou, both of Wayne, July 7.
Wm. H. Johnson and Kate Folsom, both of Wayne, Sept. 2(1
Samuel Jennings and Mrs. L:iura Gilmore, both of Wayne, Nov. 5.
Wni. F. Frost and Emily E. Hammond, both of Wayne, Dec. 14.
Luke A. Rideout of Wayne and Ann Neal of Winthrop, Dec. 23.
James B. Reed and Rosaline J^ishop, both of Wayne, Dec. 29.
1869.
Greenlief Hodgdon of Byron and E. M. J. Ridley of Wayne, Jan.
21.
Samuel H. Smith and Fannie A. Sawyer, both of Wayne, IVIar. 31.
Lewis Williams and Lucy J. Sanborn, both of Wayne, May 1.
C. M. Stevens and J. A. Smith, bothf of Wayne, June 29.
James Velson of New York and Olivia B. Lane of Wayne, Aug. 28.
1870.
Isaac N. Frink and Carrie E. Preston, both of Wayne, Jan. 15.
Moses B. Sylvester of Wayne and Mary J. Pierce of Monmouth,
Feb. 10.
Charles F. Spear and Mrs. Martha Perry, both of Wayne, Mar. 9.
George Soper of Chesterville and Louisa M. Lamb of Wayue,
March 29.
Moses B. Hammond of Wayne and Abby H. Allen of Monmouth,
April 6.
Hannibal H. Eddy of Corinth and Mary E. Burnham of Wayne,
April 26.
Samuel W. Jennings and Malora E. Faunce, both of Wayne, May 7.
George H. Smith and Emma J. Wing, both of Wayne, Nov. 5.
156 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
1871.
John R. Grindell of Blue Hill and ^'icto^ia R. Smith of Wayne,
Feb. 8.
Jerome W. Goodale of Atln^l, Ma^^?^., and Mary C. Sampson of
Wayne, March 7.
Abner N. Wing and Annie M. Dexter, both of Wayne, March 15.
Elhanan W. Sprague of Hanover and Mrs. Phebe Stiirtevant of
Wayne, March 17.
Daniel H. Maxim of Wayne and Ellen C. Davis of Albion, Apr. 3.
Hosea B. House and Alice M. Raymond, both of Wayne, June 10.
J W. Libby of Greene and Rosa V. Burnham of Wayne, Sept. 15.
John M. Gott of Wayne and Carrie E. Ladd of Abbott, Nov. 28.
E. H. AVentworth and Clara E. Harrington, both of Wayne,
Dec. 2.
Willis S. Proctor and Myra M. Weeks, both of Wayne, Dec. 26.
1872.
Lorenzo Leadbetter of Leeds and Hattie A. Foster of Wayne, Jan-
uary 15.
H. N. Jennings of Wayne and Emma Palmer of Wilton, Feb. 12.
Amasa Dexter of Newtonville, Mass., and Mrs. Priscilla S. Dexter
of Wayne, March 11.
Wager L. Besse and Elvira Swift, both of Wayne, April 29.
Thomas F. Storer of Winthroj) and Lydia J. Ridley of Wayne,
April 30.
Charles E. Wing and Frankie L. Johnson, l)()th of Wayne, June
18.
Henry T. Frost and E. Georgie Perry, both (jf Wayne, June 20.
Anson D. W^ing of Wayne and Mrs. Maria C. Chandler of Houl-
ton, Sept. 12.
Wm, H, Harding of Andover and Eliza E. Maxim of Wayne,
Nov. 8.
1873.
Willard M. Taylor of Wayne and Georgia A. Wing of Levviston,
January 14
John E. Carver of Leeds and Jennie D. Richards of Wayne,
Jan. 27.
Henry D. Lothrop and Mary E. Palmer, both of Wayne, Feb. 10.
R. C. Fuller of Wilton and N. W. Frost of Wayne, May 17.
IIISrORY OF WAYNE. 157
Granville T. Laiiih oi" Wayne and Hattie E. Wentworth of Vienna,
June !).
Robert K. Morse of Wintlirop and iNIrs Florinda Bryant of
Wayne, June 14.
Oliver A. Lawrence of Wayne and Ann W. Austin of Auc^usta,
June 2o.
H. Ganeelo Smith of Fitchhurii', Mass., and Attie E. Frost of
Wayne, Aug. 28.
Wm. F. Frost and Nellie Litchfield, both of Wayne, Oct. :!.
E. L. Smith of Wayne and INIary A. Honney of Wintlirop, Oct. S.
John F FiHehl of Belo-rade and Mrs. H. O. Brown of Wayne,
Oct. 24.
Daniel H. Maxim of So. Framingham, Mass., and Lydia E. True
of Wayne, Nov. 7.
B. H. J. Ridley and C^iarlotte B. Haskell, both of Wayne, Dec. 5.
J. F. Gordon of Wayne and C. E. Phillips of Livermore, Dec. IL
1874.
George Johnson and Mary O. llunton, both of Wayne, Jan. .'1
J. F. Keith and Delia M. Herrick, both of Wayne, March 10.
Samuel P. Libby of Leeds and p]nnna L. Norris of Wayne, May
20.
Benj. S. Philbrick of Mt. Vernon and Mrs. Achsa W Harrington
of Wayne, May 26.
Isaac Maxim, Jr., and Ella A. Norris, both of Wayne, May 28.
Isaac P. Ridley and Annette E. Norris,. both of Wayne, Aug. 24.
Charles P. Grover of Winthrop and Julia P. Varnum <jf Wayne,
August 24.
David E. Blackwell and Martha J. Taylor, l)oth of Wayne, Oct. 1. '
James M. Milliken of Saco and Nancy N. Thorne of Wayne,
Dec. 24.
1875.
George A. Smiley and Elvira J. Smiley, both of Wayne, Jan. 26.
Albert W. Riggs of Wayne and Luella J. Balentine of Fayette,
March 29.
Lucian F. Berry of Wayne and Inda O. Gardiner of Wilton,
August 4.
Horace N. Jordan of Lewiston and Melvina C. Norris of Wayne,
August 23.
158 HIS TOBY OF WAYNE.
Cyrus A. Ladd and Kate E. Smith, both of Wayne, August 27.
Clinton F. Bodge of Winthro]) and Alice J. Gordon of Wayne,
Sept. 7.
Franklin H. Raymond and Mary L. Magner, l)oth of Wayne, Oct.
11).
Charles S. Johnson of Wayne antl Florence E. Clough of Read-
field, Oct. 26.
Charles E. Palmer and Julia E. Lewis, lioth of Wayne, Nov. 18.
1876.
Rodney J. Parsons and P]liza J. O. Hood, both of Wayne, Jan. 8.
Chas. W. Foster of Auburn and Etta B. Parker of Wayne, Jan-
uary 30.
Leroy Graves and Elinira S. Stinehfield, both of Wayne, July 24.
Hervey A Oilman of Newton, Mass., and Fostina J. Knight of
Wayne, Sept. 5.
Samuel F. Durgin of Turner and Arvilla A. Fuller of Wayne,
Nov. 25.
Frank Dow and Susie Jenness, both of Wayne, Dec. 8.
1.S77.
Wesley Welch of Wayne and Arabine M. Churchill of Leeds,
April 14.
Michael Murray and Aurora J. ^[agner, both of Wayne, Apr. 25.
Jairus A. Fillebrown of Wayne and Nancy ^L Brown of East
Livennore, June li).
Octavus L. Jennings of Wayne and Alice E. Goodwin of Mt.
Vernon, July 4.
C. H. l^arker, Jr., and R. Louise Burgess, both of Wayne, Oct. 1.
Alonzo W. House of Wayne and Nellie E. Ellen Fuller of Leeds,
Nov. 10.
Edward B. Smith and Lizzie J. Garland, both of Wayne, Nov. 12.
1878.
Geo. B. Lewis and Isabella Temple, both of Wayne, Feb. 15.
L. W. Dexter of San Jose, Cal., and Ellen M. Frost of Wayne,
Feb. li).
Josiah T. Hannnond and Mary E. Frost, both of Wayne, Mar. 21.
George H. Smiley and Lucy F. House, both of Wayne, April 16.
niSTOBY OF WAYNE. 159
Silas D. Perry and Charlotte E. Maii-iicr. holli of Wayne, Apr. 'l'-\.
John E. Matiiier and Betsey A. Ferry, l)()th of Wayne, April 2.">.
Henrv C. Dexter of Wayne and Abbie Richmond of Fayette,
May 11.
Augnstus K. Harrin<i-ton of Wayne and Elvira Smith of Readlield,
May 25.
Edwin J. Fat>-e of East Livermore and Emma Caldwell of Wayne,
July 29.
Otis Howard of Wayne and Mrs. Lavaiia C Wilson of Lewiston,
Sept. 23.
Joseph F. Haines of Hallowell and Minnie jSTorris of Wayne, Nov-
ember 1.
Frank A. Hodtj:es of Hallowell and Ada Xorris of Wayne, Novem-
ber 2.
J. P. Stevens and Julia A. Wing, botli of Wayne, L)ecend)er 2o.
187!».
Edwin J. Marston and Ellen J. Coond)s, both of Wayne, A|)r. 24.
James M. jNIoulton and Sadie Stinchfield, both of Wayne, April 2S.
Daniel R. Graves and Fronia W. Norris, both of Wayne, ]May 2:5.
Samuel Maxim and Laura Maxim, both of Wayne, June 17.
R. W. Packard of Readfield and Sylvia A. Smith of Wayne,
June 1 7 .
Oliver A. Johnson of Wayne and Minnie A. Foss of Leeds, July 8.
Charles W. Giles and.Ella M. Trask, both of Wayne, July 4.
Frank B. Norris and Alice M. Lowell, both of Wayne, July 21).
John R. McKinnon and Alice ^I. Wing, both of Wayne, Aug. 4.
Charles Trask of Winthrop and Delia A. House of Wayne, Aug. 6.
George M, Giles and Jennie C-. Wing, both of Wayne, April 8.
Orren L. Hood and Julia A. Hood, botli of Wayne, Aug. 2S.
Wesley S. Huse and Emma L. jNIitchell, l)oth of Wayne, Sept. 4.
W. C. Tribou of Wayne and Ella M. Cash of Winthrop, Sept. -S.
Jesse Spaulding of Belgrade and Sarah B. Day of Wayne, Septem-
ber 15.
Frank H. Marston of East Wilton and Stella G. Dexter of Wayne,
October 7.
Charles S. Haynes of Wayne and Emma A. Tuttle of Readfield,
October 24.
Willis E. Raymond of Winthrop and Mrs. Rose S. Raymond of
Wayne, Nov. 15.
160 HIS TOBY OF WAYNE.
Herbert R. Riiymond and Georgia Raymond, both of Wayne,
December 13.
W. C. Smith and Hattie M. Waugh, l)oth of Wayne, December 15.
Chauncey J. Richards and Glovina Smith, l)oth of Wayne, Dec. 17.
1880.
Parker C. Tribon and Carrie M. Bnrgess, both of Wayne, Mar. 1.
Henry D. Norris of Wayne and Daisy I. Allen of Monmouth,
March 1.
Michael Murray of Wayne and Clara A. Shea of Fayette, Sept. 14.
John M. Weeks of Wayne and Laura Larrabee of Fayette, Sept. 30.
Wm. Hailburt of Framingham, Mass., and Annie M. Jennings of
Wayne, October 26.
1881.
Charles H. Faunce of AVayne and Gertrude Davis of Lebanon,
N. H„ January 1.
Walter H. Moulton and Sophia Palmer, both of Wayne, Jan. 20.
Charles D. Maxim and Florence (^handler, both of Wayne, Apr. 11.
George W. Stevens and Julia A. Seavey, both of Wayne, A\n\ 25.
Frank H. Roberts and Eva M. Ladd, both of Wayne, June 13.
Lieut. C. L. Phillips of Wayne and H. W. Foster of Millbridge,
August 4.
Benjamin Gilbert and Mary A. Davenport, both of Wayne, Aug.
15.
George Foss and Lottie C. Palmer, botli of Wayne, November 12.
Herbert R. Raymond of Wayne and Abbie G. AVhittier of Win-
throp, Dec. 3.
Fred M. Dexter of AVayne and L. A. Shea of Fayette, Dec. 6.
Charles Richardson and Rebecca M. Varnum, both of AA^ayue,
Dec. 13.
Dr. F. L. Dixon and Mary S. Foss, both of AVayne, Dec. 17.
Albert D. Foster and Ella L. AVaite, both of Wayne, Dec. 20.
James Huff and Stella H. Palmer, both of AVayne, Dec. 26.
1882.
John AV. House and Victoria L. Trask, both of AA'^ayne, Jan. 9.
Ernest R. Thurston of Auburn and INIildred L- Ramsdell of
Waj^ne, Feb. 11,
HIS TOBY OF WAYXE. 161
Henry C. Dexter and Bettie M. Stevens, both of Wayne, JNIar. 14.
U. P. Francis of Liverniore and N. A. Leadbetter of Wayne,
April 15.
Hollis A. Morrison of Liverinore and Jennie F. Walton of Wayne,
May 1.
Fred W. Walton of Leeds and Ennna F. Remiek of Wayne, May 0.
Wm. H. Conant and Catharine INIcKinnon, both of Wayne, June 5.
Charles B. Wing of Wayne and Oliye M. Howe of Kuniford,
Jnne 8.
George N. H. Bean and Mrs. Eunice E. Weaver, ])oth of Wayne,
June 22.
Edward W. Sanborn and Sarali P. Huti", both of Wayne, July 15.
Alfred W. Knowles and Carrie B. Nelkie, both of Wayne, Sept. 20.
Charles O. Graves and J. xVnnie F. Gould, both of Wayne, Sept.
2«).
Thomas C. Faulkner of Turner and Bertha A. Burgess of Wayne,
Nov. 6.
D. F. Ridley and Sarah H. Roberts, both of Wayne, Nov. 21.
Lewis I. Gilbert and Al)bie F. Chandler, l){)th of Wayne, Dec. 18.
Walter E. Foss and Cora E. Chandler, both of Wayne, Dec. 18.
1883.
Horatio N. JNIaxini of Wayne and Ella M. Hackett ot Farming-
ton, Jan. 2.
Sanuiel C. Magner and Ida A. Maxim, both of Wayne, April 9.
A. W. Manter of Wayne and Mary M. Wheeler of Monmouth,
May 28.
Roger C. Sumner and Lillie E. Strickland, ))oth of Wayne, May
29.
. Lyman J. Kempton of Mansfield, Mass., and Alice J. Foster of
Wayne, June 9.
Nathan L. Roberts and luza Graves, both of Wayne, June 9.
Hosea B. House and Orissa Burnham, both of Wayne, June 26.
James H. F. Clayton and Emily A. Dexter, both of Wayne, Sept.
IL
Clarence H. Milliken of Scarboro and Abbie H. Norris of Wayne,
Sept. 25.
C. E. Rankin of Wayne and Nancy E. Taylor of Fayette, Oct. 11.
Augustus C. House of Wayne and Mrs. Catharine M. Crosby of
Winthrop, Nov. 5.
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162 HISTOBY OF WAYKE.
Abizer Hood of Wayne and Adella C. Adams of .Skowliegan, Kov.
25.
1884.
Silas H. Maxim of Hartford and Lucretia ]\I. Kaymond of Wayne,
Feb. 23.
George R. Pierce of Windsor and E. Arvilla Maxim of Wayne,
March 14.
Willis E. Frost and Matilda C. Morse, lioth of Wayne, April 23.
Addison P. Wing and Maud A. Monk, both (^f Wayne, June 3.
George H. Charlesworth and Rose M. Welch, both of Wayne,
July 8.
Wm. H. Mace of W.inthrop and Achsa G. Sturtevaut of AVayne,
July 26.
Arcadius Pettingill of Wayne and Mrs. Florinda Moore of Win-
throp, Aug. 14.
I. J. Monk and Rossie H. Wing, both of Wayne, Sept. 20.
Henry G. Gordon and Carrie E. Peaslee, both of Wayne, Oct. 21.
Henry T. Wing and Jennie L. Bishop, l)oth of Wayne, Nov. 1.
Charles F. Cutter of Turner and Mary Belle Besse of Wayne,
Nov. 27.
Clinton W. Smith of Fayette and Belle L. Bishop of Wayne, Dec.
13.
1885.
Samuel H. Hutchinson of Hallowxdl and Addie Hood of Wayne,
June 19.
Eben W. House and Ella L. Wing, both of Wayne, June 22.
George W. Gordon and Olive Stevens, both of Wayne, June 25.
Charles E. Buruham of Wayne and Junieta Rackliff of Industry,
July 6.
Joseph E. Maxim of Wayne and Susie J. Buruham of Leeds,
Sept. 28.
Appleton H. Plaisted of Waterville and Alice N. Bartlett of
Wayne, Nov. 2.
Henry H. Goodridge and iNIrs. Emily D. Randall, both of Wayne,
Nov. 24.
1886.
J. Frank Gordon and Mrs. Orlena Kent, both of Wayne, April 5.
A. E. Hutchinson of East Livermore and Mary L. Stevens of
Wayne, April 10.
HISTORY OF WAYNE. 163
Clarence Towle and Maiy Wau<ih, liotli of Wayne, May 18.
John C. Stinchfield and Henrietta Howard, both of" Wayne, June 7.
Frank R. Welch and Edna Leathers, both of Wayne, Aug. 30.
Frank H. Arris of Danville Junction and Mary A. Barker of
Wayne, Sept. 1.
Charles L. Smith of East Liverniore and Idella ]VI. Norris of
Wayne, Nov. 20.
Herbert G. Maxim and Julia M. Bishop, both of Wayne, Dec. 27.
1887.
Charlie W. Norris and Martha A. Charlesworth, both of Wayne,
Jan. 27.
Frederick L. Cheuery, M. D., of Wayne and Lizzie M. Lawrence
of Fairfield, xMay 9.
James G. Stetson of East Liverniore and Sarah W. Maxim of
Wayne, ^Nlay 80.
Thomas L. Wing of Wayne and Mrs. Lucy Clyde of Winthrop,
July 5.
Wm. H. Erskine of Wayne and Luciuda Stinchfield of East Liver-
more, July 26.
George W. Storer and INIrs. Ennna Dearborn, both of Wayne, Aug.
22.
Alpheus M. Stetson and Roxanna W. Foss, both of Wayne, Oct. 8.
Charles M. Fish of Leeds and Hannah E. Ridley of AVayne, Oct.
14.
Charles P. Swift and Edith V. Lord, both of Wayne, Oct. 24.
Ellis L. Lincoln and Lillian J. Maxim, both of Wayne, Nov. 15.
Fred W. Small of Fayette and Phronia M. Burgess of Wayne,
December 15.
1888.
Augustus A. Clough of Fayette and Cora A. Norris of Wayne,
Jan. 9.
James E. Cressey of Monmouth and Addie O. Carver of Wayne,
April 13.
Fred E. Nason and Carrie E. Erskine, both of Wayne, April 21.
Charles A. Cressey and Ida L. Libby, both of Wayne, May 14.
Charles A. French of Chesterville and Emily A. Lothrop of Wayne,
June 19.
164 HLSTOBY OF WAYXE.
Nahuni W. Hutf of Wayne and Flora L. Richmond of Fayette,
July 16.
Dana R. Berry of Fayette and Annie B. Reed of Wayne, Oct. 18.
Harvey W. Orr of Harpswell and Myra S. Day of Wayne, Oct. lU.
Harry D. Nasou and Nellie 'M. Palmer, hoth of Wayne, Nov. 10.
A. L. Wyman of Livermore Fallts and Jennie E. Varniun of
Wayne, Nov. 24.
Samnel F. Yeatou of Farmington and Nellie A. Wing of Wayne,
Nov. 26.
Jairus N. Haunnontl and Mary I. Hopkins, ])otli of Wayne, Dec. 8.
18.S1).
John (). Smith and ^[rs. Julia A. Young, l)()tli of Wayne, Mar. 21.
C'harles L. Hayden of Holhrook, INIass., and Addie L. Atkinson of
Wayne, Aug. 12.
H. O. Wing of Winthrop and Mrs. Ida A. Magiier of NN'ayne,
March 11).
Willie F. Higgins of Lewiston and S. Rilla Hammond of Wayne,
Nov. 16.
O. A. Spragne, ^I. D., of Turner and Myra S. Ford of Wayne,
Dec. 8.
1,S!H).
Edward F. Libhy of ^lonmouth and Angie J. Lovejoy of Wayne,
May 24.
Orrin H. Soper of Livermore Falls and Lizzie L. Graves of
Wayne, Ang. 26.
Will E. Crocker of Wayne and Carrie E. Nichols of East Liver-
more, Nov. 2v). . .
1 SO] .
John Y. Wood of Bncktield and Alhina Carver of Wayne, Mar.
10.
John A. Stevens of Winthrop and ^[rs. Ada P. Hodges of Wayne,
March 14.
W. H. Wentworth of Winthrop and Dora R. Raymond of Wayne,
July 21.
John G. Daggett and Miranda E. Knapp, l)oth of Wayne, Sept. 10.
Abner B. Toothaker of Minot and Millie E. Fuller of Wayne,
Dec. 5.
Leslie D. Tucker and Nellie A. Gott, both of Wayne, Dec. 17.
' HISTORY OF WAYNE. 165
1892.
Lewii^ B. Cram and Iiia B. Oordoii, Itoth of Wayne, Jan. 1!).
Geo. Edward McAllister and Lizzie Howard, hoth of Wayne,
June 18.
Walter P^rnest Bieliards and Charlotte l^elle Davis, both of Wayne,
July 29.
Harry Marston Cihhs of Auburn and Flora Augusta Pike of
Wayne, A up-. (5.
Alfred Fletcher Johnson and Jennie May Thome, botli of Wayne,
Aug. 6.
Arthur Clark Leadl)etter ot Wayne and ( Jrace Haywood Turner
of Leeds, Sej)!. 1 4.
Fred Davis Larrabee of Wayne and Clara Ann Bayniond of Win-
throp, Sept. 20.
Milton Orauville Besse of Wayne and Amy Hester Outhouse of
Wrentham, Mass., Oct. 17.
John Willard Spiller of Wayne and Anna Maria Frost of Win-
thro] >, Nov. 1 2.
1893.
Elmer Hood of Wayne and Mabel D. Canwell of Leeds, Mar. 13.
Edgar M. Swift of Fayette and Junietta Harrinian of Wayne,
March 28.
Geo. 0. Adams and Lillian J. Tibbetts, both of Wayne, April 5.
Samuel W. Bishop and Nellie ]\L Balentine, both of Wayne,
May 8.
Geo. W. Holmes and Lottie .M. Davis, both of Wayne, INLay 29.
Otis H. Nelkie of Lewiston and Ciiarlotte M. Jennings of Wayne,
July 27.
Lewis P. Maxim and (Tertrude May Lovejoy, both of Wayne, Sept.
16. _
Norris Kendall Lincoln and Clara Mabel Swift, both of Wayne,
Nov. 7.
Gladden Bishop Beers of Bridgeport, Conn., and Julia Estelle
Swift of Wayne, Nov. 8.
Hiram Ronalds Webber of Vienna and Laura Henrietta Spiller of
Wayne, Nov. 10.
Herbert Sumner Sleeper of Washburn and Carrie May Walton of
Wayne, Dec. 19.
166 HIS TOBY OF WAYNH.
1894.
Samuel Greely Carson and Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Fall, both of
Wayne, Mar. 5.
El wood A. Jepson and Grace Ridley, both of Wayne, Sept. 19.
Wni. K. Downs and Mrs. Nellie K. Hopkins, both of Wayne, Sept.
24.
Elmer E. Norris and Olive M. Norris, both of Wayne, Nov. 29.
IS! If).
John S. Haymond of Wayne and Mrs. Ada 1. Trask of Leeds, Jan.
21.
Elmo A. Godfrey and Gertrude A. Lincoln, both of Wayne, Mar.
80.
Hiram E. Norris and Mrs. Esther A Hammond, both of Wayne,
April 1.
Wm. P. Baker of East Livermore and Lizzie R. Carver of Wayne,
Ai)ril 29.
Winwood W. Proctor of Wayne and Flora E. Smith of Readfield,
May 16.
Fred Walker of Sabattus and Annie A. George of Wayne, May 26.
Frank E. Nichols of East Livermore and Hannah E. Burnham of
Wayne, June 11.
Walter B. Wood of Wayne and Minnie V. Cram of East Liver-
more, July 6.
Silas D. Berry of Wayne and Mrs. Ennna A. Davenjjort of Wal-
tham, Mass., Sept. 2.
Charles H. Bowman of Westboro and Luetta ^L Knight of Wayne,
Oct. 9.
Holman L. Norris and Bertha F. Albee, both of Wayne, Oct. 18.
1896.
Luther M. Norris and Mary E. Pettingill, both of Wayne, Jan. 30.
Willis Gorden and Ella May Stevens, both of Wayne, April 18.
A. F. Turner of Monmouth and Rosa Belle Kent of Wayne, June
18.
Irving D. Lincoln and Bertha L. Mace, both of Wayne, Sept. 24.
Ernest L. Stevens and Cora L. Lane, both of Wayne, Nov. 18.
John A. Welch of Rome Corner and Louisa J. Conner of Wayne,
Dec. 17.
Sewall P. Manter and Kate B. Gorden, both of Wayne, Dec. 21.
HIS TO MY OF WAYXF. U\1
1897.
Charles H. Winy of Winthrop and Minnie S. Raymond of Wavne,
Feb. 22.
Ernest W. Winy of Wintliro]) and Sadie M. Hodges of Wavne,
May 17.
Geo. O. C'oolidge of Wayne and Nellie I. Fnller of TIallowell,
July 12. "
Alpheus ]M. Stetson and Frances K. Jjawrence, both of Wa^-ne,
Oct. 11.
Herbert S. Slee[)er ol' \\'asliliurii and .Minnie E. Stinchtield of
Wayne, Nov. lo.
Geo. B. Lewis and Mrs. Anna ]M. S})iller, both of Wayne, Dec. 2.^.
CHAPTER XIII.
LIST (»F WAYNE TOWN OFFICERS.
1798, '99, 1800, no record.
1801, Ebenezer Be.sse.
02, Capt. Thos. Atkinson.
03, Isaac Dexter.
04, Allen Wing.
05, Ellis Sweet.
06 & 07, Ebenezer Besse.
08, Jos. Lanipson.
09 & 10, Ebenezer Besse.
11, Jos. Lanipsitn.
12, Wm. Wing, Jr.
13, Ebenezer Besse.
14, Wm. A\^ing, Jr.
15 & 10, Ebenezer Besse.
17, 18 & 19, Lemuel Bryant.
20, Ebenezer Besse.
21, Natlianiel Fairbanks.
22 & 23, Lemuel Bryant.
24, Nathaniel Fairl)anks.
25, Lemuel Bryant.
26, Nathaniel Fairbanks.
27, 28, 29, 30, Lemuel Bryant.
31, Seth May.
32, Lemuel Bryant.
33, Capt. James Wing.
34 & 35, Lemuel Bryant.
36 & 37, Jesse Stevens.
38, Lemuel Bryant.
39, Nelson H. Carey.
Moderators.
1.S40, 1, 2, 3-4, Nelson H. Carey.
45-6, Capt. Hubl)ar(l Lovejoy.
47, N. H. Carey.
4.S, !), 50, Caleb Fnller.
51, J. E. F. Dunn.
52, Ceo. A. Wright.
5;;, Calel) Fnller.
54, ('. H. P>arker.
y)~), J. F. Jennings.
56-7, A. S. Butterliekl.
58-9, J. F. Jennings.
(iO, C. C. Whitney.
61, M. Sylvester.
62, J. F. Jennings.
63, J. H. Thorne.
64, B. Sylvester.
65, Emery Foss.
66, T. B.Kee.l.
(i7, 8, 9, 70, B. Sylvester.
71, H. J. Ridley."
72, Sears Frost.
73, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, H. J. Ridley.
80, J. S. Berry.
81, 2, 3, 4, 5,"6, 7, 8, 9, H. J.
Ridley.
90, U 2, 3, 4, 5, C. E. Wing.
96, B. F. Bradford.
97, C. E. Wing.
98, M. G. Besse.
HISTOBY OF WAYNE.
16'»
Clcrl-s.
1798, 99, ISOO, no record.
1801 to l.S, ^[oses Winti-.
19, Joshua Bowles.
20-21, Asa Foss.
22 to 2.S, Joshua Bowies.
29, m, ;n, Zac p. Wing.
o2-8, Francis J. Bowies.
;U to 40, CJeo. Smith.
41 to 51, W. Hunton.
52, B. W. Varnuni.
53-54, T. B. Read.
1855 to 60, J. H. Thorne.
(U to 4, C. B. Swift.
(i5, (), 7, V. H. Barker.
().S-9, ('. B. Swift.
()9, Tj. G. Brown vice C
Sw ift deceased.
70 to 77, J. S. Berry.
7.S to !»1, W. C. Tribou. .
92, ;;, 4, W. A. Burgess.
!t5, C. H. Barker.
90, 7, 8, W. V. Tribou.
B.
S.electmeu.
1798, 99, 1800, no record.
1801, Isaac Dexter, :\[oses Wing, William Wing.
1802, Ellis Sweet, Moses Wing, William Wing.
1803, Moses Wing, Ellis Sweet, William Wing.
1804 & 5, Moses Wing, Braddock Weeks, p:i)liraim N(jrri>
1806, Moses Wing, Braddo(iv Weeks, David Smith.
1807 & 8, Moses Wing, Braddock Weeks, Daniel Smith.
1809, Jos. Lampson, Bradihxic Weeks, Job Fuller.
1810, Moses Wing, Job Fuller, Benjamin Burgess.
1811, Joseph Lampson, Closes Wing, Jr., Cyrus Foss.
1812, Joseph Lampson, Aaron Wing, Moses Wing, Jr.
1813, Josei)h Lampson, Joshua Bowies, Ebenezer Besse.
1814, Joseph Lamj)son, Joshua Bowles, Closes Wing, Jr.
1815, Joseph Lampson, Moses Wing, Jr., Joshua Bowies.
1816, jNIoses Wing, Nathaniel Fairbanks, Joshua Bowles.
1817, Joseph Lampson, Joshua Bowles, Lemuel Bryant.
1818, Lemuel Bryant, Allen Wing, Cyrus Foss.
1819, Joseph Lampson, Cyrus Foss, John Morrison.
1820-1, Aaron Wing, William Burgess, Ephraim Norris.
1822, Lemuel Bryant, Nathaniel Fairbanks, Moses Bean.
1823, Joseph Lampson, William Burgess, Johu Monison.
1824, 5, 6, William Burgess, John Morrison, Asa Foss.
1827, Asa Foss, Hamilton Jenkins, Amasa Dexter.
1828, Asa Foss, Francis J. Bowles, Amasa Dexter.
1829-30, Asa Foss, Abijah Crane, James Wing.
1831, Francis J. Bowies, Johu Morrison^ Jesse Stevens.
170 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
1882, Jesse Stevens, Asa Foss, George Gonlon.
1838, Jesse Stevens, Noah Chandler, George Gordon.
1884, Jesse Stevens, Noah Chandler, Leonard Wing.
1835, Lemuel Bryant, Leonard Wing, Asa Foss.
1836, George Smith, Leonard Wing, Uriah H. Virgin.
1837, George Smith, Asa Foss, Jesse Stevens.
1838, George Smith, Sevvall Frost, Leonard AVing.
1839, George Smith, Sewall Frost, Nelson H. Carey.
1840, N. H. Carey, G. W. Fairbanks, Samuel W. Frost.
1841, George Smith, Cliarles Graves, William Lewis.
1842-3, Josiah Norris, Jr., William Lewis, Sewall Frost.
1844, N. H. Carey, Sewall Frost, Joshua Burgess.
1845, N. H. Carey, J. S. Frost, Joshua Burgess.
1846, N. H. Carey, Sewall Frost, Joshua Burgess.
1847, N. H. Carey, Joshua Burgess, Tillotson Lovejoy.
1848, N. H. C-arey, Joshua Burgess, B. R. Frohock.
1849, N. H. C'arey, Joshua Burgess, David Stevens.
1850, Josiah Norris, Jr., S. S. Brown, David Stevens.
1851, Josiah Norris, Jr., S. S. Brown, Benjamiu Ridley.
1852, Josiah Norris, Jr., Ephraim Hall, Gilman Buswell.
1853, Josiah Norris Jr., Tillotson Lovejoy, William G. Besse.
1854, Josiah Norris, Jr., William G. Besse, T. B. Read.
1855-6, William G. Besse, S. W. Frost, Emery Foss.
1857, Joshua liurgess, S. S. Brown, A. K. P. Burgess.
1858, S. S. Brown, A. K. P. Burgess, H. J. Ridley.
1859, S. S. Brown, S. W. Frost, H. J. Ridley.
1860, Josiah Norris, Daniel True, Squire Bishop.
1861-2, A. K. P. Burgess, 'Daniel True, Sfjuire Bishop.
1868, Squire Bishop, Daniel True, T. B. Read.
1864, Squire Bishop, T. B. Read, Richard Berry.
1865, T. B. Read, Richard Berry, H. J. Ridley.
1866, Richard Berry, H. J. Ridley, Llewellyn Wing.
1867, H. J. Ridley, Llewellyn Wing, W. L. G. Clark.
1868-9, Josiah Norris, G. W. Fairbanks, Sewall Pettingill.
1870-1, G. W. Fairbanks, Sewall Pettingill, J. P. Carson.
1872, G. W. Fairbanks, J. P. Carson, J. C. Stinchfield.
1873, J. P. Carson, J. C. Stinchfield, H. J. Ridley.
1874, 5, 6, J. C. Stinchfield, H. J. Ridley, Sears Frost.
1877, J. C. Stinchfield, H. J. Ridley, Sewall Pettingill.
1878, S. L. Howard, Sears Frost, G. M. True.
HISTORY OF WAYNE. 171
1879, 8. L. Howard, Melviii Norris, J. M. Wiag.
1880, J. S. Berry, J. P. Stevens, William G. Besse.
1881, J. S. Berry, J. P. Stevens, B. F. Maxim.
1882, 3, 4, 5, J. C. Stinchfield, B. F. Maxim, J. M. Wing.
1886, N. B. Frost, P. F. Pike, J. M. Weeks.
1887, 8, 9, N. B. Frost, P. F. Pike, Sewall Pettiugill.
1890, P. F. Pike, Sewall Pettingill, A. W. Riggs.
1891, B. F. Bradford, W. B. Frost, G. H. Lord.
1892-8, B. F. Bradford, A. W. Riggs, G. H. Lord.
1894, Sewall IVttingill. A. W. Biggs, C^ W. Crosby.
1895, Sewall Pettiugill, A. W. Riggs, A. N. Manter.
1896, A. W. Riggs, A. N. Manter, C. W. Norris.
1897, B. F. Bradford, C. W. Norris, V. M. Stevens.
1898, A. N. A[anter, C. W. Norris, C. U. Stevens.
Treasurers.
The successive Treasurers have been :
Ebenezer Mason, 1801; Thomas Atkinson, 1802; Joseph Lamp-
sou, 1804; John Bowles, 1809; Moses Wiug, 1810; Allen Wing,
1811; Isaac Dexter, 1813; Ebenezer Besse, 1815; Joshua Bowles,
1819; Allen Wing, 1820 ; Joshua Bowles, 1823; Allen Wing, 1829;
Humphrey Hight, 1830; Zachariah Wing, 1831; Francis Bowles,
1832; George Smith, 1834; Sumner C. Moulton, 1841; Wellington
Hunton, 1847; J. F. Jennings, 1854; Cyrus B. Swift, 1856, Leon-
ard L. Wing, 1857; E. H. Libby, 1858; N. B. Frost, 1859; C. H.
Barker, 1860; Squire Bishop, 1862; W. H. Rollins, 1864; C. H.
Barker, 1865; W. H. Rollins, 1866; Josiah Norris, 1868; J. S.
Berry, 1874; Alfred Johnson, 1877; J. S. Berry, 1882; Stillman
Howard, 1883; C. E. Wiug, 1886; P. F. Pike, 1887; Sewall Pet-
tiugill, 1896; J. M. Moulton, 1897; E. L. Lincoln, 1898.
School Committee.
Of the' first three years following the town's incorporation we have
no record.
1801 Ellis Sweet, Isaac Billington, Zalmuna Washl)urn, Elliot Berry,
Silas Fearing, John Frost, William Atkinson. It is probable
their duties were simply those of agents, as a member of this
committee was chosen for each school district.
172 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
1802 1st District, Job Fuller, Ileiibcn liesse, Ellis Sweet.
2n(l " Josiah Norris, Lieut. Eph. Nurris, Isaac Billington.
;>(l " Jonathan Norcross, Nath'l Jenniui^s, Will. Atkinson.
4th " Thos. Atkinson, Silas Fearing', Gamaliel Stnrtevant.
atli " Zalniuna Waslihuni, Japheth Washburn, Jos. Cole.
(Uli " Win. Wing, Aaron Wing, Allen Wing.
Ttli " Zachariah Perry, Noah Frost, John Frost.
180:5 Joseph Lanison, Moses Wing, Ebenezer Besse. "A select
coiiiinittee to visit tlu' schools and license school masters and
schoiil mistresses."
1.S04 Joseph Lamson, John l)()\vles, ^Nloses Wing.
1805 Jose})h Lamson, jNIoses Wing, Ellis Sweet.
1806 Moses Wing, Braddock Weeks, Daniel Smith.
1807 Joseph Lamson, INIoses Wing, John Bowles.
1808 Moses Wing, Braddock Weeks, Daniel Smith.
1809 Moses Wing, Jr., Woodiii Norris, William Bowles, Thos. At-
kinson, John Walton, David Manter.
1810 Moses Wing, Mark P. Stinchiield, Daniel Smith.
1811 Jose.])h Lamson, Moses Wing, Jr., Cyi'us Foss.
1812 Joseph Lamson, Aaron Wing, INIoses Wing, Jr.
1818 Joseph Lamson, John Bowles, Ebenezer Besse.
1814 Joseph Lamson, Joshua Bowles, ]\[oses Wing, Jr.
1815 Joseph Lamson, Moses Wing, -Jr., Joshua Bowles.
1816 Joseph Lamson, Moses Wing, Nathaniel Fairbanks.
1817 Joseph Lamson, Joshua Bowles, Lemuel Bryant.
1818 Joseph Lamson, Enoch Faruham, Ellis Sweet.
1819 Joseph Lamsoli, Cyrus Foss, John Morrison.
1820 Aaron Wing, Wm. Burgess, Ephraim Norris.
1821 Moses Wing, Joseph Lamson, A. G. Chandler.
1822 Joseph Lamson, Robert Low, x\sa Foss.
1823 Joseph Lamson, Asa Foss, James Wing.
1824 Seth Bartlett, Asa Foss, James Wing.
1825-6 Asa Foss, James Wing, Francis Bowles.
1827 Asa Foss, James Wing, Zachariah Wing.
1828 Asa Foss, Zachariah Wing, George W. Fairbanks.
1829 Thomas Brigham, Zachariah Wing, Francis J. Bowles.
1830 Asa Foss, Zachariah Wing, Francis J. Bowles.
1831 Zachariah Wing, Asa Foss, George W. Fairbanks.
1832 Asa Foss, George W. Fairbanks, Alonzo Wing.
1833 Th(jmas B. Robinson, Geo. Smith, Alonzo Wing.
mSTOEY OF WAYXE. 173
1834 Greenleaf Wing, Thomas R. I\()l)ins()n, George W. Fairbunks.
1835 G. W. Fail-hanks, Horatio Allen, Geo. Smith.
1836 George Smith, Thos. S. Brigham, Tillotson Lovejoy.
1837 Dudley Bailey, G. W. Fairbanks, .Aloses Wing, Jr. ' •
1838 Geo. Smith, Thomas S. Brigham, Wellington Hunton.
1839 Wellington Hunton, N. H. Carey, G. W. Fairl)auk.s.
1840 N. H. Garey, N. B. Frost, Wellington Hunton. ' ■ -
1841 N. H. Carey, G. W. Fairbanks Wellington Hunton. '
1842-3 Wellington Hunton, Tillotson Lovejoy, N. B. Frost.
1844 Tillotson Lovejoy, W. G. Besse, Dana M. C. Dunn. • '
1845 Rev. J. M. :\[illet, N. W. Frost, A. K. P. Burgess.
184H Rev. Calel) Fuller. H. J. Kidley, William Lewis.
1847 Rev. (Vdel) Fuller, X. B. Hunton, W. G. Besse. ' - ■ ■
184.S Rev. Caleb Fuller, W. G. Besse, N. B. Hunton. • - ' :
1849 Rev. Caleb Fuller, N. B. Hunton, Jositdi Dunn, Jr. ' '
1850 Rev. Caleb Fuller, N. B. Hunton, J. H. Thorne.
1851 Rev. Caleb Fuller, N. B. Hunton, T. B. Read. : • '
1852 Rev. Caleb Fuller; T. B. Read, J. H. Th(u-ne. " ^ '' ■ ■
185-'} Rev. Carlton Parker, J. H. Thorne, B. F. Smith.' '
18.54 Rev. Carltcm Parker, E. H. Libby, J. H. lh(u-ne. " ^
1855 Rev. Carlton Parker, E. H. Libliy, A. K. P. Pnirgess.
1856 E. H. Libby, A. Iv. P. Burgess, T. B. Read. ■ ' ' •
1857 A. K. P. Burgess, T. B. Read, C. H. Barker. ' ' '
1858 T. B. Read, C. H. Barker, G. \Y . Walton. "
1859 C. H. Barker, G. W. Walton. T. B. Read.
1860 "Voted to choo.^e a Supervisor of Schools. Chose G. W. Wal-
ton, declined serving. Chose J. H. Thorne, declined serving.
Reconsidered vote to chose a Supervisor." G. W. Walton
T. B. Read, C. H. Barker.
1861 T. B. Read, C. H. Barker, G. W. Walton.
1862 C. H. Barker, G. W. Walton, Grafton Norri.**.
1863 G. AV. Walton, Grafton Norris, W. E. True.
1864 Grafton Norris, W. E. True, G. W. Walton.
1865 W. E. True, G. W. Walton, C. H. Barker.
1866 G. W. Walton, C. H. Barker, 'W. E. True.
1867 C. H. Barker, W. E. True, S. H. J. Berry.
1868 W. E. True, S. H. J. Berry, B. Sylvester.
1869 L. F. Teague, B. Sylvester, Sewall Pettingill.
1870 L. F. Teague, Supervisor.
1871-2 G- W. Walton, Su])ervisor. Iii October Mr. Walton resigned.
174 HISTOBY OF WAYNE.
business calling him frijni town and C. K. Stinchfield was
elected to fill vacancy.
1873 C. K. Stinchfield, Supei'visor.
1874, 5, 6, 7, G. W. AValton, Supervisor.
1878 G. W. Walton, Supervisor, who resigned. Rev. A. Snyder,
Supervisor.
1879-80 A. R. Dickinson, Supervisor.
1881 A. R. Dickinson, Supervisor, who resigned. G. W. Walton,
Supervisor.
1882 G. W Walton, Supervisor.
1883 G. W. Walton, J. P. Stevens, J. S. Berry, S. S. Com. J. S.
Berry resigned and Dr. F. L. Dixon elected to fill vacancy.
1884 G. W. Walton, C. H. Barker, Jr., Sewall Pettiugill.
1885 C. H. Barker, Jr., Sewall Pettingill, G. W. Walton.
1886 Sewall Pettingill, G. W. Walton. C. H. Barker, Jr.
1887 G. W. Walton, C. H. Barker, Jr., C. W. Crosby.
1888 C. H. Barker, C. W. Crosby, G. W. Walton.
1889 C. W. Crosby, G. W. Walton, C^. H. liarker.
1890 G. W. Walton, C. H. Barker, C. W. C^rosby.
1891 C. H. Barker, C. W. Crosby, (4. W. Walton.
1892 C. W. Crosby, G. W. Walton, C. F. Leadbetter.
1893 G. W. Walton, C. W. Crosby, Dr. F. L. Chenery.
1894 C. W. Crosby, Dr. F. L. Chenery, G. W. Walton, B. F.
Bradford, CI. H. Barker. G. W. Walton, Superintendent.
1895 Dr. F. L. Chenery, G. W. Walton, B. F. Bradford, C. H.
Barker, C. W. Crosby. (\. W. Walton, Superintendent.
1896 G. W. Walton, B. F. Bradford, Mrs. F. L. Chenery, Mrs. A.
F. J(jhnson, ]SIrs. J. C. Stinchfiehl. Mrs. F. L. Chenery,
Superintendent.
1897 Mrs. F. L. Chenery, Mrs. A. F. Johnson, Mrs. J. C. Stinch-
field, G. W. Walton, C. H. Barker. Mrs. F. L. Chenery,
Superintendent.
1898 G. W. Walton, F. W. Small, C. H. Barker. Rev. J. B.
Bryant, Sui)erintendent.
Constables and Collectors.
1798, 1800, no record.
1799, Ebenezer Besse.
1801, Japheth C. Washburn.
02, Constant Dexter.
03, Japheth C. Washburn.
1804, Josiah Brown.
05, Abisha Washburn.
06, Ephraim Norris.
07-8, Alpheus Wing.
09, Jos. Lamsou.
mSTOBY OF WAYNE.
]1ty
1810,
11,
12-
14,
15,
16,
17-
19,
20,
21,
22
24,
25,
26,
Richard Gower.
Cyrus Foss.
18, Richard Gower.
HamiltoB Jenkiui^.
Samuel Buswell, Coll.
Richard Gower, Con.
E})hraini Xorris, Coll.
Richard Gower, Con.
18, Lenuiel Bryant.
Henry Bishoj).
Hamilton Jenkins.
Lemuel Brvant.
.'>
Woodin Norris
so,
Samuel Brown.
Hamilton Jenkins.
Samuel Brown.
27, 28, 29, Lemuel Bryant.
30, Leonard Winu'.
31, Lemuel Bryant.
32, Xathan Bur<j;ess.
33, Lemuel Bryant.
34, J. F. Jennings.
35, Lemuel Bryant, Coll.
J. F. Jennings, (^jn.
36-37, Sewall Frost.
38, Benj. B. Bourne.
39, G. W. Fairbanks.
40, Oliver A. Lawrence.
1841-42, J. F. Jennings.
43, Benj. B. Bourne.
44, Oliver A. Lawrence.
45-46, S. C. Moulton.
47, N. B. Frost.
48-49, S. S. Brown.
50, Sewall Frost.
51, 2, 3, 4, 5, <), J. F. Jennings.
57, L. L. Wintr.
58, E. H. Lih'hv.
59, N. B. Frost'.
60, 1, 2, 3, Squire Bisho]).
64, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, W. H. Rollins.
70-71, W. L. G. Clark.
72, P. B. Haskell.
73, 4, 5, 6, Richard Berrv.
77-7.S, K. B. Pullen.
79, Squire Bishop.
80, 1, 2, T. G. Jennings.
83-4, W. O. Day.
85-6, R B. Haskell.
87, 8, 9, G. H. Lord.
90, J. M. Gott.
91-2, H. H. Pulsifer.
93, William Folsom.
94, 5, 6, 7, INI. G. Besse.
98, J. M. Moulton.
Repi'eseat'itives to the General Ooart of .\f'is^'ii-hiisetts.
1812, Moses Wing, Jr. 1813, 14. 20, Joseph Lampson.
Rejjresentatires to Maine Le/jisUdiire.
1825,
Moses Wing.
1853,
28-
30, Thos. S. Brigham.
56,
33,
Moses Wing, Jr.
58,
35,
John Morrison.
60,
37,
Francis J. Bowles.
62,
39,
Uriah H. Virgin.
67,
41,
James Wing.
72,
42,
Hamilton Jenkins.
77,
46,
Benj. Ridlev.
83-
48,
Caleb Fuller.
89-
50,
N. B. Huuton.
95-
Senators.
1866-7, Thomas B. Read.
Thos. AVilson.
Josiah Norris, Jr. ,
Arcadius Pettingill.
Josiah Norris.
James H. Thorne.
G. W. Walton.
oNIatthias Smith.
J. S. Berry. .
-4, Alfred Johnson.
-90, Benj. Maxim.
-6, Williston Jennings.
1880-1, J. S. Berry.
CHAPTER XIV.
ANOTHER GLAXCE AT SOMK OF TIIK EARLY SETTLERS.
O OBERT FRANCIS CUMNER moved from Sandwich, Mass.,
-*-^ with his family, consisting of his wife and his son Jolui, in 1788,
and settled on the farm formerly known as the Capt. Daniel True
place, now owned by B. F. Maxim. He hrst built back on the west
end of the farm, afterwards built on the site where the buildings
wei'e recently burned. Mr. Cumncr came to this country when he
was about fifteen years old on an English man of war. In June,
1774, one day as young Cumner was walking in the streets of London,
he was seized by a gang of ])ressmen from the ship Somerset, sent out
to recruit his Majesty's marine. He was carried directly on board
and forced to become one of the crew and do the duty of a conunon
sailor. At the battle of Bunker Hill the Somerset took part, and she
was of great service to the British troops. Young Cumner made up
his mind that he had had enough of war, and watched for a chance to
escape. It was soon found, as he was sent on shore with some of the
crew ; he made his escape, and started back into the country. He
was overtaken by a Quaker on horse back who, on learning his situa-
tion, took him up l)eliind and wi-:ippt'd his Quaker cloak around liini,
and carried him safely beyond the king's power. He settled in
Wareham, Mass., and learned the tailor's trade. Oct. 20, 1785, he
married Sylvia Sturtevant. Her father was a soldier in the Revolu-
tion anil fell on the liattle field fighting for independence. Mr. Cum-
ner moved from Wareham to Sandwich soon after his marriage, and
from there to New Sandwich, now Wayne.
Among the early settlers in North Wayne was Araos Knight. He
and his wife Jane were /natives of Falmouth, Maine, and came to
North Wayi>e, as nearly as can be ascertained, early in the present
century. He settled on the farm formerly owned by David Stevens,
which still continues to be owned by heirs of the name of Knight,
though at present unoccupied. He had ten children, Susan, Mary,
William, Ann, Amos, Alniira, Francis, Daniel, Charlotte, Sally. The
eldest son William settled on the place now owned by Willard M.
HISTORY OF WAYNE. 177
Taylor. He built a house which was removed in 1877, to make
room for the one now standing on its site. He had a shop part way
up the hill where he carried on shoe-making. He afterward removed
to Pittston. The second son Amos, who lived on the homestead, was
killed by being thrown from his horse, in 1851. Francis, the third
•son, settled on the farm now owned by Mrs. L. C. Boutin. He mar-
ried Martha, daughter of Jonathan Norcross, by whom he had children
as follows: William H., Nancy, Martha A., Jane A., Francis, Nelson,
Daniel. After the death of his first wife, he married Clarissa A.
Maxim, by whom he had two children, Samuel and Clarissa. The
eldest son William H., after residing in North Wayne many years,
removed to South Framingham, Mass., where he met with an accident
while conducting his business of mill-wright, which terminated fatally.
Francis, after residing for a while in New Gloucester, returned to
the farm owned by his grand father Amos, where he died in January,
1877. Nelson Knight of Winthrop is the only member of this large
family now living. He is, also, the only representative in this
vicinity of the family of Jonathan Norcross, his maternal grandfather.
As a family they were marked by uprightness and probity of character,
and commanded the respect of their fellow-citizens.
Jonathan Norcross, whose name is prominently mentioned in the
chapter on manufactures, came to this village from Falmouth, Maine.
He was a wheel-wright by trade and beside owning the mills here,
owned considerable land. He and his wife Jane Norcross were the
parents of six children : Thomas, Nelson, Jesse, Martha, James,
Nancy. Of these, Thomas, the eldest, died at North Wayne and was
buried from his father's house with military honors, having been in
the war of 1812. Jesse and Nelson, with a party of young men,
started for California, when the first discovery of gold w'as made, in a
sailing vessel. Upon reachimg the Isthmus of Panama, Jesse w^as at-
tacked with fever and died there ; his brother was also sick with it,
but recovered and returned home. These brothers had taken with
them the whole frame of a house, complete in evexy part, to erect upon
reaching the Eldorado of their hopes, and their companions who were
spared to go on, took it along and erected it. They seem to have
inherited their father's mechanical skill, Jesse having experimented
with the problem of perpetual motion. Two sons of Nelson, James
and Orlando Norcross of Worcester, Mass., are large contractors and
builders of public and private buildings, owning granite and slate
quarries. Jonathan Norcross' first house was built very near the
1%
178 HISTOBT OF WATXE,
present site of the house of Charles Hayden. The well from which he
drew water is in the middle of the street, directly in front of the church.
It was filled up and covered from sight many years ago. Afterward
he removed to the place lately occupied by Daniel Lothrop. He was
a man of much mechanical skill and Inisiness ability.
Some lonely graves, and an excavation which was once- a cellar, in
the i)asture on the east side of Lovejoy Pond, mark the })lace where
John Canwell's two wives are buried, and the site of his house. He
was an Englishman, and carried on the business of a drover, in
partnership with Robert Cornforth of Readfield, also an Englishman.
Mr. Can well was known to handle large sums of money, at times. In
the month of March, 1810, he left home, with a drove of cattle, his
destination being Portland, and never returned. His horse, overcoat
and spurs were brought back by a man who stated that Mr. Canwell
would return in ten days. Nothing was ever certainly known con-
cerning this tragic occurrence, and should it excite wonder that no
investigation was ever made, it is well to remember that in those early,
unsettled times, the detection and punishment of criminal deeds, was
not as easy as to-day. Mr. Canwell was twice married, and had five
children. His name still clings to the grassy hill-side which was his
home, and is known today as the Canwell pasture.
Rev. Comfort C. Smith, a sketch of whom appears in this history,
may, of right, be briefly alluded to in connection with these early
names. His house, which is, doubtless, one of the oldest in this
vicinity, together with the ])arn, are still standing on the farm now
occupied by Cyrus Ladd, which was his homestead. It is said that he
cut the pine lumber for his barn on the shore of Androscoggin Pond,
and rafted it to this place. He laid out and built the road from his
house to the village. Formerly the road from Readfield came across
the Canwell pasture, coming out where the house of Mrs. M. Stevens
now stands. He was a citizen of much public spirit and influence,
and an efficient helper in all matters that concern the welfare of the
early settlement. For many years he was a preacher in full connec-
tion in the Methodist church, but in his later years, becoming dissatis-
fied with the doctrine and discipline of that church, he embraced the
Universalist faith, continuing to hold it till his death.
On the farm now occu])ied by Clarence M. Stevens, on the Readfield
road, lived Moses White, who was ^Ir. Stevens' great grandfather. His
son, John White, lived on the farm afterward owned by his son, the
late Franklin White, and now occupied by Robei-t Tibbetts, whose
HISTORY OF WAYNE. 170
wife is a great grand-daughter of Moses White. The name of iNIoses
White and his son John appear on the early records of tlie town among
the tax-payers.
In the Canwell pastnx*e is still to he seen the cellar which marks
the site of the home of Otis Readin, his wife Esther, and their three
children. The father died in 1801, and the name of the mother
appears for several succeeding years on the town records. An entry
in the town accounts records that she was paid a certain sum for the
school heing held in her house. Whether she was the teacher or not,
does not appear. It was, ])0ssibly, the first school established in the
village.
An ancient leather covered book, similar to the day book now in
common business use, bears on its first page the inscription, "Joshua
Winslow, His Book of Accompts, 1789." His place of residence at
this date is not mentioned, but it is presumed to have been in Massa-
chusetts, as for a nlimber of years the upper portion of the leaves of
the book are devoted to accounts with people whose names are un-
familiar in this town, while frequently after these names is written,
"of Northfield, ]\Iass.," indicating somewhat his place of residence.
The lower part of the leaves is closely written over with names of the
early settlers of Wayne, the accounts commencing with the year 1811,
at which time his name appears on the town records. That he lived
at Wayne village at this time is evident from an entry on his book,
where he gives Cyrus Foss credit, "for plowing yard by my house,
40 cts." He carried on the business of carding, fulling and dressing
cloth, and appears to have had quite an extensive trade with the
farmers of this and adjoining towns, taking every variety of farm
products in exchange for his work. The last two pages of this antique
volume are a closely written family record, which, curiously enough
omits all mention of birthplace or residence. From this recoi'd we
learn that he was thrice married, his first wife dying, as he pathetically
adds, "in the bloom of her youth." He had six children. Nelson
Wells of Fayette is the great grandson of Joshua Winslow.
Among those who may be properly reckoned as the early settlers,
was Capt. Benjamin Smith, a native of Readfield, born December 28,
1796, and who moved to North Wayne prior to the year 1825, and
continued to reside here until his death in 1866. His wife was 8arah
Cresey, a stepdaughter of Moses White. They had nine children,
seven sons and two daughters. Of these Washington Smith of Fay-
ette, and Judge Benjamin Smith of California are deceased. Capt,
180 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
Benjamin Smith's first })lace of residence in North Wayne was a house
belonii'ing to Rev. Comfort C. Rmitli, opposite the farm buihlings now
owned by his sou Elhanan. He then built the house now owned by
Charles Crosby, and, subsequently, the house where Ids widow still
lives with her eldest son and y(nui,(>;est daughter. He received his
title of Captain in the war of l<sr2, enlisting when a boy of sixteen.
He afterward served a seven years' apprenticeship to learn the trade
of weaving, working at the business awhile in Massachusetts. After
his marriage and removal to North Wayne, he kept a store near the
present residence of Lewis P. Maxim, which he carried on, in connec-
tion with his farm, for ten years. He was, also, a stone-cutter, and
furnished the window, door caps and underpinning for the large
brick shop, and other buildings of the first scythe company. Three
of his sons went West while young men ; of these Lycurgus had crossed
the Rocky Mountains as a prospector twenty-five times previous to
1861. He is now the owner of a large fruit farm in Southern Califor-
nia. Judge Benjamin Smith })ractice(l law for many years in San
Marcos, Cal., where he died. He was prominent in masonry. Andrew
settled in New York. Elhanan and Capt. Winfield Smith served
through the war of the Rebellion. Victoria, the eldest daughter, is
the wife of John Grindall of Blue Hill. Mrs. Smith, her eldest son
Elhanan, and youngest daughter Glorvina, the widow of the late Dr.
Chauncey C. Raichards are living in the homestead. Mrs. Smith at
the age of ninety -one years, retains all her faculties in a remarkable
degree, and her reminiscences of the early settlement of the village
are vivid and interesting, recalling it, as it appeared at the time of
their removal here, with its few scattered buildings standing in the
midst of the stumps of the gigantic pines which had been felled for
lumber, thickly overgrown with bushes, where even then the lurking
bear startled the unwary pedestrian ; the banks of the stream dense
thickets of alders, except the openings cut for the erection of some
mills, w hich were built at an early date, impress the mind with the
wonderful changes that may be wTought even in a quiet country vil-
lage in three-quarters of a century's years. Capt. Benjamin Smith
was a man of fine physical development, and transmitted to his chil-
dren those traits of moral and physical uprightness that distinguished
him.
Samuel Maxim of Rochester, Mass., is the first of the name of whom
we have obtained any record. His will was proved in 1763. The
uiventory of his estate of 2571b., 15s., 8d., bears date May 27, 1729.
HI STORY OF WAYNE. 181
His wife's name was Hannah, and liis cliildren were flacoh, Thaddens,
Dinali, Sanuiel, Edninnd, Adonijah, -John and Frc^elove.
Samuel, son ot Samuel and Hannah ^laxim, died in 1 7()2, and
left a wife Elizal)eth.and children as follows, viz: Hannah, horn .lulv
2, IToT, Nathan, horn Oct. 2, ITo!*, David, horn Sept. ?A), 1741,
EIizal)eth, horn Jan. 19, 1743, Caleh, horn June 9, 174(), and Sanuiel,
horii Sept. 12, 1748.
The oldest son of the a])ove named Sanuiel Maxim, Nathan hy
name, came to Wayne ahout 1788. He married Martha Chuhhuck
of Wareham, Mass. She spun her stint tlie day slie was one hundred
years old. She lived to the aye of lOo years. Natliaii Maxim was a
Revolutionary soldier. Pie died in Wayne ahout 1(S()5. His cliildren
were all horn in Wareham. Lvdia married William C-hurchill, died
in Wayne. Phehe, unmarried, died in Wareham. Silas horn Dec. 24,
17(3(3, married Hannah Waterman, died in Paris. E|)hraim married
Jemima Curtis, died in Wayne. Samuel, horn 17(>1^). Jacoh married
Sarah ^Vashhurn, died in Wayne. Nathan married Sally Jordan,
died in Eucktield. Martha married Dr. Wing, died in Wayne.
Clara married Meltiah Raymond. Freelove married David Howe.
Benjamin married Eunice Raymond, died in Wayne.
Samuel Maxim, son of Nathan, married Seviah Rider of Middlehoro,
Mass., and settled in Paris, hut suhsequeutly came to Wayne,
ahout 1805, died in Wayne Aug. 14, 1827, aged 58 years. His
children were Seviah, horn in Paris, married a Leeds Bishop; Clara,
horn ill Paris, married Frank Knight, died in Wayne ; Patience,
horu in Paris, married Jason Caswell ; Eliza, horn in Paris, married
Asa Upton, died in Wayne ; Samuel, horn in Paris, married Caroline
Bryant; Lucy, horu in Wayne, married Jesse Bishop, died in
Wayne ; Isaac, horn in Wayne.
Isaac Maxim, horn in Wayne, Oct. 1(3, 1814, died in Wayne, Aj)r.
29, 1883, married Harriet Boston Stevens who was horn in Strong,
May 18, 1815. He first settled in the town of Sangerville. His
children were, Hiram S., horn Feh. 5, 1840; Lucy, horn Sept. 27,
1841; Henry, horu Aug. 20, 1848; Leander, horu May 4, 1846;
Eliza, horu Jau. 25, 1849; Isaac, Jr., horn Eel). 3, 1853; Samuel,
horn Aug. 14, 1854; Frank, horu Aug. 30, 1857. Isaac Jr., had his
name changed to Hudson. Hiram S., Hudson and Samuel have
heeoine noted through their inventive genius.
Samuel Maxim, son of Isaac, married Laura E. Maxim, daughter
of Geo. A. Maxim June 21, 1879. Laura was horu in Wayne, Jau.
182 HISTOBY OF [VAYNE.
25, 1863, tmd died in Wayne April 9, 1884. Their children are
Charles W., born Dec. 8, 1880; Hiram H., l)orn April 4, 1882; and
Harriet E., born Mar. 10, 1884.
Ei)hraiin jNIaxim, son of the pioneer Nathan Maxim, married
Jemima Cnrtis, and settled on land situated on the opposite side of the
road from where J. B. Gordon now lives. His son E)»hraim married
Ivuth P. Billington, and settled on the farm now occu])ied by Herbert
Norris. Their children were Leonard H., Olive A., Luther S.,
Ephraim H., Geo. A., Josiah W. and Mary K. Uncle Ephraim, as
he was called, was a noted hunter and the following is told as his last
"Bear Hunt :"
It was a delightful afternoon, late in October, the Indian summer
time, when the children of Mr. Maxim's neighbor, Mr. Hammond,
went out with iiappy hearts and their little baskets, to gather nuts in
the woods for winter evening cracking. Pleasantly employed, they
had no thought of time, and the sun was towards its setting when they
were startled by the cracking of dead and fallen branches and to their
great surprise, a black bear joined their company. Greatly frightened,
they hurried home and spread the alarm. The oldest boy was sent to
notify Mr. Ephraim Maxim, the hunter and crack shot of the neigh-
borhood, who, taking his ready loaded gun from its hooks, dropping a
slug into the barrel and calling his dog, went forth to find and cap-
ture the game. The dog soon started the bear but kept at a respect-
ful distance from him. Uncle Ephraim coming up, gave him a shot
which seemed to have no other effect than to set him running followed
by the dog. And now other peo})le and dogs joined the chase, and,
perhajis, the woods and rocks of Norris Hill never echoed to the
sound of a merrier rout, or witnessed a livelier scene than was now
enacting. Mr. Maxim, mortified by the failure of the first shot,
emptied the contents of Iws powder-horn into his gun, followed by a
ball and slug, loading as he went, and a boy was sent back for more
ammunition. The sun was down and twilight was settling over all
the land, as the hunter hurried on after the chase. The l)ear was
making it lively for his pursuers, who were gaining in numbers every
moment and were pressing him so hard and close that at last he
climbed an evergreen tree which stood in his course. At the base of
the tree was a circle of dogs with distended tongues, barking at the
game. Outside of these were grouped men and boys, warm with
excitement and exercise, awaiting the coming of Uncle Ephraim. He
was soon in their midst, but it was getting dark, and shooting correctly
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ASTOR, LENOX AK'D
EPHRAIM MAXIM.
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very uucertaiii, but the gunner's blood was uj). So peering between
the branches, he soon h)cated the game, and bringing liis musket to
his shouUler with practical coolness and })recision and glancing along
the barrel with his calm, grey eye, an explosion followed that almost
stunned the bystanders, and rang out on the still air with terrible im-
port. When the smoke cleared the hunter was on his back and
sounds of'distress and complaint were heard tVom the tree. It was
evident that the action and re-action of that nuisket had done its
work. Mr. Maxim was soon on his feet, uninjured, while his victim,
letting go his hold from the loss of l)lood, came tund)ling to the ground
and was dispatched with the blow of an axe. He was a noble speci-
men. His four feet were tied together, a })ole run l)etween his
legs, and he was placed on the shoulders of men who carried him to
the residence of Francis Bowles, Esq., where J. F. Gordon now lives,
who made out papers looking toward State bounty. Then in the
same manner was the game marched to the home of Mr. INIaxim,
where he was dressed and divided among the neighbors, Mr. Maxim
claiming the hide as a trophy.
Jacob Maxim settled on the farm afterwards (jwned by his son
Joseph Maxim, now an aged and respected citizen of the town. Ben-
jamin Maxim made his home on the farm now owned l)y his grandson,
Horatio Maxim. He was the father of Nathan, Thomas, Orrin,
John and William, all of whom resided in this part of the town. He
was also the father of Seth who lived in ^Vinthrop. Seth was the
father of the well known B. F. Maxim of this town.
In 1775, Ebenezer Handy came to this town with his wife, Annie
Hicks, and their family of eight children. He built a log house on
the same spot that is now the home of John S. Raymond. They came
from Old Sandwich, Mass., at which place their children were born.
Like most of the early settlers, they endured many hardships and
privations while en route and for some years subsequent to their arrival.
Mrs. Handy died in the log house in w'hich she had lived during her
stay in the town, in 1818. Mr. Handy died in 1827 at the house of
his sou Nathan, being the same house now owned and occupied by
William L. Maxim. The records of the town are silent as to any
dates of the bii'ths, marriages or deaths of the parents or children.
The names of the children in the order of their births were: Abigail,
Elizabeth, Israel, Benjamin, Nathan, Ebenezer Jr., Rebecca and
Thomas. Abigail married Nathaniel Billington, raised a family, and
died in Wayne. Elizabeth married Ichabod Billington, whom it was
184 HIS TOBY OF WAYIfE.
that had a leg amputated three (Uiyi^ after being severely wouuded by
a ball from a spriug-gun set for a bear. They raised a family and
both died in Wayne. Israel never married, and died in this town.
Benjamin married Lucy Powers, raised a family and died in Phillips.
Nathan married Elizabeth Fisher whose parents lived on the place
now owned by H. G. Maxim.
We here digress for the purpose of including these items regarding
Elizabeth Fisher's parents. Her mother, whose maiden name was
Thankful Carlo, weighed 800 lbs., and Peter Fisher, Elizabeth's
father lived to the age of 130 years. They were both born in Holland
and died in Wayne. Nathan and Elizabeth had a family of twelve
children. They lived several of their first years of married life
opposite the school house in the "Funnel City" district, and subse-
quently built the house now occupied by Win. L. Maxim, where
Nathan died in 1841. His wife died in District No. 6, in a house
then standing near the brook easterly from the residence of A. N.
Manter, in 18H5. Ebenezer, Jr., married Silva Bonney and settled
on the site where the school house now stands in "Funnel city" where
Ebenezer Jr., died in 1808. They had two children, viz: Elhanan,
born Feb. 21, 1805 and Alden, born Aug. 31, 1806. The former
died in St. Albans, and the latter married Hannah Smith, lived in
Sebec and died there. Neither Rebecca nor Thomas ever married,
and died at the old homestead in Wayne where John S. Raymond
now lives. The children of Nathan and Elizabeth Handy nee Fisher,
were: Enos, born in Wayne Feb. 22, 1807, died in Wayne July 6,
1830; Prudence, born in Wayne, Dec. 29, 1808, married Sylvanus
Pratt of Phillips, had a family of five children and died in that town ;
Robert, born in Wayne, Nov. 16, 1809, married Katie Cumner, had
eight children and died in Readfield ; Thankful died at two years of
age; Benjamin, born in Wayne Feb. 6, 1814, died at five years of
age; Nathan, born in Wayne Aug. 19, 1816, nuirried Elizabeth
Stevens, had three children, died in Wayne July 23, 1875; Elizabeth,
born in Wayne Jan. 31, 1819, married Thos. B. Swift, had a family
of six children, and died in Fayette, June 26, 1863; Eleanor, born in
Wayne Feb. 27, 1820, married Elliot Newhall and lived in Lynn,
Mass., had four children and died in Saugus, Mass., in 1890 ; Maria
S., born in Wayne, Nov. 22, 1823, married Hiram Dalton of Read-
field, had four children, and diediiu New York in 1862; David C,
born in Wayne, July 18, 1826, died in Wayne, Sept. 20, 1829;
Benj. F., born in Wayne, Aug. 22, 1828, died in Wayne, Sept. 17,
HISTORY OF WAYXE. 185
1829; Al)i<i;ail A., born in Wayne, Nov. IS, l,s;!(), niiii-ric'd Stephen
Huse, had no ehihlren and i^ now a resident ot tlie town, being- the
only one living ot" the family of Nathan, the last ot the ra(;e remaining
in town descended from one of the few earliest settlers. She now
resides on Beech hill, and although smart and active, can hardly
expect to live to the age of her grandfather Fisher, viz., loO years.
Hoseti Washburn settled on the farm now occupied by J. M. Gott.
He was an early settler and signer of the Petition for Incorporation of
the town.
Isaac Billiugton was a very early settler, also a signer of the
Petition for Incor})oration. He lived on the farm now the ))ro|)erty
of Charles Plouse.
Abisha Sturtevant was in town at an early date. He took up the
farm now owned by B. F. Bradford. Mr. Sturtevant sold this place
to John Morrison in 1840. Mr. Morrison came to Wayne from
Readfield. He was a prominent man and hehl many town offices.
Cyrus Foss settled on the farm south of the residence of H. A.
Lowell. The bnildings were burned a few' years ago.
Braddock Weeks lived on the place north of H. A. Lowell's, where
the buildings were recently burned. Mr. Weeks was a selectman
from 1804 to 1809 and held other offices. He had four sons and four
daughters. He died in 1811. •. ;
Sylvanus Hammond settled on the farm where John Hodgdon now
lives.
Nathaniel Billington made his home not far from the Hiram Norris
place, near the Wilson pond.
Zachariah Perry settled on the west shore of Wilson Pond.
Jonathan and George Gordon came to Wayne early in the present
century. They were descendants of Alexander Gordon who came to
Boston, Mass., in 1652, from Scotland. Jonathan married Sarah
Pettingill in 1808. He settled in the southwesterly part of the town,
near the Monmouth line. They reared a family ot ten children,
seven sons and three daughters. George Gordon made his home at
the foot of Androscoggin lake, and raised a family of nine children,
of whom the late Washington Gordon was one. He lived on the
homestead. The Gordons were industrious men, successful in business
and good citizens. Their descendants are numerous in this and sur-
rounding towns. This part of the town was long known as the Gordon
neighborhood. Jairus Manuel and Joseph Pettingill were neighbors
of the Gordons.
186 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
John Stevens took up a farm near AVikon Pond. Later it became
the property of Cyrus Stevens, who resided here till the buildings
were l)urned, several years ago.
John Richards settled south of E})hraim Norris on the shore of
Androscoggin pond.
William Churchill lived on the roatl to J. M. Gott's. He was
drowned in Androscoggin pond Dec. 3, 1882.
Ezra Carlton was an early settler and brick-maker.
Joseph Cole run a carding and fulling mill at Wayne village.
Enoch Swift lived in the Chandler neighborhood, now in Winthrop.
He died Aug. 21, 1837, from the effects of an injury received by
being thrown from a carriage. He reared a family of eight children,
one of whom, a daughter Sally by name, is pleasantly remembered as
"Aunt Sally Besse" whose remarks were always prefaced with "I
tell 'ein."
Ebenezer Mason was an early settler and Wayne's first treasurer.
He had a family of ten children, six sons and four daughters. It is
thought he must have left the town soon after its incorporation, as his
name is found only in its early annals.
Jacob Stetson, an early settler, born 1769, died in 1818. He had
sons, Nathan, Jacob, Amos and E|)hraini ; daughters, Rhoda, Patience
and Betsey.
David Curtis settled on a farm near W. L. Maxim's.
Gamaliel Sturtevant's name is second on the petition for the town's
incorporation. He settled where C. D. Maxim now lives. He had a
family of two sons and five daughters.
Alvin Nye was an early settler. He had a son, David, who died
in 1800.
Samuel Buswell was born in Kingston, N. H., Mar. 1, 1766. His
wife Keziah was born in Nottingham, N. H., Feb. 6, 1767, died
Nov. 30, 1814. It is said his home was near the Freeman Manter
place. He reared a family of eight children, one of whom, Polly, is
remembered as a most successful teacher. She never married and
her experience as a teacher extended over a long period of time. His
sou Gilman resided many years on the place now occupied by Mr.
Safford. Gilman Buswell had a daughter Mary who married Charles
Keith. Their home is in Readfield.
Joshua Graves was born in Topsham, Sept. 2, 1767. He died Nov.
18, 1855. He had a family of nine children. He lived on the farm
where his grandson Osgood Graves now resides.
HISTORY OF WATNE. 187
Capt. Love Roberts was born Apr. <S, ITS"), died .July 27, IcS'JT.
He lived on the farm now ocenpied by bis son W. H. Roberts. He
was an extensive hind owner and an active, stirrin<^- man, prominent
in military and civil afi'airs of the town. He was twice married and
had a family of six children.
Robert Erskine settled on a farm sonth of ('apt. Roberts, on the
old road now discontinued. His children were Betsey, George,
Harriet, Robert, Christopher, William, Huldah, Lucinda, William
and Columl)us.
Samuel Gould was born in Saco. He settled on a farm in the
westerly })art of the town, on tlie hill north of the Boothby place. He
reared a family of seventeen children, the tenth being- Cyrus Gould,
now an aged and highly esteemed citizen of the town. He married
Julia A. Torsey and had twelve children, six sons and six daughters,
the order is remarkable; see genealogy.
Samuel Felcli lived on the farm now owned by the heirs of tlie late
William Lincoln.
Benjamin Durill settled on land now owned by L. C. Leadbetter.
The buildings were down by the side of Androscoggin lake. He and
his wife lived together in wedlock 75 years.
Capt. James Gage lived in the northwesterly j»art of the town on
the farm owned by the heirs of R. C. Norris.
Capt, Jacob Haskell was born in New Gloucester. He removed to
Wayne about 1805, and built the ell of the house now owned by W.
H. Snyder. He married about 1808, Miss Charlotte B. Bennett, a
native of New Gloucester. He owned the land extending from the
Wing pond to Bear Brook, and from his dwelling to the Androscog-
gin pond. He was prominent in business and in military affairs,
holding a captain's commission in the State militia. He sold a part of
his land and his dwelling to Dr. Thomas Brigham, and removed to
the place now owned by A. R. Swift. He then built the house oppo-
site the Baptist Church, where he lived until his death which occurred
Feb. 7, 1849, aged 65 years. He sold a part of his land bordering
on the Androscoggin, including "Pine Point" to Alfred Swift. He
also sold the place now owned by B. Pettingill, also nineteen acres to
Mr. Lanison and six acres to the place now owned by C O. Graves to
Samuel Brown. His death was caused by a cut on the head from his
axe striking a clothes line while he was splitting wood. Erysipelas
set in and while his head was being bathed, the spirit was ignited by
an overturned candle and he was fatally burned.
188 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
J()sri)li Lamsoii was a native of Exeter, N. H. He graduated from
Dartmouth ('ollege at an I'arly age and conuneneed the study of hiw,
hut, owing to ill health, he gave it up and took a voyage to Europe.
On his return, he went into husiness in his native town. He came to
Wayne in 1802. He was successfully engaged in mercantile business
for many years and was active in all the affairs of the town. He was
elected on the school committee in 1808, and was very prominent in
educational matters for many years. There can be no doubt the
coming of Joseph Eamson into Wayne was a great benefit to the
cause of education in the town. His son, Benjamin. Lamson, was born
and l)rought up in the town of Wayne. He learned the trade of
})ainting and cabinet making of David Benjamin of Livermore. In
1826, he was married to Amelia Butler, daughter of Capt. Elijah
Butler of Hallowell. He worked at his trade in Wayne till 1828
when he removed to Hallowell where he pursued his trade and also
kept a hotel about five years. In the fall of 1885, he returned to
Wayne. Here their children were brought up. His son, Henry
Parker, at the age of twenty-one, went to Boston and did business in
the markets, (with the exception of a few years, he was in the
western States) till about two years before his death. Benj. Franklin
Lamson, on attaining his majority also went to Boston and engaged in
piano work until his death. Amelia married Vernal B. Fuller and
lives in Portland, Me. Mar}- L., was for years a successful teacher.
She married Edward G. Dexter and settled in Wayne. Adelaide
Sewall Lamson married Chas. E. Bigelow and settled in Auburn.
Sarah H., learned the Inisiness of a milliner of Mrs. Henry Wood-
ward of Winthroj), which she continued in at Lewist(jn and also at
North Anson till her death.
Daniel Smith was born in Sanborntown, N. H., Sept. 18, 1707,
moved to Norris Hill in Monmcnith in January, 1784, later moved to
Greene and lived awhile, when he moved to Wayne in 1806, and
settled on the farm now known as the Wager L. Besse place, situated
on the east shore of the Androscoggin Pond, where J. M. Gott now
resides. He died Oct. 10, 1845. The following is a copy of a part
of his record as written by himself: "In 1794 received converting
grace through the instrumentality and gospel labors of the Rev. Jesse
Lee, in the month of March. In the October following, while living
in the town of Moinnouth, united myself with the class, the first that
was formed in the Province. In 1807 secured deacon's order by the
Rev. Francis Asbury." He was a local preacher of the M. E.
HISTORY OF WAr^m. 189
Cluirfh, weiirhetl 2."){) Uis., of strontr reliuiou?; faith, very riifitl ii)
family (liscM})line and by trade a niill-writrht. June 17, ITS'O, he miw-
ried Eli/aheth Dearliorn, a niece of Maj. (Jen. Henry Dearborn of
the Revolutionary fame. Tiiey had ten chihlren, viz: Levania, born
May 17, 1791 ; Janief<, born Oct. '21!, 179o; Henry I)., l)orn Sept. 24,
1795; Samuel, boru Aug. 2;^, 1797; James and Nancy, (twins), born
July 29, 1799; Simon, born :\ray 2, l-SO:}; Joseph and Mary (twins)
born Nov. 6, 1805; John D., born Mar. (5, l'S()9. Levania married
Thomas Burgess, died in p]ast Livermore. James died in Wayne in
1H14, with what was then known as the cold fever. Henry Dearborn
established the tanner and currier's business on the west side of liear
])rook, nearly op])osite the carriage sho)> now occupicul l)y Benjamin
Pettingill, wliere he carried on that trade for some years, when he
sold out to Alfred Pinkham, moved to Searsport, followed the same
business for a while, finally g(jing into the business of drugs and
medicines. He died in Searsport in lcSrS2. Samuel marrieil Fear \V.
Burgess, Oct. 22, 1826. Learned the carriage trade of Jacob Bailey
of Greene ; after completing his trade he came back to Wayne and
went into the business with his brother James for a while when he
bought his brother out and followed carriage making for nearly sixty
years. Died in Wayne, Oct. 28,. 1877. His wife Fear W., died July
11, 1881. The children of Samuel and Fear were: Nancy B., Caro-
line F., George H. and S. Howard. Nancy B. is dead. The other
three live in Dorchester, Mass. James Smith married Ruth Sturte-
vaut, Sept. 15, 1821. He l)uilt the carriage shop now occupied by
Benj. Pettingill ; carried on the carriage business until he sold out to
his brother Samuel, when he went to Boston and spent some time at
]iiano work, finally moving to Fayette Corner, where he died about
1870. Nancy married Wager L. Besse, Sept. 18, 1822. Both she
and her husband were very prominent members of the INL E. Chui'ch
of Wayne, and were highly respected and were known as "Aunt
Nancy" and "Uncle Wager." They had no children. Botli died in
Wayne — Nancy, Aug. 8, 1871, Wager, her husband, Jan. 22, 1877.
Simon Smith married Jane Tapley, ^lar. 21, 1827. He built the
little two room house (which has been taken down) known as the
Mary Ann Sturtevant place. He was a miller by trade. He died in
Waterville. Joseph Smith married Mary Wardwell of Penobscot
Aug. 30, 1828 ; died in ^Maiden, Mass., Sept. 22, 1874. Mary Smith
married Samuel Shaw, a farmer of Greene, Dec. 18, 1826, where she
died. John D. Sjnith married Mary Patterson Feb, 26, 1827. He
190 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
lived in B:uifi;or having charge of tlie Little AVanderers' Home for
many yt^ars. He did not have any children. He died in Bangor in
1888. "
David Sniitli was one of the early settlers of Wayne village. He
lived on JJack Street on the place known as the "Prince })lace," now
occupied by Jerome Ridley. He was a carpenter and wheel-wright,
and had a car|ienter's sho}) on Main Street. This shop was afterward
made into a dwelling house by Henry Owen, and occupied as such
until after Holman Johnson came to Wayne, when he bought it aud
moved it where it now stands beside the school house. It is uow owned
and occupied by Mrs. S. T. Bishop. He had three brothers, viz:
John, Asa and Ephraim. Ei)hraiin was drowned in Jennings' Stream
some seventy years ago. John lived at Smith's Corner. Asa lived
where A. S. George now lives.
The first Bishop in this country of which we have knowledge is
Edward, who was living in Salem, Mass., as early as 1689. He was
a church mend)er in 1645, a constable in 1660, and died in January,
1695. Edward, his son, married Hannah and lived for a
time in Beverly, afterwards in Salem, where he died in 1705. It was
his second wife Bridget who fell a victim to the witchcraft delusion
and was hung at Salem in 1692. Edward, son of Edward, was born
in Salem in 1648. His wife was Sarah Wildes and both w'ere im-
prisoned and suffered many hardships during that reign of terror in
1692. In 1 708 he moved to Rehoboth, Mass., whei'e he died May
12, 1711. In his will he speaks of Jonathan 4th, his son, born in
1686; married Abigail Avery; date of his death unknown to the
writer but his will was prcjbated April 7, 1752. Gould, son of Jona-
than, was born in Rehoboth, Mass., Mar. 28, 1712; married Mary
Mar. 15, 1782 or 8. S(iuire who was the second settler in
Winthrop (coming in 1766) and his brother Zadock were children of
G(Kdd and Mary ; they were born in Rehoboth, Mass. — Squire, Nov.
4, 1788; Zadock, April 24, 1749. Squire married Patience Titus,
he died Sept. 6, 1801. . His wife died Apr. 21, 1802. Zadock mar-
ried Mary Rawson, Feb. 28, 1770. They had two children born
while living in Rehoboth, Mass., viz: Jonathan and Joseph. Soon
after moving to Swansea, Mass., they had six other children, viz:
Welcome, Jesse, Zadock, James, Mary and Lydia. How long he
lived in Swansea the writer has failed to find out, but we find him living
at North Monmouth in 1781 or 2. He lived there until as he said :
"Hey, they've flowed me out as they would a musquash." (History of
ijistohy of wayne. loi
Mouniouth.) In 1783 he moved to the high huuls iu Leeds now-
called Bi8ho() Hill. Jewe, son of Zadock, was born on Monday, Nov.
11, 1776; he married Patience Titus. She was horn on Friday,
June 12, 1782. He, Jesse, moved to Wayne from Monmouth in
1804 or 5 and settled on the farm now owned and occupied by Samuel
W. Eisho[), the son of Jesse, and built him a log house on the op]X)site
side of the road from the dwelling now occupied by S. W. Bishop
which he lived in a while and then re[)laced it by a framed house,
which was his abiding place until his boys were old enough to render
substantial aid, when he made and burned a brick kiln and built the
brick house now occupied by his grandson Samuel. Some of the logs
of that log house are in the frame of one of the out buildings of this
grandson. Jesse died in Wayne June 23, 1864, aged 87. His wife
Patience also died in Wayne Mar. 3, 1863, aged 81. They were both
prominent members of the M. E. Church of Wayne, Patience being
talented in exhortation.
The children of Jesse were Demas, ISIary H., Squire, Jesse, Naa-
mau, Savilla Ann, Jonathan G., Nathan and Samuel T. Demas was
born Tuesday, Apr. 7, 1801 ; married Isabelle Farnam in Fel>ruary,
1823; lived and died in West Peru. Mary H. was born Monday,
Mar. 27, 1802; married Benjamin Lovejoy, December, 1827. She
lived and died in Peru. Squire was born Wednesday, Apr. 10,
1806; married Hannah Morey, November, 1827 ; lived and died in
Wayne. Jesse was born Saturday, Apr. 29, 1808; married Lucy
Maxim, June, 1834; he lived and died in Wayne on the place his
father Jesse settled on in 180.^. Naamau was born on Monday, Jan.
1, 1811; married Mary Ridlon, August, 1832; he lived and died in
Leeds. Savilla Ann was born on Saturday, Jan. 25, 1813; married
John Burgess, January, 1834. She lived and died in Peru. Jona-
than G., was born Friday, Feb. 29, 1816; married Margaret W.
Clark, July 4, 1846 ; died in Sangerville. Nathan was born Tuesday,
Aug. 18, 1818; married Harriett E. Tobin, July, 1845. His second
wife was Mrs. Lucy Chisholm. He lived and died in South Boston,
358 Dorchester Street. Samuel T. was born Friday, May 18, 1821 ;
married Julia True May, 1845. He lived and died in Wayne.
Samuel Foss, born in Saco, Jan. 4, 1762, married Sarah Harmon.
He came to New Sandwich, now Wayne, in 1795, bringing a family
of three sons. He settled on the farm now owned by L. C. Lead-
better where he died on his seventy-third birthday.
Asa Foss, son of Samuel and Sarah Harmon Foss, was a child of
192 HI ST OB Y OF WAYNE.
two yeiirs when his parents removed to Wayne. He was a farmer
and lived and died on the Foss homestead. He was a man of prom-
inence in tlie affairs of the town and a leader in all measnres for the
welfare of its citizens, a worker in the canse of tem})erance and for the
abolition of slavery. He died Nov. 10, 18()0.
Mary, a diiij;ht3r of S;imuel Foss married Alexa'ider Foss, who
settled on Beech Hill. The farm is still owned and occupied by their
descendants.
A short time subsequent to l-SOO the name of Ridley appears on the
records of the town, representatives of which have remained hei*e since.
Their ))rominence and connection with other resident families entitle them
to mention in this work. Not unlike many families connected with the
early history of this country, either from lack of education or in some
instances, |)erhaps, from misunderstanding or wrong pronunciation,
names are spelled in various ways, and thus ap)>ear in the records of
church and State. The conunon ancestor — the progenitor of this
branch of the family was Magnus Kedlon, whose parents' names are
not certainly known, born in Shetland, on the north coast of Scotland
in the year 1()S)<S ; came to America in 1717, and settled in the town
of York, county of York, in the Province of Massachusetts, (now
Maine.) He there married Susanna, a daughter of Matthias Young'
and widow of Ichabod Austin, in 1720, who was born in Scotland in
1701. He had issue eight children, five by his first wife and three by
his second, viz: Susanna, born in York, Mar. 4, 1721. She died when
six weeks old. Ebenezer, born Feb. 18, 1728, married Aug'. 8, 1751,
Sarah Young and settled in what is now Buxton. John, born in York,
Mar. 21, 1726, moved to Biddeford when a child, with his parents;
nuirried Oct. 9, 174i^>, Sarah Brooks and settle<l in Buxton, May 1',
1756. Matthias, born in York, Sept. 19, 1728; married Dec. 29,
1748, Rachel Edgecomb of Saco, descended from a distinguished
English family, now represented by Earl Edgecomb, of Mount Edge-
condi, and settled at Saco Ferry on a part of his fiither's homestead,
where he remained until the year 1761, when he removed to Buxton;
thence to HoUis in March, 1786, where he bought a large trilct of laud,
built a house thereon, also a saw-mill and store, and engaged in lumber-
ing and shoe-making, and at the same time keeping a small groceiy and
groggery. In 1795 he joined with his sons and sons-in-law in build-
ing their mills on Young's Meadow Brook, working several years in
the grist-mill, and when waiting fn* water to rise in the mill-pond,
worked at a bench, making tubs, pails and keelers. He died in 1810.
IILSrOEY OF WAYNE. 193
From iiiiu the Ridleys of this town ai-e descended. Daniel, born in
York, May 4, 17o0, and was carried to Biddeford by his [)arents the
same year. He was the youni^'est of the first wife of Magnus RecUon.
He married Patience Sands in 1751, and settled at Saco Ferry.
Abraham, born in Saco, Aug. 10, 1783, was never married. Jere-
miah, born in Saco, Nov. 4, 17o(>, mtirried Mar. 2, 17(50, Betliesda
Townsend and settled on a part of his father's farm in Biddeford.
Jacob, born in Saco, May 14, 1740, married Elizabeth Young in
Aug. 17(52, and settled in Saco. He was drowned in Saco River,
April 25, 1765.
The eldest child of Matthias Redlon and Rachel Edgecomb was
Matthias, born in Saco, Feb. 4, 1741); married by Rev. John Fair-
field, Sept. 6, 1772, to Elizabeth Field, daughter of Daniel Field,
and settled on a part of his father's lands in Saco. He was corporal
in the company of Capt. Jeremiah Hill of Biddeford, which belonged
to the Thirtieth Regiment of Massachusetts Foot Guards, connnanded
by Col. James Scammon of the Revolutionary Army. He was one of
the soldiers drafted to go in Arnold's expedition to Quebec, Can., by
way of the Kennebec and Chaudiere's rivers ; was in the expedition to
Ticonderoga and Crown Point in the Company of Capt. Jabez Lane ;
his enlistment in this department was dated May 8, 1775. He sold
his lands in Saco and Buxton in 1812, and removed his family to
Wayne, where several of his sons had previously settled. His first
wife died in Saco, and he married Dorcas Carter, who had a daughter
named Annie Williams. By his last wife he had six children, and
the same nundier by his first wife. His children who came to Wayne
changed the spelling of their family name to Ridley, but two of his
sous who settled in Hollis, Me., and Clarendon, Vt., si)elled their's
Ridlon, and their descendants still adhere to it. He died in Turner
at the home of his daughter in l(S40and was buried in the Beech hill
cemetery in Wayne, near the house in which he lived, and the brick
house built by his grandson Daniel.
The other children of Matthias and Rachel Redlon were, Rachel,
born in Saco Oct. 10, 1751, married April 29, 1773, by Rev. Paul
Coffin, to Daniel Field, of Buxton in which town they settled. James,
born in Saco Dec. 10, 1753, married Hannah Cozens, and settled in
Saco. He was a Revolutionary soldier. Thomas, born in Saco, Dec.
28, 1755, married Jan. 24, 1779, to Martha Merrill, of Buxton, and
settled in Saco. He was a man with a very interesting history, was
possessed of great ])hysical power, a gift much prized, and one of use-
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fulness in the vocations of his time. He, too, was a Uevolutioiuiry
soldier. Mary, boru in Saco, June 2, 1758, and bnrned to death iu
the house of James Edgecomb, at Edgecomb's Meadow, so called, Apr.
10, 1767. John, born iu Saco, Nov. 11, 1760; married Dec. 15,
1779, Abigail Holmes of Scarboro and settled iu 8aco. He was iu
the war of the Revolution with iiis brothers. Abraham, born iu
Saco, Sept. 21, 1763; married Aug. 2o, 1786, to Patience Tibbetts
of Hollis, Me. In 1789, with his family, Abraham moved to
Ohio. He died iu Decatur Co., Ind., Oct. 9, 1852. Juditli, born
iu Saco, Sept. 21, 17(58, a twin-sister to Abraliam ; was married
Nov. 29, 1787, to Nathaniel Towuseud of Hollis. Jacob, boru iu
Saco, May 12, 1766 ; married Dec. 19, 179o, Mary Towuseud and
settled in Buxton. Magnus was born in Buxton, Oct. 3, 1769;
married Feb. 21, 1793, Eleanor MacArthur of Limington, and set-
tled in Durham, and died iu Auburn in 1852, and taken to Dur-
ham for burial. Sarali, born iu Buxton, Mar. 26, 1772, was
married Aug. 19. 1797, to Natliauiel Woodnuiu of Buxton, and
settled in that town. Hannah, l)()ru in Buxton, A[)r. 4, 1775; was
married Nov. 14, 179i), to Magnus Kedlon, her second cousin, from
Damariscotta.
The eldest son of Mattliias and Elizabetli Redlou uee Field, was
Dea. Daniel Ridley who changed his name from Redlou on com-
ing to this town, was born in Saco, Apr. 4, 1773; married for his
first wife Miss Annie Williams, who was a daughter of his father's
second wife; and secondly, Mary McKenney of Saco, June 2, 1822,
and settled in Saco. He sold his farm in a little time subsequent
to 1800 and removed to Wayne, wlience several of his brothers had
previously gone. He died iu Wayne and was buried in the Beech
hill cemetery near where he had lived. All his relatives and neighbors
have said, "Uncle Daniel was a good man." He had issue ten
children, all by his first wife.
Samuel, second cliild of Matthias, was born iu Saco, Aug. 22, 1774 ;
married, Aug. 23, 1804, to Polly Redlou, his cousin, of Hollis. He
lived some years in Hollis, and iu 1808 removed to Wayne and settled
near his fatlier and brothers ; he lived in Wayne about ten years,
when lie returned to Hollis. Jonathan F., third cliild of Matthias,
was born in Saco, Sept. 15, 1776. He engaged in the privateering
service during the war of 1812, and became fully acquainted with the
New England coast. He subsequently engaged in the merchant serv-
ice and made foreign voyages. On one of these trips his vessel was
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run dovvu l)y a British gim-shi(> and captured. The American crall
was relieved of all her stores and placed under the command of Aaron
Eldridge of Buxton, who was commanded to "bear off and on through
the night ;" this order was obeyed in one direction, for, as Mr. Eldridge
subsequently said, "I bore off once too many times for them," and
escaped, coming back and delivering the vessel to its owners. Jona-
than F. was carried to England and there confined in j)rison for nearly
a year ; he escaped, however, by digging under the walls, and made
his way to Edinburgh, where he was met and conversed with by
an American seaman, since which time he has never been heard
from. Dorcas, the fourth child of Matthias, was born in Saco,
Nov. 2, 1777; was married Feb. 11, 1(S11, to Samuel Leavett, of
Buxton, and subse(iuently lived in Limington, where she died at
an advanced age. John, the fifth child of Matthias, was born in
Saco, Sept. 12, 1779, and went to live witli his grand-parents in
Hollis. He is said to have been a reckless, adventuresome fellow
when a boy, and although he was a successful man, those traits were
ever present with him. He married and settled in Clarendon, Vt.,
where he spent his days, living in a luxurious manner. Patience,
sixth child of Matthias, was ]>orn in Saco, June 10, 1785; was married
to Benj. Libby, Nov. 10, 1816, and always lived in Limington, where
she died in 1867. Betsey, the seventh child of Matthias, was born in
Saco, May 28, 1789 ; was married to David Creach, second to Benj.
Young of Fayette. She had issue by both husl^ands, and died in
Fayette, well advanced in years. David, the eighth child of Matthias,
was born in Saco, Apr. 20, 1791 ; married and first settled in Wayne,
where he purchased a farm near the house now occupied by Joseph
Maxim on the west side of Beech hill. He was the first of the name
to purchase land in this town. He removed to Abbot in 1823;
thence to Bangor in 1834, to Sangerville in 1836, to Corinth in 1838,
and bac^k to Bangor in 1843, where he died Oct. 3, 1846. Mary, the
ninth child of Matthias, was born in Saco, Aug. 3, 1794 ; was married
to Alvin Swift, and lived in Turner, at which place she died. Sally,
the tenth child of Matthias, was horn in Saco, May 28, 1798; married
Billings Hood of Turner, where she raised a family, and after the
decease of her husband, lived with her son Oren in Gardiner. She
died June 3, 1873. Rachel and Lydia, the last children of Matthias,
were twin-sisters, born in Saco, Sept. 28, 1801. So close was their re-
semblance that few persons could distinguish one from the other. The
former married Otis Hood of Turner, a brother of Billings Hood,
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Nov. 27, 1(S21, raised a family, in that town, and dird June .'>, 18(34.
The hitter was married to Capt. Daniel True and lived in Wayne.
She raised a family, several of whom have been, or now are, residents
of the town. The late G. M. True was a son. Two of her daughters
remain, one of whom is Sarah, the widow of the late H. J. Ridley,
and the other, Julia, the widow of the late Samuel T. Bishop.
The descendants of Dea. Daniel Ridley nee Redlon, constitute all
of the names now residents of the .town ; therefore all other branches
of the family are eliminated from this sketch. The children of Dea.
Daniel and his first wife, Annie Williams, were Sally, the first child,
born in Saco, Nov. 30, 171*3; married Benj. McKenney of Scar-
boro, Feb. 27, 1812. She resided in the city of Portland and (lie<l
there. She left one daughter who married a gentleman by the name
of Elwell, representatives of which family now occui)y the homestead
of their grandmother Sally. Matthias, born in Saco, Feb. 29, 1795 )
married Feb. 4, 1818, Nancy Pratt of Leeds and settled in Wayne in
1814. His house was about one-half mile west of tlie brick house
subsequently built by his brother on the road from Wayne village to
Strickland's Ferry. He enlisted as a substitute for his father in the
war of 1812. On coming to Wayne, like other mendiers of the
family he changed his name from Redlon to Ridley, and his descend-
ants will stand so recorded. He was a great reader, es])ecially of the
Scriptures, was well informed, possessed a remarkably retentive memo-
ry and was a good conversationalist. For some years he was nearly
blind, but recovered his sight before his death, which occurred in
1875. He was buried in the cemeteiy near the house of his brother
Daniel, w here so many of the family rest from their labors. He was
the father of ten children, as may be seen in the genealogical depart-
ment of this work.
Martha, the third child of Dea. Daniel, was born in Saco, Feb. 9,
1798, and died young. Jonatiian, the fourth child of Dea. Daniel,
was born in Saco, Feb. 15, 1801 ; married Louisa Marston of Fayette
and had issue seven children. He canie from Saco to. Wayne in
1814, and lived in this town during his minority. He was scholarly
and a teacher in our connnon schools. He was a great reader, had a
retentive memory, and was authority on the leading topics of the day.
Like the rest of the family he changed his name. He said, "Every-
body called me Mr. Ridley, and I was weary of correcting them, so I
adopted the new orthography." He settled in Jay, and has been a
leading, pul)lic-spirited man, filling many public positions of res{)onsi
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hility, always to the satisfiiftioii of his townsmen — a rare ocenrrence !
Not until his age and infirmities obliged him to decline the duties of
office, was he excused from the trust so long bestowed upon liim. His
word was taken as authority by those best accjuainted with him.
Daniel, tlie fifth child of ^lattliias, was born in Saco, Sept. 27,
1802; married Sally Winter and settled in the town of Wayne,
whither he had gone with his parents in 1814. His father failed to
meet the payments on his land purchased of Stephen Eoothby, of
Leeds, and promised him one-half of the lot if he would pay what was
then due; consequently he engaged for a lumbering company, entered
the logging swamp, and worked hard nearly a year, but lost all his
pay by the failure of his employers. He then connnenced work for
Mr. Boothby, and continued till his land was })aid for. He loved
work from a boy, and, as soon as he became land-owner, commenced to
clear him a farm; and while the other young men of his neighborhood
were away at trainings, raisings and other places of amusement, he was
away in some place, clearing new land. It is said of him that when
thirsty he would run to a spring in the woods, drink, and run back to
his work. By close economy and turning every dollar to good
account, he acquired a handsonie estate, but did not live very long to
enjoy it; for, by overwork in building a new brick house, he impaired
his constitution, and died Feb. 20, 1850. Mr. Ridley had married,
for a second wife, Rebecca, the eldest child of Joshua Graves, who
died Feb. 27, 1871. Mr. Ridley was the father of a large family of
children, the record of which may be found in the genealogical de[)art-
ment of this book.
Capt. J^enjamin, the sixth child of Dea. Daniel Ridley, was born in
Saco, June 20, 1*804 ; married Eliza, daughter of Hamilton Jenkins,
and settled in Wayne. He came to this town with his jjarents when
ten years old. He built a house near that of his father-in-law, a few
rods easterly, and lived there several years. He subsequently moved
to Leeds, and later, moved again to Wayne, and established himself
and family on the farm now occupied by John Carver. But a portion
of his time was spent in farming ; he spent much of it as a stone-
mason and contractor ; laid the foundations for mills, built bridges,
etc. ; and whatever work he superintended was done in a most thorough
and workmanlike manner, as its durability has proven. He was a
man of prominence ; captain in the militia, and re})resentative to the
legislature of the State. He availed himself of every advantage to
acc^uire useful knowledge, and was considered a well-informed sound-
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niiiuk'd man. He married a second wife, Abiah ■ , who died
Jan. 7, 1857. He died Mar. 12, 1854. His descendants may be
fonnd in the family genealogy of this work. Pelina, the seventh
child of Dea. Daniel, was born in Saco, Mar. 7, 1807 ; was married
to Charles Graves of Wayne in 1827, and died Jnne 1(), 1863,
leaving issue as shown by genealogical record herein. Mary, the
eighth child of Dea. Daniel, was born in Saco, April 4, 1809; was
married to Naaman Bishoj), of Wayne, and had issue. She died at
the house of her only son, Cyrus Bishop, of East Livermore. She was
a good woman, and a complete type of the old Ridley family. Betsey,
the ninth child of Dea. Daniel, was born in Saco, Aug. 20, 1811 ;
married to Hamilton Gould of Wilton, and had issue. The date of
her death is wanting.
Jannes, the tenth child of Dea. Daniel, was born in Wayne, July
27, 1814, and became an eccentric, roving character. He would leave
home without notice to anybody, and after an absence of ye:irs return
as unexpectedly, without giving any definite account of his wanderings
or adventures. He is sup})Osed to have followed the sea for many
years. Tradition says he started overland for California, with a
company raised at Cincinnati, Ohio, and died somewhere about the
Rocky Mountains. Many years have elapsed since he has been heard
from ; yet he may still be living somewhere in his old age. He was
a small man, but probably the most agile and muscular jierson ever
raised in the town. I have heard his sister-in-law say, "I have seen
him stand by the side of a tall horse, and jump squarely over its back
with a})parent ease." A New Orleans i)aper, many years ago, gave an
account of a tragedy that occurred in that city, in which Jannes was one
of the principal actors. On one of the main streets of that city was a
firm that owned a large negro, whom mucli of the time they kept on
the corner to insult sailors, when a fight would ensue as a consecpience.
Knowing the power of their negro as a hunter, his owners would wager
money on the result of the fight, and in that way made him a large
source of revenue. The vessel to which Jannes belonged received its
cargo and was to sail on the following morning, One of the crew was
up town in the evening and was badly injured by the skull of this repre-
sentative of the African race. When he went aboard the vessel, and
related his tale of woe to the caj)tain, his ire was wrought up and he
offered to any one of the crew twenty-five dollars if he would go up
town and get ample redress for the injury sustained by their ship-
mate. The offence was shared by them, and their blood was up to
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fightiiiir pitch. Jannes was the one selected to make the attempt, and
consequently trimmed his sheets for the fray. He walked past the
noted corner twice without encountering: the victor, hut his third ven-
ture was more successful, and they met face to face. But few words
j)assed between them and the fight was on. The first rush of the
fated negro was his last on earth. When the shoe-sole of the sailor
knocked for admittance under the chin of the darkey, the ligaments of
his neck were lacking the power to longer hold that soul without
which he at once became passive and harmless. Jannes was no less
agile in l)oarding his vessel; its moorings cast off, and when the sun
came up was well out to sea, and on her course to a foreign port.
Jerome, the eleventh and youngest child of Dea. Daniel, was born
in Wayne, Dec. 29, 1816; married Anna Peacock, a daughter of the
old landlord of Peacock Hotel in Richmond, and had issue five chil-
dren. In 1845, he married Mary Davis of Pittston and by her had
ten children. He drove the mail-stage from Augusta to Portland for
many years, but latterly settled on a large farm in Richmond. He was
of nervous temperament, and subject to melancholy, desponding moods.
He was generally cheerful, jovial and sarcastic; conversational, rapid
in speech, em])hatic, determined, impulsive and high-temj)ered. A
reader of general literature, and a deep thinker, a man of (juick })er-
ception, and ready wit, humorous and argumentative, radical in
politics, firm in his religious and theological o[)inions, and a devoted
believer of the Second Adventist doctrine. He died in 1875, leaving
a large family of children, most of whom live in the vicinity of their
old home, some in Lewiston and other cities in the State.
Rei)reseDtatives of the families of the children of Deacon Daniel
Ridley are now comparatively few in the town of Wayne. The last to
represent that of Matthias was a son, Isaac P. Ridley, who died Oct.
24, 1897. Of the family of Daniel but two remain, Jerome and Lee,
both of whom reside in the village. The former has three children,
and the latter none. Of the family of Cajit. Benjamin, no children
are living, and but one grand-child is a resident of the town, viz :
Mrs. Charles Fish, who was the youngest child of the late Hamilton
J. Ridley, and who with her family and her mother reside on the old
homestead. The family of Capt. Benjamin is further represented by
the children of a grandson, viz: Benjamin H. J. Ridley, a brother of
Mrs. Fish. This family resides in the village. The family of Pelina
is represented by two children, viz : Mrs. Joanna Hood and Osgood
Graves. Mrs. Hood has a large family of children, some of whom
200 IIISTOBY OF WAYNE,
are now resident, but the niajoi" part of her faniily are non-residents.
The children of Osgood Graves are non-residents, with the ex('e})tion
of Charles O., who resides about three-fourths ot a mile northerly from
the village on the place formerly belonging to his grandfather, S(|uire
Bishop.
Nathaniel Dailey was born in Easton, Mass., Feb. 8, 1765. He
married Elizal)eth True, wdio was the oldest daughter of Deacon Ben-
jamin True. She was born in New Sylvester, Aug. 10, 17()4. Their
children were Lovisa and Hannibal, twins, born in Wayne, Oct. 22,
1(S()4, lietsey, Nathaniel, Daniel True, Ansel and Roana. Mr. Dailey
lived in the northwestern part of Wayne. He removed to Turner.
The Boynton family trace their pedigree back to the invasion of
Ireland by the Norsemen, in the seventh century. A chieftain of the
race won victory in the famous battle of the Boyne, and from that
historic river took the name of Boynton. Both before and after the
conciuest the family of Boynton appears to have ranked high among
the nobility of England. Upon its rolls were found, at least, twenty
baronets. In 1788, William and John Boynton of Yorkshire, England,
came to America and settled in Rowley, Mass. A direct descendant
from one of these brothers w^as Caleb Boynton. His father who resided
in Wiscasset was slain by an Indian. He was hoeing corn when he
saw the hostile red man slip behind a stump. Mr. Boynton hid be-
hind another and waited patiently till he supposed the Indian had
gone. But, when he emerged from his place of concealment, he was
shot and killed by his wily foe. Young Caleb left the scenes that
reminded him o'i the tragic death of his father, and came to New
Sandwich about 1707. He was a carpenter and was employed by
Aaron Wing to build a barn on the place whei-e Cxeorge Lord now
lives. Here he met Zippora Burgess, wIkj, with her mother Mrs.
Benjamin Burgess, was visiting her sister Cynthia, the wafe of Allen
Wing, who lived on the farm now owned and occupied by Albert
Riggs. Mrs. and Miss Burgess came hww their home, now the
residence of Addison Wing. They walked, carrying in their arms
the youngest member of the family, a boy less than a year old. This
child, after the lapse of years, was well known in Wayne as "Uncle
Joshua Burgess." When the ladies started for home, young Boynton
politely offered to accompany them and carry the boy a short distance.
Their route led over Simeon Wing's Mountain and across Bear Brook.
Caleb liked his company so well that he kept on with them the whole
way home, two miles or more, and at^cepted their kind invitation to
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tarry a while and rest. The a('(|iiaiutaiR'e thus formed resulted in the
marriage of Caleb Boynton and Zipj)ora l>uru'ess. Thev si'ttled on
the farm where now resides W. B. Frost.
They had a large family of childrcMi, three of whom, Daniel,
Alpheus and Josei)h, were born in Wayne, the others, Mary, Louisa,
Bartlette, Joshua, Alice and Cynthia were born where Henry Kieh-
moud now lives in Fayette, to which place Caleb Boynton removed in
]S()7. All the children reached the years of maturity and had families
of their own. Daniel, Bartlette and Joshua settled in New Poi-tland ;
Alpheus became a shipbuilder in Bath; Joseph, Louisa, Alice and
C'Vnthia settled in Lexington, to which })lace Caleb Boynton, the
})atriarch had removed, and where he and his wife died at a good old
age; Mary made her home in Wayne and with her brother in Bath.
She married Francis Dexter of this town. Descendants of (!aleb
Boynton still reside in tlie town of Wayne.
One of the early settlers, William Baymond, settled near where
John R. tSturtevant now lives, opposite where the road from i\[]-.
Stiirtevaut's house iidiersects the road leading by the house of
John S. Raymond to the Evergreen cemetery. It is claimed by
several of his great grand children, who now reside in Wayne and
adjoining towns, that he was in the Revolutionary war. This fact
does not appear in the list of Revolutionary soldiers in this book for
want of record facts; yet, fjimily traditions leave little doubt of his
participation in the events that gave this country its independence.
He was twice married. His second wife was a widow Hicks. He
died in Fayette at the house of his son Nathan. For want of data,
we are unable to give an extended account of this man and his de-
scendants. Of his children the records are silent ; yet, incomplete as
this may l)e, we enumerate Thomas and Pelatiah, who settled and died
in St. Albans ; William, who settled and died in Chesterville ; Solo-
mon, who settled and died in Wayne; Polly, who married Seth
Maxim, lived and died in Wayne ; Eunice, who married Benjamin
Maxim, lived and died in Wayne; Lois, who married a Mr. Wing
and died in St. Albans, and Nathan, who lived in Fayette and died at
the home of a daughter, Mrs. O. W. Welch at West Mt. Vernon.
Abijah Crane came to Wayne about l<Slo. He bought a farm of
Nathaniel Atkins, the place now owned and occupied 'by Luther S.
Maxim. He lived in this town about twenty-five years. He and his
wife were natives of Fayette. Mi*. Crane was an energetic man of
strict integrity and high Christian character, active in church work
202 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
and ill town affairs. He represented his town in tiie leu'islatnre after
removing to Fayette. He died at the age of 91. Mrs. Crane was a
woman of great enei'gy and an earnest Christian. vShe lived to the
age of SV.\. They had nine children, six of wlu)m are now living.
David F. and Ahijah R. graduated from Waterville College.
Humphrey Hight came to Wayne quite early. He lived w^here
C. E. Wing now resides. He was a hlacksmith, a good citizen and
much resi)ected. His wife was an intelligent and interesting lady and a
charming conversationalist. Their children were George, Margaret,
Elizabeth, Jane, Ellen, Sarah, Edward and Emma. Several of the
daughters were teachers and are pleasantly remembered by their
former })upils.
Turner Swift came from Cape Cod, Mass., to the plantation, New
Sandwich, now Wayne, at an early date. He made a clearing on
what is now known as Morrison's Heights. He married Mary Besse.
They had five children, Alfred, Alvin, Susan, Hannah and Betsey.
They afterwards moved to Fayette, Me. He died about the year
1880.
Alfred Swift, the oldest child, was born in New Sandwich, now
Wayne, Dec. !), 1780. ^Vhen he was a baby, his mother would
l)undle him up and carry him into the field, place him in a comfortable
position on the ground, while she helped her husband pile the brush
for clearing the land. He grew up and learned the blacksmith trade.
He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He married Betsey Bartlett
of Livermore, settled in Wayne village where he was the "Village
Smithy," till age and infirmities obliged him to give it up to his sous,
and the trade is handed down to the third generation. They had six
children, Elvira, Cyrus B., Frank T., Cordelia B., A. Russell and
Elizabeth B. His wife died when the youugest child was a few
months old. For his second wife he married Sophronia Besse, by
whom he had three children, Sophronia, A. Rodney and a babe that
died during the funeral of its mother, and was carried over to the
church and placed in the casket beside her. For his third wife he
married Hannah Monroe of Livermore, by whom he had two children
Deroy M., and Cleavelaud.
Alfred Swift was a sweet singer. He delighted in hunting, and
was a sure marksman. He belonged to the J^aptist church for a
number of years, then joined the Methodist. He was a constant at-
tendant at church even after his poor palsied tongue could utter no
word. The ]iioneer Turner Swift and his son Alfred Swift are still
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well and honorably reprer^ented hy our \V(trtliy ■'villaye hlacksniith,"
A. R. Swift, a life \oi\\f resident oi Wayne.
Samuel Brown was horn Nov. 11, 17'S2. He lived in the Graftain
house now owned by Jerome Ridley. He died in a liouse in the north
part of the town then owned by his son Samuel S. Brown.
Samuel S. Brown was born INIay oO, 1<S14. He married Basheba
Gage, daughter of Capt. James (nige. They had one son, Orison.
Mr. Brown owned and occupied for several years tlie farm where J.
M. Pike now lives. Later, he moved to the village and lived and
die<l in the house opposite the Ba])tist eliurch. He was a selectman
iu 1850-1 and again in 1857-9.
Edmund Phillij)s married Sally Paul. He came to Wayne from
Litchfield and settled on Beech hill. His buildings were burned by a
forest fire in 1830. In 1889 he sold out to Capt. Benj. Ridley. He
moved first to the town of Livermore, then to Gardiner, where he and
his wife died. He had a family of ten children as follows : William
P., Edmond Sewall, Isaac, Algernon Sidney, Sarah J., Esther, Marv,
Benjamin and a child that died in infancy.
Jeremiah Foss was born in Saco, IVIay 4, 1784. His wife's name
was Mary. He was a tax payer in Wayne in 1 808. He lived on the
place now owned by Sewall ^[anter. He was a shoe maker, a trade
still followed by his descendants. His shop on the ojtposite side of
the road is still remembered. His daughter Sally, who was the wife
of Josiah Norris, one of Wayne's honored citizens, is still living in
Wayne village at the age of 88 years.
Eliakim Foss was the brother of Asa Foss. He married Achsa
Wing, daughter of Dr. Moses Wing. Their children were Russell S.
and Achsa Wing. His second wife was Mercy Swift, by whom he
had three children, t'larissa Ann, Helen Marr and William H. His
home was in Wayne village. His two story house stood on the site
now occupied by the house in which Ward Howard lives.
Miss iNIarsena Foss furnishes the following : Ephraim W. Foss was
the son of Uriah Foss and Sarah Goodwin, who came from Saco to
North Leeds and settled on a farm early in life. They reared a family
often children, eight sons and two daughters, all of whom lived to
grow up and have families of their own. Ephraim W. Foss married
Mehitable Church and settled in Leeds. There were ])orn to them
two children, one dying in infiincy. In 1825 his wife died leaving a
son who now lives in the State of Ohio. In 1827 he married Harriet
T. Townsend. There were born to them three children. All lived to
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grow up. TIk' oldi'st (laughter was in tlie luillincu-y l)usincss more
than thirty-three years in Wayne vilhige. The otlier two (hiughters
married, one living in Everett, Mass. The youngest daughter mar-
ried, lived in Litchfield; she died in 1889. In I8;!(i Ephraim W.
Eoss moved into the town of Wayn(^ about two miles from the village
on the road leading to Strickland's Eerry. In 18()8 he Ixjught the
place in tlu' village formerly owned and occu[)ied by Robert Starr.
Ephraim W. Foss died in 1877; his widow died in 18,S0. p]phraim
W. Eoss and his sister Sally who married Alpheus Lane, were all the
ones of Uriah Eoss' family who lived in Wavne.
Noah Chandlei- lived in that part of Wayne lying south of
Black's bridii'e, now a jiart of the town of Winthrop. His wife's name
was Lucy -. They reared a family of eight children. Their
oldest daughter, Susan, is spoken of as an "excellent teacher and a
very ))leasant and popular young lady."
Lafayette ('handler was a neighbor to Noah. He marrieil Sophro-
nia •, and they had a family of nine children, one of whom,
Sophronia, married Eben Norris. She is still living in Wayne. The
Chandlers were enterprising business men.
John Frost, an early settler, lived in this neighborhood. He mar-
ried Esther Swift. They had nine children. His son Levi was long
a resident of North Wayne. A daughter, Esther, is now the wife of
Hiram Norris.
In the year 1795, Peter Eisher with his family, came to this town
from Dresden and settled on a farm near the one now occu})ied liy
Horatio G. Maxim. He was born in Holland in KiDl), and died in
Wayne, at the place where he settled in 1829, at the great age of loO
years. It is said by one of his grand daughters that he served twenty
years in the army and was in Queen Anne's war. He was an expert
swordsman. At the age of eighty years, he first conceived the idea of
getting married, and not unlike many elderly gentlemen looked with
favor on youthful maidens; yet he was particular in selecting and
confined himself to those of his nationality. He soon found the object
of his admiration in a lass of sweet sixteen, whose name was Thankful
Carlow. She was born in Holland in 1763, and when married she
weighed oOOfts. The courage and judgment dis})layed by this man of
age is well illustrated, as in due time a family often children was the
fruit of that marriage. Thankful died in 1855 at the house of her
son-in-law, Nathan Handy, the same now owned by AVilliam L.
Maxim, at which date all her children were living, the youngest then
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I)eing' forty years old. To aid those who may wish to trace this
faiiiilv in tlie future, we subjoin the toHowiui;-: The ehihh'eii of Peter
and Thankful Fisher were, Philip, thrice married, had issue four
children, settled and died in Mercer ; Matthias, married Sarah Turin'r
of Keadfield, had issue six children, settled and died in Corintli ; dohn
manned a lady in Cherryfield, settled in that town, had issui' and died
there; P]liza))etli married Nathan Handy of Wayne, settled on the
place now occupied by W. L. Maxim, erected tln' huildinus now
thereon, had issue twelve children, the younuest of whi>m, Mrs. Ahhy
A. Huse now resides in town and the only one now livinu'. Mr. and
Mrs. Handy both died in Wayne; Margaret married Micluud Hickey
of Augusta, had no issue, who died on the Isthmus en route to Califor-
nia. She died later in r<»wa; Sophia married Aaron Frost of
Wayne, had issue five children, died in St. All)ans; Christopher, un-
married, died in Readfield ; William married an English lady in
Boston, went to Illinois, had issue live children and died in Illinois;
James married in St. John, had issue and died there; Nathan married
Nancy Hovyard ot Litchfield, had no issue, and died in I\eadtield.
Moses Bean settled on a farm north of the Capt. Daniid True place.
He was born Sept. 2, 17<S2, and died Nov. li>, 1<S()(S. He married
Betsey . Their children were Hannaii B., Mary Norris,
Betsey Frances, Lvdia Anderson, Nathan, Flrado Ann. Hannah
was a tailoress. She never married. Mary married first Samuel
Dexter and second his cousin Le\yis Dexter. Betsey was the first wife
of Robinson Dexter. Lydia married B. Sylvester. Nathan left
Wayne and Elrado died young.
Samuel Spear lived on the farm first settled by Kolx-rt Francis
Cumner, aftervyard owned by Benj. Bourn, and later by ('apt. Daniel
True. Mr. Spear \yas an extensive land owner, a successful farmer
and a pi'ominent man.
Elias Berry lived on the farm previously owned by Maj. Thomas
Atkinson, and now occuined by H. H. Pulsifer. He \yas born April
17, 175)<S, and died in 1<S62. His first wife's name was Sally ,
who was born Mar. 8, 1789, and died Sept. 12, 1828. For a second
\yife he married Harriet Erskine. By his fii'st wife he had tvyo
children, Julia Ann and Oren Chandler. The children of his second
wife were Laura A., Lucinda E., Asbnry W., Mary A., Jose|)h S.,
Stillmau H. J., and Benj. F. Of these children the best known here
are Joseph S., Stillmau H. J., and Benj. F.
Hon. J. S. Berry Ls meutioned in a biogra])hi('al sketch elsewhere.
20G IIISTOBY OF WAYNE.
He served liis native town in nearly every plaee of trust and responsi-
bility. He was first selectman, chairniau of the school board, town
treasurer and town clerk. He was one of Wayne's foremost citizens.
Stillinan H. J. now owns and occupies tlie farm formerly the property
of Hon. P. F. Pike. Like his father Elias Berry, Stillman is an
enthusiastic farmer and stock raiser. Benj. F. was a soldier in the
late civil war. He now resides in the West.
Dr. Thomas 8. Brigham live(l on the place first settled hv Capt.
Jacob Haskell, now owned by W. PI. Snyder. He had an extensive
practice in Wayne for many years and was active in town affairs. He
was born in ITTo, and died in May, 1S44. Many anecdotes are told
of him. Once he was on horse back, ,^'oin<;- to visit a ])atient. Meet-
ing a well remembered citizen with whom he had a difference, hot
words passed between them, when the footman exclaimed in loud
tones, "Dr. Brigham if you were not an old man, I would horse-whip
you." (Quickly dismounting, the old man rei)lied, "Sir, I am a man
of your age."
Lemuel Bryant came to Wayne from Massachusetts early in the
present century. He settled on Beech hill, south of the place where
Elbridge Crocker now lives, on the (dd road now discontinued. He
had sons. Philander L., Orlando and William H., and daughters,
Caroline, Henrietta and Eleanor. Mr. Bryant was a man of ability
and his election to the ottice of selectman in 1817, '18 and '22 bespeaks
for him the confidence of his fellow townsmen. He died in Wayne,
Nov. 15, 1858. His son Philander settled on a farm in Wayne, north-
west of A. C Hayford's dwelling, on the old road now discontinued.
Philander's children were Emerson, now living in California, Emily
F., who wa* a teacher, never married and died iNlay 30, 18()1), Sunnier H.,
who was a soldier in the civil war and died of disease contracted in
the service, Charles D., who was also a soldier and lost his life by a
rebel bullet, Oct. 5, 1862, and George H., now living in Oakland.
Philander Bryant removed to Kentucky where he died aged about
90. Harrison H. remained on the homestead where he died Feb. 5,
1869, leaving a widow but no children. Henrietta M., never married,
died July 1, 1852. Eleanor married R. B. Rand and settled iu
Winthrop. Caroline married Samuel Maxim and settled in Sanger-
ville.
Among the names of the settlers of Gloucester, Mass., occurs that of
the Scotch family Gott. It was there that the name was first found iu
this country. The date of introduction has not been learned by the
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writer, but sufiieieut informatiou es<tal)lishe.s the fact that it was :ui
earlv one. Previous to A. D. 1800, a member of the family, William
Jr. l)v name, came to the District of Maine ami settleil in what i> now
the town of Greene. He was born Sept. 20, 1772. He married at
the aixe of twenty a Miss Bryant. At the aire of twenty-one he was the
father of a daughter, Thankful by name, and in that same year, 171)o,
he was a widower. In 171)4 he married Hhuda Knapp of J^eed.-^.
They had i.ssue fourteen children, twelve of whom lived to a ri|)e old
age. In the spring of 1807 he removed his family from (ireene to
Wavne, bought and cleared the farm recently owned and occujjied by
the late Otis Howard, situate on the lake road in the westerly [)art of
the town, and about one and one-half miles north of the bridges across
Dead river. On this farm both he and his wife resided until their
decease, the former occurring Jan. 10, 1860, and the latter Dec. 21,
LS.IO. The date of birth of the latter was Mar. 19, 1775. Of their
children eight were born in Greene and six in Wayne. The eldest,
William, Jr., born Oct. 6, 1795, married Ruth Ciould of Livermore,
settled in that town, subsequently removed to North Leeds, had i.ssue
three children, one of whom was the late ]\Irs. Jason Woodman of
North Leeds. Their youngest child, Mr. Josei)h G. Gott, now resides
at Monmouth Centre. William, Jr., died at North Lseds, Feb. 2,
1862. Their second child, Elijah, born in Greene. Feb. 1, 1797,
married Mary (called Polly) Stinchfield, a daughter of James and
Hannah fPettiugill) Stinchfield, and the granddaughter of Thomas
Rtinchfield, the first settler of the town of Leeds. He settled on a
portion of his father's farm wdiich he had helped subdue ; subsetjuently
removed to the paternal roof, cared for his parents in their declining
years, and after their decease returned to his former home, that^is now
occupied I)y Luciau Berry. By the work and economy of years he
accumulated wealth such as honest toil merits. They had issue two
children, one of whom, ^Nlrs. L. Clark Leadbetter, is one of Wayne's
most highly esteemed daughters. He died June 22, 1875. His widow
made her home with Mrs. Leadbetter until her decease which occured
May 25, 1890. The date of her birth was Dec. 9, 1805. Their third
child, Sarah, was born Oct. 5, 1798; married Stephen Knapp of
Leeds, resided in that town, raised a large family of children and died
April 18, 1870. Their fourth child, Mehitable, born Sept. 12, 1800,
married a ]Mr. Harrison, raised a family and died Jan. 30, 1847.
Their next child, Jared, born in 1802, died young. Anson and
^Matilda were their next fruit, born Mav 27, 1<S04. Anson married
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and settled in 'rnnier, had issue, two children and died 8ept. 17, 1862.
Matilda married Roland Maxim, settled in Wayne, raised a large
family of girls and one son Martin V., who now resides in Leeds at
the south end of Androscoggin lake. She died Dee. l-S, LSGl. Charles,
the eighth child, born July 1, 180(5, married Jane Foss for his first
wife, located iu the north west part of the town on the farm now
occu[)ied l)y Mrs. Joanna Hood. They had issue five children, viz :
Gardiner G., (Jharles 8., Elijah, William and Howard C. In 1842
Mrs. Gott died, and he married Annie ^Vood of Mercer. They had
issue four children, viz: John W., who died young, George H., John
M. and Jennie M., now Mrs. C. C. Small of Newton, Mass. John M.
and his family are the only representatives of tiiis branch now remain-
ing in this town. C'liarles subsecjuentlv })urchased the Morrison farm,
now owned by B. F. Bradford, on jNIorriscju's Heights, lived there
forty years, and died in Wayne village Dec. 14, 1880. Susan, the
9th child was the first one of the family born in the town of Wayne,
as per records, the date of which was July 21, 1808. She married
Jared Knap]) of Leeds, now one of the oldest residents, settled in the
west part of the town, on the [dace now occupied by him, had issue
three children, viz: Elijah, Anson G. and Miranda Ellen, the former
and latter now residents, living near and at the old homestead. She
died Oct. 12, 1874. The tenth child. Mary, born Oct. 31, 1810,
married Thomas Wing and settled in the southern part of Fayette,
both of whom are now living. They had issue four or more boys
some of whom are prominent business men in Massachusetts and have
accumulated wealth. The next child, Harrison, born in 1813, died
young. Jane, the twelfth in the list, was born May 2, 1815; married
Loring Foss of Leeds. He was a man ol varied l)usiness and lived in
many places in this section of the State. They had no issue. She
died in Lewiston in 1806. Alfrida, whose numerical })osition was
thirteen, was born July 12, 1815. She married the late Otis Howard,
had no issue, died in Wayne, Feb. 0, 1878. The last in the list,
Aurelia, was born Jan. 15, 1821. She married Nathan Coffin of
Leeds, had issue two children, viz : Manley and Edith. She died iu
Leeds.
The names of others who were among the settlers in these early
times, and whose names appear on the town records, it has been found
impossible to trace, none of their descendants living in the town at the
present time, and their memory having passed from the minds of the
very few old [)eople now living here.
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CHAPTER XV.
GLEANIX(iS.
Mrs. Jennie Thome Johnson furnishes the following interesting
article on "luterlachen."
"PAR across the ocean, nestled between lakes, and girt around by
"^ mountains, is a spot so often visited by tourists, who feel that
until they have rested in far-famed Interlachen their pilgrimage is not
complete.
Doubtless many of the seekers for the grand and l)eautiful in nature
are from our beloved "Pine-tree State," and perhaps do not know' that
we have an Interlachen of our own. For surely it is between the
lakes, this little village so quiet and peaceful, basking in the yellow-
August sunshine. It has, like its more world-renowned sister, its
pilgrims, who come to it for rest and refreshing.
In the northwestern part of Kennebec county is one of the most
beautiful spots in New England, and a few people know it, and love
it, and come every summer to find in this delightful place perfect
freedom from the rush, hurry and bustle which characterize city life,
and which are so wearing to nerves and brain. Here a Sabbath-like
stillness pervades even week day transactions. The little village
seems now to be taking a Rip Van Winkle soi't of a sleep, from which,
in time it may come forth refreshed and be its lively self again. But
whatever man has done or left undone, Nature has been most lavish
in her gifts.
At the incorporation of the town, one hundred years ago, it was
named in honor of a brave man. General Wayne. Before that time
it l)ore the musical Indian name of Pocasset. It lies six miles from
the railway in one direction, and three in another. Whichever way
one chooses to approach it, he finds a most charming picture laid out
before him. Perhaps a six mile ride is preferred. On ascending a
steep hill one comes suddenly upon a fair panorama. At the foot of
the hill lies a part of the village embowered in trees, and beyond,
shimmering in the sunshine, for miles one can see Androscoggin Lake,"^
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210 inSTOEY OF WAYNE.
with its "cape" and islands, wliile at the right, al)()\H' the vilhige, one
can see, gleaming through the trees, blue waters of Lake Pocasset.
This lake, though smaller than its sister, is the more beautiful. Its
waters seem deeper and 1)1 uer. The graceful curves of its shoredine,
making the cool coves, where the black bass lo\e to lie hidden, and
where the lilies grow, are a poem in themselves. There
"The wikl cow lily floats
Her golden-freighted tinted boats
In cool caves of softened gloom,
O'er shadowed by the whispering reed
And purple plumes of pickerel-weed,
And meadow-sweet entangled bloom."
The lights and shadows here in a summer day, could they be trans-
ferred to canvas, would ensure everlasting fame. In looking down
the lake from its northern extremity, the white h(_)uses and the green
trees of the village seem almost to be floating on the water, for at
that distance little is seen except lakes above and below. Fornnng a
picturesque cove at its southern shore, back of the Baptist church, it
has often been used for a baptismal font on quiet Sabbath afternoons.
It joins its sister lake through a mill stream, which is enlarged in the
centre of the village to a small pond, which, with its overhanging
willows and clear reflections, adds not a little to the beauty of the
place.
Leading almost directly from elm-shaded Main Street by a short
by-path, one comes soon to a high, sunny spot overlooking Andros-
coggin Lake, and farther on may rest under the pines of Pine Point,
which lovely spot is owned by a Massachusetts gentleman, who as a
l)oy roamed here with his playmates. And here he may be found
with his family and friends about him on summer days, enjoying the
freedom of out-door life under his own oak and pine tree, whicli is
doubtless as satisfying as the Scriptural "vine and fig tree."
The drives, in all directions, amply reward the seeker for beautiful
scenery — the most popular, perhaps, being the road over ]\Iorrison
Heights, which lie some two miles south of the village. Here one
may see both lakes, the Androscoggin almost at his feet, and holding
on its bosom its emerald islands, wdiile beyond, toward the west and
north, are the "everlasting hills" — Mount Blue and Mount Abraham
— and farther toward the west the White Mountains of New Hamp-
shire I'aise their hazy outlines. There in late fall, Mt. Washington,
with its hoary head, is plainly visible.
IIISrOBY OF WAYNE. , 211
Sunset f'roin Morrison Heights is something never to be forgotten,
and to look down on the sleeping city and lakes loathed in moonlight
is something of which to dream.
If one is fond of boating, a row of two miles on the larger lake
will bring him to the mouth of Dead River, which winds its way
through the "cape" for three or four miles. A row up the river, fol-
lowing its many curves — with banks sometimes literally lined with
pond lilies, which receding waters have left — is a revelation indeed.
Wayne is not prouder of her beautiful scenery than of her sons and
daughters, many of whom have made for themselves places in the busy
world. Here the sweet singer, Annie Louise Gary Raymond, w'as
born, and every summer re-visits "dear old Wayne." Homer Norris,
the |)ianist, sometimes comes back to his old home. Here the w'orld-
renowned inventor, Hiram jNIaxim, visits his aged mother.
Many sunniier visitors are finding their way to Wayne. The one
hotel is often overflowing. It is to be hoped that at no distant day
more accommodations for guests will be forthcoming. The busy
world calls for its laborers, and heeding her voice, most visitors flee
before the autumn days, when to many. Nature is most beautiful. A
sail on Androscoggin Lake on a clear October day, with the forest
around its shores blazing in the royal robes of autunni, or in the late
Indian sunnner, with the water like a sea of glass, and a mellow haze
over the hills and vales, is to see Wayne as one did who knew and
loved it:
"Let me wander where I will,
lu dreams I live again
These golden, sweet, October days
In dear Pocasset, Maine."
Wayne's first highway — origin of "bear brook" and "craig's
BRIDGE."
In 1735 a grant of land "on the east side and next adjoining the
Connecticut River" was made by the Great and General Court to
Nathaniel Harris and others in consideration of services rendered in
the reduction of Port Royal (now Annapolis, Nova Scotia,) in 1710.
The township selected under the grant is now the southwesterly town,
in New Hampshire. The grantees promptly took possession, lotted
the land, cleared i*oads, built a mill and after expending more than
£1,000 of the currency of the period, found their grant void.
212 IILSTOUY OF WAYNE.
The houiuhirv line between the respective Provinces of INIassuehu-
setts and New Hampshire had always been a matter of contention,
and after many fruitless attemjjts to settle the dispute the King took
the matter in hand, and so estaVtlished the line as to throw this town-
ship into New Hampshire, and land and improvements were irrecover-
ably lost to the grantees.
The organization of the proprietors was kept in being, but it was
not until 1770 that measures were taken for indenmity. They now
chose a conunittee with instructions to "i)ursue their claim to the
equity of Port Royal." The case was brought to the attention of the
General Court, and in June, 1771, an Act was passed authorizing the
original grantees, their heirs and assigns, to select a townshij) from the
unappropriated lands of the Connnonwealth, east of Saco River and
adjoining some other grant. In August of the same year, Elijah
Livermore and Elisha Harrington were dei)uted to explore and select
the land. Their instructions were to tirst go to Brunswick, thence
take "boat and pilot and proceed up the river as far as Rocky-mico"
(Roccomico, now Jay.) Tlie result of this expedition was the selection
of a township on both sides of the Androscoggin and adjoining Sylves-
ter, and was first called "Port Royal," later Liverton, Livermore's
Town and finally incorporated as the town of Livermore.
In August, 1772, a surveying party was sent to define, mark the
limits, and divide into lots. With this party were Elijah Livermore
and Thos. Fish, both proprietors and both active and diligent in prose-
cution of the enterprise. The party was under the direction of Mr.
Livermore, with Mr. Fish acting executive officer. They took slooj)
at Boston and went u]) the Kennebec, lauding at Hallowell about a
mile below Fort Western, on the 25th of August. In the afternoon.
Fish with a companion "went forward about four miles, in order to
procure a battoe for our use, eithei- to buy, or make, or borrow." The
next day was wholly spent without success, and on the following day
the remainder of the party with their stores having come up they ]iro-
ceeded to Wiuthrop where they arrived on the following day about
noon, Aug. %i. Still unable to buy or borrow a boat, nothing re-
mained but to make one. Buying boards for the purpose, they went
to Samuel Frost's "about two miles from Wilson Pond." Mr. Frost
was living on land now owned by J. H. Moore, about 80 rods south of
Mr. Moore's present dwelling. On the 28th, Fish connnenced work
on the boat and with the assistance and under the direction of INIr.
Ichabod Howe the two were enabled to complete the lioat by noon of
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tlie next day, ami with Mr. Howe for pilot, were enabled to lamicli
the boat in Wilson Pond, and by sun.^et, men and stores were safely
landed on its western shore. Thence found under the skilful j)ilotage
of JNIr. Howe, their way was easy. A short carry over the divide, by
the "Indian Carrying Place" to Androscoggin Pond, across its waters
to Dead River and down to the Androscoggin River, thence up river
to their township.
Having completed the work assigned them, they returned' to Massa-
chusetts in the fall, and made report of their proceedings to the pro-
prietors. In the further prosecution of the settlement, the connnittee,
among other instructions, were directed to open a "cart way" to
Winthrop and to have the road cleared by the last of October, 177-5.
Elijah Livermore, Ebenezer Learned and Thomas Fish were appoiittx'd
to perform this service.
The next spring the party again started for their township. They
had tried the route by way of Brunswick and up the river — by way
of the Kennebec and Winthrop, and now they nuist go by way of
Portland and thence overland the balance of the way. Leaving
Boston at 7 o'chjck in the morning of April 80, in the sloop Sally,
they came to anchor in Portland harbor about 3 P. M. on Sunday,
May 2. They were at New Gloucester on the fifth, and leaving civil-
ization behind, with James Stinchfield (an old hunter and later one of
the first settlers of Leeds) for pilot, started the same day on their toil-
some journey, arriving at their old camp at dusk on the 15th, but did
not get up all their stores until the 22d. Mr. Fish seems to have
been a man of infinite humor. In his diary of A[)ril 22, he writes,
"Saturday, set out, heavy load upon our back, but we had one cag we
called the Bull (rum ) which helped us carry the rest. At every
spring we blooded the Bull. We came twelve miles and night came
on."
Without loss of time the party went to work felling trees and clear-
ing roads. On the loth of June Mr. Fish went to Winthrop and on
the next day with Mr. Howe for pilot set out on his return. The
entry in his diary for the day is as follows: ^"Monday set out at one
of the clock to mark our road to Port Royal, and at night camped by
Great Androscoggin Pond, and as we was encam[)ing we heard some-
thing growling like a bear, and we went from our caiup and we found
two cubs up on a tree, and I shot one of them and Mr. Howe shot the
other, and we had some for breakfast and had a very good breakfast."
*Bear lirook incident.
214 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
From this incident "Bear Brook" received its name. Three days
later having exliausted the supplies of food, they started for home by
way of Portland. After a few weeks at home, they returned, this
time by way of tlie Kennebec, which continued to be their route until
cart and wagon travel was superseded by rail. They now petitioned
the town of Winthrop to open the road towards their township as far
as the town line. A town meeting w^as called for the 80th of August,
and a hearing given the j^etitions, Mr. Fish attending and presenting
the case of the petitioners. The town voted, "That Messrs John
Chandler, Gide(m Laml^ert and Ichabod Howe be a connnittee to
make the bridge and clear the road as tar as this town extends towards
Port Royal township." It would appear that the committee did not
act with satisfactory prom])tness, and Oct. 5, Mr. Fish was again at
Winthrop to hurry up the l)uilding of the l)ridge. Armed probably
with authority of the committee, he next day went to Mr. Jas. Craig's
and contracted with him for the building of the bridge, returning the
same day to Winthrop and on the next in company with Mr. Howe,
viewed the road home.
From his diary it appears that Mr. Fish was at Mr. Howe's April
29, 1774. "Set out (from Mr. Howe's) to go to Mr. (Job) Fuller's
towards our town, missed the right road and went out of our way about
one mile and then struck through the woods about 4 miles in order to
strike Craigg's bridge and struck within ten rods of said bridge ; killed
one partridge on our march. Encamped by Fuller's meadow."
At the next annual meeting in 1774, the road as laid out was
accepted, and in July following (1774) payment for building the
bridge was voted Mr. Craig. This is the bridge across the stream
between the Berry and Dexter ponds, always since known as Craig's
Bridge. This road is, and for the last 70 years has Iieen known as
the "old road" to Winthrop and until 1821 was the great thorough-
fare for the inhabitants of Livermore, Dixfield and all northern
Oxford to reach the Kennebec.
NEW ROAD TO WINTHROP.
How the travel from the uj)per Androscoggin and Oxford County
to the Kennebec river vas saved to Wayne and Winthrop Villages.
John ]M. Benjamin, Esq., of Winthrop writes: "Nathaniel Bishop,
(a life long resident of Winthrop) should be remembered in Wayne
with more than a passing notice. It was largely if not solely through
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liis activity and })ersistence that the new road, (so called) between
^Vayne village and Winthroj) was laid out and opened for })ul)lic
travel. The settlers on the upper Androscoggin and northern Oxford
had their outlet to the world hv the Kennebec River via Wayne
village, the "t)ld road" and Winthrop. It "was a hard I'oad to travel"
and they organized with the deterniination to secure a better. After
careful prospecting they tixed upon a route north of Wing Pond
through North Wayne, bridging Maranocook near the R. R. bridge
and thence to East Winthrop, making not only an easier route but
much shorter. Mr. Bisho}) was then in active trade at Winthrop
Village. To divert the traffic and travel of the large and fast growing
population to this route would work sericnis injury to him and to his
village, and he at once set in motion all the forces in his jjower to
prevent the consunnnation of the scheme. Simply to oppose was not
sufficient, as the project was too strongly backed, and as the farmer of
olden time would say he "set a back fire." He proposed and urged
with tremendous energy and persistence the laying out and opening of
the road now in use and, l)acked by the great expense of the prospec-
tive bridges after a contest of several years duration he saw the reward
of his labors, and the traffic and travel, so nearly lost, were saved to
the villages of Wayne and Winthrop while his name is being perpetu-
ated in the "Bisho]) Road."
Under date July 1, 1822, G. W. Fairbanks wrote in his diary,
"Father, as one of the selectmen, examined the new or Bishop Road."
Under date, Sept. 20, 1822, "Funeral of Cephas Morton who was
instantly killed by a falling tree on the new or rather the Bishop
Road."
During a heavy thunder shower which occurred July 19, 1840,
Mr. Joshua Norris who lived on Norris Hill, was hurrying his ox-
team to his barn with a large load of hay on which were his two boys.
The lightning struck the load, killing instantly both of the boys.
Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 29, 1821, brouglit sadness and sorrow to
some homes in Wayne. Three boys were drowned on that fatal day.
Their names were Elisha and Zenas Morey, and Anson Dexter. The
first two were brothers, aged respectively lo and 10 years. They
were sons of Elisha Morey, then living on the farm now occupied by
F. W. Small. For good work and faithful service on the farm in the
216 HI 8 TOBY OF WAYNE.
aiitunin season, their father bought for each of the boys a pair of new
skates. On Thanksgiving morn, with l)Uoyaut spirits, with high
hopes and glad anticipations of pleasure soon to be enjoyed, the boys
went to Muddy Poud to try their new skates. They were accompanied
by a boy named Felch, who lived on a neighboring farm. Soon one
of the Morey boys broke through the ice, and the other one, in trying
to save his brother, also went into the water. The Felch boy ran for
assistance but the unfortunate bi'others were drowned before help could
reach them. The bereaved father and mother were so overcome with
grief that the farm was sold and they removed from the town. The
pond, which was the scene of the death of the ill-fiited youths, was in
plain view from the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Morey, and they could
not bear to look upon it. It was in Wilson Pond that the third boy,
Anson Dexter, met his fate by drowning. It is seldom that the
chronicler is called upon to relate such a sad series of fatal accidents
on a single morning.
For forty-two years the annual and other business meetings of the
town of Wayne were held in [irivate buildings, school houses or the
Methodist Church. The year in which the town house was built, its
cost and the name of the l)uilder are shown by the following receipt:
Wayne, Sept. 14, 1840.
Rec'd of the inhabitants of the town of Wayne three hundred and
fifty-eight dollars and twenty-five cents, in full for building the town
house in said town the present season.
Peter Fi field.
The first town-farm was purchased of Benjamin Norris, not far from
1860. It was situated in the south west part of the town near An-
droscoggin Poud. This was sold and a farm purchased of Jason
Maxim on Beech hill. This was disi)Osed of and the present one
purchased of Matthias Smith. It is located in the north part of the
town. There are no pau})ers on the town-farm at the present time.
The fatal accidents in the shops at North Wayne have been as
follows :
About 1845, Henry Williams was killed by the bursting of a grind-
stone.
In 1851, Josiah Dean was caught on a shaft and one of his legs so
HISTORY OF WAYNE.
217
mjiiig'led that aiiiputatioii was necessary. Hv died while uiKU'i-^oing
the o})eratioii.
In 18(i8, James P. Davis went to his work on ('hristnias morning
very early and alone. When the other workmen arrived at the shop,
they fonnd the lifeless body of Mr. Davis revolving on a swift tnrning
shaft and mangled in a shocking manner. A sad Christmas was that
fatal, (lav for the wife and family of whom he was the idol.
From a number of ohl and original pajiers belonging to G. J. Wing,
we select the following as of interest in showing the mimes of some of
Wayne's early settlers.
"New Sandwich, Dec. 29, 1795.
We, the subscribers that agree to })etition to the Projirietors of the
Keuuebsc Purchase for the land we live on between land lotted by
John Jones and a Line run by Ephraim Ballard, have made choice
of Elijah Livermore for our agent and we hereby promise to bear our
proportionable }>art of the cost that has or may arise according to the
value of the land in its natural state that each person claims, as witness
our Hands :
Ebenezer Besse.
Aaron Wing.
Nathan Norris.
William Wing.
Ephraim Norris.
Isaac Ford.
Ebenezer Mason.
Jacob Lovejoy.
Jonathan Sampson.
Ephraim INIaxim.
Jacob Stetson.
John Jennings.
Ebenezer Wing.
Simeon Wing.
Allen Wing.
Wo(jdin Norris.
Comfort Smith.
John Walton.
Josiah Norris.
Ebenezer Hutchinson."
The following from Williamson's History of jNIaine:
Wayne, which was incorporated in 1798 was the 114th town incor-
porated. It contains about 9,400 acres and was uamed for Anthony
Wayne, an able and brave General in the Revolution. The town
had previously been called Pocasset, and New Sandwich. It is
bounded westerly by great Androscoggin pond and joins Lanes pond
on the north. The first settler was Job Fuller from Sandwich, Mass.,
who made improvements in 1773. In Great Androscoggin pond is an
218
HISTORY OF WAYNE.
island ill which there is a biiryiiio; ground of {\\i\ natives; and in tlie
north part of the town is Hutchinson's pond, two miles long by three-
foui-ths of a mile broad. It is fed bv the .')0-miles river."
July 1, l-SI!;], was a hot day with a strong sonth wind. It was the
day of the great fire at Wayne village. Johnson's shovel-handle
factory, the grist mill, Fillebrown's new shop, all the stores and other
buildings on that side of the stream to the residence of Mr. Johnson
were burned to ashes and Mr. Brown's and Mr. Swift's houses on the
opposite side of the street shared the same fiite. Fifty thousand
dollars' worth of property burned up and the heart and business part
of the pretty village of Wayne destroyed.
POPULATION.
In 1790 the population of New Sandwich was 297.
In ISOO the populatiou of Wayne was 500.
Census of 1810 taken by James C'ochrane, town of Wayne, Kenne-
bec County, Me. Copied from the original returns by Willis H.
Wing, May 11, 1897.
NAMES OF HEADS OF FAMILIES.
Bessey, Tabor, Jr.
Billington, Ichabod
Bessey, Ebenezer
Billington, Isaac
Billington, Seth
Bishop, Zadock
Billington, Seth
Billington, Nathaniel
Burgess, Seth
Burgess, Benjamin
Burgess, Thomas
Burgess, Ichabod
Berry, Richard
Brown, Samuel
Beau, Moses
Bessey, Reuben, Sen.
Bessey, Jabez
Bessey, Reul)en
Bessey, Reuben 8d.
Bowles, John
Bowles, William
Bunker, Noah
Buzzell, William
Buzzell, Samnel
Brown, John
Br(nvn, Josiah
Brigham, Thomas
Burgess, Elisha
Babb, William
Bishop, Jesse
Blackwell, Silvanus
Blackwell, Nathaniel
Cunuier, Frauds
Chandler, John
Chandler, Silas
Curtis, David
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219
Chandler, Joseph
Cluvudler, William
Crocker, James
Crocker, Warren
Chandler, Levi
Carr, Alexander
Chandler, Asahel
Candwell, Mahetable
Dinsinore, 8anuiel
Dexter, Aniasa
Dexter, Isaac
Dicker, William, Jr.
Dexter, Constant
Duvill, Theoi)liilns
Erskine, Robert
Foss, Samuel
Felch, Samuel
Frost, Moses
Frost, Aaron
Fisher, Peter
Frost, John
Frost, Samuel
Frost, William
Fuller, Job
Foss, Cyrus
Foss, Jeremiah
Frost, Noah
Foss, George
Gould, Samuel
Gore, Richard
Haskell, Jacob
Handy, Nathan
Hannnond, Sylvan us
Jennings, Nathaniel
Jennings, Samuel
Jenkins, Dennis
Jenkins, Hamilton
Josselyn, Rolen
Judkins, Jacob
Joseph, Lemuel, (colored.)
Kniglit, Franklin
Lamson, Josepli
Lawrence, Asa
Lovejoy, Collins
jNIaxim, Sanuiel
Maxim, Ephraim
Morrison, John
Planter, David
Maxim, Jacol)
Norcross, Jonathan
Norris, Josiah
Norris, Nathan
Norris, Ejjhraim
Norris, Woodin
Perry, Zechariah
Perry, Hannah
Raymond, William
Raymond, Solomon
Raymond, Malster
Roberts, Love
Ready, Esther
Smith, Daniel
Smith, Isaac
Stinchfield, Mark P.
Stinchfield, Roggers
Stinchfield, William
Stevens, John
Sturtevant, Abisha
Tibbetts, John
Washburn, Abisha
Walton, John
White, Moses
White, John
Wing, Reuben
Wing, Shuball
Wing, Stephen
Wing, Aaron
Wing, William
Wing, Allen
Wing, Simeon
220
HIHTOUY OF WAYNE.
Smith, C'oinfort
Siiiitli, John
Smith, Joliii, ,Ji
Swift, Enoch
Stevens, John
Sweet, Ellis
Swift, Etrathau
Wing, Ehenezer
Wing, Alpheus
Wing, Moses, Jr.
Wing, Moses
Weeks, Braddock
Winslow, Joshua
Spears, Samuel
Stunlivant, Gamaliel
Number males.
Number females.
Number blacks.
Total, -----
In 1820 the population of Wayne was lOol.
In 18.'>() the population of Wayne was IIT).').
In 1840 the i)opulation of Wayne was 1201.
In 1850 the population of Wayne was 1867.
405
406
819
POSTMASTERS.
The following is a list of Postmasters who have served at Wayne as
shown by the records in the Post Office department at Washington,
D. C, as far back as 1810. The records [)revious to that time were
destroyed by fire when the British l)urued the Capitol ni 1814;
POSTMASTERS.
Moses Wins;, Jr.,
Ellis Sweet,
Anson G. Chandler,
Heiney Bishop,
George W. Stanley,
Henry B. Farnham,
Charles H. Pierpont,
Alfred B. Morton,
Henry W. Owen,
Sumner C. Moulton,
James M. Moulton,
Bartlett W. Varnum,
Wellington Hunton,
Caleb Fuller,
DATE OF AI'l'OlNTMENT.
January 1, 1810.
October 1, 1817.
• , March 29, 1821.
November 30, 1821.
August 5, 1824.
July 25, 1826.
August 7, 1827.
January 29, 1829.
November 14, 1831.
March 26, 1840.
November 30, 1846.
May 31, 1848.
August 27, 1849.
April 11, 1853.
HISTORY OF WAYNE.
221
POSTMASTERS.
Bartlett W. Varnuni,
Alfred Sawyer,
Jo8e])li S. Berry,
John C. Stinelifield,
James M. Moulton,
Rev. Gideon S. Sniitli,
Janie.s M. IMoulton,
Allen E. White,
i).\tp: of ai'I'ointmknt.
March 31, 'l<S54.
Febrnary 25, 1868.
March 27, 1871.
Jnly 81, 18H5.
December 21, 1885.
May 1, 18,S!).
Sei)tend)er 9, 1898.
Julv 22, 1897.
The following is a list of Postmasters who have serveti at North
Wayne (as per records) since that office was established Fel). 14, 1846.
postmasters,
Urban L. Hitchcock,
Josiah F. Taylor,
Williston Jennings,
Frederick E. Nasou,
C^iarles A. Lib])y,
Frederick E. Nason,
Williston Jennings,
Harry D. Na?on,
Addie L. Hayden.
DATE OF AFl'OINTMENT,
February 14, I84(j.
March 8, 1852. ■■
May 9, 1884.
January 20, 1886.
June 5, 1886.
October 11, 1887.
March 27, 1889.
July 22, 1898.
June 29, 1895.
CHAPTER XVI.
BIOORAPIirCAL SKETCHES.
TTON. JOSEPH SANFORD BERRY, the third son of Elias and
-*■ -*■ Harriet Berry, was born in Wayne, Nov. 20, 18o(J. His early
life was passed in attending school and in assisting in the dnties of the
farm. He was edncated at the INIaine Wesleyan Seminary and the
Normal School at Bridgewater, Mass. After leaving school he was
engaged in teaching nntil 1858, when he accepted a [)Osition as assist-
ant snperintendent of the Maine State Reform School, where he
remained for nine years. In this capacity Mr. Berry was eminently
efficient. A man of humane and considerate disposition, a practical
disciplinarian, an advocate of advanced ideas in the management of
reformatory institutions, he made many improvements and suggested
others that have been recently adopted.
Mr. Berry was married to Miss Eveline Parker, of Westbrook,
in 1866. Resigning his position at the Reform School one year later,
he was associated with Mr. D. W. Weymouth in the Wholesale
Grocery and Flour business in Portland. Two years later, at the
solicitation of friends, he returned to Wayne, and formed a partnership
with Mr. Alfred Sawyer in the General Store l)usiness. Mr. Sawyer
died soon after, and Mr. Berry remained there until his death, which
occurred May 1st, 1888.
Besides holding positions of trust and importance in local affairs,
Mr. Berry was Postmaster for sixteen years, and represented his
district in the Legislature one term, his county in the Senate two
terms.
Mr. Berry will be long remembered by citizens of Kennebec
County as a high-minded, public-spirited man.
Edward G. Dexter was born in Wayne, April 9, 1824. His life
with the exception of brief intervals was passed in his native town and
ended there on September 24, 1895, after an illness of two weeks.
From boyhood to the very close of life Mr. Dexter was a man of
(
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HON, JOSEPH S BERRY.
II I STORY OF WAYNE. 223
energy aiul high churiU'ter, useful in every iiveuue of life in which he
worked. In his trade as a paj)er hanger and painter he was always
in demand, not only in his own town, hut the country round ahout.
He was a kind-hearted, genial man and was interested in all that
pertained to the welfare of his native town. He helieved in (Jod, his
Saviour, his country and Wayne. He was always hopeful of the
future of the place whicli had been his home from birth. In politics
he was a loyal Republican, and was a meudier of the Grand Army of
the Republic.
But while Mr. Dexter is missed on every hand it is especially in
the church where his absence is most felt. Brought up in a Christian
home, he did not himself personally profess faith in Cllirist until 48
years of age, when under the preaching of Evangelist Edwin Burn-
ham, he was converted and was baptized and united with the Ba})tist
church of Wayne, May 19, 1867. From that time until his death he
w^as an active, earnest, consistent and prominent member. It was a
joy to be his pastor. To share his companionship in his home was
sunshine and blessing that cannot be told in words. His presence had
a calming, quieting effect when most needed. If things went wrong
and others were excited it was Edward Dexter's voice and smile that
would calm the storm and smooth the billows.
He was constant in looking after the welfare of his church home.
Jealous of its honor he helj)ed hold up the flag until the end. When
the new church was erected he was tireless in his efforts, seconded as
they were by his loyal com])anion who still survives him, and who is
the only one remaining in the church bearing the name of Dexter.
One-thirtl of the original mend)ership bore the name, and out of nine
Deacons who served during the first century of the church existence,
five were Dexters.
"Oh, when the Saviour shall make up his jewels,
When the bright crowns of rejoicing are won,
Then shall his weary and faithful disciples
All be remembered by what they have done."
Capt. Samuel West Frost was born in Monmouth, July 28, 1800.
He was the eldest of a familj^ of twelve children. His parents were
William and Betsey (Billington) Frost. He inherited a strong con-
stitution and his life-long habits of temperance and sobriety contributed
much to his health and longevity. He seldom suffered from sickness,
and lived to enjoy a green old age. Ou the 20th of Feb., 1831, Mr.
224 IIISTOBY OF WAYNE.
Frost was united in marriage to INIiss Parintha Wing of Wayne.
With his wife he moved to Milo where he was engaged in farming for
six years. In February, 1H37, they removed to Wayne, to the fa-rm
ojiposite the residence of the late Caj)t. Jos. F. Jennings. It was a
fine hjcation and a fertile farm. Mr. Frost bought the place of Mr.
Abijah Crane. Here he lived until his death, which occurred on
Ajiril 28, 1879. Eleven years j^revious to his decease he gave up the
charge of the farm to his son-in-law Mr. Luther S. Maxim. A fine
row of symmetrical maples growing beside the lane leading from road
to house were set by Capt. Frost in 1842. He was one of the original
members of the Cemetery Company, and gave $25 towards building
the noted and beautiful Wing cemetery. Afterwards he gave $100
for a permanent fund, the interest to l)e used to keep the inside of the
yard in repair, and at his decease left $50 more for the same purpose,
with the proviso that another $5(7 should be given,, making the sum
$100. The requisite amount to ren<ler the be(iuest available was
readily raised. Interred in this cemetery rest the remains of Capt.
and Mrs. Frost.
Capt. Frost served as selectman of Wayne several years. He was
an industrious, practical, thrifty and successful farmer. He was a
man of sound judgment, of sterling integrity and was respected and
esteemed by his fellow citizens for his many good qualities of mind and
heart. He was an honest man "the noblest work of God." In re-
ligious belief both he and his wnfe were staunch Universalists.
Mrs. Parintha (Wing) Frost was the third of the twelve children of
Aaron and Sylvina (Perry) Wing. Aaron was one of the seven Wing
brothers, who with their father, were among the first settlers of New
Sandwich. Parintha Wing was born at Wayne village March 14,
1796. When a ycnuig woman she taught school at the Wing Corner
in Wayne near by her father's residence. Working before and after
school and at the noon recess, she spun her stint of yarn each day,
besides teaching. She also worked at the tailoress trade which she
learned in a peculiar manner. A tailor came to her father's liouse to
teach the mysteries of his craft to a class of girls, one of whom was her
oldest sister. Shie asked the privilege of sitting in the room while he
gave the lessons. This request was granted, not thinking she was old
enough to learn much from his instructions. But, as the saying is,
she "caught on," and afterwards made a chart and went to work at
the trade of tailoress. In the spring and fall of the year slie used to
go from house to house to cut and make clothes for men and children.
THE r'EW YORIIj
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TiLOEiN FOUNOATi.;:
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HISTORY OP' WAYXE. 225
With her shears and needle she earned one hundred doHars in ea(;]i
of the first two 3'ears of her married life, besides doing her own work
and having a hoarder a portion of the time.
Miss Wing was married on Feb. 20, LS.'U, to ^Nlr. Samuel W.
Frost. With her husband, she lived in JNIilo six years and then
moved back to Wayne. She lived the last of her life with her daugh-
ter and only child, Roxaua P., wife of Luther S., son of Ephraim
and Ruth Maxim of Wayne. Mrs. Maxim was born Jan. 6, 1882,
and was married Dec. 12, 1858. Mr. and Mrs. Maxim have lived at
their present residence, opposite the mausiou of Jennings Brothers,
ever since their marriage with the exception of four and one-half years
at Jersey City and two and one-half years at South Fayette. Mrs.
Frost was a strong, well woman and lived till Dec. 7, 1877. Her
death occurred only about sixteen months previous to the decease of
her husband, Capt. Frost. She was a model house-wife, a hard work-
ing and well-informed woman, a worthy help-meet and well beloved l)y
all her neighbors and acquaintances.
George W. Fairbanks, of Wayue, was born in Winthrop, Aug. 5,
1803. While yet a lad, his father removed with his family to Wavne
and settled ou a farm in the southeastern part of the town. As he
grew to manhood he followed the occupation of a farmer, and also
taught school. He was commissioned Justice of the Peace Oct. 27,
1830, and was chairman of the Board of Selectmen of Wayne in
1870-71-72. He was a worthy citizen, disliking wrong and honoring
virtue. His mother, Lydia (Chipman) Fairbanks, was daughter of
Jacob and Anna (Waterman) Chipman, and a lineal descendant of
John Howlaud and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland, two of the one hun-
dred and two Pilgrims who came ou the Mayflower and landed at
Plymouth, Dec. 21, 1620.
He married April 1, 1828, Lucy Lov^joy, a woman of evenly
balanced mind, of literary and artistic taste, and possessed of a distinc-
tive charm of manner. Their home, the center of hospitality, content
and good cheer, was a good example of New England domestic life.
Not the least among its attractions was the influence of music which
pervaded the home circle, for both Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks were
leading musical characters in their day, and long stood at the head of
the church choir, while he was a famous teacher of singing schools.
After a singularly happy and devoted married life of half a cen-
tury, their golden wedding was celebrated Apr. 1, 1878, at the old
15
226 IIISTOEY OF WAYNE.
h(jineste:i(l, "Pr<)S|)t'ct Farm," and was an (jccasioii Ioiil;' to he renieui-
bered by all who were present. He died in Oakland, Oct. lo, 1888.
His wife, who was the dau2:hter of Collins and Bally (Pettingill)
Lovejoy, was born in Wayne, Nov. 21>, 1805, and died in Oakland,
Nov. 27, 188o. Her u'randfather, John Lovejoy, and great grand-
father, Caj)t, Hezekiah Lovejoy, were both soldiers in the Revolu-
tionary War. Children born in Wayne:
1. Lucy Frances, born Feb. 8, 182!); died Sept. i:], 18:51.
2. Lucilla Eliza, born Apr. lb, l<s;50; married, Jan. 1,-185;^,
Arthur H. Johnson.
3. George Franklin, born Oct. 17, l<Sol.
4. Henry Nathaniel, born Oct. 24, 18.38.
T). Julia Maria, born June 8, 1842; married, April .S, ISbo, Maj.
Abner R. Small of Oakland. She died Feb. 2.S, 1885.
Lieut. Henry Nathaniel Fairbanks of Bangor was born in Wayne,
Oct. 24, 1838. Spent his early life on a farm, receiving a connnon
school and academic education ; taught school and worked in a scythe
factory in Oakland. April 2(>, 1861, enlisted in Co. G, 3(1 Maine
Volunteers, and served with the regiment about fourteen months.
Upon returning from the army and recovering his health, he engaged
with John P. Stpiire & Co., Faneuil Hall Market, Boston. While
there he was a volunteer in Co. C, 44th Massachusetts Regiment, and
aided in supjiressing the riot in Boston, July 15, 1863, caused by the
draft. In November, 1863, he enlisted in the 30th regiment Maine
Veteran Volunteers ; was apjminted 1st Sergeant of Co. E, and was
promoted to 2d Lieutenant, April 9, 1864; served in Banks' Red
River Expedition, La., and Sheridan's campaign in the Shenandoah
Valley, Va. Was wounded at the battle of Monnett's Bluff, Red
River, La. Mustered out the U. S. service, with the regiment, Aug.
20, 1865. He is a favorite Memorial Day sjieaker, and has accepted
numerous invitations to address his old army comrades.
In 1866 and a part of 1867, he was with the Adams Express Co.,
in New York City. August, 1867, he began work as solicitor for the
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn., in the
city of St. John, N. B., and remained there aliout three years. In
1870, he was appointed State agent for the above named company,
and located at Newark, N. J. He remained there until January,
1872, wdieu he was aj)pointed general agent of the Company referred
to, for Maine and the lower Provinces, with headquarters in Bangor,
HISTORY OF WATXE. 227
and is still agent for that Company. Was three yavLYH a member of
the Common Council of the city of Bangor, and President for the year
1881-82. In 1880 he was elected a director in the European and
North American Railway, representing the city's interest under the
loan bill. Was Chairman of the Republican City Committee of
Bangor in 1892. In Septemlier, 1892, he was elected a representa-
tive of the Legislature for two years, and was a member of the Mer-
cantile Affairs and Insurance Conunittee, and chairman of the Pension
committee on the part of the House. Re-elected in 1 894, and was chairman
of committee on Mercantile Affairs and Insurance, and a member of
Pension Committee of the house. He is a Knight Templar and 3 2nd
degree Mason ; niendjer of the G. A. R. and Military Order of the
Loyal Legion. He is a lineal descendant of John Howlaud and
Elizabeth Tilley, who came to Plymouth in the Mayflower. John
Howland married Elizal)eth Tilley, who was the daughter of John and
Bridget Tilley, who came with the colony and died the first year.
Hope Howland, daughter of John and Elizabeth, married John Chi[)-
man ; Samuel was son of John ; Jacob sou of Samuel ; and Jacob son
of Jacob; and Lydia -^ daughter of Jacob; she married Nathaniel
Fairbanks, grandfather of the above named. He is well known in
business circles as a man of enterprise, integrity and liberality. He
married in Farmington, Oct. 24, 1867, Abby Anna, daughter of Philip
and Esther H. (Allen) Woodworth. She was born in Jay, April 1,
1845. Children:
1. Philip Sheridan, born in Farmington, Nov. 1, 1869 ; died in
Bangor, Dec. 31, 1876.
2. Hiland Lockwood, born in Farmington, Sept. 21, 1871 ; was
graduated from Bowdoin College in the class of 1895. He was prom-
inent in athletics. In 1897 entered Harvard Law School.
3. Nora Lucy, born in Bangor, June 8, 1879.
AVilliston Jennings was born at North Wayne, Mar. 24, 1843. He
was the son of Samuel Morton Jennings, and is the fifth in direct
descent from John Jennings, one of the first settlers of New Saudwdch.
Williston acquired his education at the public schools of Wayne and
* Her father was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, from Halifax, Mass.; contract-
ed small pox while a prisoner, of which he died. Her gri^ndfather Chipman, of Hali-
fax, Mass., was a soldier in 1740 in the disastrous expedition against the Spaniards In
the West Indies, where he died.
See Plymouth Co, Probate Records Vol. 8, page 4G8. His will probated November 2,
1741,
228 HI ST on Y OF WAYNE.
at Kent's Hill. At the age of 18 he enlisted iu the State service,
April 28, 1861. The cornpauy was raised at Bucklield by Capt.
McDonald and Lieut. John P. Swasey. These troops were not assign-
ed to active service and young Jennings entered the United States
Navy and served on the ship Cambridge. Among several ex|)editions
and engagements, the chief one in which he took part was the famous
naval conflict with the rebel iron clad Merrimac and the confederate
fleet in Hampton Roads, Va., on Mar. 8 and !), 18(32. Later he
entered the Quarter Master Department, furnishing supplies to the
Army of the South West. He was one of the guards on the transport
Memoria, whose crew was almost all killed by the enemy's sharps
shooters iu a trip on the Cumberland River. He served in Gen.
Thomas' Army at the battle of Nashville, Tenn., in December, 1864.
After the war he was engaged iu the 'l)oot and shoe business at North
Wayne and Kent's Hill till 181)0. Since tliat date he has been in the
employ of the North Wayne Tool Co., as Superintendent of the Sc}^the
and Tool Works at North Wayne.
He was married June 1, 1870, to Melora E., daughter of Samuel
Faunce of North Wayne. Their only child was Charlotte Morton
Jennings. Mr. Jennings was Postmaster iat North Wayne through
two National Administrations. He represented his district in the
House of Representatives of the Maine Legislature in the session of
1895-96. He united with Asylum Lodge No. 188, F. & A. M., at
Wayne, and was raised to the degree of Master Mason in 1881. Ever
since he has held his membership and has frequently served the Lodge
in an official capacity. He has long been a member and at present is
Conmiander of the Lewis H. Wing Post, No. 167, G. A. R. of Wayne.
For several years he and his wife have been members of Starling
Grange No. 156 P. of H. of N(>:rth Fayette. In religious belief Mr.
Jennings is a Unitarian, with liberal views. He is a man of marked
ability and strict integrity, genial, courteous, free-hearted and open-
handed. Happy are he and his worthy wife when dispensing the
honors of hospitality to many a welcome guest.
Mr. Holman Johnson was born in Vassalboro, June 25, 1798. His
father, Mr. John Johnson, emigrated with his family to the State of
New ; York, when Holman was but a lad, and eiigaged in farming.
As soon, however, as the boy became of age, he came back to the
home of his childhood, arriving in Vassalboro with but fifty cents in
his pocket, having performed the entire journey on foot. Here he
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beiiJin to iiiauuhu'ture sliovel handles hy hand, his only tools being an
auiier and a knife; for it was not until 1854 that any machinery of
importance was invented. In that year Mr. Russell D. Bartlett of
Banu'or invented three machines which revolutionized the shc)vel
handle business. The exclusive right to the use of the same was pur-
chased by jNIr. Johnson. He established factories at St. Albans,
Wayne, Industry, Orono and Brownville in this State, and one in
Vermont and one in New Hampshire. He continued in this business
to the time of his death. It has been estimated that the number of
handles made by him reached a million and a half dozens, which were
nearly all sold to Oliver Ames and his successors of North Easton,
Mass!
Mr. Johnson came to ^Yayne in 1S5S, where he spent the remainder
of his life. He purcha.sed largely of real estate, including the water
power ; erected a fine set of buildings, a shovel handle factoiy and
saw mill. In 1863 the business portion of the village was destroyed
by fire, in which he lost heavily. He afterward rebuilt the shovel
handle factory, grist mill and a store. He also erected a machine
shop, sash and blind factory. Masonic Hall and several dwelling
houses. In 1872 he erected the vyoolen mill.
Mr. Johnson was twice married; in 1825 to Louise F. Getchell of
Vassalboro, and in 1838 to Miss Sarah Goodwin of St. Albans. He
was the father of fifteen childrc-n.
Mr, Johnson died Mar. 27, 1879. His wife survived him thirteen
years, dying June 14, 1894. His eldest son, Henry, a physician in
New Bedford, died the same year as his father. Mary, the youngest
daughter, the following year; Oliver A- ^^i^d in April, 1894, and
^i^irfih, one of the eldest daughters, widow of Mr. Robert Bangs, died
ii;i Sabattus in 1896. The surviving children are Mrs. F. B. Chandler,
Alfred F. and Mrs. Chas. E. Wing of Wayne, Mrs. N. P. Downing
qf Minot, William A. qf Veedershurg, Ind„ and Charles S. of Brown-
ville.
One who knew Mr. JoJinson well said of him : "He was a man of
untiring industry, economical and temperate habits and benevolent
and kindly impulses. He was decided and firm in his convictions,
aud of tenacious will. In business he was exacting but always honor-
able. He made no one his confidant, and seldom sought advice. To
this community he was of incalculable worth ; for twenty yeai's he was
the life of the place, giving em})loynient to a large number of persons
in the town, and thousands of persons within a circuit of thirty miles
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have been benefited by his enterprise. Many persons can testify to his
sympathy and kindness ; when hard pressed liy creditors, they have
ap})lied to him for help. Young men starting in business have been
furnished with capital from his purse. The cause of education received
munificent gifts from him. He took a lively interest in the erection
of the school building in NVayne. But most of all, perhaps, is the
Methodist church indebted to him for benevolent deeds. He gave
liberally to the church in this place, and has aided other churches in
various ways. The Methodist school at Kent's Hill received at one
time his check for $-500. In his death the church, the town and the
communitv have lost a benefactor."
Oliver Allen Lawa-ence (°Asa, Mames, '^Joseph Jr., ^Joseph, 'Rob-
ert w'ho settled in Sandwich, Barnstable County, jNIass., between the
years 1664 and 1667), was born in Wayne, July 8, 1803, and died
instantly of apoplexy, or heart disease, at Augusta, July 14, 1881, at
the age of 78 years and 6 days. His first wife was Janet Davenport.
Their only child was John Oliver, born Feb. 3, 1836, and died Sept.
11, 1864. He was married to Mary E. Wright, and from this union
was a daughter, Lizzie E., born Sept. 24, 1864. John Oliver was a
member of Co. C, 29th Regiment, Maine Volunteers.
Oliver Allen's second wife was Lemira Bartlett, his third, Mrs.
Ann Austin, who died Aug. 19, 1886. Lemira Bartlett Lawrence
was born in Hartford, April 17, 1804, and died in Wayne, Dec. 26,
1872, aged 68 years, 8 months and 9 days. She was a woman of
good mental capacity, of large and generous heart, and universally
loved and respected. She was a member of the Baptist church in
Wayne. Her children were Hiram B., Horatio B., and Abbott
Nelson, born in Wayne, Oct. 5, 1846, and died in his native town,
June 18, 1871, at the age of 24 years, 8 months, 8 days. He was
nearly fitted for college when he met with an accident by which he
lost the sight of one eye. This changed his whole course of life. He
had taught school one winter in Topsham. His intention had been to
study medicine offer completing his college course. A quick and
promising scholar, an original thinker, though eminently practical, an
affectionate and dutiful son and brother, his early loss was deeply felt
l\y his parents and brothers and a wide circle of other relatives and
friends.
Horatio Bartlett Lawrence was born in Wayne, Dec. 19, 1841. He
entered Bowdoin College, August, 1861. He soon took a high stand
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ill si'holarshii), and was f^'i veil one of the highest literary |)arts of the
Junior exhil)ition. (Trachiatiii"; in l(S()r), he was Principal of the Gardiner
liiilli School two years. He then pursued a full course of theological
study in the Seminary, Newton, ^lass., and graduated in 1-S70. He,
however, has exercised the Christian ministry only occasionally. He
has given his attention, for the most part, to education. He is a fine
linguist, a thorough scholar in all branches, and an apt and faithful
teacher. In 1874 he was married to Adelia INI. Brown of West Sut-
ton, Mass.
Hiram ]5artlett Ltiwrence was horn in Wayne, Mar. S, 1840. At-
tending High School at Wayne, Towle Academy, \V^inthrop, and
INIaine State Seminary, Lewiston, he entered Bowdoin College in
August, l'S()2. There he was president of his class the first year, and
class orator at graduation. In college he belonged to the secret
society of Psi Upsilon, and joiiie I tha Mason-* at Gariliuer. Graduating
in l.S()(), he entered the law otfice of N. M. Whitmore, 2d, Esq., of
Gardiner, but later [)ursued his studies with Hon. F. E. Webb of
Winthrop, and was admitted to the Kennebec bar, Aug. 11, 18()8.
For six years he had charge of the Gardiner High School and Pena-
cook Academy, New Hampshire, and fitted young men for Bowdoin
and Dartmcnith. For the last twenty -six years he has been Princi[«il
of a large school at Holyoke, Mass. In 1875 he was married to
Mary J. Day of Holyoke. They have had three children, only one
surviving, Vera Bartlett, boru June 19, 1888.
Charles Frederic Leadbetter, son of Lucius C. and Mary A. Lead-
better, was born in Wayne, Nov. 14, 1866. He is the youngest of a
family of four children, — Freddie C, who died in cliildhood ; Nellie
A., now Mrs. U. P. Francis of Livermore, and Arthur C. of Deering.
He was educated in the public schools of Wayne from which he
entered Coburn Classical Institute, Waterville, in 1885, graduating in
1887 ; the same year entered Colby University and graduated there-
from in 1891, in the first division of scholarship. Appointed speaker
on the Freshman prize reading, Sophomore declamation, Junior exhibi-
tion, and Commencement exercises at graduation ; also delivered the
class oration tt graduation. Appointed Assistant College Marshal for
Commencement in Sophomoi'e year, and Head Marshal in Junior Year.
Member of Delta Upsilon Fraternity and editor of the Society Quarterly
for college Chapter in Junior year. Member of the editorial board of the
Colby Oracle, the annual college publication for 1890. Elected a mem-
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her of the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Colby at its organization in l.SUG.
Received prizes for public speaking at the exhibition of the middle
classes of Coburu Classical Institute in 1886, at the Freshman prize
reading in 1888, and at the Sophomore declamation in 1889. Receiv-
ed various prizes in athletic contests of Field Day exercises in 1889,
1890 and 1891. Taught school in District No. 6, in Wayne, winter
term of 1885-86 ; in North Wayne village, winter term of 1887-88 ;
in Wayne village, winter term of 1888-89-90. Mend)er of school
committee of Wayne in 1892-93. Principal of the Oakland high
school in the spring of 1892. Principal of the Belchertown (Mass.)
high school in 1892-93. Sub-master of Waterville high school in
1893-94. Principal of Presque Isle high school iu the autunm of
1894. Principal of Mattanawcook Academy, Lincoln, 1894 to '96.
Since 1896 has been Principal of Berlin (N. H.) high school.
His summers, both during school days and since, have been always
spent at home on his father's farm, where he finds ample out-of-door
exercise during the haying season of July and August, which he
thoroughly enjoys. He is an enthusiast in out door sports and finds
genuine recreation with rod, gun and camera in their season. He is
an ardent believer in the advantages which belong to the country-
bred boy and in the efficiency of the district school whatever the
charges made against it, iu teaching the rudiments of true American
manhood and laying the foundations of broad and intelligent citizenship.
Nathan Ellis Lovejoy was the third son of Nathan and Temperance
Lovejoy. He was born in Wayne where his early life was spent on
his father's farm. He was educated in the schools of his native town.
After reaching his majority, he went West. In 1860 he settled in
Columbus, Ohio, where he is a well-known mill owner and hnuber
merchant. Mr. Lovejoy has conducted uninterru[)tedly, a trade of
excellence in character and volume and has ever maintained a superior
reputation as a straight-forward, honorable merchant and business
man of unimpeachable probity. He has kept full pace with the times
and enlarged his facilities so as to satisfactorily meet the demands
made upon him. He has two immense lundier storage yards and a
large planing mill equipment with the most improved machinery,
driven by a forty-horse engine. Mr. Lovejoy carries a full stock of
pine, poplar, hendock and hardwood hnnber, shingles and lath, and
manufactures flooring, siding, finish, doors, sash, blinds and all other
varieties of builders' mill work, and all orders are met upon the most
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satisfactory basis. In the Capital City of (Jhio, as in iiis native town,
as an n^jright, pnblic-spirited tientleman, Mr. Lovejoy is universally
esteemed. Mr. Lovejoy has a family consisting of a wife and five
children. ' . . .
Hon. Allen Perry Lovejoy was the fourth son of Nathan an<l Tem-
perance Wing Lovejoy. He inherited the sterling traits oi' his
ancestors and during his boyhood on his father's farm was trained to
habits of industry, frugality and self-reliance. He received his pre-
liminary education in the district schools of Wayne, and afterwards
was a student at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary. At the age of
seventeen he began learning the carpenter's trade and from then till
he was twenty-five he worked at his trade summers and taught school
during the winter months. Li 1 8.50, he turned his ste])S westward,
reaching Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the early sunnner and thence went
to Janesville, making the journey on foot. But he was energetic and
hopeful aid at o ice obtained wo.'k a which he continued nearly two
years. He then went to Beloit where he was an employee and after-
wards a partner in a lumber firm. Returning to Janesville in 1858,
he resumed his trade and prospered, being both a skilful workman
and a good business manager. In 18G0, he had sufficient capital to
open a lumber yard on a limited scale but also continued his building
operations till LSG,'), when he discontinued his trade and devoted his
entire attention to his lumber business. In 1870, the firm of Lovejoy
and Kichards was formed and a lumber yard was opened at Oregon,
Wisconsin, which was followed in succeeding years by the 0})ening of
yards at Brooklyn, Mount Horeb, Dodgeville, Blue Mounds, Barne-
velt, Soughton, New Glarus, Argyle and Blanchardville, Prior to
this, in 1868, Mr. Lovejoy began investing in ])ine lands and in company
with others has since engaged extensively in logging on the Wolf,
Chi[4)ewa and the Wisconsin rivers, having cut in a single season
more than thirty million feet of logs. He is interested in a saw mill
on the Chippewa river, and also at Merrill, Wisconsin, which has pro-
duced as high as thirty-two million feet of lumber in a season.
Mr. Lovejoy is pre-eminently a man of affairs, and besides being a
director of the "United States Lumber Company," vice-president of
the Merrill Lumber Company, is director and vice-president of the
State Lumber Company. He is a stockholder and director of the
Janesville Cotton Mills, president of the Janesville Machine Company,
successor to the Harris Manufacturing Company of which he was a
stockholder and president from 1875 to 1892, and proprietor of the
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"Monterey Flouring Millie." He is president of the Early Settlers'
C'lub of Rock Co., Wisconsin. He is the owner of the Lovejoy home-
stead as well as fine farms in Wisc(msiu. His remarkable achievements
are the resn It of his tireless energy, clear forethonght and ability to
ntilize his o])i)ortunities. His dealings have always been characterized
by the strictest integrity and in everything he is known for his fidelity
and manliness. He has great self-reliance and firmness, is carefnl and
deliberate in his judgment, and cautiously considers whatever he
undertakes. In stature he is tall and well-developed, and in all his
movements looks the leader he is. He has been somewhat conspicuous
in political affairs and is a Re})ul)lican but not a politician. He
represented his district in the State Legislature in 187<S, being elected
l)y the largest majority ever given a candidate for that office ; and was
elected State Senator in ISSC), and, in 1.S.S7, was chosen Mayor of
Janesville, and in every instance discharged his duties with ability
and fidelity worthy the confidence reposed in him.
On May 29, 1(S,S0, Mr. Lovejoy married Miss Julia I. Stowe, an
accomplished woman of refined and cultivated tastes, a daughter of
Mr. Henry Stowe of New Haven, Conn., and by her has had four
children, viz: Allen P., Henry S., Julia and Webster Ellis. Mrs.
Lovejoy's father has been an honored member and deacon of the
Baptist denomination in New Haven for more than half a century. Mr.
Lovejoy is a man of religions nature, not connected with any denomin-
ation or sect, but cheerfully gives to the sup[)ort of all that appeal to
him, believing as he does, that man's highest good and noblest end
are attained through the development of his religious nature.
Alden Wing Lovejoy, fifth and youngest son of Nathan and Tem-
perance Wing Lovejoy, was born in Wayne in 1829, and passed all
the earlier years of his life on his father's farm, receiving his educa-
tion from the district schools, and at Litchfield Institute. He early
evinced a taste for music, and learned to ])lay the violin without
instruction, at the age of seven, his first violin being bought for him
by an older brother at a cost of two shillings, he supplying the strings
himself, from his father's ball of shoe thread. His voice also develop-
ed early, so that when very young he su})plied the alto part in
quartettes, and later the tenor. He taught his first singing school at
Litchfield when only sixteen, and later, finding the work congenial,
he taught in various other places, having schools in Maine, Massachu-
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of seventeen he went to Boston and later to Ohio and Wisconsin ; hut
finding the climate was injuriug his health he returned to Worcester,
Mass., in 1857, where he was married the following year to May
Dudley of that city. He then settled in Boston and after being
engaged in building for a wliile, he chose the piano business, as being
more congenial and this he followed many years, being for some time
superintendent of the Rogers Piano Company. During this time he
was always active in musical affairs, singing in many church choirs,
notably in Dr. Means' church in Boston, Dr. Sweetzer's in Worcester,
and at the Universalist church in (Columbus, Ohio; also conducting
musical societies, glee clubs, etc.
He now lives in West Roxbury, a suburb of Boston, where he spends
his leisure time in making violins and in the practice and composition
of music.
Ephraim Maxim was born in Wayne, June 25, 1800. He expe-
rienced the privations of pioneer life, and after he became of age he
worked on the Penobscot river two or three years, then found employ-
ment in the Charlestown navy yard, Mass., for about the same length
of time. He then returned to Wayne and was married to Rutfi Page
Billington, in March, 1829. Seven children were born to them. He
was a Republican and a most zealous advocate of the doctrines of
Methodism — was a steward and class leader of the church for many
years. His Christian career was earnest and effective — never losing
an opportunity of publicly declaring Christ's power with firmness and
decision. His last years were lived with his daughter Olive who was
the wife of the late Charles N orris of Wayne. He died October,
1884, aged 84 years, 4 months.
Ruth Page (Billington) Maxim was born in Norwood, N. H., Aug.
17, 1809. Her parents moved to Wayne when she was quite young.
Here she grew into a beautiful woman, both physically and mentally.
She was married to Ephraim Maxim when eighteen years old, and
very soon both became members of the M. E. Church. Christian
virtues adorned new life. None knew her but to love her and respect
the religion she professed and the extreme loveliness of her character.
Her family consisted of five sons and two daughters, a son and daugh-
ter having died while young. She conducted her household, cared
for the dairy, provided food and clothing for her family and was a
faithful, devoted, inspiring mother. Her mental and physical vigor
were remarkable. Suddenly the silver cord was loosened. There was
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no i)i-e[)anitioii necessary — having worn the spatfess robe amid the
impurities of earth, she was fully prepared to receive the welcome ta
"that C'itv whif'h hath foundations whose builder and makeii is God.!''
She died July 5, 1 'S<S2, aged 72 years, 10 months, 18 days.
Sewall Pettingill, the subject of this sketch, was born in Wayne,
April 2(5, 1H89. He was of the seventh generation in direct
descent from Richard Pettingill, who came from England about 1635,
and settled in Salem, Mass. In l(>4o, Ilichard liiarried Joanna,
dauuhtt'r of Richard Ingersoll. They moved to Newbury, Mass., in
1()5(). riiev had three sons and one daughter who reached years f>f
maturity. Their son Samuel, born at Salem, in 1645, was married
in Newbury in 1678, to Sarah Poor. To them were born twelve
children. Of these Daniel was born in Newbury in 1678. He was
twice married; to his first wife, Mary Stickney in 16!)4, to the second,
Esther French in 1707. IW both wives he had thirteen children,
seven born in Newbury and six in Abington, Mass. Of the latter
was Joseph born in 1717. He married first, Mary Edson at Bridge'-
water in 1745, and second, Eydia Phillips at N. Bridgewater in 1746.
He had eleyen children, ten of them by his second wife. Among
these was William, born in 1750 at Bridgewnter, Mass. He was a
Revoiuticmarv soldier, as were nearly a hundred more of the descend-
ants of Richard Pettingill. In 1784, at Bridgewater, William mai'-
ried Lydia Cobb, and in 1700 or 17^1, they removed to Leeds. Their
children, eleven in nund)er, all lived to maturity and were married.
Their third son, Isaac, was born in Leeds, April 10, 1797. He
married Hannah, daughter of Nathan Norris, who with his wife came
from Massachusetts and settled in Wayne in 1785. Their union was
blessed with nine children, Hannah (Norris) Pettingill, who was born
in Wayne, Nov. 22, 1797, died in Wayne, March 22, 1847; Isaac
Pettingill, in 1852, married Lucy Frost of Wayne. They had but
one child, a son, who died in infancy. Lucy (Frost) Pettingill died
Oct. 27, 1854. The death of Isaac Pettingill occurred Se))!. 15,
1872.
Children of Isaac and Hannah Pettingill : Hannah, born Jan. 14,
1820, marrieil Joseph F. Maxim of Wayne. She is now deceasad.
Mary B. was born Aug. 21, 1822. She is the widow of Joseph P.
Ckirtis and resides in Topsham. Amanda M. was born Nov. 12,
1824, and married Jacob Maxim of East Livermore. She now lives
in Wayne. Florena P. was born Jan. 22, 1.H27, married Samuel
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Kiiiij;lit of TopsliaiiK and is deceased. Arainiiita, l)()rn dan. ;>, ]<S2*.),
niju-ried Melviu ]S()rris of Wayne and is deee<ised. Matilda B., born
May 1, 1881, died Dec. 19, 1847. Alice A., born Nov. 15, ISHS,
married S. A. Master of Wayne, deceased. Isaac Jr., born May 5,
1886, died June 7', l<So8. Sewall, yonn^-est of tlie nine, was born
April 26, lSo9. The foregoint); genealogy shows that his ancestors
were of Pilgrrni and Revolutionary stock. His lineage is traced
throngh tlmfty families to the first settlers of New England. On
Se}>t. 20, 1860, he married Mary H. Sanl)ol-n of Fayette Corner.
They had one child, a son, who died at thi-ee weeks old. The mother
died Mar. 28, 1862. On Mar. 18, 1866, he married Enmia F.,
youngest daughter of Jesse and Lucy Bishop of Wayne, They have
two xiiaughters' and one sou, Mary E. was born Jan. 14, 1868. She
was a teacher, married Luther M. Norris, and now resides in Wayne.
Blan<-he A. was born Mar, 2, 1879, and is now a ?;tudent of the Static
Normal School at FarmiDgton. Olin Sewall was born June 8, 1872.
He is now at home attending village school.
Sewall Pettingill has always lived in Wayne, except <luring the
four years from 1852 to 1856, when his father lived in Toj^ham. He
atteiided the common schools of Wayne and Topsham Academy. He
Was also a student at Kent's Hill awhile. He taught winter terms of
school in Wayiie for seven years. On July 80, 1-S62, he enlisted in
Co. F, 11th Regt. Maine Volunteers. He was mustered into the
U. S. Service Aug. 14, 1862. and a week later started for the front.
Taken sick on the journey to Wjishington he was left at the Sanitary
Hospital and remained there on North Capital Stl-eet and .on Se^^elr
teenth Street until the October following when he joined his Regiment
at Yorktown, Va. From that time until his discharge, June 12i
1865, he was alisent from his Regiment only one week. In December,
1862, with his "Regiment, he left Virginia and reached Morehead City,
N. C, Jan. 1, 1868. Going to Carolina City and staying there a
month, he then Went to Hilton Head, S. C. The Soldiers of the Regi-
ment did picket duty on the sea islands of South Carolina until June
8, vvhen they weire ordered to Fernandina, Florida. On the Septem-
ber followdng they went to the harbor of Charleston, S. C, lauded on
JVIorris Island and engaged in the bombardment of Fort .Sumter and
the City of Clmrleston. Here he became familiar with the screech of
the rifle shells and the iswish of those thrown from the mortars. Re-
niaining there and on Black Island till the last of April, 1864, they
then went back to old Virginia. May 4, they went up the James
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Kiver with Gen. B. F. Butler's fleet mid luiided at Benmula Hun-
dred, May 5. During that memoralde canipaiij^n of 1864, all hut the
one week mentioned, Sewall Pettingill was with his Regiment, sharing
the hardshi[)s, |)rivations and exposures (^f his fellow-soldiers. In the
spring of 1865 his Regiment took a position on the left of the army of
the Potomac with the two divisions (jf the 24th Corps of which his
Regiment was a memher. They were stationed near Hatcher's Run.
He ))articipated in the assault, April 2, 1.S65, when Petershurg was
captured. Started on the 3d on the race after Gen. Lee's Army and
to head it off, arriving in front of his forces on the west of Ap})omat-
tox Court House on the evening of the 8th or the morning of the 9th.
His Regiment supported Sheridan's Cavalry, losing, on that fatal
morning, 59 men in killed, wounded and prisoners. Here he heard
tlie zip of tlie last hullet, the screech of the last shell, and the huzz of
the last canister charge of the rebels. After Lee's Surrender his
Regiment marched hack to Richmond, Va., arriving there about the
22d of April, 1865. They remained there until the 12th of June,
when Mr. Pettingill got his discharge and started for home on the
18th. The greater part of his military service was that of a musician,
though many times when the soldiers' duties were severe, he took a
gun and went on picket and on scout. His duty in battle was to
remove the wounded. Here he witnessed the h(jrrors of war and ran
the risks of ntoving about under fire. After his return from the war
he engaged in farming and teaching. Mr. Pettingill has served his
town as selectman for eleven years, and has also served some years as
Superintending School Conunittee and Town Treasurer. He is at
present a niend)er of the lioard of County Commissioners of Kennebec
County. Sewall Pettingill's military and civil record speaks for itself.
For faithful service to his country and his constituents he has been
well appreciated and honored by his fellow-townsmen and the citizens
of his county. His has been an honorable career throughout and
one to which he and his friends can ever point with pride.
Rev. Llewellyn Wing Raymond, son of Alfred and Laura (Wing)
Raymond, was born in Wayne, Jan. 5, 1840, one mile north of South
Wayne village. Li very early childhood he had strong religious im-
pressions and heart intimations of a call to the ministry. He was
religiously instructed at home, but taught strict principles of integrity,
morality and Sabbath observance. In childhood and early youth he
attended the occasional social and preaching services evenings at the
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l)rick scliool liousc and somotiines at the Baj)tist cluircli. Silas Maiitei-
was his first SuiKhiv School teaclier. At the age of ten liewassaA'ed by a
companion from a terrible death. They were on Hale's brook in
midwinter thinkiiiu' there was no possible danger. The snow hid a
treacherous air hole into which he sank. He seized hold of the edge
of the ice, but would soon have been drawn under by tlie strong
current, only for his companion, who, creeping on hands and knees,
reached his hand and saved him. When but twelve years old, he
saved a schoolmate's life. On the way home from a 4th of July cele-
bration at Wavne village with eight or ten otiier ])oys, some younger,
they went to the pond tor bathing. He, being forbidden by his parents,
did not go in, but sat on the shore. In the midst of their glee one boy
who could not swim, got beyond his depth and sank. His frightened
mates rushed for the sluu-e, crying out, "George is drowning! George
is drowning!" He instantly organized the boys into a chain, the
tallest at one end and ranging down to the shortest at, the other, with
all hands joined; then seizing a board bade them follow (the tallest in
advance). When deej) water was reached, he took tiie tallest boy by
one hand witli the board in the other, and pushing out beyond his
de})th, reached (reorge just as he was going down for the last time,
who seized the board with a death grasp, and by the chain of boys
was drawn to shore almost unconscious.
He attended town school in district No. 6. Among the best remem-
bered teachers are Sabrina Smith, Richard Wing, Abbie Norris, INIary
Lampson and Nathaniel Frost. In l<sr)7 he moved with iiarents to
East Dixfield and in 1859 went to Lowell, Mass., to learn the machin-
ists trade, and while there was converted and united with the First
Free Baj)tist church of that city.
After learning the trade, a year or two was spent on steam engine
and heavy gun work for a private company and for the Government
in C'harlestown Navy Yard shop. At the age of twenty-three he was
offered a position as foreman in a machine shoj) at a salary of $1000
a year, but went home to the farm in East Dixfield, where through
his efforts a church was organized (which became one of the strongest
in that section) of which he was chosen deacon at the age of twenty-
four. A house of worship was then built at a cost of $4000. He was
an active mendier on the building conunittee, by whom he was selected
to put in the foundation, which was a very difficult Vindertaking,
owing to the nature of the ground, but which was successfully accom-
})lished.
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After several years spent here, becoiiiing (convinced that God was
calling him to the Gospel ministry, he decided to give u]) all former
plans, and on the day of the dedication of the new church, he decided
to give his life to fulfil this duty. He took a preparatory course at
Nichols' Latin School and then a theological course at Bates Theolo-
gical Seminary at Lewiston. His first pastorate was at Harrison,
where he was ordained Sept. 4th, 1878, and continued in the pastorate
over twelve years, during which time he received numerous invitations
and calls to much larger chui'ches and salaries, several in cities. Here
he raised the funds and managed the building and furnishing of a
temperance hall, reading and library room at a cost of $1000, with a
library of from 200 to 300 volumes. During this pastorate there were
several revivals and the church enjoyed continual })rosperity. Here
also he built a parsonage at a cost of $1600.
His next [)astorate was Chelmsford St., Lowell, Mass., where he
remained two years and a half, during which time over forty were
added to the church and the Sunday School reached an attendance of
200. While here he was elected president of the Massachusetts State
Association of churches. In 1887 he accepted a call to the pastorate
of the Free Baptist church of Fairport, N. Y., where at this date
(1898) he is still pastor. During his pastorate the old wooden church
has been removed and a convenient, connnodious and beautiful Gothic
stone structure built in its place, seating six hundred, valued at
$20,000, also a neat and convenient ])arsonage valued at $2000,
together with lots, total value $25,000. During this pastorate
seventy -seven have been added to the church.
He has three times represented his yearly meeting in different
States, as delegate to the Free Baptist Triennial General Conference.
Was a member of the Board of Management in the l)uilding ofKeuka
College. Is a trustee of the College and a mend^er of its Executive
Committee and also a trustee of the New York State and Pennsylva-
nia Association of whit-h he is president. He has joined in marriage
168 couples and baptized Kil converts. He was married in 1864 to
Miss Anna M. King of East Dixfield w ho has since shared in all his
work.
Hon. Thos. B. Read was born in Bowxloinham, in 1816. His father
died when he was but seven years old, and from that time he W'as
thrown almost entirely u[)on his own resources. From twelve to
fourteen, when boys are usually altogether dependent upon [)arents
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for inaiuteiuiiice, he was the chief support of his mother and sisters.
Altliough his educational privileges were necessarily limited, he
determined to prepare himself for teaching, and this he did by hard
farm work in summer and equally hard study in winter. He followed
the profession at intervals for more than twenty-five years, and during
that time taught nearly forty terms of school. When fourteen years
of age, he came to Wayne with liis mother and resided in this town
until he was twenty-one, then returned to Bowdoinham and purchased
the old homestead, upon which he lived about ten years. During this
time, he usually taught during the winter months, and for two years
had charge of the Bowdoinham village school, with an average attend-
ance of 140 pupils. He lived at home while teaching the village
school and not only walked the entire distance (about two miles each
way) but had the care of twenty head of cattle, one hundred shee]i and
several horses.
At the age of thirty-one, he returned to Wayne and engaged in
trade and in farming. The estimation in which he was held by the
citizens of Wayne may be inferred from the fact that he was chairman
of the board of selectmen, chairman of the school connnittee, town
clerk, teacher of the most important schools of the town, and was
twice elected a member of the Maine Senate. During his second term
in the Senate, he was chairman of the committee on education, and it
was principally through his persistent work and influence that the bill
passed estaldishing the State Normal school at Castine. The following
year he was appointed collector of customs at Fort Kent, which posi-
tion he held for two years. Then he had charge of more than one hundred
miles of frontier, and was obliged in the performance of his duties to
travel over this entire circuit twice each month. When he assumed
the duties of the position, the office paid nothing to the government
above expenses, I)ut before the end of the first year he was able to
forward over S2000, per month to Washington.
He spent the last seventeen years of his life in Bowdoinham, where
he was recognized as one of the best and most progressive farmers, not
only in Sagadahoc County, but in the State. He also had much to
do with the ice industry, being for a long time the manager and agent of
the Read Ice Company.
Mr. Read was a warm-hearted, pyiblic-spirited. Christian gentleman,
one who kept himself thoroughly informed in regard to the questions
of the day and the affairs of the world. He had a ready sense of
humor, was an interesting conversationalist and a charming companion.
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His life was one of constant activity. He was courteous and aH;il)le
in his intex'course with others, and faithful and earnest in every work
in which he engaged. He died in LS.SrS, iu ]>owdoinliani, where his
wife, Mrs. Margaret Read, liis daugliter, Julia Ennna, and his sons
James B., and Allen W., still reside.
Charles Stanchtield, ^I. I)., a son of Isaac and Abigail L. ( Ivna|)[))
Stinchfield, and a great grandson of Thomas Stinchfield, the first white
settler of the town of Leeds, was horn in that town Feb. 26, 1840.
His boyhood days were spent on the farm in the north jiart of the
town, near the line between the towns of Leeds and Wayne, a portion
of which borders on Stinchfield cove, a name early given to the
westerly part of Androscoggin lake lying northerly of Dead river.
This farm was a part of the first land in the town owned by a white
resident, and until recently has been owned by members of the Stinch-
field family. He began his education in the old school house that
formerly stood in the sands of Beech hill, near the dwelling of the late
H. J. Ridley, in Wayne. From this school house many teachers, and
several persons of more or less eminence, have been sent out. From
there he went to Towle Academy, in the town of Winthrop, where he
was first in his classes, under the tuition of Prof C. K. Hutchins. He
next went to Lewiston to the Maine State Seminary where he complet-
ed his preparatory course. During this time the winter months found
him imparting to others his attainments in the capacity of teacher,
from which source he derived the necessary funds to enable him to
continue his studies. He graduated from the Medical Department of
Bowdoiu College in the class of 1865 from which he received the
degree of M. D. From there he went to New York City, where he
availed himself of the advantages in tlie clinics at Bellevue Hospital
Medical College. He established himself in an extensive and lucra-
tive business in the city. While there he had a severe attack of
pneumonia, which resulted in the entire loss of the use of his right
lung. He returned to his old home where, after a hard fight with
the effects of this malady, he partially recuperated. Having the use
of only one lung, the city air with its impurities was avoided. By
urgent request of his many friends to locate near home, he was induced
to make his residence iu this town, if only temporary. He (^ame here
in 1870, and practiced medicine when his health would admit of it.
He was always deeply interested in the cause of education. He was
elected Supervisor of Schools in Wayne in 1872 and 1873, the duties
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of which office he dit^charged with credit to himself and to the satisfac-
tion of the townsmen. His ambition merited a much stronger
physique. He was many times restrained from carrying into effect
things tliat would have been of interest and benefit to the people had
he not been handicapped by this malady, which was a source of great
sorrow and suffering. In the winter of 1874-5 he contracted a severe
cold, in consequence of which he died of consumption. A})ril 1, 1875.
He was buried in the family lot, in the cemetery which he passed and
re|)assed in going to and from the old school house, in, and around
which, cluster many fond remembrances of the boyhood days of the
writer.
Why, early iu lifework of study, to prepare
For a future ouce bright, which he hoped to share.
Was lie called to rest, till resurrection morn
When the just are gathered, the earth to adorn?
Josiah Flint Taylor was born Nov. 11, 1804, in Southboro, Mass. ;
thence he removed to Oxford, Mass., theu to New London, N. H., and
finally, in the year 1841, to North Wayne, living there until the time
of his death, May 22, 1886. His parents were Gilbert and Margaret
(Stone) Taylor, his mother's native place being South Framingham,
Mass. On his father's side he was descended from one of three brothers
of the name, who came from England to Cape Cod in the early days
of the Colony. One of these brothers went West, and one South, of
whom Gen. Zachary Taylor was a lineal descendant. The third brother
remained in Massachusetts, and it is from this one that Josiah F. Tay-
lor claimed descent, as did the late Joseph Taylor of Belgrade, the
noted orchardist. On his mother's side he was connected with the
Stone and Trowbridge families, prominent in the civil and military
history of Massachusetts in Colonial times, his great grandfather,
General Trowbridge, having been in the Revolutionary service. Mr.
Taylor was exceptionally robust, physically and intellectually. In
business his indomitable energy swept away every obstacle to success.
When he came to North Wayne in 1841, Hon. R. B. Dunn had estab-
lished a small scythe shop there. Of this Mr. Taylor became manager
and home agent. Under the direction of these two men the growth of
the enterprise was truly wonderful. In a few years the plant became
the largest of the kind in the United States, if not in the world.
As in business, so in religion, "Whatsoever his hand found to do,
he did with his might." He had been from his youth a member of
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the Methodist Ej)i«'()|):il Churcli, and [ji-incipally throuu-h liis ageiK-y a
substantial churcli l)uildin<2: was erected, and for many years the suj)-
])ort of the preaching of the Gosjiel largely dei)ended u])on him, and
every moral and social enterprise telt his large-hearted generosity.
His frieudshi[)s were res[)onsive, true, and enduring. His sympathies
were easily moved, and found expression in acts. He was a l)enefactor
to the poor, a sympathizer with the suffering. He was ])rominent in
Masonry, having received the degree of R(jyal Arch ^Nlasou in King
Solomon's Chapter at Charlestown, Mass., in 1(S28. He was twice mar-
ried ; his first wife was Dolly Freeman who died in Southboro, Mass.,
within four years, leaving two children, William and Dolly E. His
second wife was Nancy Searle, by whom he had three children, Gilbert
P., Mary E., and Willard M. Of these five children only the two
last mentioned sons are now living, their mother dying July oO, 1866.
One of the finest farm residences in this vicinity, an ornament to the
town and an ()!)ject of interest to the traveler, is the Jennings home-
stead, a cut of which appears in this book. It is owned and occu])ie(l
by the Jennings Brothers. It is pleasantly located on an eminence
which connnands a fine view of Wayne village, Pocasset and Andros-
coggin lakes. The house is a large two story mansion surrounded by
a row of stupendous elms that rear their lofty heads to the wild winds
of heaven and wave their majestic branches in grandeur and glory. In
the front rank of these stands a white birch, its trunk is very notice-
able, the color contrasting with the elms on either side. The late
Capt. J. F. Jennings set these elms many years ago. His daughter
transjilanted the white birch here from its forest home. So long as
these grand old trees stand and flourisli the memory of the ])lanters
should be kept fresh and green. The brothers have a large l)arn in
which there is a silo; they have, in short, a complete set of substantial
farm buildings. The extent of the home farm is more than 200 acres.
They have a large orchard of some 3000 trees, old and young, to which
they devote much time and which, in bearing years, yields a large re-
turn. The trees are mostly Baldwin and Ben Davis. They are pro-
gressive farmers and successful business men. They are descendants
of one of the town's oldest families concerning wdiich many interesting
facts are recorded in the chapter on Early Settlers,
Rev. Joshua Millet, born in Leeds, Jan. 26, 1803, was of the sixth
generation in lineal descent from Mr. Thomas Millet, who settled in
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Dorchester, Mass., in 1(!.")4. His yrandfathcr, Thomas ^lilh't, was a
soldier in the French and Revolutionary wars, and at the close of tlie
latter with his family settled in Leeds, migrating from Massachusetts.
His father, John Millet, was one of the early settlers of that town.
The subject of this sketch was the eldest of a family of ten children.
The life in a log cabin, and the acres of good tillage cleared of the
primeval forests, testify to the hard work and privations of his early
days. The educational opportunities were few and meagre. What
there were he seized with avidity and made the most of. A few weeks
of public instruction in a year and the toilsome reading by firelight in
the long winter evenings of the few books which the family had brought
with them to the settlement, were the only means oi)en to him. After
years of hard farm labor and a ceaseless seeking for knowledge, late in
his youth he reached Waterville College. There he remained awhile;
but having the purpose of entering the Christian ministry, he aban-
doned his course of study there and in 1831, entering Newton Theolo-
gical Institute, graduated from tiiat institution in the class of l<s;5f).
During his student life he was licensed as a [)reacher by the Ba})tist
Church of his native town and preached in Boston, Roxbury and in
many other churches in Eastern Massachusetts.
On Oct. 26, 1835, he married Miss Sophronia Howard of Bridge-
water, Mass., and soon after removing to his native State he was settled
as the pastor of the Ba[)tist Church in Charleston, Maine. In 1838
he removed to, and , became the jiastor of the Baptist Church in
Cherryfield. During the years he resided there he was active in
every movement for the improvement of the people of his new home.
Recognizing the great importance of a more extended opportunity for
the instruction of the youth there, he ardently promoted the estaldish-
ment and maintenance of an advanced school, at which lie delivered a
course of lectures on educational matters. Meanwdiile he delivered
many public lectures and addresses on social, economical and philan-
thropic topics. During these years there arose between the National
Government and Great Britain a difficulty in the settlement of the
boundary between Maine and the Provinces, and troops were sent to'
the eastern part of the State for our defense. To one of the regiments
Mr. Millet was appointed chaplain and had this duty added to his
many others.
His health undermined by his close application to his labors, and
affected by his residence by the sea shore, he found it necessary to
dwell in a more inland town. Receiving; an invitation to become the
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pastor of the Baptist Church at Wayne, he accepted it, and moved
there early in 1844, where he lived the remainder of his life. While
there he com|)leted the writing of the History of the Baptists of Maine.
It was pul)lished in 1845, and constituted the only coni])lete and ex-
tended narrative of this denomination and its work in the State. The
undertaking was discouraging, and only entered upon by him after
many men distinguished in his denomination had declined it. With
declining health and increasing pastoral l)urdens, he saw only the
duty, which he then made his own, U) rescue from (piick coming obliv-
ion the early records and knowledge of his church which he so much
loved.
At Wayne he at once identified himself with the interests of the
town, moral, philanthropic and secular, so far as his health would ])er-
mit. He always had at heart the public schools, and here he gave the
same attention to advance them and extend their usefulness. At this
time the great temperance movement which was sweej)ing over the
country made its appearance in Wayne, and he became at once one of
its chief })romoters, establishing what was then know^i as the Cold
Water Army. Then, too, the North began to be interested in the
Anti-slavery work, and was becoming more and more aroused to the
enormity of the evil of slavery in the South. On this question Mr.
Millet had no doubts. Early he had espoused the cause of universal
freedom and the extirpation of chattel slavery. In season an<l out of
season he had preached and spoken against this national sin, and had
contributed all that he could from his limited means to the practical
solution of the question, as the anti-slavery societies and many a ])00r
fleeing slave could testify. He never lived to see the day of the
emancipation of the negro race in our country. Constantly failing in
health and overcome with the cares t)f his professional duties, he strug-
gled to perform the work he had devoted his life to do, and surrendered
only when a worn out body refused to res])ond to the demands of his
mind and heart. On the tenth day of March, 1848, after several weeks
of suffering, he died. He was l)uried at Leeds, in his native town, be-
loved by his church and mourned by the connnunity in which he had
lived. His wife and three children survived him.
Mr. Millet had a well balanced mind, stored with varied learning'
acquired through careful study and observation. Logical in his con-
sideration of any topic, he was a close reasoner, and became a sturdy
opponent. This faculty gave a hardness to his interpretation of
matters under discussion, which sometimes might appear to be intoler-
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tiucc on his part ; yet while Heeminnly uiibeuding- luid severe it was
tar from his nature to wound, or repress the sincere views and judg-
ments of others. Conscientious and devout as a |)reacher of the Gospei,
holdly standing for the right as lie understood it, and allowing no
departure from it, he was in his family and social relations a kind
husband and father, sympathetic friend and a good citizen.
Isaac Maxim was horn in the town of Wayne, (^ct. IG, 1814. By
careful research wo are able to present the following, concerning his
ancestry: Samuel Maxim of Rochester, Mass., is the first of the name
of which we find any record. The inventory of his estate bears date
of May 27, 172i). His wife's name was Hannah and they had issue
Jacob'-, Thaddeus'-, Dinalr', Samuel-, Edmund^, Adonijah^ John- and
Freelove. Samuel-, son of Samuel' and Hannah, died in 1702, and
left a widow Elizabeth, and issue Hannah^ born July 2, 17o7 ; Na-
than\ born Oct. 2, 17o9; David"*, l»orn Sept. 30, 1741; Elizabeth'',
born Jan. 19, 174o ; Caleb^ born June 9, 1746 and SainueP, l)orn
Sept. 12, 1748.
Nathan Maxim-' (Mnxsom) of Rochester, married Martha Chubbuck
of Wareham, Mass., Jan. 17, 1761. Martha was born Nov. 80,
1741. They had issue Lydia, Phebe, Silas, Ephraim,^ Samuel*,
Jacob, Nathan, Martha, Clara, Freelove and Benjamin. Several of
this family settled in Wayne, notably Lydia, who married William
Churchill ; Ephraiih, who married Jemima Curtis ; Jacob, who mar-
ried Sarah Washburn ; Martha, who married Dr. Moses Wing ; Clara,
who married Melatiah Raymond ; Freelove, who married David
Howe; Benjamin, who married Eunice Raymond, and Samuel*, who
first settled in Paris, and later removed to Wayne. He was born in
1769. He married Saviah Rider of Middleboro, Mass., and had issue
Clara, who married Francis Knights of Wayne ; Patience, who mar-
ried Jason Caswell, of Leeds; Eliza, who married Asa Upton; Samuel,
who married Caroline Bryant and settled in Sangerville ; Lucy, who
married Jesse Bishop, Jr., of Wayne ; and the subject of this sketch,
> Isaac Maxim^ who married Harriet Boston (Stevens) Maxim in the
town of Blanchard, and settled in the town of Sangerville. He lived
in several different towns in the counties of Penobscot and Piscataquis,
where his eight children were born. In 1872, he returned to the town
of Wayne, the place of his birth, and where he spent his boyhood days.
He died April 29, 188o, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery. He
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left a widow and three sons, the youngest of wliieh, Samuel, and his
mother now reside at the old homestead in Wayne.
■ To say of Mr. Isaac Maxim that he was the greatest mechanical
genius the world ever produced, up to his time, will express but a
minor part of the merit to which he is truly entitled. Not unlike
most country boys, of nearly a century gone by, he was born of poor
parentage, reared with an axe in his hand, and educated in the
chimney corner ))y the light of a |)itch-pine knot. Could he but have
had the advantages of education, and sufficient wealth to enable him
to apply his mechanical genius, it would yot have been left to his sous
to revolutionize the world in that line. What others learned by re-
search and experiment, he knew by intuition. No machinery was so
complicated or intricate that he could not see through it at a glance.
Married young, a family of children following, possessed of small
means of support, not burdened with the executive ability of a Napo-
leon, generous, free-hearted, courteous, and strictly honest, may we
not ask, what time had he to devote to the improvement of his native
gifts and make a practical a[)[)lication of them? Yet he made many
discoveries and inventions and instilled nito his sons many important
princi})les and ideas which have been ever present with them and
developed by them. It was he who conceived the idea of, and modeled
machine guns. He invented the netting guards for war vessels, the
same as now used by the nations of the earth. The inventor of knitting
machines exhausted his skill in trying to produce a double mitten.
He had heard of Mr. Maxim's gift and sent him a machine, stating
his inability and failure to produce one, and asked his assistance. He
at once saw the necessary changes, made them, knit the mitten, for-
warded it to the party and received therefor the gift of a machine. His
spare time, largely night-time, was occupied in thought and study. He
had a wonderful mind and a retentive memory. He was a good
historical and bil)lieal scholar, an easy and entertaining conversation-
alist, a great reasoner, and never, under any circumstances, lowered
his standard to vulgarity or profanity. His religious belief was closely
Unitarian.
"Chill penury repressed his noble rage,
And froze the "enial current of his soul."
Mrs. Harriet Boston (Stevens) Maxim, widow of the late Isaac
Maxim, was born in the town of Strong, Franklin County, May 18,
1815. She was the eldest of twelve children in a family of fourteen,
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the two older liaviiiL;' diinl in iiithiicy. Tlic furlicst knowledge we
have of h(;r [)aternal ancestry was Jose[)li Stevens, who was born pre-
vious to 1700, his first wife having- died Feb. (5, ITlo. He married
Elizabeth Sherman, in 171!>, by whom he raised a family, one of
whom was Jose|)h, Jr., born in Billerica, Mass., Oct. 17, 1720. fie
married Elizabcith Emery of Billerica. He settled in New I[)swieh,
N. H., where the most of his children were born. In 17()9, with his
wife and seven children he moved to Winthrop. He settled on a 200
acre lot on the west side of Maranocook lake, near the north line of
the town as now established. His nearest neigld)or, with one exception,
was Gen. John Chandler, at the Mills (Winthrop Village) nearly
three miles distant. Amos Stevens was the fourth child of Josejih,
Jr., and was born in New Ipswich, N. H., July 10, 1741). He came
from New Ipswich to Winthrop in 1767, two years earlier than his
parents, with a crew of men hired by John Chandler to erect the mills
at the village. When he became of age, he obtained a grant of a 200
acre lot of land on the west side of Maranocook lake, bordering
thereon, built him a dwelling, and married Mary, daughter of Jona-
than Whiting, who was an early settler and located in the east part of
the town, (now called East Winthrop. ) Mr. Whiting, as were his
children, was l)orn in Wrentham, ]\Iass. Better educated than any
of his townsmen, with natural abilities of a high order, benevolent in
disposition, possessed of abundant energy, just and honorable in his deal-
ings, he had so endeared himself to his fellow citizens, that on the organ-
ization of the town in 1771, he was elected moderator, town clerk,
treasurer and selectman, and continued to enjoy their confidence and
esteem until the close of his active life. He was Winthrop's first
Justice of the Peace, in which cajtacity hesolenuiized the marriages of the
early settlers of the town and plantations to the West and North, even
to the Sandy River. He was born May 25, 1720. He married
Deborah P. Thurston, born May 10, 1728. He died Oct. 12, LS()7.
Amos Stevens lived on the place of his first location, worked at his
trade, that of carpenter, and in the meantime subduing the forest and
fitting the soil for the plow until 1<S0,'5, when disposing of his estate he
removed to Strong, where he remained until his death, Feb. 4, 18o2.
His seventh child, Levi, was born in Winthroj), A[)ril o, 17tS7. He
went to Strong with the family and there settled. He married Anna
Hatch, daughter of Gideon Hatch, born in the town of Greene, April
7, 170.5. Died in Abbot in 180'). He continued his residence in
that town until about 1825, when he removed his familv to Windham
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and siil)st'(|iu'iitlv to wluit is now (he town of IManchard, Piscatacjnis
Conntv, incor[)ovatt'(l in l<Sol. "A rolling stone gathers no moss."
He lived in several towns in Piscataqnis and Penobscot Counties, and
died in the town of Abbot, April 80, 1<S()6. To his credit the honor
is due of being the father of the subject of this sketch. Born in
Strong, her childhood days were spent in that towai. Much of her
time was devoted to an extensive household education, embracing
nianv important features since transferred to mechanical labor. Oct.
4, l(So<S, when 23 years old, she married Mr. Isaac Maxim, and first
settled in the town of Sangerville. The custom of moving from place
to ])lace, ae(juired while living with parents was continued after her
marriage. She said, "I have changed my residence oo times." Her early
ac(|uirements were later her essential resources. None but one possessed
of ureat executive ability, combined with energy and tact, and a
mitihty physical structure, could have taken her place and achieved
so great a victory. Na]:)oleon once said, "Great men have great
mothers." Whose mother is justly entitled to greater honor, for who
has |)roduced greater men than she? "She perceiveth that her mer-
chandise is good : her candle goeth not out by liight." — Proverbs
XXXI, 1<S.
There is no name in the world, today, so celebrated in the annals of
mechanical science as that of Hiram S. Maxim, the inventor of the
"Maxim (Jun." He is a son of the late Isaac Maxim who was born
and reared in the town of Wayne, and although absent in the eastern
part of the State for a term of years, during which time his children
were born, he returned to his native home where he continued his
residence and died April 29, 1888, and where his widow and one son
now reside. While Sangerville has a legitimate claim to the honor
of being the birth-place of Hiram, yet the tree that bore this fruit was
a native of Wayne, born, nurtured and reared therein, and is now his
resting place.
As a boy, Hiram's educational advantages were those of a district
school in the town that gave him birth. His celebrated career is an-
other illustration of what sometimes results from humble beginnings.
At the age of fourteen, he started out to seek his fortune, with a brain
and a jack-knife as the nucleus around which his splendid career as a
scientist and inventor has grown. He was first apprenticed to a car-
riage maker. He next went to Fitchburg, Mass., where he was given
employment in his uncle's metal-working establishment. From there
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he entered the tactorv of a philosophical iiistriinieiit maker, in IJoston,
and later joined the stati' of an iron workers' and shipbuilcU^r.s' factory.
Not heinn,' satisfied with the prospect held out to him, he w(;nt to Mon-
treal, Can., and thence to New York. When he reached Fort Covin,^-
ton he had hut 25 cents in his pocket. Happenini;' to iio into a work-
shop he noticed a part of the wall newly [)ainted white. He took out
his paint brush, drew an oval and [tainted a landscape within. Then
on either side of the oval he })ainted a bunch ot roses. He had not
for<»()tten that, down in jNIaine, he had done that kind of work on the
sides of sleighs. He was engaged at once, and there began his famous
career, for he soon turned his attention to electrical science.
It is not generally known that he was the first man who invented
an electric light. Some time subsequent when Edison's name began
to be identified with that pursuit, ^[r. Maxim's light was .somewhat
hidden under a bushel, so to speak. One night while watching one of
his lamps in a large hotel in New York, a young lady came uj) to him
and striking a tragic attitude, exclaimed : "Ah ! how wonderful !
What a brilliantly marvelous conception ! How like the thrilling
effect of Pompeii by moonlight ! Who but Edison could have con-
ceived such a magical luminary?" Another time, being in a hurry
to get a train to take a newly finished lamp out of town, he rushed off
without stopping to wrap it up in })aper. Sitting in ea.sy range were
two countrymen who eyed his machine with great curiosity, and pres-
ently came over to ask him what was the contrivance he was carrying.
Had he told them they would have asked him if it was Edison's, so he
effectually silenced their rejoinder by re})lying : "Oh, this is a patent
sausage stuffer." To attempt the enumeration of all the inventions he
has patented would be a long task, too long for such a work as this.
Among the total, which would require four figures to number them, a
few of the most important, perhaps, are a smokeless powder, an auto-
matic gas headlight for locomotives, a gas generating apparatus, a
steam trap or valve which cannot be excelled and is still the standard
in use, an automatic steam pumping engine, feed valve heaters, gas
making devices, steam and vacuum })uraps, engine governers, gas
motors, licjuid meters, apparatus for carburetting air for illuminating
purposes, &c. In 1881 his electrical patents were put into "interfer-
ence" with Edison's, and in four trials the decisions were against
Edison.
But the "Maxim Gun" is the achievement that made his name
famous throughout the length and breadth of the earth, and it can
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truly 1k' said to lie the gun "that tired the shot that was heard around
the world." Who has not heard of the Maxim Automatic 'j^uw't It
has revolutionized the world. The idea of this marvelous })ieee of
mechanism occurred to him as a boy, when he received a violent kick
from tiriuL!,' a ritle. The imjjression never left his fertile mind, and
when he lind accjuired wealth from his electrical inventions sufficient
for the })ur])ose, he set al)out to construct a gun in which he could
utilize the force of the recoil to make the gun do its own work. His
brain had never learned the meaning of the word failure. He ex})e-
rienced difficulty in tinding any one who possessed the retjuired machin-
erv to make the guns from his drawings and instructions; and some
there were who thought it an insane idea coming from an overtaxed
and diseased mind. He then resolved to start a small factory of his
own, which \w did at 57 Hatton Garden and eijuipped it with suitable
tools, and at last succeeded in getting the first experimental gun made,
which proved entirely successful and more than met his ex[)ectations.
It was then another task to get it before the public and on the market,
and took a long time to make the people believe that a gun had actual-
ly been made that would load and fire itself. The first person who
came to see it was Sir Donald Currie, and shortly afterwards the
Duke of Cand)ridge, and Sir Frederick Jiramwell, then the Prince of
Wales, and the Duke of Edinl)urgh and many other members of the
nobilitv. The Prince of Wales comj)limented him on having made an
entirely new machine gun. and one that was surely destined to revolu-
tionize the world in the way of firearms. Some time afterwards the
Prince and Princess and one of their daughters examined the gun and
both fired it, the Princess highly congratulating him on being the
inventor of the first automatic system of firearms. Several of the by-
standers picked up the cartridge cases fired by the Princess and had
them mounted in gold as keepsakes. But the proudest moment of
Mr. Maxim's life, he says, was when he visited his old mother over in
Maine, <S0 years of age, when she fired it and with tears in her eyes
turned to him and said : "I wish your father could see his Hiram."
The notoriety of this gun soon brought it in competition with all
other machine guns, an opportunity first being given in Switzerland
where the Gardner gun had beaten all comers. His gun rival had
two barrels and weighed 200 lbs. and was mounted on a tripod which
weighed 150 lbs. The tripod was mounted on sandbags, and the
cartridges placed on a "kitchen-table" with tools and appliances that
belonged to the machinery. Four men were required to fire it, one to
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turn the crank, another to ))oint the !iun and two to hrini;- ("irtri(li:;es
from the table and phiee in the liopper of the giui. They succeeded
in firin<>- oo.'> shots in a minute. The Maxim i^un weiydied hut 4") Ihs.,
its tripod hut 20 11)S. with no san(ll)a,<j,'s and no "kitcluMi-tahle", and no
one to assist liim, and fired oo.'> shots in .">") seconds. Swit/erhuid at
once ado})ted the gun and gave Mr. ^laxim an oriU'r. His next
competitive trial was in It:ily with the Nordenl'cH, wiiich shared the
fate of the Gardner, and Italy also gave him an order. On his return
to England he learned that in Austria extensive machine gun trials
were taking place, and there he went. The Archduke Wilhelm, a
!)rother of the Emperor, was present, and at the conclusion of the trial
extended to him his hand, saying: "Mr. Maxim, I congratulate you
on making the greatest invention I have ever seen in my life." The
result of this trial was an order of lol guns for Austria. At a trial
in England he gave an exhibition with a gun weighing only 85 lbs.
which astonished the onlookers by discharging it 775 times in a
minute. This gun with two others then and there exhibited were
bought by the government, and to-day, they are in the So. Kensington
Museum.
With his own countrymen he was not so successful, they refusing to
adopt his gun until the present war with Spain was in prospect, when,
last year, necessity forced them to give him their first order, one of
$200,000 worth of guns. Recently he has patented another very
long range gun of which the United States bought all he had on hand
a few weeks ago.
Though he considers that his country has not treated him fairly in
times past, having misappropriated his smokeless powder and gun
mountings, yet he makes no conndaint, bnt in this crisis has offered
his services to his country, and designed a torpe«lo boat which will
effectually resist all attacks of the enemy, as well as destroy them, and
considering the fact that he is the greatest inventor, designer and
draughtsman in the world, this means something more than the yacht
offerings of the millionaires. Though he can create the most warlike
implements, yet he is first, last and always, a man of peace. For
several years he has had factories in Spain, Portugal Sweden and
at four different places in England. At the works in Erith, Eng., is
the largest collection of high class tools in the world, a single lathe
alone costing $10,000, and his workmen number 15,000. In New
Jersey his guns are now being made which is the first manufactory of
the kind in this country. The first Maxim gun fired in actual warfare
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was (luring- the Sierra Leone cainpaigii and the Matabele war; and a
conteui[)orary said that, "It was not Mr. Rhodes or Dr. Jameson who
recovered the fairest regions of Africa from slavery and tyranny, but
the genius of a Yankee, born in the State of Maine, who is knovvn
to all tlie world as Hiram S. Maxim."
It is gratifying to note that this man, \\\w but a few decades ago
was a barefoot ])oy, following the plough on one of the rough and
unproductive farms in the "Pine Tree State," whose motto is "Dirigo,"
has received honors from every crowned head in Europe shown only
to other monarchs. On the occasion of his visit to the Czar of Russia,
a carriage and outriders were sent to meet him, a distinction shown
only to kings. He has been decorated by every foreign country;
wearing the badge of the Legion of Honor of France, and has been
knighted by the Shah of Persia, the Queen of Spain, the King of
Portugal and the C-zar of Russia, and awarded the order of a Double
Dragon by the Em[)eror of Ciiina, and the Grand Medjid by the
Sultan of Turkey, some of these being the highest decorations a man
can get.
Personally, Mr. Maxim is a man of striking appearance. He has
piercing black eyes and heavy, black eyebrows, hair and beard
abundant but snow white, not with the frosts of age, but mental study.
He is of medium height with a powerful physique, which to him, is a
matter of as much pride and satisfaction as his mental gifts, for l)oth
are essentials and insejiarable in a life work of study and physical
endurance. His wealth, accumulated through his energy and genius,
does not abate his ambition, nor quiet his active brain, for he is
nowhere so content as in his laboratory or study working out some
intricate problem of scientific mechanism. His endowments by nature
have neither been tainted nor perverted by the use of tobacco or
alcohol. He is a bright light in all the scientific and educational
societies in London, before which he frequently gives lectures, for
which he accepts no remuneration, and is much sought after as an
ac(|uisition to dinner parties and other gatherings of learned men, who
ply him with questions on all subjects, and he is ever ready with
argument and explanation, interspersed with anecdote and repartee to
respond, these funds seeming as inexhaustible as the mine of his
inventive genius.
Hudson Maxim, a son of Isaac and Harriet Boston (Stevens)
Maxim, was born February 3, 1853. He was a strong, healthy
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child, c'liilowcd witli an extnionliiiarv i)liysi(juc', whicli in youth, and
riper years, enabled hini to lead in athletic feats, such as running-,
juinpinu', wrestling- and other kindred anuisenients, and es|)ecially
where physical strength was an iin[)ortant factor. As a hoy, his
father said of him: "He had the strength of an ox and the courage of
a lion." When a lad of seventeen, he carried the hed-piece of a fox-
lathe up a flight ot stairs, which weighed oOO Ihs. How well this;
illustrates the fact that health and i)hysical strength are essentials in
the development of mind ! Who but he, possessed ot these gifts of
Nature, has yet been able to fathom the unexplored fields of this age
of invention, with any marked degree of success ? His mechanical and
inventive faculties, together with the ])ower of concentration of mind,
were a rich inheritance from his father. How well he has succeeded
in im[)roving these talents given him, let the entire univei'se speak,
for his reputation is world-wide. His school advantages were limited
to those of Wayne and a course at Kent's Hill ; yet his life has been
one study and researcli in those branches intimately connected with
his business pursuits. "A i)rophet is without honor, save in his own
country." This adage has its exceptions when applied to inventors of
the type of this Maxim family. In warfare they are revolutionizing
the worhl. Among the latest of the many inventions of this member
of the family, is a new system of throwing high explosives from
ordnance, with much greater destructive force and effect than any now
in use. A smokeless cannon [)owder of his invention and make has
been adopted by the U. S. Government. A new method of producing
calcium carbide, at a greatly reduced cost, is a product of his brain.
We can here do little but refer the reader to the press of all countries
now teeming with his wonderful achievement. His residence is Lon-
don, England.
Samuel Maxim, the youngest living son of the late Isaac Maxim
and Harriet B. Maxim, was born in Orueville, Aug. 14, l<sr)4, and
joined his parents in Wayne in 1873. His early life was one of hard-
ship and toil. The days spent by most boys in play and the school-
room, he spent at hard labor in the logging-swam]) and on the farm.
After coming to Wayne he attended school at Kent's Hill several
terms, paying his way by teaching in winter. Since leaving school he
has been a diligent student, giving special attention to Chemistry,
Metallurgy and History. In connection with his studies he has col-
lected an extensive and valuable cabinet of ancient relics and curiosi-
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ties from all |)arts of the world. Mr. Maxim has inheritetl his full
share of the inventive genius whieh has made his elder brothers so
famous. lie has taken out several patents and made a nund)er of dis-
coveries the secret of which he })refers to keep, one of which is a new
process of making and tempering steel, which has proved very success-
ful. Mr. Maxim undertook the care of his parents in their old age,
and resides on the Maxim homestead, about one mile south of Wayne
Village. He has a family of three children — two sons and one
daughter, viz: Charles Urban, Hiram Hudson and Harriet Ellen.
G. W. Walton is a native-born and life-long citizen of Wayne. His
education was-obtained in attendance upon the connnon and high
schools of his native town and at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary,
Kent's Hill. Thorough in all the branches he studied, he especially
excelled in mathematics. He was a teacher at the age of eighteen.
For more than thirty years, he taught from one to three terms of
connnon or high school almost every year. As a teacher, he was
always in demand, and terms of school were often postponed in order
to secure his services. He has been a school officer of his native town
by far the larger [)ortion of the time since first elected to that position
in 1(S58, and has served continuously since 1881. As town supervisor
of schools, he was elected nine times, and was once appointed by the
selectmen to fill a vacancy. He served as town superintendent of
schools in 1895 and 1896. He always had the confidence of his towns-
men as a fjiithful and careful sch(jol officer, who ever had at heart the
best interest of the schools. At the annual town meeting in 1891, a
unanimous vote of thanks was extended to G. W. Walton "for his
interest manifested in the schools of the town and his able manner of
conducting the same." He was representative from his District in the
Maine State Legislature in 1867. Ever since the death of Hon. J. S.
Berry in 1888, Mr. Walton has been chairman of the Republican
Town Committee of Wayne. He was Auditor of the accounts of the
town of Wayne for nine consecutive years, and holds that position
now. He was census enumerator of the town in 1880 and again in
1890. He is a member of the Wayne Baptist Church and was for
many years the Superintendent of its Sunday School. He has often
been selected as referee in important cases and as appraiser of estates.
He is a })ractical and progressive farmer and is a correspondent for
several agricultural papers.
In 1866, Mr. Walton married Sarah E., daughter of Dea. Francis
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Dexter of Wayne. Their inarriau-e was l)lesse(l with two children,
Carrie May, l)orn in ISHT and Winfred W., horn in 1872. Mr. and
Mrs. Walton have a pleasantly situated residence, which, to them and
their children, has ever heen a happy home. Instead of leaving the
place of his hirth, and seeking his fortune in far-off lands, Mr. Wal-
ton has seen fit to stay on the farm, to add by purchase to the ancestral
acres of the homestead and has endeavored to win prosperity in the
town of his nativity. A man of strict integrity, his word has ever
been as good as his bond. Mr. Walton has always been identified
with the true interests of his town and has aided in all its improve-
ments. With him, the good name of his town and the welfare of its
people 'are ever ujipermost in his thoughts and endeavors.
'•Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam;
His first, best country ever is at home."
Carrie May Walton was ])orn Oct. 21, 1867. She was the only
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Walton of Wayne. They have one
son, Winfred W., who was born May 6, 1872. He graduated from
Kent's Hill in l'Sl)4 and married, May 2, 1897, Winnie A. Warren
of Washburn. Carrie was always happiest when she could make
others happy. At school she was quick to learn and a great favorite.
She conniienced teaching young and showed great aptness for this
department of labor. She entered Hebron Academy in the spring of
1890. She graduated in June, 1891. Speaking of her, Principal
Sargent says: "To a gentle and winning manner, Miss Walton added
a firm, strong Christian character, which invited and never disap-
pointed the confidence of her companions. A maturity and marked
sincerity of sympathy, rare in one of her age, won for her in an un-
usual degree the interest and sympathy of her teachers. Miss NV^alton
possessed far more than the average mental and intellectual powers
and was considered one of Hebron's brightest and most promising
graduates."
She taught many terms of common and high schools of her native
town. She also taught in Fayette, Hebron Academy and Poland and
with success. In the autumn of 1892, she went to Washburn, as
principal of the High School. Here she made many friends and
taught with so much acceptance that she was continued in charge of
the school and held the position at the time of her death.
She was married, Jan. 11, 1894, to Dr. H. S. Sleeper of Washburn.
Her wedded life, though short, was a happy one. She was a devoted
wife and did all in her power to promote the happiness of her husband
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258 • HisroiiY OF ir^ir.v^.
and his business prosperity. She was taken suddenly ill Auli,'. l<Sth,
1895, and died the 24th. Principal Sargent, in speaking of her
death says, "Her life was a short one but a complete one. The meni-
ory of a life of this kind is an inspiration and comfort to those who
knew her." A lady iu Washburn, writing to Carrie's mother says,
"We, all, ev'ery one in Washl)urn, loved dear Mrs. Sleeper. All we
knew of her was beautiful and good." Her body was taken to the
home of her childhood and laid to rest in the cemetery a short distance
west of the school house where she taught many terms of school. Her
death was a great sorrow to her many friends. Her memory lingers
like the perfume of the sw^eet flowers that her former })upils still con-
tinue to place upon her grave.
Charles H. Barker was Ix^rn iu Cornish, York County, Oct. 2-3,
1822. He graduated from the Maine Medical School in 1846. After
practicing medicine in Buxton about four years, he came to Wayne
and settled at Wayne Village in 18,)0. He was a man of good jndg-
ment and as a physician was careful and judicious. He had a large
practice here and in the surrounding towns. So strong was his grasj)
on the confidence of the people that other physicians who came to
Wayne found little to do till Dr. Barker's health became imj)aired by
the severe strain of excessive professional labor. His active practice
covered a period of more than thirty years. This long term of service
made his presence familiar in nearly every family in town, and as
family physician he is held in grateful remembrance. He freely gave
his professional services to many from whom no pay was expected.
He was a man of fine physique, courteous yet dignified manner and
commanding presence.
He was elected to various official positions. He served the town
as moderator, town clerk, selectman, treasurer and school connnittee.
He was a useful and valuable citizen, active in everything that per-
tained t(jthe welfare and ])ublic good of the town of Wayne. He was a
man of business ability and integrity and always loyal and true to his
friends. In January, 1847, Dr. Barker married Mary A. Small of
Limington, who died Sept. 1, 1854. Aug. 23, 1855, he married Abby
C. Small, a sister of his first wife. She died Aug. 4, 1879. Dr.
Barker resided in Wayne from 1850 till his death with the exception
of about two years, during w hich he lived with his son in Wiuthrop.
He died in Wayne, May 19, 1891. His living children are Dr. C.
H. Barker, Jr., of Wayne and Mrs. Annie M. Arris of Danville
Junction.
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C. W. Burgess, M. D., was horn in Wayue, Sejit. 24, 1.S44. He is
the son of Bartlette Burgess and grandson of Benjamin Burgess, the
centenarian. Bartlette Burgess married Rehecca Ham of Fayette.
They had three chikh-en. Their ohlest daughter, Josephine, married
James Stetson, a native of Wayne, and a soldier in the civil war.
Mr. and ]\Irs. Stetson with their three children now reside in Hawley,
Minn. The youngest daughter, Angeline, is also a resident of Haw-
ley. Their only son. Dr. C. W. Burgess, was educated in the schools
of Wayne, Towle Academy and Maine Wesleyan Seminary. He
went to Missouri and tauglit in the public schools of that State five
years ; afterwards studied medicine at the University of Michigan and
Chicago Policlinic. He has practiced medicine and surgery at
Thomas, Mo., for a quarter of a century. He has been a member of
the M. E. Church for the last thirty years and is a member of Grand
River Medical Society and I. 0. O. F.
Napoleon Bonaparte Hunton was the son of Peter and Betsey
(Turner) Hunton, and was born in Readfield, Sept. 23, 1816. He
came to Wayue in 1845. He had four brothers; one of them, Well-
ington, was a merchant in Wayue at that time. Napoleon Bonaparte
taught school and was chosen a member of the school committee in
1847, a position he held for five consecutive years. He represented
his town in the legislature of Maine in 1849. He was a polite and
gentlemanly man, honest and upright in all his dealings, and univer-
sally respected by his fellow-townsmen. In 1850, he married Orilla
Danforth of Norton, Mass. Their marriage was blessed with one
child, a daughter, Mary O. by name. She married George Johnson,
the son of the late Holmau Johnson of Wayue. They have four chil-
dren, the oldest of whom, Sadie 0., is a graduate of Hebron Academy
and Dirigo Business College.
Mr. Hunton resided in Wayne till his death, Dec. 8, 1893. Mrs.
Hunton was, for many years, a milliner in Wayne Village. She is a
most estimable lady and now resides with her daughter in Brunswick.
Rev. Caleb Fuller was born in Paris, Nov. 12, 1805. His early
life was spent on a farm, where he had good school privileges, and at
the age of eighteen he became a school teacher, at which employinent
he continued until he entered the ministry. In 1826, he was convert-
ed, and in 1828, joined the Maine Conference, He, together with
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Rev. P. P. Morrill, \v;is appointed to Punit'ord Circuit, cinhracinii-
twelve towns and plantations. In I.Sol, he was married to Miss
Luda Monroe of Liverniore, hv whom he had two children, Mary,
who died in infancy, and Mrs. E. K. P)oyle now living; in Angusta.
Mrs. Fuller died in Wayne in 1^4"), where her luisl)an(l was oc-
cupying a sui)ernumerary relation. The next year he located there,
married Miss Elizabeth B. >Swift, by whom he had two children;
Al)l)y, wlu) died at three years of age, and 3Irs. A. H. Davis of
Bridge})ort, Conn. During the eight years lie lived in Wayne he
preached constantly on the tSabbath, and served one year as Rep-
resentative in the Legislature. In l<sr)4, he was re-admitted to
Conference and continued in itinerant work till 1<S71 when he re-
tired from active work. He resided in Hallowell several years.
The last six years of his life he lived in Augusta. He died in
Bath while visiting his brother. Dr. A. J. Fuller. His remains
were brought to Wayne and buried in the beautiful cemetery by
the lake. He was a })owerful and talented preacher in liis day ;
his intellectual and spiritual attainments were conspicuous. He took
great interest in the young ])eople. In 1883, through his efforts a
nice bell was put in the belfry of the M. E. Church in Wayne with the
understanding that the boys should have the ])rivilege of ringing it on
the 4th of July. His life was a blessing and a benediction.
James Clark was born in Ayer, Scotland, on Feb. 2d, 1795, and
his early youth was passed among the scenes and environments sur-
rounding the birthplace ot the poet Burns. His parents, although not
wealthy, were of ancient lineage and much respected in the conununity
for their hos})itality, probity and piety. At the age of sixteen he was
sent to Glasgow to study navigation ; on account of his remarkable
talents he was graduated by a special course. He then went to sea as
first mate, making a number of voyages to the United States, and
became favorably impressed with the country. Afterwards he was
promoted to the office of sailing master, which he folhjwed for several
years, entering nearly every port in the world. At the age of twenty-
five he immigrated to America, landing at Portland, and making this
his home for three years, where he learned the trade of cabinet maker.
In 1823, he removed to Winthrop, and one year later married Miss
Clarindiue Bridgham of that town, who l)ore him nine children.
In 1830 he again changed his residence ; this time he settled at
Wayne, which became his permanent home. Leaving his family here
HiSrOEY OF WAYNE. 2G1
ill 1<S49, he went to Alton, 111., remaining there for eight years acting
as suj)erintendent at the establishment of Pitt & Hanson maiuifactiir-
ers of i'ea[)ers and mowei's. Becoming advanced in years he resigned
his position and retired from the active duties of life.
He was a practical Christian, an ai-dent advocate of temperance,
and being a strong anti-slavery man, he became the warm })ersonal
friend of William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass. Our im-
mortal Whittier was also numbered among his friends, and his letters
from the ()()et are among the choice possessions of the family to-day.
His manners were marked by gentleness and affability ; even the
rudest felt at ease in his presence, while he was a fit comiianion for the
most cultured and refined ; and though he lived to be over eighty
years of age he never lost the freshness of heart which robs old
age of half its sorrows. He entertained the deepest love for his
adopted country, and no one cherished more sincerely than he the
liberties over which the constitution has extended its high sanction. He
gave three sons to serve in the war of the rebellion. His examj)le
was a blessing to all, and such innnigrants, regardless from whence
they originate, are certainly to be welcomed to our shores.
To employ his leisure hours during the later years of his life he
again became a zealous student of mathematics, giving evidence of
remarkable al)ility, and became somewhat conspicuous as a writer on
problems and subjects ])ertaining to mathematics. Through this
medium he became actjuainted with the leading professors. Thomas
Hill, president (jf Harvard college, paid a rich and glowing tribute to
his character and mental resources, which appeared in the leading
publicati(Mis at the time of Mr. Clark's death. Although his manners
and tastes were those of a refined and educated gentleman, he made
himself a friend to every member of the connnunity in which he re-
sided, and it may be well said of him '•'•sans peur et sans reprochey
On the 8th day of November, 1878, at the mature age of 84 years,
he died peacefully at the home of his daughter, who tenderly cared
for him in his declining years. Three of his children are now living :
James N. of Dorchester, Mass., Cyrus D. of vSomerville, Mass., and
Mrs. L. R. Sturtevant of Wayne. Such is the brief history of the life
of one wdio was a resident of this town for half a century.
J. Clark Stinchfield was born in Leeds, Androscoggin Co., Nov. 3,
1848. His great-great-grandfather John was born in Leeds, England,
Oct. 12, 1715. He came to this country in 1735, and settled in
262 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
Gloucester, Mass. On the stiine vessel with him eanie a younji; lady,
by name, Elizabeth Burns. Her nationality was Scotch. She was a
relative of Robert Burns. She was l)orn in the North of Ireland,
Dec. 21, 1718. They were married in 1737, and had issue John,
born Oct. 23, 1738; William, born Jan. 9, 1741; Elizabeth, born
May 18, 1743; James, born July 13, 1745; Thomas, born Dec. 29,
174G, and Rogers, born Oct. 21, 1752. In 175(5 he removed his
family to New Gloucester. He died in that town Jan. 3, 1783, and
his widow Aug. 19, 1795. He and all of his sons were in the Revolu-
tionary war. Their fifth child, Thomas'*, married Mrs. Paul wdiose
maiden name was Sarah True, born May 6, 1744. Her parents lived
in Turner. They had issue Thomas, born Sept. 8, 1768; Sarah, born
July 10, 1770; James, born Aug. 10, 1773; Martha, born Nov. 28,
1774; Samuel, born Nov. 6, 1777, and Rebecca, the first white child
born in the town of Leeds, Dec. 11, 1780. Thomas and Rogers were
the first settlers ot Leeds and removed their families from New Glou-
cester to that town, then Littleborough, in June, 1780. Thomas died
in Leeds, Oct. 25, 1837, and his wife Nov. 18, 1791. Their third
child, James, married Hannah Pettingill of Leeds, born in Massachu-
setts, Feb. 14, 1786. They had issue John, lun-n Dec. 16, 1802;
Isaac, born May 5, 1804; Polly, born Dec. 9, 1805; James, born
Sept. 9, 1807; Elvira, born June 29, 1809; Joel, born Mar. 4, 1811;
Thomas, born Dec. 6, 1812 ; Hannah, born Dec. 25, 1814; Abigail,
born Oct. 16, 1817; Aramantha, born Aug. 24, 1819; Sewall, born
Mar. 29, 1822; Allen, born April 8, 1825, and Eliza Ann, born
Nov. 29, 1830. James died in Leeds, July 28, 1857, and his widow
June 19, 1871. Their second child, Isaac, married Abigail L. Knapp,
born in Leeds, Mar. 3, 1814. They had issue Isaac, born Oct. 29,
1836; T. Jefferson, born April 6, 1838; Charles K., born Feb. 26,
1840 ; John Clark, born when* above stated ; Rose E., born Dec. 6,
1845; Abbie L., born Jan. 3, 1848; S. Wallace, born May 10,
1850; George S., born Nov. 25, 1852, and Ella F., born Nov. 1, 1856.
Isaac died in Leeds, Jan. 9, 1878, and his widow in Wayne, Oct.
6, 1884.
His boyhood days were spent on the farm in Leeds. He
improved his o|)[)ortunities of education, those of a district school, one
mile distant. At the age of twelve years he entered the high school
of this town, attending the spring and fill terms, and closed his school
days at Towle Academy, obtaining the necessary funds to defray ex-
penses by teaching in winter. July 4, 1863, he married Catharine H.
HISTORY OF WAYNE. 263
Graves, of Wayne, horn Nov. 19, 1844. They had issue Minnie
Etta, born Jan. 1, ISG-S, and George Roger, l)orn Jan. 2, 1<S7(). He
hec-anie a citizen of Wayne, July 5, 18()o, and a resident of the viUage
May <S, 186(S. Ten years hiter, Jan. 7, 1878, his wife died. June
lo, 188(), he married Henrietta Howard, born in Leeds, Dec. 7, 1858.
Tiiey had issue Allen Howard, born May 8, 1888. From 1808 to
]Mar. 20, 1890, he was engaged in the buying and selling of horses,
cattle and sheej^, at the same time shipping to the Boston Mai-ket, and
retailing meat, etc., since which time he has been engaged in the hotel
business, making a specialty of entertaining summer guests. He is
the present proprietor of the Pocasset House.
By reference to the list of civil officers of the town, contained in this
work, the fact may be noted that, from 1872 to 188() he was a public
servant for a people, a large majority of whose political preferences,
at that time, were not in accord with his views of the issues of the day.
He was several times the nominee of the party for re})resentative to
the legislature and always run ahead of the ticket ; yet as many times
failed of an election. He is interested in the cause of education, the
advancement of the young to j)ositions of responsibility and trust, the
progress and imi)rovement of the town, the develojmient of its industries
and natural resources, prominent in the societies and corporations with
which he is connected, and careful and particular in the discharge of
the duties imposed on him.
James H. Tiiorne was borne in Monmouth in 182o, his i)arents soon
after moving to the tow^n of Readfield. At the age of about nine he
went to live iu the family of Mr. Benj. Davis, a farmer of Readfield,
where he lived until he was twenty -one, working as few boys are
obliged to work now-a-days. Being ambitious for au education, he
supplemented the little schooling allowed him by hard study when
time could be obtained, which was after the day's work was done. The
thrift of the family in which he lived, forbade the use of caudles for
evening study. In fact instructions from the head of the family pro-
vided that they should always be "blown out" when found lighted for
such a purpose. Nothing daunted, the boy collected pine knots, by
the uncertain light of which he might [)ursue his studies. An old
schoolmate remembers how at the age of thirteen, he was the proud
wnnner of a prize offered iu the "old yellow school house' ' in Readfield
by that excellent teacher of those days, the late Mr. Washington
Hunton.
264 HIS TO BY OF WAYNE.
As soon as he attained his inajority he came to Wayne, where he
made his permanent home. In l<S4<She married Miss Mary, danghter
of ]Mr. Ehen Norris.
Mr. Thorne was a most successful teacher; teaching- in Iteadfiehl,
in the "old yellow school house," also several terms at both Wayne
and North Wayne. "He was a progressive teacher," said a former
pupil, "and the first that I remend)er who proved that a successful
school could be taught without the use ot corporal punishment."
He served as town clerk in Wayne for six years. Was sent as
Representative to Augusta tlie winter of '61 and '62. He dealt largely
in cattle in days before the Western markets were sending their pro-
duce East.
His wife died in 185(S, and three years later a favorite son was
drowned in Pocasset Lake. In 1859 he married Mrs. Mary Norris,
by whom he had one son, Homer A. In 1865 he married Mrs.
Novella Moulton, and for a short time was landlord of the hotel at
Wayne. Mr. Thorne died of consumption in 1866. His wife sur-
vived him but a short time. His eldest son, Millard, died in Boston
in 1886. His surviving children are Airs. N. T. Milliken and Homer
A. of Boston, Eben N. living at Grand Rapids, Mich., and salesman for
the firm of jVIarshall Fields & Co. of Chicago, and Mrs. Alfred John-
son of Wayne.
A Biographical Sketch of Annie Louise Cary.
BY one of her friends.
For five centuries the Feudal System flourished in Europe. Feud-
alism was already well established on the Continent when William the
Conqueror developed the System in England. William divided Eng-
land into 60,000 feudal estates, making each one the property of a
Norman Baron. Every estate had its castle, its strong wall l)attle-
mented and turreted, surrounded by a moat. Outside lay the village
where dwelt the tenants of the Baron who was Master of the Castle.
In the })eaceful England of to-day we see little to remind us of those
troublous times, when every Feudal Lord thought of his neighbor as
his enemy, and spent his life either in seeking triumphs, or in protect-
ing himself from conquest.
Here and there we have a fairly well preserved landmark of the
period. The White Tower, the largest building among those we call
the tower of london, was the castle of King William himself.
ANNIE LOUISE GARY.
THE KEW YORE
PUBLIC LIBRARY
ASTOR, LENOX AMD
TILDEN FOUNDATIONS.
HISTORY OF WAYNE. 265
Thouiih used now only as ii Museum, tlie huildiuL!,- still retains its
warlike appearance, tilled with glittering armor and all the curious
and horrible instruments of battle employed in mediaeval times. A
few miles from London, Kt)chester Castle, also, still stands; its stately
walls covered with vines and flowers, and pigeons the sole occupants
of its deserted interior. And again, in Sussex, near the southern
coast, the ruins of Arundel C-astle attract the traveler, who finds the
tenants in this case to be a colony of American owls.
But ruins as well preserved as these are rare. The homes of the
()(),()0() Norman IJarons ;uid their early successors have, for tlu^ most
part, entirely disapi)eared. Occasionally, the site of a Feudal C'astle
cau be located by the retention of the name in the neighborhood. The
tourist who wanders through Somerset, always visits (ilastonbury
Abbey and Wells Cathedral. If he should go a few miles southeast
from Wells, he would tind, just on the borders of Somerset and Dor-
setshire, a small village called Castle Cari/. No trace of the Castle itself
remains, but the very fact of the name surviving in thatof the village,
shows that the race long occupied and {)osse,ssed the land. We know
that the Castle was retained by the family for many generations. A
valiant race must these Carys have been — a race of concjuerors. The
title of Knight is not hereditary, is only bestowed for valor, and history
records that many, at least six or eight of these gallant Carys were
knighted in recognition of their military exploits. On the roll of honar
we find the names of Sir George Cary, Sir Edward Cary, Sir Philip
Cary, Sir Robert Cary, Sir William (Jary and Sir Henry Cary. It
was Sir Robert Cary, who, in the fifteenth century, fought and van-
(juished a famous Knight-Errant of Arragon. This foreign Knight
had traveled through many countries, defeating any one who dared to
meet him in mortal condiat. When he arrived in England his chal-
lenge was accepted by Sir Robert Cary, who succeeded in vanquishing
this hitherto invincil)le warrior.
Sir William Cary, a grandson of Sir Robert, married Mary Boleyn,
a sister of Anne Boleyn, the most unfortunate (jf all the unhappy
wives of Henry VIII. Sir William's son. Sir Henry, was thus own
cousin to Queen Elizabeth, who made a personal friend of him and
entrusted him with affairs of state. Sir Henry's son — another Sir
Robert — also attained prominence in political affairs, was at Eliza-
beth's bedside when she died, and went immediately therefrom to
Scotland to personally announce to James I. his accession to the throne.
Before this time, however, several of these illustrious Carys had left
266 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
Hoinerset, mid had gone to live in Tonjuay i)n the ('oast of Devonshire.
Tonjuav i« to-day one of the ])rincii)al watering- place.s in England,
and those who visit this resort, never fail to drive to the neighboring
village of liabbaconibe to see its beantifiil bay. Here, in Babba-
(•oinl)e, we again find the name of Cary preserved, for the tonrist, if
he needs refreshment, nuist needs seek it in the Cary Arms Inn.
It seems, from all accounts, that not until England's times grew
more i)ea('eful, were these Carys content to pursue industrial occupa-
tions. In the early part of the seventeenth century some of the Somer-
set C-arys appear to have been merchants in Bristol. They were
still rich and influential i»eo[)le as several of them were educated in
France. Three of them are said to have come to America, and one
of these three — John Cary by name — was the ancestor of Nelson
Howard Cary of Wayne.
Protestantism was born iu Germany in the early part of the sixteenth
century ; but Protestantism, as it first appeared iu England inider
Henry VIIL, was hardly an advance over Roman Catholicism. Eng-
land was not ])repared for so radical a change in religious thought
and [)ractice, and so, at first, the "new" religion was but a compromise
between the old and the new. This displeased the luore ardent of the
reformers, and in the reign of Elizabeth there sjjraug U]") a sect called
"Puritans", — called so a])parently in derision, from their avowed wish
to disseminate the "pure" word of God instead of conforming to estab-
lished liturgies and promising ol)edience to Archbishops. These
Puritans, like the Knights in armor, were fighters. Though they
sought neither to kill nor to conquer, yet it was the same spirit that
led the knight to lay his enemy in the dust, that also led the Puritan
to rebel against preaching or practicing doctrines or customs of which
his conscience disapproved. iSonie of these Puritans remained in
England, for generations struggling against their religious o])pressors;
some were exiled to Holland, and some crosses! the ocean to seek their
freedom iu America. The most important member of the little colony
that came over iu the Mayflower in 1620 was their presiding Elder,
William Brewster. He it was who cheered them when their hearts
grew faint, and who comforted them through the trials and sufferings
they were called upon to endure. It was of "stern stuff" that these
Puritans were made. They had the courage of soldiers, the fortitude
of martyrs, a [)erseverance that recognized no ol)stacle, a steadfastness
born only of a rigorous conscience. Well nuiy James Russell Lowell
have spoken of their frail ship as the "Hero-weighted Mayflower," and
HISTOBY OF WAYNE. 267
well may their (lescen(hlnt^i, now scattered far and wide thronn'h {\w
United States 1)8 })roud of their renoiviied' ancestry. It is one of tlie
descendants of Elder Brewster himself who concerns ns, a ship hnilder
by the name of William K. Stockhridge, who lived at Yarmouth,
Maine, in the early i)art of the present century. A ship builder dur-
ing the week, ^Ir. Stockbridge was on Sundays a deacon in the cliundi,
and led the village choir. Two of his daughters, M iria and Marcia,
sang in this choir. Very good singers must Miss Maria and Miss
Marcia have been, and it is safe to a.ssunie that very attractive young
women were they too, for parties of young men were wont to walk on
Sunday evenings from Portland to Yarmouth to hear the Stockbridge
girls sing. Deacon Stockbridge was ambitious that his daughters
should be well educated, and Yarmouth not affording such advantages
as he desired for them, he sent them to a very popular Female Semin-
ary in Winthrop. An article on "Historical Reminiscences" in the
WiNTHROP Banxer of November, 1881, says: "The school was very
large, attracting young ladies of wealth and refinement fnjm all parts
of the State; the scholars filling every home that would or could accom-
modate boai'ders ; causing the village, during term-time, to a[)pear as if
its inhabitants were almost entirely females." The Stockbridge girls
had to seek a boarding [)lace, as did all the other pupils, and they
found one in the home of Simeon Cary.
When John Gary, of Somerset, left Bristol in 1634 and came to
America, he settled in Bridgewater, Mass., a town a few miles west of
Plymouth, and the first t(jwn in the interior colonized by the Puritans.
The immediate descendants of John Cary lived in Bridgewater for
many generations, one of whom, Simeon l)y name, was a Captain in
the French war of 1758, and a Colonel in the war of the Revolution.
The Simeon Cary who left Bridgewater and went to live in Maine was a
grandson of the Colonel Simeon of Revolutionary fame. He took with
him a wife who had remarkable musical gifts and a t^wx who inherited
the talents of his mother. This son was Nelson Howard Cary, a fair
haired, blue eyed boy, who grew to manhood in his ^Itiine home. He
was an ambitious boy too, studying whenever and wherever he had
the opportunity, and teaching school in various places to defray the
expenses of his education. He chose medicine for his profession, and
music for a pastime ; singing with a rich baritone voice and playing on
the violincello. Into this house, where the wife and son of Simeon
Cary were singers of no small local repute, came the Stockbridge girls
whose voices had long given pleasure to their listeners. It was a veri-
268 HISTOBY OF WAYNE.
tiihle little imisical coniinunity, a happy and cony-eiiial t'ainily.
Many of the young men in Wiuthroj) were shy and afraid of the
rich and fashionable young ladies who attended the Seminary, and
aA'oi(le<l instead of seeking their society. Not so with Nelson Cary.
Shouhl he, whose ancestors had been knighted for bravery for genera-
tions, l)e afraid to woo and tell his love? And should she, whose an-
cestors had been heroes of another sort, enduring trials and hardships
for truth's sake, be afraid to confess hers? No! And so he, whose
forefathers had, in the west of England, fought so gallantly with the
sword, and she, whose forefathers had, with e(jual valor, in the east of
England, fought for conscience sake, declared and acknowleilged their
aflet'tion ; and Nelson C-ary and Maria Stockbridge i)lighted their
troth, and were in due time, married.
Dr. and ^Irs. Cary were married in 1»S29. Six children were born
to them, but they were not all born in Wayne as the Carys did not]move
there till ISo."). Annie Louise was the youngest of the family, her
birth taking place on the 22d of October, 1<S42. Dr. Cary attained
.eminence in his profession, and both he and his wife were admired for
their musical and intellectual ability, and loved for their sterling
qualities of character.
The following article is written by one of their own townsmen, and
appeared in the Boston Transcript in 1877, soon after the death
of Dr. ( -ary.
ANNIK LOUISE CARY.
The pictures(jue little village of Wayne, in the county of Kennebec,
Maine, has the honor of being the birth-place of her whose name heads
this sketch. It is situated at the northern extremity of Androscoggin
Lake, sixteen miles west of Augusta. Nature has rarely done a better
piece of work in the way of a village site that it did in this case.
Viewed from the adjacent heights, the village with its surroundings is
a scene of surpassing beauty. The lake which it borders, studded
with verdure clad islands, the bridged stream cutting it in twain, a
steepled church standing sentinel-like at either extremity, the rows of
big maples bordering and shading its main street, in combination form
a subject of ai'tistic interest. If we may judge from the fre(juent visits
of Miss Cary to the home of her childhood, no doubt in view of its
charms she often sings :
"Where *er I roam, whatever lands to see,
My heart untramelled foiitlly turns to thee."
HISTOEY OF WAYXE. 2(59
Miss Cary was the daiiirlitcr of Nelson Howard ( arv, ^F. I)., ami
Maria Stockhridii-e Carv, now deceased. To both her [)ai-ents is she
indebted nnder the law of heredity for her irift of sonir, as also for her
vigorous intellectual nature. Beecher, in his lecture on "Success,"
says that our first provision shoidd be to be well born. Miss Cary
seems to have heeded this injunction and demonstrate 1 its practicability.
Dr. Carv possessed natural gifts musical, literary and oratorical, which
had they been develo|)ed and expanded would have distinguish;' 1 him
in any connnunity. He had a baritone voice of great volume and
compass, musical in every tone of its range. Such was his popularity
that his contributions of song, or speech, were considered indispensable
to every festival or })ublic gathering in the vicinity. Mrs. Cary, a
woman of retinement and intelligence, had enjoyed the advantages of
cultivated society. Possessinir an excellent voice upon which had been
bestowed a fair amount of cultivation, she enjoyed considerable local
reputation as a singer. Inheriting from her parents such gifts, with a
strong, healthy, physical organization, our great contralto conformed to
the first condition of success, she was "well born." The family, of
which she was the youngest, consisted of six children, upon all of
whom the spirit of song descended in richest abundance. It was a
favorite pastime of the neighbors to assemble in front of the doctor's
house in pleasant sunnner evenings and call the family out on the
veranda to sing to them. In all her after trium[)hs Annie never gave
more genuine [deasure to her listeners than on these occasions, when she
would sing her simple, childish songs. Coming to Boston when about
seventeen years of age, her brother to whose house she went to
reside, soon obtained for her a jiosition in the choir of the Rowe Street
Baptist Church, of which liev. Baron Stowe was then pastor. From
there she went to Dr. Bartol's Church, and then to the "Emmanuel"
where she sang until her de})arture for Europe. The writer was a
member of the Rowe Street Church Choir when Miss (!ary sang there.
He well remembers how thrilling was her voice in its phenomenal
richness, volume and depth. A disability which somewhat impeded
her progress at first was that of excessive nervousness. This difRculty
for a time, operated to dampen slightly the hopes of her friends as to
her capacity for dramatic expression. Her father once remarked, "if
Annie could so far forget herself, as to acquire the necessary ease and
abandon to face an audience, I think she would sing very well." But
genius is a wayward child ; it rarely acts as we hope or exi)ect, we
must be patient and await its moods. The builders are always reject-
270 HISTOllY OF WAYNE.
inn,- the stone destined to beeonie tlie head ot'tlie corner. It" there is
one thinf>' ahove othei's that now distinii'iiishes Miss Gary's singing, it
is her power to utter with nnisie's ehxiuence the mysterious longings
that well u]) from the de])ths of the human soul — that quality we call
expression. At the last Christmas performance of the "Messiah" in
Boston Music Plall, in which she sang the contralto solos, that mystic
and weird music language drew tears from her audience ere she had
completed the opening phrase of lu'r iirst numher.
Intellectually Miss Cary may be considered as of the masculine
type ; her conversation and correspondence indicating breadth, insight
and discrimination. Her connnents upon ])ersons of European royalty
betray a capacity for shrewd observation. (Jarlyle says, there are no
classes of faculties, man having but one faculty, viz: intellectual
power. He says it was only by accident that Burns wrote verses for
his countrymen instead of acting the })art of Mirabeau in their councils
of state. We may object to this view as a|)j)lied to the more restricted
fields of mental activity, but it [)rol)al)ly has a partial basis of truth.
The power ot musical ex[)ression is intellectual })ower, and that quality,
so consjncuous in jNIiss Gary's interpretations of the great masters of
musical compositions, would no doubt have been equally so in other
departments of intellectual etfort. To her early friends and accpiaint-
ances, jNIiss Gary's brilliant career is vividly suggestive of the romantic
and fabulous. The history of the early triumphs of musical art in
America will have no worthier illustration than her genius affords.
This inadequate tribute to one whose artistic merits are fully supple-
mented by graces of a warm and generous heart is inspired by the
desire to give expression, however feebly, to the feelings of [)ride and
admiration which her childhood ac(pniiiitances entertained for her. —
Jamks Nelhon Glark, Dorchester, Mass.
It was not strange that all the Gary children showed musical talent.
Indeed, it would have been strange if they had not, as it was a direct
inheritance on both sides of the family. But it needs more than talent
to make one's name and fame in the world. The ability to draw and
to mix colors does not make a great painter ; a brain stored with facts
and a complete knowledge of granmiar are not sufficient to produce an
eminent author ; and the possession of a fine voice with the ability to
read notes does not make a celebrated singer. To succeed in any pro-
fession, a vast amount of hard work must be done ; so vast that the
greater number of the talented ones of the world are appalled and
dismayed, and turn back before they have mounted the first step on
IIISTOBY OF WAYNE. •_>71
the ladder of faiiu-. Tlie ureal elements of success are iinlimitecl
courage and perseverance. Jt was a conihination of the more remote
inlieritance of the couraiie ot Sir Robert Carv and the iK>rseverance of
William IJrewster that was possessed hy Annie Louise, wiiich, added
to lier talent, enabled her to become one of the uiH-atest singers the
world has ever known.
Her earlv popidarilv was due t-ntiridy to her wiuniuL;' personality
and to her marvelous voice; for, in her youth, she had no i-eally
valuable instruction. Her voicv was as phenomenal in compass as in
quality. When she was sixteen, its actual rantic was tliiu'e ocUivcs
andaJialJ; but doubtless the very hiuli and very low notes were ii
strain on her voice, and were, in a measure, injurious, tor, in her pro-
fessional career, she seldom attempted to use them.
:Mrs. Gary died in 1850, while Annie was yet a chihh The family
then moved to Yarmouth and later Annie went to boardinij; school in
Gorham, but she was eiii'hteen before she went out of the state of
Maine. INIeanwhile, her second brother, Joseph, had married and
settled in Boston, and in LSGO, the andiitious girl went tosi)end the winter
with him, with the hope of obtaining real vocal instruction. She sang in
church during her winter in Boston, but was compelled to return home
in the spring when the Givil War broke out, as her brother was one of
the first to enlist. The Garys had retained their fighting blood through
generations of peace, and three of Dr. Gary's sons went to defend their
country. The younger one, (Sam, now living iu New York,) became
an officer, and after two years' service in the field, was made a prisoner
of war, and spent nearly two years more in southern prisons. Deprived
by the war of her Boston home, and having no money with which to
pay her ])oard. Miss Gary was forced to give up her musical aspii-a-
tions for a while, and returned to school in Gorham, Elaine, to study
other branches. But she still longed for the musical instruction, and
again she found her way to Boston, this time making her home with
friends, and earning her board by helping them in their daily round
of domestic duties. Who but a New England woman would have
undertaken to obtain an education under such difficulties? Miss Gary
procured another church position, sang in the chorus of the Handel
and Haydn Society, and took singing lessons. But her ambition was
not satisfied. Sitting in her place in the chorus and listening to the
artists who rendered the solos in the great Oratorios, she could think
of no inferior place for herself. No thought of ever appearing in
dramatic perfornmnces crossed her mind. The stern Puritan influence
272 IILrrOllY OF WAYNE.
still siirvived .sufticieiitly in INew P^uii-huid tor tlieatres and opera
lionscs to he looked npon as places most dan^'erous, if not positively
sinful. < )nee, when "Don (iiovanni" was given with Patti as Zerlina,
a part of the Handel and Haydn Society went on the stage to augment
the Liherty Chorus. Miss Cary was there with the others, hut it
never occurred to her to emulate the ])rima-donna ; her one sole ambi-
tion was to he a great Concert and ()rat(n-io singer. Occasionally she
sang solos ill local singing societies in northern New England, and
once she sang the contralto solos in "Israel in Egypt" with Parepa-
Rosa and the Handel and Haydn Society. But though she had the
best instructors Boston could atibrd, — J. Q. Weatherbee, and after-
wards Lyman Wheeler — and though she continued to receive endless
compliments for her beautiful voice, yet she knew that to be a really
great singer, she must do something more. That "something more"
could be nothing less than a trij) abroad to study, and her fertile
brain began to think how such an undertaking could be accom])lished
by a penniless girl. The first thing to be settled was her destination.
She chose INIilan. She knew two American girls who had gone there
to study, and she would go and join them. The next (juestion was the
means to get there. She could think of only one way to raise the
money ; it was a bold venture, l)ut she must risk it ; so she hired the
Boston Music Hall on her own responsibility, organized and advertised
her own Concert, and sold her own tickets ! The result was that before
the sunnner was over — this was ISOti — she had joined the girls in
INIilan, and had the princely sum of -SOOO in her pocket on which she
was to live and complete her musical education ! It seems jn'eposter-
ous now that any one could have dared to undertake so much with so
little; l)ut to a girl of the S})irit and |)ersistence of Annie Louise Cary,
nothing she made up her mind to do was impossil)le, nothing was un-
reasonable.
The first year's lessons were not very satisfactory. Her teachers>
when they learned that she intended to appear only on the concert
stage, were at first amused, and then vexed. It would have been in-
c()m])rehensible to an Italian if any one had told liim it was wrong to
sing on the dramatic stage. There had never been any Puritans in
Italy. At the end of the first year any one but Annie Cary would
have been thoroughly disheartened. She had not made the progress
she hoi)ed and exj^ected ; her money was gone ; the remittances from
home were few and far between, and there was no prospect of earning
anything in Concert or Oratorio on European soil. There was no al-
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teriuitive, she must take an engagement in Opera if she coukl get one.
One offered itself shortly, and she accei)ted it, though by doing so she
called down upon herself the wrath of several of her friends and rela-
tives, and some of the scanty remittances were stopped altogether.
The attempt to sing in Opera without instruction in the art of acting
was a bold venture, and well needed the courage of a Gary, but the
beautiful voice with its extraordinary range helped her through a sea
of difficulties. The i)arts assigned to her were, at first, small ones,
liut she took anything exce))t roles belonging to low baritone or
bass. Thus she was (|uite as a))t to appear in a high soprano, or even
in a high baritone part, as in one more particularly suited to her.
Miss Gary's first appearance in Opera w^as in Copenhagen in Janu-
ary, 1868. The opera was the "Masked Ball." She continued sing-
ing with the same company for two years, traveling through Norway,
Sweden and Denmark. Her salary, ostensibly a small one, was some-
times not paid at all. Meanwhile, she must live, and what was c[uite
as important, she must study ; and study with the best and most
expensive teachers too. What words could tell of the trials the brave
girl endured for those two ypars. Far from home and all her kith
and kin, (for Europe seemed far in those days), still under a cloud of
displeasure for the course she had taken, and worse than penniless,
for the debts were accumulating fast. But still she kept her goal in
sight and never faltered. She was forced to borrow thousands of
dollars, the greater part of it in small sums of one hundred dollars or
less, for she had no rich acquaintances to whom she could appeal. She
studied in summer with Viardot-Crai'cia, then the most celebrated
singing teacher in Europe, and in winter she studied as best she could,
and sang for pay or without it. Yet she pressed on and on, with the
ever increasing pile of debts hanging over her, with only scanty words
of encouragement from those she loved at home, and knowing full well
that a storm of derision would break over her if she failed. The
money ran very low, sometimes almost to the last dollar, but never
was this indomitable spirit broken. The public is lavish in its applause
for those who have made great names for themselves. The w^orld sees
only the brilliant results. The long apprenticeship, the ceaseless
effort, the bitter struggles, are seldom known or thought of. Contrary
to the usual opinion, the truth is that talent is only the germ of
success.
In 1870, ^Maurice Strakosch heard Miss Gary sing in Brussels, and
offered her an engagement in a concert troupe he was forming for a
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274 HISTORY OF WATKE.
tour ill the United Stutes. The celebrated S\ve<lish l^rinm-Doiiiia,
Christine Nilsson, headed this trouj^e. 8o])ranos are a[)t to consider
contraltos, as tenors do basses, as little ni(jre than a foil or acconipani-
ment to their own brilliancy. The Strakosch trou])e made their first
appearance in Steinway Hall, New York, on September 19th, LSTO.
Mile. Nilsson was heralded with a blare of trumpets, and the public
was })repared to be wildly enthusiastic about her. INIiss Cary was
almost unknown in New York. Her New England friends were
anxiously waiting to hear the results of her four years of absence, but
in New York, the public who knew anything about her, merely S[)oke
of her as a "l^oston girl who had been studying abroad." The sur-
prise and delight she created can neither be imagined nor described ;
but it can be remembered, and very distinctly remembered l)y the
writer of this article. She fairly divided the honors with the great
Prima-Douiia, and indeed, many in her audiences showed their decided
preference for her. Christine Nilsson was marvellously fascinating,
and the most extravagant ex})ressions of approval were showered upon
her. But Annie Cary awoke a deeper feeling in her listeners. It
was Nym Crinkle (A. C. Wheeler) who said of her in later years,
"after all a contralto voice is the only one on a level with our hearts.
Your sopranos may soar however high, the vibrations are often too
rapid to start our pulses." Neither critics nor the public had been
prepared to expect a Contralto who was destined to forever rival the
Sopranos with whom she was associated. But she had come, and
remained ; for the first impression she made was never changed, only
strengthened and deepened by each year of her professional life.
Her New York success in the ftill of '70 was the beginning of the
turn in the tide of her fortunes. Seventeen concerts were given in
Steinway Hall between September 19th and November 1st, and the
two thousand seats were sold at four and three dollars each for every
performance. The troupe traveled all winter, giving over one hundred
concerts. They appeared in all the principal places in the country,
everywhere making an artistic and financial success. But though the
great pecuniary strain under which Miss Cary had been for so long
was now over, it was a very hard winter for her. In the first place,
her repertoire was not sufficient, for she had not dreamed of singing in
seventeen concerts in one place. For the same reason, her costumes
were not sufficient. Her frugal mind would not allow her to spend
large sums on her toilet while her debts were still unpaid, and she
actually brought from Paris only two stage gowns for the season. But
HISTORY OF WAYXE. 275
if she had sung in calico, the audiences would not have cared, so com-
pletely did she win their affection.
Miss Gary's contract with Strakosch continued during- the following
year, and the second season ('71-'72) the trou[)e produced Opera.
Miss Gary did not have much opportunity to distinguish herself during
her first winter in opera, as contralto parts are so often very subordin-
ate, but she invariably took just as much pains with small parts as
with prominent ones, so her name was eagerly looked for on the bills.
Her great success of the Season was as Azucena in "Trovatore," a role
that suited her exactly, and one which she rendered with great j)ower.
Another marked success was made in "Martha," and the contrast be-
tween the character of the unhappy gypsy and the gay, saucy Nancy
showed that she was already versatile as au actress.
INIiss Gary's third season in America ('72-' 73) was again devoted to
Goncert. The soprano of this ti'oupe w'as Garlotta Patti, who had a
world-wide reputation as "Queen of the Goncert Stage." Yet she,
like Nilssou, had to look to her laurels, for once more were the
audiences divided in their allegiance. It is often said that while the
public shows favor where it pleases, yet critics are afraid to dispute
the supremacy of the Soprano. This year, however, many of them
boldly asserted that Miss Gary was "incomparably the finer singer of
the two," and that "Patti was forced to second place by the manifest
wish of the audience."
The South said of Gary that she was "the sweetest songstress in
America;" that her renderings of her songs were "brilliant, intellect-
ual and soulful." The West said "she sings more like a bird than any
one since the days of Jenny Lind ; her voice, joyous and full of laugh-
ter, makes her music ripple like dancing water." The East said "her
voice is like diamonds and pearls, absolutely pure and flawless, and
her personality makes her audience her friends." And the North
said "she is a glorious woman, with a voice of great power ; rich, full
and satisfactory ; singing with au honesty of purpose and a fidelity of
execution that carries her audiences by storm."
Like Parepa, Miss Gary attained great success iu ballads, frequently
choosing them for encores, aud often compelled to repeat them again
and again.
One great secret of her universal success was that she always took
as much pains before an audience in a small place, as she did before
those of the great cities. Mau}^ of those associated with her would
show their indifference to their rural listeners, but Miss Gary was too
276 HISrOBY OF WAYNE.
true to lier nature and principles to recognize any distinctions of this
character.
During the first winter after Miss Gary's return from Europe she
appeared in Chicago as soloist in the "Messiah." In spite of her suc-
cess on the operatic stage and in concert troupes, it was the more
serious and classical form of music that she liked the best. Faithful
to her early surroundings and influences, she ever preferred the nobility
and dignity of ihe sacred compositions, and was ever more proud of
her success in them than of any of her other musical triumphs. She
was in great demand for oratorios, and found some time to appear in
them almost every winter of her musical career.
Theodore Thomas, recognizing how inadequately great classical
compositions had been previously produced in America, organized and
arranged a series of "Festivals," the first one taking place in Cincin-
nati in May, 1873. This first Cincimiati Festival was a great event
in the History of Music in America, and it is almost unnecessary to
record that Miss Cary was the "Star" of the occasion. Eight concerts
were given in one week. Although it was undesirable to have all the
music of a severe and heavy order, yet, in Music, as well as in Scul])-
ture and Literature, it is always the portrayal of the noble and digni-
fied thought that claims pre-eminence. Miss Cary's superb rendering
of selections from Gluck's "Orpheus" was the great artistic success of
the Festival, and was received with storms of applause. The public
is a captious critic, and does not always approve what is best, but
Festival audiences in Cincinnati and elsewhere, always acknowledged
Miss Cary's extraordinary ability in serious, noble compositions, and
always considered her the most important, nay — the one indispensable
element of success in their concerts.
It was during this winter of '72-'73 that the great Rubinstein came
to America. The famous Russian musician heard the American con-
tralto, and said to a friend, "that is the most beautiful voice I ever
heard." "You mean," the friend answered, "the most beautiful you
have heard in America?" "No," the great pianist replied, "I mean
the most beautiful I have ever heard in the world."
In the fall of '73, Miss Cary returned to the operatic stage with
Nilsson again, and the celebrated tenor, Campaniui, was added to the
company. This was a most notable season of musical events. In New
York on November 26th, Verdi's great opera of "Aida" was produced.
It was a veritable revelation to New York opera goers. As a specta-
cle it was enchanting, as a composition it was a fascinating novelty,
HISTORY OF WAYNE. 277
and its represeutation was almost beyond criticism. It was a combin-
ation of excellencies in Opera to which New Yorkers were not, in those
days, accustomed. The opera was written for the Khedive of Egypt
and had pi-eviously been produced only before him. Its representation in
Cairo did not compare wath that of New York, and a foreig;ner who
heard it there and then here, wrote home that "had Miss Gary been the
original Princess when the opera of "Aida" was given in Cairo, the
Khedive would have smothered her in diamonds and pearls, to say
nothing of bales of fine Cashmere shawls, so perfectly superb are her
singing and acting." The title role in ''Aida", written for soprano
has the usual prominence, but so exactly was the part of the Princess
^m?ierw suited to Miss Cary, that in her rendering of it, the part stood
out boldly as the most important one in the opera. In her gorgeous
costumes, and with her dignified bearing her appearance was majestic ;
and the glorious voice and dramatic passion with which she rendered
the role made her so superbly attractive that one could but feel resent-
ment againt Rliadames for choosing Aida.
The second important event of this season was the production on
March 19, '74 of Wagner's "Lohengrin." Again w^ere the scenic
effects and costumes gorgeous. Again did the music surpass all ex-
pectations, for, though much of it had been heard in concerts, yet it
was feared that taken as a whole, it might prove heavy to audiences
accustomed so long to tuneful ditties. But the success of "Lohen-
grin" was unprecedented. Nilsson, Cary, Campanini, and Del Puente
filled the Academy of Music to suffocation night after night. Miss
Cary candidly confesses that she did not enjoy singing the role of
Ortrud, but her listeners enjoyed hearing her sing it, for it was a
flawless performance. The roles of saints and heroes are generally
given in operas to sopranos and tenors. If there is any "wicked
business" it has to be done by contraltos and basses. Orirwd was a very
wicked woman, but the role is a most exacting one both for the voice
and for dramatic expression, and Miss Cary's artistic success was
complete.
Her third great triumph of this season concerned herself entirely,
and had nothing to do with the opera troupe. It w^as her performance
in the spring, with the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston, of Bach's
Passion Music. The Passion Music is the most sublime of all the
great serious compositions for human voices. There was no style of
music Miss Cary liked so well to sing ; there was no one in America —
and probably not in Europe either — who could compete with her for
278 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
a moment in work of this character, and Miss Caiy herself considered
this the one supreme achievement of her life. She was more jjroud of
it than of anything else she ever did.
Those were hard years for opera singers. The season would run
into May — sometimes quite late — and begin again in September. In
September, '74, opera was again produced in New York. This was
not destined to be a very notable season, for Nilsson and Campanini
had not been re-engaged, and Albani and Carpi were poor substitutes.
Miss Gary was really the star of the troupe, and shone with all the
more brilliancy for having an inferior background, but like a true
artist, she always regretted disparity, and enjoyed her work best when
singing with other artists of the highest rank attainable. Her great
success this season was in Verdi's Requiem Mass. It had been the
custom during previous seasons for the opera company to give Sunday
night concerts. There was very little that was "sacred" about these
performances, most of the company singing operatic selections. Miss
Gary, however, always chose solos from oratorios and other serious
works, and was universally considered the great attraction on these
occasions. Appreciating her capabilities in this line Mr. Strakosch
brought out the Messe Solenelle of Verdi in November. The most
important solo part in the Mass is the contralto, and so perfect was
Miss Gary's rendering of it that unlimited praise was lavished upon
her. Even those who had been sometimes chary of their applause of
her, acknowledged that here "she was all that the most exacting
critic could require."
At the end of this season ('74-75) Miss Gary having sung for five
seasons in America, returned to Europe to win fresh laurels there.
She appeared for two winters in Russia with Adelina Patti. The
season was for five months divided between Moscow and St. Peters-
burg. The American girl was no less idolized in Russia than she had
been at home. Presents of jewels and silver were showered upon her,
and she was wildly applauded in every role she assumed, her repre-
sentation of Amneris creating a veritable sensation.
The summer intervening between the two seasons in Russia was that
of 1876. Some enterprising manager conceived the plan of giving a
concert in Philadelphia, and having "The Star Spangled Banner"
sung by the two American singers, Glara Louise Kellogg and Annie
Louise Gary. So Gary came all the way home from Russia to sing
the National Hymn, and sing it she did so that she was cheered to the
echo. It was the same "honesty of purpose and fidelity of execution,'
IIISTOBY OF WAYNE. 979
always showing itself whether her solo was a grand aria or a simple
song, that invariably aroused the sympathies of her audience, making
them feel the earnestness of her nature and the nobleness of her
character.
Just before coming home from Russia in the spring of '77, she
slipped in an ojiera scene and sprained her ankle. Yet immediately
u])on her arrival in America, she started off on a long concert tour
with Theodore Thomas and his orchestra, as the only soloist. Over
twenty concerts were given, but though Miss Gary often suffered much
pain, the same smiling ftice greeted her audiences, and the same care
was bestowed u[)on every number of her programme. The indomita-
ble S()irit was still there.
The next two seasons ('77-'7'S & '78-79) were spent travelling
with Miss Kellogg. In most places, only concerts were given, but
there were a few performances of opera. During the first of these
winters, Miss Gary's re-appearance in New York as Amneris caused
one writer to say, "she comes back to us uKjre l)looming than ever,
and she has lost none of her hold on the public favor. The character
of Amneris she may be said to have made her own ; she has never
been more perfectly fitted with a dramatic character, and there are
few parts which better display the splendor of her rich voice." The
success of this troupe in opera, was, as a whole, not great, for it con-
tained many inferior artists. A performance of "Faust" was so bad
that one critic said "a part of it w^as good, for Siehel was good !" A
representation of "Faust" where only Siehel was praised must have
been as great a trial to Miss Gary as though she had been one of the
failures, instead of being the only one who deserved applause.
In 1S79, after having sung for nine years under the management of
Strakosch, Miss Gary left him and joined the Mapleson troupe. Gam-
panini also belonged to the company, and again those superb artists
were associated together in "Aida." Such an inmiense favorite with
the public was Miss Gary that some other role was sought that would
suit her, and the old opera of "Favorita" was revived. It exactly
suited Gary, it exactly suited Gampanini, and together they made the
time-worn "Favorita" a master-piece of dramatic passion. In Miss
Gary's second season with Mapleson ('80-' 81), and her last on the
operatic stage, Gerster joined the troupe, and "Lohengrin" was re-
vived. Miss Gary's last ai)pearance in opera was in Philadelphia on
April 22, 1881. Guriously enough, the opera was the "Masked Ball,"
the identical opera she had made her debut in, in 1868.
280 HISTOBY OF WAYNE.
Three of her impersouatious during her operatic career stand out
with special proniineuce ; the frail and ])assiouate Leonora in "Favor-
ita;" the sullen and revengeful Ortrud in "Lohengrin;" and the
haughty, imperious and jealous Aiimeris in "Aida." Never will the
opera goers of those days forget her ieonora in the convent scene, or her
Ortrud in the church scene ; but more distinctly still lives the recol-
lection of Amneris. From the moment she came on the stage in the
first act until she knelt, wee[)ing, over the tomi) of Rhadames, every
word she sang, every gesture she made remain stamped on our memory.
It was not only that she had created the part, and made it her own,
it was also that she never had any successor in it. She gave the world
its only notable Amneris, and not until the present generation has
passed away, and opera-houses in both Europe and America, are
filled with those who never saw nor heard her, will any other inter-
pretation of the character fail to receive unfavorable comparison with
that of Annie Louise Cary.
Miss Cary did not end her season of '81 with the opera company.
On the day following her last appearance in opera, she sang at a
Brooklyn Philharmonic concert ; and a week later she sang in the
Damrosch Festival in the Seventh Regiment Armory. Etelka Gerster
had been singing with Miss Cary all winter in opera, and sang with
her also at the Festival. Gerster, herself, was tar more at home in
opera than in the more serious work, but she fully appreciated Gary's
excellence in the latter, for after listening to her rendering of a solo
from the "Messiah," Gerster turned to her in astonishment, and said,
"Cary, I never heard you reidljj sing before. This is your place."
During the next winter, ('81-'82) the last of Miss Cary's public
life, she suffered continually from troul^le with her throat. She had
not made any contract for opera, but she had made many concert
engagements, several of which she was obliged to break. Her most
noteworthy appearance in the fall of '81 was at the first concert of the
Boston Symphony Society, given in Music Hall on Oct. 22nd. The
Boston Symphony Society was organized through the generosity of
Mr. Henry L. Higginson. Georg Henschel was engaged as conductor,
and the management wisely secured the services of Boston's favorite,
Annie Cary, as soloist for their first performance. Speaking of the
concert the next' day the Boston Herald said, "The audience was en-
thusiastic in its applause throughout the evening, but the generous
plaudits showered upon the leader and his orchestra were as nothing
to the spontaneous recognition of the superior excellence of Miss Cary's
efforts in her two numbers."
HISTOBY OF WAYNE. 281
In the spring of 82, a second Festival was organized to be held in
the Sev'enth Regiment Armory, this time under the leadership of
Theodore Thomas. In the prospectus Miss Cary was announced as
one of the soloists, and her admirers, who had lieen deprived of the
sound of her voice for so long, were anxiously awaiting her api)ear-
ance. Alas ! her throat was in such bad condition, that when the first
night came, the audience found printed notices of her illness scattered
through the house, and another name on the programme.' Each day it
was hoped she would be well enough to sing, but again and again
were the people disappointed. Her inability to appear during the
week at the evening concerts was most deejjly regretted by the audi-
ence, who were especially desirous of hearing her in Beethoven's great
Mass, in which she had previously sung only in Cincinnati in 1880.
Finally, she made a supreme effort, and appeared at the last concert
of the Festival on Saturday afternoon. From the New York Tribune
of the folloAving day we read, "her entrance produced a demonstra-
tion. Audience and chorus rose to receive her, and she was welcomed
with a fervor which published in unmistakable language the depth
and sincerity of the affection felt for her in New York." Fortunate-
ly, in this, her last appearance before the New York public in her
professional career, she showed no signs of illness, and sang with all
the dramatic power, and wealth of vocal perfection with which she
had delighted her American audiences for twelve years.
The next month, June, '82, Miss Gary married Mr. Charles Monson
Raymond, and since then has led a happy, domestic life. Nature had
fitted her to as ^vell adorn the home as the stage, and who shall dare
say it is not the more perfect life of the two?
But the public still yearned for the glorious voice, and when she
occasionally sang for charity, she was greeted, as of old, with tumults
of api)lause. For several years she belonged to a quartette of ladies'
voices, and also to the Rubinstein Club, a chorus composed entirely of
ladies. Even in these private concerts, she persistently refused to
sing solos, and from year to year sang less and less in the concerted
music, until after a while she appeared no more on the concert i)lat-
form.
Unlike most great artists, both actresses and singers, who often give
series after series of last performances. Miss Cary never gave any last
performances at all. When she appeared for the last time in opera
no one knew it. When she sang at the Thomas Festival, which was
really her last professional appearance, there was no intimation of it ;
282 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
and wlu'ii •A^e ceased singing at the })rivate concerts, the audience had
no way of knowing it was to he so. Perha})S n(j better illustrations
than these could be given of the unaffected simplicity of her nature,
of her continual self-forgetfulness. Her one aim in life had lieen to
do her best and be her best, and though she had b?ei showered with
costly gilts, and the most extravagant expressions of praise had been
heaped upon her l)oth at home and abroad, no amount of adulation
had, or could have, spoiled her.
rrol)al)ly no [)ublic singer had ever been so universally a favorite
with her associates. In her professional career she had sung with
Adelina and Carlotta Patti, with Tietjens, Lucca, Nilsson, Gerster,
Kellogg, C^ami)anini, Brignoli, Capoul, Masini, Del Puente, Galassi,
Padilla, Maurel, Nanetti, Jamet, and hosts of other artists. Opera
singers are proverbial for their jealousy ; opera singers are i)roverl)ial
for their quarrels ; yet the American singer could never be made to
feel any jealousy, or to notice it when it was plainly exhibited towards
her ; and in the numerous quarrels among the members of the com-
panies to which she belonged, she absolutely refused to take part. She
never could be induced to say a harsh word of one of her fellow-
workers, and the same kindliness was ever shown to the subordinate as
well as to the prominent members of the troupes with which she was
connected. Her perpetual amiability and unselfishness made her a
comrade in the truest sense of the word. On the operatic stage, there
is no opportunity for nuisicians to show their appreciation of each
other, but on the concert platform, expressions of approval can be
plainly given. In concerts, Miss Cary was not allowe<l to make her
acknovvdedgments merely to the audience, for she never had more de-
voted admirers, more faithful friends, than the members of the orches-
tra. Not subject to whims and caprices, but ever governed by earnest-
ness of purpose, showing constant good miture and boundless sympathy,
what wonder is it that she has always been as much beloved for herself
as she has been admired for her attainments, both by her friends, her
professional associates and the public?
Of the life of Mrs. Raymond, perhaps we have no right to speak at
all. But, after all, has she not yet a public, though it wears rags,
lives in tenement houses and is not over clean? In the year 1878 there
was one morning in a New York paper, side by side with a most flat-
tering notice of the great American contralto's appearance in opera on
the previous evening, an account of the New York Diet Kitchen.
That there could ever be any closer relationship between the favorite
HIS TOBY OF WAYNE. 283
singer iind the worthy charity than the accidental proximity of news-
paper notices, woukl have been considered at that time, most improba-
ble. And yet the New York Diet Kitchen has been, for many years,
Mrs. Raymond's life work. Unselfish natures find their greatest
pleasures in aiding the liapi)iness or alleviating the miseries of" others.
No class appeals more to our sympathies than the sick poor. But (/nly
those whose hearts continually overflow with compassion for human
wretchedness, could from choice, stand day after day, week after week,
year after year, in a dreary basement, dealing out supplies of food and
clothing to a long line of applicants, many of them neither deserving
nor grateful. True charity is never too impulsive nor over-discrimin-
ating. Mrs. Rayniond possesses a combination of rare judgment and
warm sympathy that enables her to be peculiarly fitted for the success-
ful management of a charitable enterprise. That she loves her work
goes without saying — else why should she do it? That her friends
love and honor her for it goes without saying also — else would they
not be worthy of being her friends.
The greatest philosopher who ever lived has said that it is far more
desirable to be loved than to be admired. It is also true that what-
ever is within us that awakes admiration is, at the best, but evanescent,
and may be taken from us at any time ; while that which is within us
that arouses love is our very own, and belongs to us as long as life
doth last. Mary H. Flint.
Neio TorJc, June 7, 1S9S.
CHAPTER XVII.
«ENEAL()<;i( 'AL RE(4ISTER.
TN thi.s cha})ter we have aiiue I to giv'e the names of tlie first persons
^ representing families, who were born in or moved into Wayne,
with the names of their chihiren, grandchihlren, etc., down to the
])resent date, with date of births and deaths.
Geouop: O. Adams Family.
name. birth. death.
George O. Adams, Feb. 23, 1864.
Lillian J. Tibbetts, Aug. 14, 1S74.
Children :
Inez G., June 10, 1800.
Moved to No. Wayne Dec. 14, 1891.
Atkinson Family.
William II. Atkitison, Mar. 29, 1823.
Annie H. Kimball, Aug. 21, 1821.
Children :
Edward and Edwin, twins, May 29, 18.50.
Addie L., Xov. 1.5, 18.53.
Moved to Wayne the year 1847.
Bradfoud Family.
B. F. Bradford,
A. Addie Hinckley,
Children :
Nina Louise,
Frank Henry,
Joseph Hinckley,
Robert,
Harry Bond,
Phil Lowell,
John,
Benj. Pliny,
June 21.
1849.
April 11,
, 1852,
June 29,
1882.
Dec. 30,
83.
Nov. 17,
85.
Feb. 12,
87.
June S,
88.
May 27,
90.
July 26,
91.
Mar. 24,
93.
Hisronv OF way.x/c.
285
Blackwi.ij. Famikv.
NAME.
Sylvaiius Blackwell,
Sarali Walton Blackwell,
Children :
Stillman H.,
RosillaF.,
Mai-letta F.,
Odell L.,
Waterman (L,
Sylvaniis, Jr.,
Ellen M.,
Mary Ann,
Charity 8.,
Elbridge G.,
Sarah Jane,
Kuel W.,
Charles E.,
Ichahod Burgess,
Keziah Handy,
Children :
Celia,
Thomas,
William,
Achsa,
Mary,
Temperance H.,
Jam.es,
Lot,
Elizabeth,
William Burgess,
Anna M. Jenkins,
Children :
Sophronia F.,
Thomas J.,
William H.,
Albion K. P.,
Charles W.,
Lot Burgess,
Sarah P. Lovejoy,
Children :
Everett W.,
Julia Ann,
luirni.
i>i:atii.
April ;{.
1778,
April .{,
1848
Mar. 25,
1784.
July 31.
i^(;4
June 10,
1S07.
A|)ril 21,
1843
Sept. ."50
OS.
Mar. IS,
82
June IS,
10,
June 11,
38
Mar. U,
1^,
Feb. 5.
90
June 22.
14.
May,
Gl
Feb. 3,
1(1,
Feb. 2;i,
94
Mar. 29,
18,
July 28,
82
Nov. 22,
20,
Aug. 22,
80
Nov. 25.
22
Feb. 3,
95
Aug. 6,
23.
1825
infanc.^
June 2,
1827,
Aug. 17,
1874
Aug. .3,
29,
June 14,
96
ESS FAM
ILY.
1752,
Dec. 17,
1834
May, 17
iO
Sept. 5,
1842
Oct. 21,
17S0,
Nov. 18,
ISGfi
Nov. 17,
82,
April 18,
57
May G,
84,
Aug. 7,
G2
Nov. 13,
87.
Sept. 10,
30
June 13,
90,
Feb. 7,
79
July 27,
92,
Sept. 1,
72
Feb. 9,
97,
April 15,
50
July 4,
1800,
Aug. 10,
88
Oct. 4,
01.
June 24,
64
Dec. 21,
1794,
Oct. K!,
1866
Mar. 12,
1817,
Dec. 15,
18,
Sept. 12,
Gl
Dec. 2.
20.
Sept. 27,
23.
Nov. 9,
29,
Mar. G,
33
Mar. 1,
1800,
April 3,
1888
Oct. 29,
1827,
Oct. 2,
1895
April 12,
29,
July 23,
31
286
HISTORY OF WAYNE.
NAMK.
Julia Ann,
Lucy Frances,
Sarah VV.,
Lot, Jr.,
Mary,
Julia N.,
Rufus,
Mary S.,
Thomas .1. Burgess.
Laura M. Leadbettcr,
Child :
Everard A.,
William H. lUirgess.
Sylvina P. Foss,
Childreu :
VVylanta E.,
William A.,
Albion K. P. Bur<;'ess.
Rosa L. Cross,
Childreu :
RosaL.,
Frouia M.,
BIRTH.
DEATH.
Feb. 13,
31,
July 8, 32
Nov. 18,
32.
Dec. 23,
34,
Feb. 7, 71
Dec. 1,
3G.
Nov. 21
, 38,
Feb. n, 41
Oct. 27,
40.
Jan, 31.
43.
Dec. 30,
50.
Dec. 30,
1827.
Oct. 8,
18,51.
Oct. 20,
1821.
May 9,
18.53,
Oct. 4, 1861
Jan. G
55.
May G, 1833.
Nov. 24,
1854.
Dec. 10,
18.55.
Samuel Burgess Family.
Samuel Bur^!;ess, Rev. Soldier,
Mercy Benson.
Childreu :
Thomas, Rev. Soldier.
Samuel, Rev. Soldier.
Benjamin,
ichabod,
Seth,
Priscilla.
Mercy.
Joanna.
Patience.
Nov. 2. 1711,
Mar. 17, 1751,
1752.
1761.
Advanced ao^e
June 13, 1852
Benjamin Burgess,
Fear Win^;.
Childreu :
Elisha,
Ebenezer,
Cynthia,
Zipporah,
Mar. 17, 1751,
Jan. IG, 1775.
Dec. 10, 76.
Oct. 11, 78.
May 27, 81.
June 13, 1852
HISTORY OF WAYNIC.
287
Miirtliii,
Beiijanuii,
Thomas,
Joshua,
\athaii,
r.artlctt,
Fear,
Rartletl ikiij^'css,
Rebecca Ham,
Children : .
Jose2)hiiu',
Charles W.,
M. Angeline,
James 1}. Stetson,
Josepliiiie Burgess,
Child :
Ano^ie Flora,
Moved to Minnesota 1873.
Elisha Burgess,
Fanny Nye.
Children :
Louisa,
Zimri,
Caroline,
Martlia,
Ilihiian,
Cynthia,
Ruth,
Sarah,
Edwin,
Ebeuezer,
Nancy,
Lucy,
Benjamin,
Dea. John Berry,
Estlier Libby,
Children :
Betsy,
Richard,
John B.,
Dorcas,
Sally,
Levi G.,
UIKMI
DKATII.
Dec. ;",
SO.
Sept. -21,
Si).
Jan. lit.
i)4.
May 24,
il7.
July 10,
!)1).
Jul}^ 11),
ISOl.
O.t.' 24,
04.
.Fuly !'■»,
ISO],
Mar. 17, ISSO
lA'b. 17,
10,
Nov. 1, 1)0
Jan. IT), 42,
Sept. 24, 44.
Nov. 3. 4i).
Sept. 21, 1S31).
Jan. 15, 42.
June li), 01).
Jan. Ki, 177"),
Jan. 14,
ISOS.
Jan. 11),
10.
Oct. 11,
11.
May 13.
14.
Mar. 19,
18.
Oct. 10,
19.
An-. 12,
22.
June IS,
23.
Sept. 20.
24.
July 13,
20.
July 1.3,
28.
Sept. 0.
:!0.
Sept. 27,
3;-).
iciiUY Family.
Oct. 30,
1780,
Oct. 21.
82,
July 21, 1800,
Jan. 2,
08,
Jan. 4,
10,
Nov. 13,
11.
Aug. 24,
13.
Sept. 25,
21.
January, 1857
April 27, 1838
April 0, .54
July 19, 1808
Jan. 17, 83
July 19, 25
>«8
HISTORY OF WAYNE.
NAME.
Eicliard Ben'\',
Elinira Torsey,
(JhiUh-cu :
John B.,
Eliza,
Olive,
Orisa,
Eli N.,
Kozillah,
Cereiius,
Almeron,
Luciaii F.,
Cereuiis Beirv,
Maria Abbott.
Child :
Laforest C,
Luciau F. Berry,
1st, Iiida O. Gardner,
2nd, M. Anna Edgecomb Coburn,
Ciiildren :
1st, Almont E.,
Sherman L.,
2nd, Fred fv.,
Herbert R.,
BIKTIl
[.
DEATH.
,Jan. 2,
ISOS,
Jan. 17, 1883
Jan. I".),
n,
June 12, 82
Feb. 8,
31.
Aug. 15,
32.
Oet. 30,
3(;.
Jan. 4,
39.
Nov. 4,
40.
.May IS, 92
June 12,
4.5.
Xov. 1,
46.
Dec. 9 73
Mar. 29,
■,1.
July 12, 62
Oct. 14.
56.
Nov. 1,
1846,
Dec. 9, 1873
1864.
Oct. 14 18.56.
Aug. 16, .59.
Aug. 14, 64.
Nov. 27. 1876.
April 22, SO.
Oct. 12, 89.
Sept. 26, 92.
Barker Familv.
Charl(!S tl. Barker, Oct. 23, 1822,
Mary A. Small, Sept. IS, 20,
Children :
Mary Abby, Jan. 2 ), 19,
Charles H.. Jr., Aug. 15, .52.
Charles H. Barker, Oct. 23, 1822.
Abbie C. Small, • 2nd mirriage," Dec. 12, 1825,
Children :
Willis H., May 31. 58,
Warren C, Dec. 15, 62,
Mary A., Aug. 15, 66.
Charles H. Barker, Jr., Aug. 15, 1852.
E. Louise Burgess, Nov. 24, 54.
Children ;
A. Louise, May 29, 79.
Mary A., April 15, S4.
Albion C, May 8, So,
May 19, 1891
Sept. 1, 54
July 21, 51
May 19, 1891
Aug. 4, 1879
Mar. 26, 61
Jan. 11, 71
HISTORY OF WAYNE.
289
NAME.
Fniiik II. Arris,
Miiry A. Barker,
Child :
Hazel Louise.
Aug. 15, 18G(J.
DEATH.
Bishop Family.
Samuel W. Bishop,
Avis U. Gould,
Children :
Belle L.,
Julia M.,
Hattie A.,
Frank A.,
Belle L. Bishop,
Clinton Smith,
Child :
Adelbert W.,
Julia M. Bishop.
Herbert Maxim.
Child :
Oren B.,
Samuel VV. Bishop married second
Nellie M. Baleutine.
Child :
Jesse K.,
June 24, 1844.
April 1, 45,
May 5, 65,
July 20, 09,
Mar. G, 74,
Oct. 27, 79,
Sept. 13, 1887.
July 20, 1869.
Sept. 17, 1891.
Mar. 8, 1898.
Aug. 21, 1892
Oct. 11, 74
Dec. 28, 95
Sept. 22, 1887
Clark Family.
James Clark,
Clareudine Bridgham,
Children :
Margaret M.,
James Nelson,
Cj'rus Davis,
Archibald,
Willard B.,
William L. G.,
Luella M.,
Mary,
Archibald Clark,
Frances A. Chandler.
Child :
Annie P. Clark,
19
Feb. 2,
1795,
Nov. 8,
1878
Sept., 1805,
Dec. 20,
46
August,
1825,
April,
1863
January,
27,
Oct. 26,
30.
Dec. 31,
32,
Sept. 21,
70
Dec. 1,
34,
Nov. 21,
58
Feb. 22,
37,
Oct. 19,
71
April 8,
39.
June,
41,
March,
70
Dec. 31,
1832,
Sept. 21,
1870
January,
1869.
290
HISTORY OF WAYNE.
NAME.
AVin. L. G. Clark,
Maria Erskine,
Child:
Emily L.,
BIRTH.
Feb. 22, 18;^7,
April 20, 46,
Sept. <;, 1869,
DEATH.
Oct. 19, 1871
Oct. 9, 74
Aug. 21, 1894
Cauvkk Family.
Joliii Carver,
Mary A. Packard,
Childreu :
Joseph P.,
Albiiia A.,
Rosa A.,
Addie O.,
Henry,
Eleazer,
Alfred R.,
Lizzie R.,
Mary A.,
Grandchildren :
George H. Cressey,
Ralph E. Cressey,
Hannah M. Cressey,
Katie M. Cressey,
June 22,
1831.
July 30,
35.
Mar. .{1,
60,
Jan. 6,
1891
Nov. 1,
64.
March 16.
, 67,
May 16,
92
Jan. 16,
69.
Nov. 28,
70,
Sept. 15,
71
March 14
, 72.
May 25,
74,
Marcli 7,
95
March 12,
, 76,
July 7,
81.
June 18,
1890.
Dec. 8,
91.
July 31,
93.
Nov. 30,
95.
Clayton Family.
James H. F. Clayton,
Emilie A. Dexter,
Child :
May F.,
July 29, 1833.
Julyl, 46.
Feb. 18, 1885.
Ciianuleu Family.
Asahel (Jhandler,
Deborah Borne,
Children :
John,
Sally,
Mary,
Alvin,
Dorothy,
Abigail,
George,
M
fiy
22,
1829
1825
1786,
1871
23
1796,
60
61
1801,
53
1794,
1808,
80
71
HISTOBY OF WAYNE.
291
NAMK.
John C'liaudler,
Polly Cumuer,
Children :
Lewis,
Temperance,
Harrison William,
Elias B.,
Mary,
Amos,
Silvia Ann,
John A.,
Frank B.,
Sarah,
Abigail B.,
Elias B. Chandler,
Caroline Goodwin,
Children :
Abbie,
Henry Torsey,
Cora,
Frank B. Chandler,
Eliza H, Johnson,
Children :
Florence,
Alice May,
Lewis K. Cram,
Eliza A. Atkins,
Children :
Jennie,
Sylvanus,
John R.,
Lewis B.,
John R. Cram,
Florence M. Dunn,
Children :
Floyd L.,
Katheriue L.,
Lewis B. Cram,
Ina B. Gordon,
Child :
Beryl E.,
17i)0,
1S09,
10,
13,
15,
18,
20,
23,
25,
28,
;n,
34,
1828,
1850.
58,
G2.
1827.
18G3
1888
14
36
87
88
59
36
73
86
50
1877
81
18
01.
67.
CuAM Family.
May 17,
1832,
Aug. G,
1891
Nov. 11,
36.
Sept. 6,
18.55,
July 20,
1856
Nov. 28,
57,
May 10,
77
Jan. 15,
64.
Dec. 6,
67.
Jan. 15,
1864.
May 13,
68.
May 25,
88.
Sept. 6,
90.
Dec. 6,
1867.
June,
75.
Feb. 7,
93.
292
HISTORY OF WAYNE.
Caky Family.
NAME.
BIRTH.
DEATH.
Nelson H. Gary,
January, 1807,
April, 1877
Maria Stockbridge,
August, 00,
September, 51
Children :
William Howard,
August, 1830.
Joseph Stockbridge,
May, 32.
April, 1877
Marcia Angelia,
May, 35,
June, 97
Ellen Maria,
October, 37.
Samuel Edwin,
December, 39.
Ann Louisa,
October, 41.
Dexteu Family.
Isaac Dexter',
Keziah Wing,
Children :
Constant,
Marcy,
Nathaniel,
Freeman,
Stephen,
Gideon,
Isaac Jr.,
Amasa,
Meriby, .
Constant Dexter",
Rebeckah Billington,
Children :
Mercy.
Lois.
Betsey.
John.
Samuel,
John Dexter',
Mary Shaw,
Children :
John S.,
Mary J.,
Henry C,
Edwin S.,
Lanson,
Annie A.,
Jairus A.,
Samuel,
Jan. 13,
1746,
Dec. 15,
1804
Dec. 31,
1746.
Aug. 9,
68,
Mar. 26,
42
June 26,
69.
May 24,
71.
Sept. 14,
73.
Dec. 1,
40
Feb. 23,
76.
Nov. 11,
79.
Feb. 10,
83.
Aug. 21,
64
July 6,
87,
Aug. 30,
Infancy.
74
Aug. 9,
1768,
Mar. 20,
1842
Nov. 26,
45
Aug. 11,
1805,
Aug. 3, 1857
June 23,
1800.
Feb. 12,
1827.
Dec. 15,
28.
April 21,
31.
Oct. 6,
33.
July 14,
35.
Jan. 2,
37.
Aug. 12,
41,
Died in Ander-
sonville prison
Oct. 6,
46.
HISTORY OF WAYNE.
293
NAME.
BIRTH.
DEATH.
Samuel Dexter^,
Aug. 11,
1808,
Aug. 3,
1857
Mary N. Bean,
Nov. 7,
1808,
Mar. 25,
91
Child :
Olivia Frances,
April 21,
1833,
Oct. 10,
1878
Freemau Dexter*,
Sept. 14,
1773,
Dec. 1,
1840
Polly Thurston,
Children :
Xathauiel,
Aug. 15,
1795.
Arvin,
Jan. 15,
97.
Freeman Jr.,
Dec. 12,
98.
Sumner,
Oct. 26,
1800,
Dec. 5,
61
Amasa,
Feb. IS,
03,
May 17,
88
Mary,
Oct. 25,
04.
Alonzo and Louis^a, twins,
Nov. 2,
06.
Gideon,
Oct. 9,
08.
Hannah,
April 23,
10.
Charles,
Feb. 27,
12.
Maribah,
May 13,
14.
June 29,
46
Betsey,
Jan. 20,
16.
Stephen,
April 9,
18.
Sumner Dexter^,
Oct. 26,
1800,
Dec. 5,
1861
Priscilla Getchell,
Oct. 12,
12,
June 15,
89
Children :
Lucilla,
Mar. 6,
35,
Jan. 6,
55
Emily F.,
Dec. 13,
37,
Nov. 23,
84
G. Monroe,
Feb. 22,
38,
July 12,
79
Ellen,
June 2,
41,
Feb. 7,
61
C. Wesley,
Nov. 15
45.
G. Monroe Dexter^,
Feb. 22,
1838,
July 11,
1879
Julia N. Burgess,
Oct. 27,
40.
Children :
Fred M.,
Feb. 17,
60.
Cora F.,
April 29,
63.
Georgie E.,
May 27,
70,
June 22,
79
Amasa Dexter',
Feb. 18,
1803,
May 17,
1888
Eliza Besse,
July 28,
04,
Dec. 3,
70
Children :
Wilber F.,
April 14,
33,
April 3,
85
John W.,
June 13,
43,
April 28,
4G
Amasa A.,
May 10,
47,
Sept. 10,
48
Amasa Dexter^, second marriage.
Feb. 18,
1803,
May 17,
1888
Priscilla Getchell, *
Oct. 12,
12,
June 15,
89
No children.
254
HISTOBY Of WAYNE.
NAME. -• ■ •
BIRTH.
DEATH.
Isaac Dexter^ Jr.,
Feb. 10,
1783,
Aug. 21,
1864
Sally Wing,
Feb. 11,
83,
Oct. 19,
52
Children :
Anson, ... - ^
Jan. 10,
1807,
Nov. 29,
1821
Francis,
Nov. 28,
08,
July 11,
93
Eobinson,
May i;5.
10,
Feb. 22,
93
Sylvia,
Sept. 29,
, 1.5,
Sarah,
Aug. 13,
18,
Aug. 7,
37
Nancy B.,
July 2,5,
20,
May 2,
43
Isaac Dexter'^ Jr.,
Feb. 10,
1783,
Aug. 21,
1864
Susan Metcalf, second marriage,
Oct. 19,
1852
Sarah Bamford, third marriage,
Francis Dexter^ •. • '
Nov. 28,
1808,
July 11,
1893
Mary Boynton,
Oct. 4,
07,
Feb. 15,
76
Children :
Rosetta,
Aug. 28,
35,
May 9,
51
Infant son,
Sept. 8,
36.
Sarah E.,
Oct. 4,
42.
Emily A.,
July 1,
46.
Robinson Dexter',
May 13,
1810,
Feb. 22,
1893
Betsey F. Bean,
Sept. 1,
10,
Dec. 22,
41
Children :
Clementine,
Oct. 28,
.3.5,
Dec. 2,
35
Horteusia,
Oct. 22,
36,
July 24,
38
Moses M.,
August,
37,
Nov. 28,
38
Heman N.,
July,
40,
Robinson Dexter-^, second marriage.
May 13,
1810,
Feb. 22,
1893
Matilda Gould,
Child :
Nellie F.,
Nov. 24,
1856.
Amasa Dexter',
July G,
1787,
Aug. 30,
1874
Martha Burgess,
Dec. ,5,
1787,
Nov. 8,
1844
Children :
Alice S.,
Aug. 18,
1808,
Feb. 11,
1814
Lewis,
April 8,
10,
Feb. 11,
89
Solon,
Dec. 11,
13,
Mar. 27,
14
Henry V.,
April 3,
15,
July 24,
84
Alice S.,
Feb. 11,
18,
Nov. 2,
92
Harriet N.,
Sept. 28,
20,
Jan. 5,
94
Edward G.,
April 9,
24,
Sept. 21,
95
Martha A. J.,
Oct. .5,
30,
Amasa Dexter^, second marriage,
July 6,
1787,
Aug. 30,
1874
Louisa Waugh,
Aug. 24,
58
No children.
Ills TOBY OP WAY^E.
205
NAM K.
Lewis Dexter',
Milatiah Novris,
Children :
Ileury A.,
Aurelia A.,
Sarah A.,
Deborah O.,
Lewis Dexter^,
Marj^ N. Dexter, second marriao;e,
No cJiildreu.
Ilenrv A. Dexter*,
Euphratia S. Foss,
Child :
Lizzie A.,
Edward G. Dexter^
Harriet R. Thomas,
Children :
Anna M.,
Stella G.,
Edward G. Dexter-^, second marriao^e,
Mary L. Lanisou,
No children.
BIRTH.
DKATII.
April 8,
1810,
Feb.
11,
1889
Aug. 6,
0(),
Mar.
12,
59
Sept. 7,
1830.
Jan. 29,
39.
May 25,
41,
Aug
17,
1878
June 28,
1843,
Oct.
21,
54
April 8,
i8in.
Feb.
11,
1889
Nov. 7,
08,
Mar.
25,
91
Sept. 7,
1830.
Mar. 3,
40.
April 10,
03,
Jan.
9,
1874
April 9,
1824,
Sept
24,
1895
Dec. 31,
33,
Nov.
n,
62
Aug. 31,
52.
Mar. 24,
59.
April 9,
1824,
Sept.
24,
1895
Davenport Family.
Jonathan B. Davenport,
Dec. 5,
1800,
Dec. 3, 1872
Lucy Stevens,
Mar. 30,
1792,
July 7, 1844
Children :
Cyrus,
Aug. 24,
1823.
Almatia,
Oct. 30,
25,
November, 87
Julia 0.,
May 31,
28,
May 22, 92
Lucy A.,
April 30,
31.
Emily,
June 3,
34.
Jonathan B, Davenport,
Nancy Hood,
Oct. 30,
1815,
February, 1878
Children :
George S.,
Nov. 6,
45,
January, 18G7
Maria N.,
Nov. 23,
47.
Estella,
Sept. 30,
49.
Elmir,
May,
52.
Sept. 52
Elvis,
May,
52,
August, 52
John E.,
July 28,
53.
Sarah,
Aug. 24,
5G,
May, 92
296
inSTOnr OP WAYNE.
Erskine Family.
NAME.
BIRTH
DEATH.
Robert Erskiue,
October,
177G,
October, 1857
Huldah Clark,
January,
177G,
July, 1850
Children :
Betsey,
October,
1795,
January, 18G3
George,
August,
97,
May, 24
Harriet,
May,
99,
December, 75
Eobert,
May,
1800,
August, 70
Christopher,
May,
03,
August, 25
William H.,
January,
05,
September, 09
Huldah,
^ October,
07,
October, 83
Lucinda,
April,
09,
March, 29
William,
May,
11,
June, 53
Columbus,
"^ February
, 14,
William Erskine,
May,
1811,
June, 53
Trot,
Children :
William Henry,
May,
38,
August, 97
Christopher,
May,
40.
Eliza,
August,
42.
Marcia,
April,
46,
October, 74
David B.,
December, 50.
William H. Erskine,
May,
1838,
August, 1897
Lucetta Pettiugill,
2nd, Lucinda Stiuchfield,
January,
52,
Children :
1st, Carrie Eliza,
Sumner C,
March,
78.
2nd, Walter W.,
July,
Fisii Family.
93.
Charles Pish,
Aug. 10,
1865.
Hannah E. Ridley,
Oct. 20,
67.
Children :
Seth H.,
April 20
, 89.
Jessie E.,
Dec. G,
92.
Flossie E.,
May, 3,
96.
Fuller Family.
Job Fuller,
Elizabeth Wing,
Children :
Temperance,
Mary,
Job, Jr.,
Nov. 25, 1751.
Aug. G, 4G,
June 29, 73,
July 19, 75.
Nov. 6, 84,
Aug. 6, 1826
Nov. 11, 01
Nov. 25, 03
HISTOItY OF WAYNE.
29'
NAME.
BIRTH.
DEATH
Col. Ellis Sweet,
Nov. 20, 1770.
Mai-y Fuller,
July 19. 75.
Children :
Loren,
Aug. 7, 9fl.
Betsey,
April 10, 98.
Louela,
May 10, 1800.
Temperance,
Aug. 20, 02.
Mar}%
Mar. 18, 18.
Frost Family.
William Frost,
Aug. 30, 1777,
Aug. G,
1829
Betsey Billiugtou,
Sept. 29, 80,
May 2,
G8
Children :
Samuel W.,
July 28, 1800,
April 28,
1879
Sew all,
Oct. 22, 01,
Aug. 7,
G7
Willard,
Mar. 26, 03,
Jan. 6,
84
Isaac,
Nov. 3, 04,
Nov. 21,
G3
William,
Aug. 14, Ofj,
Dec. 23,
7G
David B.,
Aug. 12, 08,
Aug. 1,
90
Lucy,
June 18, 1810,
Nov. 3,
54
Sears,
Mar. 11, 12,
Mar. IG,
88
Jairus A.,
Jan. 1, 14,
Nov. 3,
80
Bebeccah W.,
Jan. 11, IG,-
June 1,
37
Nathaniel B.,
Mar. 22, 18,
Betsey R.,
July 7, 22.
Henry T.,
Feb. 12, 42.
Samuel W. Frost,
July 28, 1800,
April 28,
1879
Parintha Wing,
Mar. 14, 90,
Dec. 7,
77
Child :
Roxanna P.,
Jan. G, 32.
Sewall Frost,
Oct. 22, 1801,
Aug. 7,
18G7
Charlotte V. Gage,
Aug. 12, 05,
May 3,
90
Children :
Ann C,
July 31. 24,
Sept. 4,
90
Malancy B.,
Jan. 24, 31.
William G.,
June 7, 40,
Dec. 27,
40
Clarence C,
May 6, 42.
David G.,
Oct. 19, 44.
Dec. 17,
93
Willard Frost,
Mar. 2G, 1803,
Jan. G,
1884
Jane Paul,
Isaac Frost,
Nov. 3, 1804,
Nov. 21,
, 18G3
Nancy T. Wing,
Nov. 28, 01.
Children :
Angeline J.,
Jan. 6, 31,
EUeu M.,
Sept. 29, 33,
Sept. 10,
88
Nancy W.,
Aug. 14, 39.
298
HISTORY OF WAYNE.
David B. Frost,
Tcmperauce Felch,
Sears Frost,
Attie A. Ijovejoy,
.Tairus A. Frost,
Jane Ilodgman,
Nathaniel B. Frost,
Julia A. Maconibor,
Children :
W. B.,
Rebeecah Ann,
Henry T. Frost,
E. Georgia I'erry,
Children :
Edith M.,
Ernest 11.,
Archie,
BIRTH.
Aug. 12, 1808,
Mar. 11, 1812,
Jan. 1, 1814,
June 27, 15.
Mar. 22, 1818.
Oct. G, 23,
Mar. 1, 42.
Sept. 12, 44,
Feb. 12, 1842.
April 20, 47,
Dec. 20, 72,
Feb. IG, 75.
Mar. 27, 77.
DEATH.
Aug. 1, 1890
Mar. U;, 1888
Nov. .3, 1880
Feb. 4, 1893
Nov. IG, 4G
Oct. 3, 1891
Mar. 20, 74
Samuel Foss,
Sarah Harmon,
Children :
George,
Eliakim,
Asa,
Levi,
Mary Harmon,
Samuel,
George Foss,
Anna Pettingill,
Children :
Collins,
Mary Ann,
Levi F.,
Eliakim Foss,
Achsa Wing,
Mercy Swift,
Children :
1st, Kussell S.,
Achsa,
2nd, Clarissa Ann,
Helen M.,
William H.,
Samuel Foss Family.
Jan. 4, 1702,
17G4,
Nov. 3, 1785,
July 27, 88,
Mar. 5, 93,
Jan. 24, 96,
May 24, 99,
Mar. 2, 1802,
May 30, 1787,
Aug. 1, 1809.
July 19, 14,
Sept. 27, 20,
Oct. 10, 1802,
1803,
Dec. 14, 24,
Nov. 27, 29.
Aug. 16, .33,
Dec. 6, 36.
Feb. 22, 40.
Jan. 4, 1835
Jan. 25, 35
Feb. 9, 18.58
May 13, 70
Nov. 10. 63
Nov. 27, 20
Mar. 31, 82
May 18, 25
Dec. 31, 1858
April 13, 91
Jan. 12, 65
May 3, 1830
May, 75
Jan. 28, 97
Dec. 16, 88
RESIDENCE OF THE LAIE JE.vEMiAH FOv' f , JR.
Jeremiah Fi .-s, .Ir., was a lit'e-loi';;' rc-ideii; ofV.'av c. 'ilira'uxc
cut sliows liis hoiiR' where he resided ibr nearly liall';; e.'i;li:i' , h: v < li
])ureha.<ed the same of Deacon Thomas Wilson, Jan. 1, iSfjO. He
was a business man of ability, honoral)le and uj)right in all his deal-
ino's, and a most lenient husband an<l father.
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TILDEN FOUNDATrON.3.
NAME.
Asa Foss,
Koxauna Wiug,
Sarah Richardson,
Children :
1st, Sarah II.,
Sylviua P.,
Emery,
Lucinda E.,
Levi F. Foss,
Polly True,
Children :
Samuel F.,
Augusta,
Flora M.,
Sarah A.,
Russell S. Foss,
Sarah A. Delano,
Children :
Mary E.,
Charles E.,
Lizzie A.,
Addle L.,
Emery Foss,
Sarah E. Foss.
Mary S. Moulton,
Children :
1st, John M.,
Walter E.,
2nd, Maurette S.,
HISTORY OF WAYNE.
May i;{, 17'J4,
Aug. IS, 1820,
Oct. 20, 21.
April 10, 2:5,
Sept. 10, 27.
April 13, 182;{,
1840,
48.
Jan. 2G, .',4.
May 9, 50.
Mar. 22, 18:5;^
June 30, 185G.
Dec. 22, r>8,
July 31, G2.
Nov. 22, G5,
Sept. 19, 1830,
Nov. G, 43,
Jan. 20, 1854.
July 29, GO.
April G, GO.
299
DEATH.
Jan. 29, 18;'.5
Oct. 27, 1847
Sept. 11, 72
April 12, 1SG3.
May 21, 1SG2
Nov. 4, 1884
Feb. 3, 18G2
Sept. G, G9
Feb. 4, 18G4
April 13, 85
George Foss,
Lauretta C, Palmer.
Children :
Maud,
Percy C,
George Foss Family
Dec. 2, 18G1.
Mar. 2, 188G.
Jan. 29, 94.
Jeremiah Foss,
Mary Hanimon,
Children :
Walter,
Lucy,
Sally,
Jeuemiaii Foss Family.
May 4, 1784,
Mar. 4, 87,
Aug. 24, 1807,
Mar. 6, 09,
Aug. 21, 10.
July 13, 1863
Sept. 3, 76
Mar. 29, 1874
Nov. 29, .52
300
HLSTOnr OF WAYNE.
NAMK.
.lereniiali Jr.,
Mary 1st,
Mcary 2(1,
Horatio (>.,
Oren,
Charles II.,
Jeremiah Foss Jr.,
Elizabeth N. Hankerson,
Children :
Lory A.,
Lucretia A.,
J. Fairtield,
Euphratia S.,
Au iufant daughter,
Glorina 8.,
Horatio G.,
Lizzie,
Mary L.,
Oscariiella,
Ella M.,
Celia W.,
Charles II. Foss,
Zipporah Richmond,
Child reu :
Cyrus,
Frank M.,
Marcia M.,
Kate M.,
Charles H. Jr.,
Arthur L.,
Fred 11.,
HIKTI]
t.
ueat:
H.
Mar. 5,
13,
Sept. 12,
79
Jan. 4,
1.0,
April 20,
16
June 24,
17,
Aug. 7,
94
Dec. 28,
18.
Oct. 6,
21,
Oct. 11,
41
Dec. 28,
27.
Mar. 5,
1813,
Sept. 12,
1879
Mar. 24,
14.
Nov. 15,
1834,
June 22,
1892
Mar. 29,
36,
April 29,
88
Mar. 6,
38.
Mar. 3,
40.
July 9,
42,
Nov. 15,
42
Sept. 20,
43,
July 10,
79
Feb. 22,
46.
Mar. 25,
48,
Oct. 17,
48
Aug. 22,
49,
Oct. 22,
51
May 26,
52,
Feb. 26,
55
April 10,
56.
June 26,
59,
May 7,
63
Dec. 28,
1827.
Nov. 5,
35.
Aug. 18,
1852,
April 2,
1858
Dec. 24,
53.
Aug. 20,
55.
Sept. 9,
57.
Dec. 23,
59.
Oct. 6,
61.
June 1,
63.
Alexander Foss Family.
Alexander Foss,
Mary H. Foss,
Children :
Samuel,
Catharine,
Sarah H.,
Sarah,
Cyrus,
William S.,
Roxanna,
May 10,
1791,
June 16,
1876
May 24,
99,
Mar. 31,
82
Feb. 1,
1823,
Oct. 1,
1844
Nov. 15,
25.
Oct.
27,
Aug. 1,
28
Aug. 3,
29,
Oct. 31,
44
Nov. 16,
31,
Sept. 1,
47
May 16,
;',4.
June 7,
39.
IILSTOEY OF WAYNH. 301
Epiikaim \V. Foss Family.
NAME.
Kpluuiin \V. Foss,
Hariit't T. Foss,
Children :
Epliiaim D.,
ilarseiia.
Aim Ira T.,
Orissa F.,
iKTn.
i>r.
ATI!.
171)-J,
1877
1802.
80
ISUi.
28.
•A2.
36.
89
Alvin Foss Fahiii.y.
1797 (?)
1874 (V)
1859
June 23, 1821,
July 16, 1878
Nov. 10, 26.
Aug. 23, 29.
July 21, 78
Alvin Foss, Nov. 12, 1816.
Cornelia B. Howard, Mar. 31, 20.
Children :
Ana H., Nov. 6, 37.
Francis G., Jan. 3, 42.
Warren H., Nov. 3, 46.
Frederick K., , June 2.5, 49.
FiLLEBUowN Family.
Luther Williams Fillebrown, 8r.,
Hannah,
Children :
Jerusha Lovejoy,
Daniel,
Hannah Strout,
Luther Williams,
Oakes Aiuger,
Hester Kandall,
Celia Noleu,
Jane Haines,
Luther Williams Fillebrown, Jr., Nov. 10, 1826.
Angeline J. Frost, Jan. 6, 31.
Children :
Willi im rsaac, May 12, 1852, Feb. 14, 1854
Jairus A., Feb. 18, 55.
George Jameson, Feb. 10, 60, May 15, 63
Charles Lee, July 1, 66.
Fairbanks Family.
Col.Nathaniel Fairbanks, July 15, 1754, Mar. 27, 1838
1st, Susanna Metcalf, May 27, 1759, Sept. 24, 1791
2ud, Lydia Chipmau, Jan. 11, 1767, Aug. 23, 1855
Children :
Hannah, Dec. 20, 1781, July 5, 1813
302
HI STORY OF WAYNE.
NAMK.
rililo,
Calvin,
Columbus,
Fraukliii,
Susan,
George \V.,
Franklin Fairbanks,
Hannah Sewall,
Cliildrcn :
Sarah Franklin,
Maria Cashing,
Harriet Atwood,
George W. Fairbanks.
Lucy Lovejoy,
Children :
Lucy Frances,
Lucella Eliza,
George Franklin,
Henry Nathaniel,
Julia Maria,
lURTI
[.
DEATH.
Feb. 21,
84,
Dec. 24,
68
Aug. 5,
89,
Feb. 28,
56
Nov. 7,
93,
Sept. 7,
82
June 18,
95,
July 2G,
32
Dec. 15.
9G,
Aug. IG,
91
Aug. u.
03,
Oct. 13,
88
June IS,
179.^
July 26,
1832
Feb. 25,
98,
Sept. 23,
26
May 2-1,
1820.
Sept. 20,
22,
Aug. 7,
1872
Aug. 2,
24,
Oct. 27,
57
Aug. 5,
1803,
Nov. 27,
1888
Nov. 29,
05,
Nov. 27,
83
Feb. 8,
1829,
Sept. 13.
1831
April IG,
30.
Oct. 17,
31,
Nov. 5
93
Oct. 24,
38.
June 8,
42,
Feb. 28,
85
Rev. Calkb Fuller Family,
llev. Caleb P'uller,
Luda Monroe,
Children :
Annie Augusta,
Mary,
2nd, Elizabeth U. Swift,
Children :
Ella Elizabeth,
Abby,
Annie A. Fuller,
Hon. E. K. Boyle,
Child :
Ned Fuller,
Ella E. Fuller,
A. H. Davis,
Children :
Carle Fuller,
Albert H. Jr.,
Nov.
12,
1805,
July
9,
ISOO,
Sept
15,
37,
34,
Jan.
17,
28,
1847.
51,
Sept.
1861,
1875.
81.
May, 1890
July, 45
Died in infancy
Dec. 31, 1892
1854
1880
IIISTOllY OF WAYNE.
Sd^
Joshua Graves Family.
NAMK.
Josliuii Graves,
Mahitiible Hutchinson,
Chiklreu :
Kebecca,
Daniel Ridley.
Charles,
Paulina IMdley.
Joshua,
Jane,
Isaac Boothby.
Osgood,
Mahitable,
Dean Knowiton.
Clarissa,
Charles Bradford.
Sewall,
Jedida GifTord.
Sirena Hutchinson.
Harriet Richards.
Samuel H. Graves,
Emily Davenport,
Children :
Tiizzie L.,
Clinton L.,
Enuua E.,
Georgia A.,
Charles Graves,
Paulina Ridley,
Children :
Eliza,
Osgood,
Eliza Ridley.
Mercy Bishop.
Joanna,
Augustus Hood.
Hannah,
Lafayette Burgess.
Samuel H. Hutchinson .
Catharine H.,
J. C. Stinchfield.
BIRTH.
DEATH.
Sept. 2,
1707.
April 2,
1779.
April 2,
1801.
Feb. 27, 1871
Sept. 27,
02,
Feb. 20, m
Feb. 14,
o;?,
July 28, 85
Mar. 7,
07,
June ic, n;j
May K;,
04.
Nov. 1!>,
0,5.
Jan. 14,
08.
June Ki,
10.
May 8,
14,
Jan. 28, 98
Oct. 19,
18.
'
Feb. 1.3, 1827,
June 3, 34.
Feb. 28, 18.58.
July 30, Gl.
Mar. 1, G4,
Oct. 11. 71.
Feb. 14, 1803,
Mar. 7, 07,
July 31, 1827,
Dec. 16, 30.
Oct. 29, 32.
April 20, 35.
Nov. 19, 44,
Nov. 3, 43.
Mar. 20. 1894
Nov. 12, 1891
July 28, 1885
June 15, 63
Sept. 28. 47
Jan. 7,
78
Osgood Graves,
Children :
Roscoe,
Osgood Graves Family.
Dec. 16, 1829.
April 5, 1848.
304
HISTORY OF WAYNE.
NAME.
Eliza,
Daniel,
I.elloy,
Beujamin,
Ida,"
Charles,
Inza,
Mary,
Charles Graves,
Annie F. Gould,
Children :
I.eo,
lliith M.,
BIRTH
DEATH
April 7,
49.
Dec. 5,
51.
June ^,
52.
April 11,
57.
Dec. 14,
58.
Dec. 14,
1858.
Jan. 2'J,
65.
Jan. 17,
1885.
June 30,
93.
Godfrey Family,
Elmo A. Godfrey,
Gertrude A. Lincoln,
Child :
Dorothea Godfrey,
Aug. 24, 1874.
Nov. 14, 1895.
Jonathan Gordon Fa:mily.
Jonathan Gordon,
Sarah l*ettingill,
Children :
William Crosby,
Charles Smith,
Greenwood Child,
Hezekiah Smith,
Joseph Pettiugill,
Jonathan Gliddeu,
Oliver Cobb,
Jeremiah,
Sarah Ann,
Mary Jane,
Greenwood C. Gordou,
Hannah Stinchfleld,
Children :
Hezekiah S.,
John A.,
Henry G.,
Viola H.,
Joseph P. Gordon,
Lydia J. Norris,
Children :
Sarah Frances,
Feb. 20,
178G,
Jan. 17,
187G
May 8,
1790,
Dec. 22,
1881
May 26,
1810,
Oct. 18,
1884
July 21.
12,
July 8,
83
Feb. 7,
15.
Aug. 27,
17,
Aug. 29,
. 23
Oct. 20,
19,
Mar. 21,
7G
June 22,
22.
Feb. 21,
25.
Aug. 18,
27.
Feb. 7,
30.
Sept. 22,
32,
Feb. 21,
68
Dec. 25, 1814.
Dec. 21, 1842.
June 12, 46.
April 19, 48.
Oct. 16, 51,
Aug. 3, 1823,
May 23, 1844.
Feb. 26, 1896
Feb. 10, 1872
July
6,
1855,
May
18,
.56.
July
14,
59.
Mar.
10,
62.
Jau.
24,
05.
Mar.
11,
68.
Oct.
16,
69.
Feb.
1,
71.
Aug.
14,
1827.
Oct.
31,
1S52,
Feb.
-'I
59.
July
22,
64.
HISTORY OF ll^^l r:V^jE'. 305
NAME. BIRTH. DEATH.
Joseph Beiijainiu, May 26, 45.
J. Frank, Feb. 17, 47.
C. Emma, Sept. 14, 48, Oct. 4, I860
Willis, June 27, 1856.
Oliver C. Gordon, -r " • ' ■■"'
Clarissa Baker, Jan. 5, 1829.
Children :
Infant son, July 6, 1855, Feb. 2, 1856
William C, .
Joseph R.,
Eliza M.,
Ulysses G.,
Mary J..
Lorettus,
Laura A.,
Jeremiah Gordon,
Lovissa Hammond,
Children:
J. Russell, Oct. 31, 1852, July 3, 1860
Alney A.,
Nellie E.,
Henry G. Gordon Family.
Henry G. Gordon, April 19, 1848.
Carrie E. Peaslee, June 8, 1861.
Children :
Ira D., Aug. 22, 1885.
Ellery W., Mar. 8, 89.
Lelaud H., Nov. 6, 94.
Joseph B. Gordon,
Eliza J. Graves, April 7, 1849. July 10, 1884
Children :
Ina B., June 20, 1873.
Kate B., Sept. 29, 79.
J Frank Gordon,
1st, C.Evora Phillips, Oct. 1, 1848.
2Dd, Lena M. Kent, May 22, 57, May 18, 1895
Children :
1st, Minnie, Nov. 2, 74.
Ethel A., Nov. 22, 76.
Infant son, May 1, 78, Aug. 28, 78
Willis Gordon,
Ella M. Stevens, July 15, 1868.
20
306
NAME.
Joseph p. Gordon,
Lilla E. Mank,
Children :
Pearl 1.,
Basil N.,
William C. Gordon.
James C. Gordon,
Sarah E. Swift,
HISTOBY OF WAYNE.
BIRTH.
Dec. 26, 18G5.
July 22, 1880.
Aug. 4, 01.
Oct. 30, 1840.
April 19, 1853.
DEATH.
George Gordon Family.
George Gordon,
1st, Lydia Pettiugill,
2ad, Ruth Pettingill,
Children :
1st, Reuel P.,
Rowland L.,
Jeanuette,
liucetta,
Lydia,
2ud, Aseneth,
SybilTP.,
George W.,
Liza v.,
Elvira A.,
Rowland L. Gordon,
Zipporah C. Lambert,
Children:
Ruth A.,
Betsey L.,
Infant daughter,
Wellington H.,
George W. Gordon,
1st, Alice B. Kempton,
2nd, Olive Stevens,
Child :
1st, Alice G.,
Dec. 3,
1787,
Aug. 29,
1869
Nov. 3,
87,
Feb. 27,
19
May 18,
99,
Dec. 9,
G2
Jan. 15,
1812,
Nov. 28,
1858
May 30,
13,
Jan. 17,
70
July 31,
15.
Sept. 9,
17.
Feb. 17,
19,
May 10,
93
Nov. 25,
21.
Mar. 18,
25,
Jan. 27,
83
Dec. 27,
26,
April 27,
97
Sept. 17,
32.
Sept. 27,
, 41.
1828,
June 2, 1840,
Mar. 10, 42,
Nov. G, 1830,
Sept. 4, 44.
Sept. 12, 1854,
1888
May 2, 1870
Sept. 12, 49
Aug. 5, 50
Nov. 12, 53
April 6, 1856
June 14, 1884
Gould Family.
Samuel Gould.
Ruth .
Children :
Samuel,
Jan. 1, 1801,
April 23, 1872
HLSTOEY OF WAYJVE.
307
NAJIE.
BIRTH
DKATII.
Ph(Ebe,
Feb. 24,
02,
Mai-. 9,
sa
Hamilton,
Sept. 29,
03.
John 1 . .
May 2,
May 2,
05.
05,
Mar. 19,
07
Patience,
April 9,
07.
Jabez,
Jan. 12,
10,
Sept. 20,
75
Peltiah,
Feb. 6,
11.
Abigail,
Nov. 2,
12.
Theodore.
Oct. 10,
14,
April,
73
Cyrus,
April 13,
16.
Ruth,
June 23,
18,
Aug. 25,
18
Hepsibeth,
June 27,
19,
Dec. 16,
20
Luther,
May 2,
21.
Ruth,
Granville,
Elias,
Mar. 27,
28
Cyrus Gould,
April 13,
ISIG.
Julia A. Torsey,
July 27,
23.
Children :
Infant son,
1841,
August,
1842
Hamilton,
Sept. 27,
43.
Avis H.,
April 1,
45,
Apr. 10,
78
Lucretia D.,
May 13,
47.
Holmau,
Sept. 5,
49.
Chas. B.,
July 21,
51.
Maria 0. B.,
June 30,
53,
Aug. 18,
88
Ella Marilla,
Dec. 10,
55,
June 29,
77
Cyrus H.,
Jan. 28,
.59.
Lewis B.,
Jan. 28,
61.
Julia A. F.,
Jan. 24,
65.
Ruth,
Jan. 19,
Gott Family.
68.
William Gott,
Sept. 20,
1772,
Jan. 10,
1860
1st. Deborah Bryant,
1778.
2nd, Rhoda Knapp,
Mar. 19,
1775,
Dec. 21,
1850
Children :
1st, Thankful,
Feb. 10,
1793,
Dec. 8,
1848
2nd, Wniiara, Jr.,
Oct. 6,
95,
Feb. 2,
62
Elijah,
Feb. 1,
97,
June 22,
75
Sarah,
Oct. 5,
98,
April 18,
70
Mehitable,
Sept. 12,
1800,
Jan. 30,
47
Jared,
02.
Anson, \,-,^„
Matilda, / ^^^^^'
May 22,
May 22,
04,
04.
Sept. 17,
Dec. 18,
62
69
Charles,
July 1,
06,
Dec. 14,
85
BIKTH.
DEATH.
July 21,
08,
Oct. 12,
74
Oct. 31,
10.
13.
May 2,
!•■>,
9G
July 12,
17,
78
Jan. 15,
20,
85
180G,
1890
1825,
188G
27.
21),
32
31,
32
1800,
18G1
1827,
18G7
Nov. G,
31,
July 23,
88
308 HISTORY OF WAYNE.
NAME.
Susan,
Mary B.,
Harrlsou,
Jane,
Alfrida,
Ourelia,
Elijah Gott,
Polly Stiuchfleld, ' ■
Children :
Elvira S.,
Mary A.,
Lucinda,
Elijah, Jr.,
William Gott, Jr.,
Euth Gould,
Children :
Mary E.,
Malinda M.,
Louisa M.,
Joseph G., Oct. 20, 35.
Anson Gott,
Charlotte Currier,
Child :
Almon,
Charles Gott,
1st, Jane Foss, 1810, 1842
2nd, Anna Wood, U, 92
Children :
1st, Gardiner, 1832, 1863
Charles, 35.
Elijah, 37, 62
William, ■ 39, 77
Howard C, 42.
2nd, John W., 43, 47
George H., 45, 62
John M., 48.
Jennie M., 50.
John M. Gott,
Clara E. Lall, 1852.
Children :
C. Maurette, 1872, 1894
George L., 74.
Bei'tha J., 77.
Edith M., 80.
Annie M., 82.
HISTORY OF WAYNE.
309
NAME.
Joseph G. Gott,
Rose Ellen Stinclificld,
Childreu :
Ida Lovena,
Arthur L.,
Grace Winnifred,
Ida Lovena Gott,
Harrj' II. C^ochraue,
BIRTH.
Oct. 20, 18:]5.
Dec. G, 45.
Feb. 24, 1S03.
May 11, (J8.
July 17, 80.
April 0, ISGO.
Jan. 28, 1S77
Greenwood Family,
Moses Greenwood,
1st, Serena 1). Willis,
2nd, Mehetabel Chute,
Children :
George B.,
Loviee J.,
Rachel B.,
Clara E..
Serena A.,
Rutillus S. Coolidge,
Loviee J. Greenwood,
Children :
John W.,
Clara D.,
George O.,
Eliza J.,
Rutillus G.,
George O. Coolidge,
Nellie Fuller.
Mar. 6,
ISOO,
June 22,
02,
May 12,
01,
Feb. 5,
1830.
Aug. 4,
32.
July 22,
37.
Mar. 1,
39,
Mar. 15,
50.
May 14,
1829.
Aug. 4,
32.
June 20,
1851.
Feb. 12,
58.
April 19,
01.
July 1,
G4.
Jan. 9,
72.
April 19,
18G1.
Mar, 28, 1887
Jan. 20, 51
April 2, 87
Dec. 5, 1890
Howard Family.
Stillinan L. Howard',
Julia Ann Turner,
Children :
Hannah L.,
Howland*,
Daniel H.«,
Lucius'*.
Florence**,
Julia*,
Henrietta'*,
Ward Benton^,
Hannah L. Howard.
Mar. 3,
1810,
Oct. 13,
09.
Aug. 3,
1837,
Jan. 19,
40.
Mar. 9,
42.
June 30,
44.
Dec. 14,
49.
Dec. 7,
53.
Jan. 8, 1834.
Nov. 9, 1800
May 11, 18G4
Sept. 14, 45
310
Sis TOBY OF WAYNE.
NAME.
Hovvland Howard-,
Lizzie Kirtz.
Daniel H. Howard^,
Emma H. Maxwell.
Lucius Howard*,
Melinda L. Brooks.
Henrietta Howard*,
J. C. Stinchtield,*
BIRTH.
Au^. .3, 37,
Jan. 19, 40.
Mar. 9, 42.
Dec. 7, 5?..
Nov. .3, 43.
DEATH.
May n, 1864
House Family.
Nathaniel House.
Lilla Palmer.
Children :
Nathaniel,
Mary Parcher.
Lilla,
Hirah Fish.
Ehoda,
John Parry.
Jerusha,
John Sturtevant.
Hirah,
Clara Stretter.
David,
Hannah Foster.
Allen,
Charity Hammond,
John,
Nancy Parry.
Joshua,
Lydia Parry.
Jane,
Zachariah Parry-
Children of Allen and Charitj' House.
Allen, July 5, 1813.
Roxanna Wing.
Lilla, Mar. 13, 15.
James Nichlos.
Charity, Feb. 11, 17.
Washino;ton ("handler.
Joshua, Feb. 1, 19.
Sylvanus, April 30, 21,
Druzella Kinff.
April 23, 1778.
Feb. IG, 81.
Dec. 1, 83.
Feb. 20, 85.
May 15, 87.
Dec. 6, 90.
April 9, 92,
90,
April 2G, 95.
June 14, 98.
Oct. n, 1875
Sept. 10, 1868
1883
HISTORY OF WAYNE.
311
NAME. BIRTH. DEATH.
Nathaniel, Mar. 22, 23.
Rachel House.
Elisha, . May ,5, 25, 85
Mary Stauton.
Lizzie, April 17, 29.
Hiram Wixon.
Charles, Oct. 7, ;U.
Nancy J. House, Oct. 2, 95
Arvilla, Nov. 25, 33, Nov. 19, .39
Cordelia, Sept. 20, ac, Sept. 13, 40
Children of Charles and Nancy J. House .
I^elia, April 8, 57, .Tune 25, 83
Charlie L. Trask.
Lucy F., GO.
George II. Smiley.
Ella J., Feb. 13, Go, Aug. 9, 84
Lilla M., Jan. 70.
Charlie A., Feb. 13, 74, May 5, S3
Grandchild of Charles and Nancy House :
Evora M. Smiley, June, 78.
Charles S. Haynes,
1st, Frances Wing,
2nd, Emma Tuttle,
Haynes Family,
April 9, 1833,
Jan. 14, 29,
Sept. 11, .38.
Oct. 20, 1897
Oct 22, 78
Huff Family.
James Huft',
Hattie E. Palmer,
Children :
Charles,
N. E.,
Alice P.,
Inis L.,
Oct. 23, 1863.
Sept. 24, 1882.
Aug. 15, 84.
Dec. 5, 85.
Dec. 23, 87.
Augustus R. Harrington,
Elvira A. Smith,
Children :
Edwin Wallace,
Arthur Rice,
Augustus Llewellyn,
Horatio,
Anson Dexter,
Harkington Family.
July 10, 1852.
Mar. 10, 57.
Feb. 8, 1881.
Dec. 11, 82.
May 10, 86.
Nov, 7, 88.
Mar. 8, 91.
312
mSTORY OF WAJNE.
Haskell Family.
NAME. • •
HIKTH
[.
DEATH.
Jacob Haskell,
Oct. 30,
1784,
Feb. 7, 1849
1st, Charlotte B. Bennett,
June 30,
86,
Jan. 2, 31
2nd, Rachel Moore,
92,
• Aug. 29, 61
Children:
1st, Moses,
Mar. 23,
1810,
Jan. 26, 1847
Nathaniel B.,
Dec. 3,
11.
April 17, 94
Laura A.,
July 12,
13,
April 29, 84
Jacob,
April 30,
15.
Isabel B.,
Jan. 21,
17,
Dec. 5, 83
Peleg B., ■
Oct. 10,
18.
2ud, Lucius 0.,
July 20,
38,
Sept. 21, 90
Peleg B. Haskell,
Oct. 10,
1818. •
Mary B. Dearborn, ■
Sept. 14,
20.
Children :
Charlotte B.,
Jan. 21,
1850.
Ira F.,
May 23,
55.
Johnson Family.
Holraan Johnson,
1st, Louisa F. Getchell,
2nd, Sarah Goodwin,
Children :
1st, William,
Eliza H.,
Frank B. Chandler.
Sarah G.,
Eobert Bangs.
Henry,
Annie M. Gordon.
2nd, Charles H.,
Alfred F.,
Jennie M. Thome.
Lois A.,
Nathan P. Downing.
William H.,
Kate Folsom.
Frances L.,
Charles E. Wing.
George,
Mary O. Huntoon.
Charles S.,
Florence Clough.
Mary,
Oliver A.,
Minnie A. Foss.
June 25,
1798,
Mar. 27,
1879
Dec. 4,
1802,
Mar. 15,
38
Nov. 0,
18,
June 14,
94
Oct. 17,
1825.
Dec. 31,
27.
Nov. 13,
29,
June,
1895
Dec. 22,
31,
April,
80
July 13,
1839,
Mar. 29,
1854
July 25,
41.
Aug. 10.
, 43.
Sept. 22,
45.
Oct. 10,
48.
Nov. 15,
50.
Nov. 22,
52.
May 27,
54,
May 7,
80
Nov. 20,
56,
April 2,
94
HISTOR T OF WA YNE. 3 1 3
NAME. HIUTII. DEATH.
Graudchildrea :
Holraan Thorne, Aug. 13, 1894.
Elizabeth A., Mar. 28, 98.
Childreu of A. F. aiulJeiiuie Thorne Johnsou.
Winfred, . , 18GS.
Alfred F., 71. ' y
Mildred, 81. ' ,
Childreu of W. H. and Kate Folsom Johnsou.
Sarah O., Dec. 25, 1874.
Philip L., Dec. 24, 75.
Merle H., Feb. 22, 80.
Muriel Dorothy, Nov. 17, 8G. • ., .
Childreu of George and Mary Huutoou Johnson.
Effie, 1875. :
Mary, 77.
Childreu of C. S. and Florence Clough Johnson.
Oweu, April 25, 1887.
Sou of O. A. and Minnie Foss Johnsou.
Jennings Family.
John Jennings,
Hannah Sturgis.
Children :
Deborah,
Samuel,
John,
Hannah,
Bathsheba,
Sarah,
Nathaniel,
Mary,
Nathaniel Jennings,
Tabatha Ford,
Childreu :
Lewis,
Henry,
Josiah,
Isaac,
Hauuah,
Mary,
Newcomb,
Joseph,
Robert,
Levi,
Robert,
Nathaniel,
Lotou,
Sept. 3,
1734.
Dec. 7,
1760.
Nov, 15,
62.
Feb. 9,
65.
Aug. 10,
66.
Aug. 27,
68.
April 2,
70.
73.
75.
May 26,
1773,
Sept. 28, 1828
Jan. 27,
76,
Dec. 25, 63
Aug. 19,
1792.
July 14,
94.
Mar. 11,
96.
Dec. 19,
98.
Oct. 20,
99.
Nov. 10,
1801.
Feb. IG,
03.
Oct. 30,
04.
May 30,
06.
April 19,
08.
Mar. 22,
11.
Mar. 12,
15.
May 13,
19.
314
HISTOBT OF SKAVM
NAME.
Joseph Jennings,
Mary S. Waitt,
Children :
Mary E.,
Hiram W.,
Delia F.,
Hiram N.,
Tudor G.,
Emma P.,
EllaM.,
Hiram N. Jennings,
Emma F. Palmer,
Child :
Loton D.,
BIRTH.
DEATH.
Oct. 30.
1804,
July 24,
1870
Mar. 18,
05,
Dec. 20,
96
Jan. 4,
1832,
Jan. 13,
1887
Mar. 31,
33,
Mar. 18,
35
Jan. 11,
37.
Aug. 17,
38.
Sept. 24,
40.
June 3,
43,
Mar. 13,
47
Jan. l(j,
49.
May 22,
76
Aug. 17,
1838.
July 22,
53.
April 14,
1877.
KNAPr Family.
Joseph Kuapp,
Eunice Carver.
Children :
Joseph.
Simeon.
Elijah.
Stephen.
Elijah Knapp,
Patience Gould.
Children :
Peletiah.
Abial,
Jaue.
Rhoda.
Jarad,
Dorothea.
Ward.
1827.
Sept. 21, 1809.
Jarad Knapp,
Susan Gott,
Children :
Elijah,
Maranda,
Anson,
Sept. 21, 1809.
08,
Jan. 24, 1840.
Aug. 4, 47.
Dec. 50.
1874
HISTORY OF WAYN-E.
315
Lamson Family.
NAME.
Joseph Lamsou,
Mary S. Ivamsou,
Children :
Joseph.
Beujamin,
Mary M.,
Wm. P.,
Samuel,
Benjamin Lamson,
Amelia Butler.
Children :
Henry Parker,
Beuj. Franklin,
Amelia J.,
Mary L.,
Adelaide S.,
Sarah H.,
William C. Lincoln,
Mahala Bishop,
Children :
Ellis L.,
Norris Iv.,
Chas. D.,
Harry,
Irving I).,
Gertrude A.,
Ellis L. Lincoln,
Lillian J. Maxim,
Children :
Lendall D.,
Carlisle A.,
Waldo C,
Evelyn M.,
Norris K. Lincoln,
Mabel C. Swift,
Child :
Julia Ellouise,
Charles D. Lincoln,
Grace F. Norris,
Children :
Dora E.,
Vance A.,
BIRTH.
Jan. 11, 1771,
Sept. 6, 1802.
Mar. 1, 04.
Nov. 4, or».
Sept. 6, 07.
dkath.
Mar. ;{1, 1834
18
Dec. 4,
1827,
Dec. 25,
1894
Aug. 24,
29,
Dec. 20,
74
Dec. 11,
32.
Oct. 12,
34.
April .5,
••'.7,
May 15,
71
Sept. 17,
41,
April 8,
78
Family.
Feb.
1823,
Dec. 10,
1897
April 14,
34.
Dec. 24,
18.55.
Aug. 1,
57.
Aug. 16,
.59.
July 30,
66.
Aug. 10,
70.
Aug. 24,
74.
Oct. 17,
70.
Sept. IG,
1888.
Dec. 21,
9L
Mar. 23,
93.
Sept. 19
97.
April 20,
64.
Nov. 29,
96.
Aug. 20,
72.
Oct. 1,
1892.
Mar. 14,
94.
316
mSTOBY OF WAYNE.
NAME,
living D. Lincoln,
Bertlia Mace,
May If), 78.
I^owELL Family.
11. A. Lowell,
1834.
M. A. Dexter,
30.
Child :
Alice Maj^,
1858,
Graudehild :
Ray \.. Norris,
Lovejoy Family.
1879.
Nathan Lovejoy,
Feb. 18,
1786,
Temperance Wino-,
Children :
Hubbard,
July 10,
1807.
Tillotson L.,
. . • Dec. 6.
09.
Harriet,
Aug. 23,
11.
Attae,
Sept. 27,
IG.
Nancy,
July 30,
18.
Eineline S.,
Nov. 18,
20.
Nathan E.,
April 24,
23.
Allen P.,
Mar. 20,
25.
Alden W.,
July 21,
29.
Tillotson L. Lovejoy,
Dec. G,
1809,
Jerusha Fillebrown,
May 24,
20.
Children :
Sebastian 8.,
May 28,
1840.
Chas. M.,
Aug. 2G,
42.
Emma ('.,
44.
Fred A.,
April 4,
54.
Chas. M. Lovejoy,
Aug. 2G,
1842.
Eldora Sanborn,
Jau. 10,
45.
Children :
Augustus,
Dec. 2,
1867.
Angeline,
Feb. 29.
G8.
Gertie,
Feb. 29,
72.
Clara,
76.
Augustus Lovejoy,
Lillian Cochran,
June 2,
1864.
Children :
Grover D.,
Feb. G,
1893.
Vira Bell,
Jau. 1,
96.
Allen Perry,
May 21,
97.
1896
Feb. 10, 1867
Mar. 22, G3
Jan. 19, 1885
na:me.
ileurv I). liOtlirop,
Mary E. rainier,
Children :
Allie,
Harry H., \ ,
Henry A., j "^'"^'
Bertha E.,
HISTORY OF WAYXhJ.
LoTiiKor Family.
BIUTK.
Oct. IT), 1S4S.
-Ian. 12. 1S77.
May 2S, ,sl.
Nov. -2, 82.
317
Marcli. 1SS2
Lawrknce Family.
James Lawrence,
Abigail Ewers,
Children :
Joseph,
Asa,
Temperance,
Rufns,
Peter,
Betsey,
Nov. 27,
174.-),
July
;^,
ISll
Mar. 13,
49,
April
28,
1790
Oct. 29,
1709,
July
.-),
18.52
Oct. 26.
71,
April
9,
51
Nov. 1,
7.-),
60
July 27,
"f^,
Mar.
20,
1790
Mar. 21),
82,
April
7,
1871
June 22,
85,
April
23,
04
Joseph Lawrence,
1st, Joanna Floyd,
2nd, Betsej' BoardmaiL
3d, Rebecca Faunce.
Children :
1st, Abigail,
Noah,
Sally,
Francis,
Menassa,
Phorba,
Rufus,
James,
Oct. 29, 1769.
June 5, 66,
June 3, 1790,
Dec. 29, 99,
Oct. 4, 1801,
Feb. 19, 06,
Nov. 20, 07,
July 5, 1852
Sept. 30, 23
Dec. 31, 1859
Dec. 21, 52
June 12. 37
April 18, 58
Aug. 3, 00
42
Aug. 24, 51
Oct. 18, 66
Asa Lawrence,
Desire Allen,
Children :
Philena,
Oliver A.,
Owen,
Achsah,
Rachel,
Oct. 26, 1771,
67,
July 18, 1801,
July 8, 03,
Nov. 17, 05,
Jan. 22, 09.
May 27, 11,
April 9, 1851
May 1, 35
July 25, 1829
July 14. 81
Feb. 12, ,56
July 12, 85
318
HISTORY OF WAYNE.
NAME.
Oliver A. Lawreuct^,
1st, Janet Davenport,
2nd, Lemira Bartlett,
Children :
Ist, John ().,
2ud, Iliram B.,
Horatio B.,
Abbot N.,
Oweu Lawrence,
Mehitable Sinclair,
Children :
Matilda F.,
Hannah.
William O.,
James Lawrence,
Achsah Lawrence,
Child :
Francis,
lilUTII.
July, 8 1803,
Mar. 10, 08
April 17, 04,
Feb. 3, 183G,
Mar. 8, 40.
Dec. 19, 41.
Oct. 5, 4G,
Nov. 17, 1805,
Nov. 2G, 08.
Jan. 8, 1832.
Mar. 3, 49.
Nov. 20, 1807,
Jan. 22, 09.
Dec. 12, 38.
DEATH.
July 14, 1881
Mar. 3, 36
Dec. 26, 72
Sept. 11, 1864
June 13, 71
Feb. 12, 1856
86
Oct. 18, 1866
Ladd Family,
Warren Ladd,
1st, Lydia E. Wellman.
2ud, Maria West.
3d, Mrs. Emeline D. Pratt.
Children :
W. D.,
C. A.,
Sara N.,
Emily E.,
Ora A.,
C. A. Ladd,
Kate E. Smith,
Children :
Chas. A.,
Archie W.,
George W.,
Jan. 21, 1812,
Sept. 25, 1843.
April 2, 46.
Oct. 24, 48,
Oct. 24, 48.
Mar. 19, 67.
April 2, 1846.
Aug. 20, 51.
Aug. 15, 1876.
May 8, 80.
Aug. 20, 85.
Feb. 8, 1892
xVug. 8, 1867
Leadbetter Family.
Jabez Leadbetter,
Lucretia Howard,
Children :
Nelson H.,
1788,
1800,
1821,
1865
85
1886
mSTOIi'Y OF WAYNE.
319
NAMK.
KOSH,
Lucius C,
Laura M.,
Aui'elia B.,
Rhodelphus II., I j„
Delphuia, j '
Lucia J.,
Heni-}'^ B.,
Lucius C. Leadbetter.
Mary A. Gott.
Children :
Freddie C,
Nellie A.,
Arthur C,
Chas. Frederick,
Chas. K. Leadbetter,
Ella F. Stinchfield,
Children :
Rena May,
Shirley,
Verna Fay,
RTH.
DEATH.
23.
Died.
25.
27.
29.
32,
Nov. 3, !)2
32,
Died.
3().
44,
Died.
Mar. 14, 1854,
June in, .58.
Auff. 17, GO.
Nov. 14, 66.
Mar. 10, 1852.
Nov. 1, .56,
Oct. 10, 1879.
Oct. 27, 81.
July 19, 84.
Sept. 17, 1857
June,
1889
Lord Family.
Geo. Lord,
1st, Lizzie M. Arnold,
2nd, Flora Norris,
Children :
1st, Edith v.,
Martha E.,
Charlie H.,
'ind, Arthur,
Feb. 4, 1844.
Dec. 31, 40,
Nov. 4. 49.
April 26, 69.
July 23, 71,
June 16, 75.
Oct. 16, 82.
June 20, 1876
July 24, 1890
Nathan Maxim.
Martha Burapus.
Children :
Martha.
Samuel.
Nathan.
Jacob.
Freelove.
Ephraim .
Nathan Maxim Family,
<-
ev-e^
320
HISTORY OF WAYNE.
NAME.
Jacob Maxim,
Sarali Washburn, ;
Children :
Ehnira (^Stetson),
Mary (Perkins),
Jason,
Joseph F.,
William,
Harali W. (Ihimmond),
Jacob,
Joseph F. Maxim,
Hannah Pettinsrill.
Children
Maria P.,
Sarah W.,
BIRTH.
DEATH.
1706,
Sept. 2,
1836
04,
35
May 20,
1805,
April,
1882
Dec. 3,
00,
April,
87
Oct. 15,
09.
Oct. 28,
11.
Oct. 16,
13.
July 3,
17,
May 27,
91
Sept. 2,
19,
Mar. 13,
81
Oct. 28,
1811.
Jan. U,
20,
May 12,
1890
April 21,
1851.
July 17,
57.
Nathan Maxim.
Martha Chubuck,
Children :
Lydia.
Phebe.
Silas,
Ephraim.
Samuel.
Jacob.
Nathan. 7
Martha.
Freelove.
Clara.
Benjamin,
Died at the age of 103
1766,
1788,
1858
Dec.
1800
Benjamin Maxim.
Eunice Kaymoud,
Children :
Seth,
Elizabeth,
Nathau,
Thomas,
Oren,
William L.
John M.
Martha.
1786,
1808,
Feb. 25, 12,
Nov. 11, 16,
Jan. 21, 15,
April 1, 1S43
Sept. 24, 1890
Oct. 4, 73
82
Sept. 30, 77
A son and daughter died in infancy.
HISTORY OF WAYNE.
321
C. NAME.
Nathau Maxim,
Faunie H. Smith,
Children :
Emily Arvilla,
Daniel H.,
Eliza Ann,
Joseph E.,
Brittie J.,
Etta F.,
Frouia L.,
E. Arvilla Maxim.
Geo. R. Pierce.
D. H. Maxim.
Annie L. Miller.
Child :
Faunie A.,
Fanuie A. Maxim.
Geo. V. Godins;.
BIIiTH
•
DEATH.
Dec. 26,
1811,
July 1, 1884
Oct. 12,
1842.
June 26,
44.
Dec. 18,
45.
Nov. 12,
47,
Feb. 1854
June 2,
52.
April 3.
54.
Oct. 1.5,
56.
Aug. 20, 1870.
Ephraim Maxim,
Mary Curtis.
Cliildreu :
Phebe,
Susan.
Ephraim.
Roland.
Ruth.
Andrew.
Mary.
Silas.
Clarissa.
Ei'iiRAiM Maxim Family.
1767,
1840
Ephraim Maxim, Jr..
Ruth P. Billington,
Children :
Leonard H.,
Olive A.,
Luther S.,
Ephraim H.,
George A.,
Josiah W.,
Marj'^ K.,
21
1800,
09,
182d.
32.
34.
36,
39.
46.
49,
1884
82
1860
1874
322
HIS TOBY OF WAYNE.
NAME.
Eoland Maxim.
Matilda Gott.
Children :
Betsey.
Oiilla.
Jemima.
Selas Maxim.
Annie Kayniond.
Children :
Hannah.
Savali.
Silas H.
Andrew J.
Luther S. Maxim,
Roxanua P. Frost.
BIRTH.
1834.
George A. Maxim,
Ellen Jackson.
Child :
Laura.
Josiah W. Maxim,
Florence E. Macomber.
Child :
Ethel V>.
1839.
184G.
Oren Maxim,
Mary L. Durant,
Children :
Charles D.,
Herbert G.,
Judsou W.,
Lillian J.,
Charles D. Maxim.
Florence Chandler.
Children :
Helen E.,
Katie Irene,
Herbert G. Maxim.
Julia Maria Bishop.
Child :
Oren Bishop,
Oken Maxim Family.
Jan. 21, 1815,
Feb. 1», 30.
Dec. G, 1853.
Mar. 4, 59.
Sept. 30, Gl.
Oct. 17, 70.
Sept. 28, 1877
July 21, 1881.
Feb. 22, 88.
Sept. 17, 1891.
HISrOEY OF WAYNE.
323
NAME.
I51KTII.
DKATII.
Judson VV. Maxim.
Abbie F. Tower.
Lillian Julia Maxim.
Ellis L. Lincoln.
Moulton Family.
James Moulton,
Nov. 2"),
1791,
Mar. S,
1875
Mary ^rcKenney,
Sept. a,
•j;{,
Oct. 25,
58
Children :
Nancy,
April 1,
1812,
April 22,
1891
Sumner C,
July 3,
15,
Sept. 27,
40
Daniel,
Aug. 11,
10,
Nov. 24,
4;j
James M.,
Nov. 8,
20,
May 22,
48
Jonathan,
April 22,
2;},
Nov. 7,
87
Morris,
Aug. 10,
27,
Dec. 11,
45
James Moulton,
Nov. 2.5,
1791,
Mar. 8,
1875
Rosaline Bean,
Aug. 11,
92
Daniel Foss,
Feb. 25,
1815,
Sept. 21,
18.58
Nanc}' Moulton,
April 1,
12,
April 22,
91
Hiram Hines.
Nancy Foss, (2nd marriage).
Sumner C. Moulton,
Catherine Morrison,
Child :
Mary S.,
James M. Moulton,
Novilla Lindsey.
Jonathan Moulton,
Lucy M. Foss,
Children :
Sumner C,
James M.,
Emery Foss,
Mary S. Moulton,
Cliild :
Maurette S.,
Dr. F. L. Dixon,
Mary S. Foss, (2nd marriage).
July ;j, 1815,
Oct. 18, 18,
Nov. 6, 4.'},
Nov. 8, 1820,
April 22, 1823,
Jan. 14, 27,
Oct. 1, 1853,
Sept. 26, .59.
April 10, 1823,
Nov. 6, 43,
April 6, 69.
Jan. 21, 1857.
Nov. 6, 43,
Sept. 27, 1846
Dec. 27, 87
April 13, 85
May 22 1848
Nov. 7, 1887
Jan. 3, 84
Oct. 1, 187G
Sept. 11, 1872
April 13, 85
April 13. 1885
324
HISTORY OF WxiYNE.
NAME. BIKTH.
.lame? M. Moultou, Sept. 26, 1859.
Sadie Sliijchfiekl (Daufoilh), Juue 21, 54.
( 'liildren :
.Tonatlum E., ^ Nov. 2G, 1880.
Nancy L., Mar. 29, 82.
.James VVm., Feb. 28, 89.
Stella Augusta, Nov. 13, 91.
jMokuison Family.
Johu Morrisou,
Lucy Kent,
Children :
Dorcas,
Deborah,
Catherine,
Walter Foss.
Dorcas Morrison,
Ben). L. Lombard,
Deborah Morrisou,
Child :
('harles Kent,
Sept. 14, 1779,
.Tune 2, 85,
Aug. 10, 180(),
Aug. 17, 10.
Oct. 18, 18,
Aug. 10, 180G,
July 1, 1806.
Aug. 17, 10.
July 13, 1831.
July 5, 1852
Mar. 6, 65
April 29, 1882
Dec. 27, 87
April 29, 1882
Millet Family.
Josluia Millet,
Sophronia Howard,
Children :
Sophronia,
Joshua Howard,
George Lewis,
Jan. 26, 1803,
Oct. 6, 01,
Nov. 2, 1840,
Mar. 17, 42.
Dec. 17, 43,
Mar. 10, 1848
June 4, 81
May 4, 1859
Jan. 21, Go
Manteii Family.
David Manter,
Keziali liobbins.
Children :
Daniel,
Mary,
George, j^^^.i„
David, ) '
Freeman,
Katheriue,
Silas,
Eliphalet,
Eleazer,
Ellas,
Ezra,
Oct. 5,
1758,
Juue 5,
1820
Mar. 30,
66,
Sept. 4,
41
Mar. 7,
1792,
Aug. 18,
1864
Dec. 16,
93,
Jan. 2G,
50
Nov. 14,
95,
May 10,
58
Nov. 14,
95,
Nov. 5,
18
Feb. 5,
98,
Juue 22,
42
Mar. 6,
1800.
Feb. 17,
02,
Aug. 23,
75
Feb. 27,
04,
Feb. 14,
26
Mar. 13,
06.
Jan. 12,
47
June 30,
08,
April 18,
63
May 14,
11,
Dec. 22,
82
HIS TO BY OF WAYNE.
325
twius,
NAME.
Silas Manter,
Sarah Brown,
Children :
Freeman,
Mary Jane,
Silas Albert, )
Sarah Emeline, j
Freeman Manter,
Mary Jones,
Children :
Emma Celia,
Evelyn Grace,
Howard Herbert,
Harlan Lewis,
Ellen May,
Silas Albert Manter,
Alice Allen Pettingill,
Children :
Albert Nelson,
Arthur Wilson,
Sewall Pettinojiil,
Charlie Grant,
George Lucius,
Ellis Allen,
Flora May,
Sewall P. Manter,
Kate A. Goi-don,
Child :
Charles Percy,
BIRTI
I.
DEATH.
Feb. 27,
1802,
Aug. 23,
1S75
July 7.
02,
Sept. 22,
44
Oct. 20,
1830.
June 24,
32.
Nov. in.
34,
Dec. 28,
1878
Nov. 19,
34,
July 5,
78
Oct. 20,
1830.
Jan. 24,
33.
June 17,
18.-)9.
Dec. 13,
GI.
Aug. 15,
r.3.
Aug. 14,
65.
Oct. 19,
67.
Nov. 19,
1834,
Deo. 28,
1875
Nov. 15,
33,
Oct. 2,
96
Mar. 7,
1861.
June 5,
62.
Sept. 24,
63.
Oct. 9,
65,
Aug. 26.
1867
May 17,
67.
Mar. 11,
69,
April 19,
82
July 10,
72,
April 19,
82
Sept. 24,
1863.
Sept. 29,
79.
Sept, 9,
1897.
Ephraim Norris Family
Ephraim Norris.
Child :
Ebenezer,
Ebenezer Norris,
Nancy Hammond.
Children :
Eben,
Mary Jane.
Eben Norris,
Sophronia Chandler,
Children :
Vora,
Sept. 10, 1786, Oct. 20, 1874
Sept. 10, 1786, Oct. 20, 1874
Sept. 10, 1815, June 2;!, 1893
Sept. 10, 1815, June 23, 1893
Nov. 8, 22.
Aug. 12, 1847.
326
HISTOBY OF WAYNS.
NAME.
Flora,
Lafayette ('.,
Frouita W.,
Harrie E.,
BIRTH.
Nov. 4. 49.
Jan. 4, 53,
May 12, .50,
Sept. 20, G4.
DEATH.
March, 1854
Oct. 4, 91
Samuel Nouris Family,
Samuel Norris.
Children :
Epliraim.
Nathaniel.
Woodiu,
Josiah.
Nathaniel Norris.
Children :
Samuel,
Benjamin.
Nathan.
Nathan Norris,
Jedida Norris,
Children :
Mary,
Samuel,
Benjamin,
Jedida,
Nathan, Jr.,
Hannah,
Nathan Norris.
Abigail Howard.
Children :
rhebe L.,
Jedida F.,
Elizabeth,
Charles,
Marcena F.,
Marcena F., 1 , .
Almira p., p'^''"'^'
Hiram E.,
Clarinda M.,
Nathan Jr.,
Charles Norris.
Olive Maxim.
Children :
Emma L.,
Sept. 17, 1732.
July 13, 1825
June 9, 43
Feb. 19,
178G.
May 12,
87.
Aug. 2,
90.
May 30,
94.
Jan. 22,
96,
Jan. 2, 1857
Oct. 29,
98.
Oct. 11,
1820
May 4,
1822
JulV IG,
24.
June 10,
27.
June 27,
29.
June 26,
32.
Mar. 4,
35.
April 10,
37.
Dec. 9,
40.
July 21, 1855.
IIISTOIiY OF WAYNE.
327
NAME.
Frank B.,
Ruth P.,
Luther M.,
Charles H.,
S.amuel Norrls.
Phcfbe Cary.
Children :
Dadida.
Ichabod.
Lois Jane.
Thomas, "t , .
Sawyer B.,}^^^"^«'
Sawyer B. Norris.
Mary Jane Dexter.
Children :
George A.,
Ella A.,
Ada P.,
Minnie I.,
Elmer E.,
Ilolman L.,
George A. Norris,
Ruth A. Ti-ibou,
Children :
Idella M.,
Arthur C,
Grace F.,
Elsie M.,
Alpheus P.,
Elmer E. Norris,
Olivia A. Norris.
Child :
Harold E.,
Hohnan L. Norris,
Bertha F. Albee,
Child :
Ronald E.,
Samuel Norris.
Lydia Washburne.
Children :
Ephraim.
Nathan.
Samuel.
Woodin.
BIRTH.
Sept. 21, 58.
July 27, ISO,-?.
Feb. 21, ()7.
Aug. 0, 70.
June 2;"), 182;").
Sept. n,
1848
Sept. 1,
5;}
June 20,
59
Dec. 14,
04
Feb. 28,
07
Jan. 9,
09
Sept. 9,
1848
Jan. 18,
50
June 28,
1809
Oct. 27,
70
Aug. 20
, 72
Aug. 12
, 79
June 17,
83
Feb. 28,
1807
June 30,
97
Jan. 9,
1809.
June 20,
70.
Mar. 21,
1898.
328
HIS TOBY OF WAYNE.
NAME.
Josiah.
Lydia.
Jemima.
Josiah Norris,
1st, Miss Melatiali Smith.
2nd, Mrs. Eunice Thomas,
Children :
1st, Ephraim,
Abigail,
2nd, Josiah, Jr.,
Miller,
Philip A.,
Deborah,
Oliver,
Ephraim Norris,
1st, Temperance Billington,
2nd, Mrs. l.ydia T.oomis,
Children :
Melvin,
Abigail,
Locady L.,
Melvin Norris.
Araminta Pettingill,
Children :
Matilda T.,
Josiah E.,
HenrylM.,
Willie P.,
Charlie W.,
Henry M. Norris.
Dasie I. Allen.
Child :
Hazel D.,
Charlie W. Norris.
Martha A. Charlesworth,
Child :
Pearl C,
Woodin Norris.
1st, Mollie Wing.
2nd, Mrs. Sallie Gilman.
Children :
1st, Simeon.
Joshua.
Grafton.
April 10,
1765,
Jan. 20,
1857
May 10,
S3,
April 20,
61
.luly .S,
1795,
Oct. 21,
1875
Sept. 25,
1804.
Aug. G,
OG.
Mar. 22,
OS.
Dec. 15,
10.
Jan. 9,
14.
July .3,
1795,
Oct. 21,
1875
May 10,
1801,
June 28,
60
Oct. 29,
09,
June,
85
Oct. 17.
1828.
Oct. 10,
.33.
Oct. 11,
39.
Jan. 3,
1829,
April 23,
1895
Nov. 11,
1848,
Sept. IG,
1853
July 15,
51.
Aug. 17,
,55.
April 17
GO.
Jan. 3,
GG.
April 30, 1892.
Aug. 23, 1865.
June IG, 1890.
HIS TOBY OF WAYNE.
329
NAME.
Sarah.
2ud, Gllman.
Mary.
Wood in, Jr.
Roscellus V. Norris,
Lois A. Pettiugill,
Children :
Albert li.,
Irving C,
Lora E..
Asa G.,
Harold M.,
Feb. T2,
1844
Mar. :5,
4!)
Mar. 19,
1877
Dec. 2,
7!)
Yah. 4.
82
Oct. 2.
86
May 12,
91
Jan. 17. 1894
Xasox Family.
Harry D. Xason,
Xellie ^I. Palmer.
Child :
Horace R..
Fel). 19, 1864.
Aug. 7, 69.
April 29, 95.
PuLsiFER Family.
William Pulsifcr.
Eunice Woodman Rich.
Children :
Joseph Melville,
Ellen Martha,
Lydia Catherine,
Henry Harrison,
Moses R.,
Mai-y E.,
Edward E.,
Albert A.,
Xettie F.,
Henry Harrison Pulsifer
Abbie M. Thomas,
Children :
Rachie G..
Annie D.,
Edward E.
Ella Smith
Children :
Etta M.,
Katie E..
Pulsifer.
Sept. 18,
1807.
11.
May 7,
1835.
July,
37.
Jan.,
39.
Feb. 2,
42.
Sept.
44.
Sept.
47.
Mar.
49.
52.
Itily 2.5,
61.
Sept. 18,
1839.
Dec, 18,
1868.
Nov. 22,
1895
Sept. 27,
70,
May 25,
95
Julv,
1843.
July 1, 1878.
Mar. 4. 82.
330
NAME.
D. B. Palmer,
Hannah Morgan.
Children :
Edward.
HI8T0BY OF WAYNE.
Palmer Family.
BIRTH.
Dec. 27, 1816.
Alvin Palmer,
Dorcas Kimball,
Children :
Mary E.,
Charles E.,
Sarah N.,
Sarah N.,
Ida M.,
Lauretta C,
Hattie K.,
Eva M.,
Nellie M.,
Sept. 5,
1821.
Jan. 18,
29.
Oct. 1.5,
48.
Nov. 22,
.")1.
May 20,
TA,
Sept. 5,
1855
May 20,
56,
July 15,
58
July 21,
.59,
Sept.
65
Dec. 2,
61.
Oct. 23,
63.
Nov. 6,
65.
Aug:. 7,
69.
George P.almer,
1st. Caroline Morse.
2nd, Mrs. Mary Shaw,
Children :
1st, Annie.
Sophia.
2ud, John.
Aug. 22, 1826.
Arcadius Pettingill,
Polly II. Tribou,
Children :
Ann P.,
Joel,
Arcadius, Jr.,
Arcadius Pkttingill Family.
.Jan. 19, 1793,
Sept. 22, 97,
Dec. 8, 1815.
Mar. 20, 17,
Dec. 11, 22.
Oct. 31, 1883
Nov. 16, 69
Oct. 8, 1883
Arcadius Pettingill, Jr
Annourill C. Morrill,
(Children :
Ellen M.,
Abbie,
Levi M.,
Henry Weston,
Charlie M.,
Dec. 8, 1815.
Oct. 2, 22,
Oct. 21, 1846.
August, 48.
Dec. 12, 50.
May 3, 53.
Sept. 3, 55,
August, 1866
March, 1881
HISTORY OF WAYHE,
331
NAME.
Isaac rettiugill,
Ilanuah Nonis,
Children :
Hannah,
Joseph F. Maxim.
Mary B.,
J. P. Curtis,
Amanda ]\[.,
Jacob Maxim.
P'lorena P.,
S. Knis:ht.
Araminta,
Melvin Norris.
Matilda B.,
Alice A.,
S. A. Mauter.
Isaac Jr.,
.Sevvall Pettingill,
Mary H. Sanborn,
Child :
Francis S.,
Sewall Pettingill.
Emma F. Bishop.
Children :
Mary E.,
L. M. Noi'ris.
Blanche A.,
Olin S.,
Love Roberts,
1st, Sally True,
2nd, Mary Phillips,
Children :
1st, Mary Ann,
Elmira Haskell,
Loring True,
Julia True,
AVilliam Harrison,
2ntl, Charles Fordyce,
Loring True Roberts,
Jane Virgin,
Children :
Ronello F.,
Emeline,
Mary Etta,
Isaac Pkttin(ui,l Family.
BIUTII.
April 10, 1797,
Nov. 29, 97,
Jan. 14, 1820,
Aug. 21, 22.
Nov. 12, 24.
Jan. 22, 27,
.hill. ;{, 29,
May 1, 31,
Nov. in, ;i;}.
May 5, .36,
April 2G, 18:39.
July 12, 1801,
dkath.
Sept. 15, 1872
Mar. 22, 47
May 12, 1890
Aug. 7, 94
April 2;'., 9.")
Dec. 19, 47
Oct. 2, 9G
June 7,
.38
Aug. f), 1801
Jan. 14,
18G8.
Mar. 2,
79.
June 8,
82.
^'amily.
April 8,
178-),
July 27,
1827
Feb. 9,
92,
Feb. 13,
21
Aug. 29,
98,
Nov. 15,
40
Mar. 22,
1811.
Sept. 12,
12,
Sept. 17,
1865
Sept. 22,
14.
Feb. 9,
17,
Dec. 17,
53
Nov. 8,
19.
Feb. 27,
26.
Sept. 22,
1814.
May 10,
18.
Jan. 8,
1844,
February
1898
May 23,
40.
Mar. 14,
49.
332
HISTORY OF WAYNE,
NAMK.
William Hiirrisoii Roberts,
Maiy B. I^owd,
Children :
Sarah Helen,
AVendell riiillips.
Edgar Went worth,
T.evi True,
Will Love,
Frank Herbert,
Xathau Lewis,
Charles Ford5-ce Roberts,
Ann Maria Libby,
Children :
Evelyn H.,
May Eraeline,
Elizabeth P.,
Edo^ar AVeutworth Roberts
Emma Rebecca Hatch,
Children :
George Royal.
Marj' Helen,
Bertha L.,
BIRTB
[.
Nov. S,
1819.
Jan. 4,
21,
July 5,
1847.
Aug. 26,
49.
Oct. 8,
51.
Dec. 16,
53,
Jan. 7,
55.
June 25,
58.
Mar. 24.
61.
Feb. 27,
26.
May 8,
32,
Feb. 23, 1879
Mar. 3, 1854
Dec. 16, 1886
May 31, 1855.
Oct. 9, 59, Sept. 16, 1886
Mar. 8, 61.
Oct. 8, 18-51.
Sept. 5, 52.
Dec. 4, 1873.
Dec. 26, 75.
May 23, 77.
Frank Herbert Roberts, June 25, 1858.
1st, Eva May Ladd. Jan. 7, 60,
2nd. Mrs. Eunice Ellen (Carver) Foster, Apr. 20, 57.
Children :
1st, Leslie Freeman, Dec. 9, 188-2.
Alice Julia, May 25, 85.
2nd. Merton Ellingwood, Jan. 16, 98.
May 19, 1893
Read Family.
Thomas B. Read,
1st, Julia A. Wing,
2nd, Margaret G. Jellison,
Children :
2nd, Julia E.,
.James B.,
Allen W.,
James B. Read,
Rossa C. Bishop,
Child :
Julia A.,
Nov. 10, 1816.
Oct. 29, 15.
Nov. 20, 18.
April 10, 1845.
Nov. 2, 46.
Mar. 27, 54.
Nov. 10, 1846.
Nov. 11, 48.
April 28, 1870.
Sept. 4, 1888
HISTORY OF WAYNE.
333
NAME.
Paul Raymond,
1st, Mary Thompson,
2ud, Mrs. Sarah Read,
Children :
William,
Abigail,
Samuel Hopkins.
• Nancy D.,
Jas. Brigham.
Alfred,
Mary.
Simeon Hopkins.
Sarah.
William Bartlett.
Jonathan.
Edward.
William Raymond,
Sabriua Berry,
Children :
John W' illiams,
Alfred,
Zaccheus.
Alfred Raymond,
Laura W. Wing,
Children :
George Franklin,
Jefferson Wing,
Edward,
Marcia Elma,
Llewellyn Wing,
Grosvenor Waterhouse,
Charles Edward,
Fred,
James Brigham,
. Nancy D. Raymond,
Children :
Charles Henry,
George Dana,
James Edward,
Nancy Maria,
Simeon H.,
Raymond Famiia'.
BIRTH.
1796,
Sept. 7, 1801.
Sept. 11, 05.
June 5, 09,
DEATH.
May 13, 1829
Sept. 20, 23
Aug. o, 70
Mav 22, 1894
Sept. 7,
1801.
Oct. S,
04.
Oct. 13,
1825.
June 17,
27.
June .5,
1809,
May 22.
1894
Feb. 2(5,
13.
May 29,
April 22,
1831.
33,
1862
July 30,
35,
Mar. 15,
38
May 22,
38.
Jan. 5,
40.
Aug. 25
42.
Feb. 25,
45.
Oct. 30,
50.
Oct. 9,
180G.
Sept. 11
05.
May 22,
1831.
Oct. 12,
32.
Aug. 17
, 34.
July 22.
36.
April 7
38.
334
HISTORY OF WAYNE.
Jason Kigsjs,
Martha J. L. Win":,
(liildreu :
Albert \V.,
Viola A.,
George L.,
Albert VV. Kiggs.
LueilaJ. Baleiitine,
Children :
P^dith May,
Harry Edyar,
Charlie Sherman,
RiGGS Family.
BIRTH.
June ;J0, 1817,
Jan. U, 23.
Sept. 27, 18-17.
April 8, 53,
Jan. 10, 60,
July ,}, 1853.
Oct. 5, 1876.
Mar. 4, 78.
Feb. 16, 86.
DEATH.
May 26, 18!)5
May 3, 1873
Redlon Family.
Mattliias^.( Matthias'-, Mao;nus')Re
1st, Elizal)eth Field.
2nd, Dorcas Williams nee Carter.
Cliildren :
Dea. Daniel^
1st, Annie AVillianis.
2nd, M.'iry McKenney.
Samuel^
Mary Ridlon,
Jonathan F.^,
Dorcas'',
Samuel Leavett.
Joll!!^,
Patience'',
Benj. Ijibbey,
Betsey%
1st, David Ci-each.
2nd, Benj. Young.
Davids
Mary*,
Alvin Swift.
Sarahs
Billings Hood.
Rachael'',
Otis Hood.
LydiaS
Daniel True.
dlon,Feb. 4, 174!J,
April 4, 1773.
1840
Aug. 22,
1774.
Nov. 15.
79,
April 25,
1874
Sept. 15,
76.
Nov. 2,
77.
Sept. 12,
79.
June 10,
85,
67
February,
, 66
May 28,
89.
April 20,
91,
Oct. 3,
46
Aug. 3,
94.
May 28,
98,
June 3,
73
Sept. 28,
1801,
June 3,
64
Sept. 28,
01,
Feb. 6,
75
HUSTOIiY OF WAYNE.
335
KiDLKY Family
NAME.
Dea. Daniel Riaiey\
1st, Paulina Williams.
2nd, Mary McKenney.
Children :
Sally\
Beu). McKenney.
MatthiasS
Nancy Pratt.
Martha^,
Jonathan*,
Louisa Marston.
Daniel*,
1st, Sally Winter.
2nd, Kebecca Graves,
('apt. Benjamins
1st, Eliza Jenkins.
2nd, Abiah Morey.
Paulina',
Charles Graves,
Mary%
Naamau Bishop.
Betsey',
Hamilton Gould.
James",
Jerome*,
1st, Anna Peacock.
2ud, Mary Davis.
Matthias Ridley*,
Nancy Pratt.
Children :
Clark«,
MatthiasS
Lydia D. Rolf.
Nancy*^,
Philip Sargent.
Hannah^,
Daniel Kimball.
MaryS
David Patterson.
Isaac*,
1st, Mary M. Keene.
2nd, Annetta Edgecomb.
Sophronia",
Jeremiah Tuck.
Delawey*,
Charles Hull.
BIKTII.
April I, 177:J.
June ;{, 1781.
Nov. :Jii, 17".):!.
Feb. 21), 17'.).'),
Feb. !), !)8.
Feb. 1.^), ISOl.
Sept. 27, 02,
April 2, 01,
June 20, 04,
Mar. G, 07,
Feb. 14. 03,
April 4, 09.
Aug. 20, 11.
July 27, 14.
Dec. 29, IG.
Feb. 29, 1795,
June 25, 1819.
Mar. 7, 22.
Dec. 30, 24,
July 17, 2G,
May 26, 28.
June 21, 31,
July 1, 33.
Nov. 15, 34.
DEATH.
1875
82
Fel>. 20, 50
Feb. 27, 71
Mar. 12, 54
June 10, G3
Julv 28, 85
1875
Dec. 12, 1854
Nov. 14, 56
97
386
HISTOBY OF WAYNE.
NAME.
Abiah".
Reuben AVelil.
Abiuoftoii''.
Harriet Elizabeth Edo^cedinb.
Jonathan Ridlej'",
Louisa ]\Iari5ton.
Children :
Lieut. Billino? H.**,
Marj^ 8. Dickey.
Eliza IL«,
Artson K. Pratt.
Nancy E.^
A. B. BeaL
Jonathan**,
Frances Pollard.
Sarah M.«,
Daniel M. Howard.
Beujannu^,
Martha Louisa,
Elijah F. Puriugtou.
Jason M. Ridley",
Abbie L. StinchflekF,
Child :
Charles Adelbert,
Daniel Ridley^
1st, Sally Winter.
2nd, Rebecca Graves.
Children :
1st. Paulina'*.
Joseph Lovett.
Silas C.^
Edson.
Joseph W.**,
Mary Robbins.
2nd, Betsey^
T. v' Knox.
Joshua G.^
Jerome R.*,
(.'lara Kuowltou.
Charles G.,
Vienna Melissa Goodwin.
Sarah*,
Jason M.,
Abbie L. Stiuchtield,
Dean K.^,
Lee S.«,
Horatio N.*,
BIRTH.
April 11, :jS.
July .'), 42.
Feb. 15. 1801.
May 9. 182(5.
Aug. 23, 28.
Feb. 17, 30.
Aug. 13, 32.
Dec. 11, 34.
Nov. 37,
Dec. 13, 42.
Mar. 15. 1S41.
Jan. 3, 48.
Dec. 15, 1867.
April 4, 1773,
April 2, 1801,
Dec. 13, 1828.
April 3, 30,
July 0, 32.
Feb. 28, 33.
May 30, 34.
Mar. 22, 35.
Oct. 3.
37.
Oct. 4, 38.
Mar. 15, 41.
Jan. 3, 48.
Jan. 12, 43.
Dec. 24, 44.
Mar. 11, 28.
May 31, 1858
Feb. 20, 1850
Feb. 27. 1871
Nov. 10. 1870
HISTORY OF WATyE.
337
NAME.
Cupt. Benjamin Kidk\v
Eliza Jenkins.
Children :
Hamilton J.^
Sarah R. True,
Hallet«,
Frances Hood.
Eliza^
Osgood Graves.
Hamilton Ridley,
Sarah True,
Children :
Lydia J.,
Benj. H. J.,
Eliza M. J.,
Daniel F.,
Alva M.,
Jessie E.,
Hannah E.,
Benj. H. J. Ridley,
Charlotte B. Haskell,
Children :
L. Scott,
Janus A.,
Grace E.,
Archibald B.,
Carl M.,
BIUTH.
DKATII.
June 20, 1804,
Mar. 12,
1854
Jan. 11, 1824,
Mar. 2,
1890
Nov. 5, 24.
May 15, 27,
July 24,
7G
June 17, 31.
Jan. 11, 1824,
Mar. 2,
1890
Nov. 5, 24.
Feb. 15, 1846.
April 20, 47,
May 20,
1894
Dec. 30, 48,
July 28,
82
Dec. 16, 52,
Mar. 25,
98
Feb. 28, 60.
Feb. 28, 62,
Sept. 30,
79
Oct. 20, 67.
April 20, 1847,
May 20,
1894
Jan. 21, 50.
Mar. 8, 1874.
Aug. 29, 76.
Mar. 27, 78.
Aug. 30, 86.
Mar. 26. 88.
Sturtevant Family.
Andrew Sturtevant.
Diana Besse,
Children :
William,
Jabesh,
Eliza,
Andrew,
Patience,
Diana,
Moses,
Ephraim.
Mary,
Ruth.
1765,
July 10,
1848
Aug. 27,
29
Oct. 20,
1786.
Jan. 10,
88,
May 31,
1798
Mar. 19,
89,
Jan. 20,
1826
Aug. 23,
91,
Sept. 17,
69
July 4,
93.
Mar. 20,
95,
Mar. 19,
15
May 4,
96,
Jan. 27,
G5
Aug. 9,
97,
May 27,
68
Dec. 17,
98,
Jan. 3.
67
June 6,
1800,
April 18,
86
338
HLSTOnr OF WAYNE.
NAME.
E|)hraim Sturtevant,
Elniira II. Roberts,
Children :
Love Roberts,
And others.
Love Roberts Sturtevant,
Lucilia Maria Clark,
(/hildren :
Harry Clark,
Frank,
BIRTH.
Aug. 9, 1797,
Sept. 10, 1812,
Mar. 13, 33.
Mar. 13, 1833.
April 8, 39.
May 13, 1864,
April 1, 69,
df;ath.
May 27, 1868
Sept. 17, 65
Sept. 20, 1888
June 3, 98
Christopher Stevens Family.
Christopher Stevens.
Hannah Plimpton,
Children :
Sarah,
John,
Polly,
James,
Ann,
Lucy,
Jacob,
John Stevens.
Abigail E. G. Richards,
Children :
Sally J.,
Fanny,
Christopher G.,
Fairvaduey,
Joanna,
Julia A.,
Cella,
Cyrus,
Enoch W.,1.
Elijah W.,r'''"^'
1754,
Sept.
1846
1776,
1855
July 25,
79.
Nov. 17,
66
Aug. 22,
83,
Aug. 24,
52
87,
Feb. 25,
57
June 11,
90,
May 1,
69
Mar. 30,
93,
July 7,
44
Mar. 10,
95,
Oct. 2.
74
1789,
May 14,
1840
Sept. 4,
1812,
April 14,
1883
Sept. 30,
14,
May 20,
86
July 21,
16,
Aug. 1,
31
Oct.
18,
Oct. 15,
57
Sept. 15,
19,
Dec. 13,
19
Mar. 4,
20.
July 23,
24.
April 3,
28.
Aug. 15,
29,
Aug. 29,
57
Cyrus Stevens.
Elizabeth Hammond,
Children :
Infant son,
George W.,
Flora E.,
EllaM.,
Aug. 4, 1830.
July 16, 1856,
Sept. 20, 57,
Mar. 1, 64.
July 15, 68.
July 23, 1856
Mar. 5, 93
TITS TO BY OF WAYXE.
330
XA^rE.
(ieorge W. Stevens.
Julia A. Seavey,
Children :
Ezra,
Oena A.,
Nov. G, 1861.
Mav 21!, 1882.
Nov. 1, 84,
Auf;. 20, 1887
John Stevkns Family.
Jolin Stevens,
Nov. 20,
1701,
1829
Martha Marden,
Jan. 9,
69.
Children :
Edna (French),
Nov. 23,
87.
Abel,
Nov. 20,
90.
Elizabeth (Elkins),
Nov. 2,
92.
Martha fSturtevant),
June 30,
94.
Dolly (Wood),
April 30,
96.
Joliu,
Mar. 30,
98,
May 11,
1881
Charity (Win":),
April 2G,
1800,
April 13,
91
Richard,
Aug. 23,
02,
Oct. 9,
52
Jesse,
Mar. 23,
04,
April 14,
61
David,
Nov. 26,
06,
Mar. 8,
98
John Stevens, 2nd.
1st, Pi'iscilla Lane,
May 21,
1804,
Feb. 7,
1863
2nd, Glaphyra Lovejoy,
July 22,
09,
Mar. 10,
87
Children :
Sarah Ehzabeth (True),
July 28,
30.
Melviua Amanda (True),
Jan. 14,
39.
Emma Frances (Gilmore),
Oct. IG,
45,
Oct. 21,
1890
Jesse Stevens, 2nd.
Glaphyra Lovejoj-.
Children :
Frank,
July 22,
1831.
Charles.
Aug. 15,
34.
Martha.
David Stevens, 2nd.
Jeaunette Haines,
June 20,
1811,
Feb. 15,
1889
Children :
Alfred,
Jan. 23,
1840,
1841
Jeannette F.,
Aug. 13,
42,
April 1,
38
Charles H.,
April 5,
46.
Abel Stevens, 2nd.
2nd, Sarah Richardf^
340
HISrOBY OF WAYNE.
NAME.
Henry Stevens,
Sophronia White,
Children :
Clarence M.,
Sereuo S.,
Clarence M. Stevens.
I. A. Smith,
Child :
Ernest L.,
Ernest L. Stevens,
Cora L. Lane,
Child :
Henry Ervin,
Henry Stevens Fajiily.
BIRTH.
April 21, ISOS,
May 14, 11,
Feb. 4. 1850.
June 30. Tyl.
Dec. 25, 1849.
Aug:.
1870.
Aug. 2, 1870.
Feb. 3, 66.
Mar. 21, 1898,
DEATH.
May 14, 1886
May 5, 85
Aug. 12, 1873
Mar. 25, 1898
S:\iiTii Family.
Ephraim S. Smith.
Marietta F. Cuumer,
Children :
Delphina J. E.,
Lewella L.
Icebell A.,
Sylvia A.,
Carson W.,
1823,
June 20, 45.
Dec. 25. 49.
Sept. 11. 52.
Mar. IB. 59.
Oct. 9. 1872
SwiET Family.
Turner Swift,
Mary Besse.
Children :
Alfred,
Alviu,
Alfred Swift,
1st, Betsey Bartlett,
2rid, Sophronia Besse.
3d, Hannah Monroe,
Children :
1st, Elvira,
Cyrus B.,
Frank T.,
Cordelia B.,
Alfred Russell,
Elizabeth B..
2ud, Sophronia,
Alviu IJodney,
.3d, Deroy Monroe,
Cleveland.
1830
Aug. 1,
1789,
May 1,
1870
98,
41
Aug. 1,
1789,
May 1,
1870
Mar. 20,
91,
Oct. 21,
28
1801,
37
Oct. 14,
1798,
Feb. 16,
93
April 6,
1815.
Feb. 7,
17,
Sept. 17,
1869
Mar. 28,
19.
June 1,
22,
Jan. 13,
94
July 28.
25.
Jan. 17,
28,
Dec 31.
92
July 28,
34,
Dec. 1,
47
Jan. 24.
35;
Mar. 29,
58
July 4,
42,
Dec. 2,
44
Feb. 2,
46.
niSTOBY
OF WAYNE.
341
NAMK.
BiHTii.
DKATH.
Cyiiis r,. Swift,
Feb. 7. 1S17,
Sept. 17, 18G5)
Martha J. Xelsoii,
Mar. 2. -12.
Chihlieii :
Maria Cora,
IS-lf),
1852
Cora Maria.
.-)4,
59
Willie Nelson,
.^(!,
Sept. 89
Alfred Kussell Swift,
Julia Ainaiida Monroe.
Children :
Charles Pitt.
Clara Mabel,
Julia Estelle,
Charles Pitt Swift,
Edith V. Lord,
Children :
Harold Monroe,
Mattie Arnold,
July 28, lS2r).
Sept. 25, ;57.
Aug. 15, 18G2.
April 20, 04.
Oct. 1, 68.
Aug. 15, 1802.
April 2G, ()!).
Dec. 10, 1887.
June li), !)().
Stinchfiki.i) Family.
Capt. Roger StinchtieUP, (IJoger'-^.
John', J
Ist, Mary Lindsay,
Children :
Elizabeth\
Alpheus Ijane.
Azel L.*,
Alice S.\
Barnabas Dav'ee.
Sarah B.%
Herbert Llbbj-.
Ezra\
Abigail T. Jolmson,
Katharine^
Azel K.\
John R.^
iMaria T>. Foster.
William L.S
Feb. 8, 1781.
Mar. 21. 1777.
May 22, isod.
May ;n, 1862
June 10, 1819
July 15,
02,
Feb.
1810
Jan. 29,
04.
June 10.
00.
Mar. 7,
08.
May 2,
14,
Aug. 18,
78
Feb. 23,
10,
July,
11
Oct. 10,
12,
Aug.
13
Jan. 20,
14,
Aug.
60
April 8.
24,
Jan. 22,
80
April 15,
li).
June 22,
19
Capt. Roger StinchfiekP
2nd, Fannie Allen.
Children :
William A.^
Benj. G.^
Obadiah K.\
Maria Walker.
April
1822
Oct.
23
Sept.
25
342 BISTORT OF WAYNE.
NAME.
BIRTH
DEATH.
Mary K/,
April
28.
John Kendall.
Charles J.\
May
30.
Amanda Libby.
Oliver 0.^
32.
Elfrida Wadsworth.
Abbie W.\
Mar.
42.
James Stinchfield\ (James^
John',)
Thos.2,
Sept. 9,
1807,
Dec. 2L 1887
Clarissa Gould,
April 30,
li).
Oct. 10, 74
Children :
Eliza Ann-',
Dec. 2,
18.39,
July 17, 1892
A. R. Dickinson.
Levi G.\
Dec. 4,
41.
Louie Arenus.
James H.",
April 2S,
45,
Jan. 1, 40
Eudora M.\
July 2;"),
47.
Henry W.\
Jan. 18,
.52.
Evelyn P.%
Mar. 25.
57.
G. L. Duckworth.
Woodbury A% (;Eben^
John',)
John\
Wni.-.
July 2,
1817,
1881
Frances Fuller.
Children :
Edith Helen*,
Nov. 24,
1852.
Florence Mabel^,
Jan. 14,
.56.
EbenS (Eben\ John^ Wm.^ .Tohn',) Nov. 22, 1820, .lau. 22, 1849
Hannah Lincoln, Nov. 5, 19.
Children :
Lewis Delmar^ April 11, 1845.
Harriet M. Chessman, Mar. 10, 55.
Eben A. W.", ' Mar. 30, 48.
Abbie A. Atwood, Aug. 2G, 01.
John K. Stanchfield, M. D.^ (Sam'l',
Thos.^ Juo.',) July G, 1818. July 11, 188:5
Gloviua Smith, June 16, 22.
Children :
John Barry, Mar. 30, 1855.
George Barcley, May 18. 59, June 9, 1880
Charles K. Stanchfield M. D.% (Isaac%
Jas.\ Thos.^ Jno.',) Feb. 2.^ 1840, April 1, 1875
John C. StiuchfiekP, (Isaac\) Nov. 3, 1843.
Catharine H. Graves, Nov. 19, 44. Jan. 7, 1878
Children :
Minnie Etta«, Jan. 1, 1868.
H. S. Sleeper, April 15, 65.
Eoger«, Jan. 2, 1876.
mSTOIiY OF WAYNE.
340
NAME.
John C. Stinchfield\
Henrietta Howard,
Child :
Alien Howard'',
Itose Ellen', (Isaac'')
J. G. Gott,
Abbie Lovina', (Isaac^).
Jason M. Ridley,
Sewall Wallace Stiiichlield\ (Isaac"*)
Jennie S. Teague.
Child :
Guy Carleton^
Ella Frances% (Isaac")
C. K. Leadbetter,
Dec.
lS.-.:{.
May 8, 1S88.
Dec. 6, 184.5.
Oct. 20, 35.
Jan. ;j, 184S.
Mar. IT). 41.
May 10, 18r)0.
Nov. 29, 1873.
Nov. 1. 1850,
Mar. 10. .-)2.
June 1889
Gideon Stin.son Smith Family
Gideon Stinson Smith,
Naomi Butler,
Children :
Melvin Monroe,
Lydia Rebecca,
Aug. 7, 182.S.
Jan. 31, 34.
Aug. 29, 18G7.
Aug. 5, 09.
Benjamin Smith Family.
Benjamin Smith,
Dec. 28,
1796,
Sarah B. Smith,
Oct. 29,
1S06.
Children :
Elhanan,
Dec. 27,
1829.
Benj. F.,
Oct, 5,
31,
Andi-ew,
May 2,
33.
Lycurgus,
Jan. 4,
.35.
Washington B.,
Jan. 28,
37,
Capt. Winfield,
Jan. 1,
39.
Fairfield,
Feb. 3,
41.
Victoria R. Grindall,
July 16,
43.
Glorvinia Raicha
rd.
July 8,
46.
Dr. Chauucy J. Raichard,
Jan. 11,
57,
Etta D.,
Small
Family.
Clara W. Small,
Feb. 7,
1823.
Children :
Fred W.,
April 27,
18.54.
Frouia M. Bui
gess.
Dec. 10,
55.
May 20, 1806
June 22, 1897
April 12, 91
Sept. 15, 82
344 . lITSTOitY OF WAYNE.
Stetson Family.
name. biktii. death.
Jacob Stetson, 17fi9, Dee. 1818
Patience , Mar. 80, GO.
Children :
Nathan, Mar. .31, 1703.
Hhoda, Sept. 1, Ofi.
Jacob, Jr., Nov. 10, 99.
Patience, April 9, 1801, Oct. 9, 1810
Amos, July 10, 0.3, April 30, 8.3
Betsey, Augf. 19, 0,").
Ephraim, Nov. 20, 08. 1885
Ephraim Stetson, Nov. 20, 1S08, 1885
Elmira Maxim, 05, 83
Children :
William.
Mary.
Charles.
Jemima.
Alpheus, Sept. 3, 1847.
Alpheus Stetson, Sept. 3, 1847.
1st, Mrs. Louise Lawler.
2nd, Roxanna Foss.
3d, Frances Lawrence, Dec. 12, 1838.
Amos Stetson, July 10, 1803, April ;i0, 1883
Children :
Amos, Jr.
Cynthia.
James B.
James B. Stetstm.
Josephine Burgess.
Children :
Angeline.
Gertie.
Arthur.
Safford Family.
Walter F. Saftbrd, Jan. 6, 1867.
Georgia A. Graves, Oct. 11, 71.
Child :
Norman W., July 27, 1893.
in STORY OF WAYXE.
345
Sylv kstkij Fam 1 1. V .
NAME.
Bradliiiry Sj'lvostcr,
1st, Lydia A. Bean.
2ii(l, ■Sris. Matilda C. Mor.-^e.
Children :
1st, Moses B.,
Geo. W.,
Charles li.,
Moses B. Sylvester,
Mary Pierce,
Charles B. Sylvester,
Julia Chase,
Children :
George W.,
Frank,
BIRTH
.
1
r.ATii.
.Nov. 19,
181,-1,
Aug.
:51, 188'J
.hme 7,
12,
Sept.
lit, G4
Sept. 10.
1842.
Feb. 28,
4.-),
Sept.
23, 18G4
P>b. 18,
50.
April 16,
1842.
July 18.
4:5.
Feb. 18,
1850.
Dec. 18,
(J9.
Dec. 8,
1858.
Dec. 5,
7G.
True Family.
William True,
Hannah Brown,
Children :
Silas Emery,
Catherine Mauter (Stevens),
Louisa Rebecca,
Willi.am Edwin,
Silas Emery True,
Sarah E. Stevens,
Child :
Mollie,
Wm. E. True,
Melviua A. Stevens,
Children :
Wm. Herbert,
Annie Emma,
Mary Evelyn,
Daniel True,
Lydia Ridley,
Children :
Sarah R.,
.lulia,
Greengrove M.,
Rebecca E.,
Mary A.,
Daniel W.,
Charles G.,
Lydia E.,
June 28,
179G,
June 19,
1885
May 21,
98,
Jan. 20,
76
Oct. 15,
1828,
Feb. 3,
1893
Aug. 30,
30.
Nov. 8,
32.
Jan. 7,
83
Aug. 25,
34.
Oct. 15,
1828,
Feb. 3,
1893
July 28,
30.
April 4,
185!).
Aug. 25,
1834.
Jan. 14,
39.
Dec. 12,
18G8.
Jan. 27,
72.
April 27
75.
April 8,
1800,
Sept. 15,
1888
Sept. 28,
(11,
Feb. 0,
75
Nov. 5,
1824.
Jan. 2G,
27.
Nov. 2,
27,
Mar. 12,
1897
July 12,
34,
July 11,
36
June 11,
37.
June 8,
56
Mar. 23,
39,
Feb. 15,
64
July 24,
47,
July 20,
78
Mar. 22,
49,
Feb. 4,
74
346
HISTORY OF WAYNE.
NAME.
Greengrove M. True,
Julia Jones,
Children :
Fred G.,
Willie J.,
Alton M.,
BIRTH.
Nov. 2, 1827,
Dec. 9, .32.
Sept.lG, 1854.
Jan. 1, 57,
Feb. 2G, G2,
DEATH.
Mar. 12, 1879
Jan. 14, 1857
Oct. 22, 63
Thorne Family.
James H. Thorne,
Mary J. Norris,
Children :
James Millard,
Nancy N..
George H.,
Eben N.,
Jennie M.,
Josiah Flint Taylor,
1st, Dolly Freeman,
2ud, Nancj' Searls,
Children •
1st, William,
Dolly E.,
2nd, Gilbert P.,
Mary Ellen,
Willard M.,
Gilbert P. Taylor,
Mary L. Bishop.
Child :
Nancy Ellen,
Willard M. Taylor,
Georgie Anna Wing,
Child :
Josiah Willard,
Frank R. Tibbetts.
Clara V. Clark.
Children :
Lillian J.,
Edwin S.,
Bertha E.,
Florence V.,
Mar. 17,
1866
Oct. 2G,
58
Mar. 5,
1852.
May 0,
53.
Nov. S,
54.
Nov. If),
57.
Oct. 19,
.58.
Taylor Family.
Nov. 11,
1804,
May 22,
1886
May 15,
31
July 30,
66
Sept. 15,
1829,
Mar. 4.
32
April 30.
31,
Oct. 7,
77
Sept. 20,
39.
March,
40,
Sept. 17,
42
Oct. 7,
42.
Sept. 20,
1839.
Oct. 19,
64,
Aug. 19,
1892
Oct. 7,
1842.
May 30, 1875.
Tibbetts Family.
Aug. 14, 1874.
Dec. 27, 78.
April 18, 83.
92.
EISrORY OF WAYNE.
34'
Tkibou Family.
NAME.
Alpheus Triboii,
Anu P. rettingill,
Children :
W. C,
Ruth A.,
Henry J.,
Emma F.,
Parker C,
VV. C. Tribod,
Ella M. Cash.
Children :
Bertrand C,
Erwiu D.,
Parker C. Tribou,
Carrie M. Burgess,
Children :
Wilbur F.,
Mary Emma,
Eva Maj'.
NiuaE.,
Hazel L.,
lUUTH.
April 20, 1810,
Dec. 9, la.
Sept. 14. 1847.
Jan. 18, 50.
Dec. 24, o2,
Aug. 2, .")4.
Jan. 24, 59.
Sept. 14, 1847.
April 11, 55.
July 9, SO.
June 11, 8G.
Jan. 24, 1850.
Jan. 24. 64.
Jan. 12, 1881.
Aug. 19, 8;5.
May 12, 90.
Sept. 3, 93,
I>KATH.
Dec. 13, 1893
Dec. 0, 1853
Mav 55
Aug. 3, 1897
Millard F. Verrill.
Hattie B. Larrabee.
Children :
Elmer R.,
Carlton L.,
Mabel S..
Verrii.i. Family.
Nov. 5. 1881.
Feb. 14, 84.
Julv 31. 97.
White Family
Allen E. White,
Hattie F. Turner,
Children ;
Harry E.,
Lewis H.,
April 17, 18GS.
July 24, 60.
Aug. 30, 1892.
Sept. 4, 97.
John Welch,
Hannah Bussell,
Children :
John B.,
Frances A.,
Welch Family.
1811,
April 7, 15,
Jan. 1836.
Oct. 24, 40,
1859
Feb. 10, 96
Feb. 19, 1898
348
HISTOBY OF WAYNE.
NAME.
Oliver W.,
Wesley E.,
Olive E.,
David Welch.
Mary A. Welch.
Children :
Oliver E.
John E.
Charles O.,
John B, Welch.
Esther A. Gag;e.
Children :
Fred C,
Walter,
Oliver W. Welch,
1st, Mary E. Raymond,
Child :
Rosetta M.,
Oliver W. Welch,
2nd, Sarah M. Raymoud,
Children :
Clara E.,
Frank R.,
Fredolfo O.,
Evelyn I.,
Wesley R. Welch,
Mary A. Churchill,
Children :
Carrie A.,
Lewis C,
Mary L.,
Anabel,
William W.,
Gerald C,
Earle D.,
Oliver C. Welch.
Frances A. Welch,
Children :
Flora E.,
Edwin,
John E. Welch.
Emelioe Ramsdell.
BIRTH.
Nov. 13, 42.
Oct. 17, 44.
Oct. 10, 54.
DEATH.
Jan.
Feb.
1845.
1836.
1861.
72.
Oct. 17,
1844,
Mar. 7,
55.
July 31,
1878.
Aug. 8,
80.
Feb. 13,
82.
April 30,
84.
Mar. 1,
86.
June 19,
88.
Jan. 28,
93.
April 15, 1859.
Feb. 61,
1865
Nov. 13, 1842.
Mar. 13, 38. Sept. 25, 18G3
July 18, 1861.
Nov. 13, 1842.
June 17, 46.
Dec. 23, 1866, Mar. 14, 1867
Mar. 5, 70.
Mar. 19, 72.
Jan. 11, 77, June 17, 82
Oct. 24, 1840, Feb. 19, 1898
Auff.
1862
HISTORY OF
SAME.
Charles O. Welch,
Flora E. Matldocks,
Child :
Infant (laug;hter,
Frank K. Welch,
Edna G. Leathers,
Children :
Arthur C,
Eva B.,
Chester T>.,
GoldaE.,
William Walton,
1st, Hannah Llttlehale.
2ud, Mehitable Lyons.
Children :
Abrani.
William, -Tr.
John.
Benjamin .
Sarah,
Sophia.
Fvufus,
John AValton,
Lucy Blackwell.
Children :
Mary.
Nathaniel,
John, Jr.,
Henrietta.
Sarah.
Mehitable.
Hannah,
Nathaniel Walton,
Caroline Fish,
Children :
Lucy A.,
Jeremiah D.,
Martha M.,
George W.,
Jeremiah D. Walton,
Beulah P. Norris,
Children :
Fred W.,
Charles H.,
Herbert N.,
WAYN^E.
UlUTH.
1845.
Nov. 1, 18('.9,
Mar. 5, 1870.
Aug- '-'. ^•■'•
April -29, 1887.
Mar. 7. >><^-
Sept. 10, 9-2.
April 15, 04,
349
UKATH.
March, 1870
Jan. 1870
Walton Family.
1743. Al'"l 1^^ ^^^^
Mar. 25, 1784, July :n. 18G4
Aug.O, 89, Feb. 24, «3
1848
Feb. 21, 1798,
Mar. 15, 1802,
Feb. 21, 1798,
May 22, 1803,
Feb. 10, 1820,
Oct. 20. :w.
Mar. 1-1, ^^^
Aug. 16, 35.
Oct. 20, 1830.
June 29, 35.
Jan. 10, 1862.
April 2, 64.
Sept. 17, 70.
Sept. 12, 1881
Oct. 12, 63
May 30, 18
Sept. 12, 1881
Dec. 30, 86
Dec. 28, 1880
350
HISTOBY OF WAYNE.
NAME.
George W. Walton,
Sarah E. Dexter.
Children :
Carrie May,
Winfred VV.,
Wiufred W. Walton,
Winnie A. Warren,
BIRTH.
Aug. Ifi, 183;").
Oct. 3, 42.
Oct. 21, 1867,
May 6. 72.
May G, 1872.
.Tulv 21, 77.
Aug. 24, 1895
Ohed Win(; Family.
Obed Wing,
Deliverance Wing.
Children :
Obed, Jr.,
Sally.
Alpheus,
Obed Wing.
Jane True.
Children :
Obed, 3rd,
Celia P.,
True,
Jane True.
Anson D.,
1st, Lovica Dailey.
2u(l, Maria Fairbanks,
Claranda E.,
Charles Dailey.
Alphe?us Wing,
Rhoda True.
Children :
Oriu,
Sylvia,
Alphe&us.
Jane T.,
Benjamin T.
Obed Wing, :?rd.
Alice Hunton.
Children :
Celia E.,
M. B. Fuller.
Sarah F.,
Lewis H.,
Charles E.,
Alice M.,
John R. McKinnon.
Mar. 20, IToS.
Jan. 2, 1784.
Dec. 22. 91.
Dec. G,
180G,
June 14,
1895
Mar. 17,
1^,
Aug. 19,
33
July 29,
IG.
Jan. 2,
1822.
Mar. 4,
1893
70
August,
9G
97
April 10,
1807,
Dead.
May 1,
09,
Dead.
Mar. 22,
11,
Dead.
Feb. 24,
13,
Sept.
Sept. 3, 1838.
Sept. 26, 1840.
Aug. 26, 42,
July 15, 45.
Mar. 17, 60.
1897
Sept. 24, 1864
HISTORY OF WAYXE.
351
NAME.
BIUTH.
DEATH.
Lewis H. VViug.
Martha Bigelow.
Child :
Martha Lewis,
Oct. 2,
1862.
Charles E. Wiug.
Frances L. Johusou.
<
Child :
Alice Eliza,
Aug. 5,
1879.
Charles Bartou Wiug.
Olive Howe.
Simeon Winc;
Family.
Simeou Wiug,
Nov. 15,
1722,
Feb. 5, 1794
Mary Allen,
Mar. 3,
26,
Feb. 25, 1808
Children :
Elizabeth,
Aug. 6,
1746,
Aug. 3. 1826
Job Fuller.
Thomas,
Oct. 26,
54.
Ebeuezer,
Dec. 22.
57,
Oct. 29, 22
Moses,
April 25,
59,
June 28, 37
Aaron,
Mar. 23,
61,
April 18, 41
Allen,
Mar. 22.
63,
Dec. 29, 46
Simeon,
May 28,
65,
Mar. 7, 44
Mary,
Oct. 5,
66,
Nov. 26, 08
Woodiu Norris.
William,
April 25,
68,
Mar. 17, 44
Thomas Wiug,
Oct. 26,
1754.
\T v^
Children :
Lucy.
Absha.
Silas.
Warreu Perry,
1788.
Allen.
Calvin.
Ebeuezer Wing,
Dec. 22,
1757,
Oct. 29, 1822
Mrs. Lucy (Chandler) Bonney.
Children :
William,
Aug. 25,
1789.
Lydia,
April 6,
92.
Rhoda,
Feb. 26,
97,
May 1, 1800
Luciuda,
Nov. 8,
1802.
Bow en Smith.
Abisha,
June 13,
05.
Aakox \Vin(; Family.
352 HISTOBY OF WAYNE.
XAME.
Moses Wing,
1st, Polly Chandler,
2ud, Patty Maxim.
Children :
1st, Betsey,
Moses, Jr.,
Polly,
John,
2nd, Samuel,
Florinda,
Martha.
Mary,
Achsah,
Pinckney C,
Aaron Wing,
Sylvina Perry,
Children :
Bloomy Fair,
Roxaua,
Parinthia,
Greeulief,
Silas B.,
Zaehariah P.,
Aaron A.,
Alonzo,
Sylvina,
Eliza Ann,
Hannah P.,
Lucy Jane.
Allen AViug,
1st, Temperance Perry,
2nd, Cynthia Burgess,
Children :
1st, Temperance,
2nd, David,
Alden,
Leonard,
Nancy T.,
Allen,
Jason,
I^aura W.,
Julia A.,
Benjamin C,
BIRTH.
DEATH.
April 25,
1759,
June 28, 1837
Jan. 5, 1788
Oct. 23.
1781.
De^. 6,
83.
May 1.5,
86,
Feb. 15, 1787
Dec. 25,
87.
Dec. 4,
92.
Aug. .31,
94,
July 12, 17
Feb. 28,
97.
May 7,
99.
Oct. 10,
1802.
Oct. 8,
08.
Mar. 23,
1761,
April 18,
1841
Mar. 16,
"1,
Dec. 24,
65
Jan. .30,
1793,
Jan. 11,
1888
May 13,
94,
Jan. 29,
35
Mar. 14,
96,
Dec. 7,
77
Feb. 13,
98,
Sept. 24,
72
Jan. 14,
1800.
July 22,
68
Feb. 22,
02,
sept. 15,
38
Feb. 7,
04,
69
Feb. 2.
07,
93
Dec. 10,
08,
87
June 22,
. 11.
May 21.
13,
Aug. 23,
IS
April 11,
16,
Sept. 3,
32
Mar. 22.
1763,
Dec. 29,
1840
May 16,
64,
Sept. 29,
1787
Oct. 11.
78,
Oct. 9,
59
Sept. 22,
1787,
Mar. 22,
1863
Jan. 3,
95,
Sept. 23,
71
Dec. 28,
96,
Oct. 22,
71
Mar. 18,
99,
Aug. 6,
91
Nov. 28,
1801.
Sept. 24,
04,
May 25,
74
May 16,
07,
July 25,
87
Feb. 26,
13.
Oct. 29,
15,
Feb.
45
Sept. 14,
19.
HISTORY OF WAYXE.
353
NAMK.
Simoon Wing,
Elizabeth Atkinson,
Children :
Isabel,
James,
Calvin,
Sarah.
Elizabeth,
Charlotte,
William Wing,
1st. Deborah Besse.
2nd, Lucj- Blaokstone.
Children :
1st, Waitstill,
Alvin,
Charlotte,
Cyrus,
Tillotson,
William,
Elvira A.,
Lorriu A.,
Thomas,
Ann,
Mary B.,
2nd, Lucy B.,
151KTH.
May 28, 1765,
Feb. 1, 74,
Jan. 1'.), 17ill.
Sept. 9, !j2,
July K;, 95.
Dec. 1801,
Mar. 4, 05.
April 25, 17(J8,
DKATH.
Mar. 7, 1S44
July 7, 50
Mar. 20, 1864
Sept. 27, 52
Mar. !).
Mar. 17, 1844
April IS,
1796.
Oct. 2:5.
97.
Feb. K)
99,
July S,
1800
June 2,
1801.
June 15,
03,
Jan. 12,
05
April 17,
05,
Dec. 5,
88
Feb. 22,
07.
Jan. 7,
09.
Nov. IG,
10.
Nov. 11,
12.
Feb. 11,
15,
June 24,
16
Mar. 17,
26,
Dec. 31,
88
Note.— The grandchildren of Simeon Wing were seventy-five in num-
ber. Of the sixty-nine born in Wayne, forty of them had families, twenty
of the families being born and brought up in this town, numbering about
one hundred and fifteeu children. Grandchildren of Simeon Wing that
lived in Wayne :
Of the children of Ebenezer Wing, ^Villiam married I^ois Raymond and
had several children, one being Albert M., born May 28, 1813. Luciuda,
daughter of Ebenezer, married Bowen Smith, afterwards removed to
Augusta, and had eight children. Abisha, son of Ebenezer, married Han-
nah Hopkins of Monmouth and had five children. Of Dr. Moses Wing's
children, Betsey married Richard Gower and had five children. 3Ioses, Jr.,
married Clarissa Spear and had eleven children. John married Polly Bur-
gess and had two children. Achsah married Eliakim Foss and had two
children. Aaron AVing's children living in Waj-ne : Parinthia, married
Sanmel W. Frost and had one daughter. Alonzo married Jane A. Under-
wood of Faj-ette. had two children. The others moved away and but one
is living at this time; Eliza Ann who lives with her oldest son. Judge L.
A. Emerj'. Allen Wing's children : Temperance married Nathan I.ovejoy
of Wayne and had ten children. David married Alice Lake of Winthrop,
lived in Chesterville for some time, had three children, and died in Wayne.
Alden married Charity Stevens of AVayne, lived in Chesterville and Fayette^
354 HISrOliY OF WAYNE.
aud had tive children, the oldest, Martha J., now liviug with her sou, A.
W. Eiggs, on the Allen Wing farm. Leonard married Betsey Ellis of
Plymouth, Mass., and had six children. For second wife he married Sarah
J. Brainard of Winthrop. Nancy T., married Isaac Frost of Wayne, had
three daughters, and is now living with the oldest, Mrs. L. W. Fillebrown,
in Fiqua. Ohio, at the age of 96 years. Allen, Jr.. married Mrs. Sarah
(Read) Raymond who had by her first husband one son, Thomas B. Read,
and three daughters. Jason manied Sabi-a C. King of Monmouth and had
two sons. Laura W., married Alfred Raymond and had eight children.
Mrs. Raj-moud is living with her only daughter in Chesterville. Julia
married Thomas B. Read, had no children. Benjamin C. is living in Hamp-
den, and has one daughter.
Children of Simeon Wing, Jr. : (apt. .lames married Nancy Norris of
Wayne and had six children. After her death he married Rowana Dailey
and had one son. Calvin married Temperance Burgess and had ten chil-
dren. Children of William : Waitstili married Dewell Kent of Kent's
Hill aud had five children. Alvin nuii-ried Eleanor Smith aud had eight
children. William, Jr., married first, Louisa Sears of Winthrop, second,
Mrs. Harriet Xorris of East Livermore. aud third, Mrs. Hannah Fogg of
Lewiston. He had four children by his first, three by his second, and two
by his third wife. Elvira A., married Levi Frost of North Wayne aud
had seven children. Lorrin A. married Rachel A. Ijawrence of Wayne,
had five children, and is living with his youngest son in Readfield. Thomas
married first, Abigail P. Wing of Fayette, aud had four children. After
her death he married Mary B. Gott of Wayne and had one son. He is
living ou the farm in South Fayette which he has occupied for nearly
seventy years. Ann married Henry Austin, removed to Augusta, aud had
three children. She afterwards nuirried Oliver Lawrence of Wayne. Lucy
the youngest grandchild of Simeon married C. Henry Gage of Wayne and
had one son.
Of the great-grandchildren aud great-great-grandchildren of Simeon at
least eighty-five have at some time lived in Wayne. The grandchildren of
Charles M. Lovejoy living in \Vayne are in the seventh generation from
Simeon Wing.
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